Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the first test " in BNC.

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1 Of the opposition sides , Bay of Plenty replaced one player while Richard Loe , who left the field during the First Test , was the only other casualty .
2 DID YOU notice the unusual , if not unique , feature of the scorecards for the first Test between England and New Zealand at Christchurch ?
3 Apart from the 24–21 loss of the First Test , all the members tended to stack up against Ireland during their eight-match tour of New Zealand .
4 And if yesterday 's result is followed by defeat in the first Test at Old Trafford , the clamour for change at the top will reach a crescendo .
5 Gooch was yesterday confirmed as skipper for the rest of Ashes series despite England 's defeat in the first Test .
6 1 patient withdrew because of symptomatic hypotension with visual illusions on the first test day with 200 mg Ro 40-7592 , but the other 10 completed study .
7 WHEN TEA was taken at 3.10 on the final afternoon of the first Test , even the more fervent student for the long game could have been forgiven for switching to automatic pilot .
8 Of the rest Matthew Cooper played as a fledgling in the All Blacks ' scamper through Japan in 1987 ; Jon Preston had one game in the World Cup last year ; Kevin Schuler appeared briefly as a replacement in France in 1990 ; and Graham Dowd had been the reserve hooker for the World Cup and the home series against the World XV and managed a short time on the field when Richard Loe was injured in the second half of the First Test against Ireland .
9 Eight days before the choice Mains ' face seemed set in a state of shock , for the All Blacks had just escaped 24–21 from defeat by Ireland in the First Test .
10 I understand that Border , 37 , was within one phone call of losing his job when umpire Steve Randell reported him along with fast bowler Merv Hughes for dissent in the first Test at Brisbane earlier this month .
11 Had it finished the day after the Irish rattled the All Blacks in the First Test at Carisbrook then Murphy would have taken his men home in high humour .
12 His funeral took place during the First Test at Trent Bridge , with South Africa the tourists : play was halted as a tribute to the man whose valet helped him to contrive county cricket 's most amazing victory .
13 I will be going home on Monday after the first Test .
14 OPENER Kevin Arnott 's maiden Test century helped Zimbabwe fight their way to a draw in the first Test against New Zealand in Bulawayo yesterday .
15 The early law attached great importance to the first test .
16 GAVIN HASTINGS leads the British Lions into the first Test against New Zealand 's All Blacks tomorrow determined to give British sports fans something to cheer .
17 The club received several complaints about unruly behaviour during the first Test at Old Trafford , and ‘ is determined not to allow the antics of a small minority ruin the enjoyment of a day 's cricket , ’ according to Chief Executive John Bower .
18 In Brisbane , Sri Lanka ground out their highest score in the three Tests they have played against Australia , adding 194 in six hours yesterday to end the third day of the first Test on 275 for six .
19 OPENER David Boon hit a five-hour century yesterday as Australia struggled on the fourth day of the first Test against the West Indies in Brisbane .
20 Yesterday a Birmingham small claims court ordered Warwickshire , the ground authority , to repay the full admission price to five England supporters who felt cheated after only two balls were bowled on the second day of the first Test .
21 Arthurton , who survived a strong appeal for a catch behind on 78 , lifted West Indies to 371 all out for a 78-run first innings lead on the third day of the first Test .
22 Opener Roshan Mahanama struck his maiden Test century with a classy 153 to put Sri Lanka in charge at 299–4 in reply to New Zealand 's first innings 288 on the third day of the first Test in Colombo .
23 Both teams included their second goalkeepers and made two other changes from the first Test .
24 In fact Manawatu shattered the Irish with their 58–24 win , and the tourists were in no mood to outwit a rampant All Black side stung by their faults in the First Test .
25 His team , World Cup finalists and dotted with household idols , were taken to the cleaners by a bunch of Australian students and farmers in the first Test , and the second Test at Lille promises to be not only a trial of Fouroux 's incumbency as coach but also his tactical shrewdness in selection .
26 BATTERED AND BRUISED IRISH Mick Galwey holds firm as the All Black pack — with no.8 Arran Pene to the fore here — fails to click in Dunedin during the First Test .
27 BRADFORD and former Middlesbrough rider Gary Havelock has been chosen as England 's captain for the first Test of the new season against Australia .
28 England sprang a surprise by recalling 45-year-old Brian Close for the first Test at Nottingham .
29 THE British Lions were today fuming over two refereeing decisions which they claimed cost them victory in the first Test against New Zealand in Christchurch .
30 Yesterday he left out of the second Test against the West Indies his second humiliation of the winter after being 12th man for the first Test .
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