Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] the first round " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seedcorn money for the first round of fieldwork ( in 1983 ) was provided by the Economic and Social Research Council and by the Nuffield Foundation . |
| 2 | ANDREW SHERBORNE , the quiet man of British golf , shot a five-under-par 67 to lead the field after the first round of the Kronenbourg Open at Salo , near Verona , yesterday . |
| 3 | The Mazowiecki government had tendered its resignation after the first round of the presidential elections , but parliament had initially refused to accept it . |
| 4 | Former Masters champion Ian Baker-Finch , playing in the same group as Senior , was also level with the card after the first round . |
| 5 | Milongo , who received only 10.18 per cent of the vote , was reported to have petitioned the Supreme Court on Aug. 11 to have the result of the first round annulled because of irregularities . |
| 6 | Nineteen full-time legal practice courses ( replacing the old finals examination and due to start in September 1993 ) were validated in the completion of the first round of validations of course providers . |
| 7 | McDonald 's two-over-par round of 70 at Banff , coupled with a 69 at Fraserburgh in the first round , gave him a one-over aggregate of 139 and the Uniroyal Quaich for the first time at the age of 39 . |
| 8 | And despite the even bigger swing to the right-wing coalition in the first round of the elections on Sunday , investors flinched yesterday in anticipation of a move by the markets to test the resolve of the new government which is expected to take power after the second round of voting this coming week-end . |
| 9 | WHEN Sara Gomer , Clare Wood and Julie Salmon collapsed to a 2-1 defeat to Indonesia in the first round of the Federation Cup in Melbourne last December , they were the laughing stock of the tennis world , writes our correspondent from Tokyo . |
| 10 | There had been a total of eight candidates in the first round of voting on March 4 , after an agreement in December 1989 between the various political groupings to end the previous one-party system . |
| 11 | Commentators noted that some of the unsuccessful presidential candidates in the first round were likely to lend support to Ratsiraka in the second round , due to take place in January . |
| 12 | National Assembly elections involve two rounds of voting on consecutive Sundays with the two most successful candidates in the first round and candidates polling over 12.5 per cent of the vote going on to the second round . |
| 13 | In the semi-finals Pegg outpointed McGlinchey 2–0 , with Gallagher , who had a bye in the first round , defeating Jess 2–0 . |
| 14 | And after a similar result in the first round of the European Cup Winners Cup against Avenir this season , they won 5-1 in Luxembourg . |
| 15 | And after a similar result in the first round of the European Cup Winners ' Cup against Avenir this season , they won 5-1 in Luxembourg . |
| 16 | Carl Prean and Alan Cooke , who were beaten only once as England soared to promotion in the European League , suffered a shock defeat in the first round of the men 's doubles at the European Championships in Stuttgart last night . |
| 17 | Fujimori also attracted the votes given to the ruling APRA and other left-wing parties in the first round . |
| 18 | The Democratic Convention also won the mayoralties of the important cities of Brasov , Constanta , Ploiesti , Sibiu and Arad ( having won Timisoara in the first round , with 64 per cent of votes ) . |
| 19 | In Lyon , Noir ( also mayor of Lyon ) and Jean-Michel Dubernard won 43.34 and 40.14 per cent respectively of the vote in the first round . |
| 20 | Having failed to secure an absolute majority in the first round on April 12 ( his share of the vote was 44.95 per cent ) , Konare was obliged to contest a run-off against Tieoule Mamadou Konate , leader of the Sudanese Union-African Democratic Rally ( US-RDA ) ( who won 14.51 per cent of the vote in the first round . |
| 21 | Their respective shares of the vote in the first round of voting were : Les verts 4.01 per cent , Génération écologie 3.62 per cent . |
| 22 | The result nevertheless represented an improvement on Les verts ' share of 0.35 per cent of the vote in the first round of the last legislative elections in 1988 . |
| 23 | Gibson , who won her fifth successive Scottish title at Meadowbank last month but whose season has been ravaged by injury , faces an unknown quantity in Denmark 's Maiken Mork in the first round of the women 's singles . |
| 24 | He took the club to the first round of the FA Cup seven times . |
| 25 | To win a seat on the first round in the constituency elections , a candidate would need an overall majority in a turnout of at least 50 pere cent ; if this was not achieved , a run-off vote would be held one week later . |
| 26 | Two further rounds of voting in the multiparty elections to the National Assembly took place on Oct. 21 and 28 following the suspension and partial annulment of the first round on Sept. 21 [ p. 37701 ] , which had been characterized by disorder and irregularities . |
| 27 | On Dec. 18 , as part of the first round of the CFE talks , the US Defence Department announced proposals to cut US forces by 55,000 , an increase of 22,000 on Bush 's initial proposals in July 1989 . |
| 28 | The plan is that none of these people will be able to purchase any of the seven thousand tickets available to England for the first round matches . |
| 29 | Veteran Japanese player , Isao Aoki , originally penalised two strokes after the first round for grounding his club in a bunker , disqualified himself from the tournament before the second round . |
| 30 | Champions Hampshire are at home to Dorset in the first round on June 24 , while Durham make their first NatWest Trophy appearance as a first-class county against Ireland in Dublin . |