Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] the first round " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both scored highly in the first round but the French had done so well in the next round with three landing on the line , that only the RAF stood a chance of catching them . |
| 2 | If he managed to win through in the first round , there is now a second round of contests to be staged , followed by the final round later in the year . |
| 3 | Moving on to sport now and Oxford United face Reading at the Manor tonight in the first round , second leg of the Rumbelows League Cup , the of a one-goal advantage from the first leg at Elm Park ; covering the match this evening is Mickey Inotta who saw Oxford 's bubble burst on Saturday as they went down 3-1 to Nott 's County . |
| 4 | Now Witney Town are in action tonight in the first round , first leg of the Southern League Cup against Gloucester ; special guest tonight will be the Sheffield Wednesday manager , Ron Atkinson . |
| 5 | When the referee talks to the two boxers just before the first round , each fighter stares closely and directly into the opponent 's eyes . |
| 6 | They 've won their way through to the first round of the FA Cup where they 'll be away to West Bromwich Albion . |
| 7 | On present estimates , the right could win as many as 80-90 seats straight off in the first round and the Socialists none . |
| 8 | They are expected to win some 100 seats straight off in the first round of voting , and the Socialists none . |
| 9 | I was not a skilful boxer but I did have a knock-out punch , which connected early in the first round and won me the fight . |
| 10 | THE best-laid schemes of Seve Ballesteros went sadly awry in the first round of the Turespana Masters here yesterday . |
| 11 | Several candidates spoke of the need for a coalition , and senior FNLA officials said that their party would be likely to form an alliance with other parties , including the MPLA , in a possible run-off if no single candidate won outright in the first round . |
| 12 | ( Looks like the FA Cup schedules to me , but what would I know , I 'm a Villa fan — we 're always out after the first round ! ) |
| 13 | The RPR candidate , Charles Pasqua dropped out after the first round . |
| 14 | Middlesbrough football club is knocked out of the first round of the War Cup by Bradford . |
| 15 | made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind . |
| 16 | made a quick exit from the Yorkshire Shield competition when they were knocked out of the first round 13–4 in a game spoiled by the wind . |
| 17 | Legislative elections were held simultaneously with the first round of the presidential elections on April 8 , 1990 , when no party gained an overall majority [ see p. 37371 ] . |
| 18 | The Polytechnic had argued convincingly in the first round that to have done so then would have simply involved the NAB in steering its ‘ service ’ work around . |
| 19 | Mats Wilander — dumped out in the first round |
| 20 | Skipping an Ipswich rink , Roy Cutts , who had achieved a rare distinction of qualifying for all four championships — singles , pairs , triples and fours — went out in the first round of the fours to Egham of Surrey . |
| 21 | We went out in the first round and Lee did n't ask me anything until he 'd hit his drive . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm a good fighter , I 've had 18 wins in 18 fights , and knocked seven of them out in the first round . |
| 23 | Kerns also won the consolation singles , for those knocked out in the first round of the men 's singles , with a final win over Neil Butcher . |
| 24 | In the Plate final — for teams knocked out in the first round of the Chairman 's Cup — Fife beat Perth 4–2 . |
| 25 | I was lucky enough to knock him out in the first round . |
| 26 | The Gloster meteors will be slogging it out in the first round of the British baseball knockout cup on Sunday . |
| 27 | But after being knocked out in the first round of the English Derby the dog injured a hind muscle and was out of action for a long time . |
| 28 | Yeah , we er , we won the , the losers trophy twice , we got first round trophy , got knocked out the first round to go to that , me , half , half the decent teams were knocked out in the first round , you know , we were , we were playing sort of , that , that was , nine times out of ten that was the real cup , I mean we , we were up against the league champions once |
| 29 | The draw 's been made today for the first round of the FA Cup … and here 's |
| 30 | In this context it is interesting to compare the remarks of 100 teachers in 100 research studies with comments I have heard from other arts teachers since , because in most cases similar things are being said now , even after the first round of the GCSE . |