Example sentences of "[noun prp] [num] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | GREAT BRITAIN 'S team of Mark Petchey and Chris Wilkinson yesterday beat Czechoslovakia 2-1 in the first round of the European men 's team tennis championships in Trieste , Italy . |
| 2 | There is a minor triumph for British tennis when Jo Durie , Clare Wood and Anne Hobbs beat Indonesia 3-0 in the first round of the Federation Cup in Tokyo . |
| 3 | Oct. 21 In the first of a spate of stabbings , a Palestinian labourer kills three Israelis in a West Jerusalem knife attack [ ibid . ] . |
| 4 | MARTIN DUGARD rode unbeaten on his home track as England outclassed Australia 73–35 in the first Test at Oxford last night . |
| 5 | The opposition failed to make an impact on Nov. 25 in the first multiparty elections since independence in 1960 , the ruling Parti démocratique de la Côte d'Ivoire ( PDCI ) retaining 163 of the 175 seats . |
| 6 | Drumaness Mills have not conceded a goal this season and they again recorded a blank sheet when beating Dunmurry Rec 3-0 in the first round of the Steel & Sons Cup at Ashley Park . |
| 7 | They really should have outpointed the New Zealand XV in the first match at Hamilton for they outplayed the New Zealanders for rather more than half the game . |
| 8 | Crusaders , who hammered Wakefield 30-0 in the first round , were never in front and were let down by bad handling in atrocious conditions . |
| 9 | The seniors , managed jointly by County President Peter Woodward and Richard Morris and coached by Chelmsford 's Paul Morris , beat Lincolnshire 3–0 in the first round and Cambridgeshire 5–0 in the semi-finals . |
| 10 | After losing a couple of games early in the season , Yeovil are now unbeaten in nine outings , moving up to sixth place in the Conference , and disposed of Torquay 5-2 in the first round with the aid of a hat-trick from striker Paul Batty . |
| 11 | The Human Rights Protection Party ( HRPP ) , led by Prime Minister Tofilau Eti Alesana , was returned to power on April 5 in the first general election under the country 's recently introduced universal adult suffrage . |
| 12 | The Century Guild was founded in 1882 ‘ to render all branches of Art the sphere no longer of the tradesman but of the Artist ’ as Mackmurdo wrote in April 1882 in the first number of the Guild periodical , The Hobby Horse . |
| 13 | ENGLAND , including forwards Steve Brain , Mike Rafter and Bob Hesford , struggled to overcome host nation Bermuda 39–24 in the first round of the World Rugby Classic tournament for ex-internationals over 33 years old . |