Example sentences of "[num] [noun sg] in the first " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little Third Division side caused a sensation at Anfield a fortnight ago by storming into a 3-0 lead in the first leg of their Coca-Cola Cup tie . |
| 2 | COLCHESTER confirmed their position as favourites to win the Vauxhall FA Trophy when they took a 3–0 lead in the first leg of their semi-final with Conference rivals Macclesfield , at Layer Road on Saturday , writes Peter Ernest . |
| 3 | Although Stich lost a 3–0 lead in the first set , he broke Becker again when he forced him to net a forehand volley . |
| 4 | Board results of the strongest club match played this year : GM Hubner 1–0 GM Christiansen ; GM Yusupov 1–0 GM Lutz ; GM Ribli DRAW GM Hort ; GM Hertneck DRAW GM Vaganian ; GM Bonsch 0–1 GM Hickl ; GM Bischoff 1–0 GM Knaak ; IM Stangl 0–1 GM Vogt ; IM Schlosser DRAW IM Jackelen ; 4.5–3.5 England 's strongest league , the London League , was effectively decided on Tuesday when King 's Head , based at the pub of the same name in Moscow Road , Bayswater , achieved a 5–2 lead in the first session of play against Wood Green . |
| 5 | Erm , in addition to that there 's the erm there 's the U A three stuff in the first half of this year which is fourteen people for four months , eight people for two months effectively . |
| 6 | England , with Andrew Hine and James Lucas playing well in midfield , never looked back after taking a 3-1 lead in the first chukka . |
| 7 | The Treasury 's forecast , indicates gross domestic product in Britain this year will increase by 1 p.c. , rising to 3 p.c. in the first six months of 1993 , compared with the same period the previous year . |
| 8 | Having held the Algerians to a 0-0 draw in the first leg of the tie , the Egyptians start favourites . |
| 9 | City could only manage a 0-0 draw in the first leg of their Coca-Cola Cup-tie . |
| 10 | That you were saying your lecturer explained about one- one session in the first half an hour ? |
| 11 | If there were one team in the First Division that Forest would not have wanted to face without Pearce it would be Manchester United , who have , in Lee Sharpe , Ryan Giggs and Andrei Kanchelskis , three of the best wingers in the country . |
| 12 | Er he will be quite will willing and happy to do that on behalf of the three organizations erm here in County Hall one day in the first week in October well any day barring Thursday of that week . |
| 13 | They correctly point out ‘ that the half-life of sumatriptan is 2 hours ’ and ‘ the intervals between drug administration and cerebral infarction of 1 week in the first case and 12 hours in the second , exonerate sumatriptan ’ , but they then go on to state ‘ no other risk factor for vascular disease was identified in our patients ’ . |
| 14 | While the appointment will be for 1 year in the first instance . |
| 15 | This image may well have borne some relation to reality at one time in the first half of this century and the second half of the last , following the process of industrialization which took men out of the home to work in factories . |
| 16 | The Whitbread brewing and leisure company will provide 100 jobs as part of its £2 million investment in the first Scottish outlet for its American-style Thank God It 's Friday bistro chain . |
| 17 | INSURANCE giant General Accident has few grumbles over its £21 million loss in the first six months of the year . |
| 18 | England raced away to a 6–0 lead in the first 15 minutes , and only good saves by goalkeeper Karen Owen throughout the match averted disaster for Wales . |
| 19 | England took a 2–0 lead in the first chukka through James Lucas but Argentina took control of the game in the second chukka . |
| 20 | Scotland 's unemployment reached a 1980s peak in the first quarter of 1987 , the national peak was nine months later . |