Example sentences of "the first round " in BNC.

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1 There were definite signs of something in the wind and when I saw who we were drawn with for the first rounds — Nick Price and Ray Floyd — both Nick and I were delighted .
2 Dulé 's canoe had not foundered in the first rounds of gunfire , but kept skimming on towards the Rebecca , with the remaining boats still around him , offering cover .
3 In the first rounds , judges delegate were appointed by the pope to examine the immediate question — who possessed the jurisdiction at the moment — and to make a temporary decision .
4 They moved down on the Tuesday of tournament week , two days before the first rounds were due to be played .
5 We are quiet in the first rounds cos we are scared of being giant-killed … but this lack of atmosphere gets to the players who rarely perform in the first rounds of the cups ? ?
6 We are quiet in the first rounds cos we are scared of being giant-killed … but this lack of atmosphere gets to the players who rarely perform in the first rounds of the cups ? ?
7 Lendl 's 6–2 7–6 second-round defeat to Black , after a first round bye , was the latest blow to the 33-year-old 's faltering career , having lost in the first rounds of the French and Australian Opens already this year .
8 One wonders how often our players play in tournaments for if one looks at the tennis results in the daily newspapers one seldom sees the letters G.B. behind the player 's name , and if we do , seldom does it appear past the first round .
9 Mats Wilander — dumped out in the first round
10 The Brits — Jo Durie , Sarah Loosemore , Monique Javer , Sara Gomer , Clare Wood and Sam Smith — predictably vanished after the first round .
11 Zina Garrison , the beaten Wimbledon finalist last summer , lost in the first round , but not much of consequence occurred until Sanchez-Vicario toppled Mary Joe Fernandez in the quarter finals — and then came the heavy matches .
12 He was eliminated in the first round , coming fourth behind de Gaulle , Mitterrand and Jean Lecanuet .
13 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 .
14 MATLOCK TOWN , the HFS Loans League team , are still in the FA Trophy - despite having been defeated in the first round .
15 Having done just that half way through this contest which was judged on time in the first round , she had an agonising wait to see whether anyone would catch her .
16 There was another major upset when Ross Norman , the sixth-seeded New Zealander who won the world title in 1986 by ending Jahangir Khan 's 51 2 -year unbeaten run , was also eliminated from the first round .
17 JO DURIE , Clare Wood and Anne Hobbs did their best to banish a nine-month-old nightmare yesterday when they defeated Indonesia 3-0 in some style in the first round of the Federation Cup here .
18 The first round of the English Schools ' Football Association Under-15 competition is now complete , and there has been some spectacular scoring .
19 Speelman and Timman had agreed a draw on Tuesday night in their adjourned game from the first round .
20 Hemel Royals .. 60 Reykjavik ..... 64 ( Reykjavik win 118-105 on agg ) KODAK HEMEL ROYALS followed Manchester Giants out of European competition last night when they lost to Reykjavik of Iceland in the first round of the Korac Cup , writes Duncan Hooper .
21 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 .
22 BILLY HARDY retained the British bantamweight title against Brian Holmes in Sunderland last night , knocking out the Scottish challenger with an explosive assault in the first round .
23 Lennox Lewis , the British heavyweight , stormed to another thrilling victory when he knocked out Bradford 's Steve Garber in one minute 30 seconds of the first round in Hull last night to record his fourth successive victory .
24 Nasa won the first round of the legal battle on Tuesday , when a federal judge refused to order the launch be postponed .
25 ANDRE AGASSI , the second seed , was knocked out of the Hong Kong Open in the first round yesterday by Haiti 's Ronald Agenor .
26 Unfortunately Ohmachi could not sustain the connection and the rising son went down 8 and 6 on the Burma Road to Chip Beck in the first round yesterday .
27 The 31-year-old Ulsterman , who was the leading Briton in the Open at Troon last July , had a 10-under-par 62 to lead by three strokes in the first round from the American , Davis Love III .
28 The first round of the National Clubs competition has now been completed with the holders Linden , of Birmingham , drawn against Nottingham 's Cliftonettes in the second round .
29 The closest match of the first round was between Essex Wanderers and Vauxhall Golds with Vauxhall finally clinching a 36-35 victory .
30 Beck , who had defeated Aki Ohmachi of Japan 8 and 6 in the first round , was heading for an even bigger defeat .
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