Example sentences of "the first round " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something between 60 and 100 MPs are eager to clip Mrs Thatcher 's wings by staging a show of disaffection or by forcing her into a second round when the first round votes are cast , on December 5 under the most likely timetable . |
| 2 | The first round result was : Individual members ' section : Frank Field 159 , Paul Davies 75 , Cathy Wilson ( Militant supporter ) 48 . |
| 3 | Masters champion Couples coasted to a 66 while Love , the US No 2 , chipped in with a 68 for the Americans to set the first round pace with a combined 10 under par total of 134 . |
| 4 | But Vernon , 19 , signed for Conference side Bath City the following day and on Saturday relaunched his career by scoring the first round winner against Cardiff City . |
| 5 | The barely acknowledged hope caused her heart to beat faster as she reached for the first round iron latch . |
| 6 | Although Catriona Lambert , the first round leader , managed an opening 76 which took in two eagles where her ball chased downwind at two of the par-5s , there was many a disaster story . |
| 7 | In the first round voters had to indicate their preference for an individual candidate and for a party list . |
| 8 | The electoral rules also provided for a second round poll for county list seats in counties where the first round turnout was less than 50 per cent , and allowed for such a second poll to be valid provided that turnout exceeded 25 per cent . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , in a conciliatory statement following the announcement of the first round results heralding the HDZ victory , Tudjman professed caution on the issue of Croatian separatism , suggesting that a HDZ government would be content with Croatian sovereignty and greater independence within a confederal Yugoslavia , and would respect Serb interests . |
| 10 | The electoral tribunal annulled the first round result and ordered a fresh election in Collor 's home state of Alagoas , after investigating allegations made by the PRN candidate , Renan Calheiros , that associates of Collor had tampered with 71,000 votes to guarantee the victory of his opponent , Geraldo Bulhoes , who also enjoyed the financial backing of another Collor adviser , a well-known businessman Paulo César Faria . |
| 11 | Frustration in urban areas over the first round defeat of the main opposition Democratic Party ( DP ) erupted into anti-communist rioting on the morning of April 2 in the northern city of Shkodër . |
| 12 | TUESDAY 'S play in the first round singles events having been rained off were played yesterday in the 31st Dun Laoghire Bowling tournament in Dublin . |
| 13 | Ger McKenna 's Crestar , the fastest of the first round winners , features in heat two with Oaks winner Libertys Echo and Mabel Blair 's Blackwater Lady who has every chance of making further progress for the Larne trainer . |
| 14 | The action begins next Friday with all the first round matches being played . |
| 15 | The first round draw is : Annadale v Raphoe , Queen 's v Instonians , Holywood v NICS , Newry v Ballynahinch , Mossley v Lisnagarvey , Cliftonville v Bangor , Cookstown v Antrim and Collegians v Glasgow Western . |
| 16 | The first round draw includes : Manchester YMCA v Merseyside Police or Didsbury Toch H , Hightown v St Mary 's OB or Colne and Nelson , Wigan Tech v Birchfield or Vulcan , Mossley Hill v Ashton-under-Lyne , Bay Horse or Carnforth v Southport , Burtonwood v Tyldesley , Halton v Blackpool , Old Bedians v Eagle , De La Salle v Chorley , Lucas Merseyside v North Manchester or Lancaster University , Eccles v Newton-le-Willows or Thornton Cleveleys , Littleborough or Liverpool Collegiate v Sefton , Bury v Wigan . |