Example sentences of "[noun] final for the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Peterborough0 Stoke1 ( Stoke win 4–3 on aggregate ) A SINGLE goal by Stoke City secured their place in a Wembley final for the first time in 20 years on a night when defender Lee Sandford required six stitches in a cheek wound following a clash with Peterborough captain Mick Halsall . |
2 | Ajax , three-times winners of the European Cup , reached the UEFA Cup Final for the first time when last night 's 1–1 draw with Genoa gave the Dutch club a 4–3 aggregate win . |
3 | With the team still taking new shape , Arsenal reached the Cup final for the first time in 1927 , their opponents being Cardiff City , one of the more successful sides of the decade . |
4 | Jets are also bidding to reach the cup final for the first time and their semi-final with West Coast is likely to be the closest of the day . |
5 | Until he won the Paris Open earlier this month — where he also beat world No 1 Courier — he was n't even certain to qualify for this ‘ best eight ’ in the world ’ tournament , having fallen to 10th in the rankings for the first time in eight years , and failing to make a Grand Slam final for the first time in five . |