Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [prep] the first division " in BNC.
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| 1 | Salford intend to advertise for a full-time successor to the First Division 's longest serving coach . |
| 2 | Now confidence has burgeoned , and they are looking the most complete side in the First Division , secure in defence and incisive in attack ; and , with a squad gradually returning to strength , they could dominate the second half of the season . |
| 3 | His height and strength will be badly missed in attacked as Leicester field what must be the smallest striking partnership in the First Division . |
| 4 | He is joint fifth top scorer in the First Division with 16 tries . |
| 5 | Despite Lawrence guiding Boro into the Premier League in his first season at Ayresome Park , Bassett won the award for lifting a relegation-threatened side into the top half of the First Division . |
| 6 | DUNFERMLINE leapfrogged over Kilmarnock into second-top spot in the First Division with a deserved 2-1 win over bottom club , Cowdenbeath . |
| 7 | Now what will nineteen ninety two bring for Gloucester Rugby Club … the league championship … well the cherry and whites are joint top of the first division and they 're the only team left with a one hundred per cent record … on saturday at Kingsholm they beat Rosslyn Park by twelve points to nine … |
| 8 | Mathematics if not logic equated the two-goal lead Chelsea had established on the hour with a third-round place for the First Division side after the two clubs had drawn 1-1 at Stamford Bridge . |
| 9 | But Drysdale 's claim to fame now is not freckles , specs and white chocolate but arguably the sweetest left foot in the First Division . |
| 10 | The man who cost Portsmouth just £450 when they bought him out of the army netted his second hat-trick of the season on Saturday and in turn became leading scorer in the First Division . |
| 11 | Bradford 's decision , together with Salford 's installation of Kevin Tamati last week , means an unprecedented half of the first division clubs have overseas coaches . |
| 12 | SHEFFIELD United 's remarkable climb up the First Division continued at the expense of Everton , who are moving just as rapidly in the opposite direction , writes Don Hardisty . |
| 13 | ANDREJ KANCHELSKIS , blissfully unaware of Manchester United 's long struggle for the First Division championship until last summer , kept the dream alive at Old Trafford last night . |
| 14 | He had not even had a full season in the First Division . |
| 15 | Kristensen 's equaliser failed to disguise an unimpressive performance by the First Division leaders , and Keegan admitted : ‘ I do n't have to tell them how badly they played . |
| 16 | And Wasps remain the fourth undefeated club in the First Division after a 15-13 win at Harlequins . |
| 17 | The Eagles , making a hyped-up return to the First Division , rallied with a well-taken try by Anthony Farrell . |
| 18 | HE 'S currently the most successful manager in the First Division , though that remains one of football 's best-kept secrets . |
| 19 | At the Manor Ground Oxford United take on Watford , the bottom club in the first division . |
| 20 | It says much for the resilience of the club , however , that for most of this period a healthy League position was held ( lowest finishing place was fourteenth in 1966 ) and Chapman would be proud to know that , nearly fifty years after his death , Arsenal are the longest surviving member of the First Division . |
| 21 | ‘ We 're the best passing side in the First Division , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Is this to be the beginning of a demise for Gloucester , the only unbeaten side in the first division ? |
| 23 | Cardiff remain the only other unbeaten club in the First Division . |
| 24 | Millwall have scored more goals at home than any other team in the first division but away their record is one of the worst … |
| 25 | Gloucester the only unbeaten team in the first division take on London Scottish who 've won all of their games in the second division |
| 26 | A few weeks later he was transferred to Newcastle United for a fee of £90,000 , becoming the first player to be signed up by soccer legend Keegan as new manager of the First Division club . |
| 27 | At the other end of the First Division the whipping boys , Bedford , who have conceded 190 points in their four games , include the 17 ½ stone No.8 Steve Harris at inside centre against Orrell . |
| 28 | A SUPERB late strike by Trevor Morley rescued a point for West Ham in a glowing advert for the First Division . |