Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [noun sg] [num ord] division " in BNC.
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| 1 | In June a soldier of the German 50th Division before Fort Vaux declared that ‘ the torture of having to lie powerless and defenceless in the middle of an artillery battle ’ was ‘ something for which there is nothing comparable on earth ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ It was important that I moved on to a bigger stage , with a club in the top bracket of the English First Division , or Celtic and Rangers . ’ |
| 3 | Summers was quoted in national newspapers as saying : ‘ If Sugar thinks we are a run of the mill first division club , he is in for a big shock . |
| 4 | Their second defeat in four days by a London club means that a quick return to the present Second Division is more likely than ever for the First Division 's bottom team . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , Frenchman Jean-Pierre Papin scored twice as the AC Milan machine rolled mercilessly over lowly first division newcomers Ancona on Sunday , winning 2-0 to go six points clear at the top of the Italian first division . |
| 6 | Ian McColl , the former Scotland boss , had taken over as manager of the English First Division side and gratefully paid £70,000 for Baxter . |
| 7 | He provides the guided tour of the ground First Division facilities , Northern League friendliness before adjourning for a couple of halves in a town centre pub called the Black Adder , run by former Ipswich star Alan Brazil . |
| 8 | The official history of the German 27th Division , which defended Guillemont , records : ‘ In the Somme fighting of 1916 there was a spirit of heroism which was never again found in the division … the men in 1918 had not the temper , the hard bitterness and spirit of sacrifice of their predecessors . ’ |