Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] the [adj] first division " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kelso ........ 18 Heriot 's FP .. 29 KELSO , the champions , languish bottom of the Scottish First Division — in the illustrious company of Hawick , among others — ironically after preparing more thoroughly than usual . |
| 2 | Pleat had the chance to follow the same path trod by Terry Venables at Tottenham but could n't come up with the necessary funds for a stake in the struggling First Division outfit . |
| 3 | WITH Iain Maclean scoring 29 points after a last-minute appeal against his four-game ban , Livingston Bulls kept their unbeaten record in the Scottish first division , beating Edinburgh Burger Kings 96-71 at the Forum last night . |
| 4 | Deportivo Coruna stay top of the Spanish First Division for the eighth successive week after a 2–1 home win over Sporting Gijon . |
| 5 | THE City of Edinburgh women defend their unbeaten record at the top of the Scottish first division against RH Dunedin at Royal High School tomorrow knowing that a victory would be a major step to their first title . |
| 6 | This is precisely what the Union has gone some way to doing with its appointment of Glen Ball , Leighton Davies and John Perkins — respectively Neath manager , Maesteg coach and Pontypool coach — to act as Alan Davies 's go-between with the Welsh First Division clubs . |
| 7 | ‘ I had one season in the old First Division with Portsmouth and it 's great to get another opportunity to show what I can do against the best in the country . |
| 8 | HARTLEPOOL United have set a two-year target for promotion to the new First Division . |
| 9 | MANCHESTER UNITED and Leeds were first and second on this day last year — and they kept it a two-horse race to the end in the old First Division . |
| 10 | Dagbladet yesterday brought a table from the spanish first division ( =premier ) with albacete listed even though they were not in the top five : ie they listed the top-five teams some ‘ … ’ and albacete : im quite sure that mean something though nothing more in the papers today . |
| 11 | Deportivo Coruna clung to top spot in the Spanish first division with a late equaliser to earn a 1-1 draw at Albacete after Real Madrid and Barcelona edged closer with home wins . |