Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] division " in BNC.
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| 1 | Together , the pair devised a series of three-year plans — the first was to put the club back in the first division , the second to get the club established in the top third of the table . |
| 2 | If we do n't , the knock-on effect will be felt by EVERY club in the land , from the Premier through to the Third Division . |
| 3 | If we do n't , the knock-on effect will be felt by EVERY club in the land , from the Premier through to the Third Division . |
| 4 | The former skipper had the misfortune of conceding the own-goal which gave Swindon a play-off victory at Wembley two years ago but he still led the team out in the First Division the next season . |
| 5 | Raffle prizes were donated by Roy and Carl and raised more than £130 for the club which just missed out on an historic victory — being runner up in the first division of the Industries League for a second year . |
| 6 | Liverpool 's defeat , which threatens to prevent them finishing in the top five for the first time since their initial season back in the First Division 30 years ago , was again due to the unpredictable goalkeeping of Grobbelaar . |
| 7 | But taking the objective Macdonald view in this first season back in the Premier Division , survival was his first concern for Airdrie , the avoidance of relegation for a club which in realistic terms has no money to buy quality players , crowds averaging less than 5,000 and a creaking , obsolute stadium . |
| 8 | On the other side of Ayrshire , Ally MacLeod discovered how painfully short his Ayr United side are of becoming genuine challengers for promotion out of the First Division . |
| 9 | The Pontins League includes the reserve teams of most of the North 's top clubs , with Everton gaining promotion back to the first division last season after being relegated 12 months previously . |
| 10 | The teams are in a confident frame of mind knowing that their starting five of Findlay , Tony Hanson , Patrick Sellers , Ian Burlison and Rob Harland can match any line up in the second division . |
| 11 | Brighton remain next to bottom in the table and relegation back to the Third Division after four seasons looks a distinct probability . |
| 12 | I have played all the way through to the First Division , where we lasted only one season before relegation . |
| 13 | But Tottenham 's problems pale by comparison with those of last night 's opponents ; should Coventry beat Sheffield Wednesday at home tonight and win or draw here on Saturday , then County will be on their way back to the Second Division . |
| 14 | Dave Swindlehurst was Palace 's big , strong goalscorer as we forced our way back to the 1st Division limelight from the obscurity of the 3rd between 1974 and 1979 . |
| 15 | Mark Bright joined the Palace from Leicester City in November 1986 in a £75,000 deal and it was the goals from this cultured striker , along with those from partner Ian Wright , which took the Palace back to the 1st Division in 1989 , while also helping to make the twosome Palace 's top scorers in the League 's higher divisions , as well as one of the most prolific striking partnerships in the country at that time . |
| 16 | However , with the Palace back in the 3rd Division South in 1925 , Cec had what was certainly his best season with us and hit two hat-tricks among his tally of 19 goals , which made him our second highest scorer that term . |