Example sentences of "[noun sg] back [prep] [art] [num ord] 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 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 .
3 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 .
4 Brighton remain next to bottom in the table and relegation back to the Third Division after four seasons looks a distinct probability .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
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