Example sentences of "[prep] the first round [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the first round in April of the 1990 presidential elections see p. 37371 . |
| 2 | IF , AS predicted , a right-wing coalition looks set to sweep the Socialists from power after the first round of France 's parliamentary elections on Sunday , the most interesting statistic will probably be the number of people who failed to vote at all . |
| 3 | Two further rounds of voting in the multiparty elections to the National Assembly took place on Oct. 21 and 28 following the suspension and partial annulment of the first round on Sept. 21 [ p. 37701 ] , which had been characterized by disorder and irregularities . |
| 4 | The 50-member High Council of the Republic ( HCR ) , the transitional government established by the February 1990 conference , officially confirmed the results of the first round on March 14 . |
| 5 | The second round of the legislative elections on Nov. 15 confirmed the victory of the Democratic Labour Party ( DLP ) , the former Communist Party led by Algirdas Brazauskas , over the ruling Sajudis alliance [ for the results of the first round in October and background information see p. 39157 ] . |
| 6 | Lennox Lewis , the British heavyweight , stormed to another thrilling victory when he knocked out Bradford 's Steve Garber in one minute 30 seconds of the first round in Hull last night to record his fourth successive victory . |
| 7 | Bates , who beat Byron Black of Zimbabwe 3–6 6–3 7–5 in his first round match , can find comfort , too , in Wilkinson 's victory because he is due to meet Frana in the first round at Wimbledon . |
| 8 | ‘ I have given up hope of racing in the first round at Snetterton , later this month , ’ he admitted . |
| 9 | That means their preliminary round opponents Linfield must wait until Thursday night before knowing for sure that they will play FC Copenhagen in the first round at Windsor Park next Wednesday . |
| 10 | Super Saints : St Aloysius of Huyton , the 1987 LiCat top Merseyside snooker team champions , beat Prescot 's champions BICC 3–1 , with John Timson contributing a best series break of 44 , in the first round at Derby Lane last night . |
| 11 | In the first round on Sept. 27 Iliescu and Constantinescu had gained 47.34 and 31.24 per cent respectively [ for first round results and background information , see p. 39104 ] ; in the second Iliescu won 61.43 per cent and Constantinescu 38.57 per cent , with a 73.2 per cent turnout . |
| 12 | The second round of multiparty legislative elections on March 8 confirmed the lead of the Alliance for Democracy in Mali ( ADEMA ) in the first round on Feb. 23 [ see p. 38754 ] . |
| 13 | Tapie 's suit will aim to force the French Federation and French League to name Marseille as the country 's representatives to play AEK Athens in the first round on September 15 . |
| 14 | In the first round on April 30 , when 180 votes ( three-fifths of the total ) were required for a candidate to be successful , Karamanlis had received 149 votes , Alevras 123 and Despotopoulos 21 . |
| 15 | Having failed to secure an absolute majority in the first round on April 12 ( his share of the vote was 44.95 per cent ) , Konare was obliged to contest a run-off against Tieoule Mamadou Konate , leader of the Sudanese Union-African Democratic Rally ( US-RDA ) ( who won 14.51 per cent of the vote in the first round . |
| 16 | The Round Table increased its share of the vote from 54 per cent in the first round on Oct. 28 to 62 per cent , and won a further 41 seats to bring its total to 155 . |
| 17 | In the first round on Nov. 20 Thatcher received 204 votes against 152 for Heseltine , with 16 abstentions or spoiled papers from the 372 Conservative MPs now forming the electoral college . |
| 18 | Champions Hampshire are at home to Dorset in the first round on June 24 , while Durham make their first NatWest Trophy appearance as a first-class county against Ireland in Dublin . |
| 19 | In the first round on June 10 , 90.79 per cent of the 6,976,620 eligible voters cast votes to elect constituency members , and 90.6 per cent of the electorate cast votes to determine the distribution of the remaining 200 seats on a proportional basis . |
| 20 | Having lost in the first round to Sarah Lochrie , 7–5 , 6–4 , she then fought her way back into the tournament to beat Jasmine Choudhury 7–5 , 6–3 in the semis and Felicia D'Amelio 2–6 , 6–4 , 6–4 in the final to take her first national title . |
| 21 | In May 1922 he lost by a knockout in the first round to Georges Carpentier in his challenge for the world 's light-heavyweight crown . |
| 22 | Voting in the first round of Algeria 's first multiparty elections on Dec. 26 produced an unexpectedly large win for the Islamic Salvation Front ( FIS ) . |
| 23 | Those who saw him freeze into immobility against Mike Tyson before crashing to the canvas in the first round in July 1990 believe they are seeing now a repeat of the same symptoms . |
| 24 | The leaders of the Norman Watt ‘ A ’ and ‘ B ’ Ulster 125 and 750 Championships are unbeaten since the first round at Desertmartin . |
| 25 | Vargas Llosa , who had led on the first round on April 8 [ see p. 37371 ] , now won only 2,713,442 ( 33.92 per cent ) . |