Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [prep] the first division " in BNC.

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1 In fact , it was Barnsley 's own airforce that did the damage to the First Division leaders .
2 Derby County rooted to the foot of the first division , were involved in a goal avalanche at the baseball ground where Sunderland were the visitors .
3 Derby County 's grief at the foot of the first division continues as they went down two one at Crystal Palace .
4 Ron Atkinson , the Sheffield Wednesday manager , yesterday promised the shareholders ' AGM that the team will not be relegated and will climb from the bottom of the First Division by Christmas .
5 It was West Ham 's first victory for nearly 2½ months , but was not enough to lift them from the bottom of the First Division .
6 Here was the team which he had come to when it was struggling pathetically at the bottom of the First Division ; the team which he had made one of the greatest in the history of football , beaten by a fifth-rate side .
7 Allison is bidding to pull the West Country club off the bottom of the First Division table .
8 Now is the time for the Cherry and Whites to pull together and push away from the bottom of the first division .
9 Oxford United are still stuck at the bottom of the first division … after last night 's draw against Barnsley … while Hereford suffered a worse fate … they lost at Gillingham …
10 Parkview lifted themselves off the bottom of the first division with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Premier Social ( Alan Povey ) , Johnny Bennett and Mickey Brown scoring .
11 28,545 was the biggest gate of the week-end in the First Division at Newcastle v Southend .
12 United , attepting to regain the leadership of the First Division , begin a demanding run of four games in seven days and Robson , who has played in only two of the last five matches because of a calf problem , is still troubled by the injury .
13 The rest of the First Division , to twist WC Fields slightly , will be anxious not to give an injury-hit Liverpool an even break .
14 Aston Villa v Arsenal With Liverpool back at the top of the First Division a draw will do neither of their immediate pursuers much good .
15 In United 's progress to the top of the First Division and to tomorrow 's final , Schmeichel has kept 23 clean sheets and on only five occasions has he been beaten more than once .
16 Leeds United3 , Chelsea0 LEEDS returned to the top of the First Division yesterday with a sudden scoring explosion that masked a deeply unconvincing performance .
17 Despite their mini-slump , Newcastle left Tyneside nursing a six-point lead at the top of the First Division .
18 KEVIN KEEGAN 'S Geordie dream lived on yesterday as Newcastle won their ninth successive match and opened up a five-point lead at the top of the First Division .
19 FROM ME TO YOU Boss Kevin Keegan salutes the Magpie fans after his side kept up their 100 per cent record at the top of the First Division
20 that , that , as a result of that we could be , Leicester City could be at the top of the first division , I know the Chairman follows the Philbert Street Foxes , I would hope that this chamber will support the Leicestershire foxes when it 's time to take our vote .
21 Here 's the top of the first division .
22 The top of the first division shows what a vital win it was .
23 When the idea of a Premier League was floated at Lancaster Gate a year ago , many of us welcomed what we were led to believe was a plan to revitalise the game , at club and international levels , with the replacement of the First Division by an 18-member competition under the direct control of the FA .
24 There would be a play-off between the Premier Division 's second-bottom club and the second-top in the First Division .
25 He had the list of the First Division fixtures ready .
26 Pool , so often the butt of soccer jokes , on the threshold of the First Division ?
27 Down in the dungeon of the first division , Rosslyn Park and Nottingham are still to get off the mark .
28 It was held by the Lord Ordinary ( Lord Wheatley ) and a majority of the First Division that the corporation was not liable to purchase tax on stationery manufactured by it and supplied to its public service departments but was liable to the tax on stationery supplied to its trading departments .
29 its a big week for both Swindon and Oxford why … well a look at the first division table shows all
30 Though a successful player with Spurs and England , many doubted his ability to repeat the achievement of Ossie Ardiles by earning a place in the First Division .
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