Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] [prep] the first division " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oxford 's two-one win at home to Peterborough lifted them into sixteenth place in the First Division . |
| 2 | SWINDON squandered the chance to regain second place in the First Division yesterday . |
| 3 | Peterboro 3 , Swindon 3 SWINDON squandered the chance to regain second place in the First Division yesterday . |
| 4 | GUY Whittingham scored his 40th goal of the season to push Portsmouth into second place in the First Division . |
| 5 | MILLWALL Football Club , which is playing only its second season in the First Division in its 104-year history , is to obtain a Stock Exchange listing . |
| 6 | Roberts , who scored a hat-trick in a TV game against Birmingham City earlier in the season , again came alive in front of the cameras to lift Wolves from ninth to sixth place in the First Division . |
| 7 | Now football , and Swindon Town have moved up into sixth place in the first division after beating Grimsby Town one-nil at the County Ground last night . |
| 8 | Football now , and Swindon Town have stepped up their promotion challenge by moving up into fifth place in the first division . |
| 9 | Jenny Pitman 's Do Be Brief stepped onto a racecourse for the first time in the first division of the Christmas Pudding Novice Hurdle and made quite an impression in beating Sailor 's Luck , but not half as big as his stable-companion Egypt Mill , who looked something special in landing the second division by 10 lengths . |
| 10 | After the club 's liquidation crisis in 1986 , he shared in the fairytale rise from the Third Division to the First Division in successive seasons . |
| 11 | Suddenly , after battling all season with Manchester City for third place in the First Division , the Wednesday player-manager finds that finishing second is now more than just a pipe dream . |
| 12 | GARRY NELSON scored twice to go past the 100 League goal mark and move Charlton into third place in the First Division . |
| 13 | This four-nil win at Watford on Saturday — their sixth in seven games — left them in third place in the First Division . |
| 14 | And the victory elevated Tranmere to third place in the first division behind Kevin Keegan 's Newcastle and Swindon . |
| 15 | Once again McNab paid tribute to the old guard who have seen Tranmere soar into third place in the First Division the highest placing in the club 's history . |