Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [art] first division " in BNC.
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| 1 | ANDREJ KANCHELSKIS , blissfully unaware of Manchester United 's long struggle for the First Division championship until last summer , kept the dream alive at Old Trafford last night . |
| 2 | The All Whites , staying on course for a First Division and cup double , were only 10–0 up at half-time with a stiff breeze behind them . |
| 3 | A SUPERB late strike by Trevor Morley rescued a point for West Ham in a glowing advert for the First Division . |
| 4 | On top of that , scoring the third in the 3–1 win over the Sky Blues made him the youngest scorer of a First Division goal . |
| 5 | Sheffield United continue their march up the first division and Ian Bryce in goal five minutes before time was good enough to beat Chelsea . |
| 6 | His height and strength will be badly missed in attacked as Leicester field what must be the smallest striking partnership in the First Division . |
| 7 | Just ask Falkirk , who have produced some great stuff this season yet look increasingly likely to be playing their football in the First Division next season . |
| 8 | And Wasps remain the fourth undefeated club in the First Division after a 15-13 win at Harlequins . |
| 9 | Cardiff remain the only other unbeaten club in the First Division . |
| 10 | I told Bates straight out that I was the only man who had the vision and know-how to keep his club in the First Division and that for a reasonable salary , say 16K a year , I would be willing to quit Athletico . |
| 11 | At the Manor Ground Oxford United take on Watford , the bottom club in the first division . |
| 12 | Now confidence has burgeoned , and they are looking the most complete side in the First Division , secure in defence and incisive in attack ; and , with a squad gradually returning to strength , they could dominate the second half of the season . |
| 13 | Is this to be the beginning of a demise for Gloucester , the only unbeaten side in the first division ? |
| 14 | ‘ We 're the best passing side in the First Division , ’ he said . |
| 15 | He is joint fifth top scorer in the First Division with 16 tries . |
| 16 | The man who cost Portsmouth just £450 when they bought him out of the army netted his second hat-trick of the season on Saturday and in turn became leading scorer in the First Division . |
| 17 | Justin has n't had this much ink for a decade , not since his million-pound transfer from Norwich to Nottingham Forest , where , from being the highest scorer in the First Division , his career went into a premature tailspin . |
| 18 | He replaces Ian St John as Jimmy Greaves sidekick analysing the region 's best action from the first division on The Central Match LIVE . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Derby County 's grief at the foot of the first division continues as they went down two one at Crystal Palace . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | As Bramley are already promoted to the Second , with Ryedale York and Workington doomed to the Third , the six clubs in contention for the First Division 's second relegation place are the only sides anticipating a nervous Easter . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Though bottom of the First Division , City played intelligent , skilful soccer , full of simple passes , with players such as Bishop and Lake comfortable enough on the ball to create space , and a striker in Allen sharp enough to take the half-chance that put City deservedly ahead . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Allison is bidding to pull the West Country club off the bottom of the First Division table . |
| 28 | Now is the time for the Cherry and Whites to pull together and push away from the bottom of the first division . |
| 29 | 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 … |
| 30 | United , second from bottom of the First Division , looked doomed to defeat when they fell behind 14 minutes from time , but Lee Clark rescued a point with a 25-yard special in the 88th minute . |