Sentence examples for deserved first from inspiring English sources

Russia, China, Ukraine, Poland and France still felt the presentation of the Russians deserved first place.

Some new darlings arrive, like True Detective and Orange is the New Black, both earning much deserved first nominations.

He may have done better after he rolled Calum Chambers and went through on goal, but finally got a deserved first goal of the season right at the end, courtesy of a heavy deflection off Chambers.

Managerless Dundee United slumped to bottom spot in the table after a dismal display against a rampant Partick side, who leapfrogged them into 11th place in the league with a deserved first win of the season.

No matter that the performance was not always quite as convincing as the final scoreline, Rafael Benítez celebrated his 56th birthday with a fully deserved first win in five attempts since succeeding Steve McClaren last month.

(Incidentally, I also noticed in that editorial that the Mail said: "We fought off strong competition from rival newspapers, believing Mail readers deserved first sight of what is an important, if controversial, anatomy of modern politics". In fact, as Media Guardian revealed, the Mail fought no-one: there was no auction because it was offered the book before any other paper got a sniff).

Crewe had taken a deserved first-half lead through Dean Ashton before woeful Everton eventually woke from their slumber.

He gave the Unibond Premier League side a deserved first-half lead with a great far post goal after the home side had most of the attacking play before the interval.

The Clarets appeared to be on course for a first east Lancashire derby triumph in 34 years after Jason Shackell had given them a deserved first-half lead and Sean Dyche's men were rarely troubled, despite Ben Mee's 65th-minute red card.

Prior fell short of a deserved seventh Test century, but now has 25 50s for his country.

Just after the hour the visitors claimed a deserved second goal that underlined their superiority.