The phrase "earn first place" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It means to achieve or acquire the top position or ranking in a competition or event. Example: "After months of training and hard work, the team was able to earn first place in the national championships."
But a bad-behaviour-packed red-band trailer effectively communicated the film's appeal, and a debut of £1.39m was strong enough to earn fourth place.
The injuries may have advanced Sheene's media career, but they set back his racing, for although he won two late-season grands prix they were only enough to earn sixth place in the world championship.
The Red Devils cheered their throats out into the last seconds of stoppage time but were powerless to propel South Korea to come from behind tonight against Turkey, which won, 3-2, to earn third place in the World Cup.
Bleasdale's training partner, Katie Byres, cleared 4.16m to earn fifth place and become the UK indoor junior record-holder.
The only new wide release was Out of the Furnace, which took $5.3m £3.2mm) to earn third place.
Richards was dismissed for punching Gary Whetton in a game Wales lost 49-6, butheyey went on to earn third place after beating Australia in the play-off in Rotorua.
Andrew Kolarik of Eagle's Nest G&CC was the only one of the top eight scorers to improve on his first-day score, as he finished 72-71 143 to earn second place among the 45 second-round players.
More college wrestling: Navy senior Mathew Miller John Carrolll) pinned Iowa's Sammy Brooks in the quarterfinals Friday before losing a 5-4 decision to North Carolina State's Pete Renda in the semifinals to earn fifth place in the 184-pound ladder.
In 1813 he earned first place in the university mathematical examinations.
Progress in structural reforms has also been impressive: the country earned first place on responsiveness to recommendations in the latest Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Going for Growth report.
