Sentence examples for the first one against from inspiring English sources

According to Robert Klemko of Sports Illustrated, there were "several" Green Bay Packers players who expected a second overtime session after the first one against Minnesota on Sunday ended with the teams still tied.

"Definitely the first one, against Brighton," he says.

We lost the first one against Chelsea but this is special.

Elmer Smith of the Cleveland Indians connected for the first one, against the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1920, and six Yankee hitters had achieved that feat.

When the Yankees nailed down their 37th American League pennant last night, they set up the 14th Subway Series, the first one against the Mets and the first in 44 years.

"To make it to one Super Bowl is quite an accomplishment, but to get to two is wonderful because so many great players in the league's history never made it," said Tony Dorsett, who played from 1977 through 1988 and in Super Bowls XII and XIII, winning the first one against Denver and losing the second against Pittsburgh.

American officials say the Dujail crimes were selected as the first ones against which to try Hussein because building that case was not nearly as difficult.

He did not complete the second one, against the Yankees and Orlando Hernandez on Thursday night, but his seven-inning, three-hit performance was impressive nonetheless, especially following his complete-game three-hit shutout against Boston last Saturday in a matchup with Pedro Martinez.

However, Kompany started the second one, against Israel, and played 58 minutes.

The study protocol was composed of two arms, the first one assessing in vivo activity of daptomycin and comparators against MSSA-infected and the second one against MRSA-infected tissue cages.

I spotted the first one knitted against the steps of my front porch, in Albemarle County, Va.