• The hosts applied sustained pressure for the first time after the break but failed to make it count.

    BBC: N Ireland 0-2 Slovakia

  • Though top seed Federer achieved his 39th successive win, he lost a tie-break for the first time in 16.

    BBC: SPORT | Tennis | Nadal loses to Youzhny in Dubai

  • At 30-15, the Knicks have 30 wins before the break for the first time since the 1996-97 season, when they were 32-13 after 45 games.

    WSJ: Stoudemire 10 for 10, Knicks crush Kings 120-81

  • The youthful Russians outpaced the experienced Swedes to qualify for the knockout stage for the first time since the break up of the Soviet Union.

    CNN: Rampant Russia make last-8 date with Dutch

  • For the first time since the break-up of the USSR, the national side reached the knockout stages of an international tournament as they dispatched the Netherlands on their way to the European Championship semi-finals.

    BBC: Russian minnows hit the big time

  • The European Central Bank's offer of unlimited three-year loans to euro-zone banks, while it fell short of the full "bazooka" that markets had been demanding, was still a significant move that for the first time started to break the toxic link between government and bank funding and may even provide some support for peripheral countries' sovereign bonds.

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  • Sun's financial team, meanwhile, is racing to break out for the first time revenue from software, which is evidently rising even while gear sales fall.

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  • But the visitors made amends within a minute of the restart as the Warriors tackling failed for the first time allowing Lamont to break through.

    BBC: Celtic Warriors 9-19 Glasgow

  • Glasgow took the lead for the first time just after the break, when Parks landed a fine long-range penalty when Richard Parks transgressed at a ruck.

    BBC: Dragons 6-12 Glasgow

  • Spending too much time basking in the first break of success can cause you to lose opportunities to build connections and gain subsequent more breaks from it.

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  • Mauresmo held serve for the first time and then had three break points on the Safina serve - converting the last of them to get right back into the contest.

    BBC: Safina edges Mauresmo under roof

  • Moments later, Murray double-faulted for the first time to give Federer a break-back point in game eight, but he responded brilliantly with an ace out wide and the danger had passed.

    BBC: Andy Murray beats Roger Federer to win Shanghai Masters

  • But the dissection of individual justification put forward for the ban are tenuous, to say the least, so that the modern doctrine will allow Kagan--and Kennedy--to invalidate the ban without having to break new ground for the first time.

    FORBES: What hidden perils await her on the Court.

  • Drogba took his time to warm up in the first half but wasted little time in making an impact after the break, setting up Kalou with a neat pass only for his Ivorian team-mate to shoot straight at Jaaskelainen.

    BBC: Chelsea 1-0 Bolton

  • And for 20-somethings trying to break into the market for the first time, sometimes you need a little macro-economic help and a local bank.

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  • The Nikkei Stock Average jumped 3.5% on its first trading day after the four-day Golden Week break, climbing above the 14, 000 mark for the first time since June 2008.

    WSJ: Nikkei Hits Fresh Multiyear High

  • The Nikkei Stock Average jumped 3.6% to 14180.24 on its first trading day after the four-day Golden Week break, climbing above the 14, 000 mark for the first time since June 2008.

    WSJ: Nikkei Hits Fresh Multiyear High

  • And, if all goes well, he expects to break the 15 minute barrier for the first time in Barcelona.

    BBC: Davies targets world's best

  • Bournemouth did break through in the first period of extra-time as Steve Fletcher swept the ball home in the 98th minute.

    BBC: Cherries upset Crewe

  • It is not the first time the federal authorities have tried to break up the prison gangs by moving them to different jails.

    BBC: Police on patrol in Paraisopolis

  • Many Spurs followers believed the formidable run of matches against Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United would decide their fate in their quest to break into the top four for the first time in the Premier League.

    BBC: Sunderland 3-1 Tottenham

  • She may never have progressed past the second round of any grand slam singles event, but she did break into the top 30 for the first time and reached her first WTA Tour final at the UNICEF Open in the Netherlands.

    CNN: Net gain

  • The Scots threw men forward but could not break through - Craig Burley's late first-time shot being saved by Taffarel.

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  • Yet they took the lead for the first time on 46 minutes as Kefu's break sent Lemi in for an unconverted try.

    BBC: Dragons 16-23 Wasps

  • To do that, Lewis-Francis may well have to officially break the 10-second barrier for the first time in a career that promised much as a teenager, but has only recently started to deliver.

    BBC: Mark Lewis-Francis eyes an injury-free 2011 season

  • He then had two break points in the third game of the second set and although he was unable to take them, he was handed the initiative in game seven when Chardy, after saving two further break points, double-faulted for the first time in the match on the third, handing Murray a 4-3 lead.

    BBC: Andy Murray victory seals place at World Tour Finals

  • On the surface, Clara took the break-up pretty well (it was the first time someone had left her).

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  • The visitors continued to look dangerous on the break and Myhre was forced into action for the first time in the 37th minute when he saved well from Kohler after Andi Moller had driven in a free-kick.

    BBC: Rangers defeat German giants

  • It's the first time the Knicks have had 30 wins before the break since the 1996-97 season well beyond the usual expectations, since they never won more than 33 in an entire season from 2004-05 through 2009-10.

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