noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a semi-final match (= between two of the last four teams left in a competition )
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Spain beat Russia in their semi-final match last night.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
other
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The other semi-final was a much more straight forward affair, with Staffordshire demolishing Buckinghamshire by 148 runs at Walsall.
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Team Components Bureau and Streamline Hazlehead meet in the other semi-final , neither side having won the trophy.
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In the other semi-final , Terry Griffiths faces John Parrott.
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Not much to choose either between Ards and Cliftonville who meet at the Oval in the other semi-final on Friday night.
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The Betts take on the Piggotts in the other semi-final .
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In the other semi-final , Jan Timman leads Jonathan Speelman, also by 2-1.
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cup
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Action from last night's Premier Cup semi-final at Cornard.
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His penetrating run set up the Palace equaliser in the 1990 cup semi-final against scouse.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Colchester were defeated in the semi-final of the runners-up competition by Rochford, the eventual winners.
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For the management careers of both Dave Stringer and Malcolm Crosby, this is likely to be a crucial semi-final .
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It was his cool nerve that saw his club through a nervous semi-final against Coleraine.
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The arrangements for the sale of cup final tickets were introduced after a furore over the ticket sales for the semi-final .
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The Crusaders-Portadown semi-final of the competition is scheduled for the Oval on Tuesday September 21.
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The first three in each heat will qualify for a regional semi-final in September.
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The other semi-final was a much more straight forward affair, with Staffordshire demolishing Buckinghamshire by 148 runs at Walsall.