1.   While the first of the four examples we have quoted seems relatively trivial, the final two have more significance.

2.   And he sent McCall swooning into the ropes at one point but nearly fell apart himself in the final two rounds before holding on for the win.

3.   Because of their overall positions, Ullrich and Armstrong will be the final two on the course.

4.   Before the schedule was revised, Fox was supposed to cover only the final two Sundays of the regular season.

5.   Blake, then, was a spectator in the final two when the Jets produced dramatic, last-second victories.

6.   A bidding process was set up, and Lerner and Dolan were the final two.

7.   A coach there helped him obtain a scholarship at USC, where he played for three years, the final two as a starter.

8.   After allowing a run-scoring single, he struck out Floyd on a nasty split-fingered fastball and then got the final two outs in the eighth.

9.   After beating the Rangers twice in overtime in the first two games of the series in Philadelphia, they got little resistance in the final two at the Garden.