Example sentences of "[noun sg] 's victory over " in BNC.

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1 Newtown off-spinner Keith Harding set up his side 's victory over Acton Reynald in Division Two , grabbing 7–41 in 22 overs to restrict the visitors to 91–9 in a game interrupted by rain .
2 Conrad was well aware of the many facets of the word ‘ romance ’ — idealism towards women and events , the hero 's victory over extreme hazard , exotic details of place and circumstance .
3 In particular their student team 's victory over New Zealand Universities at the Students ' World Cup in France in 1988 announced their birth as a rugby nation .
4 Too often the leadership 's victories over the left have had an unsavoury , pyrrhic quality .
5 So too , perhaps , is the king 's victory over the Alamans , and by extension his conversion .
6 Last week 's victory over Goran Ivanisevic was his first over a top 10 player and against Frana he never lost heart , even though his rival was holding serve far more comfortably in the early stages of both sets .
7 And our air-conditioned box is a stunning assertion of man 's victory over heat and danger and wild country .
8 Brian Ross and Chris Camden were both on target in the 3-2 win the duo also scored in last year 's victory over the FA and Howard said : ‘ They have come up trumps again , and it is another excellent boost for Marine . ’
9 Brian Ross and Chris Camden were both on target in the 3-2 win the duo also scored in last year 's victory over the FA and Howard said : ‘ They have come up trumps again and it is another excellent boost for Marine . ’
10 Demirel had previously pledged to remove President Özal from power , but on Oct. 24 , possibly influenced by the narrowness of his party 's victory over the ANAP , he declared that Özal might continue as President — an office to which he had been elected for a seven-year term in October 1989 .
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