Example sentences of "swept to victory " in BNC.
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| 1 | EXPRESSIONS of triumph were tinged with a feeling of relief from Winchester and Alton Conservatives as their candidate Gerry Malone swept to victory in last week 's general election with a majority of over 8,000 over the Liberal Democrats . |
| 2 | A NEW YORK woman who backed Bill Clinton last April to win the presidency scooped £56,250 when he swept to victory , bookmakers William Hill said . |
| 3 | Johnson found it easy to represent his opponent as the enemy of the underprivileged at home and a warmonger abroad ; and he swept to victory by one of the largest margins in American history — 43 million votes to 27 million , and 44 states to six . |
| 4 | Bush swept to victory in West Virginia and Nebraska , on May 12 , winning over 80 per cent of the vote in each case . |
| 5 | Then there was the American sprinter Jesse Owens , who swept to victory in the Berlin Olympic Games of 1936 , much to the disgruntlement of Hitler . |