Example sentences of "'s victory over [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Back in the tree there was a tremendous celebration for Little Billy 's victory over the dreaded Gruncher . |
| 2 | Indeed , in the aftermath of Charles V 's victory over the Protestants at the battle of Muhlberg in 1547 , Edward 's England had become the refuge for a number of important refugees , including Peter Martyr and Martin Bucer . |
| 3 | Finally it was Gnaeus Manlius Vulso 's victory over the Galatians in 189 B.C. which justified the intervention of the Romans in Asia Minor and furnished them with the clients they needed in order to control the ambitions of Pergamum . |
| 4 | Experience seemed to justify this view , for the period saw many indecisive encounters of this kind ; while the naval battles which produced some decisive result — Cape Passaro ( 1718 ) ; Hawke 's victory over the French Admiral Du Bois de la Motte ( 1744 ) ; Lagos and Quiberon Bay ( 1759 ) ; Rodney 's ‘ midnight chase ’ of the Spanish Admiral Langara in 1780 — were nearly all marked by a preponderance of strength on one side . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Its monopoly of the Asian trade was still its reward for being one of the main holders of the national debt , and after Robert Clive 's victory over the French at Plessey in 1757 it was the virtual ruler of Bengal . |
| 7 | So too , perhaps , is the king 's victory over the Alamans , and by extension his conversion . |
| 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 | Too often the leadership 's victories over the left have had an unsavoury , pyrrhic quality . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , Napoleon 's victories over the Prussians meant that the German states were opened up to foreign and revolutionary influences . |
| 12 | Although Nicholas 's victories over the Persians in 1828 and the Ottoman Empire in 1829 had made him temporarily safe from international complications in this area , they did little for the extension of Russian control over the peoples who lived to the north of Georgia . |