Example sentences of "was [art] triumph [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her whole adult life was a triumph of determination over a body that could have condemned her to permanent invalidism . |
| 2 | The Wembley electoral college formula , giving the unions a bigger say in electing Labour 's leader than either activists or parliamentarians , was a triumph of defiance over common sense . |
| 3 | Theirs was a triumph of history over geography , of imagination over reality . |
| 4 | The Annual Conference at Northampton in May 1992 was a triumph of willpower over weakness . |
| 5 | • One senior Mercedes-Benz executive admitted the vulgar V12 badge on the C-pillar of the S-class was a triumph of marketing over design and quickly added that it was a delete option intended for the Japanese and Americans . |