Example sentences of "[noun] victory over " in BNC.
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| 1 | FRANK BRUNO wants a Riddick victory over Evander Holyfield for a short-cut to his third world title shot . |
| 2 | A Texaco Trophy victory over Australia can not make amends for that 3–0 Test drubbing in India . |
| 3 | Commanche Run 's neck victory over Baynoun in the 1984 St Leger gave Piggott his twenty-eighth Classic , breaking the record previously held by Frank Buckle with twenty-seven wins between 1792 and 1827 . |
| 4 | Responsible for giving trainer Grant Eden a broken heel after throwing him off on the gallops , Artistic Reef made up for it with a game neck victory over favourite Palacegate Episode . |
| 5 | PATRICK Johns , one of Ireland 's heroes in the Five Nations victory over England last Saturday , is feeling the heat already as he prepares for tomorrow 's opening salvoes in the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Sevens . |
| 6 | THE Prime Minister scored the luckiest escape of a lifetime last night with a knife-edge victory over the ‘ enemy within ’ of his own party . |
| 7 | Barnes slammed 65 with the bat and then captured 4–32 with his medium pace bowling to steer Caernarfonshire to a 54-runs victory over Anglesey at Bethesda . |
| 8 | ‘ We have established a reasonable group of players capable of playing test rugby ’ — LAURIE MAINS ( New Zealand coach ) after the 2nd Test victory over Ireland ( 59–6 ) . |
| 9 | SRI LANKA yesterday clinched their first Test victory over New Zealand with a crushing nine-wicket success in Colombo . |
| 10 | Sri Lanka yesterday clinched their first Test victory over New Zealand with a crushing nine-wicket success in Colombo . |
| 11 | Gavin Hastings ( left ) celebrates his part in the World XV 's First Centenary Test victory over hosts New Zealand with David Sole , who he is tipped to succeed as captain of Scotland . |
| 12 | Goals like a tennis victory over Boris Becker can , however , be changed to achievable ones , such as , improving your game of tennis . |
| 13 | A 73rd-minute goal by substitute Andy Payton helped Middlesbrough to a 2–1 home victory over Oxford United that will have an enormous bearing on the Second Division 's promotion and relegation issues . |
| 14 | WIDNES stepped up their challenge for the Cheshire County League championship with a comprehensive 10-wicket home victory over Stalybridge with Zimbabwe Test star Grant Flower their key man . |
| 15 | Second and third produced a 9–9 stalemate , so Harrogate kept up the pressure for a final place after their 13–7 home victory over Winnington Park . |
| 16 | A Tommy Williams double gained first division Oyster a 2-1 home victory over premier division Britannia , and Whitestock Derby had a hat-trick star in Neil Sheridan when they won 3-2 at Halewood Labour . |
| 17 | KEELEY scored five goals for CMS League first division Shrewsbury HOB Reserves in their 10-0 LCFA Intermediate Cup second round home victory over Real Black Bull . |
| 18 | Lawrence 's life , that which followed the historic desert victory over the Turks and the capture of Damascus by the Arabs , led by Prince Feisal . |
| 19 | Souness watched Liverpool 's FA Cup semi-final penalty shoot-out victory over Portsmouth on Monday on satellite television . |
| 20 | John , the eldest of the four brothers , made 41 runs and Peter , the youngest of the cricketing quartet and a member of Ireland 's U21 squad shortly to tour Denmark , carried his bat for 51 in the 39 run victory over St Johnston . |
| 21 | Lineen will captain the Saltires when they aim to repeat last year 's record victory over Ulster at Ravenhill , Belfast , tonight ( 7:30 ) . |
| 22 | They have been hard at training ever since their one point victory over the famous Dubs in the semi-final a few weeks ago . |
| 23 | In the National Young Athletes League , Liverpool Harriers maintained their five-year unbeaten record with a 40 point victory over Middlesbrough . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , Howard was delighted with the success of the Marine contingent in the HFS League 's representative match victory over an FA XI at Leek on Tuesday . |
| 25 | Meanwhile , Howard was delighted with the success of the Marine contingent in the HFS League 's representative match victory over an FA XI at Leek on Tuesday . |
| 26 | Even a Riddick Bowe victory over Holyfield next week is unlikely to make it any easier to give Lewis a home run . |
| 27 | Even a Riddick Bowe victory over Holyfield next week is unlikely to make it any easier to give Lewis a home run . |
| 28 | FLINTSHIRE new boy Darrel Bowden of Hawarden Park signalled his belated debut at the age of 31 with an unbeaten knock of 37 on his ground to ensure a stunning eight-wickets victory over Montgomeryshire . |
| 29 | After wins over Malcolm Thomas and former holder Roy Cutts , Allcock completed a round-the-clock stint on the green last night with a 21–10 quarter-final singles victory over Richard Vinter . |
| 30 | The club 's Jason Fry was undoubtedly the hero of the day , coming in at one rubber down to retrieve the match with a second string singles victory over Pavilion & Avenue Hove player Stephen Bloomfield . |