Example sentences of "[noun] to a [adj] [noun sg] over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Barri Williams 's unbeaten 26 steered Tregaron to a six-wicket win over Aberaeron 2nds ( 64 all out ) , Will Davies and Arwyn Morgan both taking three wickets . |
| 2 | In the First Division , Dumbarton eased the threat of relegation thanks to a two-goal win over Cowdenbeath . |
| 3 | its Oxford 's turn this week … the Live match is coming to the Manor Ground on Sunday for United against Leicester City … to rugby now … and Gloucester 's season is having all sorts of ups and downs … they 're on a high at the moment thanks to a resounding win over Leicester Tigers on saturday … the score at Kingsholm was thirty six … thirteen |
| 4 | Ironically there was a Molby in the team when Northern Ireland last played in Denmark — Jan 's young cousin Johnny who helped his side to a 2–1 victory over Billy Bingham 's men in November 1991 . |
| 5 | Ironically there was a Molby in the team when Northern Ireland last played in Denmark — Jan 's young cousin Johnny who helped his side to a 2–1 victory over Billy Bingham 's men in November 1991 . |
| 6 | The theory under attack was the notion that a band of prophets , under the leadership of William Wilberforce , had roused the conscience of a corrupted nation and led humanity to a decisive victory over the evils of materialism , avarice and human exploitation . |
| 7 | MARK APPLESON scored two tries to steer Scotland to a 22–12 victory over Natal in the Dubai rugby union Sevens final yesterday . |
| 8 | Davies the rugby player captained Cambridge to a 17–11 victory over Oxford in his fourth Varsity match last December and is almost certainly creating history by becoming the first to earn a rugby-soccer double Blue in the same season . |
| 9 | The affair gave renewed vigour to a running debate over the links between high-ranking members of the government and the production of coca . |
| 10 | BRIAN LARA cracked an unbeaten century to steer the West Indies to a nine-wicket win over South Africa in Bloemfontein yesterday . |
| 11 | And he then skipped Ronnie Oliver to a 27-7 success over Old Bleach 's James Talbot and Michael Nutt in the pairs final . |
| 12 | And he then skipped Ronnie Oliver to a 27–7 success over Old |
| 13 | Zimbabwe Test star Alistair Campbell reached 600 runs for the season with an undefeated century helped Wallasey to a 214-run victory over Sefton . |
| 14 | Regardless of your area of specialisation , the old epithet of ‘ tried and trusted ’ has been replaced by experimentation and sometimes cursory evaluation of what is achieved by one approach to a nursing procedure over another . |
| 15 | In the first place , the church of Canterbury inherited the pretensions of the Anglo-Saxon kings to a quasi-imperial authority over Britain and the adjacent islands . |
| 16 | The President announced this action and explained its background to a startled nation over nationwide television on 22 October . |
| 17 | The 24-year-old running back , the leading rusher in the NFL , turned in yet another phenomenal performance to lead the Steelers to a 30–14 victory over the Indianapolis Colts . |
| 18 | An opening blitz of 17 points in seven minutes put Wales well on their way to a 35–14 victory over Zimbabwe in the first match of their six-game African tour in Bulawayo . |
| 19 | This is the pick of several spectacular holes on the beautifully wooded Craigavad course , and the defending champion was only inches shy of a sensational eagle-two on her way to a thrilling victory over the redoubtable Tracey Eakin , from Laytown . |
| 20 | A hat-trick from Jim Gannon led Stockport to a 4–1 victory over Exeter at Edgeley Park and second place on the Division Three table . |
| 21 | Andrew , who led and inspired London to a 26-16 triumph over reigning Divisional champions Midlands , next weekend confronts triumphant South West captain Barnes , who masterminded something historic in Yorkshire . |
| 22 | Apart from the grants to a local authority over which the Central Government exercise control and such other controls as are provided by legislation , the Central Government is in no stronger a position to take action against the local authority than an individual citizen — both have the same right to go to the courts to prevent illegal expenditure by ‘ relator action ’ at the instance of the Attorney-General of the Crown . |
| 23 | WOORKERI RAMAN hit his first one-day international century to lead India to a four-wicket victory over South Africa with five balls remaining in Pretoria yesterday . |
| 24 | The horse needs to help the rider to a greater extent over these fences and they must be made careful note of when walking the course . |
| 25 | The talented provincial player guided his triple of Barry Moffatt and Jeremy Henry to a 23–14 win over the Ballymena trio of Billy McCandless , Jack Robinson and Roy McCune . |
| 26 | The talented provincial player guided his triple of Barry Moffatt and Jeremy Henry to a 23-14 win over the Ballymena trio of Billy McCandless , Jack Robinson and Roy McCune . |
| 27 | STEVE WALSH returned from a four-match ban to inspire Leicester to a great win over Swindon , who had Colin Calderwood sent off . |