Example sentences of "[noun] [adj] win [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Parkview lifted themselves off the bottom of the first division with a hard-fought 2-1 win over Premier Social ( Alan Povey ) , Johnny Bennett and Mickey Brown scoring .
2 Northampton moved into fourth place after a hard-fought 12–7 win over Harlequins .
3 QUAKERS manager Ray Hankin revealed that he gave his players ‘ a bit of a roasting ’ after their fighting 1–0 win at Valley Parade .
4 Ipswich are out to sharpen up in a big way tomorrow and get back to winning ways after a draw and two defeats in the league following the FA Cup fifth round home 4–0 win over Grimsby .
5 Stirling controlled Scotland 's last B international win over France at the Greenyards in 1989 , when the Boroughmuir pair Derek Stark and Peter Wright were in the Scottish party .
6 Although one of the main claims to fame of student rugby is its unpredictability , A south African win against France in the final seems to be eminently possible .
7 Leicester 's highly-rated young lock , Martin Johnson , whose decisive second-half try set up the Midlands 16-13 win over the North , played down his England prospects .
8 Sale' s 16–6 win over Bedford hoists them to the second promotion slot .
9 He came on as sub ( for Tinkler ) during Tuesdays 4–1 win over Holland U18
10 IT WAS joy and despair for former West Ham stars Tony Cottee and Mark Ward as Everton scored a shock 3-2 win at Blackburn last night .
11 Buzaglo is the Gibraltar World Cup cricketer who effectively handed Brian Talbot his P45 by cracking three goals in Woking 's shock 4-2 win at West Brom nearly two years ago .
12 Buzaglo is the Gibraltar World Cup cricketer who cracked three goals in Woking 's shock 4-2 win at West Brom nearly two years ago .
13 Elsewhere in the division , Welwyn Sp.in made their tally two wins from four games , after their eight emphatic eight points victory over bottom placed Middlesex Polytechnic .
14 But with Rangers comfortable win over Dundee yesterday , Walter Smith 's men erased some of the memories of last week .
15 This was compounded by an insane suggestion that rather than the England team owing their cheering 4–0 win over Turkey to Gascoigne , he owed his performance to them .
16 In the US , Random House/Times Book is going to turn up next month with a $22 volume called Computer Wars , How the West Can Win in a Post-IBM World , a blueprint for how America can retain supremacy in IT .
17 IBM will be roundly lambasted next month when both Upside , the Silicon Valley insiders ' publication , and the prestigious New York Times Magazine print ‘ An Open Letter to the IBM Board of Directors ’ by two consultants who are also co-authors of the new book Computer Wars : How the West Can Win In a Post-IBM World ( UX No 419 ) .
18 The other semi-final saw Newtownabbey side Palm Grove come from 5–3 down to snatch a first leg 7–5 win over Ballynahinch side Montalto Rangers .
19 Mansell is looking for that elusive record-breaking ninth win of the season .
20 BRISBANE 'S Robert Parrella repeated his Commonwealth Games final win over Scots-born Mark McMahon from Hong Kong to capture the Mazda International title at the Tweed Heads Club on Australia 's Gold Coast yesterday .
21 A 2-1 win over a disappointing Midlands side was surpassed in the final game , when they defeated East , the holders , 3-1 .
22 A 2-1 win over Brighton and a 3-3 draw at Rotherham , however , have lifted spirits considerably .
23 A 9–2 win over Sheffield United on Christmas Eve gave them the League leadership .
24 Paterson reckoned the selectors had had rather more faith in the available material and in the quality of coaching at Scotland 's disposal this season than many of the pundits , particularly after the lacklustre A international win over Italy in December .
25 Our surprise away win at Chamden City Reserves last Saturday means that Athletico Whaddon has its first unbeaten run in nineteen seasons .
26 THE POLLS GIVE A BIG WIN TO CLINTON
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