Example sentences of "victory over " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the final , Pam 's aggressive game produced a 6–4 7–5 victory over another young American prospect Clare Rubin . |
| 2 | Michael , the second of three tennis playing brothers , took the 21 and under title with a powerful 6–3 6–3 victory over Graham Hobbs ( Dorset ) : whilst younger brother Craig , fought back from one set down against James Lake ( Lincs ) to win the 12 and under title 4–6 6–2 6–1 . |
| 3 | Not as stirring as the protest movement 's shouts of ‘ long live democracy , down with autocracy ’ , they include cumbersome chants hailing ‘ the great achievement of socialism ’ and ‘ warmly hail the victory over the turmoil and counter-revolutionary rebellion ’ . |
| 4 | Congressional officials predict , however , that a truncated version of the tax break will pass the Senate this week , allowing the White House to trumpet a one-two victory over the relatively untried Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill . |
| 5 | Congressional sources believe the White House saw the chance for a quick , psychologically valuable victory over the Democratic leaders . |
| 6 | SCOTLAND scored a crushing 20-5 victory over England in the Players ' Association international at Carlisle . |
| 7 | GEORGE BELL drove in the last of three runs in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays came from behind for a 4-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles in the SkyDome on Saturday and reached the American League championship series against the Oakland Athletics . |
| 8 | ALLAN BUDI KUSUMA , thriving on the confidence gleaned from his victory over Denmark 's world No. 1 , Morten Frost , in the semi-finals , beat fellow Indonesian Eddy Kurniawan 15-7 15-12 to win the Dutch men 's open title and move to the top of the world rankings . |
| 9 | It showed that despite the Chancellor 's unopposed re-election as chairman of his party and his tactical victory over leading rivals , voters are unimpressed with his performance and that of the CDU . |
| 10 | THE LABOUR leadership won a narrow victory over hard-line opponents of civil nuclear power yesterday when the conference rejected attempts to impose a strict deadline for phasing it out . |
| 11 | With victory over the Racers , Cleveland Bombers would have made their way to the final ahead of the Scottish team . |
| 12 | He scored 24 tries , two of them in the epic Challenge Cup final victory over Hull . |
| 13 | Beeson , the England captain , scored his first victory over the world No. 9 , Zarak Jahan Khan , with one of the finest performances of his career , and then complained about the remarks he claimed his opponent had been making during the rallies . |
| 14 | Van Basten scored twice in last season 's 6-1 aggregate semi-final victory over the Spaniards . |
| 15 | THE OAKLAND Athletics came back to win the first game of the best-of-seven American League championship series with a 7-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays , on Tuesday . |
| 16 | SCOTLAND took the Amateur Home International Championship for the first time with an 11-7 victory over the Republic of Ireland at Prestatyn yesterday . |
| 17 | The Swedes ' 3-1 victory over Albania yesterday left Robson mildly disappointed but England still had control of Group Two , he said . |
| 18 | In the National League play-offs , Robby Thompson hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning to give the San Francisco Giants a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs , leaving put them 2-1 ahead . |
| 19 | Evert 's victory left Navratilova knowing that victory over Helena Sukova , the Czech No. 1 , would secure the United States a place in the final for the 18th time in 27 years . |
| 20 | Worthing , the league champions two seasons ago , had a 110-101 victory over the Birmingham Bullets , who are severely under strength after losing Stuart Ruckledge to glandular fever and the American Kevin Brown , who arrived at Heathrow last week without a valid work permit . |
| 21 | But as Navratilova , although looking somewhat shaky , recovered to win the next two sets 6-3 , 6-4 , to complete the victory over Spain , there was no stealing Evert 's thunder . |
| 22 | The result was an emphatic seven-try victory over a courageous side who , over the past few months in their own colours and in their other incarnation as the Canadian national team , have overwhelmed Japan and the United States and been pipped by Wales and Ireland ( minus their Lions ) after surrendering leads late on . |
| 23 | Unable to build upon a draw against England at Wembley and a victory over Poland at home , Wales , defeated 3-0 , were out of the World Cup . |
| 24 | Britain 's Sharon Lee also faced Gao and succumbed to two knockdowns , but although she left the hall without a medal , two good wins , including a 20-second victory over Carole Scheid , of the United States , showed that she is capable of making an impact at world level . |
| 25 | Following the Communist victory over the pro-American regime in 1975 , Phat was named president of the short-lived Republic of South Vietnam . |
| 26 | But Andrew said this last April , after leading the North to victory over the US , and the sharply increased requirements — club , divisional and national - of a new season have rapidly changed his , and Carling 's , mind . |
| 27 | WILLIE THORNE reached the semi-finals of the Continental Airlines London Masters at the Cafe Royal with a 4-3 victory over Steve Davis . |
| 28 | THE OLD and the new combined successfully in Delhi yesterday as England claimed victory over The Railways . |
| 29 | KEITH RAMSEY 'S match-winning shot for Manchester Giants in the 105-104 victory over Sunderland 76ers on Tuesday night made him the toast of the Stretford Sports Centre , particularly as all of their supporters had been confined to the bar . |
| 30 | Chickens were being counted even before Wednesday 's 3-0 victory over Northern Ireland , and the inventory was completed when Jack Charlton received congratulatory telegrams from the Taoiseach , Charles Haughey , and other luminaries including Liam Brady , who will miss the trip to Italy after falling out with Charlton last month and announcing his retirement from international football . |