Example sentences of "a [adj] win over " in BNC.
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| 1 | The frost put paid to Mowden Park 's home game , while Newcastle Gosforth warmed up for next weekend 's Pilkington Cup fourth round tie at Manchester with a 27–9 win over Nottingham . |
| 2 | The Indians , who qualified for the finals after a last-gasp win over West Indies in the final qualifying match , were never on course to match Australia 's 233 for 5 , the feature of which was an innings of 73 from Dean Jones , recalled after surprisingly being omitted from the previous match . |
| 3 | Keegan keeps the team which produced a last-gasp win over Portsmouth last Saturday after five successive League defeats . |
| 4 | Tony Curtis , from Peterborough , landed 12 Rainbow trout to score a narrow win over Simon Hodges , from Bath , who managed to land 12 smaller fish . |
| 5 | MOTHERWELL climbed to the top of the Scottish Premier Division for the first time since League reconstruction 14 years ago with a 1-0 win over Rangers at Fir Park last night . |
| 6 | Cork , under new manager Damian Richardson , scrambled a 1-0 win over Monaghan on the opening day of the championship and followed that up with a less than impressive 0-0 draw at Galway on Wednesday . |
| 7 | A GARY CROSBY goal after 70 minutes gave Nottingham Forest a 1-0 win over QPR at the City Ground and ended 169 days ' misery in the Premier League 's bottom three . |
| 8 | Second division leaders De Vere ( Kevin Ford ) won 1-0 at Conlons Newsagents , Albion forfeited their 100 per cent record in a 3-3 draw with Doric Celtic and a second half goal from Paul Stevens gained Fitness Connection a 1-0 win over Alex . |
| 9 | Byas , opening for the first time this season in any competition , hit his first century in one day cricket as Yorkshire cruised to a nine-wicket win over Derbyshire with 39 balls to spare . |
| 10 | BRIAN LARA cracked an unbeaten century to steer the West Indies to a nine-wicket win over South Africa in Bloemfontein yesterday . |
| 11 | AC Milan , European Cup winners in 1989 and 1990 , underlined the strength of their challenge this season with a 4–0 win over Slovan Bratislava of Czechoslovakia for a 5–0 aggregate triumph . |
| 12 | THE British Lions launched their tour of New Zealand with a hard-earned win over North Auckland at Whangarei but the victory was marred by a shoulder injury to winger Ian Hunter . |
| 13 | Joe Swail also progressed to the televised stage of the tournament with a 5–2 win over Nick Terry . |
| 14 | Following confirmation that Alan Noble was returning to the club as chairman in the wake of Dick Corden 's departure , the season drew to a close with a 5–2 win over Exeter . |
| 15 | The hamstring pull which put Lydon out of the Test series was sustained in the closing minutes of a 50-4 win over Chorley . |
| 16 | Jerry Rice 's 42-yard touchdown catch led the San Francisco 49ers to a 27–10 win over the Los Angeles Rams while the Minnesota Vikings continued their march to the NFC Central crown when Aundray McMillan 's 25-yard interception touchdown clinched a 17–13 win over the Cleveland Browns . |
| 17 | CITY OF EDINBURGH women stayed on top of the Scottish League first division yesterday with a 99-48 win over an Edinburgh Royals side containing at least four players who have represented Scotland . |
| 18 | Denver Broncos kept their lead in the AFC West with a 27–16 win over the New York Jets . |
| 19 | TRANMERE went back to the top of the Third Division on goal difference last night as they extended their unbeaten home League run to 26 games with a 2-1 win over Walsall . |
| 20 | Hull moved out of the Second Division relegation zone for the first time since mid-September with a 2-1 win over Plymouth last night — their fourth win in their last six games and their third successive victory under the new manager Stan Ternant . |
| 21 | Goals from Joe Robertson and James McGinty yesterday earned Rangers a 2-1 win over Partick Thistle , while Celtic beat Queen 's Park 4-2 in the tournament in which the clubs now field their youth sides . |
| 22 | Barcelona came back from European Cup despair to score a 2-1 win over Atletico Bilbao at the Nou Camp on Saturday . |
| 23 | In Division Three , Mark Brown and Mark McNally scored to give Brookhouse a 2-1 win over High Oaks . |
| 24 | Tranmere Rovers reached the second round proper of the FA Youth Cup with a 2-1 win over Blackpool at Bloomfield Road with goals from Mick Edwards and Rob Williams . |
| 25 | CHARLES BOYD took his points haul to 131 in four games as he led Brixton Topcats , the pacesetters in the National League First Division , to a 115-86 win over Corby Fliers . |
| 26 | The Grimsby left-hander 's semi-final opponent on Wednesday will be Jimmy White , who won the last seven frames in a row to turn a 5-2 deficit into a 9-5 win over Doug Mountjoy . |
| 27 | The Grimsby left-hander 's semi-final opponent on Wednesday will be Jimmy White , who won the last seven frames in a row to turn a 5-2 deficit into a 9-5 win over Doug Mountjoy . |
| 28 | JOHN PARROTT , who won the European Open title last February , has made a disappointing start to the season and he suffered some anxious moments before clinching a 9-6 win over Dennis Taylor last night in the quarter-finals of the Everest World Matchplay Championship at Brentwood , writes Clive Everton . |
| 29 | Angus Blair laid the foundations for victory against the Welshmen with a 25-11 win over Len Webley , Robert Provan beat Dai Wilkins 25-12 , captain Robert McCulloch counted eight shots over the last six ends for a 22-14 win over John Price , and Alex Marshall edged out Spencer Wilshire 16-11 . |
| 30 | Watson dropped shots down the stretch , while Levi completed a round of 69 that sealed a four-shot win over Payne Stewart . |