Example sentences of "a [noun sg] victory over the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But Peter Browning 's dismissal after 22 minutes changed all that and Cranleigh , having drawn level by half-time , looked a good bet to record a shock victory over the Dan Air leaders . |
| 3 | Sharif , 41 , was backed by the coalition Islamic Democratic Alliance ( IDA ) , which had won a landslide victory over the Pakistan People 's Party ( PPP ) in the general election held in October [ see pp. 37763-64 ] . |
| 4 | But the fact that he had won a signal victory over the headmaster on Monday night made him reluctant to pit himself against him again so soon . |
| 5 | Simon Scott converted , but the Scots , tired after an extra-time victory over the Hong Kong national side , lost 26-7 . |