Example sentences of "to a [adj] win over " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Duffy coasted to a 5-1 win over Vince McCluskey in the fourth round of the Nescafe Asian Open . |
| 2 | But the highlight of the night was a superb five goal haul from last season 's leading goalscorer Kenny Morris — three from short corners — as Harp Senior League champions Holywood coasted to a 7-0 win over Civil Service at Olympia . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | BRIAN LARA cracked an unbeaten century to steer the West Indies to a nine-wicket win over South Africa in Bloemfontein yesterday . |
| 5 | The former Australian captain , who retired from international rugby after the world champions ' 26–3 victory over South Africa in Cape Town in August , inspired a guest XV to a convincing win over the Light Blues . |
| 6 | A GOOD day for Scotland 's bowlers yesterday saw the women 's side set up a home international decider this afternoon against England while the men 's team , bidding for a third successive title , cruised to a convincing win over Ireland . |
| 7 | At the top end of the draw , the United States swept to a 3-0 win over Denmark and will next face Austria . |
| 8 | A Ray Upton double gained Star their second success of the season with a 2-0 win against Holmlands in division one and Windmill sailed to a 6-3 win over ESWA with Dave Harding ( 3 ) , Gary Myers ( 2 ) and Tommy Cartwright scoring . |
| 9 | Captain Martin Crowe scored an unbeaten 57 as New Zealand cruised to a six-wicket win over Pakistan in the third one-day international at Auckland . |
| 10 | HANSIE CRONJE took 5-32 as South Africa romped to a six-wicket win over India in their one-day international in Cape Town yesterday . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | STEVE WALSH returned from a four-match ban to inspire Leicester to a great win over Swindon , who had Colin Calderwood sent off . |
| 13 | SCOTLAND suffered mixed fortunes yesterday with the women 's side romping to a 138-82 win over Ireland in the opening game of the Home International series in Perth , while in the men 's British championships at Swansea , the Scots were left empty-handed . |
| 14 | Scotland , on the other hand , open the World Cup against Costa Rica in Genoa — shades of Dortmund in 1974 when they sauntered to a 2-0 win over Zaire and did not realise that this was the game to build up a healthy balance of goals . |
| 15 | Millwall cruised to a 2-0 win over Leicester . |
| 16 | Cardiff swept to a 46-12 win over Aberavon , and their eight tries knocked Swansea off the top of the Heineken League for the first time since February 5 . |
| 17 | In the First Division , Dumbarton eased the threat of relegation thanks to a two-goal win over Cowdenbeath . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 6.8 Richard Duncan ( Ards ) who collected the 200m Freestyle for 11–12 year olds last night , netted a championship triple with victories in the 100m and 200m Backstroke. 8.5 Duncan cruised to a comfortable win over Lisburn 's Neal McGrann with a championship best time of 1.16.38 . |
| 23 | 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 |