Example sentences of "has won a [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A milkman who set up a round in competition with his old dairy firm has won a legal battle to continue his business for the time being . |
| 2 | A DUBLIN-BASED policeman has won a legal battle to prevent the Garda Commissioner from dismissing him from the force for allegedly offering a prostitute IR£30 for sex . |
| 3 | A TORY MP 's wife has won a three-year battle to inherit the Pounds 10 million mansion that inspired Evelyn Waugh 's Brideshead Revisited . |
| 4 | A woman who found £40 on a bank floor has won a three-year battle to have it donated to a baby unit — and the bank has stumped up an extra £10 . |
| 5 | A postal worker has won a two-and-a-half-year battle to bring his Filipino bride to England . |
| 6 | Scotland has won a bitter battle to house a new multi-million pound military centre creating 700 jobs , it was disclosed tonight . |
| 7 | Tony McTaminey has won a seven-month battle to set up a flower stall using a traditional , hand-painted barrow in the Linthorpe Road shopping precinct , Middlesbrough . |
| 8 | A Primary school has won a national competition to produce their own newspaper . |