Example sentences of "[adj] wins " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other was a man called Clint Brawner who in his own field of American racing was just about as big a winner as Ferrari or Chapman in FI : over fifty wins in eighteen years . |
| 2 | Colwyn skipper Alistair Kitman has pinned up an unchanged side after two solid wins last weekend . |
| 3 | A SUPERB athlete , he has eleven wins from twelve chases to his credit , including the Champion Chase at the Festival . |
| 4 | Aston Villa , with eight wins from their previous nine League matches , managed to nudge Liverpool 's writing arm in the first half every time a cogent word or telling flourish was about to be penned . |
| 5 | Oxford are one off the bottom in Conference A with only eight wins from 27 games . |
| 6 | On Sunday he snatched victory in the Portuguese Grand Prix , breaking Ayrton Senna 's record of eight wins in one season . |
| 7 | KEEGAN 'S GLEE GUNS : Micky Quinn points the way to the Premier League for Newcastle — and the boss also has plenty to celebrate as the Geordies make it eight wins out of eight . |
| 8 | Moffatt , whose long lay-off was due to a facial injury , made it eight wins in a row ( five inside the distance ) by forcing Dhalie into retirement at the end of the fourth round with a damaged shoulder . |
| 9 | With only eight wins in 31 games , he was sacked , along with his assistant Tony McAndrew . |
| 10 | Darlington had only eight wins in 31 League games , with the worst defensive away record in the four divisions . |
| 11 | A miracle in the shape of eight wins from our final ten games . ’ |
| 12 | After those three emphatic wins which continued the Essex domination of the East region for a fourth year , Woodward thinks his team has a strikeforce capable of beating Dorset , Northamptonshire , Somerset and Bedford on March 27–28 . |
| 13 | It represents positive results in 75 per cent of games , with 32 wins by the home side and 22 by the visitors . |
| 14 | ‘ I know some people are saying we will hit somebody for five or six goals sooner or later , but I 'd rather we had a nice , successful run of 1-0 wins than just a one-off . ’ |
| 15 | Victory for Cambridge president James Behrens and his crew — lighter , younger and less experienced than their rivals — arrested a miserable run of six successive defeats and 16 losses in the last 17 years and consolidated the victors ' all-time lead at 70 wins to 68 . |
| 16 | Causier wins |
| 17 | Having achieved narrow wins in the Minnesota and Idaho caucuses Harkin stated his determination to continue the fight at least until the Illinois and Michigan primaries , on March 17 , when he hoped that his trade union support would assist him . |
| 18 | Myopia , or short-sightedness , is the 24-year-old Liverpudlian 's problem — if indeed it is a problem for someone with 15 professional wins , all but one inside the distance , and one draw . |
| 19 | He beat Martin Molony 's record of 92 wins in 1950 , that red letter day arriving on a Sunday in November when he rode the Ulster-owned Atone to a victory at Fairyhouse . |
| 20 | But it will survive right up to polling day — and , if Labour wins , far beyond . |
| 21 | If Labour wins or there is a hung Parliament , then the cyclicals are best sold in favour of overseas earners like BOC , Shell , Grand Metropolitan and BAT Industries . |
| 22 | But he believes that in the short term , if Labour wins or a hung Parliament causes extended political uncertainty , then recession could drag on . |
| 23 | PAYING off the mortgage ahead of time is certainly the safest investment and could also be best for taxpayers who fear reduced returns on deposits if Labour wins . |
| 24 | The deposit currently earns £710 per annum after deduction of 25 p.c. tax , but , if Labour wins , the post-tax return would fall to £473 per annum if subject to the new top rate . |
| 25 | THE prospect of a rise in interest rates and mortgage costs if Labour wins on Thursday is prompting some borrowers to lock into fixed rate loans for up to a decade . |
| 26 | If Labour wins the election , I imagine all scientists will emigrate anyway , but a new Conservative government should give serious thought to my proposal for deporting any research scientist who asks for government money . |
| 27 | PROF Raymond Plant , whose work could help to change radically the British constitution if Labour wins the election , has been a Labour Party member for 30 years . |
| 28 | IF LABOUR wins , Neil Kinnock will have little to decide in the selection of his Cabinet . |
| 29 | If Labour wins , they may go much lower . |
| 30 | A further 22.7 point slide in the FTSE100 index on Friday ( bringing the fall to 192 points or 7 per cent since the election was called ) is testimony to growing concern over economic prospects if Labour wins the election and the possibility of an early interest rate hike . |