Example sentences of "[noun] has won a " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Sedgefield office of Fairclough Building has won a £900,000 contract to build student accommodation at Durham University , designed by Newcastle architect Faulknerbrowns . |
| 2 | Denton , Texas-based Scott Instruments Corp has won a development and distribution agreement with Silicon Graphics Inc for its speech recognition systems for workstations but terms were n't disclosed : speech-aware Silicon Graphics workstations , expected to be available in the second half of the year , will respond to spoken commands . |
| 3 | Computer Sciences Corp has won a multi-year facilities management contract from Sun Microsystems Inc that is expected to generate $27m a year : under the agreement , Sun will temporarily transfer all its mainframe data centre activities in Milpitas , California to a Computer Sciences data centre in San Diego , enabling Sun to convert its mainframe systems , which oversee its worldwide manufacturing operations , to a client-server environment , with help from Computer Sciences , and the El Segundo company will run Sun 's day-to-day operations , supporting applications maintenance for its Manufacturing Resource Planning software , while the client-server system is developed and installed . |
| 4 | Digital Equipment Corp has won a $3m contract from China 's Baoshan Steel to link the mill 's computers into the largest network DEC has sold in Asia , regional president Edmund Reilly said : a 40-mile optical fibre system will link all of Baoshan 's existing and future computers into a single , integrated enterprise network , Reilly told Reuter , and will provide videoconferencing services for the plant outside Shanghai ; DEC was chosen because of its well-established Chinese sales and service network that includes licenced local partners and offices in Shanghai , Peking and Guangzhou , Reilly said . |
| 5 | NCR Corp has won a $2m contract to provide Dutch tour operator Arke Reizen NV with one of its massively parallel System 3600 systems : the machine will serve 800 terminals at Arke Reizen 's head office and 9,000 additional remote terminals in offices across the Netherlands , it will also handle some 500,000 bookings a year and calculate and maintain Arke Reizens 's financial accounts ; it is believed to be the first time massively parallel technology has been used to handle day-to-day travel transactions — although a number of travel agents use it to analyse marketing data . |
| 6 | Electronic Data Systems Corp has won a 10-year contract from Southland Corp to install as many as 4,000 automated teller machines in 7-11 stores across the US : installation will begin in June and the process is expected to take three years to complete and the General Motors Corp subsidiary will manage processing , administration , fulfillment and enhancement of the kit . |
| 7 | Schaden Illiad has won a Best in Show at Championship Show level and has also been the top winning dog on two occasions . |
| 8 | A self-taught blacksmith has won a prestige commission to create new gates for Hereford Cathedral.The job will take him three months to complete . |
| 9 | VAUXHALL has won a top towcar award for the third year running , scooping five of the seven trophies in the process . |
| 10 | San Jose , California , Motorola Inc 's Commercial Systems Division has won a $5m deal from Plano , Texas-based Paging Network Inc , the paging services specialist , to install its Unix-based Motorola 68040 systems in 40 of its offices nationwide . |
| 11 | Our friend Drummle has won a great prize ! |
| 12 | THE MINORIES Gallery in Colchester has won a temporary reprieve and will re-open this spring . |
| 13 | SMALLEY has won a prize as Derbyshire 's best-kept large village . |
| 14 | Hewlett-Packard Co has won a ‘ several hundred million dollar ’ piece of action with PRC Systems Inc , prime contractor for the $2.5bn AFCAC 300 US defence contract : HP is to supply up to 5,200 Unix workstations to PRC over the next five years . |
| 15 | Hewlett-Packard Co has won a $125m contract with Europe 's largest telecommunications carrier , Deutsche Bundespost 's Telekom , Darmstadt , for 1,000 PA RISC Unix workstations , printers and plotters : the German giant will move some applications over from the IBM and Siemens Nixdorf mainframes it uses . |
| 16 | SEX parlour boss Julie Williamson has won a top tourism award — for giving her customers a really good time . |
| 17 | BRITISH Aerospace has won a £300 million contract to build 13 RAF Harriers , it was announced yesterday . |
| 18 | Direct sales computer manufacturer Elonex Plc , London N has won a two-year contract , estimated to be worth about £1m , to supply 80486-based desktop computers and network servers to the northwest regional electricity supplier Norweb Plc . |
| 19 | OUT OF the ruins of super-SARA , the EEC 's science commissioner Etienne Davignon has won a major reform to decision-making for the EEC 's Joint Research Centre . |
| 20 | BOON STAR Michael Elphick has won a Boon-style battle — to save his own TV character . |
| 21 | The New Era Housing Association has won a 100 per cent grant for a £245,000 six unit development at Derwent Park , Loftus . |
| 22 | Graham Pidgeon who 's horse has won a race says you only have w inner once in a while and its worth waiting for |
| 23 | But Strasbourg 's anti-nicotine brigade has won a consolation prize : the health and social-affairs commissioner , Mrs Vasso Papandreou , has promised to look at a ban in the future . |
| 24 | Alcatel NV 's Alcatel Standard Electrica SA has won a new $500m telecommunications contract in China : the contract is for 6m telephone lines and comes after the $300m Chinese contract already announced . |
| 25 | To this end the CPL has won a little victory in its efforts to ensure that the cat is not put out with the milk bottles . |
| 26 | A sheltered workshop for the disabled which is threatened with closure has won a temporary reprieve . |
| 27 | A NURSERY sales director with a lifetime of work in the horticultural industry has won a top award . |
| 28 | Russia 's space industry has won a contract to launch its first western satellite . |
| 29 | A Monastery has won a tourist award for providing some of the best accomodation for holiday makers . |
| 30 | DAMON HILL has won a massive vote of confidence from Canon Williams ' team boss Frank Williams after his latest ration of rank bad luck in the Canadian Grand Prix . |