Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] win [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any party which failed to win a seat in a general election would be automatically dissolved . |
| 2 | The elections were contested by 15 parties , four of which failed to win a single seat ( Kaset Seri , Ruam Palang Mai , United Democratic Party and Thong Tin Kao Na ( Rural Progressive ) ) . |
| 3 | They were the backroom boys who tested the planes which helped win the battle of Britain . |
| 4 | The largest of the groups , the Lombard League , which had won a small percentage in the 1989 European Parliament elections as the Lombardy Regional Party [ see p. 36876 ] , took 19 per cent of the vote in Lombardy and became the second largest party in the region , while separate local leagues in Veneto and Piedmont won between 5 and 7 per cent of the vote each . |
| 5 | The Hungarian Socialist Party ( HSP ) , which had won a far smaller representation in the Országgyülés than it had hoped , had campaigned for a referendum on the issue ( in an attempt to avoid indirect election within the legislature ) , which was held on July 29 . |
| 6 | 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 ] . |
| 7 | The parallel National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma had been set up principally by exiled members of the National League for Democracy , the main opposition party which had won a landslide victory in the May 1990 elections but had subsequently been prevented by the SLORC from taking power . |
| 8 | The result was seen as a sign of continuing support for the liberal factions which had won a sweeping victory in elections to the Legco in September [ see p. 38436 ] . |
| 9 | They called instead for the assumption of power by the NLD , which had won a landslide electoral victory in May 1990 but not been allowed to take office [ see pp. 37457-58 ] . |
| 10 | In June 1914 , the celebrated dining car which had won the Grand Prix at the Paris Exhibition of 1900 became part of the Royal Train . |
| 11 | As flashbulbs popped and he paid tribute to everyone involved in building the sleek yacht which had won the award his eyes roamed the room . |
| 12 | The work will build on experience gained from an earlier study , project PIPPA , which investigated the post innovation performance of thirty five British firms which had won the Queen 's Award for Technological Innovation in 1966 and 1967 . |
| 13 | Lojze Peterle , Chairman of the Slovene Christian Democratic Party ( one of the six parties in the DEMOS alliance which had won the Slovene Assembly elections in April — see p. 37381 ) , was elected President of the Slovene Executive Council ( Prime Minister ) by the new Slovene Assembly on May 16 . |
| 14 | The NDP , which had won the 1984 general election , was returned to power in May 1989 , winning all of the 15 elected seats . |
| 15 | The two broad movements which had won the June 1990 elections , Civic Forum in the Czech Lands and Public against Violence in Slovakia , had both split into competing parties , which , apart from Klaus 's Civic Democratic Party , generally failed to win the minimum of 5 per cent of votes in either part of the country needed to gain representation . |
| 16 | His administration was dominated by ADEMA , which had won the majority of seats in the March legislative elections [ see p. 38801 ] , but in keeping with Konare 's commitment to involve other political parties , significant posts went to Baba Atif Aidara of the Sudanese Union-African Democratic Rally ( US-RDA ) and Idrissa Traore of the Democracy and Progress Party ( PDP ) . |
| 17 | Chatichai Choonhaven [ see p. 39007 ] , drawing its support largely from Chart Thai ( Chatichai 's old party ) and from Sammakkhi Tham , the air force 's protégé party which had won the largest number of seats ( 79 ) in the March election , but disintegrated with the collapse of the Suchinda government . |
| 18 | The feature race of the night , the bookmakers-sponsored 462 metres inter-track with Brough Park and Sunderland , saw Gordon Rooks return to again take the honours with Movealong Sir , which had won the £750 Carling Black Label Stakes at Cleveland Park the previous week . |