Example sentences of "[Wh pn] won [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the quarter-finals today , Martin meets Finland 's Sami Elopuro , the highest-ranked European , who won a laborious 86-minute match against Australian Rodney Eyles . |
| 2 | The uniform , designed more for seduction than aggression , was created by Mr Pierre Balmain who won a pre-podium skirmish with designers Lacroix , Lapidus and Cacherel . |
| 3 | The other two Tribunites are Clare Short — who won a strong vote last year — and Harriet Harman , health spokesperson , who is standing for the Shadow Cabinet for the first time . |
| 4 | George , who also won a VC for his part in a daring naval exploit at Zeebrugge , died on his 31st birthday , and James , who won a Military Cross for his actions at the Somme , died of his wounds at 28 . |
| 5 | Bobby Neill , who won a British featherweight title in the 1950s and went on to play a significant role in the development of such top-class boxers as Alan Rudkin and Alan Minter , has said : ‘ … hungry fighters ? |
| 6 | Steve Lewis , who won a Welsh Schools cap from Albertillery GS at scrum-half and went on to gain an Oxford Blue in 1973 and play for Ebbw Vale and Bath , was approached and took on the job last summer . |
| 7 | Of the four brothers who went to war , only Thomas Bradford , who won a Distinguished Service Order , survived and returned to County Durham to live a full life until his death aged 80 in 1966 . |
| 8 | Anne 's closest friend was Sarah Churchill , whose husband was created Duke of Marlborough in 1702 , and who won a resounding victory against the French troops of Louis XIV at Blenheim in 1704 , followed in later years by many other victories , which included the acquisition of Gibraltar , in which Admiral Rooke took a major part . |
| 9 | The ladies team is headed by Carol Greenwood who won a big international race in the Pyrennes just last week while three of the junior men team picked up silver team medals at last year 's World Cup in Italy . |
| 10 | Dorahy knows he has a tough act to follow in attempting to emulate the success of his predecessor John Monie who won every available honour . |
| 11 | Monica Zipper of the Monix label , who won the recent More Dash Than Cash fashion prize , recently came close to financial disaster before being saved by a big manufacturer . |
| 12 | Former Boro rider Paul Bentley , who won the recent World championship qualifying round on his old track , is a reserve . |
| 13 | But it was the Whigs who won the general election ; and they returned to office committed to parliamentary reform , the measure which for all the variety of the causes of social unrest and of the disorders they prompted , came increasingly to be the focus of the general demand for change . |
| 14 | who won the bloody war , roof up were n't it ! |
| 15 | Milton , the winner of this year 's European Championship , finished with 2.92sec in hand over Jos Lansink and Optiebeurs Felix , who won the European bronze medal . |
| 16 | Bell , 30 , was a member of the Aberdeen squad who won the European Cup-Winners ' Cup in 1983 and is a former Scottish Under-21 international . |
| 17 | JOHN PARROTT , who won the European Open title last February , has made a disappointing start to the season and he suffered some anxious moments before clinching a 9-6 win over Dennis Taylor last night in the quarter-finals of the Everest World Matchplay Championship at Brentwood , writes Clive Everton . |
| 18 | Silva , who was born in South Africa of Portuguese parents and who won the European Tour 's Qualifying School in 1990 , hopes that his victory will do something to lift the game in Portugal ‘ where so many talented players are struggling to break through ’ . |
| 19 | Creaney , brought up on legends of the Lisbon Lions side who won the European Cup before he was born , is due to play his first full match in Europe when Celtic take on Cologne in the UEFA Cup first round first leg in Germany this week . |
| 20 | The former world champion , Steve Davis , who won the European Open in Antwerp on Sunday , completed a 5-0 victory over Les Dodd . |
| 21 | Capriati , who won the junior French and US Open titles this year , admits she is ‘ excited but anxious ’ about playing on the tour . |
| 22 | Ann Welsh ( left ) , winner of the 1500 metres inter , and Dawn Adams , who won the junior 1500 metres . |
| 23 | But a defiant Woosnam , who won the individual crown in 1987 and again last year , added : ‘ I wanted that third title very badly , and I 'll keep coming back until I beat Nicklaus 's record . ’ |
| 24 | Matt Ryan … who won the individual gold in the three day event and led Australia to a famous win . |
| 25 | Local knowledge paid off for Portugal 's Mario Barroas who won the individual title with the best of the Irish being former World Champion Bobby Smithers , from Dublin , in 18th place . |
| 26 | Kenji Ogiwara , who won the individual combined competition , led his country to victory in the team event . |
| 27 | On current form , Michael Chang , with three tournament victories this year at time of going to press , Jim Courier and Thomas Muster , who won the prestigious Monte Carlo title at the end of April , must all be confident of victory . |
| 28 | But , instead , last season 's runner-up , Ken Doherty , who won the Regal Welsh Open last month , runner-up Alan McManus and former world champion Dennis Taylor received the nod . |
| 29 | But , instead , last season 's runner-up , Ken Doherty , who won the Regal Welsh Open last month , runner-up Alan McManus and former world champion Dennis Taylor received the nod . |
| 30 | Lester , who failed to win any of his four races , and Duffield — who won the coveted Yorkshire Oaks — later flew back to Newmarket … in the same plane . |