Example sentences of "ever to win " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bandung File ( C4 ) also ended last night-really ended , the last programme of its fourth and last series , for reasons still not clear-with a profile of the only Arab ever to win the Nobel Prize for literature , the Egyptian novelist and poet Naguib Mahfouz . |
| 2 | Kept in training as a four-year-old , Pebbles won the Trusthouse Forte Mile at Sandown Park , was second in the Prince of Wales 's Stakes at Royal Ascot , and then became the first filly ever to win the Eclipse , beating subsequent Arc winner Rainbow Quest by two lengths . |
| 3 | Liverpool players , stunned by their manager 's dramatic disclosures , are more determined than ever to win next Monday 's semi-final replay against Portsmouth , and club officials are already considering the prospect of Mr Souness interrupting his recuperation to be present at Wembley . |
| 4 | No offence to Mr Bill Jordan , Mr John Edmonds and Mr Bill Morris , but if Labour is ever to win , the voters must never see their faces again . |
| 5 | A British supporter thrust a Union Jack into my hand and I set off on my lap of honour , the first British sprinter to win the title in forty years , the first black man ever to win it . |
| 6 | This was given by Mrs Jean Mellonie , Jean Farrow as she was in 1939 when , aged nineteen and at her third attempt , she became the first woman ever to win the race and in record time despite rain and hail . |
| 7 | Michael also took away the distinction of being the youngest archer ever to win the contest from Ben Hird , who had won it aged nineteen in 1900 . |
| 8 | VICENTE Fernandez won the English Open at The Belfry after sinking one of the longest putts ever to win a golf title . |
| 9 | The Essex girl is only the fifth British Belle ever to win an Olympic track or field title |
| 10 | Blacks continued to involve themselves in boxing after the war though it was not until 1970 that a black boxer emulated the Turpins in winning a British title : Jamaican-born Bunny Sterling became the first immigrant boxer ever to win a British title when he beat Mark Rowe at Wembley . |
| 11 | He recalls that in 1981 , when he ‘ crossed over ’ to become the first , and so far only , sports writer ever to win the ‘ Journalist of the Year ’ Award , Colin Hart , a sports columnist with the Sun , approached him and said ‘ Congratulations Hughie , you 've just struck a blow for the Toy Department ! ’ |
| 12 | Or will it be Christie , the sprinter who , at 32 , became the oldest man ever to win the blue riband sprint title . |
| 13 | Or will it be Christie , the sprinter who , at 32 , became the oldest man ever to win the blue riband sprint title . |
| 14 | We people who must vote for the Party if we are ever to win power again . |
| 15 | hoping to dominate … the world of athletics this weekend is Gloucester hammer thrower Lorraine Shaw … she 's UK champion … the first from the city 's club ever to win a senior outdoor title … this weekend Lorraine takes on the best in the world as she competes in the AAA championships in Birmingham … the amazing thing is that up until this year she was a discus thrower … |
| 16 | His career commenced at Jarrow in 1897 before moving to Sunderland and then Sheffield United where in 1902 he became the youngest player ever to win an FA Cup winners ' medal . |
| 17 | The following year he became the youngest player ever to win a FA Cup winners ' medal ( a record which has since been eclipsed ) . |
| 18 | At 28 , the first British woman ever to win a world indoor title , Murray crushed quality rivals . |
| 19 | ‘ This is a club with a tradition , having been the only Second Division team ever to win the Scottish Cup , and the great Scot Symon was once manager at Bayview . ’ |