Example sentences of "victory at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Former West German Chancellor , Mr Willy Brandt , has said that any party in East Germany that decides to run on a reunification plank is virtually assured of a runaway victory at the general elections set for next May . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's incredible that a little league like ours has won a victory at the highest level in the world , ’ says Kip . |
| 3 | His health continued to decline and within two years of masterminding the Liberal victory at the 1892 general election , so enabling W. E. Gladstone to form his fourth ministry , he resigned all his offices with the party . |
| 4 | PAKISTAN 'S deadly pace duo , Waqar Younis ( left ) and Wasim Akram , hail victory at the Oval while ( below ) England 's batting hero Robin Smith sits it out as his team mates fall apart . |
| 5 | Rixi , as she was now known , proved an invaluable asset : Austria won the Europeans that year and the next , then gained a stunning victory at the first Women 's World Championship in Budapest in 1937 . |
| 6 | Saints , beaten four times by Wigan last season , aim to throw down the gauntlet early with victory at the International Stadium . |
| 7 | Former IAAF Managing Director , Jon Wigley , led Invicta East to its first victory at the Southern Vets Cross-Country Championships . |
| 8 | Unix Labs made its motion based solely on its copyright claims , anticipating a victory at the upcoming trial and a court-ordered permanent injunction . |
| 9 | USL made its motion based solely on its copyright claims anticipating a victory at the upcoming trial and a court-ordered permanent injunction . |
| 10 | There were few predictions of a Tory victory at the next general election and even some concern that the country might topple over into serious civil strife . |
| 11 | The Prime Minister 's supporters were immediately thrown onto the defensive since most Conservative MPs saw the tax as the single biggest obstacle to a Conservative victory at the next election . |
| 12 | This was , it seems , partly with the rather Machiavellian intention of forcing Conservative MPs to unite behind a Prime Minister whose continuance in office was considered best to serve Labour 's prospects of victory at the next election . |
| 13 | of industrialists believed that a Labour victory at the next election would be bad for the economy ? |
| 14 | It is a programme for victory at the next general election and one which the people will support . |
| 15 | It had been hoped that an emphatic victory in New South Wales would lay the groundwork for a conservative victory at the next federal election , due by March 1993 . |
| 16 | He told BBC TV 's On the Record programme he believed Mr Major would lead the Tories to victory at the next election . |
| 17 | If Niki had sought to impress Prost with a victory at the very start of the season , the ploy did n't work : an improperly soldered battery cable put him out of action and it was Prost who impressed . |
| 18 | Assemblyman Richard Brodsky , who introduced the disclosure requirement for house bids ( and other proposals that failed to win the support of his colleagues ) rejected the notion that the bill 's passage in the assembly was a hollow victory at the legislative eleventh hour . |
| 19 | Radio Moscow World News reported on March 21 that the MDP , the National Progressive Party ( NPP ) and the United Party of Mongolia had agreed to form a coalition " with a view to ensuring democratic victory at the parliamentary elections in June " . |
| 20 | ( It was Polyzalus who dedicated the famous ‘ Charioteer ’ , a bronze statue celebrating a victory at the Pythian games of 474 at Delphi . ) |
| 21 | The repercussions of Oswiu 's victory at the Winwaed were profound . |
| 22 | Clearly Oswiu experienced a tremendous increase in personal power and prestige following his victory at the Winwaed . |
| 23 | And he could again seal victory at the 11th . |