Example sentences of "beating [noun] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He , then the most powerful and feared man in western Europe , was being pressured by someone who was the less-than-firmly-established leader of one of the poorest , weakest states in Europe ; who considered Nationalist Spain had done the Axis a great favour in beating communism in the Civil War ; who appeared to have forgotten the extent of German aid in achieving that victory ; who offered to contribute next to nothing to the German war effort ; and who , to crown everything , expected to receive military supplies and territory in return , at best , for vague promises . |
| 2 | Just beating Higgins to the finishing line was world champion Stephen Hendry , happily back to form after his 10-4 defeat by Steve Davis in last weekend 's European Open final . |
| 3 | Such inspiration on the captain 's part was to help him towards an OBE , for with England then beating Australia in the first two games of the final , their clean sweep of three trophies out of three was accomplished . |
| 4 | Beating Rangers for the first time in a year ( the first time for two years at home ) did nothing other than give a long suffering Celtic support one night of remission . |
| 5 | An all America Foundation final would allow Koch to optimise his two boats , to cope with the threat of the New Zealand and Italian challengers , rather than beating Conner in the 13-race final . |
| 6 | Lagan Valley finished last and , despite beating RUC in the last meeting , could not avoid the drop to division two . |