Example sentences of "[prep] winning [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CCG staff are now on board two floats in the North Sea 's Brent Field after winning a new contract from Shell U.K. Exploration and Production , operator in the U.K. sector of the North Sea for Shell and Esso . |
| 2 | After winning a small chase at Ludlow he took the Hennessy Gold Cup for the second time — highly appropriately , as he was owned by Madame Kilian Hennessy of the sponsoring brandy company — and then , after a warm-up victory at Kempton Park , had beaten Fortria by a length in the Cheltenham Gold Cup . |
| 3 | Radio Caroline was back on air yesterday broadcasting from the Ross Revenge in Dover harbour after winning a four-week community radio licence . |
| 4 | A fireman who was to be flogged for alcohol offences in Saudi Arabia is back home after winning a last-minute reprieve . |
| 5 | After winning a third trainer 's title in the 1983–84 season he left Yorkshire and took over as private trainer to Robert Sangster at Manton . |
| 6 | A sixth-year pupil at Glasgow 's Kelvinside Academy , he takes to the air this summer after winning a Royal Air Force flying scholarship , which will give him 30 hours at the controls of a light aircraft and see him going solo during his course . |
| 7 | That was 12 years ago , and after winning the first race that I entered between Sudbury and Bures in a non-racing canoe , I had caught the bug . ’ |
| 8 | Brothers Peter and Dave Grundy from Willaston should rename their boat ‘ Mr Cool ’ after winning the first day and taking a major prize on the second day at Wexford Harbour . |
| 9 | DJAMOLODINE Abdoujaparov , the former Soviet sprinter whose erratic finishing caused him to crash spectacularly on the Champs-Elysees during the final stage of the Tour de France last July , was yesterday disqualified after winning the Belgian Classic from Ghent to Wevelgem for pulling the jersey of Italian Mario Cipollini . |
| 10 | His Senior Assistant is 24-year old Max Taylor from Southport , who turned professional at 18 after winning the Junior Championship at Bootle Golf Club ( Liverpool ) . |
| 11 | YOUNG artist Christopher Kerwin shows off the picture and cup he collected after winning the over-14s section of Darlington Lions Club annual art competition . |
| 12 | ‘ It has been very hard work , but I have loved every moment of it , ’ was comment after winning the 1992 Award . |
| 13 | Werder Bremen knocked the holders Napoli out of the Uefa Cup last night , 8-3 on aggregate after winning the second leg 5-1 . |
| 14 | After winning the second game , Timman immediately offered a draw in the unfinished opening game of the match . |
| 15 | Tushingham 's second place in the Flying Dutchman , after winning the final race , was particularly impressive as British sailors have not been so near the top of this class since the era of Rodney Pattisson . |
| 16 | One fan who did n't mind the crush was student Allan Brett who scooped £10,000 after winning the National Computer Games Championships . |
| 17 | Two years ago Hounslow won the inaugural Cup-Winners Cup but , after winning the National League in the same season , were unable to defend their title . |
| 18 | Lingdale Silver Band will be the only Cleveland representative in the National Brass Band Competition at Wembley in October after winning the Northern Region 's National Grading Contest . |
| 19 | Britain 's best GIRLS from Nunthorpe School near Middlesbrough are the best in Britain after winning the Under-13 class of the British Sports Acrobatics Championships in Oldham . |
| 20 | Flint-based construction company David McLean received 400 telephone calls in the first days after winning the main sub-contract to build the on-shore terminal at Point of Ayr . |
| 21 | Flint-based construction company David McL5ean received 400 telephone calls in the first days after winning the main sub-contract to build the onshore terminal at Point of Ayr . |
| 22 | Daly was attempting to also win a double championship after winning the fours title with his father earlier today but he did n't show the same consistency against Nolan as he did in yesterday 's semi-final when he beat NIBA champion Martin McHugh from Carrickfergus 21-10 . |
| 23 | Wildlife campaigners are celebrating after winning an 18 year fight to protect badgers from badger baiting . |
| 24 | In Edinburgh , autumn 1959 , another co-founder of International Times , Louisiana-born Jim Haynes , soon after winning an early discharge from the US Airforce at the nearby Kirknewton base , opened his Paperback Shop in Charles Street , off George Square . |
| 25 | After winning an amateur talent contest in Chicago at the age of 15 , the woman who came to be known as the Queen Of The Blues spent the next few years singing in low-life nightclubs , occasionally supplementing her meagre income by cleaning lavatories . |
| 26 | This called into question the government 's chances of winning a two-thirds majority , which it would need to make constitutional changes , and which every government had achieved hitherto , except in the 1969 elections . |
| 27 | Whether this kind of Labour Party is capable of winning a general election is open to doubt . |
| 28 | Labour might be in the extraordinary position of winning a general election with its Leader outside Parliament . |
| 29 | If the manager can dress up the equipment as a way to increase efficiency , then he is far more likely to win his case than if he presents the hardware as a means of winning a political battle . |
| 30 | The consequence of winning a civil action is compensation in money whereas if a complaint is upheld , you receive nothing beyond the satisfaction of knowing there is a chance that the officer(s) in question will be disciplined or , just possibly , prosecuted . |