Example sentences of "[noun] has won a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Computer Sciences Corp has won a multi-year facilities management contract from Sun Microsystems Inc that is expected to generate $27m a year : under the agreement , Sun will temporarily transfer all its mainframe data centre activities in Milpitas , California to a Computer Sciences data centre in San Diego , enabling Sun to convert its mainframe systems , which oversee its worldwide manufacturing operations , to a client-server environment , with help from Computer Sciences , and the El Segundo company will run Sun 's day-to-day operations , supporting applications maintenance for its Manufacturing Resource Planning software , while the client-server system is developed and installed . |
| 2 | Electronic Data Systems Corp has won a 10-year contract from Southland Corp to install as many as 4,000 automated teller machines in 7-11 stores across the US : installation will begin in June and the process is expected to take three years to complete and the General Motors Corp subsidiary will manage processing , administration , fulfillment and enhancement of the kit . |
| 3 | VAUXHALL has won a top towcar award for the third year running , scooping five of the seven trophies in the process . |
| 4 | Our friend Drummle has won a great prize ! |
| 5 | THE MINORIES Gallery in Colchester has won a temporary reprieve and will re-open this spring . |
| 6 | SEX parlour boss Julie Williamson has won a top tourism award — for giving her customers a really good time . |
| 7 | Direct sales computer manufacturer Elonex Plc , London N has won a two-year contract , estimated to be worth about £1m , to supply 80486-based desktop computers and network servers to the northwest regional electricity supplier Norweb Plc . |
| 8 | OUT OF the ruins of super-SARA , the EEC 's science commissioner Etienne Davignon has won a major reform to decision-making for the EEC 's Joint Research Centre . |
| 9 | BOON STAR Michael Elphick has won a Boon-style battle — to save his own TV character . |
| 10 | Alcatel NV 's Alcatel Standard Electrica SA has won a new $500m telecommunications contract in China : the contract is for 6m telephone lines and comes after the $300m Chinese contract already announced . |
| 11 | To this end the CPL has won a little victory in its efforts to ensure that the cat is not put out with the milk bottles . |
| 12 | A sheltered workshop for the disabled which is threatened with closure has won a temporary reprieve . |
| 13 | A NURSERY sales director with a lifetime of work in the horticultural industry has won a top award . |
| 14 | DAMON HILL has won a massive vote of confidence from Canon Williams ' team boss Frank Williams after his latest ration of rank bad luck in the Canadian Grand Prix . |
| 15 | A REAL ale pub has won a unique award from a hardy band of travelling Plymouth Argyle supporters . |
| 16 | The first advertisement in the Not all chemists wear white coats campaign run by the RSC 's Careers Through Chemistry Committee has won a national award . |
| 17 | Scotland has won a bitter battle to house a new multi-million pound military centre creating 700 jobs , it was disclosed tonight . |
| 18 | Gloucestershire County Council has won a partial victory in its appeal against poll tax capping . |
| 19 | Langbaurgh Borough Council has won a Royal Town Planning Institute Northern Branch Quality in the Residential Environment award for revitalising the Spencerbeck Estate , near Eston . |
| 20 | One of the region 's independent radio stations has won a top award at the radio Oscars . |
| 21 | The Marchioness of Blandford has won a High Court injunction against her husband , Jamie Blandford . |
| 22 | The Marchioness of Blandford has won a High Court injunction against her husband , Jamie Blandford . |
| 23 | A DUBLIN-BASED policeman has won a legal battle to prevent the Garda Commissioner from dismissing him from the force for allegedly offering a prostitute IR£30 for sex . |
| 24 | A TORY MP 's wife has won a three-year battle to inherit the Pounds 10 million mansion that inspired Evelyn Waugh 's Brideshead Revisited . |
| 25 | John Prescot has won a key post in the new shadow cabinet , moving from transport to employment . |
| 26 | Work on Bank Top station has won a national award for its appearance and the whole programme has been praised by Environment Minister Tony Baldry . |
| 27 | A woman with Downs Syndrome has won a national award for ’ insprirational achievement ’ . |
| 28 | A film explaining everything you ever wanted to know about hedgehogs has won a top award . |
| 29 | The hard working team from British Gas South Western 's Plymouth & Cornwall District has won a special industry award . |
| 30 | A woman who found £40 on a bank floor has won a three-year battle to have it donated to a baby unit — and the bank has stumped up an extra £10 . |