Example sentences of "winning the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After winning the second game , Timman immediately offered a draw in the unfinished opening game of the match . |
| 2 | Werder Bremen knocked the holders Napoli out of the Uefa Cup last night , 8-3 on aggregate after winning the second leg 5-1 . |
| 3 | Not only was it an important factor in winning the Second World War , for its specific electrical insulating properties were a key to the development of radar , but it is one of those rare inventions which create an entirely new industrial development . |
| 4 | In the afternoon the professionals continued to dominate the proceedings , winning the second series 4½ to 1½ . |
| 5 | But the pro took the match , winning the second and third . |
| 6 | The former world champion had saved four match points in rallying from 2–5 in the fourth set , which he eventually won on a tie-break , before winning the fifth set 6–0 but he had little to offer in the doubles , when he and Eric Jelen were beaten in straight sets . |
| 7 | Just as thrilling but achieved in a much more orderly fashion , was Sweden 's remarkable escape against Canada in Vancouver , ( see special report on page 25 ) , where not only was Stefan Edberg , the world number one at the time , beaten by the little known , 237th ranked Daniel Nestor on the opening day but Magnus Gustafsson also had to save two match points against the Canadian hero before winning the fifth and decisive rubber from two sets to one down . |
| 8 | A year later , as Worrell was still at university , Alexander was appointed to take the team to India and Pakistan , winning the first series but losing the second . |
| 9 | Otto Becker , a member of Germany 's silver medal team in the 1990 World Championships , proved his two World Cup horses are in top form by winning the first warm-up on Leandra , and then going clear , though with no pressure , on Landmann in the speed class . |
| 10 | Your selection to receive this invitation , and the allocation , exclusively to you , of seven numbers that you alone can enter in the draw , means that you could be just one step away from winning the first prize in this £40,000 draw — which would give you the choice that I mentioned between a lump sum and an income for life . |
| 11 | I really think you have a fine chance of winning the first prize ! ’ |
| 12 | In the early '60s , Dundee were Scotland 's most gifted side , winning the first division championship in 1962 and gracing Europe in a way that few other Scottish clubs have done since . |
| 13 | Take the start of last year 's Grand Prix season when Senna set a new record by winning the first four races on the trot . |
| 14 | Last season , Leeds received £100,000 from sponsors Barclays for winning the First Division . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | The West Country trainer and champion jockey Peter Scudamore got off to a flying start winning the first three races with odds-on shots Mohana , Slavi and Skipping Tim . |
| 17 | But winning the first three of the five-match one-day series has supplied a crucial tonic at a time when TV pictures were being screened back live to Pakistan for the first time . |
| 18 | Whether while winning the first US Open title in 1968 as an amateur or out-thinking Jimmy Connors in that classic Wimbledon final of 1975 , Ashe proved himself one of the game 's most gifted competitors . |
| 19 | So , when the 1971 British Lions stretched Fergie McCormick this way and that when winning the First Test on Mains ' home ground , the All Black selectors decided that McCormick had to go , and Mains went on to play the remaining three Tests of the first rubber that the Lions had won in New Zealand . |
| 20 | Bradley Bone has started well for the 1993 season by winning the first club match with a good bag of eels for 9lb 8oz . |
| 21 | Whitham , 26 , from Huddersfield , left the opposition well behind on his Yahama , winning the first 36-mile race by almost five seconds and the second by a crushing 10 seconds . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | While such behaviour can not be condoned , an occasional show of controlled passion from England 's bowlers would not have gone amiss on the same ground when Australia were winning the first Test . |
| 24 | The Middlesbrough fans were returning from clinching promotion at Wolverhampton and the York-based Leeds Utd supporters were celebrating winning the First Division championship . |
| 25 | Sports Editors fretted and printers fumed as the match went on and on into the British night , with Milligan winning the 17th by chipping in , to go to all square . |
| 26 | Oxford 's past reveals that , in 1894 , C B Fry , a future England cricketer and then the world long jump record-holder , was prevented by injury from gaining a rugby Blue in the same season as winning the third of his four soccer Blues . |
| 27 | England 's Under-19 side drew the three- ‘ Test ’ series against their Pakistani counterparts , winning the third match at Lahore by an innings and 22 runs . |
| 28 | MICHAEL ROBERTS recorded his second consecutive century in this country when winning the last race on Power Shift at Folkestone yesterday and can take this season 's total beyond 100 at York this afternoon , writes Hyperion . |
| 29 | ‘ It seems he just keeps winning the last point . |
| 30 | Ridley , who saved Durham 's blushes by winning the last two holes to win his game and to tie the match against Cumbria last weekend , is on holiday in America where he has tickets to watch the U.S. Open . |