Example sentences of "won the [adj] title " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beating the Ingham family monopoly was Michael Calvert ( Yorks ) who won the 16's title 7–6 4–6 7–5 against a tiring Richard Stamp ( Lincs ) . |
| 2 | It is not , I believe , a matter of coincidence , that the only current British World Champion is Jamie Delgado , who won the 14-and-under title in Florida last year and owes nothing whatever to the LTA or its training and development programme . |
| 3 | Oxford 's Nichola Simpson has been on target in the British Outdoor Archery Championship … she won the indoor title last year now she 's done the double … |
| 4 | It is believed to be Middlesbrough and Cleveland 's first set of national championship medals since Steve James won the junior title in 1959 and led his team to victory at Peterborough . |
| 5 | Marjory last week captained the school 's senior general knowledge team which last year won the regional title but this time lost by just one question to their Ferryhill opponents . |
| 6 | Hughes , of the New Brighton club , won the under-12 title . |
| 7 | Last season United watched Schmeichel regularly as Brondby won the Danish title for the fourth time in five years and reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup . |
| 8 | Local knowledge paid off for Portugal 's Mario Barroas who won the individual title with the best of the Irish being former World Champion Bobby Smithers , from Dublin , in 18th place . |
| 9 | Welshman Robinson won the vacant title by out-pointing John |
| 10 | His 17-year-old Middlesbrough colleague Lee Lagan won the under-19 title . |
| 11 | NEAL Bassett , 15 , from Badwell Ash won the under-16 title at the British Kyokushinkai Karate Association 's national championships at Ilantrisant in Wales . |
| 12 | While Surrey took top honours during the two-day event which involved 1,000 players and 52 counties , Hertfordshire won the under-21 title with a 14–11 victory over Bedfordshire . |
| 13 | Best puppy award went to Petrocella , a Newfoundland bitch owned by Ken Pinner of Lindford , Lyn Lane of Headley 's Zeeta , a rare Shibu Inu breed , won the non-sporting title , and Gable , a spaniel belonging to Mrs. Wright of Kingsley , was victor of the open class . |
| 14 | Thompson won the Olympic title that year , 1980 , successfully defended it in 1984 and has n't completed a decathlon since finishing fourth in the 1988 Games in Seoul . |
| 15 | The race incorporates the Welsh championships , and among the 1,600 lining up will be Olympic marathon man Steve Brace , who won the national title the last time the championships were held in Llandudno . |
| 16 | Long jumper Yinka Idowu from Carterton who competes for the Oxford City club won her place in the team a couple of weeks ago when she won the British title at Sheffield … she only finished third in trials at the weekend but is still regarded as one of our best young athletes … |
| 17 | Long jumper Yinka Idowu from Carterton who competes for the Oxford City club won her place in the team a couple of weeks ago when she won the British title at Sheffield … she only finished third in trials at the weekend but is still regarded as one of our best young athletes … |
| 18 | Reshevsky won the American title seven times , and until the arrival of the equally talented and even more combative prodigy Bobby Fischer in the late 1950s , was easily the dominant player in the United States . |
| 19 | Moving right up to date , Andres Gomez scored a popular point for Ecuador in 1990 , while the two most recent Grand Slam debutants were Monica Seles , who first won the French title in the same year and who retained it last year , and the current men 's title holder , the American Jim Courier . |
| 20 | Bowe won the undisputed title on points from Holyfield in November but is only recognised as champion by the IBF and WBA . |
| 21 | Continuing a well deserved winning streak , Bangor 's John and Poppy Kerr won the Senior title , with defending champions Jim and Joan Murphy moving to the runners-up position . |