Example sentences of "[noun prp] has won a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | SMALLEY has won a prize as Derbyshire 's best-kept large village . |
| 2 | One of the world 's richest colonies of blue coral , situated off Japan 's southern island of Ishigaki has won a reprieve from development and , marine biologists believe , destruction . |
| 3 | PAINT chief Mike Hennessy has won a pay rise that every boss will envy — 619 per cent . |
| 4 | Volvo has won a safety award for its innovative integrated child seat fitted to all new 900-series saloons . |
| 5 | Lisa Keenan , 17 , from Oxton has won a place at the University of Northumbria , while Lisa Hudson , 18 , from Claughton will study at the Preston-based University of Central Lancashire . |
| 6 | SCOTLAND has won a £1.1 million contract for Strathclyde Regional Council to build the St John The Baptist Primary School for 495 pupils in Uddingston . |
| 7 | Only Anne Gibson has won a singles medal for Scotland in the championships — a bronze in 1987 — and McEwan , just 17 , has an outside chance of repeating that . |
| 8 | R. Bennett in North Yorkshire has won a Washburn XS8 bass and an Ampeg SVT15EV combo , and Campbell Tidey of Hertfordshire has got himself an Epiphone EM-2MR guitar and the Crate G160XL guitar combo . |
| 9 | They read a bulletin of ‘ News That Makes You Sick , ’ including an item that super-rich singer Michael Jackson has won a state lottery . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , CCG has won a contract at Glenalmond College in Perthshire , and this success could be a breakthrough into a new market for the company in Scotland . |
| 11 | Neil Kinnock has won a standing ovation from the Labour Party faithful at their conference in Blackpool , by presenting himself as the next Prime Minister . |
| 12 | Press Construction of Darlington has won a £12m contract to install new mains and services in Northumberland and Wearside for British Gas . |
| 13 | MERSEYSIDE MP Eddie O'Hara has won a Commons ' victory to change the wording of benefit claim forms for the terminally ill . |
| 14 | Mr D. Ling from Colchester in Essex has won a trip to Club St. Lucia as a result of entering the exclusive competition in the Feb/March issue of Tennis World . |
| 15 | MIDLANDS , WEST & WALES has won a £1 million contract to refurbish 324 houses and flats on the Pool Farm Estate in Birmingham for Birmingham City Council . |