Example sentences of "[num] defeat [prep] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With five volunteers from the 400-plus crowd , a 12–1 defeat at the hands of the soldiers was not a bad start . |
| 2 | Milan , who faltered at the weekend with a 3-0 defeat at the hands of the current league leaders , Napoli , have slipped to seventh place , partly because of the absence of van Basten and his compatriot , Ruud Gullit , who is seeing a doctor on Monday about his cartilage injury . |
| 3 | A week is a long time in football , seven days in fact , but somehow a reversal of February 's 11–0 defeat at the hands of today 's opponents would prove that Lazarus does n't have the last word in comebacks , and we are still a team to be reckoned with . |
| 4 | The eager Yugoslav striker , who also provided the late winner last December that gave Red Star a 3–2 win over Anderlecht , was the key to his team 's 2–0 defeat of the Greeks . |
| 5 | Ireland had crashed to a 145-90 defeat at the hands of the English losing out on all six rinks , and looked to have little chance when they took on the Scots , who had beaten defending champions Wales 130-100 in their opener . |
| 6 | ENGLAND B were left to reflect on what might have been after missing a couple of vital tackles in their 20-16 defeat at the hands of South Africa at Bristol . |
| 7 | Richardson 's Garvey colleague Dan Clarke will win his 50th cap in the game , and will be hoping that the Irish can improve on the 4-1 defeat at the hands of England when they last met in the Centenary Trophy staged in Dublin in June . |