Example sentences of "defeat at [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wilson treated the majority with caution prior to his defeat at the polls in June 1970 . |
| 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 | That would look too much like another Arab defeat at the hands of the West . |
| 4 | It was a frontier to the northeast for the Romans who had a camp here , Castra Bonnensia , where they suffered a defeat at the hands of the German tribes in AD 70 . |
| 5 | Doubters among the party 's membership will argue that the combined Brown and Tsongas vote against Mr Clinton confirms their fears that questions about his character will lead to a crushing defeat at the hands of President Bush . |
| 6 | NORTHAMPTON 'S surprising defeat at the hands of Midlands rivals Nottingham on Saturday has most probably ended their League championship hopes for 1992 . |
| 7 | as if all this was n't enough , in June 1667 , England suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Dutch . |
| 8 | Upon reaching Aquitaine after this defeat at the hands of the Basques Charles was informed that the Saxons had uprisen yet again . |
| 9 | Indeed , a large part of Serbian history and culture was centred on Kosovo until the Serbian feudal state suffered a decisive defeat at the hands of the Turks in 1379 . |
| 10 | And conversely , in the exalté atmosphere of Northern Nigeria , a Resident who admitted defeat at the hands of his emir was deemed to be guilty of two unpardonable sins : he disgraced by his ineptitude the good name of the British Colonial Service ; and he brought the whole principle of local administrative autonomy into disrepute . |
| 11 | But since that narrow escape Border has also upset manager Bobby Simpson with his public criticism of player-preparation before a nine-wicket one-day defeat at the hands of the West Indies in Perth earlier this month . |
| 12 | Now they are devastated by their one-point defeat at the hands of Waterloo and must regret allowing Barnes to play for the Barbarians against Australia . |
| 13 | SHELL-SHOCKED Stephen Hendry last night suffered his second consecutive defeat at the hands of fellow Scot Alan McManus . |
| 14 | The American looked shattered at the end — it was his third career defeat at the hands of 21-year-old Ivanisevic and easily the most decisive . |
| 15 | The David Lloyd club 's defeat at the hands of the Bracknell-based side in Area 7 of the event , was as emphatic as it was surprising . |
| 16 | Everywhere the unprepared Elves suffered defeat after defeat at the hands of their Chaos-worshipping kin . |
| 17 | Thus both Castile and Genoa became suppliers of galleys which often fought on the French side , notably in 1416 when the Genoese provided part of the fleet which suffered defeat at the hands of the English at the battle of the Seine , off Harfleur . |
| 18 | Truman owed a personal debt of loyalty to Louis Johnson , who had served as treasurer of Truman 's re-election committee in 1948 at a time when most commentators had consigned the President to ignominious defeat at the hands of Governor Dewey . |
| 19 | There were fears already of the likelihood of war with Germany , and the military performance in the Boer War caused new fears that Britain might face military as well as economic defeat at the hands of her chief rival . |
| 20 | In May 1945 Germany faced complete defeat at the hands of the Allies . |
| 21 | In June 1940 the land of Louis XIV and Napoleon had experienced swift defeat at the hands of Germany . |
| 22 | They are Alexander the Great ; the Silver Shields ( a Macedonian corps d'élite of the early hellenistic period ) ; and the Spartans up to the date of their defeat at the hands of the Thebans at Leuktra in 371 . |
| 23 | With five volunteers from the 400-plus crowd , a 12–1 defeat at the hands of the soldiers was not a bad start . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | DUNDELA boss Mervyn Bell was n't a happy man after his side 's Bass Irish Cup defeat at the hands of Glentoran . |
| 26 | A DEFEAT at the hands of old rivals Celtic never goes down well at Ibrox . |
| 27 | Carol Ross and Brenda McCleary suffered their second defeat at the hands of the talented junior Offaly pair recent winners at Ghent Regatta . |
| 28 | In the immediate aftermath of the Iraqi army 's defeat at the hands of the United States-led coalition in late February [ see pp. 37982-86 ] , Iraqi civilians and opposition guerrilla groups launched a series of widespread uprisings against the government of President Saddam Hussein . |
| 29 | On Oct. 27 , 1990 , the Labour Party , by then led by Mike Moore , suffered a crushing general election defeat at the hands of the conservative National Party . |
| 30 | Finally they took on one opponent too many , receiving a resounding defeat at the hands of the Mamluks at Ain Jallud in 1260 . |