Example sentences of "[noun sg] won [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that April Labour won a by-election in Fulham , West London , with an ideal candidate in Nick Raynsford — he was white , heterosexual , middle-class , moderate , and he had a very nice family . |
| 2 | Labour won a massive victory being returned with 393 seats to the Conservatives ' 213 and the Liberals ' 12 . |
| 3 | Labour won the 1964 election and was in power for 11 of the next 15 years . |
| 4 | The furore on the Conservative side raged all year ; it has been continually claimed ever since that RPM cost Home the October 1964 election , in which Labour won the slimmest majority of four seats . |
| 5 | Labour won the election of October 1964 by a whisker , though the event itself was overshadowed internationally by the fall of Khrushchev in the USSR and by the first Chinese nuclear test . |
| 6 | Mr Salmond said : ‘ As soon as circumstances allow , Smith will resume his attempt to water down the manifesto on which Labour won the general election in Scotland . |
| 7 | If Labour won the morrow and they only had twenty five percent majority it would be a hung parliament . |
| 8 | The administration won a vote of confidence on Jan. 23 although , with the election of a Congress ( I ) member as Speaker , Congress ( I ) had a majority of only one in the Assembly ( with the support of one of the two independents ) . |
| 9 | In that year the first Aberdeen Angus steer won the Silver Cup at Smithfield and the breed 's fame spread rapidly , first into France and during the 1870s to North America , and also Australia and New Zealand . |
| 10 | Minton , whose record of buying top jumpers is outstanding , with several Triumph hurdlers to his credit , similarly had been instantly lucky when acquiring Mountain Kingdom for Mr David Thompson , husband of yesterday 's winning owner , 48 hours before that horse won a Yorkshire Cup . |
| 11 | Roberts hit Classic Review five times on the ear before the horse won the second race of the day . |
| 12 | Robert Downey jun won the Best Actor award for his role in Sir Richard Attenborough 's film Chaplin — he is also nominated for an Oscar . |
| 13 | Jeffrey and his senior counterpart , Douglas Morgan , have had to contend with the vagaries of pitches and climate as they have piloted the sevens squad through Australia and Fiji , but their problems seem miniscule in comparison to Romania 's coach , Mircea Paraschiv , the former international scrum-half , whose side won the bowl competition last year . |
| 14 | On Feb. 12 the programme won the endorsement of the IMF , which on Feb. 25 approved a drawing of SDR60,600,000 under the compensatory and contingency financing facility . |
| 15 | His schemes for reducing man 's noise were thwarted when the pious Atrakhasis won the help of the god whose creature man was . |
| 16 | The overwhelming popular approval of the Constitution was accepted as a de facto election of Aquino as President , and in a general election on May 11 , 1987 , candidates endorsed by the President won a decisive majority in the new Congress [ see pp. 35321-22 ] . |
| 17 | In a general election on May 11 , 1987 , candidates endorsed by the President won a decisive majority in both chambers of the new Congress [ see pp. 35321-22 ] . |
| 18 | His boat which he calls Flippin Shy Talk won the Hull Gold Cup race on the River Humber … |
| 19 | Talent won the race in the royal colours last year and Her Majesty was impressed with the trophy a gold embossed casket , inset with pictures of the Royal Calcutta Racecourse . |
| 20 | As a Mitsubishi dealer , I 'd remind you that this car won the 1989 Lombard RAC Rally and came a close second last year . |
| 21 | Thanet college won the award , but the excitement of the event and the experience gained was rewarding in itself . |
| 22 | Senior students from the Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College won the North-East round of a competition organised by the UK Federation of Business and Professional Women . |
| 23 | ST ALOYSIUS College won the Bank of Scotland Scottish Schools Cup for the third time when they defeated Galashiels Academy by three tries to two at Meggetland . |
| 24 | A British parachute batallion won a notable engagement at Goose Green , despite losing their commander , Colonel H. Jones ( who gained a posthumous V.C. ) , with the capture of 1,200 Argentine troops . |
| 25 | The Congress ( I ) allied A-IADMK won a clear majority in state assembly elections held in June 1991 ; Jayalalitha was sworn in as the new Chief Minister [ see p. 38287 ] . |
| 26 | This bid won the approval of the Rowntree Board , which had strenuously opposed the previous bids . |
| 27 | I have no idea which football club won the FA Cup in 1981 . |
| 28 | Sean Black of the Causeway Coast Club won the shore event . |
| 29 | Simon Wilkinson of the St Melyd club won the Aberconwy trophy for the third time in four years with a 72 hole total of 296 in his last amateur tournament before turning professional . |
| 30 | Ken Wilson of Tantobie Union Club won the whist trophy and fellow member Brian Snailham took the pool championship . |