Sentence examples for a victory was expected from inspiring English sources

But a victory was expected to offer added strength by creating an incumbent, if one in office only briefly.

A victory was expected but the margin of 21 was much smaller than ministers had hoped.The most significant change proposed by the higher education green paper is the raising of the limit on university tuition fees from £3,290 a year to £9,000 from 2012.

Although a swift Serbian victory was expected, Prince Alexander I of Bulgaria won the decisive battle at Slivnitsa (Nov. 17 19, 1885), defeating the invading Serbs and subsequently pursuing them back into Serbia.

A decisive Steelers victory was expected but they edged home by only three points in overtime and, though New England lost at Heinz Field in October, they should have Pittsburgh's measure this time.

Despite irregularities, the large margin of victory was expected to undermine his case.

Mrs. Clinton's victory was expected and may have largely reflected her prominence on the national political scene for almost two decades.

Victory was expected against Group One's bottom country but it maintained Portugal's momentum after a campaign that had featured only one win in their first five matches.

His victory was expected to be formally declared on October 31st, pending the results of an investigation into the election's many flaws and the arrival of the last weary UN donkey, bearing a ballot-box in from the wilds.In an 18-man field, Mr Karzai's win was impressive.

His rival, Manuel Baldizón, managed to close the gap in the final stages of the campaign, but it was not enough: preliminary results this morning have Mr Pérez Molina on 53.7%, against Mr Baldizón's 46.3%.In Nicaragua, Mr Ortega's victory was expected too.

As the candidate of the then-ruling centre-right GERB party, Mr Plevneliev's victory was expected to bolster the government's push for painful economic reforms.

A narrower Labour majority would have been a fine result this autumn; a Tory victory is expected in an election in 2009 or 2010.