Sentence examples for beat main from inspiring English sources

The 8-13 chance produced a late charge to beat Main Sequence by five lengths, with the winner's stablemate Astrology a short head behind in third.

As polls opened today, it looked as though Mr Netanyahu and his centre-right Likud party would struggle to beat main rivals the Zionist Union, who were ahead by four seats according to the polls.

Sir Martin Sorrell's WPP has reported a strong first quarter, with organic revenue up 6.7% year on year to £2.2bn, beating main rivals Publicis Groupe and Omnicom for the first time since 2006.

In the treatment of rhythm, duple metre (two main beats to a measure; see metre) gradually became more prevalent.

Mr. Jonathan, a mild-mannered former vice president and zoologist who is an anomaly in Nigeria's tough-guy political world, easily beat his main challenger, the former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission said late Monday.

He beat his main rival, Toshihiko Seko of Japan, by 45 seconds.

Even with more power, the Optima manages to beat its main competitors by 1 m.p.g.

In Maryland, the front runner beat his main rival 49% to 29%.

Again, secularists went head to head with Islamists – but only in peaceful parliamentary elections that saw a secular alliance, Nida Tunis, narrowly beat the main Islamist bloc, Ennahda.

Denis Lunghi beat the main group by nearly eight minutes yesterday to win the 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia in heavy rain in Chieti, Italy.

McKeever, who beat his main rival Mark de Jonge of Canada by 0.1sec, marked his victory by turning to the grandstands and pumping his fists to the delight of the crowds on the banks of Eton Dorney.