Sentence examples for beat the only from inspiring English sources

"They just beat the only team that had a chance to beat them.

What the people want to see is whether Mayweather can beat the only fighter of his generation who is clearly his equal — or better.

Without hype or fanfare, and against an assortment of odds, Al Kazeem has emerged as the horse to beat, the only one in Europe with three top-level victories on his CV this season.

Not that I'm advocating brutality as a form of government, but it would sure beat the only sign of life now – the dismal rumble of "Phwoar!" every time a woman gets up to speak.

The Nomura bid beat the only other shortlisted proposal by the Legacy group which wanted to turn the dome into a hi-tech business park to showcase British e-commerce and technological know-how.

A win would be their first byelection gain since 1982, when Angela Rumbold beat the only Labour MP saintly enough to trigger a byelection when he defected to the SDP.

In August, she won the 2012 Olympic marathon, beating the only two women who had run faster than she had in the last two years.

Both cruised through their semifinals, Nadal beating the only non-Spaniard in the last four, Ivan Dodig of Croatia, 6-3, 6-2, and Ferrer topping Nicolas Almagro, 6-3, 6-4.

Ferguson, therefore, is acutely aware of the importance of beating the only other side he believes can deprive United of a record fourth consecutive title.

Indeed, this image was judged a close second place for the Behavioural and Physiological Ecology category prize, leaving Section Editor Nick Royle transfixed: " This image captures that brief moment of stillness – the hovering – of the fly perfectly; with just the blur of rapid wing beats the only movement.

And of the eight nations whose markets beat the United States, only South Korea is part of the developed world.