Sentence examples for clear-cut win from inspiring English sources

A victory could give his libertarian candidacy its first clear-cut win.

Then came election night: a clear-cut win for David Cameron's Conservatives, with a 6.5% margin over Labour.

LONDON — The first electoral test for Britain's coalition government since it took office eight months ago produced a clear-cut win on Friday for the opposition Labour Party and a collapse in the vote for the Conservatives.

The failure of Romney to secure a clear-cut win throws the Republican race into disarray and opens the way for a protracted and messy race that could drag on for months, fought state by state, beginning with the New Hampshire primary on 10 January.

But if the fighting is prolonged, if Gaddafi does not quit and run, if his more able sons take up his cause, if the intervention makes things worse not better for ordinary people (as in Iraq), if there is no clear-cut win but ongoing low level conflict and resistance (as in Afghanistan), then Arab opinion will turn against the westerners once more.

An entertaining encounter could have gone either way, though a more clear-cut win would have been Liverpool's had a late Kelly Jones shot not hit the post.

In congressional races, too, races with a host of Democratic candidates may deprive the party of clear-cut wins.

For an athlete, those criteria are quite clear cut: win a championship.

No. 5 Oklahoma's path is clear cut: win and they're in; No. 11 Oklahoma State needs quite a bit of help, but a victory over its in-state rival would put the Cowboys on the right path.

"Done right, a combination of benefit and enforcement-related measures could provide the Administration with a clear-cut political win," the draft memo, dated Feb. 26, 2010, read.

Up to the final, Ferrer had dominated, winning 65 percent (119 of 181) of his second-serve points, but Nadal had a clear-cut strategy to win this decisive battle.