Sentence examples for ensuring a win from inspiring English sources
United put in a spirited performance after going down to 10-men but were unable to leave the blue half of Manchester with anything to show for it - Sergio Aguero's second-half strike ensuring a win for City.
It's this group that bailed on Ang Lee's gay cowboy drama Brokeback Mountain in 2006, thus ensuring a win for Crash – one of the biggest upsets in Oscar history – and this year helped keep the nominations for Lisa Cholodenko's same-sex marriage drama, The Kids Are All Right, down to a minimum.
He amasses $22,000 by the end of the Double Jeopardy! round, more than twice the score of the second place contestant, theoretically ensuring a win.
Maryland beat 15th-ranked Georgia Tech in overtime when placekicker Nick Novak, the ACC's future all-time scoring leader, equalized and then won the game with 46- and 26-yard field goals, thereby ensuring a winning season and bowl appearance.
"While money by itself doesn't ensure a win, I can assure you, not having the resources will ensure that you don't win," Mr. Nemazee said.
The Academy comprises 15 branches, of which the biggest and most powerful voting bloc is the actors, with 1,205 members, 22% of the total; they are the ones who ensured a win for The Hurt Locker last year, after they remained unconvinced the blue people in Avatar were delivering real performances.
Most startups die because they are underfunded but they are underfunded because the risk associated with their ideas are far too high to ensure a win.
Greece's two-party coalition has 155 seats and needs support from opposition or independent lawmakers to ensure a win for Mr Dimas.
Callum Harriott struck his first two league goals of the season to help ensure a win that sealed Charlton's Championship survival.
Rangers' dogged display ensured a win that stretched their lead at the top of the table to seven points, at least until Celtic faced Hearts in their fixture in Glasgow later in the afternoon.
Clinton's strategy is likely an effort to ensure a win in a state where she has deep ties and leads in polling.
