Sentence examples for group has beaten from inspiring English sources

Babcock International, the defence and engineering group, has beaten off competition from the US private equity house Carlyle to become the biggest supplier of services to the Royal Navy with a £350m deal to buy the huge Devonport complex in Plymouth that is used to refit and refuel nuclear submarines.

A spokesman for the Shabab said that one of their fighters had been killed in an exchange of gunfire but that the group had beaten back the assault.

The pay rise took place at a time when the total shareholder return had fallen, even though the group had beaten its target of delivering a margin of at least 6%.

In the book, he admits to abandoning his original intention to collect 20th-century chairs after discovering that Rolf Fehlbaum, the Swiss industrialist whose family owns the Vitra furniture group, had beaten him to it.

The Times report quoted a spokesman for al Shabaab as saying that one of its fighters had been killed in an exchange of gunfire but that the group had beaten back the assault.

He added: "The younger age-groups have beaten Italy already this year, the under-17s at the European Championship.

In statehouses across the country, though, the N.R.A. and other gun-rights groups have beaten back legislation mandating the surrender of firearms in domestic violence situations.

There's been some encouraging news on the European corporate front this morning - the supermarkets group Carrefour has beaten analysts' expectations and says it's doing well in its home market of France.

I had already met some people from running in a few local five-kilometer races, including my nemesis, a woman who edged into my five-year age group last fall and has beaten me ever since.

And Univision has beaten the broadcast networks on Fridays in the 18-34 agroupoup for 28 weeks in a row.

Man Group has beaten its own expectations with pretax profits of $302m for the last six months - 8% higher than it predicted in September.