Sentence examples for has defeated a from inspiring English sources

Michigan, which outlawed capital punishment way back in 1846 after it executed the wrong man, has defeated a proposal to bring back the death penalty.

In two consecutive sessions, Congress has defeated a bill that would allow the patent office to keep all of the fees it collects.

The House of Commons has defeated a bill that would have banned the creation of so-called hybrid embryos — part human and part animal — for medical research.

James Cameron has defeated a lawsuit from a visual effects consultant who claimed the Oscar-winning film-maker stole his ideas for his multibillion-dollar blockbuster Avatar.

Led Zeppelin has defeated a lawsuit that accused the band of stealing the opening riff in Stairway to Heaven, and cemented its place in rock's pantheon.

The service has defeated a legal challenge brought by a community group on the Upper West Side seeking to halt construction of a mail distribution center on West 68th Street, near Columbus Avenue.

The government has defeated an attempt by rebel Conservative MPs to delay moves to reorganise the Army.

The government has defeated an attempt to overturn changes to VAT charged on takeaway food, dubbed "the pasty tax".

Thursday's vote was the second time Japan had defeated a proposal to protect bluefin.

In the 1980 elections, Wiley had defeated a Republican opponent by just eight votes.

Rakhi Birla, a former journalist, had defeated a Congress minister, Raj Kumar Chauhan, who had won his past four elections.