Sentence examples for has won local from inspiring English sources

Despite his disadvantages, Mr. Alfonso, 34, has won local competitions at home in Cuba and he races nearly every weekend against able-bodied cyclists in informal events.

Despite local protests at the 2005 takeover, the Glazer family's stewardship has won local acceptance, and three of Mr. Glazer's sons were at the Old Trafford ceremony.

And in other parts of the country that had been relatively calm, such as Mosul in the north, where America's 101st Airborne Division has won local trust and sustained its own morale, the pace of attacks has suddenly sharpened.

In Badalona, a working-class town just north of Barcelona, the PP candidate, Xavier García Albiol, has won local support and national opprobrium for plans to push some immigrants out.

For example, his plan for a $250 million condominium with nine floors and 300 apartments in Mineola has won local approvals, but he said he was postponing construction because of doubtful buyer demand in the near future.

To drink, run-of-the-mill big-brand beers are served ice-cold in large 600ml bottles (Original is the best of the bunch), while to eat, the sanduíche de pernil - roast pork sandwich (R$15, around £4) – has won local awards, with thick slices of meat crammed inside a crusty roll.

That Armonk home, for example, that had won local fame as the most spectacularly lighted house in Westchester, remained dark.

The participants — all of them male — had won local, regional and national competitions, and some, like the Iranian representative, Qassem Moghadami, had won other international Koran competitions.

All meat is reared within a 30-mile radius, and it also produces cooked meats, pies and ready meals that have won local awards.

Unlike the Islamist movements that stage rallies from the relative safety of Gaza City, the unarmed protesters have won local plaudits for their courage in marching to the front-line to advocate non-violence.

She praised an initiative in Cambridge where council leaders have won local support for house-building on parts of the green belt and suggested that cities should be given stronger incentives to tackle the housing crisis themselves – for instance by being allowed to retain stamp duty payments or keep some savings from any falls in housing benefit bills.