Sentence examples for preliminary win from inspiring English sources

And in a move heralded as a preliminary win by workers and labor advocates, McDonald's recently announced it would no longer support lobbying efforts to oppose minimum-wage increases.

Android has faced renewed legal attacks in recent weeks, with Nokia's lawyers scoring a preliminary win against HTC's Android-powered One flagship device in the U.S. last week.

Fremantle coach Ross Lyon says the AFL must consider scrapping the pre-finals bye after Sydney's thumping preliminary final win over Geelong.

Burgess said he and Crowe were "good mates" and had chatted briefly via text messages since last Friday's preliminary final win over the Sydney Roosters.

Bulldogs coach Des Hasler said after his side's preliminary final win over Penrith that he expected the incident to go before the three-man panel.

Parise and Langenbrunner traded on their long relationship with Devils goalie Martin Brodeur, whom they had helped send to the bench in a 5-3 proundinary round win over Canada.

Hodges, 33, was on Sunday cited by the NRL match review committee for his 57th-minute tackle on Sydney Roosters second-rower Aidan Guerra in Friday's preliminary final win.

Matthew Dellavedova, who failed to exert the same influence he'd had in the preliminary game win over Serbia, was a little more wary of his team's upcoming opponent.

Stewart was instrumental in last week's come-from-behind preliminary final win over South Sydney and his impact in the decider will be a crucial factor on the final outcome.

Retiring Brisbane skipper Justin Hodges faces a nervous wait ahead of the NRL season decider after being placed on report in the Broncos' stunning 31-12 preliminary final win on Friday night over the Sydney Roosters at a sold-out Suncorp Stadium.

The State of Origin skippers will renew hostilities for the sixth time this year after the Storm booked their spot in Sunday's decider with a tense preliminary final win over Canberra.