Sentence examples for resulted in defeats from inspiring English sources

His first two drives with the New Zealander resulted in defeats by a nose.

"We've had four really tough games and unfortunately they've all resulted in defeats and no goals.

Vanderbilt's last three tournament appearances have resulted in defeats, all to lower-seeded opposition.

There were back-to-back wins over France but key qualifying matches elsewhere in the Euro 2008 campaign resulted in defeats.

The first Opium War (1839 42), the Anglo-French War (1856 58), the Sino-Japanese War (1894 95), and the Boxer Rebellion (1900) all resulted in defeats for China and the granting of major concessions to foreign powers.

Qualification for Euro 2000 again resulted in defeats in every game.

A massive grassroots effort directed at convincing the European parliament to change its mind resulted in defeat of the directive.

Then, last autumns's elections in Ivory Coast, one of the several former French colonies in western Africa, resulted in defeat for the incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo.

An almost bloodless encounter at the bridge of Taillebourg in 1242 resulted in defeat for the English, and Henry returned to London.

Overruling Scott, he ordered a direct advance on the Virginia front, which resulted in defeat and rout for the federal forces at Bull Run (July 21 , 1861.

"He would always explain most succinctly," she wrote later, "the battle line-up, who attacked where and why, the mistakes that were made that resulted in defeat, the reasons for the battles - that war, in fact, was and has always been an extension of politics and the ultimate result of the failure of statesmen to keep the peace".