Sentence examples for to be an easy victory from inspiring English sources

Kournikova, seeded third, turned what appeared to be an easy victory into a struggle.

It proved to be an easy victory for the Dutch team of Ton Bakkeren, Huub Bertens, Sjoert Brink and Bas Drijver.

Scott Brown, the Republican candidate for Senate, has run an aggressive, surprising campaign in Massachusetts, injecting fear into the Democratic machine over what was expected to be an easy victory.

Many analysts assume that he was freed after a night in jail to lend legitimacy to what is expected to be an easy victory for the incumbent mayor, Sergei S. Sobyanin.

In fact, many had expected this election to be an easy victory for the Democrats, who had seen a rebound in popularity after Mr. Kan, a plain-spoken former social activist, replaced the unpopular Mr. Hatoyama.

The race had long been expected to be an easy victory for Republicans, but once the race turned unexpectedly competitive both national parties and several independent groups poured in more than $2m£1.23m3m) to sway voters.

Some political pundits had predicted it would be an easy victory for Labour after an election court six weeks ago forced the politically independent leader from office.

It began 30 years ago this week when Saddam Hussein launched what he hoped would be an easy victory over a disorganised enemy.

Andrew G. Berg, who specializes in antitrust matters for Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, said the F.T.C. took on Whole Foods after a string of defeats, thinking that it would be an easy victory.

The sportswriter Red Smith once quipped that it was the kind of race that would make "splendid training for a man who expects to get trapped in a pasture with an enraged bull". In Helsinki, the event was assumed to be an easy gold-medal victory for the Soviets, who were represented by record-setting athlete Vladi­mir Kazantsev.

After defeating 15 other candidates in a primary race and winning a runoff on Tuesday, Mr. Sanford faces Elizabeth Colbert Busch, a Democrat with enough celebrity appeal and financial backing to change what could have been an easy victory in the special election on May 7 into a real battle.