Sentence examples for won the decent from inspiring English sources

In beating strongly backed favourite The Package seven lengths under Nick Scholfield, New Little Bric finally won the decent prize he has threatened on several ­occasions since his Scilly Isles Novice Chase ­success two seasons ago.

"The Decent One" won the Best Documentary Award at the 2014 Jerusalem Film Festival and it premiered at the Berlin Film Festival earlier this year.

Neville made his punditry debut for ITV at the 2002 World Cup, whilst sidelined with the early 21st century curse of the broken metatarsal, and the Brazil side that won the competition is a decent analogy for Neville's punditry – clearly the best, but their quality exaggerated by the poor standard of the opposition.

A bizarre and joyous mix of ideas emerged at every show and often it was the plain old-fashioned and decent that won the vote.

Madison Du Berlais could be an improver, he won the Hennessy and is a decent horse, you couldn't rule him out - he's definitely in the [Gold Cup] equation".

For those who don't know, the Republican Minnesota Governor Stassen ran a decent campaign and almost won the presidential nomination back in the 1940s.

He won the weird skirmish the way he wins our affections -- by being disarmingly decent.

Whoever wins, the prospects for a decent settlement for the Tamils, most of whom shunned the Tigers but nurture legitimate grievances, seem remote.The danger to Mr Rajapaksa does not stem from Sinhalese voters' sympathy for foreign criticism of him.

Wigan coach Shaun Wane: "I just wanted to win the game in a decent manner.

"It was a great start to the season for me, the wicket was good, and we made the most of winning the toss on a decent deck.

Leicestershire captain Mark Cosgrove: "We had a chance to win the game on a decent pitch for cricket and, at 40-2 witheireir captain out, we felt in control but credit Kent because they batted brilliantly to get themselves out of a hole and give themselves an outside chance.