Sentences with phrase «by a narrow margin»

Well, the shoes won by a narrow margin so I ordered them.

«I was the No. 2 guy in the company by a narrow margin,» he says.

But new listings are now increasing by narrower margins.

It was put to a vote, and «divine» won by a narrow margin!

The U.S. Senate has confirmed John B. King as secretary of education by a narrow margin of 49 — 40.

Packing and cracking result in some telltale signs of interference: the opposition party tends to win by a landslide in packed districts, but lose by a narrow margin in cracked ones.

40th District (Queens): We interviewed Elizabeth Crowley, who is unopposed in the primary and is running against the newly minted Republican incumbent, to whom she lost by a narrow margin in the recent special election.

The first quartile breakpoint of 40.85 % for small cap core active funds indicates that a quarter of the funds were able to outperform the benchmark on a relative basis, albeit by a narrow margin of 0.46 %.

The Snapper won by a narrow margin over the Caprese Salad.

The bill passed by its narrowest margin ever — it was 85 - 61 in 2007 — a change Democrats blamed on several vacant seats and Republican gains in last year's election.

The corruption probe is thus occurring within the context of widening dissatisfaction with Ms Rousseff, especially after her victory by a narrow margin in the second round of the 2014 election.

[2] He lost his seat at the 2015 general election by a narrow margin of 93 votes.

It has spent $ 8 million making that case through lobbying and advertising, and it seems to be working: The latest polls show Prop F being defeated by a narrow margin.

Market breadth was slightly negative, as declining issues outnumbered advancers by a narrow margin on the NYSE.

But when NDP members decided by a narrow margin to show Thomas Mulcair the door, they ended up trading a leader who was considered prime ministerial by a significant number of voters for one who is not — or at least who may not be in time for next year's federal vote.

The Gunners are serial under - achievers in Europe and have not been at their free - flowing best so far this season, winning games by narrow margins in the Premier League despite not yet coming up against particularly top opposition.

Independence was rejected by a narrow margin, with 50.58 % voting against.

Tea Party Caucus founder Michele Bachmann was re-elected to the House by a narrow margin.

The Senate leadership coalition holds power by a narrow margin, and Governor Cuomo has already promised the minor party, the Working Families Party, that he would work to help Democrats regain control of the Senate, in exchange for the party's endorsement in the fall elections.

The leader of the Lib Dem group on Bedford council, Nick Charsley, lost his seat by the narrow margin of just 48 votes.

In fact the only Plan B policy that Lib Dem voters like, and then only by a narrow margin, is borrowing more to spend on infrastructure.

If we run the numbers again with these bigger valve sizes, the Gen III V - 10 still comes out on top, though by a narrower margin.

Altcoins initially improved Bitcoin's hashing algorithm, transaction speed, and distribution method by a narrow margin.

Instead, the Leave camp prevailed by a narrow margin, surprising a significant majority of market participants and commentators.

The school of today is a far cry from the original days as the Faculty of Business, which was created by a narrow margin of just one vote in a General Faculty Council decision in May of 1967.

When the votes were counted, Mr. Van De Walle defeated Mr. Dent by a narrow margin of 274 votes.

The Republicans took control of the House of Representatives in the election, while the Democratic Party of President Obama held on to the Senate by a narrow margin.

Preliminary results for 2012 suggest that total assets shrank slightly to 10.1 billion forints ($ 43 million), while operating profits dropped by 6 % as a result of lower interest income caused by narrowing margins and the early repayment of foreign currency mortgages.

Both Chelsea and Liverpool only beat WBA by a narrow margin of one goal.

Pender was leading by a narrow margin when he abruptlyretired on his stool (a respected British custom) before the 10th round, crying, mystifyingly, «He can't do that to me!

On Dec. 6, four days before ballots were due, White was pounded by Kansas State, casting doubt on his worthiness even before he won the award by a narrow margin over Pittsburgh wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald and Mississippi quarterback Eli Manning.

As of Thursday, bettors are leaning toward heads by a narrow margin.

Obviously I am hoping that we will outperform these statistics and win the league eventually, but according to these statistics we will challenge Leicester to the very end but they might just win the league by a narrow margin.

World indoor champion Mohamed Aman gained revenge on the man who defeated him at last year's World Youth Championships, Leonard Kosencha, taking the 800m by a narrow margin — 1:43.68 to 1:43.70.

Mourinho then introduced his two most prized assets, in the likes of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Paul Pogba into the game and United were pressing even further for a goal and they came close on a few more occasions as Ander Herrera and Ibrahimovic missed their targets by narrow margins.

Kaminsky defeated Republican Chris McGrath by a narrow margin, and a campaign aide has suggested a legal challenge to the certification could be in the works, though one is yet to be made.

This is the third time Espaillat will vie for the congressional seat after losing to Rangel by narrow margins in 2012 and 2014.

But to Suozzi's chagrin — and to the surprise of Nassau Republican party leaders — Mangano pulled it off, defeating Suozzi by a narrow margin.

Both voted for Long Island state Senator John Flanagan in 2015, helping him secure the position of majority leader by a narrow margin over John DeFrancisco from Syracuse.

Dan Losquadro by narrow margins, plan to go to court early this week.

Masterpole survived a challenge last week by the narrowest margin possible, eking by with exactly 1,000 signatures, according to Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny.

A Republican official told CNN that President Trump, who is raising money with GOP donors in Beverly Hills, has been asking for updates throughout the evening and is pleasantly surprised by the narrow margin.

Republicans, who are in charge of the chamber by a narrow margin, would pit six incumbent minority party Democrats against one another in three districts.

Astoria's Greek - American elected officials said their constituents remain concerned but hopeful about Greece's economic future after the nation's New Democracy Party was elected by a narrow margin on a platform of remaining within the European Union.

Nigel Farage warns today he would fight for a second referendum on Britain in Europe if the remain campaign won by a narrow margin next month.

The Republican race, which featured four candidates, ended with Ward 1 Alderwoman Andi Turco - Levin, who was party - endorsed, well - funded and generally believed to be a front - runner, falling by a narrow margin to dark - horse contender Ward 6 Alderman Ron Polacco, who ran a grass - roots door - to - door campaign.

While men approve of Trump by a narrow margin — 41 percent approval versus 38 percent disapproval — one - third of female voters approve of Trump, compared with half who disapprove.

«It's disappointing that Senate Democrats forced this resolution through by a narrow margin,» Pai said in a statement.

In 2004, however, incumbent President Bush defeated John Kerry by a narrow margin of only 0.58 %, or 49.22 % to 48.64 %.

As with Best Picture, it looks as though Argo will win over Lincoln, though perhaps by a narrower margin.