Sentences with phrase «by whiskers»

Miniature schnauzers are also characterized by whiskers that are markedly thick.

Most love a good head rub, especially when the sides of the face by the whiskers are stroked.

«The Comrade Governor's back - up vehicle was badly affected as well as three other vehicles conveying security officers and members of the Governor's Press Crew; the Comrade Governor's vehicle escaped by the whiskers.

No fewer than 10 persons missed death by whiskers as the vehicle they were traveling in was hit by a truck in Oka - Akoko, Akoko South West...

A top investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has escaped death by the whiskers when gunmen opened fire on him in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Wale Odunsi, deputy editor of DAILY POST missed death by the whiskers on Wednesday as a mobile police personnel attached to the Government House in Kogi...

The Gunners lack of success in the big and even in the mediocre games hindered the Gunners from lifting the Barclays Premier League trophy last season, when they missed it by some whiskers of points.

He's ready to seize the Chinese dragon by its whiskers on a host of issues ranging from North Korea and the South China Sea, to intellectual property rights and immigration.

Menton Boston, MA 354 CONGRESS STREET 617-737-0099 WWW.MENTONBOSTON.COM What with operating the popular No 9 Park (Top 100 U.S. restaurant), B & G Oysters (Top 25 Seafood & Steak) and the popular Butcher Shop (missed the Top 25 Bistros & Trattorias by a whisker), Barbara Lynch decided she needed a fine dining venue as well.

Went toe to to toe with a mid table team and came out on top by a whisker!!!

With McIlroy struggling all day (CBS» Dottie Pepper called his play «flat») and Reed hanging on to the lead by a whisker, Spieth went out with two straight birdies to start, added a third on the fifth hole, and made the turn at 3 - under 33 after two more consecutive birds.

should remember soton, sheffield wed even recently the newcastle game where we escaped by a whisker.

Almeria There was no mistaking which area Almeria struggled most with last season as they survived in La Liga by a whisker, despite conceding a whopping 71 times.

There was no mistaking which area Almeria struggled most with last season as they survived in La Liga by a whisker, despite conceding a whopping 71 times.

His political career and ambitions nearly ended when by a whisker the Major government survived a vote on the Scott Inquiry into arms for Iraq by one vote.

The chancellor talks now as if he has inherited a recession and delivered growth — but he inherited growth and only avoided two recessions by a whisker.

Now he's triumphed not by a whisker, but with a landslide, the Blairites appear to realise they must be seen to accept the result.

Morley & Outwood is where Ed Balls suffered the biggest humiliation of the 2015 election, losing by a whisker of 422 to Tory opera singer Andrea Jenkyns.

And under a barrage of blows from the media, the Tory coalition and a bitter faction of his own party, he has rolled with the punches and tightened his grip on a leadership that was his only by a whisker.

The only time Bonacic lost a single county was when former New Paltz supervisor and county legislator Susan Zimet took Ulster by a whisker in 2006.

The third most popular reason to grow a beard is to feel more masculine, which gained 12 % of the vote — meaning that attractivity beat masculinity, but only by a whisker.

This is one of those rare occasions where the sequel is better than the original - but only by a whisker.

By a whisker, Spielberg wins it.

Release Date: December 2, 1965 Starring: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall Directed By: Robert Stevenson Tagline: They'll crack this case by a whisker!

In the end the BMW just nicked it by a whisker - at least so far as we were concerned - but the fight slugfest always going to continue when AMG launched the C63 Coupé.

I'll give the nod to BMW here, but by a whisker.

Because of that, it wins by a whisker.

There's actually more leg room in the Mercedes - AMG E63, although the margins are small, while the B5 beats it for head room by a whisker.

It's actually slightly shorter than the Golf too, though only by a whisker.

And far from being the Turbo's underling, the 4S is the bees knees: fast enough without being silly and, by a whisker, a sweeter - handling thing than the Turbo.

He got into Oxford «by a whisker» and gained a second in Modern History.

For as per the latest e-reader news, Borders has slashed the prices of its Kobo and Aluratek e-book reading devices so that it will now require you to shell out $ 129.99 for a Kobo e-reader, down from $ 149.99 while if its an Aluratek Libre reader that you'd like to have, the good thing is it has breached the proverbial $ 100 mark, by a whisker though so that its now available for $ 99.99, down from the $ 119.99 that it earlier commanded.

In terms of battery, the Galaxy Tab S3 beats Galaxy Tab S2 by a whisker as the former boasts a 6,000 mAh battery, compared to the latter's 5,870 mAh one.

But that's by a whisker.

I could talk about the painful voice acting, the singularly cringe - worthy cut - scenes, the innumerable graphics glitches, or the moments in the game where you die for no apparent reason (especially in the snowboarding level, which is a particularly low point in gameplay terms as it even manages to feature checkpoints that you can miss by a whisker and then continue playing, only to be plonked right back at the start of the level when you inevitably die by running into a pile of rocks that you couldn't see because the camera was pointed the wrong way).

Even assuming lolwot is right, the recent spike is still a lot smaller than several ones earlier in the Holocene, even though just greater than the Mideval Warm Period, by a whisker, thus justifying «The Mann's» Nobel Peace Prize.

They won before the tribunal (potentially at great financial cost to the union), but then the EAT allowed the union's appeal by a whisker, holding that there was indeed indirect discrimination in the union sacrificing certain (female) members» full legal rights for the greater good of job protection and pay protection for other members but that it was justified — the union's «greater good» argument was a legitimate aim and (more controversially) its means were proportionate, even though it had been distinctly «hard» in its treatment of the refusenik members.

There were also cash prizes for those who just missed the mark by a whisker.

But only by a whisker.

The pixel density weighs in at 286ppi, which beats the Moto by a whisker.

However it did outscore both the OPPO F1s and the VIVO V5 by a whisker or two.

Not exact matches

Jaime Sergio Ivan Lopez and fellow workers in Apparel International's Torreón factory distress Levi's jeans by manually giving them «whiskers.»

The Yanbaru whiskered bat (Myotis yanbarensis) was captured by a research team two months ago, Kyoto University...

Ancient Israel came within a whisker of being able to imagine its future only in the terms permitted and sanctioned by Babylon.

Barca did win a free - kick on the edge of the area for a foul by Arbeloa after on Iniesta for which he was booked after 37 minutes and Messi's shot went a whisker past the post.

They are strong, sound dogs of excellent hunting conformation, yet they were beaten by the long - coupled, light - boned show types, with their whiskers and nails trimmed and their already fine coats stripped down to where they wouldn't dare go near a briar patch.

Even House Minority Leader Charlie Halleck, a dedicated foe of anything but smokestacks in the dunes area, squeezed through his gerrymandered Second District by a relative whisker.

That reputation came a whisker away from being ramped up several notches as Terence saw his goal - ward header blocked by a brave Josh Vela, originating from a Joe Lolley cross at the second time of asking from the right flank.

The visitors were within a whisker of opening the scoring after five minutes when Eden Hazard found Marcos Alonso, whose first - time cross was volleyed against the bar by Alvaro Morata.

The one time you do think that you've «won,» judging by the eerie silence for 45 minutes, you'll come crashing back to reality when your threenager exits, covered in sharpie polka dots and whiskers saying that they're a cat.