Sentences with phrase «close run thing»

It's been another epic season in MotoGP and although Marc Marquez ended up taking his fourth world championship, for much of the year it was a pretty close run thing between him and Ducati's Andrea Dovizioso.

It was hard work for Arsenal and a very close run thing against a confident, tough and well organised Southampton side, especially with their keeper having one of those nights when it looked like nothing could beat him.

The thing was unwound over the course of a year, but it was a really close run thing.

The 1992 British Touring Car Championship was an incredibly close run thing, and come the final race of the season at Silverstone three drivers were in with a chance of taking the title: Will Hoy, Tim Harvey, and John Cleland.

If none are for shifting, then Saputo's drive to control will be a hard, close run thing.

Sure, the Footwork is down on power but is much lighter than the Toyota, so it could be a close run thing.

I am glad we got Welbeck, I think he will come good but it was a close run thing and our search for a striker was only achieved with an extension request plus we didn't get a CB or a DM, unforgivable.

We did manage to beat them at home last time but it was a close run thing as Alexis Sanchez scored with minutes left on the clock after they had gone down to 10 men due to an injury and having made all three subs.

Southampton have certainly been a bit of a bogey side for Arsenal in recent years and even though we beat them at home earlier in the season, it was a close run thing and needed a very late penalty.

The bookies tend to agree, although it is a close run thing, with the Gunners at 5/2 and United at 3/1.

I am sure it is going to be a close run thing, and Arsene Wenger thinks our hopes rest on the form of the Assist King Mesut Ozil, who has been in awesome form in this campaign.

With qualifying being such a close run thing, the race should be an absolute corker with all three top teams seemingly very close on pace.

Hamilton's massive qualifying pace makes it look like he'll run away and hide in the race tomorrow, but Ferrari and Red Bull are generally much closer to the Mercs in terms of race pace, which should hopefully mean it's a closer run thing than it was in qualifying.

Probably the latter but it is a close run thing!

And he welcomed the show of unity put forward by the Labour party this week, saying it was a «close run thing but I think we've had a very good conference indeed».

At the European election in June the Conservatives beat Labour in the popular vote in Wales for the first time in living memory, and if the findings of this poll were replicated at the general election, it looks like being a close run thing again at the general election.

The Miners» Strike, Reagan and Gorbachev, the Westland Crisis and even privatisation were at times «close run things», with her determination, political skills and luck coming together.

Despite all the warnings — mostly from Labour MPs, it must be said — that the result in Oldham West and Royton would be a close run thing, Jim McMahon romped home with 62 % of the vote — the highest in a by - election since 1997, apparently.

Indeed it was a close run thing as to whether they would support it at all.

Overall, Canadians despise Snookums the most — but it is a close run thing.

Probably, but it's a close run thing with the McLaren P1.

The iPad 2 probably still has the crown for outright class thanks to the solid feel of its metal build but it's a close run thing.

This is a very, very close run thing and we're doing our best to ignore everything we've just written about in order to say which of these tablets is truly top dog.

On to my first joint favourite of the bunch and it was a close run thing — Disk Golf.

The most popular sport in the world deserves a top video game, thankfully both EA and Konami provide us with a strong game year on year and though the battle between FIFA and Pro Evolution Soccer is always a close run thing in terms of quality the sales figures are polar opposites.

Looking at the graphics as a strictly visual exercise from the start - to - end of observed temperatures, it looks like a close run thing between Scenarios B and C.

It's a very close run thing, but the iPhone X is our winner.