Sentences with phrase «even tighter race»

The results in the rematch portray an even tighter race than in 2012.

Not exact matches

Last year several teams took penalties for using too many components, something that looks even more likely this year with the tighter restrictions and an extra race.

The title race is tighter than a gnat's chuff and with Leicester City and Tottenham already above us, even though the spuds are only in second place due to their better goal difference, we really can not afford to give any ground in the next round of games.

Carolina's victory allowed the team to stay ahead in a tight wild card race and pull even with the Saints for the NFC South lead.

4th place title race is still tight but the real tittle race is over LC have friendlier fixtures than spuds and we can not hold up a 2 - 0 lead so we might even miss top 5 this time round..

The National Championship race got even tighter this week.

Even just $ 5 will make a real difference in this extremely tight race.

If Dems can turn the national narrative around even by a small amount, margins will be close enough that their data - driven campaigning can swing some tight races.

But most field organizers I've spoken with over the years talk about even the best grassroots outreach being good for maybe two or three percentage points, enough to win a tight race but not enough to close the gap if the fundamentals put you behind by a whole lot more.

They estimated high probabilities for a Clinton victory, even though some were more careful than others in claiming that the race would be very tight.

If the results hold up after the absentee votes are counted, the GOP won't even need the support of veteran legislator John Parete (1038), who appears to have kept his seat running as an independent candidate representing the northwestern part of the county in a tight three - way race with Democratic nominee Kathy Nolan (1018) and Republican Cliff Faintych (748).

The race for the 63rd State Senate seat is even tighter than first thought.

«I don't think it's going to be massive, but in tight races between two quality candidates, even a small penalty for being associated with the president can matter a great deal.»

But, he cautioned that in a race this tight, drawing even one or two percent of the vote from the major party candidates can make a difference.

The tight race in New York's 18th Congressional District has drawn to a close, even though it took until the morning after election night for it to be called.

Republican candidate Rich Dionisio will remain the winner of the race for town councilman, but the additional ballots brought an even tighter margin to an already close race.

It cuts back and forth in time; it draws parallels between different modes of prejudice and abuse; it pictures external events (the 1936 Olympics where Louie ran in the 5000 - meter race and apparently spotted and admired Jesse Owens [Bangalie Keita] from across the track); and it also imagines Louie's elusive interior life, not in letters home read aloud or even earnest discussions with other prisoners, but instead, and more shrewdly, in repeated tight frames on his face.

Winner: Alicia Vikander, «The Danish Girl» Should win: Jennifer Jason Leigh, «The Hateful Eight» Upset player: Kate Winslet, «Steve Jobs» Nightmare win: Rachel McAdams, «Spotlight» (love her but she's not even the fourth best performance in the movie) Lowdown: The pundits have been fishing for a category that might provide an upset and if the Best Picture race wasn't so tight there would be more think pieces about this race than you can shake a stick at.

The nomination race is even tighter...

With a tight race when it comes to this year's Best Actor category containing veterans like Tom Hanks (The Post) and Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour), and possibly even Hugh Jackman (The Greatest Showman), Franco has tough competition.

Moving on, if there are pleasant surprises within the nominees, it would most certainly be films like «Beasts of Southern Wild ``, «Moonrise Kingdom» and even by a long shot «The Perks of Being a Wallflower ``,» The Dark Knight Rises ``, however, the race will be very tight and with all of the quality films being released in the upcoming weeks, it all comes down to how many films the Academy will select for Best Picture.

Secretary Arne Duncan has appropriated the «tight - loose» terminology, and the Race to the Top symbolized the triumph of incentives over mandates (even if it was a carrot that felt more like a stick).

Even without the TracKey's race mapping, the Boss engine is significantly modified over a standard Mustang GT's 5 - litre V8, with a new intake and new camshafts helping lift power from 412bhp to 444bhp, although curiously the torque drops by 10 lb ft to 380 lb ft.. It's the only car in the test with a manual gearbox and it's a really good one, with the pool ball - topped gearlever sitting perfectly in the palm of your hand and movement around the gate feeling tight and precise.

With such excellent balance, it is little wonder the RX - 8 feels right at home on even the most challenging race tracks or negotiating a tight freeway onramp.

However, several GTLM competitors have received favorable changes which should make the final two races even tighter as the No. 4 Corvette C7.R leads the No. 67 Ford GT by seven points in the Drivers Championship.

Even before you've raced down the first straight into a tight corner, bumper to bumper with the leading pack closing in, your senses get a jolt to the system.

«The race between Apple and Samsung remained tight during the quarter, even as both companies posted growth in key areas,» said IDC senior research analyst Ramon Llamas.