Sentences with phrase «held on to win»

Stephens ran an excellent campaign but Rogers, who has been a consistent opponent of school choice, held on to win by a 300 vote margin.

Zero Dark Thirty 2012, 157 minutes, R / Director: Kathryn Bigelow / Writer: Mark Boal / Stars: Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, Kyle Chandler, Edgar Ramirez, James Gandolfini, Chris Pratt Buy It: Blu - ray Combo • DVD • Instant Video The search for Osama bin Laden seemed as appropriate as any story for director Kathryn Bigelow and producer - screenwriter Mark Boal to tackle after their little Iraq War drama The Hurt Locker held on to win the Best Picture Oscar, defeating among other movies the behemothic blockbuster directed by Bigelow's ex-husband James Cameron.

Ukip leader Paul Nuttall was humiliated last night as Labour held on to win the crunch Stoke - on - Trent Central by - election.

Jelimo held on to win with a Kenyan record and world - leading time of 1:58.83 as Lupu took silver from Moore, 1:59.67 to 1:59.97.

A Moussa Konate penalty was followed by a Pape Alioune Ndiaye goal shortly before half - time, and though Niger got a goal back through Victorien Adebayor's penalty, the visitors held on to win.

The Blues held on to win 2 - 0, keeping them top of the tree this Christmas.

Despite this, we weren't really troubled and we held on to win 2 - 0 and remain unbeaten in the league.

Isco scored and assisted for the first time in the same game this season as Real Madrid held on to win 2 - 1 at Malaga.

Arsenal threw of Moroccan Marrouane Chamakh and South Korea captain Park Chu - Young, but Milan held on to win the tie 4 - 3 on aggregate.

Despite a late onslaught from Crystal Palace, Chelsea held on to win maximum points narrow the gap between them and London rivals...

It meant he held on to win with a world - leading score of 6348 with Warner setting a Canadian record of 6343 for the silver medal and the best world indoor runner - up score since 2004.

Sunderland did pull one back but we held on to win 2 - 1 moving us back up to second.

Hornish just held on to win from Dixon Herta as the three cars crossed the line as one, with just a hundredth of a second separating them.

The Penguins held on to win Game 4 to take a commanding 3 - 1 series lead over Washington.

Hunter - Reay passed Castroneves on the outside during the final lap entering Turn One and held on to win by.3171 of a second.

Kyle Busch nudged Kyle Larson out of the lead with five laps remaining, then held on to win the rain - delayed Food City 500 Monday at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Bale was left stricken on the deck, holding his face, but it didn't prove too costly, as Spurs held on to win 2 - 1.

By the last corner of the last lap he was right with him, but de Angelis calmly defended and held on to win - by just 0.05 seconds.

Without Winston, FSU struggled most of the game but held on to win 23 - 17 in overtime.

Order was eventually restored and Matanzas held on to win.

Arsenal comfortably held on to the win and the game finished 3 - 0 to the Gunners and set the benchmark for the season as Arsenal picked up their 13th Community Shield.

Denver held on to win, 20 - 18, as it went all the way down to the wire, but I still don't think a lot of folks came away thinking Manning had played well, even after he helped lead his team to yet another Super Bowl..

The Cougars held on to win 79 - 74.

The Louisville Cardinals held on to win, 21 - 17, despite a major scare from the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.

No problem for the Carolina Panthers, who took advantage of Tampa Bay's miscues and injuries to hold on to a win in Raymond James Stadium.

Will Kawhi Leonard hold on to win NBA Finals MVP, or is there any value on LeBron to win 3 games in a row?

Holding on to win the Masters would give him the first major championship of his career.

It was the once chance Hamilton had and he took it, making the pass and holding on to win.

(plus even if they do hold on to win today there's a decent chance they don't play tomorrow.

can they hold on to win the league now that chavski bus scored a goal?

Marquette picked up their two biggest wins of the season over the weekend, ending Kansas» eight match winning streak to open the season, and holding on to win against LSU on Sunday.

If either Perez Williams or Walsh holds on to win the election, it would be an historic victory.

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The failure of far - right populist Gert Wilders to win the recent Dutch election was a boost for the EU but a threat awaits in the prospect of French President Marine le Pen, a far - right anti-immigration candidate who has promised to hold a referendum on France's EU membership if elected, the same promise Cameron made.

And then I think lastly, it's about just being very aligned with what the CEO — where the CEO wants to take the company, and really helping that CEO win on the things that he or she is being held accountable for.

Donovan, who started out in the movie business and won an Oscar in 2003 for producing Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine documentary, created a media company for the Netflix era, where once beloved shows are held in massive digital libraries, sold to streaming services, and viewed on demand, often on laptops, tablets and phones.

Perth - based contractor NRW Holdings has built on its relationship with Queensland miner Middlemount Coal, winning a $ 25 million extension to its contract.

The Grammy Award — winning creator of «Happy» held forth on themes dear to the hearts of the event's young audience: collaboration, connectivity, gratitude, being special by being different.

At the special board of directors meeting held on 2nd, Hyundai Mobis resolved to retire all of the ordinary shares it acquired and holds within the range of profit available for dividends in next year and additionally purchase and retire ordinary shares worth 187.5 billion won for three years from next year.

He yielded the floor at 2:11 a.m. EDT, saying he had won commitments from Republican leaders that they would hold votes on amendments to expand background checks and ban gun sales to suspected terrorists.

They should be able to hold their own when the Pats go five - wide on third - and - six, and if they can pressure Brady and get him uncomfortable, the Jags have a shot to win outright.

Patrick Reed won the 2018 Masters Tournament in Augusta, Georgia, on Sunday, holding off a late charge from a fan favorites Jordan Spieth and Rickie Fowler to earn himself the coveted green jacket and a place in golf's history books.

Mitt Romney is considered the most likely to win the Republican presidential nomination (59 % of respondents gave him the nod) but the majority of respondents, 63 %, predict President Barack Obama will hold on to the White House.

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The Tories have to hold on to each of their recent 127 seats and win an additional 28 ridings in order to reach the magic number.

Fujifilm Holdings Corp's merger with U.S. firm Xerox Corp was temporarily blocked on Friday following a court ruling, handing its activist investors a win after they sued to stop the deal.

Like the 43 other Green and NDP MLAs who now hold a majority in the B.C. legislature, Leonard won on a clear promise to stop Kinder Morgan and get Big -LSB-...]

This tendency will be reinforced on this occasion by the factors just mentioned, as well as by the determination of the authorities to hold on to the hard won gains on inflation — a determination, incidentally, which not all groups in the community exhibited when the going got tough.

If they win that case, and the court upholds that argument, it's hard to see how the SEC could continue to let them go on deceiving investors by holding themselves out as advisers.