Sentences with phrase «in a close race for»

St. Louis is mired in a close race for one of the two wild card spots with the Miami Marlins and the Los Angeles Dodgers, but the Cardinals haven't been doing themselves any favors with a 4 - 7 record in their last 11 games.

She said candidates will be obligated to promise to back the Women's Equality Agenda to get the line, and that it could make up the margin of error in close races for the State Senate, where the Republicans cling to power by a single seat.

David Iuliano and Paul Sharkey are involved in a close race for the post.

A Bloomberg Politics poll showed Trump with a 19 - point lead over Sen. Ted Cruz among those likely to vote in Saturday's South Carolina Republican primary, with Sen. Marco Rubio and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush locked in a close race for third and Ohio Gov. John Kasich showing no signs of a surge.

In the close race for a City Council seat, Democrat Marsha Silverman widened her lead over Republican Matthew Connolly.

Not exact matches

A source close to Ricketts says the billionaire now sees reelecting McConnell, along with handing him control of the Senate, as a top priority for the roughly $ 4 million Ricketts plans to invest in 2014 races.

For now many analysts say it's Bristol's race to lose — though Merck, which may have an edge in getting a PD - 1 drug on the market, is close behind.

In this close, sales reps offer a deep discount or free add - on, and explain the freebie by telling their prospect they're in the race for a sales contesIn this close, sales reps offer a deep discount or free add - on, and explain the freebie by telling their prospect they're in the race for a sales contesin the race for a sales contest.

The vision of the Initiative is to close the gap in access to venture capital for underrepresented segments of our community regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status.

Substi.tute race for gender in all of your arguments and hopefully you can see how closed - minded they are.

It's difficult not to think of their closing paragraphs as a sermon: «It would be well for us to rejoin the human race, to accept our essential poverty as a gift, and to share our material wealth with those in need.»

In an era where a close analogy is assumed between civil rights regarding race and civil rights regarding sexual identity, the Bob Jones precedent could easily lead to the revocation of tax - exempt status for schools committed to traditional views of marriage and sexual morality.

«We'll see over the next days and, most importantly, over the next weeks, but it's going to be close in the first race, that's for sure.

The battle for the lead in the closing laps was starting to look very juicy and it was looking set for a repeat of the 2016 race.

This is a close enough race to be completely different in two weeks, and I hope for sanity's sake that someone pulls ahead by the end of the season.

For the majority of the Regular Season five teams separated themselves from the pack... For close to 2 months it was a foregone conclusion that those five teams were going to wind up with Top 5 seeds, and it was really race among those five to wind up in the top 3, so to avoid another Top 5 crew in the Opening Round... That has all led to Team Kozin and Team Harmelech doing battle in the Opening Round.

Another day, another battle for the lead in the closing laps of a GP2 race.

MotoGP has been unbelievably close for a couple of years now and if the first race in Qatar is anything to go by, then 2018 is going to be one incredible season.

He was under serious pressure from Fernando Alonso for pretty much the entire race but held off his former teammate and Sergio Perez in the closing laps to finish seventh, best of the rest.

This will actually be the second time Stroll has competed in the race - in 2016 he drove for Ganassi alongside Alex Wurz, Andy Priaulx, and Brendon Hartley, and came close to finishing on the podium.

Colonel George Wigg, who has been the watchdog for scandals and security leaks in Harold Wilson's government and a close confidant of the Prime Minister (he helped win the election for the Socialists by exposing Profumo), became the No. 1 man in British racing last week.

The Gunners have always got through those play - off games even though it was sometimes a close call, but for the first time in two decades the Gunners will not be involved with the elite of Europe and Arsene Wenger has admitted that this is not good, in a report by The Mirror, but he also played it down a little bit by claiming that the English Premier League and the title race is now more important and more of interest to fans than the UCL and maybe the fact that Arsenal have not looked remotely like winning it since we lost to Barcelona in the final makes that true.

Lost in the bedlam that was the closing laps of the Goody's Fast Relief 500 was the fact that AJ Allmendinger finished second — a career - best finish for the Penske Racing driver.

In the closing stages of the race Petrov did exactly that, passing the Marussia of Charles Pic to finish a brilliant 11th - the best result of any of the «new teams» up to that point, and enough for Caterham to leapfrog its rivals in the final standingIn the closing stages of the race Petrov did exactly that, passing the Marussia of Charles Pic to finish a brilliant 11th - the best result of any of the «new teams» up to that point, and enough for Caterham to leapfrog its rivals in the final standingin the final standings.

The turbocharged Porsche 930 that he crashed into a retaining wall early Sunday morning in Somerdale, N.J. has the reputation of being the closest thing to a race car that you can buy for the streets.

When the New York racing season closed, Saucy was sent to Florida where she won a six - furlong race on Dec. 4, beating Cookie K and Up High, among others, in 1:14 and paying $ 9.60 for $ 2.

But as NASCAR does with all race - winning vehicles, it brought the car back to its Research and Development Center in Concord, N.C., for closer scrutiny.

Last week, while watching the NASCAR race online in preparation for an interview with the 49ers - helmet - having driver, I didn't close my laptop fast enough before the commercials started.

Over their next three games the Oilers closed to within six points of the Kings, the beginning of a stretch in which, through Sunday, they had gone 10 -0-2-4 and vaulted into a frantic four - way race — with L.A., the Blues and the Predators — for the West's last two playoff berths.

The race also included crashes for Conor Daly, Buddy Lazier and a big multi-car pile - up in the closing stages, which brought out a late caution.

Although the three of them were in close company for much of the race, it looked as though Cleland was the one on course to be crowned champion.

It was particularly sweet for Sato who came desperately close to winning the race in 2012 but crashed on the final lap when making a move for the race victory.

The poor result on Merseyside has left the door open for the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham in the race for a top - four finish and the former can close the gap on their fiercest rivals to just four points should they win their game in hand against relegation strugglers Hull City in midweek.

Bud Goode, prognosticator extraordinary, feeds his Univac 1106 computer a mawful of statistics, and reports the readout: close races in all divisions of the AFC but a runaway in the NFC for Dallas, which will win the Super Bowl in Miami in a close one against the home team

Attack looks a clear priority for strengthening this summer after United's failure to get anywhere close to rivals Manchester City in the title race this season.

Still, he has won 60 games in the last three seasons, finished on top of the league two years ago and tied for third last season when the Big Sky had one of the closest races in the country.

Our win this weekend closed the gap between fourth and seventh to only one point, with Tottenham, Liverpool and Burnley joining us currently in the battle for the European places, although many of us will still be hoping to join the race for the title, which currently looks like Manchester City's to lose.

An amendment to the Road Traffic Act will make it easier for street races and other closed - road events to happen in England.

I always intended to race somewhere in 2017, but Williams is a team close to my heart and I have respect for everything it is trying to achieve.

Fernando Alonso held P10 for most of the race but he lost two places in one straight when Esteban Ocon and Hulkenberg attacked — things got VERY close!

With the season so close there is now apparently a deadline of the 20th of January for the team to find a buyer, as any later than that and there wouldn't be enough time to prepare for the first race in Melbourne.

Max Verstappen got close to Kimi Raikkonen but couldn't launch an attack, and for much of the second half of the race a whole train of cars in the lower midfield could barely even get within a second of each other, let alone get close enough to make a pass.

For Harvick, Sunday was just the latest in a successive stretch of races where he had the car to beat at Atlanta yet failed to close out.

In the closing stages of the race Whincup looked in prime position - he was leading, whilst McLaughlin was hit with penalties for speeding in the pitlane and contact with another car, dropping him right down the order - surely a set - up for a classic finale if ever there was onIn the closing stages of the race Whincup looked in prime position - he was leading, whilst McLaughlin was hit with penalties for speeding in the pitlane and contact with another car, dropping him right down the order - surely a set - up for a classic finale if ever there was onin prime position - he was leading, whilst McLaughlin was hit with penalties for speeding in the pitlane and contact with another car, dropping him right down the order - surely a set - up for a classic finale if ever there was onin the pitlane and contact with another car, dropping him right down the order - surely a set - up for a classic finale if ever there was one!

This is, in part, due to the drivers involved who are able to battle so well but also the teams themselves, who have created brilliant spaceship - like machines that make for great racing and are (mostly) close on pace.

Theo Walcott is also strongly linked with a move, with West Ham believed to be keen, but with the race for the top four not yet decided, I would assume that Wenger is yet to thing about who will be allowed to leave in the close - season.

Philadelphia and Utah fans have both struggled to assign any credit to the other team's player while stumping for their own guy, when in reality this is a close race with deserving arguments to be made for both sides.

Obviously I would prefer to play against the giants of Europe, but avoiding them next season may allow the team to keep their confidence in the Premiership for longer and stay in the title race until the closing stages.

After Danny Welbeck's return gave Arsenal a much - needed boost in the race for the title, it now seems as though another long - term absentee is closing in on a return.

Obviously Liverpool are on a great run themselves in the League and are closing in on Man United and Arsenal in the race for the Top Four, but with the confidence Arsenal have shown in their efforts to defend their trophy means we could be in for a classic feast at Wembley in May whoever our opponents are in the Final!