Sentences with phrase «in a close race with»

Under Cuomo, New York is in a close race with California in setting ambitious climate goals, and in some ways, may be on the verge of pulling ahead of its West Coast rival.

Locally, where Faso is locked in a close race with Democrat Zephyr Teachout for the 19th Congressional District, Ulster County GOP chair Roger Rascoe offered the same advice.

Kitzhaber is locked in a close race with Republican Chris Dudley, a former professional basketball player with the Portland Trailblazers.

The action thriller is shooting for $ 5 million this weekend in a close race with Fox's «Kingsman: The Secret Service,» which continues to impress in its sixth weekend in theaters.

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.

In Europe, opinion polls show that the race to elect the next French president is too close to call with both leading candidates losing momentum ahead of Sunday's first - round vote.

With its recent purchase of Whole Foods, Amazon is inching closer in the race to become the world's first company worth $ 1 trillion.

With the close presidential election in 2016 and races in divided national and state legislatures, special

With the close presidential election in 2016 and races in divided national and state legislatures, special elections have garnered extra

When we close the Bible we are left with an all - loving God who longs to welcome all people, whatever race, gender or orientation, a God to whom everyone is precious and who has placed in every life a sacred and unbeatable purpose.

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.»

Because IRL races are run on oval tracks, with grandstands in close proximity, kiting could be disastrous.

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.

With closer racing between Mercedes and Ferrari in mind, the latter has made it very clear that a more efficient quality control will be key to unlocking consistency in 2018.

The eventual 2009 F1 champion had come close to wins in his breakthrough season with BAR Honda in 2004, before a tough 2005 that featured a disqualification and two missed races.

Jenson Button was desperate to secure the 2009 world championship with a race to spare in 2009, but with teammate and title rival Rubens Barrichello (yes, he did once get sorta close to actually winning one!)

As fewer penalties are getting handed out in the races with the aim of encouraging close racing, it seems like the stewards are having to make up their quota elsewhere.

If it really is as close as Renault suspect, we could see teams that are comfortably finishing with both cars in the points at one race struggling to get out of Q1 at the next.

The womenâ $ ™ s mile race was won by Blackburnâ $ ™ s Alison Leonard in 4:42.39, with cross country international Stevie Stockton close behind in 4:43.59.

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.

We were out of the title race in August when the transfer window closed with no CDM and no CB signed.

5 - Street Life (4/1): He closed well to win his last two races, both at Aqueduct, and he's improving nicely with every start in 2012.

But the Astros should be in a close division race, which means it might be more practical to go with cost certainty over raffle tickets and long - term projects.

The night before the last race of the season, Petty will appear before 75,000 of his closest followers in the new Georgia Dome, with the country - music group Alabama singing goodbye.

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.

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.

In a very close race that went down to the wire, our sport scholar Martin Schweizer beat his qualification time with 28.55 seconds and earned silver.

With the defeat it means Arsenal missed out on the chance to close the gap on Chelsea in the title race and our local rivals now host Sunderland today as clear leaders.

The Brazilian made his debut with Sauber back in 2002 and had a long spell with Ferrari where he achieved 11 race victories, also coming desperately close to the world championship in the dramatic 2008 season finale, where Massa missed out on the title by a single point.

The Ferrari 156/85 was, unsurprisingly, the car Ferrari used in 1985 and Johansson's team - mate Michele Alboreto came close to winning the championship with it, before five consecutive car failures in the last five races scuppered his chances.

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.

He led the entire race with Bruce McLaren in the other Cooper following close behind, but they weren't exactly pushing and Maurice Trintignant was catching the pair of them.

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.

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.

Whether that's just a bit of race rustiness, unfamiliarity with the new cars or just the nature of the track I don't know, but if being able to drive closer to the limit in races means more small errors, that's absolutely a good thing because it means a bit more unpredictability.

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.

However, he's now closed out the title with a second - place finish in race one of the weekend at Hockenheim, as title rival Maximilian Gunther could only finish 10th.

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!

With my eyes closed and my hands tied I will still beat him in a race.

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.

Ramsey is not being boastful and saying that the Gunners will definitely win, he just thinks that we will cope a lot better in those big games and that he believes the title race will be very close again this time around, with up to six possible winners.

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.

Indeed, the day after Arazi's five - length triumph at Saint - Cloud — had Cauthen not wrapped up on him through the final 100 meters, the colt would have won by twice that margin — some of the leading figures in French racing were viewing the performance with something close to wonder.

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!

In the East region, it appears to be a two - team race between Villanova and Virginia, with Oklahoma, Louisville, Michigan State and Northern Iowa the closest contenders.

There is a closer, more personal relationship with the animals, many feel, than is found in professional racing.

In the closing laps five drivers - Francois Cevert, Ronnie Peterson, Howden Ganley, Peter Gethin, and Mike Hailwood - were in with a chance of winning, and none of them had ever won a race beforIn the closing laps five drivers - Francois Cevert, Ronnie Peterson, Howden Ganley, Peter Gethin, and Mike Hailwood - were in with a chance of winning, and none of them had ever won a race beforin with a chance of winning, and none of them had ever won a race before.

Toyota looked set to dominate after being much faster than Porsche in practice and qualifying, but thankfully in the race things were much closer, with only six seconds separating the top two after six hours of racing.

The race for the other Top Four spots in now getting closer with just 4 points separating Man United, Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool, Arsenal and Burnley, but after Arsenal's tight game at the Etihad and the demolition of Tottenham the Gunners look well placed to go on another winning run to try and close the gap with Pep Guardiola's side.