Sentences with phrase «in tight race as»

Anyhow — more quality in the top 4 would probably mean a tighter race and I imagine our best chance of winning will be in tight race as we are unlikely to walk away with it any time soon.

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The Harvard law professor, who is locked in a tight race against Republican Scott Brown, has lost ground in recent weeks as she struggles to shake off stories about whether she used her unconfirmed Native American heritage to bolster her academic career.

In a consolation for Democrats, Jeanne Shaheen won re-election over Republican Scott Brown in New Hampshire in what polls had forecast as a tight racIn a consolation for Democrats, Jeanne Shaheen won re-election over Republican Scott Brown in New Hampshire in what polls had forecast as a tight racin New Hampshire in what polls had forecast as a tight racin what polls had forecast as a tight race.

So with both clubs embroiled with Leicester and Man City in a very real and tight race for the Premier League title, this is being billed as one of the biggest clashes with the spuds ever.

In a title race as tight as this one, the destination of the trophy is likely to be decided by small details.

However in in 1996, mid-way through their second season, money was tight and they were bought out by an Irish company known as Shannon Racing.

The 908 carried on however, and in Spyder form it was particularly adept at tight and twisty races such as the Nurburgring 1000kms and the Targa Florio.

Five of the eight divisions have a leader with a lead of at least three games, with the tight race between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings in the NFC North serving as the only other exception.

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They are still good to go in terms of the Playoff race as they are currently in 8th in the Standings but with a couple Games left and the Standings so tight they could definitely gain some ground over the last few weeks of the season..

Unfortunately the money for the programme became tight and from then until his retirement from racing 1970 he only sporadically appeared in F1, preferring instead to try and win the Indy 500 (one of the few things he didn't manage to achieve - as a driver, at least).

Vanderhoef was the early frontrunner in this race, largely due to his higher name recognition (recall he also ran for LG as John Faso's running mate in 2006), but he told me this morning that the contest is tighter than expected.

«Though most political ad dollars traditionally are spent after Labor Day, tight primaries and early spending on House, Senate and gubernatorial races have pushed local TV - ad spending above $ 311 million as of mid-August, up 45 % from the same point in 2004 and more than three times as much as in 2002...»

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).

«As Hochul faces her first re-election, in a newly drawn district, against Collins, the former Erie County Executive, she finds herself in a race that couldn't get much tighter now and looks like it will remain a barnburner over the course of the next 11 weeks,» said Siena College pollster Steven Greenberg.

As Reynolds's fortunes change, he's gone from the guy in charge of doling out money to congressional Republicans in tight races to an embattled incumbent who needs his own backup.

State Senator Tim Kennedy's margin is rising slowly as absentee, affidavit, and military ballots are counted in the very tight race.

As affadavit and absentee ballots continued to be counted in that election, the race grew tighter, eventually ending in a victory for Rangel of less than 1,000 votes.

Cuomo, as you'll recall, is generally pretty judicious with his endorsements, preferring to hand them out only in instances of 1) political expedience (like, say, the tight race for Westchester County executive where he would personally benefit from the defeat of incumbent Republican Rob Astorino, who has been mentioned as a potential future gubernatorial contender); or 2) almost certain victory by his preferred candidate; or 3) when his nod is highly likely to make the difference between victory and defeat in the 11th hour of a campaign.

Dr. Apaak, who is in a tight race against Mr. Azong for the seat as the 2016 polls near, may not care much who rejects his political opponent.

GOP candidate Grant Lally sent an e-mail blast Monday announcing that the New York Board of Elections certified him as winner of the tight race against Stephen Labate for New York's 3rd Congressional District Republican nomination — but the declaration came as news to state board of election officials, who said they have no role in certifying the race's results not certified the results.

As a result, until the final weeks before the election, Democrats were outspending their Republican counterparts in many tight Senate and House races.

Republican congressional hopeful John Katko is criticizing Democratic incumbent Rep. Dan Maffei's legislative record from his two terms in Congress as part of the latest salvo in a race that is getting tighter, according to some national political pundits.

At least a half - dozen Democratic House candidates as well as several Democratic Senators in tight re-election races have featured claims that the GOP wants to either privatize or eliminate the retirement plan entirely in new television ads, and party strategists promise there are far more commercials to come.

Tim Farron, regarded as the frontrunner in a two - horse race, is thought to have as many former MPs backing him, but it is significant that two former party leaders are willing to give their backing to Lamb in what may emerge to be a tighter contest than previously thought.

The hotly contested race has grown tighter in recent months as the candidates spar over a range of domestic issues, including the economy and jobs, in an effort to woo critical swing voters.

As regular readers will recall, previous polling of the seat has shown a much tighter race with Lord Ashcroft's last poll in Hallam showing Labour ahead by one.

In the House, Democrat Rep. Pete Aguilar won a tight race in California's 31st District against Republican Paul Chabot, whom environmental groups described as a climate «denier.&raquIn the House, Democrat Rep. Pete Aguilar won a tight race in California's 31st District against Republican Paul Chabot, whom environmental groups described as a climate «denier.&raquin California's 31st District against Republican Paul Chabot, whom environmental groups described as a climate «denier.»

When the nominations for the César Awards — known in glib terms as the French Oscars — were announced last month, I wrote that I anticipated a tight race between Roman Polanski's widely acclaimed Euro thriller «The Ghost Writer» and Xavier Beauvois's lofty Cannes prizewinner «Of Gods and Men,» with the latter just winning out.

Despite its brevity or because of it, «Fiction» is the stronger of the two pieces; Solondz crams issues of misogyny, race, and Ivory Tower pretension into its tight arc and transfers the embedded hypocrisies of both onto the process of literary criticism as it manifests itself in college writing courses.

Still, in a race as tight as this, it probably won't take much to tip the race.

The race for best director has been fairly tight, though Gerwig and Peele both emerged as likely candidates early on in the race.

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.

Qualifying in the GT class was as tight and unpredictable as ever for the fourth round of North America's leading sportscar and GT racing series, and a red flag half way through ensured it was as exciting as possible.

The brand is staying tight lipped as to what the system actually is, but it's no secret BMW has been experimenting with performance upgrades, as seen with the water injection system used on the M4 GTS Coupe to be used as a safety car in top - line MotoGP bike racing.

CORVETTE RACING AT LONG BEACH: Gavin, Magnussen Part of Tight GTLM Fight Fittipaldi nabs first Long Beach pole position for Action Express Racing; Ricky Taylor second Corvette Racing going for 100th program victory Gavin to start fourth, Magnussen in fifth Second straight Long Beach overall pole for Corvette DP DETROIT (April 15, 2016)-- Corvette Racing will go for its 100th victory in program history Saturday from the second and third rows of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) gridRACING AT LONG BEACH: Gavin, Magnussen Part of Tight GTLM Fight Fittipaldi nabs first Long Beach pole position for Action Express Racing; Ricky Taylor second Corvette Racing going for 100th program victory Gavin to start fourth, Magnussen in fifth Second straight Long Beach overall pole for Corvette DP DETROIT (April 15, 2016)-- Corvette Racing will go for its 100th victory in program history Saturday from the second and third rows of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) gridRacing; Ricky Taylor second Corvette Racing going for 100th program victory Gavin to start fourth, Magnussen in fifth Second straight Long Beach overall pole for Corvette DP DETROIT (April 15, 2016)-- Corvette Racing will go for its 100th victory in program history Saturday from the second and third rows of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) gridRacing going for 100th program victory Gavin to start fourth, Magnussen in fifth Second straight Long Beach overall pole for Corvette DP DETROIT (April 15, 2016)-- Corvette Racing will go for its 100th victory in program history Saturday from the second and third rows of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) gridRacing will go for its 100th victory in program history Saturday from the second and third rows of the GT Le Mans (GTLM) grid as...

The reason this is mentioned is because ideally during «performance driving» in a professionally enclosed race track suspension should be tight during turns and shocks / springs stiffer for better dampening as well as other changes in suspension.

Known as the Chevrolet Express, this is Chevyâ $ ™ s representative in this tight race.

I really though this would be a tighter race than it was, but when all the dust settled, I had to pick the LG G5 as the specification winner in this comparison.

Turn one was terrifying as cars jostled for position in the tight corner and I struggled to find any grip.The improved handling let me feel far more subtle movements in the car, and thus began a 15 - lap race where I was constantly on the ragged edge, kissing barriers with wheels as I went, sliding, spinning and laughing.

In honor of the confirmed release date and this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix, a new on - board hotlap gameplay video has been released showing Toro Rosso — Ferrari's Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo taking on the tight twisty turns and steep inclines of the Hungaroring circuit As is always the case with these videos, former formula one driver Anthony Davidson, who was also hired by Codemasters as F1 2013's Technical is on - hand to narrate the action, giving his words of wisdom on how to tackle the track proficiently and find the optimum racing lines to maintain your speeAs is always the case with these videos, former formula one driver Anthony Davidson, who was also hired by Codemasters as F1 2013's Technical is on - hand to narrate the action, giving his words of wisdom on how to tackle the track proficiently and find the optimum racing lines to maintain your speeas F1 2013's Technical is on - hand to narrate the action, giving his words of wisdom on how to tackle the track proficiently and find the optimum racing lines to maintain your speed.

The racing is as tight and intricate as it was back in 2014.

As before the experience can be somewhat marred by the simple fact that there's a lot of people online who just want to get rough and read in the first corner, but find a lobby full of people looking for some clean, tight, skilled racing an it's an absolute joy to play.

It's an extremely tight battle for the crown as racing in just behind is Codemasters» «Dirt Rally» on Xbox One, PS4 & PC.

The road racing is as tight and exhilarating as ever, and the boat and plane modes actually expand the courses far beyond anything that was possible when restricted to the road in the previous game.

Pulling off tight 180 - degree turns is easy enough, as is weaving in between other racers and drifting across each bend in a race track.

As a fan of racing, but more of a fan of open wheel series such as Indycar and F1, the allure of Nascar to me is how these guys race so close together in such a tight environment at speeds close to 200mpAs a fan of racing, but more of a fan of open wheel series such as Indycar and F1, the allure of Nascar to me is how these guys race so close together in such a tight environment at speeds close to 200mpas Indycar and F1, the allure of Nascar to me is how these guys race so close together in such a tight environment at speeds close to 200mph.

Known in a former life as Evolution Studios, the tight - knit, high - calibre team is bursting full of creativity and expertise — and as developers who've worked on the likes of DRIVECLUB and MotorStorm, the team are already firmly on the map of racing excellence.

«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.