Sentences with phrase «mark by a whisker»

There were also cash prizes for those who just missed the mark by a whisker.

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Top speed has moved up 10 km / h to 295 km / h, just a whisker away from the magical 300 km / h mark and 25 km / h off the mark set by the 612.
For as per the latest e-reader news, Borders has slashed the prices of its Kobo and Aluratek e-book reading devices so that it will now require you to shell out $ 129.99 for a Kobo e-reader, down from $ 149.99 while if its an Aluratek Libre reader that you'd like to have, the good thing is it has breached the proverbial $ 100 mark, by a whisker though so that its now available for $ 99.99, down from the $ 119.99 that it earlier commanded.
Saving the best for the last, the e-reader breaks the $ 100 mark though it does it by just a whisker.
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