Sentences with phrase «missed by a whisker»

The Gunners lack of success in the big and even in the mediocre games hindered the Gunners from lifting the Barclays Premier League trophy last season, when they missed it by some whiskers of points.

I could talk about the painful voice acting, the singularly cringe - worthy cut - scenes, the innumerable graphics glitches, or the moments in the game where you die for no apparent reason (especially in the snowboarding level, which is a particularly low point in gameplay terms as it even manages to feature checkpoints that you can miss by a whisker and then continue playing, only to be plonked right back at the start of the level when you inevitably die by running into a pile of rocks that you couldn't see because the camera was pointed the wrong way).

Not exact matches

Menton Boston, MA 354 CONGRESS STREET 617-737-0099 WWW.MENTONBOSTON.COM What with operating the popular No 9 Park (Top 100 U.S. restaurant), B & G Oysters (Top 25 Seafood & Steak) and the popular Butcher Shop (missed the Top 25 Bistros & Trattorias by a whisker), Barbara Lynch decided she needed a fine dining venue as well.

Wale Odunsi, deputy editor of DAILY POST missed death by the whiskers on Wednesday as a mobile police personnel attached to the Government House in Kogi...

No fewer than 10 persons missed death by whiskers as the vehicle they were traveling in was hit by a truck in Oka - Akoko, Akoko South West...

That is stunning to say the least and would make for a 256 ppi display, missing the Apple iPad's pixel density of 264 ppi by just a whisker.

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