Sentences with phrase «narrow victory of»

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The study was designed so that each participant won two out of the four contests, but half the group faced off against the same opponent each time and won or lost by a narrow margin; these slight victories and losses to the same opponent encouraged feelings of rivalry among participants, who subsequently reported higher scores on the Machiavellianism scale.

Nor are they worried about the outcome of the next round and this suggests a Macron victory — although, like many recent elections, the margin may be very narrow.

Scheer, for those who missed it, edged out a narrow victory against Maxime Bernier in May in the contest for leader of the Conservative party.

He is behind Democrat Hillary Clinton in the latest national polls, but he has a narrow path to potential victory if he can win a number of key states — including Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan, where globalization and free trade are hot, contentious issues.

Basically: A narrow Obama victory both popular and electoral, with the not - that - good possibility of a Romney PA victory tipping the balance the other way.

The victory automatically transfers Truex to the second Chase round when the 16 - driver field is narrowed to 12 after the completion of races Sept. 25 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and Oct. 2 at Dover International Speedway.

Tottenham Hotspur are through to the knockout stages of this season's Europa League after a narrow 1 - 0 victory against Serbian champions Partizan Belgrade at White Hart Lane in a match that was briefly suspended due to three individual pitch invaders causing havoc in the first half.

On Wednesday night, Napoli narrowed the gap between themselves and Juventus to just four points at the top of the table, coming from behind twice to earn a 4 - 2 victory over Udinese.

The Blues moved to within two victories of the Premier League title after edging to a narrow victory at Stamford Bridge.

What it provided was a situation in which Pittsburgh could win the formula - off by intentionally playing for a loss and kicking a field goal to narrow Cincinnati's margin of victory instead of going for a touchdown that would win the game.

Their only win in 10 games was a narrow 1 - 0 victory over Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup — a competition they were booted out of 10 days later when they lost 2 - 1 at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers.

On this early Sunday afternoon, along a narrow path of dirt over which Man o» War and Secretariat had once swept in flight to historic victories in the Preakness Stakes, a dainty chestnut filly named So Sly stood frozen in her final autumn light, nervously balancing herself on three legs.

It might be a bit too early to write the current season off for Arsenal, especially as we knew that it was going to be a tough start, with the Gunners having played just two Premier League games so far, but after following up the narrowest of victories at home to Leicester City with another loss at Stoke I doubt there are too many Arsenal fans feeling confident about our title chances right now.

After helping the Portugal U21 side to a narrow victory over England, he has now guided them to the Under 21 Final by starring in the 5 - 0 demolition of the young Germany team.

Chelsea substitute Loic Remy ensured that Jose Mourinho's team took a narrow 3 - 2 victory over Hull City, and restored their six point lead over Manchester City at the top of the Premier League.

Sociedad head into this clash on the back of a three - game unbeaten streak in La Liga, including a narrow 0 - 1 away victory at Las Palmas at the weekend.

The Swans are the reigning champions of the competition after beating Reading 2 - 0 in the final last season - after the Welsh club progressed past Albion in the last eight with a narrow 1 - 0 victory on home soil.

But a handful of ugly, narrow home victories over the next few weeks could change the entire atmosphere around Villa Park at the moment.

Of course, an early goal for the visitors could open the floodgates, as it did against United at Stamford Bridge, but on balance we think this one will turn out to be a narrow victory for Chelsea.

All of their Coppa Italia victories on the way to the last 16 have been by a narrow margin.

The Blues will look to return to winning ways after a stale draw against Everton while Brighton look to consolidate on their first win in a number of games — a narrow victory over Watford.

Our narrow 0 - 1 defeat in September 2013 was Everton's fourth victory in five league meetings on Merseyside and the first three point haul of Roberto Martinez's tenure.

Tottenham remained unchanged from their narrow 1 - 0 victory over Cardiff, Kyle Naughton continuing to earn his place in front of Danny Rose.

It may just be worth backing the strength of the Fulham's defence to hold out to help guide them to a narrow victory.

«I hope you enjoy the game more than some of you did against Tottenham,» was how the Manchester United manager addressed his public, continuing the needless bickering with the club's supporters he began after the narrow league victory on Saturday.

However, the journey appears to have had many more twists and turns than anticipated following a damaging 2 - 1 «El Clasico» defeat at the hands of Real Madrid which closed the gap at the top, before Real Sociedad heaped more misery taking all three points in a narrow 1 - 0 victory in April.

However, the just rewards for unrelenting pressure were achieved as Belgian International Laurent Depoitre fiercely drove home from a narrow angle bang in - front of the sensational Terriers» support; cue scenes of unrivalled jubilation, and David Wagner's men were putting in a shift of real heart and passion to earn that elusive second away victory of the season.

Reaction: De Bruyne is my Man City blueprint — Guardiola (Premier League) Report: De Bruyne makes it sweet 16 for awesome Man City (Premier League) Report: Otamendi wins derby to fire Man City 11 points clear (Premier League) Reaction: Klopp calls for Liverpool focus after Euro spree (Champions League) Report: «Fab Four» fire seven - goal Liverpool into last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho pledges only «the truth» on injuries (Champions League) Report: Lukaku and Rashford send Man United into last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho wants new shooting boots for Lukaku (Premier League) Report: Old boy Young downs Watford to lift Man United (Premier League) Reaction: Klopp looks on bright side after Chelsea draw (Premier League) Report: Willian denies Liverpool morale - boosting win (Premier League) Reaction: Guardiola targets Champions League milestone (Champions League) Report: Sterling strikes late to earn Man City top spot (Champions League) Report: Young England stifle Neymar's Brazil (friendly) Reaction: Loftus - Cheek showed he can cut it — Southgate (friendly) Report: New boys impress as England hold Germany (friendly) Reaction: Mourinho defends lack of Lukaku charity (Champions League) Report: Hapless Svilar helps Man Utd to brink of last 16 (Champions League) Reaction: «Stand up and be counted», Klopp tells Liverpool (Premier League) Report: Spurs» Kane rips sorry Liverpool to shreds (Premier League) Reaction: Guardiola proud to beat «best opponents» Napoli (Champions League) Report: Jesus earns Man City narrow win over Napoli (Champions League) Reaction: Mourinho and Klopp at odds over Anfield stalemate (Premier League) Report: Man Utd held at Liverpool as Mourinho parks the bus (Premier League) Report: McClean breaks Welsh hearts as Ireland reach play - offs (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Southgate admits England have long way to go (2018 World Cup) Report: Kane sends lacklustre England to World Cup (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Man City's show of force thrills Guardiola (Champions League) Report: Chelsea old boy De Bruyne gives Man City crucial win (Champions League) Reaction: «Amazing» Lukaku won't lose focus — Mourinho (Champions League) Report: Lukaku and Martial lead Man United in CSKA rout (Champions League) Reaction: Klopp says Liverpool on track despite stalemate (Champions League) Report: Coutinho scores as Liverpool held in Moscow (Champions League) Reaction: Man United part of «second level», says Mourinho (Champions League) Report: Fix - it Fellaini gets Man United off the mark (Champions League) Reaction: De Bruyne masterclass leaves Guardiola purring (Premier League) Report: Mané sent off as five - star Man City crush Liverpool (Premier League) Reaction: Alli gesture takes shine off England win (2018 World Cup) Report: Rashford redemption sends England closer to Russia (2018 World Cup) Reaction: Klopp hopes Euro progress yields transfer lift (Champions League) Report: Can brace gets Liverpool back into big time (Champions League) Report: Sterling rescue act spares 10 - man Man City (Premier League) Reaction: Conte happy for Chelsea to play the hunters (Premier League) Report: Alonso ruins Spurs» Wembley house - warming (Premier League) Report: Lukaku double fires Man United to winning start (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger lauds Giroud after Arsenal edge Leicester (Premier League) Report: Giroud earns Arsenal madcap opening win (Premier League) Reaction: Wenger fearful of another slow Arsenal start (Community Shield) Report: Courtois and Morata gift Arsenal victory at Wembley (Community Shield)

After a Gareth Bale - inspired blitz of Internazionale in the group stage and, in the last 32, a narrow victory over Inter's city rivals across two legs, another upset against European royalty didn't seem beyond the North Londoners.

Their first win of the campaign came in the form of a narrow and somewhat fortunate 2 - 1 victory at home to Wigan Athletic, a side who were suffering a dip in form themselves at the time.

The previous two meetings at Ewood Park have finished with two or less goals, with last seasons meeting finishing 2 - 0 to Rovers and the year before going the way of Portsmouth in a narrow 0 - 1 victory.

What's more, their record on the road isn't all that great, either, with their only away success this season coming in the form of a narrow and surprise 1 - 0 victory at Tottenham, a team who scored nine last Sunday.

His 25 - yard opening - day screamer got the ball rolling in a vindictive narrow victory at the Britannia Stadium and the 23 - year - old has since been the focal point of much of the club's good work going forward.

In 2004, the Rs managed a narrow victory around the country, with Bush winning the popular vote and electoral college but with the Rs essentially keeping the same number of seats in the House.

A Kaminsky victory in the April 19 special election could scramble control of the Senate, where Republicans hold a narrow majority.

A lot has been made in the press and in the recent parliamentary debates about the moral obligation for members of parliament to respect «the will of the people» as expressed in the narrow victory for leaving the European Union in the Brexit referendum of last June.

Sanders could narrow Clinton's margin of victory — and even pull off an upset, however unlikely — if he keeps his base of younger supporters fired up, (assuming they're all eligible to vote).

As Democrats in the state Senate declare victory in the 8th district on Long Island with candidate John Brooks over incumbent GOP Sen. Michael Venditto, one observer pointed this week to the dangers of prematurely celebrating a narrow win.

The corruption probe is thus occurring within the context of widening dissatisfaction with Ms Rousseff, especially after her victory by a narrow margin in the second round of the 2014 election.

There were numerous reports in the final two weeks of voters being «inundated» with Bera web ads and support for Bera amongst our target demographic is considered to be one of the determining factors in his narrow victory.

Mr. DioGuardi eked out a narrow victory in a sleepy race — a sign, campaign analysts said, of the formidable odds facing Republicans as they try to unseat Ms. Gillibrand, an upstate Democrat who has made inroads with centrist voters.

The problem, as described by Lewis Minkin in The Blair Supremacy (Labour First «s secretary Luke Akehurst's «book of the year» in 2014), was that «Blair, despite a huge victory in his election as leader, had in practice only a narrow base of committed supporters of his full political project» [p663].

With only a few weeks to go before the Nov. 3rd election, more and more unanswered questions are being raised, and more dissatifaction is being expressed, about the candidate who squeeked out a narrow Primary election victory with a ton of money.

Toback noted that the political action committee of the Communications Workers of America gave $ 109,600 to the Nassau County Democratic Committee one week before Kaminsky's narrow April 19 victory in a special election to replace former Sen. Dean Skelos in the 9th District.

What we know for sure is that the failed coup provided President Erdoğan with an excellent excuse to consolidate his power: despite widespread claims of voter fraud, he secured a narrow victory in an...

A «Yes» victory would have been seriously damaging for his standing in his party and the country and would have raised the prospect of him possibly leading a lame duck government, in the event of a narrow victory in the 2015 general election.

The party recently endorsed Democratic Rep. Scott Murphy in NY - 20 again after backing him in the 2009 special election and providing more votes than his narrow margin of victory over Assemblyman Jim Tedisco in that race.

Jon Krosnick has spent 30 years studying how voters choose one candidate rather than another, and says that «at least two» US presidents won their elections because their names were listed first on the ballot, in states where the margin of victory was narrow.

Nick Clegg's party shrug off Lord Rennard scandal and resignation of former MP Chris Huhne to claim narrow victory

If Brown's narrow margin of victory holds, and absentee ballots do not overturn election night results in other wards, she will be a minority of one on the council.