Sentences with phrase «out narrow victories»

Maybe it's the promise of online multiplayer which, like in Mario Kart 7 before it, will allow me to eke out narrow victories over vicious 14 - year - old Japanese school girls?

Sanders eked out a narrow victory.

Even if the stay supporters eke out a narrow victory, the sentiment stirred by the vote could stiffen the growing resistance to control from Brussels.

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.

Had you ever wondered if teams are affected after pulling out a narrow victory?

Let's not forget what this famous club is all about, though; they are the most successful club in English football, having been crowned champions nineteen times, while they're also the reigning Premier League champions and last season's beaten finalists in this very competition, and they showed exactly why they've been champions on numerous occasions when grounding out a narrow victory away at Everton the following weekend.

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.

Ayotte, who was considered the GOP establishment candidate, pulled out a narrow victory in the final hours of the primary against her main opponent, Ovide Lamontagne, who enjoyed the support of many Tea Party activists.

Not exact matches

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.

Then Andrew went down, the offense stagnated, and every game is the same slow plod towards a probable loss or narrow squeezed out victory.

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.

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.

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

-- A third 1 - 0 victory in succession at Swansea last time out, to go with their narrow victories over Sunderland at home and Everton away, means it is now three league wins on the bounce for United since their 6 - 1 drubbing in the Manchester derby.

KEY FACT: Roma earned their only victory in England against Liverpool in the 2000 - 01 Uefa Cup MATCH ODDS: Atletico 5/4 Draw 21/10 Chelsea 13/5 ANDY SAYS: I think Chelsea will come out on top, but will be a close game... 2 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I don't see Roma troubling Chelsea at all, comfortable home win... 3 - 0 SILKY SAYS: A narrow win for Chelsea, they should have too much for Roma... 2 - 1 BOYLESPORTS PICK: Under 2.5 goals 21/20 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: At # 3.71, Alvaro Morata looks a great prospect for any portfolio

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.

For Democrats, the key talking point is all about the narrow Virginia victory by former DNC Chairman Terry McAuliffe over Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli, the state's attorney general, whom they spent millions of dollars painting as an «extreme» conservative out of touch with voters in the increasingly purple state.

Tennessee's 6th district (D): Certification of the final vote tally is still pending after last week's GOP primary that saw state Sen. Diane Black eke out the narrowest of victories over former Rutherford County Republican Party chairwoman Lou Ann Zelenik and state Sen. Jim Tracy.

When it finally came time to tallying the votes late Tuesday night, New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg's victory over Democratic challenger and city comptroller Bill Thompson turned out to be remarkably narrow — and surprisingly so, in part because of the gap the size of the Hudson between what the candidates spent on this race, some $ 81 million from Bloomberg's pocket to the $ 6.6 million Thompson dropped according to recent filings.

I expect the margin of victory on Thursday night to be narrower, and do not completely rule out a victory for Elwyn Watkins, the Liberal Democrat candidate.

Foster, served as a «get - out - the - vote» coordinator, writing software that pinpointed swing voter homes that were believed crucial to Murphy's narrow victory.

In practical terms, «Thrones» exemplifies the perfect model for victory in the pay - to - view, subscription - model age - a program that combines prestige (garnering plenty of award nominations to go with its critical superlatives), mass appeal (carving out ratings records by HBO's standards) and the kind of cultish devotion often reserved for much narrower properties.

Only a few thousand dollars and a mere 13 horsepower separate the two compacts, and after I gave a narrow victory to the GTI over the Focus ST I wondered who would come out ahead in this second Ford versus VW hot hatch showdown.