Sentences with phrase «tight contest»

This could be a very tight contest that goes into overtime and comes down to paper ballots.

Nevertheless, the intensity of this rivalry makes it likely that this game will be a much tighter contest than it should be.

I'm sure we'll bounce back but I expect a really tight contest that could go either way.

In tight contests teams need two qualities above all else to carry them through: (1) a watertight defense, and (2) innovation and inventiveness.

It's also worth remembering his very tight contest with Nick Clegg for the Lib Dem leadership in 2007 (in which he accused Clegg of «parrotting Cameron»), and it later emerged that had it not been for postal votes arriving late due to the Christmas post, Huhne would have won the leadership.

Last season's top - two sides played out a goalless draw in a tense, tight contest at King Power Stadium.

With the acquisition of Wade, Erik Spoelstra now has a closer he can go to down the stretch of tight contests.

Pretty tight contest.

In the Bet365 correct score market, a Fulham 2 - 1 wager is having appeal at 8/1 but this should be a fairly tight contest.

The Ulster Unionist Party has emerged victorious in another extraordinarily tight contest in Fermanagh and South Tyrone, with Tom Elliott besting the Sinn Féin incumbent, Michelle Gildernew, by just 530 votes.

This leads to a concept of vote efficiency, which suggests that winning districts by a landslide is a waste of energy in obtaining which could be better used in tight contests.

But firebrand Rep. Allen West (R) remained locked in a razor - tight contest with businessman Patrick Murphy (D) in Florida's 18th district.

Wilcock is hoping it will be third time lucky for her during her reign as the Dark Blues skipper, and Street believes it will be a much tighter contest in December.

Democrats are sure to pick up at least 28 seats, but that number could rise as high as 30 — or more — depending on the outcomes of several VERY tight contests.

Their 1 - 0 win over United in the FA Cup was a really tight contest, and it took them a long time to break down 10 men.

In fine form for Manchester City to keep yet another clean sheet, Joe Hart was an important part of the team's 1 - 0 win in a tight contest at Crystal Palace.

The Hammers have only lost once in their last 13 games and, in Dimitri Payet, they have a man capable of settling a tight contest with a moment of magic.

But expect a tight contest, but i wont b suprise to see d gunnerz turn d game on its head.

In the net singles final, against Verdy, Shults sprinted and lunged and rainbow - kicked all over the playing area (which is the size of a badminton court), but he was eventually done in by the vicious serve of his opponent, who won a tight contest, two games to one.

I am thinking this will gonna be close and tight contest..

Still, while Lukaku's physical attributes may point towards more of a imposing, battling figure up front, his big - game record suggests he lacks something mentally to decide the tightest contests.

Julius Randle and Aaron Harrison went off for the Kentucky Wildcats, who were locked in a tight contest with Belmont until the freshmen took over.

Roy Hodgson's bottom - of - the - table Eagles edged a tight contest at a sold - out Amex Stadium but they were unable to make a breakthrough as their search for a first league goal on the road since April continues.

KEY FACT: Man City will become Premier League champions with victory MATCH ODDS: Man City 9/10 Draw 11/4 Man Utd 10/3 bet365 Pick: Draw @ 11/4 ANDY SAYS: I see City taking the title in a tight contest... 2 - 1 GRAEME SAYS: I think United could spoil the party by claiming a draw... 2 - 2 FOOTBALLIndex — One to follow: Sergio Aguero is still a top - class investment

The final score at Wembley on Saturday, a 1 - 0 defeat for Arsenal against Tottenham Hotspur in which Harry Kane scored the winner, implies a tighter contest than the one we saw.

The FC Dynamo Kyiv winger settled a tight contest at the Metalist Arena in the home side's favour with a composed finish four minutes past the hour.

This should be a tight contest and it is hard to see either one of them winning by anything bigger than a one goal margin in the game.

Just as it looked like a tight contest was set to finish scoreless, Gylfi Sigurdsson's 90th - minute corner found Hordur Magnússon unmarked, and the ball struck the left - back's shoulder before looping into the net for the only goal of the game.

Alice Middleton's Cambridge side ran out 52 - 0 victors» last year, but it looks like being a much tighter contest this season.

The U17's were held scoreless in a 0 - 0 stalemate against Weston on Saturday, a tight contest between the top two teams in the U17 Southeast Division.

Australian voters have spoken in the tightest contest in living memory.

New York Assemblywoman Claudia Tenney is locked in a tight contest in the state's 22nd District with Democrat Kim Myers.

Mike DeWine for U.S. Senate: $ 2,100 DeWine, an incumbent Republican from Ohio, is in a tight contest against Democratic representative Sherrod Brown.

However, the Guardian understands three of the campaign teams are still pushing for extra checks to be run on the 367,000 new members and supporters who have signed up to vote since the general election over fears undiscovered infiltration could make a difference in a tight contest.

The Conservative mayor is locked in a tight contest with his Labour rival Ken Livingstone.

Tory - held Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale would be too close to call, with the Conservative vote holding up pretty well, but the SNP gaining enough votes from other parties to make it a very tight contest.

Robin Walker, Foster's Conservative challenger, accepts this is a tight contest.

The tightest contest is the 41st SD, which pits Democratic freshman Sen. Terry Gipson against Republican Dutchess County Legislator Sue Serino in the Hudson Valley.

In a hypothetical matchup against Gillibrand, the two are locked in a tight contest.

In a tight contest where no overall majority is achieved, the second preference votes are then counted up and have the same weighting as the original votes.

In the Democratic contest for New York City comptroller, Eliot Spitzer — 47 % — and Scott Stringer — 45 % — are in a tight contest among likely Democratic voters in New York City, including those who are undecided yet leaning toward a candidate and those who voted absentee.

The ComRes survey found Ed Miliband's party were 11 points ahead of the Tories in the 40 tightest contests, a rise of five points since June.

In a statement to Newsday, Suozzi criticized the current county executive, Ed Mangano, who defeated him four years ago in a tight contest, for presiding over a decline in the county.

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.

CARROLLTON, Ga. — The Augusta University men's basketball team played its third road game to open the 2017 - 18 season on Saturday afternoon and dropped a tight contest 92 - 89 in the closing seconds at West Georgia.

Tester won re-election in a tight contest with Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg.

Assuming «An Education» takes the latter, that leaves the ghetto category a tight contest between two multi-laurelled indies: I solve the coin - toss between «Fish Tank» and «Moon» (the more logical pick, given its strong showing in the BAFTA longlists) only by guessing that Duncan Jones will be appeased with the Carl Foreman Award.

President Obama won the state in 2008, but polls suggest a tighter contest this election year.

It was a tight contest, with many students from all over the region submitting pieces of high quality work that showed both excellent written skills and good imaginations, but Kirsty did really well at producing a finished article that was a cut above the rest.