Sentences with phrase «tight races between»

«I don't think it's going to be massive, but in tight races between two quality candidates, even a small penalty for being associated with the president can matter a great deal.»

Five of the eight divisions have a leader with a lead of at least three games, with the tight race between the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings in the NFC North serving as the only other exception.

The polls were predicting a tight race between Labour and the Conservatives for second place, although most commentators believed that Labour would just about hold on to its position as the largest opposition party.

Many polls in the lead up to the British Referendum predicted a close race and likewise many US polls predicted a tight race between Trump and Clinton.

Voting intentions there with changes from the general election are CON 18 % -LRB--6), LAB 33 % (+4), LDEM 5 % -LRB--9), GREEN 32 % (+1), suggesting an extremely tight race between Labour and the Green party.

Mayor Bill de Blasio thinks he's picked a winner in the tight race between Republican Congressman Michael Grimm and Democratic challenger Domenic Recchia Jr..

, 2 May), the local council elections here in Kensington and Chelsea are a tight race between the two main parties.

The tight race between Congressman Tim Bishop and Republican challenger Randy Altschuler has still not been called, and Mr. Bishop said he'd wait until the absentee ballots were counted to claim victory.

Ashcroft's previous polling of the constituency has consistently found a very tight race between Labour and the Liberal Democrats (despite the fact that it used to the Tories who were main alternative to the Liberals here).

When the nominations for the César Awards — known in glib terms as the French Oscars — were announced last month, I wrote that I anticipated a tight race between Roman Polanski's widely acclaimed Euro thriller «The Ghost Writer» and Xavier Beauvois's lofty Cannes prizewinner «Of Gods and Men,» with the latter just winning out.

A tight race between Greta Gerwig and Martin McDonagh might just be tipped in Gerwig's direction by the fact that her screenplay, based on her own teenage years, is more heartfelt — and also by the fact that the HFPA might owe her one, since she wasn't nominated for Best Director.

Saoirse Ronan Winning Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role: What initially felt like it would be a tight race between McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and Sally Hawkins (The Shape of Water) has become, essentially, a coin toss between McDormand and Lady Bird's Ronan.

A tight race between Berenice Bejo and perhaps Jessica Chastain.

Kate Winslet won for Best Supporting Actress last night at Critics» Choice making it a very tight race between her and Penelope Cruz for Oscar.

Though Joey called her work nomination - worthy, I seriously doubt she'll — right or wrong — actually get Oscar traction, but considering her acclaim the Golden Globe race for Best Actress in a Comedy / Musical could be a tight race between her and Kristen Wiig.

(FWIW my favorite Best Actress win of the 40s is a tight race between Crawford's Mildred Pierce and DeHavilland's The Heiress)

Ohio is a hugely important swing state in the tight race between Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

I think it's a pretty tight race between the Prestige and the Platinum Card (tighter than most give it credit for).

It was a tight race between the many credit cards on the market.

This is the tightest race between two TVs we've ever had, and you may be surprised to learn the deciding factors had nothing to do with picture quality.

To be fair, this was a tight race between the Google Pixel 2 and this year's runner - up selection, but when it came to the editing team's votes, the Google Pixel 2 just nudged its way into the lead.

With such a tight race between these two laptops, it wouldn't be a surprise if we crowned a new favorite.

Not exact matches

The later slate of coverage was almost entirely be dedicated to a game between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants, who are in the middle of a tight NFC East race.

The first couple of races have definitely indicated we're in for a tight battle this season between Mercedes and Ferrari.

New enrollment figures from the state Board of Elections show that in 11 NY House seats, the difference between enrolled Democrats and Republicans is less than 40,000, which means a number of tight congressional races this fall.

But he couldn't assess its impact on races such as the tight Nassau county executive contest between Democrat Laura Curran and Republican Jack Martins.

The four candidates led a tight race through the summer, with polls primarily showing Liu, Katz and Yassky hovering between 20 and 30 percent of likely voters and Weprin trailing behind.

Cuomo, as you'll recall, is generally pretty judicious with his endorsements, preferring to hand them out only in instances of 1) political expedience (like, say, the tight race for Westchester County executive where he would personally benefit from the defeat of incumbent Republican Rob Astorino, who has been mentioned as a potential future gubernatorial contender); or 2) almost certain victory by his preferred candidate; or 3) when his nod is highly likely to make the difference between victory and defeat in the 11th hour of a campaign.

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN)- While the official hand recount in Minnesota's tight U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and Democrat Al Franken has ended, a stack of about 1,500 challenged ballots means the announcement of a winner is still at least a few days away.

The Quinnipiac poll that showed the race incredibly tight between Andrew Cuomo and Carl Paladino created a clear pressure point on Lazio to get out of the race (the survey also didn't include him), but two subsequent surveys suggested Cuomo has a much wider cushion.

In the race between Nick Longo and Ed Lettre for control of the influential Conservative Party, things are tight, with Longo claiming he has the lead.

A poll released by the Siena Research Institute on the 19th Congressional District was more notable (to me) for its top of the ticket surprise than its tight showing between Republican John Faso and Democrat Zephyr Teachout in the race to replace WAMC's favorite Republican member of Congress.

It cuts back and forth in time; it draws parallels between different modes of prejudice and abuse; it pictures external events (the 1936 Olympics where Louie ran in the 5000 - meter race and apparently spotted and admired Jesse Owens [Bangalie Keita] from across the track); and it also imagines Louie's elusive interior life, not in letters home read aloud or even earnest discussions with other prisoners, but instead, and more shrewdly, in repeated tight frames on his face.

Dave Karger has found a potential showdown between Harvey Weinstein and the Weinstein Co. and Miramax in two very tight races.

Between the three formidable Brit nominees, however, it strikes me as a fairly tight race.

The race for # 1 was so tight between three films that it took til Monday to clear it up with the Kingsman sequel topping and the new Tom Cruise actioner American Made on bottom...

Olly predicts that the battle between Corvette, Ferrari, BMW and probably the Porsches will be a tight one but is confident that the No. 4 will be right up there on race pace.

The tight connection between Namyang and Nürburgring creates the foundation for N. Namyang is the heart of Hyundai Motor's global R&D network and birthplace of all Hyundai cars, and Nürburgring is the world's most challenging race track in Germany used to hone N's high performance technologies.

Interestingly, the gap between the two models has actually gone down; in 2015, the Outlander Sport was outselling the regular Outlander by a significant amount, while in 2016 the race is much tighter.

• Oliver Gavin and Corvette Racing teammate Tommy Milner retain the championship lead by eight points after finishing fourth at Watkins Glen • Milner qualified the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R in the sixth position Saturday after a lap of 1:42.794 (119.0 mph) at the 3.4 - mile, 11 - turn road course • Milner took the first stint in what was a very tight battle between the GTLM cars, running between sixth to eighth.

The data from those ratings clearly illustrate how tight the race is between Canadian discount brokerages and underscores the challenge facing Scotia iTrade to justify the higher price per trade for certain client segments.

Features • Sci - Fi action / adventure combines aerial and on - foot combat for a totally unique third - person shooter experience • Will's jetpack delives total freedom of movement allowing players to race against UFOs in high - speed chases and rain death from above onto unsuspecting otherworldly foes • Speed and scale unmatched by any other action title: send Will zipping through tight corridors and then out into immense canyons and futuristic geoscapes • Gravity - defying vertical combat system, where moving up is the only way to bring your enemies down • Seemless transition between jetpack flight, ship - to - ship dog fighting and third - person shoot - «em - up action all exists within the same level — not broken up into different «areas» • Unique grip system that allows the players to scale walls by jumping from surface to surface and hijack UFO's while in mid-air • Huge bosses that require fast reflexes and aerial barnstorming manoeuvres to defeat • Developed by Airtight Studios, a new group featuring team members from the Crimson Skies series of video games

Then, the next race will be set on a more technical course where passing an opponent in a tight corner means the difference between winning and losing.

Pulling off tight 180 - degree turns is easy enough, as is weaving in between other racers and drifting across each bend in a race track.

«The race between Apple and Samsung remained tight during the quarter, even as both companies posted growth in key areas,» said IDC senior research analyst Ramon Llamas.