Sentences with phrase «victory by a narrow margin»

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.

David Miliband's smooth journey towards the Labour party leadership was dealt a blow last night as one poll suggested his brother was on course to snatch victory by a narrow margin.

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.

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.

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

After the race was called by the AP, Moore declined to concede defeat, saying he believed that the margin of victory could narrow enough to trigger an automatic recount.