Sentences with phrase «wins by a whisker»

Because of that, it wins by a whisker.

Not exact matches

Barca did win a free - kick on the edge of the area for a foul by Arbeloa after on Iniesta for which he was booked after 37 minutes and Messi's shot went a whisker past the post.

The one time you do think that you've «won,» judging by the eerie silence for 45 minutes, you'll come crashing back to reality when your threenager exits, covered in sharpie polka dots and whiskers saying that they're a cat.

By a whisker, Spielberg wins it.

They won before the tribunal (potentially at great financial cost to the union), but then the EAT allowed the union's appeal by a whisker, holding that there was indeed indirect discrimination in the union sacrificing certain (female) members» full legal rights for the greater good of job protection and pay protection for other members but that it was justified — the union's «greater good» argument was a legitimate aim and (more controversially) its means were proportionate, even though it had been distinctly «hard» in its treatment of the refusenik members.

The winning horse might only win by a hair... and that whisker might be the tool you have that your competition doesn't.