Sentence examples for Almost certain victory from inspiring English sources

The first victim was the race leader, the Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton, whose tire failure cost him almost certain victory.

That stop denied the Flyers what would have been almost certain victory and took the game into overtime.

A coup d'etat by the army in January 1992, however, denied the F.I.S. an almost certain victory in the second round.

The past few days have turned America's extraordinary presidential election contest into a legal rollercoaster.On Monday December 4th a state-court judge in Florida seemed to hand almost certain victory to George W. Bush, the Republican candidate, by turning down flat the request by Al Gore, the Democratic candidate, for the counting of votes not recorded by machines in many Florida counties.

Bridgwater's comments followed a controversial race at Ludlow, in which Jake Launchbury, a 16-year-old rider having his fourth start under Rules, threw away almost certain victory on Bridgwater's chaser Bally Sands when he tried to steer around the final fence when three lengths clear of the field.

An almost certain victory and 10 points were lost.

Conventional wisdom holds that "The Producers" should begin its assault on the "Hello, Dolly!" record during the PBS segment by winning as many as eight of the nine competitive awards handed out, including two almost certain victories for Susan Stroman, the odds-on favorite for both best choreography and best direction of a musical.

that is 3 almost certain victories that Hamilton has been relieved of.disapointting but i said after he signed for merc that he wouldn't win another race and mechanical issues would be the norm,half jokingly it must be said.he was.5 of a second a lap faster than kimi and was nearly 4 seconds after 5-6 lafterfthe the restart.he would of cruised to a 10+ second win minimum.

What Farage calls his "Clacton battalion" clearly think their almost-certain victory will represent a huge watershed.

All five of the chamber's Republican lawmakers had voted for the bill, stunning opponents and sending the measure to the governor's desk and almost-certain victory next week.

Coupled with Mr. Romney's almost-certain victory in the District of Columbia — which awards its 16 pledged delegates on a winner-take-all basis and where Mr. Santorum is not on the ballot — Mr. Romney could gain about 50 delegates on Tuesday night before even factoring in the tally in Wisconsin.