Sentence examples for a lead over from inspiring English sources

Spirig's trademark strong sprint finish demanded that the Briton build a lead over her.

This will clearly help them maintain a lead over their competition".

Not coincidentally, the speech helped give him a lead over Michael Dukakis that he never relinquished.

Despite rejecting genetically modified crops, Western Europe maintained a lead over Canada in yields.

A Houston Chronicle poll in January showed Lampson with a lead over DeLay of eight percentage points.

Early polls show that Casey has a lead over Santorum and that Democratic activists are signing on to his campaign.

(The final state, Alaska, hasn't been called yet, but an independent candidate has a lead over the Republican).

This week, opinion polls gave him a lead over Mr. Wulff, ruffling further Mrs. Merkel and her coalition.

In fact, Mr. Romney has never held a lead over Mr. Obama by any substantive margin in the polls.

Guatemala took a lead over Costa Rica in a match being played simultaneously and would eventually win, 2-1.

Barack Obama's 2008 win in the Hawkeye state gave him a lead over Hillary Clinton that he never relinquished.