Sentence examples for a score ahead of from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a score ahead of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that someone or something is ahead by a score of twenty points in a competitive context, such as sports or games.
Example: "The team was a score ahead of their rivals, securing their place in the finals."
Alternatives: "twenty points in front of" or "leading by twenty."

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Leigh Halfpenny, who used his late long-range penalty miss in the semi-final against France as motivation rather than a source of grief, kept them a score ahead of France with his boot after failing to take Wales's first kick, which saw Priestland hit the post, because he had been receiving treatment after being tackled by Fritz.

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His defeat of Akopian gave him a 4-2 score, ahead of Judit Polgar with 3 1/2-2 1/2, Hernandez with 2 1/2-3 1/2 and Akopian with 2-4.

It was over, and so was the game, when Wilson connected with Sidney Rice, who slithered into the end zone for a 13-yard score ahead of a hard hit from Major Wright that jarred the ball loose.

Epigenetic changes can be thought of as the marks a musician adds to the score ahead of a performance that do not change the score itself, but serve to help the performer to color the music in one way or another.

(Her unusual billing on the first page of the score ahead of the composer's — reveals the importance of her words to the finished product).

UK GPs came eighth out of 11 countries on that score, ahead of the US (65%), France (64%) and Germany (63%).

Excluding the United Kingdom, there are eight European countries that score ahead of the United States in the Heritage Foundation-Wall Street Journal Economic Freedom Index.

Joe DeLuca, the 5-foot-7-inch, 145-pound second baseman provided an unexpected source of power for Lincoln, driving his fourth home run of the season 330 feet into the left-field seats with Ruben Cardona, who had led off the inning with a single, scoring ahead of him.

Williams, who had doubled and is batting a season-high.277, scored ahead of Ventura.

But even spotting the field 18 minutes on a 45-minute puzzle, I scored ahead of 95 people.

Steve Sidwell completed the scoring ahead of a third-round qualifying tie against either Domzale or RNK Split.

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