Sentence examples for by a single percentage from inspiring English sources

Scott eventually won reëlection by a single percentage point.

Another three have Mr. Romney ahead, each by a single percentage point.

In this environment, Mr. Brown would be happy to win by a single percentage point.

Brewers tussle mightily to increase their market share by a single percentage point.

Prices would need to increase by at least 28 percent to lift that share by a single percentage point.

Five years later, despite opinion polls suggesting a possible Labour win, Ed Miliband could only raise Labour's vote share by a single percentage point.

(They said no both times, but not by much: the most recent referendum, in 1995, failed by just a single percentage point).

By comparison, the rate for Ohio as a whole declined by only a single percentage point.

(Obama did carry his home state, Illinois, and neighboring Missouri, but he won the latter by only a single percentage point).

Six public polls conducted for news organizations since the Democratic convention have all shown Vice President Al Gore leading Gov. George W. Bush of Texas, though in two cases by only a single percentage point, a difference that is statistically insignificant.

Although responses were down for each of the nine characteristics, the percent of respondents who didn't choose any increased by just a single percentage point (from 41 to 42percentt)—not a large enough difference to be statistically meaningful.