Sentence examples for by about a point from inspiring English sources

What about that poll in Michigan, which had Mr. Romney leading by about a point?

"In majority white counties where more than 20percentt of the population went to college, support dropped by about a point and a half.

As the researchers checked in at regular intervals, they found that the depression scores in the exercise group were consistently lower than in the control group — by about a point, which was a modest reduction.

The government is in a great position to cut rates by about a point: Through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the Federal Housing Administration, it now controls nearly 90percentt of all mortgage originations.

Erikson and Wlezien, who authored the great book The Timeline of Presidential Elections: How Campaigns Do (and Do Not) Matter, actually overshot Obama's 3.9pt win by about a point, calling for a 5pt Obama victory.

David Jones and Monika McDermott found that, once controlling for a host of factors including the president's approval and the state of the economy, a 10pt decrease in congressional approval costs majority party incumbents about 4pt in their re-election margin, while helping minority incumbents by about a point.

Still, two recent polls indicated she could beat Mr. Smith by about a dozen points.

In the secondary market for tax-exempt municipal bonds, prices dipped by about an eighth of a point in sluggish trading, participants said.

The only template we have is Quebec, where a second referendum was lost by only about a point, after which support for independence went off a cliff".

The regression model (Table 4) shows that scoring higher by one point on spatial abilities corresponds to an increase in LSI-A by about 0.5 points.

She is ahead in national opinion polls by about 20 points, a lead she has sustained for months.