Sentence examples for clear upper hand from inspiring English sources

In the Arizona races, immigration hard-liners have the clear upper hand.

Right now, the Republicans see themselves as successful blackmailers, holding a clear upper hand.

But shortly after Mexico's new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, took office in December, American agents got a clear message that the dynamics, with Washington holding the clear upper hand, were about to change.

But he has been unsuccessful in ending the nomination fight early, and each time he has seemed to gain a clear upper hand, he has given mainstream Republicans a spectacular reminder of why they have long resisted him.

Just a few short weeks ago, England had a clear upper hand in the spin department: now Lyon has 19 wickets at 30 against his direct opponents' 14 wickets at (avert your eyes now if you're English) 64.

But by positioning itself as the gamer's friend and asserting that the consumer is still king, even in this connected era, Sony has given the PlayStation 4 the clear upper hand over its deadly rival at this point in the proceedings.

When it comes to negotiating, having a promotion focus will give you the clear upper-hand.

It is not entirely clear who has the upper hand.

It is clear who has the upper hand.

Politically, it's not entirely clear who has the upper hand in this fight.

From the first point, which Fernandez closed out after a point-blank volley exchange involving all four players, it was clear who had the upper hand.