Sentence examples for close battles from inspiring English sources

Two had survived desperately close battles in quarterfinals Thursday.

Most of the matches in the Spingold Knockout Teams Thursday were close battles.

Robert Kubica, at Renault, said he thought the close battles were due to car breakdowns and errors by the top drivers.

VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands — At the world championships here, after 48 boards of the 96-board quarterfinals, the six United States teams are locked in close battles.

The close battles in the district stand in sharp contrast to the voting habits of Indianians in presidential elections: Indiana went with the Democratic candidate only three times in the 20th century.

While many ads dealt with close battles like Ron Klein versus E. Clay Shaw Jr., above, in Florida's 22nd Congressional district, 55percentt involved gubernatorial or United States Senate races.

There is also a close battle for second in New Hampshire and, to the extent it matters, another close battle for fourth place.

He too spoke of room for improvement and predicted a close battle in qualifying.

But who the winner is in the close battle will not be clear until early next week.

Still, until the beginning of the year, MSNBC.com and CNN.com were in a close battle.

Hamilton acknowledged that it had been a close battle across the front of the grid.