Sentence examples for close division from inspiring English sources

David I expect the NFC East will be a very close division this year.

The court's close division on punitive damages has never followed typical ideological lines.

The Cubs, who won a close division race last season, have added one major piece for their latest effort, a right fielder from Japan, Kosuke Fukudome.

And just as some polls found a close division of opinion on the debate's winner, an almost even number of Twitter users found that Mr. Biden or Mr. Ryan was the victor.

This year, of the 15 teams thought to be in playoff contention, 12 would have been in close division races for almost the entire season without the wild card.

One is the close division on Capitol Hill: "Given the politics of a 50-50 government," he said, "it's real hard to come on like gangbusters with a long list of things which you must have".

They kept pace with the Atlanta Falcons for the best record in the N.F.C. and remained one game ahead of their closest division rival, the Philadelphia Eagles.

And with a season sweep of Jacksonville, their closest division rival, Indianapolis grabbed a nearly unbreakable hold on tie breakers with four games to play.

The closest division was in 1992, a three-way contest when 39percentt of whites voted for Bill Clinton and 40percentt voted for the first President Bush.

While the Houston Texans and the Green Bay Packers clinched their divisions with victories over their closest division competition — five of eight divisions have now been locked up — the N.F.C.

Those qualities, the former colleague added, might have been useful when Mr. Dunn was faced with terminating employees and closing divisions, but they were not as useful for the company's competitive position -- particularly given his relative inexperience in technology and marketing.