Sentence examples for decisive lead from inspiring English sources

For all their brilliant football, City – like QPR back then – have never had a decisive lead.

The preliminary results show Mr Rajaonarimampianina with a small but probably decisive lead.

But the large, decisive lead that the Tories used to enjoy on the economy has vanished.

A Vikings victory would have given them a decisive lead in the National Football Conference Central.

He soon built a decisive lead and Mickaël Barzalona was able to ease him down in the final strides.

In Oregon, with 87% of the ballot counted, support for Measure 91 had a decisive lead with 54.8% of votes.

St Kilda missed several opportunities during the first-half, when it dominated and should have taken a decisive lead.

Moore got the split he needed around the furlong pole and George Vancouver quickened immediately into a decisive lead.

The visitors looked to have taken a decisive lead when Jay Rodriguez put them in front after four minutes and Dejan Lovren volleyed home a 31st-minute corner.

Of course, if one side gets a decisive lead, then the final showdown — if they decide to play it — will be a dead rubber.

In Hamburg, Joris Mathijsen, Ruud van Nistelrooy and David Jarolim all scored as the German team gained a decisive lead over Anderlecht.