Sentence examples for earlier to concede from inspiring English sources

At 3.30 this morning John Major, who easily held his own seat, revealed he had telephoned Mr Blair an hour earlier to concede defeat and congratulate the youngest prime minister since 1812, 44 next week.

Rudd had emerged a little earlier to concede defeat to the Labor crowd at the Gabba cricket ground in Brisbane – so buoyed by the audience's cheering after a better-than-expected result that his first words were: "Jeez, I thought we'd lost …" He told them he would be stepping down as Labor leader.

"It's certainly far too early to concede with those three proceedings moving forward," Mr. Christopher said.

(Vallone, it was rumored, had been irritated by a call from Green on primary night pressing him, a little too early, to concede).

Losses in both games would probably knock Rutgers out of the N.C.A.A. tournament, but it is too early to concede anything, not with a Gary Waters team.

It's far too early to concede the American League West to the Oakland Athletics, but the early returns don't look too promising for the Angels.

As for fears that Uber eventually will monopolize the transportation market, Rogers acknowledges that that's probably the firm's goal, but it's a little early to concede its triumph, since its app — the core of its business model — is "easy to replicate" and Uber already faces competition from firms such as Lyft, and indeed from traditional taxi owners experimenting with apps of their own.

In a recent interview, Gorbachev distanced himself from earlier statements to concede that no agreements had been breached.

It was important that we weathered that early storm, so to concede after only three minutes leaves you with an absolute mountain to climb.

Clinton called Trump in the early morning hours to concede the election.

"Their first goal was a disappointment, and earlier than we wanted to concede, but I never thought at any time that we couldn't get the game back.