Sentence examples for had edged ahead from inspiring English sources

If Gore had edged ahead in the counting of "undervotes," Bush would have contested unexamined "overvotes".

Their opponents tried to assert early, but Hosking and Copeland had edged ahead by halfway, and steadily drew clear thereafter.

Gov. Gray Davis, a phlegmatic 20-year veteran of state politics, had edged ahead of his richer, flashier rivals for the Democratic nomination.

Earlier, Hull had edged ahead from a Paul Cooke penalty before going close through Motu Tony, who fumbled the ball on the line under pressure from two defenders.

Giles had edged ahead of Labor for his seat of Braitling late on Saturday night but it remains to be officially called one way or the other.

Although the final selection will not be made until next month, Defense Ministry officials made it clear that Boeing had edged ahead of Dassault Aviation of France, the only other bidder still in the running.

And diet has edged ahead of smoking".

After Sri Lanka Woakes may have edged ahead of his peers.

Now Ameritrade has edged ahead, and E*Trade and TD Waterhouse are catching up.

McKinsey has declared this week London has edged ahead of New York as an international financial centre.

At the same time, he has edged ahead of Mr. Gore in polls.