After about six minutes, Prada had nosed ahead by a boat length.
S&N said operating profits from the group's half-share in Baltic Beverages Holding, Russia's market leader, had nosed ahead of profits from its core UK business.
Overall, CNN has nosed ahead of MSNBC in the audience that most matters to the news channels — viewers between the ages of 25 and 54 — though MSNBC still has more total viewers.
Richie McCaw, their captain, spoke about the ability to take chances and this, in the end, was the difference between the sides.Once McCaw's team had nosed ahead once again, their scrum was rock-steady.
But ever since surprising themselves (and everyone else) by winning 600 seats in the local government elections a couple of months ago, things do seem to have been going their way.The latest evidence for a revival of sorts is that for the first time since a blip during fuel-tax protests three years ago, the Conservatives have nosed ahead of Labour in the opinion polls.
Airbus had nosed ahead of the pack in producing a plane that was built with lighter materials and was much more fuel-efficient, and potentially offered big savings and profits on routes where airlines could guarantee to load hundreds of passengers on every flight.
Cunard had nosed ahead by building the Mauretania and the Lusitania.
Bracewell then cleaned up both Peter Burgoyne and Mark Footitt, two more reserves in this unimposing but combative Derbyshire side, and may have just nosed ahead of Neil Wagner in the contest for a spot at Lord's.
Ken was still ahead in the mayoral polls at that point, and might have nosed home had the revelations all come out in one go.
In the event, they barely nosed ahead.
