Sentence examples for just a single vote from inspiring English sources

In 1970, a measure legalizing abortion in New York cleared the State Assembly by just a single vote.

Still, following his impeachment by the House, Johnson was spared removal from office by just a single vote in the Senate.

One initial component of the reanimation package, a new law on public procurement, won approval in Parliament by just a single vote.

On March 16 , 1978 the Senate approved — 68 to 32, with just a single vote to spare — the first of two treaties that transferred the Panama Canal to Panama.

The SNP holds power in Edinburgh with just a single vote more than Labour, and Salmond's demands for a referendum have been repeatedly thwarted by Labour, the Tories and Liberal Democrats.

Australia's bid, which cost taxpayers $40m and received just a single vote, also came under scrutiny for development funds paid and gifts distributed in parts of the football world in which influential Fifa executive committee members had votes.

It would mean dozens of MPs abandoning any pretence of following their party leaders, not just in a single vote but over weeks.

And Republicans, who now have just a single-vote majority, would have a much more difficult time mustering the votes to change Senate rules today.

Let's just remember, not a single vote has been despatched yet.

They've spent the season unranked and, in fact, just received their first mention — a single vote in the latest coaches top 25 — in either of college basketball's biggest polls.

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