Sentence examples for mere four points from inspiring English sources

As it was, Northampton felt robbed to go into the break a mere four points ahead.

Each of Lazio and Udinese, who were fourth when Stramaccioni took over, have collected a mere four points from those last five rounds of fixtures.

The bottom six teams - that is, half the Premiership are separated by a mere four points, with Bristol (one of the bottom three) and Harlequins (in serious danger in seventh place) due to play this afternoon at the Memorial Stadium.

Three defeats in five games, a mere four points on the board with 12 goals in the debit column is not what anyone was expecting, however, and Roman Abramovich can only have viewed this latest setback with alarm.

A mere four points adrift despite being second best for large parts of the match, their substitute front-rowers won themselves a penalty at the game's final set piece and trudged upfield for one last thrash as Toby Flood pinged the ball into touch for an attacking line-out.

So just what is the word for the feeling you get just before your last Six Nations game of a dislocated season, when you've lost in London and Paris, scrambled a draw with Wales, beaten Italy by a mere four points and lost your only goalkicker to injury?

More importantly, England were a mere seven points ahead.

All in all, they did well to turn round a mere eight points adrift.

Astoundingly though, the Fire are still in the hunt, a mere two points off fifth place.

By 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, however, the Bush lead had slipped to a mere two points.

United had risen to 20th spot, a mere two points from safety.