Sentence examples for narrow contest from inspiring English sources
Victory Gallop outscored Behrens in a narrow contest, just as he edged Behrens in the Whitney at Saratoga in August in a landmark race.
The narrow contest has brought the state numerous last-minute visits by both major candidates and their high-profile supporters: former New York mayors Rudolph W. Giuliani and Edward I. Koch for Mr. Bush; the rock star Jon Bon Jovi for Mr. Kerry.
As Munger sees it, it's within McCrory's rights to call for the legitimacy of every ballot to be determined in such a narrow contest.
Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III today implored Vice President Al Gore to follow the lead of two former Republican presidential candidates who swiftly conceded defeat after narrow contests marred by charges of fraud.
The future of the Senate is being decided largely beyond the focus of the more narrow presidential contest, in states like North Dakota, Montana, Indiana and Arizona where neither presidential candidate has campaigned.
The request for proposals that the city has published mentions options like narrowing the contest to a set of finalists, or negotiating with bidders to make changes in their submissions.
Participation was over 64%, far higher than in the first round of the elections two weeks earlier, which had narrowed the contest to a run-off between Mr Ponta and Mr Iohannis.
This narrowed the contest down to two finalists, one of which was Dukes.
But the contest narrows to a white Loyola graduate named Bill Rancic and an African-American Harvard M.B.A., Kwame Jackson.
In recent years, the war has narrowed to a contest between government troops and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, a group designated as a terrorist organization by the United States and others.
The New Democratic Party, led by Thomas Mulcair, took an early lead before the race narrowed to a contest between the Conservatives and the Liberals, led by Justin Trudeau.
