Sentence examples for narrowly decided from inspiring English sources

In the end the panel narrowly decided against pragmatism and chose to set straight the historical records.

The case of John Hampden (1637) turned upon the king's emergency powers and divided the royal judges, who narrowly decided for the crown.

The Israeli government, though deeply divided on the matter, narrowly decided Sunday to release some 300 of more than 5,000 Palestinian prisoners.

In a stinging setback for the national gay-rights movement, Maine voters narrowly decided to repeal the state's new law allowing same-sex marriage.

Dominic Sandbrook is a historian whose books include Never Had It So Good and Mad as Hell The 1964 general election was hotly contested and narrowly decided – power went to Labour by an exceedingly slender majority.

Lysacek received only a judges' warning for a wrong-edged takeoff on his triple flip, not a 2- or 3-point deduction that would have changed the outcome, which was narrowly decided in his favor by 257.67 points to 256.36.

So why did the voters narrowly decide to turf out Goran Persson, their prime minister for ten years, in favour of Fredrik Reinfeldt, leader of the Moderate Party and of the four-party opposition alliance (see article)?There are three answers.

But the new president, narrowly elected, instead decided to shine a light on public corruption.

Despite all the payouts he has earned for them down the years, the Ascot punters decided – albeit narrowly – that Dettori had got it wrong.

But after the executive benefits were disclosed, the leaders at that union and at the ground workers' union -- which had also just narrowly approved concessions -- decided to vote again.

The State Department's legal office, choosing to interpret this language as narrowly as possible, has decided that it excludes Iraqis working for agencies (such as the National Democratic Institute) that are recipients of U.S. grants.