Sentence examples for on their nearest from inspiring English sources

United failed to capitalise on their nearest rival Kilmarnock's early defeat at Inverness and failed to test Michael McGovern at all during an abject first-half display.

The Greeks didn't: an astonishing number of the earliest surviving plays describe families who slaughter – and occasionally snack on – their nearest and dearest.

In fact, the Raiders and Ravens, along with the Jets, Tennessee, Miami and Denver, make up a group of six American Football Conference teams that are two games up on their nearest competitors for playoff spots, putting them all in a strong position for the postseason.

Porsche completed a dominant display in qualifying for this year's Le Mans 24 Hours, locking out the front three grid positions, breaking records and putting almost a three-second gap on their nearest rivals, Audi, before the serious business of the race itself begins on Saturday afternoon.

The Latics are 18th in the Premier League and five points from safety, although they have a game in hand on their nearest rivals Newcastle, Aston Villa and Sunderland.

A putative "taxonomy" at the domain level was assigned based on their nearest neighbor in the phylogenetic tree.

The bottom line will presumably be that the Europeans will focus more on their near-abroad, with NATO becoming more regional and less global.

Supercars, for instance, often had louvers on their near-horizontal rear windows that were designed to block out sunlight and heat.

A new study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says that they reduce drivers deaths when struck on their near sides by 37percentt.

It was found that MCs and non-MCs were indistinguishable based on their near-Sun manifestations such as white-light CMEs and flare post-eruption arcades.

Uli Stielike's miss in the 1982 semi-final success against France is the only blemish on their near-perfect record.