Sentence examples for only slightly ahead from inspiring English sources

NBC finished fourth, only slightly ahead of CW.

Among Mr. McCain's areas of interest, education comes in only slightly ahead of macrame.

Recent polls show him with support ratings in the mid-30s, only slightly ahead of Mr. Noda.

Federal financing, $5.4 million, is in place for the security project, which moved only slightly ahead this week.

Financial institutions and insurance companies, where at least half of all employees are female, did no better than the rest, and state-owned companies were only slightly ahead.

According to the commission's autumn forecast, the British economy will grow 1.1% in 2019, only slightly ahead of Italy, and far behind the 1.9% expansion across the eurozone.

On the other hand, when it comes to actual messaging, women shift their expectations only just slightly ahead of the curve, which is a healthier pattern than guys' pursuing the all-but-unattainable.

According to a new poll from CBS News, Hillary Clinton has gained four percentage points of support and Donald Trump shed three more, placing the Democrat squarely (if only just slightly) ahead of the GOP nominee heading into the final stretch this fall.

Incorporating that into the HuffPost Pollster average puts Trump only very slightly ahead ― 45.7percenttoto Hillary Clinton's 45.1percentt.

Ian Withers from the Environment Agency said the work was slightly ahead of schedule "but only by a matter of days".

Mr. Chen and Ms. Lu were only slightly injured, and the election went ahead as planned.