Sentence examples for virtually tied for first from inspiring English sources
He proceeded to deliver his standard stump speech, about Barack Obama's rejection of the American way, in contrast to his own embrace of it, both as a businessman and as governor of Massachusetts.That night, as the final results of the caucuses dribbled in, with Mr Romney and Rick Santorum, a former senator from Pennsylvania, virtually tied for first place, Mr Romney spoke again.
It means a lot, too, that the Angels moved past so much turmoil to overtake Houston atop the American League West, though the teams are now virtually tied for first place.
Fox ranked second, while NBC and ABC finished virtually tied for third.
Four candidates virtually tied for second place and a spot in the runoff.
The parties virtually tied for second place in October, but the Peoples Party was unable to form a government with the winning Social Democrats.
With three-quarters of the precincts reporting, Mr. Thompson, who decided to concentrate on Iowa in an effort to gain enough momentum to carry him to the contests in the Southern states were he was seen as strongest, appeared to be virtually tied for third place with Senator John McCain of Arizona, who had all but written off the state.
Kirk and Giannoulias have been virtually tied for months, and the race is still considered a tossup.
Four — Darwin Li, Andrew Ng, Ben Gershenov and Chaz Daly — tied for first.
Eleven players tied for first, and 23 tied for 12th.
For the night, CBS and ABC tied for first.
