Sentence examples for would have narrowly from inspiring English sources

Without it, Google would have narrowly missed earnings expectations, too.

But there are also occasions when this would have worked in Mr. Romney's favor — he would have narrowly lost South Carolina to Mr. Santorum, for example, rather than been overwhelmed there by Mr. Gingrich.

The model also projects, however, that a national referendum to approve same-sex marriage would have narrowly failed last year, 48 percent to 52 percent, despite national polls showing more voters approving same-sex marriage than opposing it.

Its report which was leaked, possibly by the United States found fraud among all the leading contenders, and suggested that, were the chicanery removed, Mr Martelly would have narrowly edged out Mr Celestin as the runner-up to Ms Manigat.

If the district had existed in the 2008 election, according to an analysis by staff members at the Washington secretary of state's office looking back at voting results, Barack Obama would have won the district, but Washington's governor, Christine Gregoire, a Democrat, would have narrowly lost it.

A newspaper review of Florida's more than 170,000 uncounted presidential ballots concluded that George W. Bush would have narrowly won a hand recount under the strictest standards for judging votes, while Al Gore would have won under the most liberal standards.

Among developing nations, these gains would have been narrowly concentrated among Argentina, Brazil and a few other countries with industrial agriculture.

Depending on how the electoral votes would have played out, Obama could have narrowly won, narrowly lost or faced the same fate as Al Gore.

LONDON -- In a referendum many Americans would drool over, voters in Ireland have narrowly rejected a proposal to abolish their Senate, despite a vigorous campaign in favor of eliminating the upper house of parliament in order to save money.

He seems to have narrowly escaped death.

We have narrowly escaped being given a clown.