| In a close-run contest, the children had to go through a buzzer round, an observation round and hundreds of questions about fire safety. |
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| With the agreement seemingly a close-run thing, Alexander and his colleagues have a hard fight ahead. |
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| So the contest between fear of nuclear weapons and fear of chemical or biological weapons could be a close-run thing. |
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| In a close-run race, he finished second and claimed a world record for the number of miles sailed by a monohull boat in 24 hours. |
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| He admitted the election in his constituency was likely to be a close-run thing as the seat was traditionally hard fought. |
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| It was not, therefore, an obvious triumph and it was, like Waterloo, a close-run thing. |
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| The media can still play a decisive role, however, especially in close-run elections or congressional votes. |
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| It's down to who performs on the day, and it's going to be a close-run thing, I think. |
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| He predicted a close-run contest, which had consequently attracted the attention of the national media. |
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| Commentators predicted a close-run presidential race, but few expected there to be no winner at all. |
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| After that I hated him more than I hated her, but it was a close-run thing. |
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| The 55-year-old politician, who beat the Conservative candidate by a mere 1,910 votes in what was a close-run election, confidently looked forward to the task ahead. |
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| Niger's President Mamadou Tandja was in a close-run race with his Gambian counterpart, Yahya Jammeh, for West Africa's worst ranking. |
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| The 2009 championship turned out to be a close-run thing, with the 12 races being won by no fewer than 11 drivers. |
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| Any vote in the United Kingdom on enlargement would be a very close-run thing. |
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| But if the economic numbers in mid-October go up even a tick, it could be a close-run thing. |
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| It was a very close-run thing not only between Peugeot and Audi, but also in the different categories, and that can only be good for the Le Mans Series. |
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| Supersub Jordi has made two goalscoring appearances at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Korea 2007, the second of them instrumental in a close-run victory against France. |
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