The Hertfordshire side almost won it when Jon Ashton flashed a header wide from a corner.
They almost won the tie on away goals when Nikolai Zhilyaev blazed over in the final seconds from close range.
Kolo Tore almost won the points with a fizzing shot from 30 yards, which beat Green but curled agonisingly wide.
Ross Tokely almost won it for Inverness as the home side took control of the match, but to his frustration his header went wide.
Chile and Peru have had a long-standing dispute over maritime borders, and Ollanta Humala, the Peruvian populist who almost won his country's most recent presidential election, found it convenient to stir up sentiment against Chile.
Chances were at a premium in the second half, but in the 79th minute the visitors almost won it when Danny Mayor's cross found Parkin who chested down before volleying goalwards, but Westwood saved magnificently.
But Yakubu almost won the game for Everton when he fired in a speculative shot that fizzed past the post, before the Nigerian worked himself some space but was unable to produce enough power to direct the ball past Schwarzer.
We saw this play itself out in November in New York's 23rd congressional district when the Republican candidate chosen by party leaders was forced out of the race after a conservative candidate who didn't know a darn thing about the issues in the district captured the fancy of the Tea Party renegades, and almost won the seat.
Mr. Noboa, a businessman and entrepreneur won almost 27% of the votes whereas Rafael Correa, a former Minister of Economy and PhD from the University of Illinois won almost 23% of the electorate.
In their campaign to discredit GAAP, the pro forma companies have almost completely won over the analysts on Wall Street.
Let's face it: The Mets almost certainly won't contend for the postseason this year, and none of the available free agents would have changed that.
They almost certainly won't be as profitable for as long as they were in the early part of the decade, but they are delivering much-needed help now.
Almost immediately Heskey appeared to have won an almost certain penalty as he was felled on the edge of the box but the referee saw no infringement.
In his Toronto constituency, for example, Mr Wrzesnewskyi won almost 60% of the vote.
In December, Morales' Movement to Socialism party won almost 54 percent of the popular vote.
It notes that in some peasant communities Mr Morales won almost 100% of the votes in the recall referendum.
The Hispanic share of the vote reached 10% for the first time, and Mr. Obama won almost three-quarters of that.
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"Don't forget Mr Sarkozy won almost half the popular vote when he lost the election, " said Edouard Lecerf, of TNS Sofres.
That fall, Proposition 13 won almost two-thirds of the vote, and conservatives have been vigorously echoing its anti-tax argument ever since.
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The more moderate social-democratic party (ID) that won almost 15% of the votes in the first round already offered support for Correa.
Though Mr da Silva won almost exactly twice as many votes as Mr Serra, the run-off is not quite a foregone conclusion.
Noboa so far has received ample support from the Social Christian party (PSC) that won almost 10% of the vote in the first round.
Sharapova and Amelie Mauresmo, who just started consulting for Azarenka, each won almost 80% of their matches in the year after reaching No. 1.
Almost certainly it won't reach its target for cutting its deficit.
The AFL, by contrast, almost guarantees NBC won't lose a dime.
Obama won almost half of the Catholic vote compared to a third of it two weeks ago, and he did the same thing with the rural vote.
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That was true even in 1992, when Ross Perot won almost a fifth of the vote (many of those who voted for him still described themselves in partisan terms).
Almost certainly, Congress won't get to all of these tax provisions this fall, and what is addressed will likely be altered in some form or another.
Greater Manchester-based athletes won a total of nine Olympic golds, accounting for almost a third of the 29 Olympic golds won by Team GB, and 16 Paralympic golds.
Britain started selling its supposed Olympic expertise almost as soon as it won the games in 2005.
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