Only two places separated the teams in the table before the match, with the third-placed hosts, in particular, looking to keep pace with the top two.
Because at least equities have the ability to keep pace with the inflation that we see.
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He said there "may well be a case for further increasing the resources of the IMF to keep pace with the size of the global economy".
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Business leaders have spoken with clarity about the need to build a strong workforce that can keep pace with the rising demands of the global economy.
Even the Titans will only just keep pace with the demand for places (see chart).
The hospital is struggling to keep pace with the attacks, and its emergency ward is a tent in the car park, she reports.
Right to Buy first started under Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government, but take-up dwindled as the discounts offered failed to keep pace with the rate of property price inflation.
But don't expect that the demand for water will merely keep pace with the 19% growth expected in population.
Over time, money market investing can actually make a person poorer in the sense that the dollars they earn may not keep pace with the rising cost of living.
The main objection is that the premium supports wouldn't keep pace with the rising health costs that Medicare now promotes, forcing seniors to pay for the overflow out of pocket.
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During the first quarter the company built 5, 000 Model S cars, and is scheduled to build the same number in Q2 to keep pace with the 20, 000 orders expected this year.
In the 1960s, food production was struggling to keep pace with the growing population.
And the ability for our tools and technology to keep pace with the volume of data being pumped into the digital atmosphere.
The Kindle Fire has so far failed to keep pace with the iPad, which commanded 68% of global tablet shipments in this year's second quarter, compared with Amazon's 5%, according to research firm IDC.
Sunderland came into the game in no form of their own - winless in their previous 11 league games and without an away victory since the opening day - and they were struggling to keep pace with the hosts.
The bad news is that Malpass says equities will not keep pace with the amazing global and U.S. growth.
The economy is generating jobs, but not enough to keep pace with the number of new entrants into the labour market.
According the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Minority Health, the rate of organ donation in minority communities does not keep pace with the number needing transplants.
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These cuts will have little impact on the federal deficit, but they will turn back the clock on intelligence gathering and hamstring American efforts to keep pace with the daily, almost hourly, changes in strategically important countries.
The Kiwis lost wickets at regular intervals as they tried to keep pace with the run rate and McCullum, Taylor, Jamie How, Scott Styris and Peter Fulton all failed to reach double figures as the Black Caps disappointed in front of a large and vociferous crowd.
The trial is significant because it tests the ability of U.S. patent and design laws to keep pace with the fast-changing technology industry and to ultimately benefit consumers.
However, the Sinn Fein leader responded on Thursday by saying the Bill "did not keep pace" with the Patten report, which made 175 recommendations including changing the RUC name.
Yamauchi, Britain's leading woman runner, was unable to keep up with the pace but was happy with her time of 70:39 as she builds up towards a tilt at November's New York Marathon.
Critics argue the tax was never designed for starter homes, and has failed to keep pace with the property boom.
The economy needs to create more than 140, 000 jobs per month just to keep pace with the growth of the labour force.
The generous explanation is that Hikari Tsushin's accountants and administrators have simply failed to keep pace with the firm's growth.
The innovative system uses radar and cameras to help a car stay in its lane and keep pace with the vehicles around it.
In particular, the words "video chat" were tossed out as an example of how it planned to keep pace with the evolving mobile landscape.
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