11.   Aiming for light-hearted romance and intrigue, it misses by a mile.

12.   Brosius missed the ball, missed it by a few inches.

13.   Bullets ripped through his coat, missing him by inches, as evidenced by the lack of bloodstains like those on his collar.

14.   Buhner could talk for hours about his relationship with Griffey and what he will miss by no longer having him as a teammate.

15.   But the customer left, and the police missed him by minutes.

16.   But the realism only underscores the artificiality of language that aspires to be a hard-boiled David Mamet-like fusillade and misses by a mile.

17.   But what no one has mentioned is what Martin will be missing by going to the Jets.

18.   Cliff Floyd jumped for the line drive, but missed it by several inches.

19.   Customarily, Goran has been missing by this time, at Flushing.

20.   Dimperio missed it by a point.