Sentences with phrase «'s a long shot when»

True independence is a long shot when you are still working in your PI's lab.

There's a long shot when Gustav and Zero arrive at the railway station.

The bad news is that this Kia sports car is a long shot when it comes to reaching production.

Not exact matches

Having steered largely clear of partisan politics for most of her career, Winfrey became an enthusiastic backer of Obama when he looked a long shot to beat Hillary Clinton to the 2008 nomination.

But if you can bear to watch the races long enough, you'll find some interesting lessons for leaders including how to say you're sorry when you screw up — and have a shot at bouncing back.

«In the beginning, when you're trying to build the business, you really do want to save on your expenses to make whatever money you have last longer and to give your business more of a shot,» says Jamila White, co-founder of The Bootstrap Babes, a blog full of ideas and money - saving advice for entrepreneurs.

While Booker's new bill is also a long - shot, it comes at a time when more and more Americans are voicing support for marijuana legalization.

Our healthcare «networks» frequently send us to specific providers (for things like imaging, blood tests, surgical procedures)-- and those providers call the shots when it comes to whether we can get an appointment and when, how long we'll wait, and what the cost is.

This is the exact opposite outcome of a single - shot Prisoners» Dilemma, where the rational strategy is to be mean; when you're playing for the long run it is better to be nice — you'll make up any short - term losses with long - term gains.

Summarizing the above, our market timing model is working perfectly this week because it enabled our subscribers to take a shot with long positions when the market was bouncing, but then prompted us to immediately lighten long exposure when receiving the proper sell signals, before finally exiting 100 % out of our long positions on today's open (just before the big intraday sell - off that is presently taking place).

when a Larry Bird arches a long shot through the hoop without the ball touching the rim, are a response elicited by the act itself.

Thus spake Zarathustra in 1883: «Alas, the time is coming when man will no longer shoot the arrow of his longing beyond man....

When he no longer gets the attention he needs, we will read that he has beat somebody up, or shot someone.

However both Nikki Haley and Bobby Jindal changed their names a long time ago (when a Piyush or Nimrata probably didn't have much of a shot at high office) and probably have grown accustomed to their current forms.

I came SO close once, but I think I let it sit in my pantry for too long because it had weird alien tentacles growing in it when I opened it up: lol: You always make them look so amazing, though, so I'm thinking I'll need to take another shot at it.

When harvesting nettles, wear gloves and long pants, bring scissors to snip off the tender top shoots and if you're lucky you can go around for a second harvest.

obviously I would prefer to have a much more suitable alternative in the defensive midfielder positions but if they focused more on defensive end and the occasional long - ball, this would allow Bellerin and Sead ample opportunities to bomb forward on their respective wings while still having enough cover to maintain their defensive shape... it would likewise allow for overlapping runs on both wings, thereby letting both Sanchez and Perez to cut inside and get shots away in and around the top of the box with their most dominant feet... if goals were needed I would sub Bellerin for OX and bring Ramsey in for Elneny then switch to a 3 -2-4-1 (more of a 3 -1-5-1 with Ramsey playing higher up the pitch) and I would only use Giroud as a sub when the game dictated it for tactical reasons... this would allow us to be a high energy team with incredible link - up play and a much more direct approach in the offensive end

With 5 seconds left she swished a free throw and when Team Bartlett's game winning shot attempt struck the rim and went long — Team Bemoras was left victorious!

from where i'm sitting, conor's strengths: - long and athletic - great power in his hands and feet - throws with speed & accuracy - uses all 8 points of contact (and uses them all in multiple ways)- uses good footwork to circle away from power shots and to control pace / location of fight - has shown good to great TD defense (until tired)- has good chin (tested several times and the proof appears to be in the pudding, as they say)- displays good head movement which allows him to absorb fewer strikes while within range - excellent counter puncher (able to get in and out fast using his karate style stance)- has shown better conditioning at lw than fw or ww - has incredible fight iq (lone exception in the ufc was against nate in first fight when he was clearly fatigued)

And when Keith Smart had finished scoring 12 of his team's last 15 points, including the winning 16 - foot jump shot from the left side with five seconds remaining under massive pressure, most of Indiana didn't even care that the film Hoosiers» Dennis Hopper hadn't won the Oscar for best supporting actor just so long as this real - life Hoosier named Smart had.

All DJ did on the 420 - yard 71st hole, when he was tied for the lead, was cut a ridiculously long tee shot over the trees and the dogleg, leave himself a 94 - yard wedge shot and stuff it close for what turned out to be the winning birdie.

I think our best football this season was against man city at the emirates, i have never seen arsenal put up that sort of fight against a top team in a long time, although we didn't win I was satisfied with the hunger we showed, i would always prefer le coq to Flamini but that is not what would win us this game, we need to show the right attitude, go there to win it, and When I say go there to win it, i don't mean throw everybody forward, I mean go out there with a winning and commited mentality, being ready to throw yourself at the shot, make the all important tackle instead of ducking when the cross comes it, all 11 players need to be ready to fight for the win, we need the boys fired up, CWhen I say go there to win it, i don't mean throw everybody forward, I mean go out there with a winning and commited mentality, being ready to throw yourself at the shot, make the all important tackle instead of ducking when the cross comes it, all 11 players need to be ready to fight for the win, we need the boys fired up, Cwhen the cross comes it, all 11 players need to be ready to fight for the win, we need the boys fired up, COYG.

elneny's long shots are underappreciated: we need to have that option on the field when things do nt go for us.

Burt — who had no previous history of heart ailments and was leading the Pac - 10 in three - point shooting percentage -LRB-.538) and assist - to - turnover ratio (3.42) when she was stricken — was initially told she had Long QT syndrome, a rare disorder of the heart's electrical system.

Garcia re-ignited his long - running feud with Woods during The Players Championship when he accused his would - be rival of distracting him as he played a shot during the third round at TPC Sawgrass.

But McGuire calmed down when substitute Blanton Simmons dropped in two long shots in the last 26 seconds to win for Marquette 57 - 56.

we have waited a long time for this club to truly step up, which is a difficult ask... to do so properly they will need to overextend themselves and get well outside the comfort zone they have become accustomed to... at the very least they owe their fans, most of whom supported this franchise for at least the first 8 years of this 10 year plan, one real shot at the «promised» land... remember phase one was build and save, phase two was the fire sale of all our top players, phase three was supposed to be our metamorphosis, when we were literally told how we could compete with any club in the world and phase four appears to be rinse and repeat, under the guise that we just can't seem to find any players that are better than our current lot (can you even imagine the state of world soccer if that were truly the case)... it's time for you Mr. Kroenke and Mr. Wenger to ask not what the fans can do for you, but what you two can do to make things right again for the fans... if you can't do this earnestly and honestly, simply move on before the only thing left in the cupboard are bitter memories and what could have beans?

A right - handed golfer will get more feel for a short shot when he controls it with his right hand, though this right - hand emphasis must not be tried with long irons or woods.

The German youth international is deadly when shooting from long range and he has tremendous vision.

This dreadful player Xhaka is immobile, cumbersome, doesn't read danger and those are huge liabilities, True he has a hard shot and when we are on top he can find a long pass.

Bosco lost any legitimate shot at a mythical national championship in the third week of the season when it lost 35 - 20 to Bishop Gorman - Las Vegas in Long Beach.

that's why i don't mind sometimes when a player takes a bad shot as long as he's learning from it.

Finally, and to reiterate an earlier point, the way forward for this club is to stop paying below average bench players so much money and to focus the bulk of the weekly wages on establishing a dominant starting 11... this will require the club to eat some wages in order to ship some players out, get rid of any deadwood over the age of 21, develop a cutting edge scouting service and put your money where your mouth is for once... I would much rather have a starting 11 that was world - class and give some reasonably paid young blue - chippers playing time when injuries occur than have 2 or 3 world class players surrounded by a plethora of overpaid and underwhelming players... management would no longer be able to sell their half - baked plans to the fans under the guise of «winning now», which any intelligent fan knows is a crap - shoot at best, and instead create a a squad that provides hope for the present and the future... this is exactly the model that has been used by Barcelona, Real & Bayern, so it should be good enough for us... by the way, until Messi & Ronaldo re-signed just recently all 3 clubs weekly wages were on par with ours... think about that for a second or two

I agree when I see one shot on goal against us and them playing the entire team behind the ball, our CB's should be able to handle that and Cech should be able to come out easily for long balls.

There are three keys to making solid contact when the ball is above your feet, whether you're facing a little chip or a longer shot with an iron or a wood: 1) Swing with your shoulders — not your arms — making sure to keep the shoulders level from start to finish, 2) maintain firm wrists and 3) aim well right of the target, because you'll probably pull the ball.

35 plus miki is ok and still that's hoping we get the dortmund miki which is a long shot mou has sapped the life out of him, so not on the edge of my seat when it comes to transfers in but will give the guy a chance.

If Xhaka can prove he can play in the left side of the Centre - Mid three, he too has those long range shots he announced himself with to the EPL with when he arrived.

Why go forward at every chance when you can pass and shoot with a long range accuracy such as he.

He is a strong, good - natured, long - hitting, bareheaded 27 - year - old from New Albany, Ind. who usually manages to grin even when a shot goes wrong.

Against Spuds the nearest we got was when Calum tried the long range shot, just an inch away...

Qualities: Giroud - Hold up (but not against top defenders Tery, Cahil, etc), short pass, hard working, team player, defensive duties (set - pieces), injuries Benteke - Hold up, short pass, better dribbler, long shots, finishing, positioning, defensive duties (set - pieces), can play with his back to the goal and also drop deep and face the goal when marked weakness: Giroud - very slow, easily marked, poor finishing (not wc finisher), technique Benteke - injuries, not a hard worker If you look the stats for the since 2012/2013, they have almost similar records except that Benteke scored like total of 19 goals (correct me if I'm wrong) in his 1st season and also have a decent record against top teams, keep in mind he plays for AstonVilla not Arsenal where you get much more chances and better players around.

Bale missed his fourth chance of the game not long after the break when he was presented with an easy opportunity from eight yards out, but he shot straight at Rulli.

Caleb Sturgis was out to take a shot at the long field goal when the Patriots blocked it and then scooped it up and took it 62 yards to the end zone.

So long, in fact, that when he broke out his driver during a Wednesday practice session for the PGA Championship he proceeded to break through the virtual barrier separating the Quail Hollow driving range from the rest of the world — which of course went berserk after Golf Channel cameras captured the two - time PGA champ blasting shots into the stratosphere.

Holds the ball for too long, doesn't stay in position, and shoots when they're better placed players.

Xhaka, who I like, or at least I like the Xhaka who plays for the Swiss national squad, has shown to be in way over his head in the premiership... of course he showed late in the year that he can stretch the field with the long ball but our squad isn't really set - up for that style of play... most of his long passes are in the air not on the ground and our squad without Giroud, which should have been sold the minute the transfer window officially opened, is one of the smallest in England... we need someone who can pick out the runs of our forwards in the lanes and who is fast enough to come forward into space without conceding his defensive responsibilities... we rarely see him shoot or even be in a position on the field to do so, we rarely, if ever, see him used for set pieces and it appears that the only person at the club who has ever coached him up when it comes to tackling is Coq, which explains his atrocious disciplinary record... maybe it's me but didn't you see him coming in and contributing more from an offensive perspective, with his killer left foot, than a deep - lying midfielder... if that wasn't the case we are the stupidest team alive for taking him over Kante

So when Charles Leclerc joined the team, poor Pascal was left with only a long shot at Williams, which obviously didn't materialise.

But we did not relax and were always quick to make sure that Brighton did not get a way back into the game, although a mistake by Koscielny at the back when he dwelt too long on the ball did give them a chance to worry Szczesny but the shot was blazed over the bar.

@almostawinner I totally agree with you we are good at creating chances we reach very good positions but giroud is less than average he won't even play at some mid-tables teams beleive me he can't dribble he rarely take long ranged shots he is not the best at movement I don't understand what do arsene wenger see in him to rely on him as our first choice We were going to get a striker three years ago (higuain) but the deal failed in the last second because wenger prefered to get ozil so what did giroud do to prove that he deserves his position can anybody tell me I really get mad when some arsenal fans tell that he is a good player because he is not!!

When opponents parked the bass try long range shots sometimes help coz many times it got deflected and unlock Pandora box.