Sentences with phrase «up the ante at»

Laura Robson and Heather Watson both lost out in their grass - court season openers at the Nottingham Open, while Chris Froome upped the ante at the Critérium du Dauphiné.

At the weekend, Peter Mandelson upped the ante at the Progress conference, calling the trend «absolutely disgraceful»:

Cover - ups have been trending for the past few seasons, but designers upped the ante at Spring 2018 Bridal Fashion Week with high - impact accessories.

Innex Inc., the company behind these console, upped the ante at CES 2014 by adding one more playable gaming platform to its machine.

Up the ante at Christmas by threading tartan ribbon between crimson Christmas berries and wooded conifer cones to make the display extra special.

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This year the Bank of Montreal upped the ante by offering five - year mortgages at an interest rate of 2.99 % — leading some to wonder whether its risk management department had been ravaged by bovine spongiform encephalopathy.

Mr Abe has upped the ante by visiting Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine — the burial place of war - time leader Tojo — in a gesture aimed at Beijing.

This emerging trend ups the ante» for companies today to begin looking seriously at their social engagement capabilities.

The presence of the dead at their funerals ups the existential, emotional and spiritual ante in a way that virtual or symbolic memorials fail to do.

Bingo at Pechanga takes this old - fashioned game and raises the ante with modern facilities and space for up to 700 guests!

Classic narcissist at work — if no one is listening then up the ante by increasing the absurdity levels.

We even upped the ante and played for 20, then 30, then 50 caps at a time, and still neither of us could win the necessary three times in a row.

Wenger, the head man at Arsenal known for his shrewdness as well as being tight with the purse strings, needs to up the ante this summer with the likes of Ray Parlour commenting that the Gunners need to sign «three of four» quality players.

It was a hard decision to make, but it was better to make it in high school than to stretch out the drama, up the ante on the tension, or in the worst case scenario: to burn out and to lose my passion for learning at a school where I really didn't belong.

But if you thought there was no way to top the tradition of seeing the holiday classic, the JW Marriott Chicago ups the ante with its «Night at the Nutcracker Ballet» package.

«If you're inconsistent, the baby learns to hold out — she'll just up the ante and cry twice as long tomorrow night,» says Deborah Givan, M.D., director of the Children's Sleep Disorders Center at Riley Hospital for Children, in Indianapolis.

He then upped the ante by warning: «What you won't get with me is some lunatic at the top of the Labour Party.»

Paladino and Levy's champion, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox, have been battling back and forth over whether Paladino will get a chance to speak at the convention, with the candidate upping the ante yesterday by releasing a video in which Randy Credico did his President Nixon impression to criticize the chairman.

At the weekend they upped the ante with Alan Partridge's alter ego not only starring in an ad, but also hitting the campaign trail in a number of marginal seats with Labour MP Tom Watson.

North upped the ante even further on May 9, in an interview with the Washington Times, claiming that the young survivors of the February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida — many of whom have since become leading voices in the gun control debate — and others like them were «civil terrorists.»

Cuomo's visit — at the request of tenant activists — upped the ante in the tug - of - war with City Hall and NYCHA over accelerating needed repairs.

«This report ups the ante on the pace at which these cases need to be identified and treated,» says Peter Small, a TB researcher at the Stanford Medical Center in California.

Last month, at a Washington, D.C., meeting organized by the Smithsonian Initiative on Biodiversity Genomics and the Shenzhen, China — based sequencing powerhouse BGI, a small group of researchers upped the ante even more, announcing their intent to, eventually, sequence «all life on Earth.»

Interval training provides the most long lasting benefits, so try mixing up your training into high - intensity segments where you do the chosen activity at maximum effort (for example, running, swimming, cycling or stair climbing) followed by a period where you back off, reduce intensity and catch your breath before upping the ante again.

You can also add more vegetables to your food when you cook at home, which ups the nutritional ante more.

Simple Micellar Water is an editor favorite at InStyle, but the brand really upped the ante in terms of repair with a formula that still gently removes dirt and oil with micelles, but also repairs dehydrated, and therefore potentially rough and tired - looking, skin with minerals and plant extracts.

You had me at sweatshirt + stripes, then upped the ante with your cute tie sleeves!

Burberry's new ad campaign for Fall 2012 features British actress Gabriella Wilde and British musician Roo Panes photographed by Mario Testino, and though the brand has upped the ante by creating a beautiful cinematic feel at the Royal Naval College in Greenwich London, the images are falling flat in the forums.

It's those people the company is betting will ante up at least a one - month membership fee.

At the other end of the spectrum I'm seeing a significant trend towards paid dating sites trying to up the ante with regard to service levels and fees.

By the time Louis winds up at a forced labor camp, also run by The Bird, the film feels like it's just spinning its wheels and upping the ante of his mental and physical suffering until the eventual Allied victory.

Director Jean Becker ups the ante for Adjani, who sweats profusely while she dances at the local «Bing Bong» party, ambles throughout a small French town in frilly dresses, and strips nude in this noirish thriller, in such a way that makes local lad Pin - Pon (Alain Souchon) simply lose his shit.

Last year I did my first film marathon The Yule Tide Marathon and here I am trying to repeat that while at the same time upping the ante.

But this beautiful intense break of sorts from the chatter, Costa pouding at the piano, ups the romantic ante just before the downward «turn back, girl!

Now that the console version of Skylanders has finally caught up with the portable one in terms of jumping, the 3DS version of Skylanders: Swap Force ups the ante, letting players load all of their toys into the game at once.

Last time around they had just a Nintendo DS to contend with, but now that every phone under the sun can at least play Angry Birds Sony will have to up the ante if they want to stay relevant.

They know it's not going to change lives, and they know that everyone knows what's going to happen at all times, so they up the ante by filling every moment on screen with an irresistible energy.

We could squabble that Deadpool has been firing shots at these related duds since the initial film's trailer debut, but actually diving into footage from Wolverine: Origins upped the ante.

In terms of graphical fidelity and overall presentation, the development team over at THQ has upped the ante here as well.

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«This case is upping the ante by making the case that education is a fundamental right in the U.S. Constitution,» Preston Green III, a professor of urban education and law at the University of Connecticut's Neag School of Education, said during an interview.

At the New York auto show, Mercedes - AMG is upping the ante on its C - Class Cabriolet with a new C63 version that promises as much as 186 mph of hair - rustling fun.

Sport ups the ante, calls for quicker reflexes and more attention, occasionally requiring a flick at the wheel or brief lift off.

Buying a 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat from your local dealership will cost $ 60,990 after destination, but one bidder at the Barrett - Jackson Las Vegas auction anted up $ 825,000 for the very first production model, which bears a VIN ending in «0001.»

The SX Turbo, which gets larger brakes and firmer damping, ups the ante to $ 33,395, and its 2.0 - liter engine is rated at 240 hp with FWD and 237 hp with AWD (a $ 1,500 option on all trim levels).

And to take a crack at upping the ante, Mini has officially announced to be offering a new range of systems in future models part of their Mini Connected in - car technology campaign.

Set to be manufactured at the same German plant as its predecessors, this will also be the first RS model to be sold around the world, including the U.S. With a Mustang - sourced, 2.3 - liter, EcoBoost engine that has been engineered to deliver in excess of 300 horsepower, the all - new Focus RS seems to really up the ante for Ford in the performance - hatch category.

They also work much better than all - season tires at stopping and turning and if you want all four of your tires to do those things, then you better ante up and get four tires.

Although the detuned R8 V10 starts at $ 162,900, my test V10 Plus ups the ante to $ 189,900.

Volkswagen ups the ante with 140kW at 4000rpm and 400Nm between 1750 and 3000rpm.