Sentences with phrase «actually hold it against»

That doesn't quite give them a «get out of jail free» card, but unless you're a full - on misanthrope, you can't actually hold it against someone for being polite.

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Unlike Serial, which explored how a suspect's race and religion might have been held against him, The Jinx riveted viewers by exploring the role of privilege and how Durst's high - priced legal defense team could manage to help him evade the most serious criminal charges against him even when, in one case, he'd actually admitted to having dismembered a person's body.

This lack of transparency could actually also be grounds for yet more legal action against Trump, in fact, since it looks very likely that it's a violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to not hold these advisory meetings from business leaders open to the public, though the administration denies any of its actions have contravened this order.

I've heard hundreds of stories from women who were held against their will, married to much older men with mutliple wives and ra - ped day in and day out and it all happens in the US daily and it is actually legal since these sects have the right to do so.

You see it in those Christians who argue that if you don't hold a strong stance against homosexuality, you no longer have any grounds for arguing against pedophilia or other things that actually do victimize and harm others.

Rosen and Darnold held up much better against guys they might actually SEE in the NFL.

Before we became financially buoyant enough to hold on to our players against pressure to sell from other clubs, we were actually a selling club and we lost a lot of our star players due to that.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

The Gunners were held to a 1 - 1 draw against Tottenham at the Emirates on Sunday but the experienced centre - back — who did not actually play — thought that his side should have won all three points.

It is against fa and uefa rules to actually own 2 clubs but is my understanding that as long as you do nt hold more than 10 % of shares in 1 of the clubs its ok....

1996/7 was his first (part season) where he formally took over at (If I can recall correctly) around mid-late October.We had actually started the season fairly well with Pat Rice holding the reins until Wengers contract was up in Japan.And that was following a particularly bad run of pre season results I remember.Anyway you will recall we qualified for the UEFA CUP with a late Bergkamp screamer (oh how I worshipped that player) against Bolton.Were we pleased with this?Absolutely we were.You could see the progression in the team and with talk of more top players arriving we were all very encouraged and dare I say it?

Smith played only one game in 2015 after an infamous sucker punch put his dreams of starting on hold, but he was actually pretty good in that losing effort against Oakland.

After a string of recent performances that have seen the 19 - year - old not just hold his own, but actually deliver man - of - the - match performances against top opposition on the grandest stages, the young full back has earned himself a well - deserved salary bump.

They have done alright on home soil actually having held Atletico Madrid to a draw, beating Malaga and then only losing 1 - 0 against Sevilla.

Krueger said she doesn't hold it against Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson that he backed Epsada, even going so far as to suggest that the Brooklyn lawmaker actually backed the controversial Bronx incumbent «on a personal level.»

I have no doubt that the Conservative Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative Party as well - Labour seats mostly are held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative Party.

Duckworth has proved up to the task of holding a comfortable lead against Kirk, who, despite his campaign's evident struggles, is the kind of socially moderate, anti-Trump Republican who could actually win in blue - state Illinois.

Also note that Jeremy Thorpe's Liberal vote actually fell between the two 1974 elections as his inability to close a coalition deal with either party was held against him by the voters.

These go back as far as 1996 when there is evidence that a young artist called Anna - Karin Bylund contacted the then permanent secretary Sture Allén (confusingly, the permanent secretary actually holds the office for a limited term which varies) with allegations of sexual harassment against Arnault.

Well, my friends, I am happy to announce that these low sugar, protein - packed oatmeal creme pies can actually hold their own against the much beloved originals!

The criticisms against Dr. Campbell's «The China Study» book don't hold up very well, if one has actually read the book.

Marvel's Captain America: The Winter Solider actually couldn't hold its own against a young boy seeing heaven, and dropped two placed to fourth, snagging an additional $ 7.7 million.

In this trailer, we actually see Loki holding it up, but we're not sure if he's offering it to Thanos (who previously employed the Asgardian to lead the Chitauri in an attack on Earth), or if he's perhaps using it against the Mad Titan's forces.

But this is not the stuff of against - all - odds clichés: For instance, there is a crushing (and slightly more awkward than necessary) scene in which an Army recruiter actually talks Ree out of enlisting, instantly dashing her long - held windfall scheme.

«I like to give kids that idea, because then it's not just that it's protecting you against the cold; it's actually holding something that is yours — your heat energy.»

The claim that Text To Speech only presents information without actually teaching doesn't hold up against the research.

To double - check you would need a known straight - edge, like a level or a «square» (which is actually shaped like an L), and hold that up against the axle (s) If you see light between the two then the axles are not 100 % straight.

Kind of like when you're checking if a door in your house is actually latched or just resting against the door jam without the door knob's latch actually holding.

Actually, investments held in your RRSP are no more or less protected or insured against bank defaults or swings in the market than any other kind of investment.

Why do investors offset their annual returns against inflation, when inflation isn't realised until the end of the holding period (when the investor is actually spending the money)?

Given that VEA is denominated in US dollars, but actually reflects a basket of other currencies does that mean that if the US dollar went up by 10 % against the weighted basket of foreign currencies in VEA then the ETF share price should drop by 10 % (assuming no change in the underlying value of the foreign holdings)?

To imagine that an animal would actually hold a grudge against someone who gave it structure, correction, and encouragement is preposterous, unproven, and would result in the animal kingdom being too emotionally delicate to survive.

It's not a point I feel inclined to argue against because it's actually quite right, yet I hold that my own view is correct, too: the Assassin's are a force which may exist within these events and exert a degree of force, but their very nature also means they are never truly a part of these events except in certain circumstances.

- first 30 mins or so can be confusing if you haven't played the demo - Yew Geneolgia is the leader of the Three Cavaliers, who guide the Crystalguard into battle - mission of the Crystalguard is to Protect pope Agnes Oblige from harm at all costs - Agnes is captured by this game's new villain, Kaiser Oblivion - together with Cryst - Fairy Anne, they hatch a plan that becomes more apparent as you move along - one of Yew's longterm partners, Janne, has betrayed everyone and actually works for this newly formed Empire - he killed most of the remaining Crystalguard - Yew finds the final member Nikolai of the Cavaliers before his death and requests of him to simply walk away - Yew is determined to bring Agnes back from the airship she is being held captive on - Yew is young and gets easily scared - Edea Lee from the previous game returns - Magnolia Arch, a Ba'al Buster warrior who claims to come from the moon also appears - between lines of English dialogue, she speaks lines of French as well - there is a long chat between all three characters about how adventuring and camping can be a ton of fun - Party Chat makes its return, and seems a bit more humorous this time - Tiz Arrior will also join your team - some things in Luxendarc have changed since the last game - the world is more united against this common threat - if you beat all enemies in a single turn, it enables the «Bring It On!»

Again, the HD paintjob hasn't made a massive difference in MSG3's graphical quality, but it actually holds up surprisingly well against modern titles.

Apropos of that, Spencer Weart's book is good, but the only thing I hold against him is that he didn't seem to understand what Fourier actually did; I don't think he even read Fourier's paper.

> Victim blaming occurs when the victim (s) of a crime, an accident, or any type of abusive maltreatment are held entirely or partially responsible for the transgressions committed against them (regardless of whether the victim actually had any responsibility for the incident).

There is so - oooo much fuzziness regarding what was actually decided: What constitutes a «closely held» corporation; how is a «sincere» religious belief determined, and by who; who speaks for the convictions of the corporation; and Obamacare aside, what if said religious belief calls for discrimination against blacks, gays and / or women?

Yesterday, the Supreme Court announced that it accepted review of Stoneridge Investment v. Scientific Atlanta, an 8th Circuit decision where the court held that civil liability for damages does not lie against defendants who merely «aid and abet» securities fraud unless those defendants actually made a mistatement.

I have left these same reviews in Yelp, BBB, Frodors, TripAdvisor, FlyTalk and a handful of other sites and wat do you know... contrary to this reviewers paid advertisement, the reviews were overwhelmingly negative and poor (I believe your YELP rating was 1.4 our of 5) and you had well over 500 + complaints formally filed against you at BBB (again, that is the only relevant number or rating on that site that actually holds weight).

While you can purchase your umbrella insurance through the same company that you buy your other insurance policies through, some experts actually advise against this, claiming that it's better to hold insurance with different companies than to have everything through a single carrier.

These gorgeous earrings from TARA Pearls may not actually have any pearls in them, but we won't hold it against them.

Strengthening data protection laws to limit ad targeting would go much further to fix that imbalance — but that's something big publishing companies are actually lobbying against, holding out hope to one day build their own intrusive data empires.

It certainly does face some heat in the competition against Lenovo A6000 and the Yu Yureka, but this phone is far more comfortable to hold, has a very good display quality and the camera is actually better than what we had seen in the A6000.

It's tempting to include every job you've ever held and achievement you've ever attained, but a lengthy resume could actually work against you.

Not only did I not hold it against him — He was actually in a position to charge more because he was part time in each field (or one could argue «full time in both fields»).