Sentences with phrase «against big drops»

The second is the broad array of businesses that cushions Bechtel against big drops in one or two sectors, such as the recent declines in mining and oil.

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The price of oil dropped Tuesday after a big jump a day earlier over jitters that Russia's military advance into Ukraine could result in economic sanctions against one of the world's major energy suppliers.

NEW YORK, Dec 29 - The dollar fell to its lowest in over three months against a basket of major currencies on Friday, on track for its biggest annual drop since 2003, on doubts over durability of a pickup in U.S. economic growth in wake of last week's tax overhaul.

The biggest decline was, however, seen against the Canadian dollar, with the pair settling at 1.2901 on Wednesday, a drop of close to 1.5 percent for the session.

Thanks to largely American military efforts, they were able to bring in oral rehydration salts to add to clean water dropped by air... they immunized every child under 5 yrs against measles, which is the biggest killer in these circu.mstances.

We've dropped a few points, but this is a great chance to go and win against a big team and get our season up and running.»

I would rather have us win the so called lessee teams home and away and drop a few points against the bigger boys.

If as everyone says Ozil doesn't turn up against the big sides, then maybe Arsenal should either drop him completely for those games or rest him him for 2 or 3 games before hand so he has no excuse for being tired.

So we all wanted him dropped most of the times against big teams.

For donkeys years now we have done the approximately same things: 1) We have a poor start 2) We pick up in September and we all think we are going to have a good year 3) Once the weather gets cold we lose games against all sorts and drop like a stone 4) Towards the end of March when the weather gets better we start winning again and we qualify for the Champions League (apart from last year) I have a feeling it will be broadly the same this year except Spuds and Liverpool are better for the last couple of years that they used to be and none of the big money three look vulnerable so we won't finish above them..

we still have 35 more games to go and obviously other teams will definately drop points and Arsenal needs to make sure they win their big games against the top teams.

As the Big 12 season progressed, and the scouting report on Baylor became widespread, the Bears went 8 - 6, dropping all four games against Missouri and Kansas, the only two teams in the conference with even comparable talent.

According to the Daily Express, the Mourinho and Pogba row rumbles on as the 24 - year - old feels victimised by his manager, who is weighing up dropping him yet again for this Sunday's big game against the Blues at Old Trafford.

After being dropped for Manchester City's game against Leicester City in midweek, club captain Vincent Kompany is the latest big name to find himself benched for poor form, following two awful performances against Barcelona and Liverpool.

And they did drop points against Man United and Aston Villa but we did not punish them and now all their big players are back.

If only wenger c2nue to drop ozil in big games and use him against smaller teams.

I have a thought on this, the EPL is the most competitive league in the world but the top teams in the league which are Chelsea, Man City, Arsenal, Man United, Liverpool have all dropped their levels which is why none of them can compete in the champions league against the likes of Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern or Atletico, as great an advert it is that Leicester won but it's a serious indictment on the big teams that they won!

It was reported Elneney turned down the opportunity to sign for Leicester before the season started as he did not wish to drop a level and was in love with Arsenal Football Club.We should be proud the club is held is held in such high esteem but the player and if he wishes to sign to be a squad player I absolutely welcome this contract extension.However Elneny is very basic in his overall displays.You have to ask if he has the ability to affect games, most especially against the clubs that are regarded as bigger than us (albeit at the moment.

This was a team that would post consecutive big wins against the contending Orlando Magic and then drop two straight to the Detroit Pistons.

Not sure man utd will qualify... apart from the big guns... some games re always tricky... tony pulis westbrom nd alan pardew crystal palace... and man city don't even need to play against big team to drop points.

Perhaps the biggest revelation, however, in a jaw - dropping night in Columbus was how well the Sooners» D played against Urban Meyer's offense on the way to the Buckeyes» worst home loss since 1999.

While he is playing at the moment he was unceremoniously dropped by Guardiola as soon as Jesus Gabriel arrived with the manager criticizing Aguero's performances against the big teams.

So I can understand why the pundit and former Arsenal striker Charlie Nicholas is looking at the way the Gunners got that point against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge and suggesting in a Sky Sports report that Arsene Wenger drops the club's two big name stars Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil, because they were absent from that game as well and it seemed to work out pretty well for us.

Spurs have found the net 24 times in 14 Premier League outings so far this term, and while they have often impressed in offensive areas, they have dropped points against the likes of Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United after missing big chances.

They can say that the bigger clubs will drop points against each other, so it will be more open than ever but also more interesting.

A win over the Hurricanes would be nice, but the showdown against the Gators isn't looking as big since Will Muschamp's team has already dropped three games.

Saying Ozil has been poor for us is an understatement, in fact he has been very woeful for the past 10 matches and I totally agree with you that we have been playing 10 against 11 all these while, he just can't fight for the ball or his life and whenever he doesn't play very well, he puts the whole team in big danger and i still don't know why Araene can drop him for at least 2 matches and play Iwobi in his position

Alexis» stats show a distinct drop in form since his two goals against Stoke back in January and it would be very prudent of Wenger to give him an enforced rest ahead of the big games on the horizon.

We have to get out of that funk as we can't afford to drop more points aside from the Chelsea game we have failed to win games with authority against big teams.

The more points they drop against small teams early on, they'll have to make up against the big teams later on.

His record in recent games against Chelsea is actually pretty good as well, so why on earth would Wenger drop one of Arsenal's best players for this big game, just because of some mistaken ideas about Ozil coming from the so - called football experts?

However, that just did nt come to be and with the L on Sunday they dropped down to 5th after getting passed by a couple of teams... Team Mordini pulled out a big W against Team Watts (Vertutti's) on Sunday behind Captain Max «Moon» Mordini who accounted for 5 scores.

Back in Week 5, Nikko dropped 25 big points against Team Knox.

We know Theo isn't the big strong CF that can bully oppositions defenses, he didn't do that against Chelsea... He used his athleticism to move around and drag / pull players out of pos, dropping deep and getting forward quick was hard for Chelsea as well.

Despite their miraculous campaign so far, I still feel like City and sadly — Spurs look like the biggest title threat so far, and I'm hopeful that the Mahrez - Vardy party will continue for two more rounds, because our own inconsistency means we must hope that others will also drop points against the lesser sides.

As a fan, it was thrilling to watch Liverpool come good during essentially every big game this season, but the struggles against the rest of the league — 17 wins, five draws, six losses — nearly dropped them out of the Champions League places.

It gave West Ham their biggest win of the season and effectively sealed Chelsea as title winners, unless the Blues find some way to drop 4 points in four games against relatively easy opposition Continue reading →

Two of United's biggest signings of his time in charge, Alexis Sanchez and Paul Pogba, were dropped and not even introduced as substitutes against Brighton.

«I will explain that later, one time,» the Arsenal manager said with a big smile, when asked if the «stunning» decision to drop Alexis Sanchez against Liverpool on Saturday was made for the overall good of the team.

A somewhat anticipated defeat at home to Chelsea this weekend would almost definitely see the team drop down into the relegation zone for the first time this season, but Rovers raised their game against the» big boys» at Ewood Park last term, Chelsea included, so who's to say Blackburn won't give the current league leaders a bitter taste of Deja Vu when the two sides meet on Saturday, with last season's encounter finishing honours even in a 1 - 1 draw.

Like I said in a previous post, winning the big games means little if you follow up those wins by dropping points against the lesser lights.

To quote Shakespeare this is for Barcelona match called «To be or not be», and Xavi, Iniesta, Fabregas, Pedro, are players who still make big difference and they know how to play big games under pressure.This season Barcelona dropped 18 points, 16 away from home, and just two at tome.However even if he know how important this match is for them, as Real Madrid still need to play away matches against Bilbao, and Atletico Madrid, and home ones against Valencia and Sevilla he still continues to play down hopes for the title.

If points are dropped against Bournemouth, it would be far more difficult to do that, so this is a bigger game for Liverpool than perhaps some people realise.

Big Sam drops Rooney to the bench, which is a bit of a surprise given Shrek has scored more goals against us than anyone else.

Last Saturday, Wolves faced their easiest league fixture in nearly a month, taking on Bolton Wanderers at Molineux, and instead of using some of the harsh lessons which were learnt from bitter defeats against some of the» Big Four» in matches where Wolves didn't deserve to drop any points, let alone all three, Wolves went back to their dire, under performing selves.

If — and it's a big if — there does turn out to be a contested leadership battle and if — and it's another big if — John Reid has permanently improved his public image and it doesn't drop straight back down against once the news agenda moves on, then he appears to gone a long way towards positioning himself as the best alternative to Brown.

Thor: Ragnarok dropped us into the middle of the action by pitting Thor against one of the biggest villains from the comics: Surtur, a fire demon from the realm of Muspelheim and the one foretold to bring about Ragnarok.

One of the big cinematic comedy delights from a couple of years ago was the brilliant PITCH PERFECT, a film that revolved around a bunch of drop - out singers going up against it at a big college acapella competition.

It compares your investments against big historical stock market drops and tells you if you have enough saved to survive those levels.

Later, Rudi Taylor drops by to explain why her little Chihuahua Harley won the Emerging Hero Dog category for his big achievements advocating against puppy mills..