Sentences with phrase «are against low»

He had some very good matches last year, but all of them were against low quality opposition.

Surely i wouldnt be surprise if wenger sign the new contract and board is waiting for the right time to unleash it like a winning pattern of games since after everton match the games are against lower teams.

While their rivals will be taking points off one another, Hibs» last four games are all against lower - half sides — including all of the bottom three.

Granted it was against lower league opposition, the same team which four three days later went on to beat Arsenal in the first - leg of the Carling Cup semi-final, but it was a win which brought a smile to every single player.

Liverpool has hit the speed bump since turn of the year and they only won 1 game in the last 9 matches and that too was against lower league side Plymouth in FA Cup.

Julian Lewis, the shadow defence minister, said he was against lowering the age of consent from 18 to 16 for homosexuals.

If your doctor is against a low - carb approach, you should consider finding another one.

Not exact matches

TORONTO, May 1 - The Canadian dollar fell to a four - week low against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday before paring its decline, as Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz said the outlook for the domestic economy is good despite the overhang of high household debt.

The results are a little more lopsided against the Priv in lower - light conditions.

«At a time when Disney expects a yearly windfall of $ 1.6 billion, Disney is discriminating against 38,000 of some of its lowest paid Cast Members,» said Angie McKinnon, a leader of one of the unions lodging the complaint.

«In other words, how resilient is this project against a low - price world?»

While Air Canada has dabbled in the low - cost market in the past, with brands like Zip and Tango, those were strictly domestic airlines designed to fight back against WestJet's growing popularity.

On Friday, the dollar index was up 4 % from its lows of the year hit on February 16, as traders found it increasingly expensive to bet against the dollar's decline.

Myriad factors, however, conspire against diamond stocks being low - risk investments.

The common currency was 0.6 percent lower against the U.S. dollar at 12:30 p.m. London time Monday as traders worried over an independence vote in Spain.

Instead, it's an example of another very human tendency leaders need to guard against — we often forget to properly appreciate low - drama, super high achievers until after they've left us.

With your back against a wall, lower yourself so your upper legs are parallel with the floor and your knees are bent at a 90 - degree angle.

Karia knows he's selling a commodity and that the giant brands in his client base can be ruthless about pitting suppliers against one another to achieve the lowest possible prices.

«KPCB discriminates against [Ellen Pao] and other women by failing to promote them comparably to men, by compensating them less than men through lower salary, bonus and carried interest, by restricting the number of investments that women are allowed to make as compared to men, by failing to include junior women from meetings and discussions, by failing to provide equivalent sponsorship of women as of men, by failing to include junior women comparably to junior men in the interview process, and by failing to provide opportunities for visibility and success inside and outside the firm for women as compared to men.»

The dollar index, which tracks the U.S. currency against a basket of six major peers, was little changed at 95.693, holding above Friday's 95.384, its lowest since July 5.

But the figures are further illustration of how even an ultra-loose monetary policy from the European Central Bank, which has driven the euro to a 12 - year low against the dollar this year, still hasn't created a self - sustaining recovery in the region.

They're paying the lowest premium in nearly three years to protect against a 10 % decline in Nvidia's stock over the next three months, relative to bets on a 10 % increase, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

One of the most famous corporate boycotts was launched against Nestle in 1977 because of the Swiss food giant's marketing of infant formula in low - income countries - a practice which arguably continues today.

In response to the vote, the British pound had collapsed to a 31 - year low against the US dollar, falling below $ 1.35, while stock futures were collapsing with US futures off more than 3.5 % while London's FTSE 100 down almost 9 %.

The ruble edged lower against the dollar Friday but was well within its recent trading range.

These cost - cutting strategies have now become the plus point for SpaceX to compete against the giants in the industry and for the first time, it is looking possible for the low - cost passenger flights in the space.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions» decision to rescind an Obama - era directive that made enforcing marijuana laws against companies that comply with state laws a «low priority» raised ire in both parties and stoked uncertainty in states where the drug is legal.

Russia's sovereign credit rating was recently downgraded by ratings agency Moody's, while its currency slumped to record lows against the greenback amid ongoing incursions in Ukraine and the risk of harsher sanctions from the West.

European stocks are sliding sharply for the fourth day in a row, and the pound sterling is at a two - month low against the dollar, having now lost 3 % in less than a week.

In Russia, the RTS index was down 3.7 % by lunchtime in Moscow, close to a seven - year low, as the ruble hit a new low against the dollar.

Editor's note: The below is a fictional letter by an imagined banker on how the foreign exchange market looks from London's financial district at the end of a week when the pound slumped to a 31 - year low against the dollar, rounded off by a humiliating «flash crash» of 6 % in overnight trading on Friday.

* The dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of currencies, was little changed at 90.800, lower than 91.076 hit in the previous session, its strongest level since Jan. 12.

«This is a sham lawsuit about a bogus Russian collusion claim filed by a desperate, dysfunctional, and nearly insolvent Democratic Party,» said Brad Parscale, Campaign Manager of Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. «With the Democrats» conspiracy theories against the President's campaign evaporating as quickly as the failing DNC's fundraising, they've sunk to a new low to raise money, especially among small donors who have abandoned them.

Furthermore, the battle against ISIS is a low - cost «economy of force» campaign that includes the explicit goal of «no casualties.»

CVS, for example, began limiting prescriptions to seven days and prioritizing lower - dose drugs, and a number of legal complaints have been leveled against opioid manufacturers, who have been accused of using misleading marketing tactics that may have caused more patients to get hooked on potentially addicting painkillers.

«While the strategic rationale for launching the (low - cost carrier) unit as a defensive move against further penetration by other low - cost leisure carriers such as Sunwing Vacations, Transat and WestJet make sense, we remain skeptical of the magnitude of earnings impact until additional scale is obtained later this decade with additions to the mainline fleet.»

It's also worth noting that while USCIS says it saw a drop in the total number of H - 1B applications this year, it has also warned against filing multiple petitions for a single worker, which could explain the lower number.

When operating in the US, «they're competing against lots of low - level and individual operations that are able to be involved in the exact same business» without needing the same level of sophistication or resources, Shirk said.

Gold fell on Thursday as the European Central Bank's reaffirmation of its ultra-easy policy stance pushed the euro lower against the dollar, although moves were muted before a news conference by ECB chief Mario Draghi.

For example, if the doctor's full rate is $ 200 and the discounted cost is $ 100, the lower price is what would count against any deductible you have to meet.

The euro hit a two - month low against the yen soon after FDP leader Christian Lindner said on Sunday that his party was withdrawing from the talks as the three would - be partners could not find common ground on key issues.

Short selling is a practice in which traders can bet against a company by selling shares they don't own and buying them back at a lower price.

For example, if Jasper is the worst vice president in the company, then all of the directors will benchmark themselves against Jasper and demand promotions as soon as they reach his low level of competency.»

Residents of low - lying areas in densely populated Miami - Dade County were urged to move to higher ground by Wednesday as a precaution against coastal storm surges, three days before Irma was expected to make landfall in Florida.

The euro has already lost nearly 6 % against the dollar since Draghi's October press conference, and is already trading close to the 12 - year low it posted back in March.

Earlier the euro zone common currency had fallen to a session low against the dollar and yen on speculation that some large German banks could be asked to split their investment banking operations, driving European shares lower.

Effectiveness against the season's dominant strain, the H3N2 strain, was lower at about 25 %.

«The rationale behind the law is that the other employees in the company with lower titles will naturally benchmark themselves against the crappiest person at the next level.

So shared Wong's sentiment on apparent ineptitude among Chinese officials, suggesting that the PBoC's decision to fix the yuan lower against the dollar in recent days had given the impression the central would not defend the value of the currency for the time being.

I have nothing against golf, but it is not often that you meet a low handicapper who is eager to put in the kind of hours most new businesses require.