Sentences with phrase «attempt at passing»

Tara Weimer's letter on June 22 was a sad attempt at passing the buck.

Subsequently, numerous radical White Papers came to nothing, most recently Nick Clegg's ill - fated bill in 2011, but the House of Lords Reform Act 2014, colloquially referred to as the Norton - Steel - Byles Bill, will see minor reforms introduced on the sixth attempt at passing various incarnations of that bill.

He was close enough to have another attempt at passing, but this time he'd do things differently.

«It's passive aggressive and a very thinly veiled attempt at passing blame for a project that has stalled.»

Why the attempt at a pass for her?

It was a slightly clumsy attempt at a pass (then again, isn't every overtake at Monaco a bit clumsy?)

Ottawa Senators forward Clarke MacArthur was coming down on a two on one with Kyle Turris when Minnesota Wild defenseman Ryan Suter cut off any attempt at a pass across, or so Suter thought.

One screw up with Angel of Darkness and Core Design were condemned to the footnotes of history, but Crystal Dynamics make a whole bunch of mediocre attempts at passing as a Tomb Raider game and they retain the license for years.

The AAMA allows you three attempts at passing the exam.

Under the Council Rules, you are allowed two attempts at passing the examination.

Introduced two days ago, on February 26, 2013, this bill is a revamp of prior unsuccessful attempts at passing legislation to put time deadlines on banks to approve (or disapprove) a proposed short sale offer.

Not exact matches

The 23 - year - old quantitative trader was in the middle of an extracurricular bet — on the web site PredictIt — that Senate Republicans» second attempt at overhauling Obamacare would fall short of the 51 votes needed to pass.

That lead remains safe at least into 2017, after an attempt by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (teva) to release a generic version failed to pass FDA muster earlier this year.

The «tough sell to the public» was made tougher by appearing to give dishonest Wall Street executives a free pass by not, at minimum, loudly filing suits attempting to claw back ill - gotten bonuses.

Wow, I'm not sure where you are from but we do not give out restraining orders against guys who make passes at our wives, nor would we consider that harrassment unless in your warped mind you equate «made a pass» with «attempted r a p e» but then again, that might be how it is in your country.

Twenty years have passed since the first inclusive - language worship resources were published; most North American denominational hymnals or books of worship make some attempt at language revision.

I assume this is an attempt at humor; but it is interesting what passes for a fashionably marketable joke....

Yet the attempts made to nullify the Supreme Court decision even at the cost of eliminating the public schools and passing acts of open defiance in state legislatures, to say nothing of rioting and violence and the nonviolent but intimidating acts of white citizens» councils, indicate how long a road there is yet to travel.

Washington (CNN)-- As President Barack Obama spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, demonstrators outside reignited a simmering debate over the role the breakfast's organizers in an attempt to pass anti-gay legislation in Uganda.

I, at one point, saw Monreal reprimand him for attempting a complicated crossfield ball which ended up far away from its target (Monreal), so in my view, Coquelin should quell his desire for always attempting the difficult pass and keep it simple so the senior players can gain trust in him.

Chelsea at home 29 % possession, 2 attempts on goal, 73 % pass success, 200 passes to United's 600 + and Souness says «that is what good sides do, they find a way to win».

We knew this would be a young unit heading into the season, and opponents have thus far completed 63 percent of their passes at 7.0 yards per attempt, with six touchdowns to one interception.

Iowa State -LRB--9.5) at Baylor: This game features two teams in the top - 25 in pass attempts in the nation.

The Patriots had to like the fact that he threw only 11 interceptions in his two years at NC State despite approaching 400 pass attempts in each season.

Michael Eastwell was attempting to pass James Roe Jr for third place in this Formula Ford 1600 race at Silverstone.

He lost out at the start, looked ragged in his attempts to pass Kevin Magnussen, performed an awesome 360 ° spin, and then failed to make an impression on Fernando Alonso's McLaren in the second half of the race to come home a lowly sixth.

The NFL record for fewest interceptions by a quarterback in a season (with at least 250 passing attempts) is three, shared by David Garrard and Bart Starr.

He has created 6 chances from open play, scoring 1 goal that came against Aston Villa at the Emirates and completing 80 % of his attempted passes.

We also appear not to have made even the slightest passing attempt at getting into the free agency game.

He can be a more dangerous asset there because he can go in any direction: He can release for a pass attempt, he can be a front - side or backside blocker as if he were on the line of scrimmage, and most importantly, he can cross the formation at the snap and either seal the backside or release and be a weapon in the pass game.

(Limited attempts at play - action passing were at least sporadically successful, as well: Rees was 2 - for - 3 for 41 yards but was picked off once and sacked once.)

A player who i was most disappointed with was sanchez, in the first half he made the same silly attempt of a cross at least four times, when monreal overlapped him and xhaka center for a pass, i was very disappointed..

They'd rather wait for the one time it fails so they can bash You blame the manager for being favourist yet a fellow blogger praising a player he previously bashed is called being two faced You kill Ramsey for a blind pass attempting to enter the opposition final third yet you won't blame Sanchez for turning over the ball in a pointless dribble with three free team mates You kill metersacker for deflecting a shot into his own net but won't touch kos for getting out of the way of a shot he could have sufficiency blocked You claim with no substantial proof that arteta, mert, Ramsey, can not lead arsenal anywhere substantial yet they have each at a point been a massive cause for stability and progress when called upon Even after reading this comment, you will ignore the fact that kos was awful until partnerd with mert, our defensive mid with song leaked more goals than the one with arteta and we've struggled to win without him at least until late last season.

Look at those passing yards per attempt numbers.

Last Thursdaynight the Yellow Jackets successfully rolled out their old - fashioned, ground - based attack — «the perfect option,» as Johnson calls it — in a41 — 14 drubbing of Division I - AA Jacksonville State at Bobby Dodd Stadium.After opening with a long pass that fell incomplete (one of only 15 attempts byGeorgia Tech), the Jackets ran the ball 46 times for 349 yards and sixtouchdowns.

Fernando Alonso attempts to pass his Rookie Orientation Practice programme at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

After losing a place to Kevin Magnussen at the first corner he looked ragged in his attempts to try and pass the Dane, eventually spinning at the first corner and dropping down a few positions.

Alabama's offense has adapted itself, playing at a top - 40 tempo and attempting run - pass balance on standard downs.

He is absolutely atrocious, Granit Xhaka is slow and can not pass and elneny looks like a really poor attempt at replacing Coquelin.

He would also be taken off the field on clear passing downs, so the «attempts» at impacting the QB will be much lower than Irving et al..

In 2011, Keenum is completing 74 percent of his passes at a ridiculous 10.5 yards per attempt.

I would love to see him lead an offense, and attempt at least 250 passes over the course of his one year as a starter

His 34 - 9 TD - INT ratio was also a career best, on his way to 3,705 yards passing at 8.52 yards per attempt.

He'd be an excellent winger — If he could pass / cross to a high standard — Could maneuver in and around players bringing the ball with him (he can rarely change direction without knocking the ball straight ahead)-- Had a deft first touch in general — Made attempts to win the ball at all - times he's best positioned to do so.

He could have attempted to get into games a bit more, on average 10 passes per game is kinda low when you look at Alexis who has over 40 passes per game.

My goal was to begin compiling «percentage returning» data for every level of an offense and defense — passing yards / attempts / completions, rushing attempts / yards, receiving targets / receptions / yards, offensive line starts (because that's all we have), and tackles / TFLs / pass breakups at each level of the defense.

but I think Koscielny should get at least a 7, he was blocking every single threat coming our way, he wasn't at fault for Rooney's attempt, Holding's pass was aimed for Cech that's why Koscielny was just watching the ball until he discovered Rooney will get to it first..

Since that breakthrough season, he's begun to dribble too long, attempt long passes that never reach their target, and stray too high at times.

Alonso is attempting to pass the Rookie Orientation Practice programme at Indianapolis today as the Spaniard drives an IndyCar and races on an oval for the first time.

During the 2017 season, 30 quarterbacks attempted 50 or more passes at least 15 yards down the field.