Sentences with phrase «backed out of the contest»

Not exact matches

A lawsuit later revealed that Yahoo had backed out of a contract to offer a similar contest.

Back in the day, Chelsea and Barcelona played out some fiercely competitive contests, but now lack the same kind of warriors in their squad.

The pair has won six times in his last 22 PGA Tour events dating back to Bay Hill in 2012, including four out of seven contests this season — the earliest he has ever won four events in a campaign.

Members of the U.S. Solheim Cup team, favored to retain the Solheim Cup on home turf in Des Moines, put a stunning and disappointing first morning behind them and came out swinging, putting, and roaring back to capture all four afternoon matches and go three points up in the contest, 5.2 - 2.5, over the visiting Europeans.

With the line remaining static for this contest, nearly seven out of ten spread bets remain committed to the upstart 49ers bouncing back in a big way after their tough Thanksgiving Day loss to Baltimore.

People kept harking back to the 1985 game, in which Miami wiped out Notre Dame 58 - 7, a contest Irish fans said branded Johnson with the mortal sin of running up the score.

He would come back to the BTCC to contest three rounds in 1998 and it was again at Donington in which he was a key protagonist in a chaotic race in which, after coming through the pack, he led until the final corner, out - braked himself and handed victory to the pursuing Vauxhall of John Cleland.

The rather flat dynamic of the contest certainly helped Wayne Rooney as he attempted to get his long - heralded transition into a deeper - lying role in midfield back on track following a lengthy stay out on the sidelines through injury.

Hardly the prettiest of selections, however, I genuinely wouldn't feel comfortable backing either party to come out on top in a wide - open contest which could be absolutely anything.

After failing to registering a win in their first four games of the season, both Norwich and Sunderland managed to do just that at the fifth time of asking − last time out − meaning we should be in for a cracking little contest between two invigorated teams relieved to have finally lifted respective monkeys off their backs.

Together they played out a well - contested match that was won in fitting United fashion with a last - gasp finishing strike by Varela in the dying seconds of the game after Spurs had pulled the scoreline back after the hosts ran up an early lead through a midfield thunderbolt from Love and a predatory finish from Pereira.

In what wasn't the best of contests, Stoke managed to grind out a hard fought and, at times, fortunate victory, and the three points has lifted them straight back into the top ten.

Brazilian wing - back Alves's 25 - yard strike followed Mario Mandzukic's opener for the treble - chasing Italian champions as any semblance of a contest was snuffed out by half - time.

Mark Hughes» QPR (4/1 BetVictor) go to Aston Villa (17/20 WilliamHill) with both sides searching for back - to - back Premier League wins; a Newcastle (7/4 Bet365) side thumped 5 - 2 at Fulham last time out in the league pay relegation favourites Blackburn (13/8 StanJames) a visit at Ewood Park; the previously mentioned Fulham (10/11 WilliamHill) entertain Roy Hodgson's inconsistent Baggies (15/4 bWin), while a cracking contest could be in store at the Stadium of Light as Martin O'Neill's invigorated Black Cats (17/20 WilliamHill) host Paul Lambert's high - flying Canaries (15/4 BetVictor).

The second period petered out into a contest which Pochettino's outfit would manage sufficiently without giving the home side any hope of mounting a come - back.

Five defeats in their last eight league contests is evidence of this, although there were brief signs of a recovery when the Baggies notched up back - to - back wins over Everton (1 - 4) and Newcastle (3 - 1), although the renaissance period didn't last long, as they were beaten by local rivals Aston Villa 2 - 1 last time out at Villa Park.

The other person in the contest, tea party candidate Jack Davis, a conservative Democrat, has backed out of the debate, and says both Corwin and Hochul are lying about his record.

According to this reader, the questions compared Weiner and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who pretty much bigfooted the field when he dropped from the mayor's race into the comptroller contest back in November, pushing out two term - limited NYC Council members — Domenic Recchia, of Brooklyn, and Dan Garodnick, of Manhattan — in the process.

Announcing her decision to pull out of the contest, Mrs Leadsom — who was a leading light of the Brexit campaign — said a nine - week leadership campaign at such a «critical time» for the UK would be «highly undesirable» — and she gave her backing to Mrs May.

Citywide, UFT - backed candidates claimed victory in 13 out of the 16 contested Council races where the union made an endorsement.

Labour's leadership core consists of Corbyn and McDonnell with Watson as the formal back - up, the leadership contest in 2016 was an all - male shoot - out after Angela Eagle stood aside, there were no female candidates for any of the city - region Mayoralties in 2017 and, as Tories love to point out, they've had two female PMs to Labour's zero.

Former leadership rival Angela Eagle, who pulled out of the contest, was among the 162 MPs who backed the former shadow work and pensions secretary.

Mr. Wright pulled out of the backroom contest, allowing Mr. Heastie to consolidate support, on the condition that Mr. Heastie back his congressional bid in 2016, sources say.

Theresa May is taking a commanding lead in the Tory leadership contest, with the home secretary thought to be able to count on the backing of six out of 10 Conservative MPs.

The party's former deputy leader called on men to go further than sitting out of the contest and to actively back women for the top job.

Gove, backed by education secretary Nicky Morgan, has been knocked out of the leadership contest after persuading just 46 MPs to support his bid.

Climb out of Chevy Impala, stand back to look at it, and you'll see that it's no contest.

that moves doors back and forth cont changing window lift mortors back wiper motor went out 4 yrs ago, yet I love this van so much I work out of her everyday and don't let anyone else drive it.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Chuck Lowery, a Democrat, won the highly contested seat, and although he didn't make it the central issue of his candidacy, he did put out a 60 - second campaign piece after the candidates» forum back in September contrasting his position on «Missouri puppy mills» with that of Felien.

Moving away from the actual Pokemon battle part of the game, journeying back to Hoenn also means the return of one of the best aspects to come out of the original Ruby and Sapphire, Pokemon Contests.

Steve set out to create a new and revolutionary way to contest a traffic ticket by enabling the masses of people receiving tickets and empowering them with the ability to fight back.

Even if mediation or discussions out of court result in a mutual agreement on the issue, either spouse may change the proceeding back into a contested divorce with a new disagreement, for example, by disagreeing about spousal support.