Sentences with phrase «to bat away»

They are one more bat away from being front - runners in 2018.

That is no different to previous contracts — he always leaves it late to decide and he always bats away such lines of questioning in the meantime.

You've got whole categories of things you just bat away so your brain isn't cluttered with them.

That's when we're most vigilant, when we're able to bat away distractions and concentrate deeply.

He continued in the same vein, gamely batting away questions about the iPad's dominance.

Ultraviolet Light UV light is not discernible to humans, but many bat species are sensitive to it, so several researchers and companies are studying how to use the light to keep bats away from turbines.

Throws can be batted away with good enough timing.

But Lawrie's true value is that he took at bats away from Carlos Sanchez.

First, they didn't have the time or space to talk; I was batted away like I was making it up or making it worse than it was.

Yet, when she was recently faced with workers fighting for better conditions, rather than listen to their concerns, she simply batted them away.

11:56 - The chamber is filling up as Douglas Alexander gamely bats away questions on international development.

It's a foolish and desperate attack which Cameron easily bats away.

Officials also batted away concern over loss of jobs and tax revenue for Westchester.

Despite therefore batting away interest from the Old Lady, Juventus still reportedly remain interested and now the Gunners may have Manchester City to compete with.

She puts as much oomph as she can into batting away or blasting Storm Troopers by the dozens (they fall as easily as the Indians did in run - of - the - mill old Westerns), but Edwards has given her nothing distinctive to play during all her derring - do, the way Abrams did Daisy Ridley in The Force Awakens, when she seemed to be grabbing her destiny with her own two hands.

Destroying things like tables, desks, and even bookshelves provides you with wooden beams perfect for batting away those pesky shotgunners with some time to spare.

HOW do flies right themselves so swiftly after being batted away in mid-flight?

Gilbreath is happy to help, but his emailed introduction is promptly batted away.

On Wednesday, Mr. Musk batted away an analyst's question about Model 3 orders.

Conant batted away any political speculation around the details of Rubio's faith journey, saying, «I'll leave the political analysis to the folks who do that.»

Palace were the more dangerous side for the rest of the half and were unlucky not to score on one of the two shots that were expertly batted away by Simon Mignolet.

Reading gaffer Steve Coppell is frantically batting away persistent interest in Stephen Hunt and Nicky Shorey from Everton and Sunderland.

For UCF tight end Jordan Akins, such a moment came when Griffin batted away a ball headed his way during practice with his left arm.

Wes danced around Alcindor, overplaying him first on one side, then the other, frequently batting away passes into the post and generally laying a load of weight on Lew's spine.

The three - team pursuit of Berahino was over before it had started as West Bromwich Albion batted away bids from Newcastle United and Stoke City, and Tottenham Hotspur never came to the party.

Swansea, sensing a real opportunity, went for the jugular and former Hammers striker Andre Ayew saw his fierce effort batted away by Adrian.

Wayne Rooney surged past his marker to link - up with Tom Davies, and the final rebound fell to Calvert - Lewin who was well - placed to fire off an effort on the swivel which Jonas Lössl batted away to great effect.

DC United goalkeeper David Ousted batted it away, and Shelton got off another header attempt that went wide.

Brought back into government by Theresa May, he skilfully batted away the scores of Opposition amendments on what was inevitably a sticky wicket, including intervening swiftly with his was - it - or - wasn't - it concession to reduce the number of Tory rebels on a second Brexit vote from up to 20 MPs to just seven.

These aren't election winning promises yet, and Miliband will unveil a lot more in the next 20 months, but he decisively batted away questions about his leadership, the party's future direction and supposed lack of meaty policies.

Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi on Twitter batted away Astorino's criticism, comparing him to Triumph, the insult comic dog.

Stefanik, who is up for re-election this year, batted away speculation that Ryan's retirement portends disaster for the GOP in the upcoming midterm elections.

So far Farage has batted away controversy over the party's advertising and dealt swiftly with UKIP affiliates who have been exposed for posting inflammatory and derogatory remarks on social media.

Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins batted away a report on Thursday that Senate Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference would enter into a long - term deal that could deny the mainline conference the majority after 2016.

11:47 - We're currently undergoing the trauma of Theresa Villiers batting away angry questions on Northern Ireland.

Elsewhere in the session Ms May batted away questions on Heathrow expansion, SATs tests, schools funding and the UK's access to the EU's single market after Brexit.

Labour's London Assembly Environment Spokesperson, Leonie Cooper AM, criticised the last Mayor's failure to reduce the number of diesel cars in the capital and said the government were «running out of opportunities to bat away calls for a scrappage scheme».

I'll stick around live blogging it on the basis that we don't know what might end up getting said, although Fox will presumeably bat away comments on his own problems until the statement.

The report comes as David Cameron tries to bat away Labour demands for the resignation of Jeremy Hunt over allegations of bias towards News Corp's bid for BSkyB.

At the time, the IDC indicated that the PAC was equal parts offensive and defensive for growing its ranks and batting away challenges to its current members.

As the incumbent, de Blasio came armed with a strong grasp of the intricacies of city policy and comfortably, if at times condescendingly, batted away Albanese's critiques.

Watson bats away such talk with a wry smile.

He also batted away Ryan's criticism that Donovan hadn't done enough to attack the borough's prescription drug abuse problem.

At a Scottish Police Federation fringe event, Michael Matheson MSP batted away questions about whether he would block the bill in Scotland if he could.

He still beats around Tucson in a five - year - old Toyota pickup, bats away dozens of lucrative offers to endorse various foods and herbal medicines, and last year gave $ 100,000 to the foundation that supports his clinic.

One by one, Edwards continues to bat away objections.

Ascorbic Acid (The shy prodigy) What is it: All the talk of 50 + sunscreens ignores a simple fact: vitamin C (or L - ascorbic acid) is as, if not more, integral to batting away sun - related photo ageing.

One day, they're never off their phone, idly watching television, casually batting away your earnest attempts at conversation.

If nothing else, you'll get the satisfaction of having to bat away throngs of slack - jawed kids when you roll in to the local Cars & Coffee on Saturday morning, instead of having them look at your new Lamborghini with little more than a shrug.