Sentences with phrase «battles than they win»

Not exact matches

And FC Barcelona fights not only to win league titles — it has won Spain's La Liga two dozen times and many European championships — but also to maintain its unique culture within Spain's semiautonomous region of Catalonia, which has battled for its separate rights from Madrid for more than a century.

If can figure out the niche correctly, then more than half the battle is won because from there you can create your customer base and expand your business.

So, memo to Neil Young: when you attempt to bring the world a better quality of media experience, know that you're battling against more than a century of business experience that shows the best - quality formats seldom, if ever, win out in the mass market.

So far, at least, Spotify has been winning that battle with more than 157 million active users and 71 million subscribers.

(Bloomberg)-- An investment fund that's seeking a payout from the Cuban government on more than $ 1.3 billion in defaulted debt and back interest has hired the lawyer who won a settlement for hedge funds in a long - running legal battle against Argentina.

July 9, 2015 at 1 pm ET / 10 am PST The role of the CMO is more complex than ever before, and the battle to win over the customer can appear daunting.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told the PLA to prepare to «fight and win» battles, and the Pentagon said the slogan is an indication Chinese leaders are concerned the military, which has not fought a war in more than 30 years, may not fare well in modern combat.

The company said in February it was losing more than $ 1 billion a year in China's red - hot ride hailing market, where it is battling large local incumbents to win customers.

That was settled earlier this month when the government agreed to pay him compensation — reportedly $ 10.5 million — rather than pursue what officials said would have been a costly court battle that the government had no hope of winning.

The main man in this regard was Mr. Paul Boothe, an unassuming, consummate federal civil servant who proved in the heat of battle that he could negotiate with the best of them. If only all our public officials were as determined and skilful in their efforts to pro-actively win real investment and real opportunities for our industries. The St. Catharines announcement is in large part the fruition of the efforts by Boothe (and all the other stakeholders in last year's rescue, including the provincial government and the CAW) to negotiate a package that was much more than a bailout. Rather, it was a recipe for a reaffirmed Canadian presence by these two lynchpin manufacturers (GM and Chrysler).

Other than that, Republicans can merely sit and wait; they win this battle on spending levels if no other bills pass.

How challenging it is to even want to pray for one's enemies rather than strike a win for justice in the battle of the moment.

I fought, and at last I began to win more battles than I lost.

In other words, 46 % are dumber than a post, 32 % have a shot at someday grasping reality, and 15 % are fighting a battle of ignorance that can never be won.

«It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles,» the Buddha said.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Yes, but rather than win a battle I want to win the war.

-- Liverpool has just won away to Stoke, Chelsea battled better than us with 10 men yesterday, Utd has started winning ugly even when they don't perform.

The 30 - year - old came out on top in two vital areas of being a right - back as his passing success percentage (83) and aerial battles won (1.6)[via WhoScored] were better than that of the England international, who scored (78.5 %) and (0.4)[via WhoScored] respectively.

One of the main reasons why Arsenal are expected to win the battle for his signature (other than the wages on offer) is that Goretzka would be reunited with Saed Kolasinac, who was playing alongside him at Schalke before the Bosnian international moved to Arsenal on a free last summer, and the fact that his international team - mate Shkrodan Mustafi is also in the starting line - up for the Gunners.

The game was won, though, in the turnover battle, where Philadelphia picked up nine more takeaways than Boston, which helped them take 18 more shots as a team and overcome their lackluster shooting percentage.

Chicago took the lead on two separate occasions, had more shots than Phoenix and won the faceoff battle, but let their opponents back into the game twice on their home ice.

The Volunteers own neutral court wins over Purdue and NC State that look even better now than they did at the time, and they played a highly competitive contest against top - ranked Villanova in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game.

The trophy win would prove to be a bigger achievement than in previous years, given the vast strength remaining in the competition, with Manchester City, Manchester United, Tottenham and Chelsea remaining all battling to left the trophy.

you're battling Leicester and Spurs rather than Man City and Chelsea and he still can't win the EPL.

Joel Campbell is good but arsenal fans never cease to amaze me.They never make up their mind they wait for the player to have a dip in form and then insult and criticize him and say childish things.Then when he does well they pretend like they were always in support of him.I remember always saying here first that Szczesny is a better goalkeeper than Ospina.I also proudly defended Szczesny everytime they aimed at him.How i wish he started at Chelsea or any other team and i bet you he would not be this error prone.I know forever he will always be better than Ospina and that is a fact not even an opinion.For Campbell vs Ox its there for everyone to see Ox would eventually win the battle come one day.But injuries have made him so unlucky.He should go to Chelsea where he would be better taken care of and would make people eat their words.

I hope he brings Bellerin and Gibbs back if they are fit.People seem to forget how consistent Gibbs has been over the past years.Injuries have halted his abilities a lot.When he was young i thought he was gonna be world class.Monreal inform ai nt better than Gibbs inform.Debuchy has not won the battle yet to start at right back hence he should come back.Gabriel should have started over Per from day one but for language barrier.Also Ramsey Cazorla and Ozil should not be playing in the same team.

It seems a bit more than a coincidence that Crooks has just gone with the two players that scored against Huddersfield, but it was a vital win for the Eagles in the battle at the bottom of the Premier League table and so perhaps it can't be argued too much.

@RSH what I was trying to say is that it takes more than world class players to win you the league.In many instances the mentality factor far outweighs the quality when the team is playing on the Wenger.With Wenger I don't see us having a strong mentality.We might have even lost the battle before it is fought.Trust me there's a higher chance w» ell not win the EPL if even Wenger made all the right signings.You know why?It's not because of the so called quality of other teams but we will be the cause of our own downfall this season again.

Alabama is still better, but the Bulldogs are peaking and could give the Tide a much stiffer battle (with a one - in - three shot of winning) than some might think.

In fact, the Czech Republic international has won one more EPL title than our manager and he has also been involved in some very tight battles at the top.

Raikkonen is the only driver from the current top three teams that didn't win a race in 2017, where he usually found himself in battles with the Red Bull drivers more often than fighting Hamilton and Vettel for victories.

I miss us winning the battles on the pitch rather than fancy, inefficient over playing of football with too much focus on being nice pros..

Bolton sit in 17th spot after a run of decent form, three wins in their last five Premier League fixtures, but the Trotters still find themselves in a relegation battle and have conceded more goals than any other side in the division, 47 in 22 matches, so could do with all the help they can get at the back.

As the battle over the Continental soccer technique vs. the British technique comes more and more into the open, certain professional managers in England have started muttering that it is far more blessed to win than to lose, even if a team has to play defensively to do it.

you know its funny how things change so fast cech was a backup at chellsh $ t welbz was manures scape goat le coq was loaned to a championship club monreal our scape goat ramsey was more than awful last season ozil was anonymous in the big stage cazorla was out of form in the first part of last season now walcott is the lone striker ozil is our leader ramsey is on the wings cazorla is at cm le coq has been accorded the most important role thats winning midfield battles all of a sudden we are invincible

The possession numbers also tell a different story than the final score, as Anaheim won the possession battle all night.

As they battled, Jaime Alguersuari scampered off up the road to win the race and the championship - less than a year later, he was an F1 driver.

However, Reid has won more aerial battles, made more blocks and clearances and has a better tackle success rate than either of the current Arsenal centre - back pair.

They were still battling over the final 400m but the Kenyan had more than enough left for a final push and clocked 4:16.71 to Hassan's 4:18.20 Dutch record — the winning time putting Commonwealth champion Kipyegon equal fourth with USA's Mary Slaney on the world all - time list.

Playing in front of their home crowd, Palace are targeting nothing other than three points as only a win could trigger their motivation to fight for relegation battle.

A win against Southampton, a draw against Everton and two defeats to Tottenham and Hull have meant it has been an inconsistent start to the campaign and Chris Hughton will be looking, like Paul Lambert, to really kick on now and cement a place around the top half of the table rather than worry about battling relegation come May.

At 5v5 (score + venue adjusted *) Colorado won the xG battle 1.58 to 1.4 and created 11 more scoring chances than Nashville did.

With both Manchester clubs favourites to battle it out for the title and some bookmakers believing that Conte is more likely to get the sack than win the Premier League, Hazard believes that it's important that Chelsea keep up with United and City.

He has always said that football is an 11 v 11 game more than a managerial battle, and the way that he reacts to losses by pointing out that we are fooling ourselves if we think we deserve top 4, or saying that players aren't up for it, shows that he expects to win by blowing them away with the talent in the squad.

Despite having more quality than their opponent, Bayern didn't have it easy as the home side were forced to battle hard for their win.

As highlighted above, all five won more than half of their duels last season for their respective clubs yet some are superior in individual battles than others.

FightBack and other LGBT groups will focus on defending the «Yes» votes, but other than that they won't keep spending money on a battle they've already won.

A whistleblower triumphed in a 20 - year battle with City Hall in NYC, winning more than $ 1 million to compensate for a pay cut and demotion he suffered after reporting corruption.

Give Cuomo and the Democrats credit for winning the battle over keeping a millionaire's tax that protects $ 3.4 billion in revenue from fewer than 50,000 taxpayers who can afford it most, while implementing modest middle - class tax relief.