Sentences with phrase «be some distance behind»

The rest of the world continues to be some distance behind.

For all the experience nine years at Old Trafford may have given Silvestre, the truth is his best days are some distance behind him, and even in those glory years he never consistently secured a starting berth in the centre of their defence — in fact the seasons he did were some of United's poorest, so in Silvestre we are far from talking about one of the greats.

Not exact matches

That's the premise behind a recent New York Times story asking female executives who came within touching distance of becoming CEOs what caused them to fall at the last hurdle.

This year, the medium further distanced itself from being only for niches of sci - fi fan theories and success coaching, and moved into the arenas of respected investigative journalism and scripted audio entertainment that's the closest thing we're going to get to TV behind the wheel of a car.

Theological schools are right behind — the Association of Theological Schools is busy developing procedures and standards for accrediting distance education programs.

Cohen was equally forthright when, in a 1986 interview with Robert Sword, he spoke of how we «sense that there is a will that is behind all things, and we're also aware of our own will, and it's the distance between those two wills that creates the mystery that we call religion.»

«We are a great distance behind McDonald's, but we are slowly taking from them and our other competitors.»

At the seven - furlong San Vicente distance the advantage was all his over the come - from - behind runners.

For this much is clear, however much that program has started to disappear further and further behind into the distance in all of our Rutgers» collective rearview mirrors, Hurley can surely make an impact, at our recruiting expense, just a rock throw away.

manure will obviously be stronger, so will chelsea n city... i know everyone is in dreamworld right now but wait till reallity hits us on tough matchdays... thats the time everyone realises that we are still a distance behind.

But anyways, Wilshere is still a distance behind both of them so whoever he learns from it should do him some good.

«With United, they are behind us, so to leave them [further] behind is one aim and the second thing is to stay near the top, within touching distance of everyone else.

Man U are within striking distance being only 2 points behind us, beating them in the head to head would be a big step.

The logic behind this hypothesis was simple enough: If teams are able to rush the football effectively then they are able to continually move the chains, eat clock, and stay within striking distance of their opponent.

I'm pretty sure Lacazette can play behind Aubamayeng as he has the skills to turn and shoot from distance or link up moves.

France were beaten by Portugal in extra time, thanks to a fantastic long - distance strike by Eder, and will have to find a way to put the pain of that behind them before re-joining their respective club sides in the coming weeks.

True with this squad at the moment we won't be winning the league, the reality is that we are not within touching distance because we finished 12 points behind Chelsea, this means we need to win 4 more games next season just to get the same points total as the champions did last season

The restricted playbook also means the defense knows what's coming, and it's put the LSU offense behind the sticks on down and distance.

Wanyama blasted wildly over from distance and Spurs made their final change, bringing on Ben Davies and taking off Mousa Dembele, and Davies soon fired in a dangerous cross that was scrambled behind for a corner after 82 minutes.

After grinding away in mid-table, the substantial climb that's left them only behind the champions - elect a reasonable distance into the season doesn't quite add up.

«Yes, it was a great season,» says Klosterhalfen of a year in which she won silver over 1500m behind Laura Muir at the European Indoors in Belgrade, as well as gold at the European Under - 23 Championships, set a national record of 8:29.89 for the 3000m, and beat world champion Hellen Obiri over over the same distance at the Diamond League meeting in Birmingham.

There may be snow on the ground but spring is within touching distance now and Easter isn't too far behind!

However, it is worth recalling the honest intentions behind the sixth point as we ponder declining election turnouts, the diminishing base of unpaid party activists, and the distance that remains between the Westminster parliamentary system and those to whom elected representatives are ultimately accountable.

The Kogi State Government has distanced itself from claims by Sen. Dino Melaye that it was behind his recall process.

They were a similar distance behind the winner in Brighton Pavilion in 2005.

A number of these supporters have since been working behind the scenes to persuade Corbyn to apologise and distance himself from the group.

In his farewell address after his latest stint as Ukip leader, Mr Farage said the Leave referendum campaign — despite the attempts from «snobby Tories» to distance themselves from him — had been the «inspiration» behind the Republican candidate's success.

Essentially, the Business Secretary's address was a further demonstration of the conference's aim: to demonstrate that the Liberal Democrats are now a party of government, to keep a certain distance from their Coalition partners (though Cable was careful to name - check David Willetts)... and to get Liberal Democrat activists behind the Coalition.

Ukip is now within touching distance of the Conservatives, with the eurosceptic organisation polling just two per cent behind the governing party.

And now the technology is to the point where you have devices — I've driven in them; they're amazing — and these [have] cruise control which have radar in the front, which allows you stay a certain distance behind the car in front of you, it will speed up and slow down.

The basic idea behind this «molecular clock» technique is that the distance between the same genes on two different organisms represents the time it took for the second organism to evolve from the first.

Despite this, gravity has an influence over huge distances and is the driving force behind the motions of the most massive objects in the cosmos.

Now if the red shift really is cosmological and depends on distance, one should observe that all these absorption lines have lesser red shift than the emission line of the quasar behind all these gas clouds.

Of course astronomers have always known that the assumptions behind kinematic distance estimates were not always true.

It is now known from other distance estimates (especially those now available from VLBI parallax) that the main assumptions behind many kinematic distance estimates were incorrect.

Place your hands shoulder - distance apart behind your torso, and walk your feet out in front until your knees are at a 90 - degree angle.

With a couple 50 milers behind me and a few 100's to come this summer, and with the addition of a ketogenic diet, I'm ready to move up in distance and prove myself as one of the best ultrarunners in the US.

The sign is located on a overpass that you pass under (and it is a busy highway) so you would have to stop in advance and have the sign in the distance behind you.

With summer fading into the distance behind us and as we all retreat indoors for the season, there's no better time to crack open a great novel and get reading.

As a rural town there are many walks just a short distance from the town which will leave you and your date feeling like you've left the world completely behind.

As eHarmony distances itself from Christian group Focus on the Family, Spark Networks, the parent company of popular Jewish dating site JDate, is throwing its weight behind Christian dating site ChristianMingle.

The disadvantage of finding love through internet dating is that given the distance, one of the people has to make the important decision to relocate to be together leaving friends and family behind.

Winslet is definitely behind Vikander in the Supporting Actress race, but she just might be within striking distance.

Without giving much consideration to the context that breed such an environment, bar a couple of fleeting scenes where one of the Day's gang attempts to find work as a farm hand, it begs the question as to what the film is trying to accomplish by focusing on the gang; especially when the film's ephemeral style distances the action from reality, laying blame on the gangs for Day's downward spiral into a life of crime and not the faulty idealism behind the myth of American opportunity.

Greta Gerwig's semiautobiographical comedy is miraculously free of the usual coming - of - age quirk; the star of Frances Ha is only behind the camera this time, writing and directing, but she's clearly arrived at a kind of wisdom via distance.

We're in the countryside, with a windmill in the distance behind two women, passers - by, walking toward the camera.

Then the group gets split up with Moises's lagging far enough behind to be at a safe distance to witness the arrival of Sam (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) with his truck and trusty German Shepherd, Tracker.

At the time, I was doing distance learning because he told us that with No Child Left Behind, we had to take education courses or jeopardize our positions.

Overlayed on the video image is a green / yellow / red distance guide that lets me know how close I am to the car behind me.

It makes for a lighter liftgate that requires less clearance behind the vehicle, and the tailgate isn't so long that it distances you too far from the cargo floor when lowered.