Sentences with phrase «be sure of winning»

A party would need 321 votes to be sure of winning but as their 2 speakers / deputies couldn't vote they need 323 members for that majority.

Facing a divided and unpopular government in its 10th year in power, the Tories are still not doing as well as they need to be if they are to be sure of winning the next election.

Only then can we be sure of winning a majority in 2015.

Under the Alternative Vote, they say, «your next MP would have to aim to get more than 50 % of the vote to be sure of winning.

Of course no games are that simple to win in the top flight; we have to make sure that we don't believe that we simply have to turn up to be sure of winning (as per Astra Giurgiu for example), but this should be considered one of the easier ones.

To the Jews I became like a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those under the law, like one under the law (though I am not under the law), so that I might win those under the law; to those without the law, like one without the law (though not without the law, but under Christ's law), so that I might win those without the law; to the weak I became weak, so that I might win the weak; I became everything to everyone, so that I might be sure of winning some.

When we are sure of winning a game is when the boys lose it.

and i hear Man U fans want Spurs to beat Chelsea so that we stay above them (Man U), then the race begins between us and them, the race which they are sure of winning, I don't doubt that

Investigations also revealed the pro-Ahmad group was sure of winning at least 13 of the 14 votes that will come from the Council of Southern African Football Associations (COSAFA) on election date.

PDP Publicity Secretary in the state, Taofeek Gani, said the party had mapped out strategies to unseat the ruling party, adding «with the new spirit in PDP in Lagos, we are sure of winning in 2019».

Not exact matches

Sure, with more than 40 NASCAR race wins under his belt, the «Pied Piper of Daytona» is undeniably a legend on the track.

Not only are they regularly engaging their fans with contests, they are making sure everyone knows who won, and creating a lot of buzz while they're at it.

Keep hard copies of hard - won qualifications, and be sure to do the renewals and continued education that keeps them current even if you don't anticipate an immediate need for them.

IBM is convinced that its Watson supercomputer is capable of doing a whole lot more than winning at Jeopardy — and the company wants to make sure it stays that way.

A demonstrated commitment to sustainability is sure to win over the minds of certain consumers, particularly those interested in Patagonia in the first place.

Having Whole Foods as a source for nosh is sure to help win over consumers who might be skeptical of Amazon's grocery delivery service, Amazon Fresh.

This is a grand gesture that is sure to win him the undying loyalty of his employees — and a wave of job applications.

Importance of Losses Versus Significance of Gains Here is one experiment: offer someone a choice of a sure $ 50 or, on the flip of a coin, the possibility of winning $ 100 or winning nothing.

All of these setups were valid examples of my price action trading edge, two of them happened to be winners and one happened to be a loser, but there was NO WAY we could have known for sure WHICH ONE would lose and which one would win before they came off.

Using one of the various betting pools (addresses) on the platform with different rates of winning probability, all a user needs to do is send Ether (ETH) to a wallet and make sure they at least include the minimum bet which of 180,000 gas [0.0036 ETH].

I think voters often choose movies that reflect their righteous anger but rarely their seething sense of impotence and futility (Crash, maybe), and I'm not sure that the BAFTA win for Three Billboards — oh, those Americans, isn't that how they solve everything, hitting someone or burning something?

I'm sure we have all laid eyes on such a website, written in some foreign language that looked like English.It was just a matter of whoever had the most links won the day.

These options were akin to lottery tickets that couldn't lose, and, in the bull market of the late 1990's, were sure to win.

No matter who wins, it's another sure sign of shifting political lines, in which political parties are shaped less by policy than identity.

The book is dedicated «To those religious leaders who refuse to be pushed to the margins and out of public life,» and with ten winning profiles ranging from Rabbi Daniel Lapin to T. D. Jakes to Elder Dallin H. Oaks, it makes sure they'll remain squarely in the mix.

The motions of comedy, to be sure, finally lead to joy; but it is a joy that we win only after we have consented to journey through this familiar, actual world of earth which is our home» (The Broken Center [Yale University Press, 1966]-RRB-.

Small wonder, then, that attacking institutions is the surest way for a politician to win the hearts of the electorate.

As I wrote in a different post about a Trunk - or - Treat I attended, if you feel that Halloween is some sort of contest between Jesus and the devil, one sure way to «win» is by giving away lots of candy.

Once again we Americans will have two sucky choices for President and Republicans will have a non-Convention (like why bother) and millions of dollars will be spent on advertising when I'm pretty sure we all know Romney will win anyway.

Of course, applied to a nominal Christian, it would be offensive, but (1) that might not be a bad thing in that context, and (2) I'm not sure the term matters in that situation — «outsider» isn't likely to win you any points either — it's going to be down to relational skills in communicating the idea lovingly.

Unfortunately Agnostics and Atheists are the most trusted less in this country than any other belief, lack of belief, group in the entire country, running for public office as a non believer is a sure way not to win, so I running as a christian is the only logical approach to public office if you want to actually win

Anne and Joe have learned a ton of Greek mythology and it's a thrilling adventures for sure but I think the big win is the trio of friends — their intelligence, loyalty, resourcefulness — at the heart of the story.

And when she wins her civil rights lawsuit and is awarded millions of dollars, I'm sure the residents that tore it down will LOVE paying the special assessment all residents will be subjected to.

To be sure, the sources and manifestations of violence are complex But what do we make of competitiveness, the cult of winning, the armoring of emotions, the tendency to dichotomize reality, the abstraction from bodily concreteness and the exaggerated fear of death that is manifested in a morbid fascination with it?

the Holy Spirit in manifestation to me so that I might Know for sure that I belong to Jesus as the scripturs require... we muct belong to Jesus and the only way to truely confirme that is by the Lord Himserlf doing so... without that we might be doing all kinds of things tryin g to win his approval... I already have his approval... that's when you recive the Holy Spirit... the Holy Spirit is Christs approval his seal of redemption..

I remember before JWBush got into presidency, the ole slick weasel, Carl Rowe advised him to play «Jesus» card and blow his «religious» horn, telling him this is the sure way to win, since American Evangelical Christians are so gullible and they'll back up anyone who mentions the Name of Jesus and says that he / she is a Christian... «You shall know them by their fruit.

Sure, there are some hints of Jesus still lingering around, but when «Americanized Christianity» takes over and the Gospel gets refined in the fires of patriotism, the story of the empire ultimately wins out and becomes a new story of faith.

It was prescient of Crick to guess that RNA could act as an enzyme, because that was not known for sure until it was proven in the 1980s by Nobel Prize - winning researcher Thomas R. Cech (2) and others.

i long with you david... and i myself stumble in my own awkward efforts toward freedom, and as you said, we know the fact is that it is scary to move into freedom... because it is unknown... but i see so many on this newfound road to freedom get trapped in the liminal space of wish - fullfillment community (which actually rather looks like affinity rather than the hard - won community that comes from communitas)... i'm sure this is going to come off the wrong way, but i'm going to say it anyway: many of the comments seem to be «all about me», and truly that is what religion is... but not freedom, not the mission of Jesus where you die to yourself by taking up your cross daily... not being centered on the «other» rather than yourself...

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can't believe the colour of these — despite them being so full of chocolate — that is a win win — I am not sure I will get a we should cocoa entry in this month — really love the theme but haven't managed much baking.

Chef Mike Johnson, owner of the award - winning Sugarfire Smokehouse in St. Louis, curated this special boozy shake that's sure to leave Dad's mouth watering for more.

The secret behind the award - winning taste of Whyte & Mackay is our triple maturation process and the way we blend to make sure no single whisky dominates another, creating a harmony of flavours that work together to produce our famous smoother, richer taste.

These two recipes are close competitors of each other and I am still not sure who won!

I thoroughly enjoyed seeing all your pics and of course, felt sure you were going to win.

Now I am sure that were I to place a piece of yours by a piece of theirs that yours would win hands down.