Sentences with phrase «before holding it against»

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Before you reply, ask yourself how much experience you have with the military and why would your uninformed opinion hold any weight against those that do serve.

Tuesday's meeting at the Elysee Palace, the official presidential residence, was held days before a planned demonstration against a draft law unveiled in November by France's Socialist government that would allow gay marriage.

The usual assertions are (1) that this kind of religion is today on the defensive; (2) that the defensive posture is occasioned by the flourishing of «conservative churches» (although the alleged liberal enervation is also seen in more autonomous terms); (3) that the growth in religious conservatism and conservative churches is itself the result of widespread reaction against «secular humanist» values and against those who hold such values; (4) that our society as a whole has been experiencing a breakdown in moral consensus, a loss of moral coherence somehow connected with a decline in oldline Protestant dominance; and (5) that some or all of these happenings have been quite sudden, so that the early 1960s can be taken as a kind of benchmark — as a time before the fall.

Al - Ma» mun insisted that those who held that the Qur» an was uncreated sinned against the unity of God, and he established a test of views on the Qur» an which had to be passed by all judges and by all witnesses in court before their testimony would be accepted.

TIPS: use skinny asparagus — it's more tender; to peel ginger root before grating, use the back of a spoon and scrape it off rather than use a sharp knife; after grating the ginger, it tends to stick to the grater — to release, hold the grater over the fish and bang the grater against something solid like the side of a pan or dull side of a large chef's knife, and it will spatter haphazardly over the fish, which is what you want.

The Tennessee Fraternity Pi Kappa Phi has held a mock press conference to deny that any member of their fraternity was butt - chugging wine the day before their game against Akron.

However, it is Laurent Blanc's side who hold top spot, with Lyon having dropped two points away at Olympique de Marseille, before suffering a shock defeat at home against OGC Nice.

If you noticed if Bigfoot did not get hit by a right hand in the first round of a fight, typically his chin would hold up (before it went to complete and utter shit) That's what got him KO'd against Cormier, Cain and Arlovski, right straights / overhand rights sailing over his shoulder.

Have Arsenal really ever held a player against their wishes before?

Before the Man United game, most Arsenal fans were regretting that Laurent Koscielny was taken out injured and were worried that Per Mertesacker would have to partner Gabriel in defence, but they held firm against the so - called deadly Man United attack force, and along with Petr Cech (5 shots — 5 saves) stopped the Red Devils from making any sort of comeback.

It was reported Elneney turned down the opportunity to sign for Leicester before the season started as he did not wish to drop a level and was in love with Arsenal Football Club.We should be proud the club is held is held in such high esteem but the player and if he wishes to sign to be a squad player I absolutely welcome this contract extension.However Elneny is very basic in his overall displays.You have to ask if he has the ability to affect games, most especially against the clubs that are regarded as bigger than us (albeit at the moment.

yea he saved our blushes with that goal, am yes I hope we keep hold of him but am totally against playing him before a fit, in form and matured Monreal....

Before we became financially buoyant enough to hold on to our players against pressure to sell from other clubs, we were actually a selling club and we lost a lot of our star players due to that.

In 1977 B.C. (Before Cunningham), the 76ers couldn't hold a lead against the Trail Blazers and had dropped five in a row to them.

Holding did extremely well when playing alongside Laurent Koscielny against Leicester City before Mustafi joined the club, and he had looked like a youngster who was mature beyond his years.

I hope I'm wrong but this could be the most damaging win when it comes to transfers... winning 1 game, after about 20 minutes of really good play, is of little consequence in the grand scheme of things... only those with the most selfish of intentions would suggest otherwise... the only reason we're even in this predicament, where were celebrating our first victory of 2018 against a bottom half squad who is managed by possibly the only individual more antiquated than our manager, is because of Wenger's ridiculous mishandling of his contract last year combined with his mishandling of the contracts of our top players this year; a fact that he himself admitted to... so before you get too excited about the possibilities of our current roster don't forget what has happened over the last several years and pray to the gods of football that real quality reinforcements like Auba are on the way, which could have happened years ago for less money and we might have been holding a trophy of some significance, or this brief respite will be followed by the usual mediocrity and stagnation

Arsene Wenger was under no illusion that it was going to be an easy game against relegation - threatened QPR last night, and he was proved right as the Hoops held off Arsenal for over an hour before Oliver Giroud broke the deadlock.

@Nothing Changed — my observation is more concerned with how he played in the league game against Leicester City the first substitutions were elneny and holding who were replaced by ramsey and giroud (respectively): before being subbed elneny appears to have been at sixes and sevens and though he was subbed after close to an hour it was clear to see he was out of his depths lost composure, panicked and he wanted out.

Far from it really, and we know what it takes for Arsene Wenger to make any sort of tactical substitution before his usual time of around the 65 minute mark, so Rob Holding and his performance against the Germans must have been a serious concern to the Frenchman who replaced him at halftime.

The second international break of the season is upon us and Arsenal fans should be very happy about that, although it would not have been nearly as nice if Burnley had been able to hold out against our weary looking attack for another minute, or if the referee had spotted the ball hitting Koscielny's arm before going over the line to give Arsenal the points yesterday.

he has been a force to be accounted in many games, people can say whatever about his antics, his stats his suspension but there is the value as a player, he had to be accounted for on many games, last season and the season before, last playoff loss against GB he had the chance to end the game for us, if weren't for a blatant hold

I am not talking about the game Arsenal face in the Champions League this week, because not too many of us Arsenal fans are holding on to anything but the hope of a miracle and I don't think that any of us had much confidence that we would get through over two legs against Barcelona even before the home leg was played.

The Portuguese wide - man added that Jose Mourinho may have been trying to distract him before the game after striking up a conversation with him in the tunnel, though he holds nothing against his fellow countryman, whom he called a gentleman.

Held annually in association with the All - American Bowl, the National Combine is the first opportunity for the nation's top underclassmen to demonstrate their physical talent and compete against one another before high school and college football's top scouting organizations, as well as the All - American Bowl Selection Committee.

Previously any notion of turning out against other top level sides from the same domestic competition before the Charity Shield had been held would have been vigorously shunned but now overseas exhibitions are now becoming the norm.

Napoli boss Rafa Benitez held a pre-match press conference before his side's game against Udinese.

Even under David Moyes» doomed tenure last season the ex-Everton manager had a good record against Wenger — winning 1 - 0 at Old Trafford in November last year before holding Arsenal to a goalless draw at the Emirates.

Meanwhile, the Chelsea midfielder is soon expected to get on field before their League Cup quarter - final against Bournemouth, scheduled to be held on Wednesday night.

The Ivorian defender spoke about his memories of his debut and the performance he put in during the match, also speaking about the work that was put in against Manchester City the weekend before last, seeing the side come from two goals down at half - time to equalise through a Paul Pogba brace, then win the match with a strike from Chris Smalling, putting the celebrations on hold for the noisy neighbours, then talking about the disappointing defeat to relegation candidates West Bromwich Albion at the Theatre of Dreams on Sunday.

However, Blackburn's previous home task, before Man Utd, was that of Birmingham City and Rovers shown what they're made of with a 2 - 1 win against a Birmingham side which has held Everton to two draws this season, while they also knocked the Goodison Park lads out of the FA Cup.

They have remained unbeaten in their last five at Goodison Park winning four of those and they held their own against Chelsea on Merseyside just before Christmas in a 0 - 0 draw.

Having been held to goalless draws by Germany and Brazil in their past two outings, England were at least able to notch a morale - boosting win less than three months before their World Cup opener against Tunisia in Volgograd.

The studies, however, were not enough to persuade Dr. James Andrews of the ASMI, and one of the most highly respected sports medicine physicians in the country, to soften his long - held stance against pitchers throwing curveballs before age 14.

Before it reaches your baby, it's held against your warm skin and flows through a thin tube that also lies on your skin.

To tolerate the intense sensation of having his teeth brushed, the child with SPD may need to use nonfoaming toothpaste and have his mouth and lips desensitized by using a vibrating toothbrush or even just gently pressing a hand - held vibrator against his cheek, jaws, and lips before attempting to brush.

[18] A disposable diaper may also include an inner fabric designed to hold moisture against the skin for a brief period before absorption to alert a toilet training or bedwetting user that they have urinated.

The Carrickfergus Grammar schoolboy was seen holding his head before collapsing during the game against Dalriada and later died in hospital from brain injuries.

As soon as that slippery mass of a baby (otherwise known as a «bony octopus «-RRB- fell onto the bed before me, I tugged down my bra so that I could hold him against my bare breast.

Though their intended purpose is to protect fingers while fetching soiled and / or soaked inserts from pocket or all - in - two cloth diaper covers before they get tossed in the washer, Diaper Dawgs can also be used for grabbing messy flushable liners, holding an explosive diaper against a toilet while spraying, and even wringing out soaking diapers after spraying.

This reminds me just before the last general election a Labour spy was in a private meeting held by a Tory MP talking about the party having to put up taxes if the Tories won the election which went against the party line.

HURIWA therefore called for the arrest and prosecution of the killer soldiers and police or else the governor would be held personally liable and dragged before the World's crimes court to face charges of crimes against humanity.

As House Democratic leaders reportedly are pushing Rep. Charlie Rangel to make a deal with the ethics committee before charges against him are unveiled Thursday, Gov. David Paterson said this morning he is fully behind the embattled Harlem congressman and his bid to retain the seat he had held since 1971.

Mr. Dasuki, who was arraigned before Justice Sani Yusuf, alongside a former director of finance at the office of the NSA, Shuaibu Salisu, and a former Group General Manager of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Aminu Kura, and two firms, Acacia Holdings Limited and Reliance Reference Hospital, had on Monday filed for bail after pleading not guilty to the 19 - count charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

The statement read in part, «The commission, which preferred 24 charges against the ex-banker before Justice Babatunde Quadri of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, accused him of transferring N78, 521, 431.61 from the Federal Government Pension funds into private accounts held by nonpensioners in contravention of Section 15 (2)(b) of the Money Laundering Act 2011.

But citizens against the wind turbine project plan to hold a demonstration early Monday evening before the vote.

At 11:30 a.m., a court hearing will be held before Judge Andrew Carter in the corruption case against former Corrections Union head Norman Seabrook, 40 Foley Sq., Courtroom 1306, Manhattan.

Delegates to the union's Department for Work and Pensions group conference - to be held on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 May, before PCS's annual conference which opens the following day - will debate an emergency motion to launch a campaign against the closures.

«That inconsistencies of the Exhibits1 and 2 led to the loss of the applicant's petition against Dr. Bukola Saraki as the panel of the tribunal held that his petition was a day late because tribunal adopted March 28, 2015 which was a day before collation as the declaration of result day,» the supporting affidavit stated in part.

Schneiderman, who was a hold out on the deal until the final hours before the agreement was reached, says his resistance gained the right to continue criminal prosecutions against the banking industry for possible fraud, and to provide money for underwater and foreclosed homeowners for legal representation.

It took her ten years, during which she joined the DNC's Women's Leadership Forum, worked on Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign, served as special counsel to then — HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo, and took another law job, before Gillibrand found the upstate House district in which she wanted to run... against a four - term incumbent for a seat that hadn't been held by a Democrat in 30 years and where Republicans outnumbered Democrats almost two to one.