Sentences with phrase «biggest defeats of»

One of the coalition's biggest defeats of the last parliament came in 2013 over proposed air strikes in Syria against President Assad.

But the biggest defeat of the season was also possibly our worst performance, away to Southampton on Boxing Day.

When Arsenal travelled to Stamford Bridge to face Chelsea in the Premier League in late March, we ended up with our biggest defeat of the season.

Okay Folks, Brace yourself for what could be our biggest defeat of the season?

Spurs have a mammoth task if they are to stay in the Europa League after falling to their biggest defeat of the season at Borussia Dortmund

Birmingham City Ladies will be looking to avenge their biggest defeat of the season when they host Sunderland on Sunday.

Not exact matches

Yes, the year's biggest story was Serena Williams and her push to become the fourth woman ever to complete a calendar grand slam (win all four of the sport's Majors in one year) by winning this Open — a push that ended Friday in a crushing defeat that did not take away from the achievement of how close she came.

According to Ralph Heath, managing partner of Synergy Leadership Group and author of Celebrating Failure: The Power of Taking Risks, Making Mistakes, and Thinking Big, failure and defeat are our best teachers, but many people, especially those in conservative corporate cultures, avoid going there.

The big spenders were nonetheless defeated by a citizens» group that spent only $ 15,000 to support the bond measure, which passed with 57 % of the vote on Nov. 7, approving up to $ 150 million in financing for a city - run broadband utility.

We cover biopharma companies end - to - end — whether they're small, specialty drugmakers, generics companies or the biggest of Big Pharma — highlighting the accomplishments and acknowledging the defeats that all of them experience in the complicated, competitive pharmaceuticals industry.

@fimeilleur actually i can back up the claims i make both personally and historically, one example Abraham, Machpelah (actual location of his tomb and remains along with 5 others in Israel right where they are supposed to be) Kedorlaomer king of Elam, (defeated by Abraham and recently discovered) it is said Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness.More than that Abraham saw God and spoke with Him, not the god you are on about that men use to justify their evil intent, but the God who has created all things, the God that no one especially you can not contain.Ignorance is your choice but that will not negate the existence of God in any way.No one that i am aware of has all the answers at this point regarding spiritual things, evolution or evilution there are areas God has not yet revealed to mankind but every day more is discovered.I find it amazing that God is big enough to share discovery even with those who would reject Him.

that's one of the big ruses on this blog: acting as if only religion does that, so then one can readily dismiss it — not realizing that argument is self - defeating.

It's about being a part of something bigger than myself and working for justice, making space for God, while defeating a core lie that I still, somehow, believe about myself and, perhaps, women.

As a friend pointed out to me in an email yesterday, the possibility of defeat for national health - care reform is the fault of its biggest champion.

«The big picture of Revelation is clear — Jesus returns, people must be ready, evil is defeated,» he says.

But I finally admitted defeat and big bowls of this soup are keeping me well fed, plus mega shots of straight up ginger juice chased by spoon fulls of raw honey, (not the worst of diets).

The Blues have suffered defeats against both Liverpool and Arsenal so far this season and will be hoping to avoid a hat - trick of loses against the leagues «big boys.»

Although a first defeat in 13 games for Arsenal will have been a big blow to the happiness and belief of the Arsenal fans, it has only seemingly caused a small scratch to the veneer of confidence that the players have got from our excellent 2015 so far.

«We are a big team, we are Arsenal and we need to attack because we need the result, but we need to attack with intelligence and make sure we don't suffer a defeat and complicate our situation for the rest of our competition.»

Much has been made of his lackluster career — before defeating Tyson he was 29 -4-1 and known principally for having quit in the 10th round of a 1987 bout with Tony Tucker — and the series of personal misfortunes that piled on him as he neared the biggest day of his life.

However, defeat to Palace last week, followed by their poor showing against Ludogorets midweek, a big performance this time out is needed if they are to have any hope of avoiding an all out nosedive.

A draw wount be gud enough for dis game nd any other game, we need to imbibe dat winning mentality of a big club, nt hoping for a draw or a slim defeat against other big teams, wil it be an offence if we win our remaining 15 epl matches or win all our ucl nd fa cup matches?

The Blue Jackets have picked the absolute worst time to go on their biggest losing stretch of the season, as their 5 - 4 loss against the Winnipeg Jets marked five defeats in a row.

They got what might be their biggest W of the season Sunday Night by defeating Team Gurman who had won 6 straight.

The biggest moneyline upset of Week 11 was the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeating the Kansas City Chiefs 19 - 17 at Arrowhead Stadium.

The channel has been cast into fame in recent years, with one member of the so - called fan's channel even making an appearance on Celebrity Big Brother, and the YouTube channel has been cast well into the spotlight, with his highlights grabbing much of their interest following losses and shock defeats.

Former walk - on turns into NCAA tournament hero by making one of the biggest shots in North Carolina history, a buzzer - beater to defeat Kentucky and send the Tar Heels to the Final Four.

Chelsea have also recently been dumped out of the Carabao Cup by Arsenal after a semi-final defeat, and will be big underdogs against La Liga leaders Barcelona when they meet in the Champions League next week.

The 19 - year - old made his Premier League debut against Arsenal at the Emirates on Sunday afternoon, and even though Jose Mourinho's side fell to defeat, the youngster made a big impression and will be hopeful that it's just the first of many appearances in the league for the Red Devils.

Texas A&M's stunning 86 - 65 demolition of North Carolina on Sunday was the largest margin of defeat ever for a Williams coached team in the Big Dance.

Because of all the cataclysmic beatdowns, ass - handings - to, and defeats handed out on Saturday, none — we repeat, none — were more unexpected, complete, or stunning than Iowa beating Ohio State, 55 - 24, effectively throwing the Big Ten's Playoff hopes into the river and handing Urban Meyer the starkest loss of his lifetime.

Whatever Big 8 pride I had came out in droves during the Fiesta Bowl, which saw stoic Tom Osborne defeat cocky Steve Spurrier and saw Tommie Frazier rip off one of the most famous plays in college football history; he ran into a wall of Florida defenders, then ran right through the wall for a 75 - yard touchdown.

«So even in the Capital (Carabao) Cup, we lost against a Championship team, I would say that as a Manchester United manager that way of behaving as a big team, even in defeat we were a big team.»

AC Milan crashed out of the Europa League on Thursday night after a 3 - 1 defeat to Arsenal, losing 5 - 1 on aggregate, but a big moment in the first half at the Emirates changed the tie.

In terms of favourites for the match, it's a very close one to call, but Reading have certainly showed their vulnerabilities in big games of late, with losses against the likes of Huddersfield and Brighton, and a shock 3 - 0 defeat to Preston North End just 2 games back.

Kansas Statesliced Missouri's conference lead to a game and a half by defeating Colorado65 - 58, as Ed Nealy pulled down 16 rebounds and Tyrone Adams scored 20 points.In their earlier victory over Nebraska, the Wildcats established a Big Eightrecord for field - goal accuracy (77.1 %) by sinking 27 of 35 shots.

I pray Man U suffer a few early defeats — then the pressure of his last year failures and more big spending will really be on

Whereas Arsene Wenger and his players have proved this season that we are no longer like lambs to the slaughter in games against the big boys, beating Man City and Man United away and not suffering any heavy defeats, our record of being flat track bullies has not been up to the usual standard.

The Gunners, however, struggled to live up to the high pressing and high tempo game plan from their German opponents and, had it not been for some profligacy in front of goal from Klopp's frontline and midfielders, Arsenal were looking at a much bigger margin of defeat.

On the eve of the biggest match of the season, Liverpool found a way to beat the rumours and talk away with a stick and defeat Real Madrid in a massive away match that could go a long way to deciding Liverpool's fate in the Champions League.

We changed the formation in response to those heavy defeats we suffered at the hands of big teams.

Tonight's Champions League fixture against Anderlecht will be a test of Arsenal's «big boys» credentials, as they will be playing away in this competition for the first time since the 0 - 2 defeat at the Westfalenstadion on Matchday 1.

While we may have all enjoyed Chelsea's hard to fathom fall from grace this campaign, they have already inflicted one of the few defeats on Arsenal and could perhaps put another big dent in our title hopes on Sunday, so it is still a massive game for Arsene Wenger and the players.

«If we want to be close to the top of the table after two defeats then we have to win the big games and this is the first opportunity for us to do so.»

But we should have beaten Liverpool in the second leg.There was also no justification of that.We might as well lose all our matches against the big teams and justify on the basis of it being a match against a big team.I mean home and away defeats is just unacceptable.Champions must also find ways to possibly win all their matches against the big teams no matter which ever way it goes.This is because that can make all the difference in winning the league.

I bet you that in the big big teams there are voices that man up when such defeat or lack of things rise up within a game.

If loosing at home to a bottom half team, who hadn't won for God knows how long and being totally outclassed by Chelsea are 2 little defeats, I kind of wonder what a just a «medium» defeat looks like, not to mention a big defeat

However, with respect to the game against Southampton in midweek, perhaps the biggest injury boost that has been handed to Arsene Wenger's side is that Morgan Schneiderlin, unarguably the Saints» best player so far this season, is out for the big game as a result of an abductor injury the French international had picked up during the 3 - 0 defeat to Manchester City at St. Mary's.

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The timing of the talk about Arsene Wenger getting a new Arsenal contract could hardly have been worse, on the back of a title ending defeat by Chelsea that looked so simple for the Blues that the Gunners have been compared to youngsters kicking a ball about with the big boys in the playground.