Sentences with phrase «biggest opponent of»

The New York State Catholic Conference — the biggest opponent of past bills — has not taken a stance on the proposed measure.

But at the same time, voters really like the guy who is perhaps the biggest opponent of retaining the so - called millionaire's tax — Cuomo.

Steelers lineman David DeCastro might have taken the lead for biggest opponent of the NFL's new hitting - with - the - head rule.

Detroit has grown closer to agreement on most of its restructuring plan, after bond insurer Syncora (the biggest opponent of the city's plan) agreed to a deal on Monday.

Back in 2013 when a buyout took Dell private, hedge fund Magnetar Capital was one of the biggest opponents of the deal.

The former should not trouble Mr Kennedy since one of the biggest opponents of the joint Lib - Lab consultations is Jack Straw.

The biggest opponents of all are Mr. and Ms. Self - Deception.

The political disadvantages of low - income parents also are exacerbated by the fact that the organizations most active in claiming to represent their interests typically are the biggest opponents of school choice.

Not exact matches

Manning came across as a laid back southern boy but on the gridiron he was a clinical, ruthless competitor with an off - the - charts football IQ who changed plays at the line of scrimmage to outsmart opposing defenses and torched opponents with a big arm and dead - on accuracy.

On Tuesday, the E.U. parliament passed a bill that its authors claim will provide much - needed clarity on how the Internet should work, but which its opponents say is full of loopholes that will allow providers to favor their biggest commercial partners.

«Some of the large retailers who are big importers have been some of the most vocal opponents,» Rosenberg said, noting they haven't been the only ones who have come out against the proposal, but also pointing to support the plan has from companies such as Boeing, General Electric, and Johnson and Johnson.

SNL is having a resurgence of popularity as people tune in to try to get some laughs out of our latest national political news, but even Trump's biggest opponents won't want to watch if the show's not funny.

With big banks hugely unpopular, the key opponents of cramdown were the nation's community bankers, who argued that the law would force them to raise mortgage rates to cover the potential losses.

While activist shareholder Sandon Capital has been a voluble opponent of the deal, arguing Tabcorp is getting a very good asset in the Tatts lotteries business, there are enough big shareholders who own stock in both companies that are in favour of the transaction to make a favourable vote likely.

Bebop, in the hands of geniuses like Charlie Parker, effectively displaced Swing and the big - band sound in the 1950s, and the way in which it did this is exactly analogous to the way in which a consistent post-metaphysical historicism tries to displace its opponents.

eg: «science doesn't explain what happened before the big bang, so God is real, ergo he created everything 6,000 years ago» — Opponents of abiogenesis belong here too.

The hosts are certainly not an easy opponent especially when the big sides come visiting and so the Arsenal side are in for one of their toughest games of the season.

Chase Litton: Speaking of big performances against bad opponents, the Marshall freshman quarterback has filled in quite nicely for Rakeem Cato this season.

Based on its offense's own tempo and big - play ability and the propensities of its high - pace opponents, USF did its best to follow the script regarding how to account for facing a lot of snaps.

Nevada was decent at both big - play prevention (66th in IsoPPP) and keeping opponents out of the end zone (66th in points per scoring opportunity allowed), but that only matters so much when you are an outright sieve (125th in success rate).

Remember Abdullah's first run from scrimmage... big hole, then juked an opponent nearly out of his shoes, for a TD.

Baylor at Oklahoma, 12:00 PM Eastern: After a 1 - 2 start 11th - ranked Oklahoma (7 - 2) rattled off six straight wins, all of which have come against Big 12 opponents.

A stellar Marcus Mariota - led Oregon team earned the No. 2 seed following the 2014 season and ensured that a Pac - 12 representative would play in Pasadena, only instead of the customary Big Ten opponent the Ducks faced (and beat) unbeaten Florida State.

Their opponents coming in on Sunday night, # 11 Team Dean, is currently on a big roll, winning their first three Playoff games to along the middle half (1 - loss) of the bracket.

They're one of just two teams with value to win the title this week, the other being their future Big Ten Championship opponent.

We are on a run of three games without a win while our opponents have won two in a row to drag themselves out of the relegation zone so Big Sam has helped them gain in confidence.

He is an okay backup for FA / CoC games, and maybe a few league games against lowly opponents, but he's totally out of depth when playing the big boys.

Since getting only 15 carries in an early - season rout of Appalachian State, he's brought his lunch pail to Clemson's biggest showdowns and gained triple - digit yardage in every matchup against bowl - eligible opponents since.

No home game for Michigan State is a big bummer, but every other noteworthy team is coming to College Park (not hard when 7 of 13 opponents are double - plays)

Lack of forced turnovers are a big part, but also allowing long opponent drives all years long has contributed quite a bit.

ince getting only 15 carries in an early - season rout of Appalachian State, he's brought his lunch pail to Clemson's biggest showdowns and gained triple - digit yardage in every matchup against bowl - eligible opponents since.

If you're Pat's roommate during the early years in Knoxville, before Pat has a husband at age 28 and a child at 38, before there are videos of opponents to watch until she's cross-eyed, you love it when another big game's approaching.

Side note: My biggest issue with the way we played is that it in no way reflected what we have been told was the ideal — lots of long balls hoofed to our strikers and forward midfielders from our centerbacks — maybe this was a opponent specific tactic, sure, but it seemed a lot like Pablo ball.

The Big 12 has long been the home of dissonance when it comes to the difference between raw defensive stats and those of the opponent - adjusted variety.

The shot - making and the giant - slaying went away, and the Retrievers and Thundering Herd merely looked like a No. 16 seed and No. 13 seed doing all they could to solve the riddle of a bigger and more talented opponent.

What we did not want, though, was for United to find some form in front of goal and score five goals, as that is likely to give the players a timely boost ahead of their clash with the Gunners on Sunday, so how much should Arsenal fans worry about the effect this big win in Europe will have on our next Premier League opponents?

Since then, the Nittany Lions have been one of the most dominant teams in the nation, rolling through opponents to a 9 - 0 SU and 8 -0-1 ATS record that was capped off with an upset win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship Game.

The relative strength of the two parties is also irrelevant... this is because even a weaker opponent can do serious or deadly harm, even to «big tough athletes».

Their opponents simply seemed to be taken over by some sort of fear factor because they froze on the day as if totally overawed by a few big names (as you seem to be) and did not play to their normal standards.

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.

arsenal has won convincingly last FA cup even with all bench defenders, and what i have learnt from that is how much working hard on training, especially for stamina and endurance so as to press on the opponents not to give them time and a space, dominate on the ball and win the match with a big team if arsenal continue to display that with the addition of more skillful midfielders, left winger right winger wow arsenal will be monster

For me, today's opponents have played the worst against any of the big sides so far this season, and I am thoroughly expecting our boys to run riot against Paul Lambert's side.

My biggest complaint is arsenal must develop that killing instinct, beat teams when they are down, do not ease off the gas, this will allow us to put fear in the minds of our next opponents, but our attitude at this time tell teams we can be beaten even if we score first.

And I don't want to call you out on this but can you list Costa's big game, decisive goals this year («always dangerous regardless of the opponent...»).

They gave up too many big run plays, generated almost no pass pressure, and still held 10 of 13 opponents under 5.4 yards per play.

Opponent Analysis and Strategy One of the biggest criticisms of AW is his stance that «we will play our game».

They'll play TCU this week to determine the ultimate front - runner in the Big 12, but if the Sooners can take care of business, they look ready to compete against any opponent.

Our last piece of research examines how well teams coming off a big loss have fared when their opponent is coming off a big win.

I think THAT played a huge part in how Silva was always able to eat big shots — most of the time, he actually invited his opponent to hit him, so he was fully prepared.

Big Show noted that John Cena belonged on a list all to himself in terms of opponents he has faced in the ring.