Sentences with phrase «by its chief rivals»

It was the fifth time in Ronaldo's career that he has won the award, equaling the number won by his chief rival, Lionel Messi of F.C. Barcelona.

But it can't do its job if it's outnumbered by its chief rival — omega - 6 fats.

And while the company's devices have largely delivered high - end features, it's failed to make a big dent in a smartphone market dominated by its chief rivals.

Not exact matches

United Launch Alliance has dropped the price of its workhorse Atlas 5 rocket flights by about one - third in response to mounting competition from rival SpaceX and others, the company's chief executive said on Tuesday.

The write - off of most of the value of the Tumblr blogging network is emblematic of the failure of Ms. Mayer's strategy to expand Yahoo by luring the mobile young users who drive the business of its chief rivals, Google and Facebook.

Glencore Plc's billionaire Chief Executive Officer, Ivan Glasenberg, underscored his belief in the longevity of the global commodities boom by beating his biggest rivals in handing out surplus cash to investors.

It is the Thomistic conception, or the general ways of thinking about God given definitive shape by Thomas, that Hartshorne takes as his chief rival, and he takes one of the basic recommendations of his position to be that it succeeds at those points where Thomas fails.

While gourmet private chef - prepared meals, maximized privacy and security, uber - tailored guest service and 5 - star accommodations and amenities are chief reasons the trend toward private villa lodging is exploding, an elite few like Casa Dos Cisnes have offerings far beyond that don't just rival, but far exceed, those offered by high - end resorts — including those elite Penthouse suites.

It's easy to pick holes in Metcash's $ 325 million raising but chief executive Andrew Reitzer stands out from his rivals by investing for growth.

While maximized privacy and security, uber - tailored guest service and 5 - star accommodations and amenities are chief reasons the trend toward private villa lodging is exploding, an elite few have offerings far beyond that don't just rival, but far exceed, those offered by high - end resorts, including their elite Penthouse suit options.

Male sports fans might roll their eyes at Nike chief Phil Knight's statement that Hamm's transcendence is rivaled only by that of Jordan and Tiger Woods, but there's no doubt that she's a Madison Avenue dynamo.

Many fans have called for the former Monaco chief to step down this summer, although some of those shouts have been calmed by their leapfrogging of rivals Spurs on the final gameweek of the term.

Sailing conservatively, staying out of trouble and keeping a weather eye on his two chief rivals, he placed fifth and sixth — good enough to hold a 5 - point lead at the end over Cox who took a first and a fifth to nose out Cawthra by one point for the runner - up position.

Rival agency Hanover Communications is headed up by Charles Lewington, the smooth - talking former Conservative party press chief under John Major.

He reveals how the Service Chief were set at odds by the system, almost as rivals in the making, with responsibility diffuse and authority ambiguous.

The briefings by May and her chief of staff Gavin Barwell were to focus on the rival options for Britain's future customs arrangements with the EU that have split the PM's top team.

Although DeFrancisco is hurt by widespread GOP support of Marc Malorino — his chief rival in the May nominating convention — voters should consider DeFrancisco's vow to cut taxes, his previous positions on the Syracuse City School District Board of Education and city council and his 40 - year undefeated record in political races.

Within hours of former City Councilman Larry Seabrook's conviction and removal from office, his chief rival from 2009, Andy King announced his candidacy for the November 6 special election declared by Mayor Bloomberg.

Sen. John DeFrancisco called the endorsement of his chief rival for the Republican nomination for governor by the state Conservative Party «disappointing» and indicated he was re-evaluating his campaign.

With 98 percent of precincts reporting, State Senator Adriano Espaillat declared victory Tuesday night in the Democratic primary for the 13th Congressional District seat held by Charles Rangel as his chief rival refused to concede the race.

As it so happens, De Blasio's campaign was energized by an influx of money from horse carriage opponents like Steve Nislick and Wendy Neu, who also played a role in damaging the prospects of a chief rival, former Council Speaker Christine Quinn.

The investigation by Mr. Cuomo damaged the administration of Eliot Spitzer, who was the governor, and largely exonerated Mr. Spitzer's chief political rival, Joseph L. Bruno, who was the State Senate majority leader.

Brash execs must have assumed the new film was so amazing that they'd be drowned by a wave of positive press, perhaps enough to rival the film's chief comic - book competitor, the universally loved Captain America: Civil War.

Iron Man is able to beat him — but Whiplash is helped out of prison by Starks» chief arms - producing rival, Justin Hammer (Sam Rockwell), who has been working on an Iron Man - style suit for his own company.

Yet amidst all the ballyhoo about Hooper's film as The Social Network's chief rival for Oscar gold, few if any have noted the extent to which the two movies orbit a similar central theme — two portraits of a communications revolution, separated by a century.

Mr. Shanker argued that a «protest» vote would be a vote for President Bush and «the status quo,» and that the flat tax proposed by Mr. Clinton's chief rival, former Gov. Jerry Brown of California, would be disastrous for public - school budgets.

His chief rivals, Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach and Insurance Commissioner Ken Selzer, used a forum sponsored by the Kansas Republican Party In Atchison to characterize Colyer as a poor manager and weak leader on conservative causes.

According to Alfa Romeo, the Giulia Quadrifoglio rips around the «Ring in an eye - watering 7 minutes and 39 seconds, bloodying the nose of chief rival BMW M4 by a whopping 13 seconds.

Though the ride quality and refinement are good, they're not quite up to the standards set by the class - leaders, and the GMC Sierra 2500 is quite pricey in comparison with its chief rivals.

Over the winter months, the Murano is trailing its chief rival, the Ford Edge, by only five sales.

The Ram ProMaster City is Ford's chief rival, trailing the Transit Connect by only 225 units so far this year and outselling the Ford in January and February.

Amazon has responded to Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller's iPad mini launch presentation, in which he slammed competitors to the 7.9 - inch iPad mini, by posting a direct dig at its rival on Amazon.com.

There is also the matter of FICO's chief rival, VantageScore, which is in use by about 10 % of creditors.

TGT stock trailed its chief retail rival, WMT stock, by a wide margin in 2016.

While maximized privacy and security, uber - tailored guest service and 5 - star accommodations and amenities are chief reasons the trend toward private villa lodging is exploding, an elite few have offerings far beyond that don't just rival, but far exceed, those offered by high - end resorts, including those elite Penthouse suites.

Chief Eating Officer (we're not joking) Jukka Laakso at Rival Games is excited for players to get their hands on this final episode, saying, «Inspired by the emotional impact of adventure games and TV shows such as The Wire, The Detail contains mature themes for older players and we are excited to bring these elements to a head in the first season's finale with Episode 3 — Devil in the Detail -LSB-...] and we can't wait to hear from players about how the season plays out for them.»

Dragon Slayer's chief rival was Hydlide, developed and published in late 1984 by T&E Soft.

It's been a tough week for Microsoft, with their chief rivals Sony reporting that the PlayStation 4 has sold over 30 million units worldwide, while the Xbox One's sales figures were, like, eaten by the dog or whatever.

By showing off your modding and driving skills, you'll gain respect from the rival crew chiefs, and will soon be invited to their race events, challenge them to race «for pinks», and bet against them for cash.

Led by IT director Clive Knott and chief technology officer Jonathan Freedman, the firm also reviewed Intapp, which it found to be more expensive than Tikit's rival solution.

«More than 70 - 80 per cent of medical bills are paid out - of - pocket because people are not covered by health insurance,» adds Tapan Singhel, chief marketing officer of rival firm Bajaj Allianz General Insurance Company.

Late last month, the seemingly incapable - of - escaping - trouble electric car startup Faraday Future filed a lawsuit against a new rival helmed by its former chief financial officer, Stefan Krause.

A South Korean court cleared LG's appliance chief from charges of vandalising washing machines made by rival Samsung Electronics

Amazon has responded to Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller's iPad mini launch presentation, in which he slammed competitors to the 7.9 - inch iPad mini, by posting a direct dig at its rival on Amazon.com.The retailer points out that, even though its screen... Read more

Pandora attempts to overtake chief rivals Spotify and Apple Music by offering a free taste of its premium account to general users.