Sentences with phrase «by picking up points»

However, those were extremely tough opening fixtures and they soon made amends for their poor start by picking up points in their following two home encounters, drawing 0 - 0 with West Ham and defeating Wolves 3 - 1 at the weekend, both at Ewood Park.

Or on the other hand, if they lose conclusively i.e. 4 — 0, they could reason that the tie is over and that their best chance of getting a top four position is by picking up points in the league and as a consequence they play a strong team at the Emirates.

As Arsenal look to kick off their Champions League campaign by picking up some points away to Paris Saint Germain in the first match of the group phase, there were some concerns about Arsenal's star centre back.

Though the Wings lost the game, they still clinched a playoff spot for the 23rd straight year by picking up a point in the game.

Drive by the pick up points and get them in that high school 6 - wheeler of yours.

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And in the U.S., Fed chair Janet Yellen hiked rates by 25 points on Wednesday evening but signaled no pick - up in the pace of normalization of rates.

The production quality was rough, with sound issues and background conversations picked up by the mic at points.

Union officials» median expectations also continue to point to a slight pick - up in inflation, with inflation expected to increase to 3 per cent by the end of 2005 and stabilise around this level.

The positive outlook for buildings and structures investment is supported by the Access Economics Investment Monitor, with a sharp pick - up in the number of projects committed for construction pointing to renewed strength in project commencements in the period ahead.

Trump spoke as his White House tried to pick up the pieces after Democrats» apparent victory in a special election in a western Pennsylvania congressional district that Trump won by 20 points in 2016.

Amid signs of stronger economic growth and a pick - up in inflation, as well as easier financial conditions, the Federal Open Market Committee, the policy arm of the U.S. central bank, is expected to raise its key federal funds rate in March by a quarter percentage point to a target range of 0.75 % to 1.00 %, says Ellen Zentner, Morgan Stanley's Chief U.S. Economist.

Results from the Bank's latest quarterly survey of financial market economists show that the median inflation forecast is 2.1 per cent over the year to June 2004, before picking up to 2.4 per cent over the year to June 2005; forecasts for both periods are lower than they were in November 2003 by 0.1 percentage points (Table 16).

The pick - up points are replenished by a warehouse that is also automated and managed by third - party fulfillment providers.

These are poems that take as their beginning point headlines from the National Enquirer: «Beauty Queen Has Monster Child,» «Woman Picked up by UFO, Flown into Black Hole,» «Sweethearts Vanish in Tunnel of Love,» «Human Boy Found in Indian Jungle Among Wolf Pack.»

At this point, all Palahniuk will say is that the story picks up with the unnamed narrator's marriage to Marla Singer (played by Helena Bonham Carter in the film) and has a 9 - year - old son named Junior.

The great monotheistic religions all point to God as One (though Muslims have trouble with the Christian Trinity, thinking of Christians as polytheists worshipping three different Gods; St. Patrick solved that one by picking up a shamrock and telling the druids, «See, one plant, with three equal leaves, but all connected, all «one.»»)

If you were playing on a Sunday morning and got caught out by that goal you would be steaming 3 players v 1 and not one players actually picked him up, so he turns and runs 60 yards Massive schoolboy error And why is the team virtually the same barring forced changes What's the point of having a squad WENGER OUT and you will hear this again and again One difference in the teams, they play as a team Ramsey and Alexis awful

I don't care what team gets picked wat the performance is like just need 3 points at Any cost, becuase if we don't we could end up 5 / 6th by the end of the weekend.

By the time we face Chelsea on Sunday, Arsenal could have dropped to third in the table if both Leicester and Man City pick up points, so we really need to make a statement by beating our arch rivals by hook or by crook, if only to break our horrible record against theBy the time we face Chelsea on Sunday, Arsenal could have dropped to third in the table if both Leicester and Man City pick up points, so we really need to make a statement by beating our arch rivals by hook or by crook, if only to break our horrible record against theby beating our arch rivals by hook or by crook, if only to break our horrible record against theby hook or by crook, if only to break our horrible record against theby crook, if only to break our horrible record against them.

Aldridge went 8 - for - 22 from the floor for 23 points, and the slack picked up by Damian Lillard and Nicolas Batum wasn't enough for Portland to pull through in overtime.

Simply picking up that extra half - point can help increase your winning percentage by two percent, but shopping for the best line isn't limited to simply betting spreads.

Team Dean picked up their second victory in a row, beating the previously undefeated Team Berkson by 6 points, 60 - 54.

The 20 points they picked up in the Standings was enough to jump into 2nd place with 2 weeks to go in the Regular Season and they trail by one measly point to Team Harris for # 1 in the Standings.

Up to that point, the presumption had been, of course, that they would be picked by the boxing commission.

«Mitch could have picked up half a point just by improving his landings,» said his coach, Art Sherlock.

Remi Garde has done what he can do for his former boss, the Boss yesterday by forcing Pellegrini to dropped 2 valuable points for the Gunners to pick them up.

This was the vital game though for Real who trail leaders Barcelona by 16 points in La Liga after a poor campaign and it is their best chance of picking up some silverware outside of the Champions League, in which they are evenly poised against Manchester United after a 1 - 1 first leg draw at the Bernabeu.

The Blues have picked up just one point from their opening two Premier League fixtures, and Jose Mourinho has been unhappy with the displays put in by his Chelsea charges, even electing to name and shame seven players who he feels are below - par (via Sky Sports).

The free agent point guard market is notoriously tough every year; Dell Demps, New Orleans» GM, has to understand this, and should respond accordingly by picking up one of the two top PGs expected to be available in this range.

Arsenal picked up a good 3 points at home, it was easy, almost too easy, a match that finished 2 - 0 could and perhaps should have finished 3,4,5 but for a very good performance from Jack Butland, and the wastefulness of our attackers, Walcott should have struck twice before he scored, Sanchez probably should have got one, and I feel Ozil should have done better when put through by Cazorla.

Since the international breaks of 2013 - 14, Arsenal are only beaten by Chelsea for the number of points picked up from matches immediately after the international period.

Bowen, by this point well out of clean clothes, was picked up at Logan Airport and driven to Foxborough by a quality control assistant.

We can not blame him for the early injury picked up by the unlucky Debuchy but it just shows you how our luck is going at the minute and you have to feel for the Frenchman who had played really well up to that point.

Apart from at Liverpool we have deserved better and been hurt by some poor decisions but if that evens out as it is said to then we should pick up plenty of points on the road.

Probably a good thing for now that we're under performing and still picking points up, encourages more signings by highlighting our weaknesses.

In these their 13 games left, they will drop points massively and Arsenal will pick them up as they are being dropped by them and will add them to the ones they'll collect and also to the ones they've already collected and put them all into their points bag at the Emirates Stadium which will become very full and swell up at the end of this PL season's campaign.

3 is a silent pick em so money line the game with a dog of 3 pts or less, 85 % of teams that cover 3 points as dogs win the game outright so why give the books any more than you have to, make sure you take dogs in first half ONLY, i cant stress this enough, more times than not if a dog will cover the game, (big dogs +7 or higher) they will show up early and you do not want to get screwed in the 2nd half by blowing the cover, these are things the sports books never would tell you but surely will save you a lot of aggravation in the LONG RUN

Up until Christmas we'd avoided playing most of the big boys and had picked up our points by winning games against all the small frUp until Christmas we'd avoided playing most of the big boys and had picked up our points by winning games against all the small frup our points by winning games against all the small fry.

While he was among those Milan players left furious at the full - time whistle as a controversial last - gasp penalty saw Juve claim all three points, there was one moment that was picked up by cameras which will have delighted Milan supporters.

They started off Sunday by winning their VBall Group and picking up a big 18 points in the Standings.

Just when it seemed things couldn't get any worse for Arsenal, who have been severely hit by injuries to the fulcrum of their team and made a totally unacceptable start to their season, Wenger's wizards failed to harness home advantage and pick up 3 points against a resurgent Hull City.

In other words, contrarian bettors are able to pick up a free point simply based on public perception by taking Clippers +5.5.

Our results have flattered our side recently, leaving us little room to complain at present, but in reality, we were lucky not to have been eliminated by Norwich City in the League Cup, and Red Star Belgrade could easily have picked up more than one point from our two EL encounters.

The Foxes have now picked up 28 points on their travels and, although they were denied a sixth clean sheet in their past seven matches, this was another win earned by their solid defence.

Blackburn Rovers failed to pick up maximum points on their latest England Championship fixture as they were held by Watford this past weekend.

Regardless of the lack of hope shown by fans on Social Media, the team can pick up the 3 points up at St. James» Park similar to last year where a 4 - 1 victory was enough to take home the point.

They lost 2 - 0 at Wednesday in the morning but we couldn't pick up any points a couple of hours later when we were beaten 1 - 0 by Sheffield United at Stocksbridge.

In every World Cup year, the media build - up is dominated by preview articles picking out the players set to star during the tournament, aiming to point fans in the direction of the players most likely to shine on football's grandest stage.

League leaders Wolves will look to edge their way a little closer to the title by picking up three points at home on Tuesday night.

The Light Blues may have won the first Women's Varsity Match to be staged at Twickenham last year by a massive 52 - 0, with the marvellous Middleton picking up the Player of the Match award after scoring a hat - trick of tries and 27 points, but Oxford recovered to win the BUCS return game in April 3 - 0 at Grange Road.