Sentences with phrase «certainly have a leg up»

As the Buyer and Inventory Manager for eco-friendly baby retailer, Sprout San Francisco, Andi Rothfeld certainly had a leg up on knowing the latest and greatest for baby (and mom!)

While Prince certainly has the leg up on my «hog Sonic in terms of talent, both have a look and design that's completely their own.

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This means you've certainly got a leg up on many of your human brothers, if this scripture is indeed God's word.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Injuries have certainly been a mitigating factor and Danny Rose was again missing for both legs against Gent — the defeat in Monaco was the first time Harry Kane, Hugo Lloris and Mousa Dembele had started together in the Champions League and Spurs were still without Toby Alderweireld and Erik Lamela — but too few of the fit players stepped up.

With Fulham trailing by a Van Damme goal early on, the Cottagers» Saturday afternoon quickly went from bad to simply catastrophic, as a firm but reckless challenge by Karl Henry on Bobby Zamora, arguably the club's most influential player last season and a player which had he been a few years younger would have almost certainly been snapped up by a bigger club elsewhere, resulted in the England international suffering both a broken leg and ligament damage leaving Fulham's most prized asset sidelined until at least the new year.

With field offices opening across Queens, the Vallone campaign has certainly got a leg up when it comes to experienced campaigners leading to a serious brain - drain for his chief rival, Melinda Katz.

If something (especially vintage) has a good enough story, I'll wear a dress with lots of fabric, or a color that's not exactly right for me, and I certainly love chopping up a leg line with cropped pants and ankle strap.

In the meantime - and certainly long after if I don't end up taking the plunge - I can't help but think of the many amazing looks (from long wool winter dresses to being slipped beneath the hems of a pair of classic wide - legged, high - waisted trousers) that these terrifically pretty old - fashioned styled boots would go with.

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I'm lucky to have access to our site's two million Twitter followers, which is certainly a leg - up other underleveled players might not have.

If it's arguable whether he has a huge leg up on, say, Roth or DeLillo in overall mirth, he's still certainly the one I'd most trust to know his way around a whoopee cushion.

It must certainly be nice to have a leg up early in life, however modest.

Now, while having teleportation doesn't make you all powerful when confronted with shotguns, pistols and flame throwers, it certainly does give you a leg up most of the time.

In the end, it's all about who can offer the best rates, and certainly CoverHound could have a leg up by automating comparison shopping and removing the friction.