Sentences with phrase «checked by rivals»

The spread of some hardy sports is checked by rivals that already have a firm hold on the land.

Not exact matches

So, there is a good chance that Check Point is being crushed by its rivals, and it needs to get back on track.

Moreover, earnest Christians fought the evils attendant upon the chronic wars between the rival dynasties and sought to check the exploitation of peoples by European conquerors, explorers, merchants, and settlers and make the contacts with Europeans accrue to the benefit of non-Europeans.

One important conversation had already been check off by the time Mr. Cuomo got up this morning, however: He spoke last night with Sheldon Silver, the Assembly speaker and his biggest rival for power and influence in the Capitol, at the Democratic victory party at the Sheraton Hotel, aides to both men said.

In response to a report by the New York City Board of Education showing a 16 percent increase in crime in the public schools, the district's chancellor has expanded a program of weapons checks and both Mayor David N. Dinkins and his rival have called for additional security measures.