Sentences with phrase «control as a victory»

Kids often enjoy seeing a rise out of an adult; blowing your top can be interesting to watch and kids sometimes see your loss of control as a victory for them.

Not exact matches

Opinion polls showed that voters had opposed privatization at the outset (as did the press and many Conservative back benchers), but the Conservatives pointed out that Tony Blair rode to victory in part by abandoning «Clause Four» of the Labour Party's 1904 constitution, advocating state control over the means of production, distribution and exchange.

Gun sales slumped after the 2016 presidential election, as fears that a Hillary Clinton presidency would usher in new gun control legislation dissipated with Mr. Trump's victory.

Conservative Christians did claim some victories Tuesday night, including helping the GOP retain control of the U.S. House of Representatives and helping elect tea party favorite Ted Cruz as a U.S. senator from Texas.

Irenaeus (130 - 200), bishop of Lyon, presents an early Christian understanding of salvation as victory over the controlling powers of sin, evil and death: «Mankind, that had fallen into captivity, is now by God's mercy delivered out of the power of them that held them in bondage.

The fact that we had lost all of the three previous clashes in Greece was made to look like a statistical oddity as we controlled the game and cruised to a 3 - 0 victory.

The way Busquets dictated the away side's tempo and broke up Madrid's attack was key in Barca's win, as it allowed them time on the ball and let them control the pace of the game, something that helped the Blaugrana stride towards victory.

While Folsom controlled the game en route to a 30 - 14 victory, many witnesses on hand came away with a feeling that the matchup was as good as advertised, including Folsom co-coach Kris Richardson.

It may come as not surprise that playmaker Cesc Fabregas was the most impressive statistical debutant after his superb first half display for the Blues in their victory of Burnley, as the Spaniard controlled the game with 106 touches of the ball and made two assists.

Arsenal will score a major victory for PL teams if they keep Sanchez by showing other teams that they can retain control over players as long as they are under contract with the Sanchez example.

Arsenal may find it hard to play their passing possession based game against Swansea, as they are a side who like to control possession as they showed in their victory at the Emirates.

The clash in styles was evident from the off, with England setting out to use the pace of players such as Danny Welbeck and Raheem Sterling to get behind the Italian back line, while Italy looked to use a slower tempo controlling the game, and the midfield 3 of Marco Verratti, Daniele De Rossi and Andrea Prirlo were key to the victory.

Everton's match against Tottenham Hotspur was played on May 24 at Goodison Park and it just didn't seem like the players of Roberto Martinez were inspired to claim a victory as the visiting team controlled the pitch from start till end while the hosts just allowed them on doing it without much opposition as Tottenham Hotspur won the game with a scoreboard of 1 - 0.

As Senate Democrats hope to flip control of the state Senate with victories in the downstate suburbs and in the Hudson Valley, Democrats on Long Island this evening say turnout has especially heavy — a sign they believe is especially beneficial for candidates like Jim Gaughran and John Brooks.

For Republicans, the desperate rhetoric comes as forecasts show they're likely to win major victories that would leave them in control of the Senate for the first time since 2007 and with an even wider majority in the House of Representatives.

In the wake of his victory in 1997 Tony Blair abolished what he derided as the «internal market» in the NHS, he scrapped fundholding GPs and deprived patients of the right to choose which NHS hospital treated them; in Education he scrapped Grant Maintained Schools, restored them to Local Authority control and abandoned the previous government's plans to give all schools a status similar to Grant Maintained Schools.

While GOP lawmakers in the Senate are hailing the move as a victory for the Second Amendment, Astorino and other gun - rights proponents have said the agreement does little to change the gun - control measure approved in 2013.

Those victories, however, were offset by the defeat of a GOP incumbent in the county legislature, giving Democrats majority control as of January 1.

Victories in these Senate races — including in the critical swing district, the 37th — are good omen as the party tries for state control in 2018.

A faction fighting for control of the Women's Equality Party allied with Gov. Andrew Cuomo scored a victory in court this week as a five - judge panel struck down efforts by two competing groups to gain power over the ballot line.

The formation of the committee came the same month as Gov. Andrew Cuomo's allies won a legal victory as to who controls the ballot line.

Cameron had a few choices: Block it and risk the coalition fall apart on a relatively minor issue, Grudgingly let her have her way and be seen as not in control or get behind it 100 % and claim it as a Tory rather than LibDem victory.

Speaking before Mr Khan's victory, Mr Corbyn talked up Labour's performance, saying it had defied predictions by retaining control of councils in the south of England such as Southampton, Hastings, Crawley and Norwich.

With the Senate GOP, Cuomo has gained key legislative victories on same - sex marriage, gun control and a package of tax cuts as well as approving budgets four years in a row before the April 1 deadline.

Gun rights supporters as well as gun control advocates are declaring victory over this year's Florida legislative session.

Tomorrow they will cement their control of the Labour machine if, as expected, Mr Corbyn storms to victory in the leadership race.

If control orders are sufficiently watered down — and the word is they may be — that will count as a victory for him, as will the paternity leave extension he outlined yesterday and the 80 per cent elected House of Lords now in prospect.

He had cemented an image of himself as the Cuomo who got things done — not just gave memorable speeches — by recording high - profile victories legalizing same - sex marriage, capping property tax increases and tightening gun - control laws.

• As a defeated Labour candidate in Thursday's council elections, I don't think your report (Victories in remain areas boost Cable, 5 May) does justice to the stunning victory of Lib Dems taking control of South Cambridgeshire.

Not yet as irredeemably nihilistic as many of us seem to be today, Kubrick (or perhaps his partner Arthur C. Clarke) ultimately gives the victory not to Dr. Floyd's remote - controlled coup, but to Dave — who, traversing Kubrick's otherworldly light show, gradually sheds all of his tools as they outlive their usefulness.

Pick up and control the case to achieve victory, but beware — holding the case will reveal you to enemies as well!

She vies with the forces around her for power and control over her own identity, each victory nested inside a defeat and vice versa, like when she chooses to lose her virginity to her boyfriend, orders him to undress, positions him as she wishes and wholly owns the event, yet immediately afterward is beaten by her brother for becoming «a slut.»

Fresh off a victory on the finance issue and newly enjoying complete control of the legislature, Republican leaders were primed to push changes sought by administrators» groups as a way of controlling costs and limiting teacher strikes.

While Republicans are set to retain control of both the House and Senate in the 107th Congress, as of late last week Democrats had secured at least 49 seats in the Senate and had scored significant victories in such states as New York, Missouri, and Delaware.

The result is a spate of articles in such places as The Christian Post and Breitbart that give two thumbs down to this solid (though imperfect) conservative victory (under such headlines as «Rhetoric of «Bipartisan» Every Student Succeeds Act Can't Mask Its Federal Control of Education» and «Republican Congress Thwarts Americans, Passes Obama - Backed Education Bill»).

PULSE, New Jersey Communities United and others are planning a victory rally to claim this win and demand seats at the table as local control is implemented.

If Demeter takes us back to an agricultural way of life that imagined Earth and its manifestations as aspects of maternal nurturing, the strident gods of Olympus, challenging and overthrowing one another, males always primed for battle and sexual conquest, females seizing control only by wheedling indirection, are projections of a warrior culture that set victory in armed combat above all other goals — or at least seemed to, for there are always, deep within any society, dreams that run in another, even in a contrary, direction from its articulated purposes.

The automatic and sensible argument here is that the game is simply providing more options for achieving victory rather than simply generating the most effective military machine, but as something that advertises itself as being a deck - building area - control game I guess I was simply expecting the area - control aspect to actually matter in the grand scheme of things.

At times it can be extremely frustrating, especially early on whilst you adapt to what is needed to succeed and for the controls click, but when you do get your head around it the game becomes that much more enjoyable as you plot your paths around to victory.

Riding, whipping and scrubbing your way to victory, you'll find a deep physics system and tight controls that will allow you to string together incredible trick combos, as you make your way down the mountain slopes in the fastest, safest, way possible.

As you move across the map, engaging the enemy team and working to capture control points, minor victories fill your guardian's energy meter.

Each team has a counter that ticks downward as they control these areas, and victory is achieved either when a team's timer reaches zero, or the map's overall time runs out, with the team whose counter is closest to zero claiming victory.

As a result, the key to victory is almost always in controlling the flow of the battle.

Mike Vercher describes his greatest legal victories as winning jury trials for two different Alabama companies that were put out of business by forces beyond their control.