Sentences with phrase «defection away»

No disrespect to the Foxes but they are one injury or one player defection away from a long, hard fall.

Not exact matches

He is, furthermore, tolerant of such defections since he was nearly lured away once by a Swiss client of Loewy / Snaith Inc..

And every time the Senate tipping point has seemed within reach since, bizarre events — narrow electoral losses here, defections to the IDC there — have kept control a seat or two away.

Despite M. Myers Mermel's success in wooing away some of Levy's support — the most significant defection occurring in the (already fractured) Queens GOP — the county executive insisted he will easily surpass the 25 percent mark and then get the 50 - percent - plus - one necessary for a Wilson Pakula.

Try as they might to explain away the defections — perhaps it was the lure of money from gay hedge - fund billionaires, or some devilish deal with Cuomo — the Conservatives feared that this defeat, if not punished, could mean an ominous loss of influence.

That majority was progressively whittled away through defections and by - elections defeats, the most notable of the latter including those in Newbury, South East Staffordshire and Wirral South, resulting in the eventual loss of the Major government's majority in Parliament.