Sentences with phrase «defend his position against»

NEW YORK Wells Fargo & Co's two biggest competitors have been nabbing market share in lending to commercial and industrial customers in the American heartland, a sign of how difficult it has become for the scandal - tarnished bank to defend its position against rivals.

He defends his position against the charge that the secular institutions are able to survive without knowing Christ.

Defend your position against incoming waves of deadly Norts in «Strongold», or fight your way to safety in «Progressive» mode!

That key line, from the new trailer for upcoming biopic Steve Jobs, is delivered by Michael Fassbender, as the enigmatic Apple mogul defends his position against co-founder Steve Wozniak.

In the closing minutes, however, he was passed by the No. 56 BMW, and then had to defend his position against the No. 17 Porsche.

I think there's a lot of value in tapping a new market, but if you're selling $ 200 products in lieu of $ 500 products just to defend your position against a competitor, things might not be as rosy as they seem to be.

You can not defend your position against IRS by saying «But the article on Nolo said I can not pay SE taxes on my earnings!»

Since they are not logical thinkers, he will defend his position against anyone or anything.

Defend your position against incoming waves of deadly Norts in «Strongold», or fight your way to safety in «Progressive» mode!

Once you've completed the 6 campaigns, there's little incentive to replay anything (other than to increase the difficulty), whereby with the Windows version some of the best fun to be had with the series was the «Stonewall» mode, which saw you taking a small team and defending a position against increasingly desperate odds.

Another means of styling this procedure — in a way more reflective of the reality of the situation — would be to have a «discussion» wherein a single dissenter is challenged to defend their position against 9 other participants.

This abysmal failure to show us all absolute evidence of illicit money exchanged for fabricated, demonstratively false science papers / assessments is the proverbial «mathematical certainty «that dooms the accusation, and places the whole idea of man - caused global warming in peril of sinking if its promoters can not defend their position against science - based criticism from skeptic scientists.

A consensus group will first tend to defend it positions against everyone who disagrees, often without even giving consideration that they could be wrong.

Guttenberg demanded that Rubio look at him and defend his position against banning the weapons like the AR - 15, the weapon used by Stoneman Douglas shooter Nikolas Cruz.

I would submit that this form is most valuable to lawyers who end up litigating on behalf of litigants claiming damages or defending their positions against same based upon not only dishonest and misleading statements that most assuredly appear on these SPIS smooth deal - facilitator documents, but also upon assumed honestly held but nevertheless misleading statements (the seller «thinks» he / she knows the correct answer to a question, but in fact does «not» know for sure, and guesses... yes... or no) that can ultimately lead to an expensive court case.

Not exact matches

The move offers Lufthansa and rivals a chance to acquire slots at airports such as Berlin Tegel and Duesseldorf, with Germany's largest airline keen to defend its domestic position against expansion by low - cost rival Ryanair.

The corollary of that is an enfeebled fin de règne in which Merkel defends a centrist legacy against attacks from both sides, accompanied by a gradual loss of party discipline as potential successors jockey for position.

A price tag of $ 43 a share is «probably the cheapest and most efficient way for Google to get a strong IP position in wireless and defend the Android eco-system against legal challenges,» he writes.

Yet Luther was not about challenging time - honored positions generally, but defending the Great Tradition against little defective traditions that had distorted it.

Personally, I believe the position all Christians of today should be to obey Romans 13 but also believe the lesson taught in Romans 13, that the ministers of God (government) have the right to built an army from among its citizenry to defend our nation against the forces of evil.

DeGioia has weighed in on recent campus political controversies, defending the decision to invite Sebelius - saying «we are a university, committed to the free exchange of ideas» - and defending Fluke against attacks from Limbaugh, which the college president described as «as misogynistic, vitriolic, and a misrepresentation of the position of our student.»

George N. Boyd argues against the traditional position of the opponents of capital punishment that no crime ever «deserves» the death penalty, and suggests that the debate is not over what murderers deserve, but rather about how society should express and defend its fundamental values.

The proponents of the latter position believe that there are historic situations in which refusal to defend the inheritance of a civilization, however imperfect, against tyranny and aggression may result in consequences even worse than war.

Someone else «defended premillennialism over against postmillennialism rather than arguing for the posttribulation Rapture as opposed to the pretribulation position.»

Polkinghorne then turns to orthodox Christian commitments such as a theistic understanding of God and creatio ex nihilo and defends them against competing positions.

Indeed, whereas the earlier Chicago school had set its face against any understanding of Christian faith that required defending disputable philosophic views, Hartshorne was engaged in creating a metaphysical position in lonely isolation from the prevailing mood of American philosophy.

I contend that (2) and (3) can not be defended against an epistemic construal of Whitehead's position and therefore should be abandoned as necessary conditions of nomological generalizations.

Monsanto and the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) have long defended their die - hard positions against mandatory GMO labeling laws, often by feigning concern about the financial impact labeling laws would have on consumers.

Arsene playing a balanced team will give you positive results, especially playing against a big team, over the past years we have continued to use players not suited for certain positions, we actually had a player who used left foot on the left side of the field who got in attacking position, Kolasinac to me was the most important player going forward and defending.

Then we have the counter against us.With no CDM and players out of position we are so vulnerable to teams breaking at pace against us.Look at Swansea this week.They had pace to burn in Dyer and he was able to exploit space that had us scrambling to defend.

Instead of having to fight off a 1st round pick... he is defending his position from G Leaguers not Lottery Picks.if the Hawks invest in a first round wing, Bembry would have an uphill battle against Schlenk's pick... but, if he is healthy he should have the advantage over the G Leaguers.

Defended well against Andy Carroll in the final minutes to avoid falling into a two - goal deficit, but he was out of position on Carroll's earlier goal.

Monreal / Niles were very sloppy in possession and defending against the opponent, niles is learning the position and will improve if given match time, monreal as a senior payer should be showing leader ship.

With forward Carmelo Anthony averaging 29.2 points, Denver (37 — 19 at week's end, the second - best record in the West) is positioning itself for a conference finals rematch against the defending champion Lakers.

the likes of neista David Silva our own ozil they don't defend but rather tack back to slot in the defensive line for the real defenders to do their job.have u all take note that ozil don't normally jump for headers in the heart of the midfield.so all I'm saying is if Chamberlain do nt want to defend yo make that position his then he should trying playing in the attacking position as he did excel there when he was played against Bayern last year or he is out from arsenal.

Welbeck has to be our worst ever signing and please don't defend him and say he's been played out of position or Wenger has forced him to play with his back against the wall.

while he offers himself as a «deadly» shooter of sorts, there is simply no way he can consistently defend at that position against presumably bigger, strong and likely quicker opponents.

When they do, at least two and often all three of Barcelona's forwards make only the most token gestures towards similar pressing, preferring instead to retain their position, tucked up against the defending line.

Just trust wenger, Hes probably playing ozil on the wings to teach him in the premier league you have to defend as a team its not like germany where u can afford to be lazy or real madrid where you only have 3 teams to compete against, putting him on the wings and then watching the match back viewing how he plays not covering or tracking back will show him in plain sight that he needs to work harder, when he proves hes fighting for every ball im sure he will get put back in the middle cause you need to defend whatever position you play and i think letting him have the middle will spoil him not teaching him to trackback.

At the 36th match of the season defending champion will play against Sunderland, who is on the 18th on the league position.

His stunning goal against West Brom and gloriously deft late assist against CSKA Moscow obviously stand out, but it is his speed and determination to diligently defend and daringly dart into goalscoring positions that earned him his manager's trust.

He has become an important part of what makes Arsenal's attack tick, tackling opponents close to their own goal to win the ball or put them under pressure in dangerous and awkward areas to defend against: exactly what Wenger has been looking for in that position.

The president has a chance to finally seize the initiative on an issue that an overwhelming majority of voters support him and are lining up against the GOP position of quietly defending Wall Street.

Even if you regard this as a «smear» against Corbyn (it isn't), he will be asked to defend his position on this.

«I believe that Governor Cuomo is not only working against the Democratic Party as the leader — who as the leader should be protecting and defending the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State,» Diaz wrote in his «What You Should Know» email at the time.

The class struggle left — organised in the Keep the Party Labour umbrella group and the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs — took a clear position against the document and adopted tactics to maximise unity with any part of the soft left prepared to defend any aspect of party democracy.

The mayor has said he will defend the city's position — which is to be against releasing the information — in all three cases.

«I believe that Governor Cuomo is not only working against the Democratic Party as the leader — who as the leader should be protecting and defending the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State.»

With stays in place, Oyster Bay can neither press its position in a state civil suit it filed against Mei, Singh and others — or defend itself in three other civil actions filed against the town by lenders.

Small business should look closely at a candidate who not only has voted against their interests on every key vote the last two years, but who would launch such a bizarre and frankly desperate attack on the organization that defends them and represents their positions on key issues.