Sentences with phrase «defending a lead against»

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The lead investor may negotiate better terms, defend against unfair dilution by negotiating with venture capitalists during follow - on financing, mentor the company and represent small investors on the board,» says Nick Tommarello, the co-founder and CEO of crowdfunding platform WeFunder, in a letter to the Committee of Financial Services shared with Entrepreneur.

Though he intends to defend himself against the charges, other allegations about Dominique Strauss - Kahn's past conduct toward women are surfacing, and may lead to more charges.

One of Israel's leading cyber security entrepreneurs has launched a start - up with the aim of defending networks in the cloud against attackers.

Macquarie chairman Peter Warne was quick to defend Mr Moore's remuneration on Friday even after concerns last year about the company's pay practices and opaque structure led to a 15 per cent protest vote against the remuneration report.

Syria's air defense system failed to defend against the U.S. - led strike on the country's chemical weapons facilities two weeks ago.

Sir Sayyid gathered around him at Aligarh some leading Muslim intellectuals who sought to defend Islam not only against Christian missionaries but also against the conservative Muslim outlook which provided the occasion for Christian attacks on Islam.

More problematically, when we defend these false descriptions of man, we go against the clear teachings of the Church and lead others to embrace one of the great confusions of our age.

In this paper I shall develop a view of perception from the partial theory to be found in Whitehead's early philosophical writings and defend it against objections which led Whitehead himself to replace it later with a somewhat different theory.1 Development of the Early Theory The first phase or moment of perception is sense - awareness (CN...

Usually, we believe that creeds and confessions protect the gospel, defending it against heresy, keeping at bay those who teach a false gospel, and leading people toward central truths of gospel, such as God's holiness, our sinfulness, and the person and work of Jesus Christ.

In fact, it was actually in seeking to defend the teachings of Calvin against some detractors that led Arminius to have doubts of his own.

According to our culture, my job as a parent is to defend against that pernicious evil that leads to everything from drug abuse to eating disorders to jail time: low self - esteem.

In many ways they inspired and led the renewal in American Christianity while defending the teachings of the Gospel against the culture even as an enfeebled and wounded Church fell back in disarray.

Captain Mike had a dozen to lead them in scoring against Defending Champs Team Lalez.

Liverpool had taken an 18th - minute lead against Norwich City at Carrow Road this afternoon through Roberto Firmino, but were behind by half time after some awful defending.

Conquelin have 360 degrees awerness around when we are defending, while flamini only have 180 degrees awerness which have led us conceeding stupid against dortmund and man city both on the first leg.

Conquelin have 360 degrees awerness around when we are defending, while flamini only have 180 degrees awerness which have led us conceeding stupid goals against dortmund and man city both on the first leg.

I think we need to work on defending counter attacks, stopping opponents creating chances, protecting the lead and stop opponents playing aggressive against us.

Probably having his hand in all three goals against City, (an assist, an immaculate run and finish that if Sanchez was the one doing it people would've had to change their pants, hustling for a loose ball that forced sloppy defending that led to a goal, again!

The Baltimore Orioles, who were supposed to struggle against division foes like the defending World Series champion Boston Red Sox and the re-vamped New York Yankees, are currently leading the AL East by 4 games.

I've been defending BB for months against an anti-process friend of mine and sometimes I don't always process the nuances of coaching that lead to winning and losing.

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Giroud does not deserve to lead the arsenal line next season.He should be replaced do u know why?It is because he is always going to miss a lot of chances and will cost us.people who support him to lead the line have not studied his game clearly.every season he will continue to cost us.But at least i wont say he is useless or something.He is on the pitch and gives his all so he is useful.He is not clinical and not good at all.He is a striker who is just above average but sometimes even performs below average in his 3 years over here.Be honest and say it as it is.Some people use stats to constantly defend him yet if you watch him you will be shocked.Walcott can lead the line he has everything to.but as i said he lacks the aggressiveness and physique to be the main man.that will go against him so many times.so its better for him to remain on the wings.Giroud does not deserve it.We all know that.

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Defending Div IV State Champs St. Patrick — St. Vincent started the MLK Classic against # 3 Bay Area - ranked Las Lomas Knights, who are led by # 24 Nathan Robinson, a transfer from Sacred Heart Cathedral in San Francisco.

Everton were defending a 2 - 0 lead from the play - off first leg at Goodison Park, which had been marred by crowd trouble from the travelling supporters, with play stopped during the first half and governing body UEFA launching disciplinary action against both clubs.

We're heading to Moscow for the second leg of our Europa League quarter - final against CSKA on Thursday - with a 4 - 1 lead to defend.

It was the hosts, however, who took the lead, completely against the run of play, when Jolean Lescott made most of some slack Arsenal defending as well as a howler from Mannone, to head home a Silva corner, to take the champions into the lead at half - time.

MU showed in their last preseason game that they can defend a one - goal lead against high quality opponents.

Very Strong: Attacking set pieces Strong: Shooting from direct free kicks Strong: Defending set pieces Very Weak: Defending against through ball attacks Very Weak: Defending against attacks down the wings Very Weak: Protecting the lead Weak: Avoiding individual errors Weak: Defending against long shots

BU played stout defense for most of the game looking to defend the lead and got two second half insurance goals against the run of play.

Speaking ahead of the clash against rivals Chelsea, Arsenal midfielder Francis Coquelin revealed that the team is fully prepared and believe that they can beat the Blues and extend their lead over the defending champions to nine points.

With a two - goal lead against a Chelsea side who need a 2 - 2 draw to qualify, it's safe to expect Barça to defend a little more in the second half and try to kill the game on the counter.

Even against ten men, this Chelsea team still looked a bit shambolic, especially going forward, but having gone into a 1 - 0 lead in the first half, the one thing they can still do is defend well, and it's a lot easier to play with everyone behind the ball when the opposition trying to force the game are a man down.

Paddy Agnew's Notes From Italy: Allegri defends his Juventus players after lead slips away against Spurs

Barca will now turn their attentions to avoiding a disaster in Italy as they defend a 4 - 1 first - leg lead, still bidding to complete the treble with a Copa del Rey final against Sevilla to come in a fortnight's time.

In part, some of the less - than - impressive underlying numbers have been caused by a desire to defend first, either through choice by shutting down games against key rivals, or having secured early leads.

The Premier League leaders will be looking to extend their lead at the top of the table with a win against their bitter rivals and the defending champions.

Jurgen Kloop will be delighted with the last two results and will also be happy to see his attacker's getting on so well and creating a number of chances between them the only area he needs to focus now is the defence as we have seen them give away a good 3 - 1 lead in the first league game against Watford which they would've probably won if not for two badly defended corners resulting in a late equaliser.

His office has been the lead on defending New York's marriage law against challenges from religious groups.

Meanwhile, as Cuomo defends himself against de Blasio's remarks, the governor has stressed his working relationship with Senate Republicans, which he says has led to achievements at a Capitol infamous for gridlock.

The Village of Port Washington North, led by Mayor Robert Weitzner — who also serves as North Hempstead's finance and human resources commissioner — paid Terry about $ 15,000 total in 2011 and 2012 to defend the village against companies appealing their commercial property tax assessments.

DEATH ON THE STREETS OF CAIRO: Top Egyptian security officials defended army and police actions in the clashes on Monday in Cairo that led to the deaths of more than 50 people, saying they were defending the Republican Guard headquarters against attackers.

This led to suggestions of deselection, but Streeting is turning his criticism into a virtue in defending his slender majority of 589 against old foe Lee Scott.

She has defended her schools» high standards and has railed against the city's de-escalation of discipline policies that led to skyrocketing rates of suspensions for minority students.

«Look at what happened to the moderate mainstream Republicans in America who didn't defend their views against a Tea Party - led lurch to the right — eventually they ended up with Donald Trump as their candidate.»

USAMRIID's mission is to provide leading - edge medical capabilities to deter and defend against current and emerging biological threat agents.

For most available T cell immunotherapies, T cells (which play a central role in defending the body against illness) are engineered to recognize and eliminate tumors, but their activity is not specifically controlled, leading to toxicity and unwanted side effects in patients as a result of inflammation or in some cases suboptimal response to treatment.

In a study published in Nature this week, an international team led by researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, discovered how our cells defend themselves against HBV infection, but also how the virus fights back.

«Our body is constantly trying to balance between tolerating harmless elements and defending us against possible threats,» said Shomyseh Sanjabi, PhD, assistant investigator at Gladstone who led the study.

Taken together, these studies suggest that a mechanism that exists to defend against viruses also has an effect on whether or not the bacteria cause disease in humans — an important finding that may help us better understand why only some of these bacteria lead to illnesses such as pneumonia and meningitis.