Sentences with phrase «defensive move»

He appears to be an interesting character with a lot of defensive moves.

Even when improvements don't have a direct impact on boosting rents, upgrades can be an important defensive move in protecting existing values.

Defensive moves like healing or creating a shield are always either instantaneous or very quick — a smart choice on the developers behalf — while the rest of your repertoire is more varied.

Over and over again, I have seen couples who, for years, had felt both lonely and defensive move into a caring and compassionate love.

Players will learn basic skills required for volleyball: how to pass, set, hit, serve, and utilize basic defensive moves.

An attack may be very effective against one defensive move while almost powerless against another.

He was also the first boss type battle encountered, having much of his battle based on traditional themes, such as timing attacks based on his attacks and planning defensive moves.

Keep track of traffic on all four sides and be prepared to make a quick defensive move.

Though they have a repertoire of defensive moves, mediation is their primary tool.

That's probably a slight defensive move by coach Chris Coleman, who isn't taking any risks with his side just a game away from their first - ever major tournament final.

This interesting defensive move on the part of the Hartford signers is tantamount to distinguishing false and true transcendence.

To be honest, with us away from home and likely having to go with Ramsey who has hardly played CM this season, it might help us a bit being forced into a more defensive move at the back.

We had already seen a couple of big defensive moves from Koscielny and Cazorla in the early stages so it was a reliefg when we got an early opener.

Secondly, Samus has a new defensive move which allows her to block an incoming attack and in the same motion stun the foe making them easy pickings for some swift damage.

«Acquiring a comparable Content portfolio may be a good defensive move.»

Executed opponents occasionally drop bright green cubes that when collected, which are used to release not only new weapons and explosives, but also defensive moves, special abilities, and perks.

Analysts say the eviCore deal would serve as a strategic defensive move to bolster Express Scripts» ability to win over clients with added services.

For many, it was the aggressive defensive move from Vettel which was a major contributing factor to the whole thing and incredibly, Villeneuve seems to share the opinion of the majority - shock horror!

The dikes were opened in Holland, a forlorn and wistful defensive move smacking of castle moats and breastworks.

George's array of defensive moves showed that positions don't matter as much on the basketball court when a player can literally guard anyone.

It is hard to argue for the inclusion of Wilshere, Giroud, Szczesny or Cech and impossible to argue for Bellerin as the young Spanish right back has not featured yet, but I would put forward the case of Laurent Koscielny as he has not really put a foot wrong yet and has made some key defensive moves, helping France to concede just once and that was a penalty that he did not give away.

Interesting to see how rose can use her kicks without resitting, makes for a great defensive move off a missed kick.Imagine a Teep to the face turned into an oblique kick, nasty stuff.

Cameron made sure - footed defensive moves and answered the inheritance tax charge well.

Treetop - dwelling ants from Southeast Asia have an explosive defensive move: The insects take down their foes by blowing themselves up.

But true to the title, Vaughn can brawl, and it's refreshing to see him presented not as some gym - hard specimen, but as a Robert Mitchum-esque slab of meat whose main defensive move seems to be «take the punch full to the face.»

Another possibility is that these patents are defensive move meant to keep Google with their successful ad - based revenue model out of digital books while Amazon itself has no immediate intention of putting ads into books.

SSO has also been a great call for a long time and selling was an appropriate defensive move!»

These can range from a parry type defensive move like Ryu has to an offensive attack.

Dashing is the easy solution to dodging attacks, but with a mixture of blocking and using certain defensive moves, the complexity of control for dealing with situations is increased further than most Fighting games of the time.

And in fact, black widows aren't aggressive at all; biting is their last defensive move and one they only perform when they are being seriously threatened.

Motorcyclists are taught defensive moves when they are learning to ride so that they are able to avoid disaster in many situations or know how to properly lay the bike down while it's moving if they foresee an accident.

While the product was a rare defensive move from Apple, management also saw something intriguing about the 6 - inch to 7 - inch screen form factor.

Watch your opponents» expressions and moves as you use a variety of punches and defensive moves on your path to become the boxing champion.

Just Guard, a new defensive move that basically replaces the way Just Guard used to work, won't repel a move but will shorten your recovery time when blocking.

Agility, meanwhile, determines a lot of defensive moves but also makes your strikes more accurate.

Rebranding could also be a defensive move to protect your business against the rise of a new competitor.

As Google CEO Larry Page explained in a blog post, it's a defensive move to acquire patents, a particular problem area for the company that I wrote about yesterday.

We wouldn't consider that defensive, but from their perspective, that's a defensive move.»

«If you can access the North Atlantic and cut off reinforcements, then from a Russian perspective, that's a defensive move.

Jim Cramer finds the Discovery - Scripps and McCormick - Reckitt Benckiser deals to be defensive moves, not growth - makers.

Jim Cramer finds the Discover - Scripps and McCormick - Reckitt Benckiser deals to be defensive moves, not growth - makers.

Shkreli told Business Insider in September that this suit was «blackmail» and a defensive move by the company.

The ASC, which last August separately rendered a decision against Jones and Wealthstreet for unregistered trading and using «scare tactics and falsehoods» to pressure a senior citizen to mortgage her home to invest in doomed investments, has banned all four from dealing in securities — for life, in the case of Humeniuk and Jones — but that's more a defensive move than a penalty.

Google has gone and bought Motorola for $ 12.5 billion in what it is widely seen as a defensive move in the patent wars.

«While the strategic rationale for launching the (low - cost carrier) unit as a defensive move against further penetration by other low - cost leisure carriers such as Sunwing Vacations, Transat and WestJet make sense, we remain skeptical of the magnitude of earnings impact until additional scale is obtained later this decade with additions to the mainline fleet.»

This is a defensive move on Verizon's part, and it's unlikely to be the last.

Some have speculated that Yahoo's no - telecommuting policy could be a defensive move, a way to lower the embattled tech giant's headcount without undertaking formal layoffs.

Many analysts view the combination of CVS and Aetna as a defensive move by the companies.