Sentences with phrase «early pace»

The rapid early pace of sign ups was «much faster than we were wanting to go,» he said.

They are struggling to qualify from their Champions League group, they have been knocked out of the Capital One Cup and find themselves 12 points behind early pace setters Chelsea.

This exodus has culminated in Monaco finding themselves 5th in the French league, 9 points behind early pace setters Marseille.

Out on the tough four - mile course Kimberly was cutting out a fast early pace in his superbly tuned 1.5 - liter Osca.

Ahead of the qualifying simulation runs, it was Raikkonen and Hamilton who set the very early pace on the soft tyres with a tenth between them.

Mourinho has seen his usually reliable defence ship in nine goals in their opening four Premier League fixtures and are already a massive eight points off early pace - setters Man City.

Britain's Rob Mullett ran well in his first major final and was frustrated the slow early pace cost him an Olympic qualifying mark but his 8:33.29 for sixth place represented one of the best steeplechase performances by a Briton for a long time.

If it's not an original idea, it's at least strenuous filmmaking, and it sets a rigorous early pace for a movie that's almost as aggressive as its titular antagonist — it's rare that a studio picture aspires to be this mean.

The last half of her race was six minutes slower than the first, in part because of the hills, in larger part because of her headlong early pace.

A blazing early pace is, typically, the way runners come unhinged at Boston.

Often, too, he fooled rivals with a false early pace.

After staying perilously close to the sizzling early pace — Groovy blazed the opening half mile in 45 [1/5] seconds, equaling the fastest in Derby history — Snow Chief was sucking air at the top of the final lane.

Arsenal remain in fifth place in the Premier League but are now just one point behind local rivals Tottenham, who sit third, ahead of a trip to face early pace - setters Manchester City next weekend, live on Sky Sports Premier League.

Magnussen's quick early pace put Gavin in the position of playing catch - up.

Thanks to the mechanical differential lock on the front axle (included in the Dynamic Plus package for 2.618 Euros), the driver can jump on the throttle at a surprisingly early pace: the four - wheel drive sprawls forward, accompanied by the rumble of the 381 PS four - cylinder engine, which is particularly fierce in the low engine speed range.

As the winter season developed, however, it became obvious to the promoters that a fast early pace was going to have to be stirred into the Santee - Nielsen competition to produce anything like record time.

With only four points from our opening three games, Arsenal are already falling behind early pace - setters...

Nationally, existing - home sales dropped to their lowest level in nine months in January but were ahead of their year - earlier pace for the fourth consecutive month.

Alvarez lingered in eighth place and then in fifth behind the early pace before deciding it was time to move at the three - eighths pole.

Keegan Bradley started the day too far out of it, but he's setting the early pace and was 6 - under through his first 13 holes.

Huddersfield set the early pace and found themselves atop the league a couple of months in, while Wednesday had to make a late charge to secure a berth.

Eventually they got it together and started trading times - Hunter - Reay set the early pace before Sato spent a period of time at the top.

Tony Kanaan set the early pace, but was soon superseded by Scott Dixon and Will Power.

I wouldn't be surprised to see the Spuds, West ham and Liverpool setting the early pace at the top of the league.

The early pace was relatively moderate, allowing American Pharoah to stay in front with ease.

Perhaps the least surprising development of the day was Dustin Johnson setting the early pace and going to bed with the 18 - hole.

Game total closed at 74 and the Irish ended up winning 50 - 33 as they couldn't quite keep up the early pace.

Hoping for a good time in what was always tipped to be a quick race, Moss went with the fast early pace, looking relaxed through the halfway mark, but ultimately her legs tied up over the closing laps.

Most of the teams setting the early pace this term play at a high tempo and most employ a pressing game.

This followed decisive contributions in Saint - Etienne's opening two fixtures as the Greens have emerged as one of the early pace - setters in Ligue 1.

Wenger's men face Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Sunday as they look to close the gap on the Premier League's early pace - setters.

Daniel Ricciardo, test driver Sean Gelael, Esteban Ocon all spun within the first 30 minutes while Lewis Hamilton set the early pace on the intermediate tyres.

In the battle of the Brits, meanwhile, Muir was well adrift of the early pace and last at the bell, but despite struggling with injury recently she came through strongly in the second lap, picking off rivals, including Sharp, to finish fifth in a 1:58.69 PB ahead of Sharp's 1:58.80 season's best in seventh.

They were the early pace setters and had a 100 % five match winning run until a draw against Southport at the end of August.

They've fallen way off the early pace set by Manchester City, and a disappointing deadline day did little to lift the mood around the club.

2007 winner Janeth Jepkosgei took out the early pace with a blistering 55.50 - second first lap — just 0.01 outside the fastest first lap in World Championships history.

Since then, before the 2 - 0 home defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday, the Magpies had a run of five wins out of five and they find themselves four points off the Championship's surprise package and early pace - setters Huddersfield Town in third place.

Their talents and passion for music most likely uncovered once it initiated at an early pace.

Terrific to look at and undeniably powerful, Munich doesn't quite sustain its early pace and occasionally feels a little heavy - handed.

It is in this respect an early pace - setter for the next Murcielago, but there are no plans to build it.»

Former Formula 1 driver and Audi Sport ABT team member Lucas di Grassi and e.dams Renault driver Sebastien Buemi set the early pace in testing, with lap times around Donington in the cars» full - power qualifying trim just a few tenths shy of Formula 3 cars.

The Monte Carlo rally could have been so different, with Kubica's early pace and Bouffier's strong showing in day one fading to World Champion, Ogier.

It definitely slows the early pace of the game down unless you get lucky with a run of inexpensive characters to recruit.

The main story does come roaring back for the game's final third, but the early pacing doesn't do a great job of getting fickle players to stick around.

[and yes Gail, I was hoping a Clawbies mention would inspire everyone to keep up the early pace!]