Sentences with phrase «end of a battle which»

But local communities across this country are standing up to the great supermarkets, and finding themselves at the losing end of a battle which is run according to supermarket principles: namely, a staggering inequity of means.

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The ruling, delivered Monday, May 15, by U.S. District Judge William Alsup, put Uber on the losing end of the battle, slowing its plight in the race to dominate the burgeoning self - driving industry, which market analysts believe could be worth billions of dollars in the long run.

Several reports have suggested Apple has been battling this problem, which might cause delays of the most high - end OLED iPhone model beyond the expected September launch time frame.

This is the story of the Battle of Lepanto, which marked the end of the Crusades and was a turning point in the history of Christianity.

«9 I would become a hero in romance, venturing into the unknown, battling the evil, finding the good, and in the end gaining the prize, which, in my case, would be the release from my cancer as well as an experience of God's intimate presence.

In context, it is clearly part of the series shield - sword - assault, all of which are broken by God's martial power, and there is nothing in the Hebrew to justify «itself,» nothing to warrant the notion that God in the midst of a battle poem is imagined putting an end to war.

C.S. Lewis portrayed it best in the Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle: At the end, the dwarfs thought they had all the answers, so when they were sitting in the middle of Lewis's portayal of heaven, to which the faithful crossed through a stable, all they could see were the walls of the stable.

The Revelation sees the whole universe as the scene of the battle between God and the Devil, between Christ and Antichrist, between good and evil, a struggle which will continue to the end of time.

Paul's whole conception of man — his creation in God's own image with the law of God written in his heart, his losing battle with a demonic enemy, the shameful captivity in which he is now held and the doom of death which awaits him — this whole conception, as well as the despair of one who awakes to the realities for which the conception stands, is expressed in the words with which Paul ends what we know as the seventh chapter of Romans:

«But though by the end of the battle the men felt all the horror of their actions,» he writes, «though they would have been glad to stop, some incomprehensible, mysterious power still went on governing them, and the artillery men, covered with powder and blood, reduced to one in three, though stumbling and gasping from fatigue, kept bringing charges, loaded, aimed, applied the slow match; and the cannonballs, with the same speed and cruelty, flew from both sides and crushed human bodies flat, and the terrible thing continued to be accomplished, which was accomplished not by the will of men, but by the will of Him who governs people and worlds.»

In these battles over truth (many of which ended with actual battles with swords and spears and killing people), one of the theological weapons used was the idea of the Inspiration of Scripture.

The Christian conscience put forth valiant efforts to curb and redirect to its ends the traditions of the former «barbarians» by which the rulers emerged from the professional warriors and retained their power by prowess in battle and skill in directing their subjects in military objectives.

In this and later books he prophesied the imminence of the battle of Armageddon, which would start in a war between Israel and the Arab peoples and end with the destruction of all the major cities before the Advent of Christ and the coming of a new world.

Unfortunately, Rodgers himself ended up battling an injury which hampered him from fully taking advantage of the opportunity that Martin's injury afforded him.

As much as the tactical side of things give us a great deal to look forward to ahead of the big kickoff, the player battles on the pitch will actually have a bigger say on which team comes out victorious at the end of 90 minutes.

Arsenal visiting Goodison Park this weekend should bring us some intriguing one - on - one battles on the pitch, which, more importantly, could go on to decide who reigns superior at the end of 90 minutes.

April 14 — London Mayor Boris Johnson (pictured) has been urged to get involved to end the row over the future of the Olympic Stadium which is facing the prospect of being at the centre of a lengthy legal battle after Tottenham Hotspur launched the first steps in demanding a judicial review.

What else did fans expect?For me, I don't expect alot but a lucky winning if the god of football is on our side.I can't imagine a warrior going to a war without any of his battle equipment and expect to win.Wenger had planned to fail so is not surprise things if his team is loosing now.Let all the fans envisage their happiness in supporting Arsenal comes back after the end of this foolish manager's career except if he change his loosing mindset in January transfer which I don't see of him.The board and the manager are just denying fans of their joy of supporting a team @the detriment of their pocket mstcheeeew.We are tired of them.

But based on conversations I'd had with a source on the Hill, I noted in my last post on «pizza = vegetable» that the battle was lost but the war was not necessarily over: the agricultural spending bill which gutted the pizza rule will expire at the end of the current fiscal year, i.e, September, 2012, creating an opportunity to revisit the issue.

But Schneiderman also acknowledges he was hamstrung by the never - ending budget battle, which required him to be in Albany while all but one of his rivals worked donors and hit the campaign trail (Assemblyman Richard Brodsky was in the same boat).

Under his eighteen - year stewardship, which ended in 2007, the union tamped down on infighting, almost quadrupled its membership, and battled, successfully, for the creation of Family Health Plus to provide health insurance for more low - income children.

Gibson declined to take sides in the GOP primary battle for his seat, which he is vacating at the end of the year, but has since endorsed the winner of that fight, former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso.

According to Sparaco, the resolution effectively prevents further legal action on the part of the county executive by stripping funding from any further appeals, a decision which could end a protracted legal battle.

The indictment of Libous is likely to send shock waves through the state Senate, which is already embroiled in a complicated leadership battle as the five - member Independent Democratic Conference has announced it will end its coalition with the Republican conference after this year's elections.

Jason Hughes has been locked in a months - long battle with the City of Beacon over a sign hanging outside his business, LNJ Tech Services, on Fishkill Avenue, which could end up with Hughes paying several thousand dollars worth of fines.

Of course, there's the battle for control of the state Senate — a fight that very well could hinge on a handful of upstate races, some of which are so close that they might go into overtime, and perhaps could end up in courOf course, there's the battle for control of the state Senate — a fight that very well could hinge on a handful of upstate races, some of which are so close that they might go into overtime, and perhaps could end up in courof the state Senate — a fight that very well could hinge on a handful of upstate races, some of which are so close that they might go into overtime, and perhaps could end up in courof upstate races, some of which are so close that they might go into overtime, and perhaps could end up in courof which are so close that they might go into overtime, and perhaps could end up in court.

Local MP John Baron was at the site defending the eviction order, which comes at the end of a ten - year legal battle.

The initial rejections led to lawsuits from Success Academy, along with a political battle between Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio that ended with the new charter law, which was part of the state budget that funded universal pre-K in the city.

The decision represents the end of a years - long battle over the future of Playground 89 on West 89th Street that pitted fellow parents and residents against each other over the renovation, which many argued was needed to prevent injuries to kids.

ALBANY — A Capital Region food truck as notable for its controversial name as for its fusion barbecue fare scored a significant victory at the end of a years - long legal battle with Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration, which had banned the Wandering Dago from serving its offerings on the Empire State Plaza.

After the brutal battle, she said at least it raised her visibility in the district, which includes Shelter Island and the other East End towns, all of Brookhaven Town and much of Smithtown.

The battle royal in state politics at the moment is in the 48th Senate District, which includes snowy Watertown, for a seat vacated by the retirement of Senator James W. Wright, a Republican, at the end of last year.

The U.S. Supreme Court today ended a long patent battle over rights to a widely used HIV test, awarding a victory to Roche Molecular Systems Inc. (which developed and marketed the test) while rejecting the royalty demands of Stanford University (whose faculty conceived and patented the test).

Regardless of which party ends up controlling the Senate, the research community is unlikely to abandon its embrace of the innovation deficit as a persuasive tool in funding battles.

Science writer Ronald Bailey tracks neo-Malthusians in his book The End of Doom (St. Martin's Press, 2015), starting with Paul Ehrlich's 1968 best seller The Population Bomb, which proclaimed that «the battle to feed all of humanity is over.»

In the report, «A Call for an End to the Diet Debates,» researchers support that lifestyle changes trump your typical «diet» which can be any of the diets we dietitians battle against with clients in fighting the widespread obesity epidemic.

The plot of the film is not very different from the Universal classics: mad scientist, longed to resurrect the dead, comic character much alike Abbott and Costello, beauty who of course is taken by the «monster» (which is the Wolf Man), the climax with a burning building, while the battle of protagonists with a monster is going on and, of course, a happy ending.

At the end of a big rhinoceros battle, a male character submits to Gurira in the film's single most iconic shot, while an earlier scene in which she tosses aside a bad wig ranks as the most gay - friendly Marvel moment to date.

Shrek 2 ends with a hilarious, massive battle in which a Godzilla - sized gingerbread man attacks a castle and a magical fairy godmother is defeated in the midst of singing a big musical number.

Harry's odyssey, which ends in «Part 2» with the inevitable showdown between Daniel Radcliffe's Harry and Ralph Fiennes's nose - challenged Lord Voldemort, was always pitched as a battle royal between the forces of light and dark.

Things begin with a roller - coaster ride (almost literally) of a bank heist and end with the expected effects - rich battle of all battles between the forces of good and evil, much of it at Hogwarts, which feels fittingly circular and looks spectacular.

Their battle takes place inside Budd's trailer home, which is pretty much demolished in the process, and provides a contrast to the elegant nightclub setting of the fight with O - Ren Ishii; it ends in a squishy way that would be unsettling in another kind of movie, but here all the action is so ironically heightened that we may cringe and laugh at the same time.

In P4AU, the characters from Persona 4 and Persona 3 once again find themselves teaming up to face off in the P - 1 Climax, a series of battles which must be won before the world ends.

This follows previous rumours that WB was inviting pitches for a live - action big screen adaptation of the story, which takes place in an alternate world where Kal - El's rocket ship landed in the Soviet Union as opposed the United States, with Superman raised as «the Champion of the common worker who fights a never - ending battle for Stalin, socialism, and the international expansion of the Warsaw Pact»...

Changes which includes HD visuals, 7 playable modes, which includes Boss Rush and Wind Fortress, but there are also more than 20 Boss battles, 15 levels, 4 unique endings and 10 all - new never before seen weapons and just in case that's not enough, as well as this news, we also have a bunch of screenshots to go along with today's serving of Nicalis related news.

Harris gives the full story and final word on why she did not return to play Jamie Lloyd for a third time, and Akkad is candid about his father's battles with the studio and the Weinstein brothers, which ultimately lead to the Akkad's (and most of the original crew) being completely excluded from any participation in the reshoots that drastically altered what would have been a game changing ending of the movie and resulted in two very different cuts.

The sequel reunites the Scooby gang (including director Raja Gosnell and screenwriter James Gunn) to do battle with monsters and the memory of the original cartoon series, in which — as I recall — the monsters were always revealed to be hoaxes in the end.

While all three of the starter play sets include campaigns, none of them were very memorable, bar the Pirates of the Caribbean quest, which ended with an epic battle and some amazing loot.

With its ultra-responsive acrobatic combat system, Nidhogg reliably impresses with fights which are either over in the blink of an eye or end up becoming some truly lengthy, epic battles.

He said: «I always felt as though I started making action films with Henry V, which ends with the battle of Agincourt - 10, 15 minutes of non-stop fighting.