Sentences with phrase «even hold it against»

It's hard for readers to even hold it against him since he never asks for any of it; he just sits back and accepts the lavish attention that everyone feels the need to bestow upon him.

Not exact matches

But even a conservative organization needs to be careful about holding an employee's off - the - job activities against him.
This snug and secure compartment is outfitted with internal straps that hold the baby in place, and the child can be protected against sunshine using a built - in hood and even against rain with moveable plastic panels.
Dimon's Wednesday comments came in response to a question about a new proposal from the Federal Reserve that would require JPMorgan, the biggest bank in America, to hold more capital in reserve to protect against losses, even compared to its other mega-bank rivals.
But she cautions that even in this 24/7 world, «most people look at the time stamp and hold it against you if it shows some crazy hour in the morning.
Unlike Serial, which explored how a suspect's race and religion might have been held against him, The Jinx riveted viewers by exploring the role of privilege and how Durst's high - priced legal defense team could manage to help him evade the most serious criminal charges against him even when, in one case, he'd actually admitted to having dismembered a person's body.
The funny thing is an older generation's bias against a younger generation has held true even during the times of Socrates.
They printed a massive amount of Swiss Franc which they've converted to other currencies which they bought equities and they've done so well so the paper profit 55 billion last year equal to eight percent of their GDPall through the creation of money in order to keep the Swiss Franc weak, which they've managed to weaken against the Euro last year also by about 10 percent even though the Swiss itself held against the dollar was a little bit stronger..
* The holdings of dollars and other reserves prop up the dollar against the yuan even if China's bank decides to sell off some of its holdings.
All the while, pastors warned us against holding hands, kissing or - even worse - cuddling.
This is clear when Cobb argues against Sherburne that even the visual field would have to be organized by the dominant occasion: «Probably we must be held to see different parts of the visual field successively, perhaps one color at a time» (PS 3:28).
You are «a good soldier» for the rebels, now: beating against a a section of seemingly dead institution which nevertheless apparently holds great influence of a manipulative and brainwashing kind — still caught up in the battle like Libyans after Gaddafi: shooting side arms and even heavy artillery up in the air out of car windows and trucks in victory and defiance.
It even plays the role of what Paul Nizan calls «watchdog»; that is, to the extent that it calms passions or preaches patience or permits the poor man to bear his poverty or holds up the light of hope, to that extent it becomes a party to injustice, inhibits revolt against it and supports evil.
Assault is assault... even if I would hold no ill will against the man doing it.
For example, against both dualism and reductionistic determinism and in favor of the pancreationist, panexperientialist view that the actual world is made up exhaustively of partially self - determining, experiencing events, there is considerable evidence, such as the fact that a lack of complete determinism seems to hold even at the most elementary level of nature; that bacteria seem to make decisions based upon memory; that there appears to be no place to draw an absolute line between living and nonliving things, and between experiencing and nonexperiencing ones; and that physics shows nature to be most fundamentally a complex of events (not of enduring substances).
Instead of joining in a hue and cry against a churchman for engaging in this system in which every one of us is implicated, from which even the bishop's salary is derived, or hiding our Christian faces in shame because his hypocritical enemies hold him up as a «horrible example,» the clear call of Christ is that his followers should make a frontal attack upon the pagan system itself, and demand that our economic order shall give way to an economic order embodying the principles of the kingdom of God (July 17, 1929).
And even though the public outcry against it caused enforcement of the legislation to be put on hold, it was not rescinded, and thousands of public officials have already agreed to abide by it.
These people fully believed they were in the right, because they thought God had directed them to commit these crimes against their fellow human beings, and they were largely unwilling to even begin questioning their long - held beliefs.
The perspective we have been outlining, however, holds that even though man must strive against corporate evil, he is inescapably implicated in it — for example, in injustices and exploitations by his nation, industry, or group.
The bottom - line is to take this to an even further reality, I believe it is widely held as credible that not only are there crazy zealots looking to get their hands on working tactical thermonuclear warheads, but would, without blinking an eye, use them against you and I and the rest of the people of the U.S., as well as other non-muslim countries around the world.
The entrance of the Egyptian army into the path through the Red Sea demonstrates that if a group of people persists in rebelling against God, there comes a time when not even God can hold back the consequences of such rebellion.
Why hold that sin against people who were not even born yet?
JohnQuest, I am just curious as to what he can talk about...... if there are so many opinions that he must «respect»............ if he speaks up about Truth in, say, abortion, won't he be siding with someone or against someone who holds the same opinion even without mentioning their political names?
The laws about sacred seasons, Sabbath observance, details of sacrifice, clean and unclean foods, bulk much larger than legislation on ethics, and this lack of perspective and proportion, this inveterate idea that Yahweh was appeased by ceremonial behavior, obtained so firm a grip that even the prophets who contended against it never broke its hold, as orthodox Judaism today bears witness.
But on the other side of the issue, even those who have long held a position against any consumption of alcohol at all must start addressing addiction in a way that is more open and transparent.
There is no lashing out here against the evils of slavery and a demand that Philemon give up the practice of slave - holding, or even that he set Onesimus, the returned slave, free.
I love this pasta and find that it not only holds up well against a heavy sauce, but you can also use it for pasta salads or even add it to a skillet and toss it with fresh veggies and a vegan alfredo sauce.
Even playing Holding is kinda stupid against Liverpool with the form he's in.
Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions
But I would hate even more for him to be held at the club against his will.
Benteke is a better finisher, passer, and dribbler than Giroud and may even in this sh*t hold up play afc fans keep taking about (Watch him against so called big teams)... regarding stats, Benteke plays for AV for football sake, so he gets far less support and chances... Mind that I'm not criticizing and I'm not taking anything from Giroud improvement this season, it's plain comparison... Though, I want someone better than Benteke
Even here, Chambers could have held his arms behind his back when the pass comes, and Bellerin just lunged against Hazard, hoping it would work out.
We can't string 2 passes together when pressed, even against low opposition, can't keep hold of the ball and I really can't understand why.
One of the most famous rivalries, Teddy Sheringham and Andrew Cole played alongside each other for many successful years at Manchester United, even though the two could not stand each other off the pitch, with Cole long holding a grudge against Sheringham for snubbing him on his England debut.
The winner will join the Oklahoma - Oklahoma State Bedlam winner (OU's the big winner of the week, vaulting all the way from No. 7 after beating TCU and maybe even putting itself in the top group) and possibly Baylor in the holding pen; the Bears and Cardinal would also have games during conference championship weekend (and Stanford would have a real chance to impress against USC or UCLA), but the others in this group would be sitting and waiting.
I hold nothing in my mind against anyone, not even Arsene (lol!
He is a smaller guy, but he found a way to hold his own against the run at defensive tackle a few times that game, even if it wasn't always pretty, which gets a thumbs up from me.
Besides several teams who have questions surrounding one or possibly two players, there is no squad that has so many issues heading into the final week of the transfer window... even Monaco, who have lost numerous players from their starting 11 have less controversy swirling in and around their club and they have champion's league play to contend with this season... just think of how ridiculous this situation is especially considering that we have had the same manager for over 20 years... no team should be better organized than ours... if nothing else, that should be the one advantage this team holds over all others, yet the exact opposite has occurred... this fact is even more disturbing considering the main argument against removing Wenger from his managerial position was that there was no suitable replacement and that people feared some sort of perceived drop - off if a new manager was brought into the mix... based on what we've witnessed since the time of his contract renewal a monkey with a magic eight ball could have done an adequate job... I hate to make jokes, in light of our current dilemma, but this team is so screwed up if I don't laugh about it, the only plausible response is to either cry or do something incredibly destructive... just look around this squad and try to see what our delusional manager sees that allow him to make such positive statements about our current team
what i have seen in copa america that guy would be like to like replacement of giroud.His finishing was so poor he had sony many chances to score against venezuela.Even his hold up play is not even close to top class.i would bring in griezmann as RW and stick with this same front line, if no other strikers are available.
If we get through to the semis or even quarters and get drawn against a Man City or Man United we should play a strong line up with only couple of fringe players from Chambers, Holding, Elneny, Wilshere, etc and couple of youth players on the bench (Nelson, Maitland - Niles, Nketiah, etc)!
Even if they turn out to be just the usual sort of spurious rumours that we will be seeing a lot more of in the coming months, the Arsenal boss still looks set to have a big problem with his star striker, all because of the strange decision to hold another Copa America tournament this summer, even though the last one was held less than a year ago, with Alexis scoring the winning penalty against Argentina to win it for the first tEven if they turn out to be just the usual sort of spurious rumours that we will be seeing a lot more of in the coming months, the Arsenal boss still looks set to have a big problem with his star striker, all because of the strange decision to hold another Copa America tournament this summer, even though the last one was held less than a year ago, with Alexis scoring the winning penalty against Argentina to win it for the first teven though the last one was held less than a year ago, with Alexis scoring the winning penalty against Argentina to win it for the first time.
Arsene Wenger has made a couple of changes to the Arsenal team that managed to fight back twice against Man City on Sunday to earn a draw, but the idea that our club captain Per Mertesacker may be in for a first game of the season due to the Koscielny achilles injury is on hold, even though his height and aerial ability would have been a factor in stopping Andy Carroll.
If you look at Wilshere clearly he has these matches since his injury where he starts to get back to his old self.Honestly, I see an injury free Wilshere being world class even if it's not with us.The talent in him is just too much and only these repetitive injuries can hold him back.I don't see him becoming a normal player because even when you look at his Bournemouth loan which was okay the way he performed against the top teams shows he will make it.He's better than Ramsey but more injury prone.If he had Ramsey's fitness he'd be better.However, it's best we sell him with a buy back clause or send him on lian to aid his development.
Even with Holding in the back line (and Rob did well considering what he was up against) Per would have provided more leadership.
I most certainly do not hold that against Wenger and never will — even if we didn't have Ozil.
On the other hand Holding looks naturally mature, and I will not even blame him for any of the goals we conceded against Liverpool.
I hope I'm wrong but this could be the most damaging win when it comes to transfers... winning 1 game, after about 20 minutes of really good play, is of little consequence in the grand scheme of things... only those with the most selfish of intentions would suggest otherwise... the only reason we're even in this predicament, where were celebrating our first victory of 2018 against a bottom half squad who is managed by possibly the only individual more antiquated than our manager, is because of Wenger's ridiculous mishandling of his contract last year combined with his mishandling of the contracts of our top players this year; a fact that he himself admitted to... so before you get too excited about the possibilities of our current roster don't forget what has happened over the last several years and pray to the gods of football that real quality reinforcements like Auba are on the way, which could have happened years ago for less money and we might have been holding a trophy of some significance, or this brief respite will be followed by the usual mediocrity and stagnation
Personally I will never hold a grudge against you for what destiny has done and will always cheer you even when you play in that blue shirt.
Even though he was impressive last season, poor Holding gets tossed right in the fire and had a nightmare against Leciester on opening night.
Ordinarily we'd be hard - pressed to hold such shortcomings of knowledge against them but OH C'M ON NONE OF THOSE WERE EVEN REMOTELY HARD.
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