Sentences with phrase «fighting small battles»

And if you're consumed fighting small battles, you really can lose sight of the end prize you're going after.

Not exact matches

A coalition of smaller lab companies in Ontario — headed by former Liberal MP Gerard Kennedy, who now serves as CEO of Ontario's Alpha Labs — fought a noisy battle against the LifeLabs - CML merger.

That's not to say that getting on the first few pages of the search engines is a losing battle for the humble Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)-- you just have to pick your fights.

Worse still, it can also put a chill on smaller inventors or companies who don't have the funds to fight such battles.

As seen beneath, the final week's candle has a small physique and lengthy shadows, suggesting each bulls and bears fought dropping battles.

We sat around a small table in a local coffee shop as if we had just fought a great battle that we weren't sure we had won.

Grey emerged from the meeting with the support of more activists — individuals and small groups that had been fighting lonely battles with meager resources.

Shalmaneser III (859 - 824) fought a battle in 853 against a coalition of smaller Western states including Israel.

i wish i had your enthusiasm but i think your way out on this one it will be a hard fought battle for a draw and a small miracle to win, but i believe in miracles

Eight small cities are fighting for more state aid in a legal battle that will begin oral arguments today in state Supreme Court in Albany.

Now that the MoD seems to have lost the battle with the Treasury over who will pay the # 20bn bill for replacing Trident, many in the military are asking serious questions about whether we actually need it or not - given that every pound spent on Trident, will be a pound not spent on the basic equipment that will be needed to fight the sort of smaller - scale global operations senior officers foresee as the likely role of the military in the next few decades.

ALBANY — Although the payoff for taxpayers may be small, the fight between the State Legislature and Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo over his centerpiece issue of freezing property taxes has become the biggest battle of the 2014 - 15 budget.

Instead of titanic mid-ocean struggles between the West and the Soviet Union, Western military tacticians believe that future battles will be fought along coastlines against developing countries or small regional powers.

Marx - Feree says that if universities worked to mend the gender salary gap instead of fighting expensive court battles, the salary gap would be smaller, and «they would've saved money in the long run.»

While it's a bummer, I'd plan on dropping a bit of change for some nice transitional pieces that will see you through your first 6 - 12 months, just because fighting with clothes was the bane of my existence and I wish I had just made a dedicated one - time effort instead of fighting it in small battles over the course of many months.

There are plenty of categories to choose from, and while the battle for the Best Dating Site will likely be fought by the industry giants, some of the smaller nominations are arguably up for grabs.

By the time Stiller's character engages in a slapping fight with a pair of monkeys, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian has incontrovertibly established itself as an endeavor designed to appeal solely to small children - which is undoubtedly a shame, given the strength of the cast and the promise of the movie's early scenes.

But Thomas has to fight the battle clandestinely, because the young man also falls for beautiful local artist Bea (Rose Byrne), who lives in a small house next door and has befriended the rabbits, particularly Peter.

He tries to anchor it with memorable faces, but then we end up with several small fights, muddied by the background noise of constant battle.

Crafting the Ann Peacock screenplay, he shows the great battles of life are fought on some of the smallest of battlefields.

Tintin falters a bit toward the end, spending so much energy on a large - scale fight that the small - scale battle that serves as a climax feels meager by comparison, and then pointedly setting up the sequels to come.

Bilbo Baggins is very much the observer in this final chapter of his autobiography, given that he has a small part to play in the battle, whether in terms of strategic thinking or actual fighting.

Not all fights are of boss - battles proportions, either, with many smaller but equally dangerous creatures roaming in packs or lurking in the shadows.

In a narrative - based game it makes sense to have the end of the game be a decision, maybe with a small fight but it doesn't have to be a battle.

You command your small army of characters to move within a hexagon - based battle map then once you're happy with where everyone moved, you hold a button then watch them automatically fight.

Smaller management organizations and standalone schools in particular lack the resources and connections to fight the various battles required to grow.

It slots into the hard - fought small crossover market, where a growing glut of supermini - sized cars with SUV styling are battling for sales.

The small accountant is fighting a losing battle with the chains and online tax prep software.

Small hand nets lay scattered around as the fishermen fought a centuries - old battle with local sea birds as to who would win the spoils of the day.

The heroes of the tale get to fight on the battlefield, too, and to my surprise I actually did manage to forge a small connection with them, although it was less due to their personality or bravery and more because a hero unit can take considerable punishment and dish out a lot of damage, meaning they alone can swing the tide of a whole battle.

It's not reflective of the size of the battles fought at that time, although I concede that budget constraints would likely have played a huge part in the developers keeping things small.

- starts you off in a small town - in town you can visit shops, talk to people and accept a quest - the quest puts you in the middle of a volcano - your end goal is defeating the gigantic fire beast Ifrit - team up with a Goblin and Chocobo - fight multiple enemies, including some unfriendly Chocobo - enemies leave behind loot like recovery items and materials for crafting - by pressing L or R, you get access to four attacks - attack names include Plunder Slash, Mercurial Thrust and Trinity - charge a power meter and then hit L+R at the same time for special movies - one special lets you change into Cloud with very powerful attacks - run with the B - button - camera switching is handled by the D - Pad - info on the upper screen that gives you constant battle updates - bottom screen shows the status of all the characters, plus a map

Not all fights are of boss - battles proportions, either, with many smaller but equally dangerous creatures roaming in packs or lurking in the shadows.

It's a small region that does pack on a large amount of tough but fair enemies, but the journey moves so quickly simply because there's only one boss battle to be fought on this quest.

While Western PlayStation 4 owners await the January 30 release of Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, Square Enix prepares a smaller helping of fantasy fighting with Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia, featuring much smaller, more adorable versions of fan - favorite characters teaming up for turn - based battles.

Characters with histories in the game might open with a small fighting display before their battles.

Team battle is great; players choose up to 8 characters to put up against a friend or the CPU, and winners regain a small amount of health in order to keep on fighting.

After running into enemies or commanding your team to attack in order to initiate combat, each character (provided that you first recruit them by completing small side quests for them) has his / her own unique and silly attacks that can be used in battle — such as how the VP's Mom can scold enemies or the Baker can use pastries, instead of typical Fight, Defend, and Heal commands seen in most RPGs — which reinforce the game's oddball and charming humor.

When you fight them, the battle will cycle between three phases - shoot the legs, shoot the head, shoot the smaller Remnant - but how many times it repeats will depend on how much damage you can do.

As the pieces advance within a game, there is a small animation of them fighting each other to take over their spots, just as in Battle Chess.

The boss battles themselves are a piece of cake, and that's when your facing giant creatures, most other battles you'll fight much smaller enemies but there in there numbers.

It should be another strong year with Street Fighter x Tekken and Tekken Tag Tournament 2 both battling with Soulcalibur V for the fighting genre crown; however, while fighting fans are passionate, the market is still relatively small.

Players lead a small army of fearless Space Marine Terminators to battle in a ferocious fight for survival against hordes of predatory alien Genestealers.

These creatures patrol a small area and will give chase for a short distance in an attempt to start a battle, so slashing them is helpful when you're in a hurry and want to avoid fighting.

You can also break down enemies into smaller parts, fight massive boss battles, and use combo attacks to lay waste to your enemies and save the broken world.

The battle view may be combined with the world view (Ultima VIII, Fallout 2, Fairy Tale Adventure), a sub-view of the world view (Ultima V, which zooms to a level even smaller than a city when a fight occurs), or a completely different view (Final Fintasy VII, Betrayal at Krondor, Pool of Radiance).

Specific details haven't been released on this particular boss battle's mechanics, but since this is a giant boss battle, it might be similar (but different since Jinchuriki Obito is pictured to be a smaller size) to the Team 7 vs Ten Tails fight, footage of which was released last month.

The battle royale title, which sees teams of players fighting for survival in an increasingly smaller combat arena, has been a phenomenon, dominating the games conversation on social media.

On the upper half we see Snake's comrades fighting a hopeless battle on warship USS Missouri and Outer Haven involving unmanned Metal Gear RAYs and FROG Unit members, while others in different locations can only put their faith in this small group of people.

Unlike the smaller enemies that you will encounter, these large enemies will not chase you and you will only enter battle with them if you are the one that initiates the fight.