Sentences with phrase «former sparring partner»

But Osborne has already appeared alongside another of his former sparring partners, ex-shadow chancellor Ed Balls, to campaign for remain, with Balls arguing that the issues at stake in the 23 June referendum mean party politics should be put aside.

Not exact matches

Henry Dean, a former England international and sparring partner of Percy's, was instrumental in the Dark Blues record of 16 consecutive victories over their Cambridge counterparts during the 1980s and 1990s.

Washed - up former boxer Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) hasn't had much luck «managing» a string of beat - up bots until he hits it big with Atom, a sparring partner machine that improbably becomes a champion contender.

But a former political sparring partner, then - Schools Chancellor Joel Klein, became an ally.

After delivering the debt collection papers to the financier, Smith encounters the man's two daughters, Flora and Tabitha Lovell, the former a novel - reading romantic belle of the ball, the latter a quick - witted troublemaker in whom Smith finds an appealing verbal sparring partner.

Old habits die hard in gaming it seems, as former Xbox boss Peter Moore couldn't resist taking a swipe at one old sparring partner this week, expressing dismay at the ongoing delay of Sony's Home service for PlayStation 3.

For this volume, Buchloh (once described by former Museum of Modern Art, New York, curator and current Dean of the Yale School of Art Robert Storr as, «the artist's longtime sparring partner») returns to the fray, and, along with Beate Söntgen and Gregor Stemmrich, offers critical insight on this iconic oeuvre.