Sentences with phrase «has a leg up because»

Buffett said Gates has a leg up because of his reading speed: «Bill reads very fast, so he would cover a lot more ground.»

Not exact matches

I wondered if Amazon, the company's biggest competitor — at least in the U.S. — might have a leg up there because it has more user data to draw on.

So the only way you're going to be able to see it is that if you're if you're behind him then you've got to stand up and the next thing you know everyone in the entire auditorium or wherever they're watching this is now standing up and the only thing that's happening is that everyone's legs are getting weaker and they're more annoyed that they're having to stand up and they can't get high enough to see the show because everyone around them is taking advantage of this.

Amazon's free delivery options surrounding the holiday are likely to compete with fellow eCommerce retailers like Walmart, which has a leg up on the online platform because of its buy online, pick up in - store options.

And I promise not to bring up the cud - chewing rabbits and the four - legged insects in the bible, because that would be downright embarra - ssing for any god!

But because I'm stubborn (and in denial) I've been rocking my boots, flannels and leggings and sweating profusely while doing so... only until I crank up the AC in October -LRB-!!!)

«We have a little bit of a leg up because we've been around since 1893, so we've been doing this for 120 years,» President and CEO Harold S. Edwards says.

3 months is looked at per minimum it take more than six months for a bone to heal some very minor muscle will take 3 months a serious injury which takes 8 months and more + rehabilitation while a player is rehabilitating other injuries my form a direct result of being constrained where muscles freeze you are not playing for 8 months you cant expect the muscles to be up and running straight away players how ever want to play because of all sort of reasons one being replaced so it hampers with their full recovery hence having players regularly in the treating room but take it from me some times you are perfect you just get back bang someone heavy dose your ankle in so you are back in out off playing time I personally got very angry because my knee was ok so went back out to come back in after one game with ankle problem after a couple of weeks i will go back out I have no guarantees that some one wouldn't go heavy on me or me injuring myself going heavy on someone else its football thats the way it is if it is not a medallion for the cabinet its a leg medallion

My theory is because of constant tiki - taka passing of the ball, it amazes me sometimes how we are so good at passing and controlling the ball at such pace and power, with the amount of position we have is almost unreal, imagine the vibrations that run up your legs and knees each time you stop and kick the ball and we are the champions of tiki - taka, if your thinking why not the same to Barcelona but they have injuries too but its a warmer climate and needs less warm to the legs,

We need another physical athletic midfielder, not to replace Coq but because one CDM is not enough and Flamini is not good enough to back him up (nor is Arteta who is not a CDM and has no legs left).

The Astros aren't quite dealing with the same fallout that the rest of the city of Houston is because of Hurricane Harvey — they had their series against the Rangers displaced to Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, but being safe and out of the city gives them at least a leg up on too many residents still left behind.

Because we sit on seats that roll up and down a slide, and our legs go from bent up into our chests to squeezing down straight out and hard against the deck of the boat with each stroke, we have ample opportunities each row for the boys to get caught.

Arsenal fans would have preferred it if Liverpool could have at least taken their EFL cup semi-final to extra-time, so as to sap a little more strength from the legs of the Southampton players, because it is the Saints up next for the Gunners.

Louis van Gaal and the United squad are in Denmark ahead of the first leg of their Europa League clash with FC Midtjylland and in his pre-match comments reported by Sky Sports the United boss revealed that the reason their captain Wayne Rooney was not with the squad was because he has picked up a knee problem.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

American track fans got disappointing news when Britain's Brian Hewson, one of five who have run the mile in less than four minutes, regretfully notified the AAU that he won't be able to compete in the U.S. next month because of a strained leg muscle, though he may possibly arrive for the wind - up of the indoor season in March.

would be a more respectable price to put on his head atm, a least that story would had legs on it and would have been more believable, what trashy papers we have over here because they cant keep up with wengers secret transfers they just makeup crud.

«Brady is one of my heroes in sport, because at 39 years of age in football, what he's doing is just unheard of,» said Player, who, at 81, boasted he had just run the treadmill «at max speed,» done 1,300 sit - ups and crunches, push - ups, and pumped 350 pounds with his legs.

I just hope he has one pair of strong legs to continue his great runs, because clearly, we don't have equal back up for him.

But anyway, the comeback of Roma which was in every way incredible, highlights that even if you are Barcelona, you can not let your guard down, because you've won one leg of the tie and with our defending, it's not beyond us to mess up the game against CSKA.

Also has anyone noticed the skill Welly uses quite a lot, where he kind of allows the player to commit a sliding tackle before he touches the ball and he kind of picks it up with his trailing leg, it's very effective and useful because he seems to break away more often than not using it.

-- Marseille manager Didier Deschamps has virtually a full - strength squad to choose from, with forward Andre - Pierre Gignac, whom wasn't available for the first leg because of injury, set to start up top.

One day we got home from an hour or so drive, got him out and set him down to walk inside, and he fell down crying in pain because his legs had been scrunched up for too long and cramped.

- Stays secure around legs as she learns to walk - Dries as quickly as prefolds on the line - Easy to stuff - a newborn prefold fits perfectly in a size medium - Attached insert and any stuffing agitate out in washer - Because they're sized there aren't any awkward up / down snaps and extra bulk - meaning no weird gaps and I don't have to size up pants.

You might also be having trouble sleeping because you need to get up to pee during the night, or because heartburn or leg cramps (or any other number of fun pregnancy symptoms) are keeping you up.

It was pretty early before it had truly gotten warm, but he must have gone romping around in a huge patch of it in our back yard woods because the rash was UP AND DOWN his legs.

I was skeptical of this chair because the legs look very skinny, but this chair has held up extremely well for my very messy and active toddler.

Okay... And this is a great way because the baby's legs are supported and you don't have to sort of hold them up.

I love these leggings, I would recommend doubling up on your order because you will want to live in them towards the end of your pregnancy!

«Wendy already has a leg up on them by being the nominee of the Conservative Party and because she garnered nearly 48 % of the vote at the March 16th Republican State Convention.»

«I absolutely knew at the time that we were going to give a leg - up to the third party,» he says, insisting that he still does not regret the decision because it has been «good for our democracy».

In this respect, scientists have a leg up on law students who have no scientific background, because it is not possible to be a patent agent without a scientific qualification.

Each year in the United States 40,000 diabetics get kidney disease, up to 24,000 go blind, and 82,000 have amputations — a toe, foot, or leg — because of vascular failure.

He says that this drug has a leg up, though, because it was tested in two models and also readily crosses the blood - brain barrier, which prevents many drugs that look good on paper from entering the brain and having an effect.

Sea spiders also have an unusual need to move oxygen from their extremities to the core of their bodies because they lack gills, and most oxygen is taken up by diffusion through the surface of their long legs.

I grew up thinking I was flawed because I had big legs.

My little nurse brain was like, you've got to straighten those up because you're going to... lose your blood supply, and then you're going to lose your legs.»

They also help target your core a bit more, because you donâ $ ™ t have the strength of your legs to hold you up.

Additionally, during a classic bent - over barbell row, a big majority of lifters are forced to drop the barbell because of the built - up fatigue in their lower back and leg muscles, not because the lats and mid-back muscles have reached their limit.

If you fail to warm up adequately, your muscles would suffer trauma leading to leg cramps and strained ligaments because they were unprepared.

V - Ups are one of my favorite bodyweight core exercises, and this split leg variation is great because it works both your abs as well as your obliques (the muscles wrapping around the your sides).

Pull - ups are a great core strengthening exercise because unlike using a lat pull down machine, you do not have something to support your legs when performing pull - ups.

I have also been on a lot of medicines to for pain, because I have RSD, CPS, depression, arthritis in my back, now having problems with my knees bursa, sprained mcl, I was hospitalised both legs swelled up and were very red.

Even if they're cooked, vegan desserts already have a leg up on regular sweets because they don't contain any animal products.

A few years ago, you were the perfect definition of fitness; friends looked up to you for motivation because you had this killer six pack, well toned legs, a flat tummy and the best of abs.

I've not said it aloud to this point, but because this ordeal with my leg has gone on so long, I've been considering biking as a sort of back up to running since I've been really fearful that this discomfort I've been feeling may never subside.

Because of this, she has lymphedema, and both of her arms and legs swell up with lymphatic fluid.

But, the only problem is that I personally think that I have a lot of muscles in my legs and really don't love that because it makes me think that I don't have a lot of fat to burn and that I will end up with bigger legs.

Because I've trained track for so many years, I need to run at least 13.5 km / h (for 4 - 5 km or so) in order to challenge myself — but will it bulk up my body (particularly my legs) to run at this pace?

As I'm doing my winter purge I realize that I hate ALL my tights and leggings because I'm only 5 ′ tall, have short legs even on that height body, and I spend all day pulling them up or having them scrunch around my ankles.