Sentences with phrase «huge performances by»

On huge performances by the three best edge players in the league - Von Miller, Justin Houston and Khalil Mack

Not exact matches

These funds have been pulling their members» money out of hedge funds in recent years, after getting hit with a «double whammy — poor investment performance accompanied by huge fees.»

Investors are troubled by the numerous cases of executives walking with a huge severance payment when the CEO was essentially fired for poor performance.

Think of a crowd in a huge stadium held in awe by the performance in the arena.

Loose or ill - fitting straps could cause a driver to move around in the car under the huge G - forces generated by the car, and any distractions are obviously going to have a negative impact on performance.

Going by the Chelsea performance you would think he still had something in the tank, but he's a huge man so I think what he said is his honest feelings.

The NCAA performance is powered by those two things reversing (no idea how Mann's doing it), and the defense finally clicking, which is a huge change from what's been largely an awful defensive year, and something that I think you can probably give props to the whole coaching staff for.

Unfortunately for Wenger a man by the name of van Gaal has proved again this weekend that spending money on bolstering the squad can have a huge positive spin on team performance.

I argue that much of the sudden rise in our expectations was under - pinned by false assumptions made at the time about our perceived prospects — our expectations — of winning the League and it therefore follows that whilst the major part of this disappointment was due to the teams dip in performance — my second conclusion is that at least some of our huge disappointment was undoubtedly down to us fans (aided and abetted by the media) getting carried away with our expectations.

A huge number of Arsenal fans have had it with Wenger and so — by the recent performances — have the players.

Hunter, making his season debut, put on a show on Tuesday night by dropping a huge 30 - point performance to carry his guys to victory over a very tough Team Darcy squad.

Led by this week's scoring leader Daniel Macks and his 30 - point performance, Team Lenny and the Jets pulled out a huge win over Team Luger, 68 - 65.

His decision is going to get a mixed reaction from Arsenal fans, and many will be angered, although there is a huge section of fans who will be happy with his performance at the end of the campaign, and won't be too aggrieved by his choice.

It would be surprising if the likes of Harry Kane, Dele Alli, Eric Dier, Kyle Walker and Danny Rose were not affected by their poor performances and the huge criticism aimed at them since bowing out with a whimper against Iceland.

For Portsmouth to record a huge win at Blackburn this Saturday, a win that would be their biggest achievement of the season by a long way, they will need to emulate their performance against Wolves at the beginning of last month.

Disappointing there were no goals in the second half, but that doesn't take anything away from the great performance by the team with no goals conceded and a huge morale - boosting three points ahead of some tricky matches ahead.

Nothing but an efficient performance by the Rossoneri, whose effort was enough to keep their opponents scoreless and get a huge advantage in this round.

The performance of Clegg's party is all the more impressive given the huge funding disadvantage suffered by the Lib Dems.

The 2010 campaign's news agenda has been dominated by the huge surge in the polling performance of Britain's third party.

His performance in the first leaders «debate in the 2010 election produced a huge spike in Liberal Democrat support, which largely faded by the time of the election, but was enough to secure a hung Parliament.

As you can see an over performance by Labour in local elections compared to the general election in all but one of these seats, several including the Reading by pretty huge margins.

If you figure out your MAF heart rate by following the formula and train accordingly you should continue to see huge health and performance benefits!

Winstead has had a bit of an odd trajectory in her career, going from thin supporting parts in big dumb studio movies to a huge indie breakout with her magnificent performance in Smashed a few years ago that she unfortunately didn't really capitalize on afterwards, but here she gets the best of both worlds by developing a kickass character we can root for in a thrilling genre piece that also has some depth to her.

The story, which Abrahamson developed over three years with writers Jon Ronson and Paul Straughan, asks serious questions about identity and performance, peppering them with the comedy and tragedy brought on by a grown man refusing to live outside of a huge, orb - like head.

You know Sundance has thrown its weight behind a film when it debuts on the huge screen in the Eccles Theatre, but this year many of these selections were thin or safe, among them Whit Stillman's Love & Friendship, which is ill - served by a one - note performance by Kate Beckinsale and has the larger problem of its lack of clarity about whether it's satirizing Jane Austen novels or their film adaptations.

Despite that huge betrayal to its audience, it does at least contain one of the best performances of the year by Trine Dyrholm.

But the introspection offered by this many - layered approach would fall flat without the strength of its central performances, and while a number of Anderson's staple actors make appearances — Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody, among others — Ralph Fiennes steals the film as M. Gustave H. Achieving the subtle distinction between delivering a huge performance without being over-the-top, Fiennes balances his theatrical gravitas with his rarely - executed gift for comedy, making it impossible to imagine anyone else in the role.

Jennifer Merin: This coming of age drama stars Danielle Macdonald in her breakthrough performance as a genuinely gifted teenage girl who is pushed around by her abusive and abused alcoholic mom and bullied by her less - than - inspired peers — all of whom are unaware of her huge and unexpected talent for rapping.

So the hijackers never really generate the feeling of danger, the government deliberations are cut short, and the filmmaker takes a huge creative risk by synchronizing the final rescue mission with the opening night dance performance.

Head - turning performances have helped launch faces like Carey Mulligan, Mia Wasikowska, Emma Stone, Jennifer Lawrence, Felicity Jones and many others into the stratosphere, and the success last weekend of «The Hunger Games» has hopefully put to rest the fallacy that huge audiences won't turn up to big movies carried by a woman.

Based on the 1971 novel by Hunter S. Thompson, the film was actually a box office failure but has gained a huge cult following over the years, with Depp putting in a splendid performance as the lead, Raoul Duke.

It was a huge hit in Europe but a dud here, even with great performances by Dustin Hoffman and Alan Rickman.

Murray warns against false hope: «Some say that the public schools are so awful that there is huge room for improvement in academic performance just by improving education.

«Using comprehensive, research - based strategies and methods to better prepare our teachers for the classroom is a wise investment that will reap huge dividends by improving student performance.

The implementation of performance related pay will also create a huge change within schools and will radically impact on the skills needed by schools governors and heads.

«I think there is a huge misconception that performance tasks are written in a hidden room by men in black suits,» said Johns.

Among the facts from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Fourth Grade Reading report cited by FairTest: — There has been no gain in NAEP grade four reading performance nationally since 1992 despite a huge increase in state - mandated testing; — NAEP scores in southern states, which test the most and have the highest stakes attached to their state testing programs, have declined; — The NAEP score gap between white children and those from African American and Hispanic families has increased, even though schools serving low - income and minority - group children put the most emphasis on testing; and — Scores of children eligible for free lunch programs have dropped since 1996.

Unfazed by all weathers, the RS5 offers huge performance and refinement, although it still wants for more character.

However, don't be fooled by the refinement — with 577bhp and a huge 900Nm of torque, the S63 delivers pulverising performance.

The breathtaking performance of the four - door saloon is hinted at by a discreet bodykit, subtle M badges, 19 - inch alloy wheels and huge vented brakes — if it didn't have these, you'd be forgiven for mistaking this for a 535d M Sport, for example.

All this straight - line performance is matched by a well - controlled suspension, quick steering and huge brakes, and while the F - Type can be a handful if you floor the accelerator at rest, the car is filled with electronic driver aids that can tame the beast a bit if you want them to.

The greatest weapon the Audi S4 has in its performance arsenal — even overshadowing the huge amount of power on offer — is the sheer grip provided by its wide tyres and quattro four - wheel - drive system.

However, it's let down by some worrying performance issues, a disappointing screen, threadbare Microsoft app Store, the huge storage space Windows 8 RT takes up and we really think the restrictive design of the Surface only being made for flat surfaces and not lap use is a massive oversight.

First up, it was the 7 inch Samsung Galaxy Tab that saw its prices slashed by a healthy margin, something that was a huge and welcome relief for a tablet that carried the dubious distinction of being too steep priced in spite of it being exemplary in performance.

By then, different competing high - performance transflective LCD displays will be on the scene, manufactured in huge volumes and will be licensed to a large number of manufacturers and will be used in many types of smartphones and tablets.

It's a book by David Swensen, the legendary investor who piloted Yale University's huge endowment fund to record - breaking performance.

Driven by its past performance, it received huge fund flows (it crossed Rs. 10,000 crores in AUM).

Clearly, there are huge differences between the stock market's overall performance (as measured by the S&P 500) and the results of the SMI strategies.

One of the reasons the Fund had to take such huge market risks with the Inverse Floaters is that I am not equipped, by background or training, to forecast the general level of interest rates, and the near - term market performance of Inverse Floaters was strictly a function of short - term interest rates.

If we compare the results of Charlie Munger and Walter Schloss (who also ran partnerships during the same time), all three produced fantastic records, but Munger and Schloss underperformed the market about 1 in every 3 years, despite beating the market overall by huge margins (see this post for details on their performance records).