Sentences with phrase «is a long shot for»

It will be a long shot for Cameron, Johnson, Coe and Visa to make good on all their predictions.

He's a long shot for one of those two wild - card spots, reserved for race winners who finish 11th through 20th in points, but the fact that he's in mathematical contention makes the 28 - year - old Floridian one of the surprises of 2012.

After being long shots for the title prior to the season, the Vegas Golden Knights are now among the favorites for the Stanley Cup.

Both of their league home wins this term have been by a 2 - 0 scoreline, but that's going to be a long shot for this one against the Champions elect.

As the Republican and Conservative candidate for a very Democratic State Senate district in Central Brooklyn, however, she was and is a long shot for the seat.

The director's «social thriller» is considered to be in the running, but it's a long shot for several reasons.

Fargo creator Noah Hawley says that it's a long shot for the season 4 to premiere in 2019, given all the work that still has to be done.

Uplifting «Rocky» sequel «Creed» might have been a long shot for Best Picture (though it's leagues ahead of, say, «The Big Short»), but upcoming star Michael B Jordan surely deserved it more than usual suspects like Michael Fassbender and Eddie Redmayne, who have had their shot.

VW says it could bring the Atlas to Europe, though a right - hand - drive version is a long shot for now.

Sanders is the only candidate actually pushing a liberal agenda which could provide significant environmental and economic benefits, but he has always been a long shot for the nomination and the window for an upset is closing fast.

This simply doesn't add up, but for sure, what makes sense is that making Google Allo the default messaging app on Android is a long shot for the search engine giant, which can only be achieved after a long time.

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The shooting team have worked with us for a long time; they know our style is to hang back and let the stories unfold.»

The Trans - Pacific Partnership is on life support, and as President Barack Obama readies a long - shot push to get the free - trade deal through Congress this fall, he may be virtually the last elected official in Washington who hasn't given it up for dead.

But recovering the rest of the plane is still a long shot — former National Transportation Safety Board official Tom Haueter told ABC News that the wreckage was unlikely to lead investigators to the rest of the aircraft because it had been floating around the ocean for more than a year.

He's already played a thunderous trailer for Halo 4, the forthcoming instalment of Microsoft's bestselling alien shoot -»em - up, and now dims the lights again for another preview, this time for Splinter Cell: Blacklist, the next title in the long - running super-spy series.

From their mission statement: «March For Our Lives is created by, inspired by, and led by students across the country who will no longer risk their lives waiting for someone else to take action to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings that has become all too familiar.&raqFor Our Lives is created by, inspired by, and led by students across the country who will no longer risk their lives waiting for someone else to take action to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings that has become all too familiar.&raqfor someone else to take action to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings that has become all too familiar.»

Sony's PlayStation 4 is in a strong position: Over 70 million consoles have been sold, putting Sony in first place by a long shot, and a relatively new PS4 console is on sale for the other 6.93 billion people who don't own one yet.

But despite widespread unhappiness in the party over Trump's tariffs, passage of such legislation would be a long shot - especially since a two - thirds super-majority would be needed for passage over a likely presidential veto.

Protesters are demanding protection from gun violence, including a ban on assault weapons such as the rifle used in Parkland, a prohibition on high - capacity magazines that let killers shoot long bursts without reloading, and more effective background checks for gun purchases.

But he'd be a long shot given that a county jury recently recommended criminal charges against seven Milwaukee County jail staffers in the dehydration death of an inmate who went without water for seven days.

It will be Darwinian, but those that can survive the heightened scrutiny will have a better shot of making it for the long haul.»

The $ 450,000 Phantom is on rent from the U.S. because its high frame rate means a 1 1/2 second shot can be slowed to a hypnotic pace and made to last as long as it takes to wait for a flight.

But if you can bear to watch the races long enough, you'll find some interesting lessons for leaders including how to say you're sorry when you screw up — and have a shot at bouncing back.

«In the beginning, when you're trying to build the business, you really do want to save on your expenses to make whatever money you have last longer and to give your business more of a shot,» says Jamila White, co-founder of The Bootstrap Babes, a blog full of ideas and money - saving advice for entrepreneurs.

Start Small is a charity focused on underserved communities, and its first focus will be Ferguson, Missouri — now infamous for the racial unrest that followed the fatal shooting of Michael Brown and a long pattern of prejudicial police treatment of minorities — and is located outside Dorsey's hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.

The concept — a survival course for adults where skills like siphoning gas, hotwiring cars and shooting guns are taught — has been percolating in his mind long before 52business» inception.

«He is a long - shot,» says Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic Policy and Research, in Washington, D.C..

In 2014, two leading freelance networks, Elance and oDesk, merged to form Upwork, which is now the largest network for freelancers by a long shot.

While Booker's new bill is also a long - shot, it comes at a time when more and more Americans are voicing support for marijuana legalization.

Our healthcare «networks» frequently send us to specific providers (for things like imaging, blood tests, surgical procedures)-- and those providers call the shots when it comes to whether we can get an appointment and when, how long we'll wait, and what the cost is.

They're long shots, largely because business governance is an awkward tool for social change.

While a hostile move for GM is seen as a long shot, Marchionne is trying to lobby investors to support his case that GM and FCA would be better off merged, the sources said.

I have little doubt that this estimate was obtained by some version of the dividend discount model: Price = D / (k - g), where Ed Kershner decided to pick a long - term return on stocks k really, really close to the long term growth rate of dividends g. Gee, why didn't he just go ahead and set them equal and shoot for thrills?

I'm shooting for a 8 % — 15 % return on my investments as real estate is my favorite asset class to build long - term wealth.

In an uncertain world, committing long - term capital in exchange for an illiquidity premium and a predictable return that — while not shooting out the lights — should at least be highly respectable, has a lot to be said for it.

Analyzing my portfolio for solid dividend growth companies that are beating inflation by a long shot!

OTTAWA — Ten years after a suicide bomber took the life of diplomat Glyn Berry, newly released documents depict a frustrating — and fruitless — search for justice in what proved to be the first shot in Canada's long, bloody combat mission in Kandahar.

This is the exact opposite outcome of a single - shot Prisoners» Dilemma, where the rational strategy is to be mean; when you're playing for the long run it is better to be nice — you'll make up any short - term losses with long - term gains.

Back - date your posts so it looks like you've been at this for a long time, and do shoot for an impressive volume (at least 30 posts), but never sacrifice quality for quantity here.

The Nasdaq provides the best news for bulls yet again, as is still the strongest major global index by a long shot.

While most of Khosrowshahi's presentation — which was run from his computer — had to do with much of what you might expect from a longtime techie (artificial intelligence, better software, etc.), one screen was clearly a pretty big risk for the long - shot candidate to take and was much noticed by the directors.

Investing is about finding a company that will be around for decades and longer, not one that will shoot higher and then fizzle out.

Hence science can not be proof for faith, because faith relies on infallibility and constancy, and science relies on the belief that there's always something more to be learned because we * don't * understand it all yet by a long shot.

His case for the presidency was always a long shot — a long shot which depended upon his own personal weaknesses which I need not go into, but which also depend upon factors outside of the control of all of the putative Republican nominees.

Our church is not perfect by a long shot, but we are striving to provide a church home for the hurting and the searching.

It isn't all good quality, by a long shot, but then again, there is no reason to believe that in oral cultures all stories were created equal and for the ages.

Jared Gurman, a Long Island resident and guy who is just clearly very into AMC's zombie drama, The Walking Dead, has been arrested for shooting his girlfriend over an argument...

The shot is still, like Vanier, simply staying present for what feels like a painfully long time.

I may not be the biggest Democrat supporter ever born (by a long shot), but I'm definitely not going to vote for a Mormon.

««My Heart Aches for America,» was written 6 - 8 weeks ago — long before recent current events, such as the tragic shooting in an Aurora, Colo movie theater, or the ongoing Chik - fil - A controversy,» Ross said in an email to CNN.