Sentences with phrase «is a serious blow»

Accordingly, the cancellation of the public multi-stakeholder discussion forum on regulation at Monash University on February 24 is a serious blow to public engagement and transparency.

Losing the league's best guard is a serious blow to the ground game - not serious enough to deny a third straight division title

Arsenal are coming into this game on the back of a disappointing 2 - 1 defeat against Watford, which was a serious blow to their title hopes.

An early exit in the FA Cup was a serious blow to their campaign.

New Survey Finds Infertility Delivers a Serious Blow to Self - Esteem Women Say Infertility Makes Them Feel Flawed While Men Say They Feel Inadequate WHITEHOUSE STATION, N.J., Jan. 21 / PRNewswire - FirstCall / — Struggling to get pregnant can be a serious blow to the self - esteem of both women and men, according to a new national survey.

Stop HS2 campaign manager Joe Rukin said: «The departure of Simon Kirby will be a serious blow to those who champion HS2, though many of us are at a complete loss to see just exactly what it is he has done to justify his three quarter of a million pay packet.»

For al - Qaeda, the loss of both men at once is a serious blow, he said.

But there was no disguising the fact that - whatever the outcome of the investigation - Mr Rock's arrest and resignation are a serious blow, both personally and professionally.

«The decision by the former Libyan foreign minister to come to London and resign his position is a serious blow to Gaddafi's authority and we should not underestimate that,» Mr Cameron said.

«Its refusal to correct the mistake made by Governor Paterson in 2009 is a serious blow to the public safety and is simply inexcusable.»

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo was not criminally charged on Thursday, but the schemes involving his close allies that were detailed by state and federal prosecutors are a serious blow to the Democratic governor and several of his proudest accomplishments.

One political operative said Castro's resignation is a serious blow to the legislative hopes of Dominicans, especially for the community that is still licking its wounds after the 2009 corruption scandal saw City Councilman Miguel Martinez imprisoned for five years after facing fraud charges.

«It is a serious blow to RGGI and to the notion of any bipartisan cooperation on any form of greenhouse gas regulation,» said Stacy VanDeveer, an associate professor of political science at the University of New Hampshire.

Finding no neutrinos is a serious blow because it rules out gamma ray bursts, says principal investigator Francis Halzen at the University of Wisconsin, Madison (Nature, DOI: 10.1038 / nature11068).

That's a serious blow for racing fans, who have been lauding the series as one produced by racing fans, for racing fans to enjoy.

This is a serious blow to an expensive federal program that has school readiness as its primary goal.

«It was a serious blow.

This might be a serious blow for companies that promise to unlock Netflix with a VPN.

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But at the same time, it's not fair for Amazon to use their Associates as pawns in the fight — I don't depend on the Associates program for my main income, but I'm sure that there are many who do, and this is a serious blow to them.»

This is a serious blow to consumers that were hoping to see a color Kindle or Fire tablet employing Liquavista technology.

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They also feel that the Canadian market is one of their strongest and if Amazon starts discounting ebooks again, it would be a serious blow to Kobo.

This is a serious blow to developers who have not submitted their own apps to the Amazon ecosystem or for users who have 3rd party app stores loaded on their tablet.

And if the audio version never gets released, that could be a serious blow to both the author and the publisher.

This is a serious blow to BYOE plans, and may be enough reason enough to nix the Platinum Amex card from your wallet.

But the loss earlier this year of # 152m over the next four years of lottery funding committed to the arts and heritage, coming on top of earlier losses, was a serious blow.

This is a serious blow to warming in the pipeline.

But I'm not sure that it's a serious blow against wind either in general or against the general claim that the wind is always blowing somewhere or that periods of low wind are infrequent.

But one further item for legal marketers to consider: If spammers are now using the good name of lawyers in their product, you should also know this is a serious blow to firms that rely on email marketing.

Getting fired by your lawyer is a serious blow to your case.

If this lawyer left your firm to join a rival, would it be a serious blow or a manageable inconvenience?

Apple plans to replace around half of the main power management chips that go into iPhones with its own as early as 2018, but the transition could be delayed until 2019, according to anonymous sources cited in the report.If the report is accurate, it could be a serious blow for Dialog Semiconductor, the British

At $ 800, the Xperia XZ Premium is one of the most expensive flagships on the market, and the lack of a fingerprint sensor in the US model is a serious blow when so many functions of Android depend on it, from lockscreen security to banking apps, Play Store purchases, and apps with sensitive information like authenticators and password managers.

With Apple's rivals currently looking to compete by slashing prices, some speculate that a lower - cost iPad could be a serious blow from which their tablet efforts may not recover.

Not exact matches

The Trump administration has argued that tariffs would be a boon to American steelworkers and a serious blow to China.

The Trump administration argues that this would be a boon to American steelworkers and a serious blow to China.

Valerie Plame Wilson, the famous CIA spy whose cover was blown by the White House shortly after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, isn't really serious about buying Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR).

A strong footprint in each of the three segments also makes J&J one of the most diversified healthcare companies; and it'll need some serious blows to its 12 megabrands for the company's cash flows to be hit hard enough to hurt income investors.

What was hitherto a notional understanding becomes a full - blown, deadly serious reality.

Lay naked and blow soapy bubbles on each other, get competitive over card games... let life be less serious for a short while.

Amando i do nt get the battle you either trust God to save you and live your life for him or wallow in self pity and despair.Do you want to be saved or just talk about it.Trust God and he will save you but give up your old lifestyle tell God you blew it and that it is hard for you to live a christian life you need his help.The holy spirit is the one who is our helper insteaqd of choosing sin we choose to walk in the spirit.You need to surrender your life to him because you are making a mess of your life living your way be sincere.If you are not serious about this discision walk away and live your life for yourself theres is no other options.You need to decide but choose to follow the Lord with all your heart that is the right decison you cant have both.

He understands that the thing of letting the self go is a pretty serious business after all, he is not so apoplectically muddled by the blow as the immediate man is, he understands by the aid of reflection that there is much he may lose without losing the self; he makes admissions, is capable of doing so — and why?

Deconstruction's radical hermeneutics strikes serious blows at certain traditional theories of meaning by showing how unstable an affair language is.

It is a blow to the claims of progressive expertise, a blow that is more humorous than serious.

The dates > instant cookie dough flavor thing is some serious mind - blowing magic!

Arsenal were dealt with a huge blow, as Ramsey was red - carded; Arteta injured his ankle, raising serious question marks over the North Londoners» chances of winning the second leg at home, which was the only way to progress through.

A year ago, Oregon's statement win over Michigan State — absorbing some serious blows from the Spartans in the second quarter, then gunning it in the second half and winning 46 - 27 — was a sign of what was to come.

Arsenal have now started the short run of pre-season games in preparation for the tough start to a crucial Premier League season in which the pressure on Arsene Wenger and the players to mount a serious title challenge is greater than ever after blowing what appeared to be a golden chance last time around and with the gap since our last successful campaign now more than 12 years.

I'm afraid watching Arsenal huff and puff without ever blowing anyone's house down has become a serious snooze fest.