Sentences with phrase «just opening gambits»
These are just opening gambits by an outfit aspiring to own trillions of dollars in assets.
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But yesterday he admitted that was just an opening gambit, telling his colleagues that he expected the final spending bill to contain money for at least one research vessel.
Still, I rejected that weary thought: Just an opening gambit to get attention, just a «visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door.
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It may just be an opening gambit to ensure he doesn't fall behind early, but there's a point to be made that it's not a viable strategy in the Premier League anymore.
«I hope it's not just a budget - cutting exercise» On the prospect of defence cuts, former army chief General Sir Mike Jackson told Channel 4 News: «I seem to recall Dr Fox in his first speech saying there will be cuts — an interesting opening gambit and not one I care for.
A strained marriage, a tipsy New Year's Eve party and a deadly road accident are but the opening gambit of «Midnighters,» a just - taut - enough thriller about ordinary people faced with extraordinary dilemmas.
That model was also Lexus» opening gambit to become known as a maker of exciting cars, not just skillful ones.