Sentences with phrase «long shot attempt»

If she had decided to attend the national convention rather than stay home in New York to focus on her long shot attempt to unseat Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, she probably would have been at the delegation breakfasts here in Clearwater.

Not exact matches

I totally disagree that the Book of Mormon «has stood all tests,... all attempts to defame it» Not by a long shot.

We just don't pressure the opposing keeper enough, especially with one reflex shots and long distance attempts.

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) Micah Seaborn made a pair of free throws with 5.0 seconds left on Friday night and Monmouth survived a final shot attempt for a 79 - 78 season - opening win over Bucknell.

He was a great scorer in college and could knock down the long - ball with ease, shooting 47 % from distance on almost 5 attempts per game.

With 5 seconds left she swished a free throw and when Team Bartlett's game winning shot attempt struck the rim and went long — Team Bemoras was left victorious!

As a team theIrish were the top major - conference three - point - shooting outfit last season, making 40.5 % of their long - range attempts.

McAlarney, whomade 44.1 % of his 245 long - range attempts last season, so enjoyed having thehot hand overseas — «That's the best I've ever seen him shoot,» Harangodysays — that teammates have since caught him practicing with the internationalball that was used on the tour.

you wont see a cazorla or a xavi losing possession, not only that but they drive the team forward.but unfortunately u hav players like ramsey, who do nt drive the attack like the above two, also he loses possessions sometimes by attempting fancy moves.its sad ramsey gives more importance to style over substance.unfortunately, i feel players like ramsey hav contributed to arsenal's inability... imagine a team like barcelona playing with him, constantly losing posession leading to conceding goals and so on.difference is barca's manager wud take them out, while under wenger u r rewarded with the nxt game!!!! i do nt deny he was top notch a season or two back, but now hes a liability imo and need to change his mentality.even that opportunity he got against tottenham where thought longer before taking a shot thus giving defender time to get to him and take off the ball.i bet if it was cazorla, arsenal wud hav scored...

There is no college shooter more in rhythm than the 6» 4» Hield, who at week's end had made a remarkable 51.1 % of his 8.3 long - range attempts per game for a team that's ranked No. 3 in the polls, No. 1 nationally in three - point accuracy and No. 1 in the Big 12 in three - point rate (meaning the highest share of their shot attempts are threes).

In reply, the legends of the shot — Rose, Fonville and Fuchs, O'Brien, Long and Matson — have been able to do nothing but turn over in their great circles in the sky or rush to rule books claiming meaningless illegalities or, yes, stand out there helplessly attempting to match him.

'» The Wolf Pack pitched Stephens on the possibility of enjoying offensive freedom in a pro-style system that makes launching three - point shots a priority, and he's taken advantage by canning 44.4 % of his 284 long - range attempts this season.

Chicago shot 60.9 percent in the quarter and connected on 8 of 11 3 - point attempts, with Markkanen and Portis each sinking three from long range.

How many times has he been right in front of the box with time and space but instead looked for that pass that will make it to someone 1/20 times and just give the ball away... Even Chambers attempted more long range shots than most our midfielders!

The pair hoisted nearly half of the team's 494 3 - point attempts and made 45 % of their long - range shots.

11th — free kick from 35 metres blocked by GK Irwin, cleared momentarily, ball falls to Bradley who shoots high 14th — Takes pass from Findley, eludes a player and runs the length of the field from the midfield stripe, hits right foot shot from top of box, deflects off defender and ball goes through the hands of Irwin and in (18th goal) 18th — Cheyrou plays ball through middle, Osorio backheels to onrushing Giovinco, takes touch then bends right foot shot past Irwin and in (19th) 36th — takes pass from Bradley, floats a cross to back post where Altidore heads just wide 37th — takes long pass from Cheyrou, beats defender, charges in but shot is deflected out for corner 38th — takes corner to near post — Perquis heads in to score (14th assist) 60th — starts run from defensive half, left side of field, cuts into middle, tripped by Pittinari who earns yellow card — resulting free kick from 30 yards is just over bar 76th — takes breakout punch from corner from Konopka, is fouled by Cronin, who earns yellow card 82nd — steals ball from Ramirez, sprints past Burling, attempts cross but hits own foot and rolls behind end line

Barcelona managed just seven shots that night, with Messi reduced to a solitary blocked effort from long range and Suarez failing to record a single attempt.

He gets a little bit of luck as Maguire goes to play the ball from Tadic's shot only to divert it into Long's path, but the Leicester goalkeeper is quick off his line to smother the attempt!

If Blackett can cut out some of the longer passes he attempts, he also has a shot at becoming a regular in United's first team whilst Wilson is held in extremely high regard at United and could easily start next Saturday with Van Persie's poor form in mind.

The eleventh - hour attempt by Republicans in the U.S. Senate to repeal the Affordable Care Act once seemed like the longest of long shots, but now appears to have a chance — albeit slim — at passage, even though it has been deemed the most «radical» of all the Obamacare reform efforts the GOP has debated thus far.

Now that the former governor is reportedly eyeing another long - shot attempt at getting to the White House, he is again seeking to buff his conservative credentials — just consider his 2010 Revere America PAC push to repeal so - called «Obamacare.»

Some foot soldiers in the state Assembly are whispering about something that hasn't been tried in 10 years — a long - shot attempt to dethrone Sheldon Silver as speaker.

A long - shot attempt to block U.K. researchers from creating human - animal hybrid cells or embryos has ended quickly, with a judge dismissing a new lawsuit filed by the Christian Legal Centre and the Comment on Reproductive Ethics and ruling that the groups should pay # 20,000 in court costs.

Similarly, The World's End, which leaps into action only after its characters have imbibed a few pints, features brawls shot with swooning long takes that track a thrown punch a half - second too late, a delayed reaction that suggests the camera itself attempted the Golden Mile.

Franco captures that while Wiseau's mouth, which perpetually feels like it's full of peanut butter and / or cotton - mouth - inducing pills may be joylessly droning, «Ha ha ha», the eyes betray that he has no idea what he's supposed to find amusing, but apparently «laughing» is a common trait of these «humans» so as long as he's at least attempting to pass among their ranks, he might as well give it a shot.

A movie that asks you to laugh at a creep (with whom you're also supposed to identify) murdering innocent young women out of some pathetic attempt at self - actualization better be damn funny, and Lucky isn't by an exceedingly long shot.

The attempt to blame the shooting on the discipline reforms advocated in the Obama - era guidance is another in a long line of attempted distractions from the real issue: the need to strengthen our nation's gun laws to help reduce the epidemic of gun violence in this country.

This beautiful long exposure shot was taken at Avoca beach during an attempted camping trip a few hours north of Sydney in the Central Coast area!

You're not without help though as by simply pressing Y will whistle for Doodle to lift your tail and take away the weight you're pulling along helping you climb even higher if you're struggling, obviously each obstacle can be attempted many different ways depending on how you feel most comfortable with, I've coiled myself up a bamboo shoot and also managed to quickly slither up without performing a tight coil, this makes for any puzzle to be completed in a sense that can suit your playing style, as long as you can get to the area required who cares which way you do it right?

The arrows realistically drop over longer distances, so it took a few attempts as my first shots landed in the water just in front of him.