Sentences with phrase «lose the battle from»

I know... It's a lost battle from the start!

Jeff Bridges probably shouldn't have (well, Firth shouldn't either, but I knew that was a losing battle from go).

You're going to be fighting a losing battle from the very start.

«When you're trying to correct things through Twitter alone, it's a losing battle from the beginning.

Not exact matches

The dispute stems from 2015 when Elliott took on the Samsung Group, Korea's biggest «chaebol» family conglomerate, to oppose the $ 8 billion merger of two Samsung affiliates but lost that battle.

After the battle, the Japanese lost the bulk of its carrier force, something it was never able to fully recover from.

Andrew Forrest has lost his battle to stop Yarri Mining from being granted mining tenements on land near the mining magnate's Minderoo cattle station in the Pilbara.

The Alberta government, meanwhile, has been fighting a losing battle to keep upgrader jobs in the province with its BRIK (Bitumen Royalty in Kind) program, whereby it accepts bitumen from producers in lieu of cash royalties and has signed a supply agreement with a «merchant» refiner (without production of its own) to build an upgrader to process it.

On May 3, 2003, the Old Man of the Mountain, New Hampshire's iconic symbol, lost its 10,000 - year battle with gravity and slipped from its spot atop Franconia Notch.

So if your social extensions resulted in thousands of people clicking on your ads but no one actually buying anything from you, you would win the battle but lose the war (more specifically, you would be making money for Google but not for your business).

Take over from a visionary founder whose play for world domination is only half finished (and who is still a majority owner by votes), fix a broken workplace culture, win an existential race (and legal battle) to develop autonomous vehicles, and find a way to turn a profit in a business that has lost billions of dollars a year.

As Milosz looks at the names on the tombs, from his own «half broken inside» he begins to establish a communion with those buried there, musing ironically on the meanings of the names he reads: «Crazy Sophies, / Michaels who lost every battle, / Self - destructive Agathas.»

Jackson has heard bullets fly through her front door; lost sleep due to the noisy drug - dealing going on nearby; shared her small apartment for months at a time with children taken from crack - addicted mothers; calmed hysterical young women beaten by their drunk boyfriends; wept at the funerals of young boys; and battled obstinate government bureaucracies to get a swingset for the rusty and littered «playground» at the center of the Smith Homes.

The fact that he lost the battle, I think a lot of people who suffered from depression are like, «If he wasn't happy how are we supposed to be happy with our lives?

In this process neither has lost the battle, as is evident from the vigor of both at the present time.

Most of what we think we know about God and sin came from Paul — and there was a series of battles — and lives lost — before the whole redemption theme was accepted as, literally — gospel truth.

As for using it to condemn gays it always has it just that a man from the APA decided to lie and distort the truth, thats the problem moron.You side with man and hope he wins, well he may win the battle but he will lose the war.

Physical scars from battles won or lost invoke pity and attention, and so of themselves help the healing process if one is fortunate enough to be surrounded by loving people.

Can we lose that salvation i believe so if we totally turn away from him by rejecting the conviction of the holy spirit in our lives.I say that because as a new christian i accepted Christ into my life and the holy spirit was convicting me to surrender my heart to him as Lord and i was resisting him i would not surrender to him fully and so he gave me a choice to either accept him or reject him.I believe he gives everyone the chance to make that commitment as Lord of there life.When we make that deeper commitment and follow him he will continue to perfect us through his holy spirit so that we conform to his image.By the way i knew that if i rejected him at that point that was it he would never bother me again i would have been eternally lost the thought was terrifying at the time.There was definitely a spiritual battle being fought over me i was very aware i needed to decide which side i was on.Thankfully i chose the winning one.brentnz

The newest study from Rasmussen confirms that the president has lost the battle for American hearts and minds.

Alfredo Ottaviani lost virtually every one of the battles he fought at Vatican II, but from his present, post-mortem position he may be enjoying a last laugh (if of a subdued, even sorrowful, sort).

The couple, both in their 30s and from Bedfont, west London, want to take the baby to a hospital in the US for experimental treatment, but lost a lengthy legal battle after judges ruled in favour of doctors at GOSH, who argued the therapy would not improve Charlie's quality of life.

Saul, now a pathetic figure, fighting a battle already lost in his own mind, persuaded that from the narrow circle of family out to the broad circle of the world, everyone is against him; seizing gratefully upon the offer of the Ziphites to surrender David to him:

[When I moved from the Carolinas to Massachusetts for school] most of the white Southerners at the time could recite long lists of battles lost and won and argue over...

Middlesbrough lost to Liverpool in the league cup on an incredible penalty shoutout 13 - 14 after drawing 2 - 2 in the 120mn battle in which Barmford scored too (from a penalty kick).

Wenger can not drop Xhaka from the starting lineup and he contributed towards us losing the CM battle, which contributes towards our Att getting less service.

Shortly after the good start Arsenal became exactly what we expect nowadays... Naïve defending, lots of sloppy passing, too much sideways & backward passing, weak pressing, losing the midfield battle, no leaders on the pitch, no teeth, no ideas from the bench...

Guus Hiddink is without captain John Terry, who confirmed yesterday on his official Instagram account that he has lost his battle to recover in time from his hamstring injury.

Leicester are playing teams that are fighting for European spots and a couple battling relegation; they have been playing without any sort of pressure because nobody believed they can actually be where they are right now and without that burden of expectation they have been flying: Now the scenario is different, its their title to lose now and they know it and with that comes a different sort of pressure altogether and I strongly believe they are a loss away from panicking and maybe unravel a bit....

Blackpool is set to be a tough challenge for the highly rated 19 year - old, who joined Chelsea from SPL giants Celtic in 2011, with former Birmingham City manager Lee Clark facing a losing battle when it comes to trying to keep the Seasiders in the second tier after a chaotic season that has been overshadowed by fan protests against the club's ownership.

When you're trading half your roster and all of your assets for a superstar that A) doesn't want to be there longterm, B) is recovering from a potentially chronic injury, and C) has never won an MVP... maybe fighting that battle means you've already lost the war.

The league, whose goal - scoring has dropped from 8.3 per game in 1981 - 82 to 5.3 last season, has been losing the battle of the bulging goalie for years.

The Rebels are battling both health and confidence following a three - game losing streak that took them from confident contender (before the 25 - 0 beatdown by Alabama) to a dinged, young 3 - 3 team desperate for three more wins.

Brendan Rodgers» men now haven't lost a game since their humiliating 3 - 0 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford, taking 17 points from 21, and are right in the midst of the battle for the lucrative fourth - place spot.

In one battle, they've had to put up with little barbs from players and fans of Auburn, a team that lost four games.

I don't even know why he started Welbeck ahead of Walcott in the first place, Welbeck was giving away the ball too often on the right and wasn't helping Bellerin in defence.Bellerin too can't be blameless for being caught out of position many times, he didn't even know who he was marking.The reason why we lost the midfield battle wasn't because Coquelin didn't do much, the problem was with Ramsey and Cazorla, they were loosing possesion too often in our own half giving more room for counter attack Coquelin alone couldn't contain opponent's pressure for the full 90minutes he needed help too defencively from Ramsey who didn't give him any, Ramsey now sees himself as an AM who could go forward at anytime and ignore his defensive responsibility.Koscielny didn't do much to prevent the second goal.

And I do not think it was a coincidence that Southampton started to lose the midfield battle after Scneiderlin was replaced, with Yaya Toure able to break from deep and shoot unchallenged for City's opening goal.

Arsenal is losing the battle everywhere from manager to board to the owner we are left in the dust by our competitors.

I don't remember 1 moment apart from red - card against Costa where Mertesacker looked like losing any battle.

Even as Tottenham have narrowed the gap in recent years they have struggled at this venue, taking one point from their last four visits, and that 2 - 2 draw was soured by losing their heads as well as any lingering title hopes in the infamous 2016 battle of the Bridge.

Currently second from bottom with just five wins to their name after losing to Stoke City at the weekend, Villa are facing the very real prospect of being involved in a relegation battle.

Jose Mourinho has rubbished any such claims in his post match interview citing the lack of any concrete information from the preliminary scans, but it appears that he is fighting a losing a battle on that regard.

The Reds are already reeling from a run of bad results that have seen them get eliminated from the FA Cup and League Cup, as well as lose to relegation battling Swansea City.

West Ham come into the game having lost four out of six Premier League games from a relatively benign set of fixtures and now embark on a run of so - called «winnable» games (including today's) in an attempt to demonstrate there might be something to the season beyond a desperate survival battle.

In the centre of the field is where this battle will be won or lost and one expects Klopp to get his midfield players to not sit on their lead from the first leg, but rather look to kill the tie off early.

Sadly, on September 4th, 2006, Giacinto Facchetti was taken from us far too early at the young age of 64 after losing his battle with pancreatic cancer.

Real Madrid face a losing battle in their attempt to prise Gareth Bale away from Tottenham.

We've never played the Dons in their current guise, apart from when our Under - 23s lost 4 - 3 to them in the Checkatrade Trophy earlier this term, but have enjoyed many battles with the original Wimbledon over the years.

Louis van Gaal is losing the battle to keep David De Gea, so he has lined up an expensive replacement from La Liga.

Bonding is presented as a major challenge to new fathers, and we are increasingly hearing from men who are doing all they can for their child, but are worried they are «losing the bonding battle.»