Sentences with phrase «lose the battle of»

Instead of getting caught up in a losing battle of trying to lure employees into participating with rewards and penalties, follow the lead of companies like Dow Chemical to avoid incentives altogether.

Or, you might provide the financial support that ensures that favorite really does make its way to your local grocery store, instead of losing the battle of early - stage entrepreneurship despite having a great product.

Finding a time that works for everyone can be a losing battle of long email strings and accidental double - bookings.

In the culture of the Bible, it was the one who lost the battle of words who would resort to violence.

I lost a battle of wits to a squirrel.

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.

AVB tried to move the team forward and phase out the Mourinho diehards but lost the battle of player power.

The Italian coach lost the battle of wits during midweek but can he make amends by masterminding a victory at Ewood Park against Sam Allardyce's robust Blackburn Rovers?

Am I losing the battle of bonding with my son?

Simultaneously, the two unions have lost the battle of the op - ed pages and the race for idea leadership in...

If the Right of the Tory Party think that the Party is losing the battle of ideas because it is insufficiently Right - wing, the the eight years of modernisation under Cameron and the three election defeats between 1997 and 2005 has been lost on them.

Mr Cameron wanted Mr Coulson to guarantee he would not write a memoir, but Mr Osborne felt they would lose the battle of wills and backed down.

A backlash from a group that, in the long run, is losing the battle of ideas

Voters would back David Cameron over Gordon Brown, according to the latest opinion poll, raising suggestions that the chancellor is losing the battle of personality politics.

Professor Anthony King will be on television declaring that they are the worst results for a governing party since Charles I lost the Battle of Naseby.

If however you find fault with your natural hair, you will begin to fight a losing battle of trying to change and manipulate it to be what you want it to be.

We learn, in passing, that ever since the Avengers nearly lost the Battle of New York to Loki at the end of The Avengers, Stark and Banner have been working on an «Ultron» defense program that would protect the globe like AI armor.

And there are plenty of children's books, too, even though Charlotte's Web lost the battle of 1952 to Invisible Man.

It's no secret that cats are losing their battle of the bulge, just like dogs.

2018 will go down in history as the year of publishers losing the battle of lootboxes: they're either being pulled from various games, or games advertise lack thereof as «being fair towards the consumers» during the pre-release marketing campaigns.

Though he may have lost the battle of the currents to George Westinghouse in the 19th century, it looks as though Thomas Edison's direct current (DC) standard may finally be making a comeback.

That guy squished under our mascot Louie looks to be losing the battle of wills as a matter of fact.

There are many parents and our children who have chosen to lose the battle of alienation because the pain is too great and are unable to continue fighting for what they desire.

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.

Crucially, the Japanese aircraft carriers that were lost or damaged in the Battle of the Coral Sea were not able to participate in the battle, an element that helped secure an American viBattle of the Coral Sea were not able to participate in the battle, an element that helped secure an American vibattle, an element that helped secure an American victory.

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

On the worst day of his life, this Marine lost four of his best friends on the field of battle.

During a year - long battle with the bank, I lived in daily fear of losing my home, in addition to everything else.

After starting 5 - 1, the Kings lost eight of their next 10 games while Cousins battled viral meningitis.

However, Kaepernick has also battled injuries in recent years (including some that caused him to lose a surprising amount of weight), can be overly reliant on the run, and inaccurate in tight windows.

Uber is locked in a money - losing battle with U.S. competitor Lyft, which appears to have been the beneficiary of the Uber backlash, though neither company has released any exact numbers for app downloads or deletions.

controversial 2015 merger of two Samsung affiliates after Elliott lost a proxy battle to block it, a South Korean government official said on Tuesday.

That's not to say that getting on the first few pages of the search engines is a losing battle for the humble Small and Medium Enterprises (SME)-- you just have to pick your fights.

Playing in such a competitive market tends to be a losing proposition for start - ups, but Tophatter continues to draw investors, in part because of a leadership team with experience in the auction and e-commerce battle zones.

One of the most trying times of my life happened six years ago when my mother lost her courageous battle with Stage IV colon and liver cancer six years ago in November.

Never again wanting to be at the losing side of a political battle they created the movie industry's lobbying arm, MPAA.

The wholesale supplier has lost a huge chunk of its stock market value as it battles the grocery giants.

The sudden proliferation of wireless computing technology in recent years has opened a new front in the struggle for work - life balance, a battle many managers and employees feel they are losing.

Being conscious of losing weight and sticking to the right portion sizes is half the battle, Sasson said.

Try to handle things that take more of your energy in the morning, so you're not fighting a losing battle later on in the day.

And if you're consumed fighting small battles, you really can lose sight of the end prize you're going after.

On April 24, 2015, Elaine failed to woo investors and lost the battle to remain a director of the company she co-founded.

While the rise and fall of opportunist Pilbara iron ore aspirant Cazaly Resources Ltd has won and lost sharemarket punters millions of dollars, its battle for the Shovelanna deposit is destined for the courts for months, possibly years.

But German deputy foreign minister Michael Link hinted Paris could be fighting a losing battle this time, saying Berlin would continue to press for deeper overall cuts as part of a «modern budget» that prioritises economic growth and competitiveness.

Kresta Holdings chairman Peter Hatfull and major shareholder and former chairman Ian Trahar have lost their battle to retain control of the Malaga - based window furnishing company.

But somewhere in the heat of battle, when there seemed little to lose, when doing whatever it took felt more heroic than sticking to your guns, for one unfortunate moment at the 11th hour, it made all the sense in the world to ask, «Is this a prime minister?»

Ackman's short of nutritional supplement company Herbalife proved costly not only in money lost, but also in reputation because of the high profile battle over the company with Carl Icahn.

Over the course of six seasons, viewers have watched the firm's partners battle for business, come to blows, grow big, get acquired, fall apart, relaunch as a start - up, lose key clients, gain even better clients — and most recently, merge with a rival.

Still, for opponents of violent games, it's a battle won in a lost war.

Because if your good people and loyal knowledge workers are seeing any of these eight toxic habits in action (the first four are about management; the rest are about the workplace), the leadership battle at the top may already have been lost.