Sentences with phrase «losing a battle for»

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.

BlackBerry has been fighting a losing battle for market share against its touchscreen competitors, which include Apple Inc. and phones on the Android operating system.

Keystone has become a can't - lose battle for the environmental movement, with activists staging frequent protests against the pipeline and California billionaire Tom Steyer funding major advertising campaigns to move public opinion.

She added that the path of the two companies could have been different under different leadership, a reference to Viacom's former Chief Executive Officer Philippe Dauman, who was forced to resign in August after losing a battle for control of Viacom with the Redstones.

But it's a losing battle for many organizations, particularly those whose employees aren't handling state secrets or financial results.

Which segments are losing the battle for market share in the U.S.?

But the fundamentalists lost the battle for public opinion during the «Scopes Monkey Trial» in 1925.

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

And I understand why they want to do this — for the sake of the unity of the church — but I think that if we lose or sidestep the truths of eternal security and assurance of salvation, then we have pretty much lost most of the gospel — we have pretty much lost the battle for the truth of the Gospel.

With television commanding more of people «s time than any activity other than work and sleep, and with its instantly accessible, enormously appealing alternate worldview, biblical religion and its worldview is losing the battle for the soul of the nation.

Eventually the priest is executed; the lieutenant has won the battle against him, and yet since the influence of priest and priesthood remain, the lieutenant has lost the battle for the people's loyalty.

There is, of course, something else to be said, which does seem powerfully to bear out the defeatist conclusion that we have already lost the battle for traditional marriage.

While Apple Inc in May lost a battle for the use of the «iPhone» trademark on leather goods, Facebook won a dispute against a local beverage manufacturer that had filed in 2011 to label certain foods and beverages «face book».

They lost the battle for acting professionally with their employee.

Senate Republicans may have lost the battle for the 9th Senate district last month, but it is well prepared for the general election war coming this November.

Nigel Farage was a man of his word: after losing the battle for South Thanet, he announced he would step down as party leader.

While he lost a battle for state attorney general to Democrat Eric Schneiderman in 2010, Donovan's Island appeal was undiminished.

Try as you may, as long as your insulin levels are high you will fight a losing battle for weight loss.

I've been fighting a losing battle for * years * against my dark circles, especially being a pale gal.

The thugs who sneer that the president is «one of those ac - a-demics who never served a day in his life» may lose the battle for the White House, but there's little doubt that from the start they've already won the war for narrative tone.

Cuomo spoke at the event, pledging his commitment to getting charter schools the money and facilities they need to «thrive,» while down the street New York City mayor Bill de Blasio fought what is shaping up to be a losing battle for his tax - the - rich pre-kindergarten plan.

Less tenacious is the rear axle, which in such wintry conditions is allows going to be fighting losing battle for traction.

Comic highlights include «Bush Slumps to New Low in Polls,» in which Lloyd Burko, the aging and desperate Paris correspondent, fabricates a story about a shift in France's policy in Gaza to save his job, and «The Sex Lives of Islamic Extremists,» starring Winston Cheung, a feckless one - time primatologist fighting a losing battle for the position of Cairo stringer.

Many of the firms pushing back against Vanguard favor active management, but that has been a losing battle for quite some time.

Decisions had to be based on something, and such conditions provided justification for selecting some animals over others in what was clearly a losing battle for everyone involved.

If you start talking about DRM and different technologies to try to manage it, it's really a losing battle for us..»

The SBros fight a losing battle for 5v5 supremacy against a hacking Tripp across multiple games of...

He's right: I know it's ultimately a losing battle for me and I will give in to that Japanese tea bowl or Mali mud cloth or or or or...

This one is a losing battle for conservationists with really only one possible way to prevent the coming waste of water as a resource: Buy and hold all the water rights in the immediate vicinity of Nevada and not selling water to the big business's that are already thoroughly entrenched in the area and selling only to the homes who install the more efficient water using devices.

Maybe this is why the Green Team is losing the battle for public opinion: they disdain to dumb down their message and put the crisis in terms that a lay audience can understand.

As of now they have lost the battle for influence on policy — the world is cooling — they are objects of derision.

TH: Gallop's editor Frank Newport said recently that Al Gore is losing the battle for climate change... and that people aren't interested... as a pollster, have you seen the same thing with climate change and other environmental issues?

Increasingly losing the battle for public opinion as UN «climate» theories self - destruct in the face of reality, the man - made global - warming theorists are quickly revealing their true colors.

Qwest, after losing the battle for MCI is not averse to being taken out itself.

When children are used as pawns by parents, it is a losing battle for all, with kids suffering the most significant losses.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

Our prefrontal cortex loses out in the battle for our energy when high - stress is involved.

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.

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?»

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.

Trump criticized Pakistan for providing «safe havens to terrorist organizations» and warned Islamabad it had much to lose by supporting insurgents battling the U.S. - backed Kabul government.

In February, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick admitted the ride - hailing app is losing some $ 1 billion a year battling for market share in a fiercely competitive Chinese marketplace.

Jack Bogle recently told me that the battle for the soul of capitalism was not yet lost but that the system was in need of great repair.

But just months after Peltz's lost his proxy battle, he indicated that he would soon launch another one for the following year.

Under this statute, Chyna could file for a restraining order, and Kardashian could lose a future custody battle over their daughter, Dream.

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