Sentences with phrase «losing battles at»

He does not deny that unions are losing battles at all levels of government.

We lost this battle at the midfield.

After two weeks in a medically induced coma, Rich Piana has unfortunately lost the battle at 46.

Not exact matches

Cohn lost a battle with the «nationalist» wing at the White House led by Peter Navarro, President Trump's top adviser on trade.

Just try convincing employees to keep costs down when oil is selling at US$ 100 a barrel, he says — it's a losing battle.

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

With three different unlimited plans at three different prices, T - Mobile now appears to be losing ground in the battle with complexity.

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?»

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.

That marks an important shift for a central bank whose credibility had been threatened and was seen at risk of mimicking the Bank of Japan's long, losing battle with deflation.

The natural, and morally right, fear of losing soldiers in battle has led to the sacrifice of the home front, which is supposed to be defended at all costs.

As we look back at 2013 — and forward to 2014 — we see that The Wall Street Journal, an innovative leader in the digital news business, seems to have lost momentum in its titanic battle with The New York Times.

My dad lost a battle with cancer 17 years ago and I know he was thinking about his family at the end and not any larger questions about life.

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.

Reverend Peter Ould who lost a still - born baby, gives his view on the tragic case of Alfie Evans - the 23 - month - old at the heart of a legal battle... More

As the pious above chant of the God begotten of Light, the unfaithful faithful call out in ragged whispers their own stories of Inquisitions, of lost political battles at important councils of faith, of unjust executions in the name of the Christ and of excommunications to shore up power.

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

I fought, and at last I began to win more battles than I lost.

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

Isaiah Haastrup's parents had asked judges at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg, France, to intervene after losing two legal battles in England.

Until the next world, violence alone ensured the survival of Christendom — and so, after their victory at the great Battle of Lepanto, Spanish and Italians butchered scores of defeated Turkish seamen thrashing in the bloody seas, determined that the sultan would lose all his skilled bowmen and rowers.

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).

Christian lawyers have been asked by the parents of a baby boy at the centre of a life - support treatment battle to mount another appeal application after losing their latest legal battle.

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.

[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...

Perhaps the Kings and Chronicles accounts are both satisfied on the assumption that Josiah, forced into the battle by Egypt, loses his life in the fighting (Chronicles) and so, in a manner of speaking, at Neco's hand (Kings).

By the end of the 1920s, when Carl McIntyre left Oklahoma to enroll at Princeton Theological Seminary, most of the battles for denominational control had already been lost.

After spending the first 20 - something years of his life in a constant battle with his weight, and then nearly losing both his legs while on deployment as a US Marine, George has learned the tools to win at life through his own experiences and battles with Anxiety and PTSD.

Like Abou Diaby has spent so many years battling injury at the Emirates, only a club like Arsenal (despite losing some high profile games because players like Diaby were not available) could still stick with such players and do more than necessary to see if they could shake off the ill - luck and achieve their potentials.

The other guard and tackle spots are less clear with Michael Onwenu (reported needs to lose weight) and no one taking command at the right tackle spot (Jon Runyan / Juwann Bushell Beatty / Chuck Filiaga will all battle).

This week it could be that while one end of the Premiership table is decided, at least West ham and Sheffield United are keeping things interesting, that we know exactly what Jose Mourinho will say if Liverpool beat them in the Champions League but we're dying to hear what he'll say upon losing his first Premier League title, that Tottenham have the most shockingly organised defense, that maybe Chris Coleman really wasn't the problem at Fulham, that Mark Hughes and Roy Keane will make for a fantastic battle of the Ferguson successors next season, or that we're excited to see whether Fat Sam can do it again.

Even though Morehead State battled Kentucky until the end before losing 81 - 70 on Wednesday, their performance will be overshadowed by head coach Sean Woods yelling at one of his players.

When we initially set up our home theater I lost the WAF battle and ended up with a satellite / sub speaker system that looked good and sounded decent when we listened to them in the store but sounded terrible once we set it up at home.

Against better teams again we will keep losing, at least before we could keep possession and create chances but we still remained in 4th place battles.

It is the sort of match we would have drawn or lost up until we found our new battling qualities and it could prove to be crucial at the end of the season.

The loss of such a critical figure leaves Villa at risk of another relegation battle, and Sherwood will be hoping that Gestede can replace the goals lost with Benteke's exit to Liverpool.

Throughout his stay at Arsenal, Vieira impressed and there was hardly a match he played in, that Arsenal lost the midfield battle to an opponent.

Against Hull and at the Emirates, Arsenal surprisingly lost the possession battle.

The Gunners missed out on a spot in Europe's premier competition for the first time in 21 years and it couldn't have come at a worse time for them, the club has lost its stability with the tight lipped Frenchman Arsene Wenger refusing to give anything away about his future and a boardroom battle for control between Silent Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov showing no signs of ending the club may struggle to step back up.

When Low realised that Germany were losing all their Midfield battles at the worldcup he called ozil to the corner and told him he will play on the right.

With Inter continuing to battle for a Champions League spot this season, it remains to be seen if failure to book a place at Europe's top table has an adverse effect on their ability to keep him at the San Siro, but according to Calciomercato the fear of losing him is growing.

«You will soon know,» he said teasingly, after a 3 - 1 defeat to West Bromwich Albion at The Hawthorns saw his team lose further ground in the battle to finish in the top four.

«If you try to match them at running people in and out quickly, you're in a losing battle and you lose concentration.

The American League Wild Card battle looks like it belongs to Minnesota at this point, as the Angels and Royals lost again and fell further behind.

Admini, a situation may arise where the Bavarian club side may have to fight a big battle at home against Olympiakos and at away to Zagreb to remain in the competition after losing at home to Arsenal on Wesday which of course they would.

Roy Hodgson's team haven't lost on their league travels since they were last in north London to take on Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley on 5th November, and they will be looking to extend that form at the expense of the Gunners, who have struggled on and off the field since they beat Palace 3 - 2 at Selhurst Park just 23 days before the teams do battle again.

USC beat No. 13 Oklahoma in 1992, barely lost at No. 1 Washington, and got to 5 -1-1 and 11th in the country, but the Trojans lost four of five to finish the season and lost tight battles to both UCLA and Notre Dame, and Smith resigned.

That's a lot of games combined with the regular season and international play (which many top players participate in), so you have to wonder if Pittsburgh will run out of gas at some point, especially given how it has walked the tight rope winning games despite losing the possession battle.

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.