Sentences with phrase «much about a rival»

This is fitting, because it indicates how the conflict is at least as much about rival nationalisms as it is about rival religions.

Not exact matches

SAN FRANCISCO, May 1 - Facebook Inc's announcement on Tuesday that it would add dating features to the world's largest social network sent shares of rival dating sites tumbling, as investors expressed concern about the entry of the much larger player.

As the much - chattered about book Team of Rivals details, Lincoln made an asset out of personal animosity by inviting his enemies into his cabinet.

The New York Times notes other Fox hosts don't get as much leeway, but Hannity has the network's best ratings: «On Monday, his first show since the revelations about Mr. Cohen, Mr. Hannity pulled in 3.7 million viewers, topping his MSNBC rival, Rachel Maddow, and two N.B.A. playoff games,» The Times writes.

Still, the majority of Big 5's locations are about 5,000 square feet, and those of its chief rivals are much larger.

Ask Barclays about ABN Amro, or Energy Transfer, which recently preserved $ 6 billion of much - needed cash by wriggling out of its far larger purchase of rival pipeline operator Williams.

«I was surprised when I heard people talking so much about Swiss chard because I think that cauliflower probably has a bigger chance of being a rival for kale than other veggies.»

It all points to me that Coles has spooked the board and they are focusing on protecting (and seeing it contributes about 80 % of revenues, probably with good reason) their food and liquor operation from losing to much market share to their big rival.

It is not the much talked about transfer of the Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez to one of our Premier League rivals that we are talking about, or not this time at least although that could still be on the cards at some point during the summer transfer window.

If Pronger is able to wield so much influence over Stephane Quintal and the rest of the committee that he can single - handedly determine the fate of a Flyers» rival, then that (to me) speaks more about Quintal and the rest of the committee, and the whole lot of them would have to be replaced.

ox needs to put an end this sh ** about playing for our rivals or he'll be seen as being complicit in much of it.

We're already at the stage where the majority of Arsenal fans want him gone, a lot actually hate him, and all of our rival fans are singing about how much they want him to stay.

We are sorry if we seem ungrateful sometimes Admin, you are really doing a GREAT job making me especially happy and i don't know about any other person cause i might not comment very often but i visit this site every single day of my life to read comments from everyone and it really makes my day... So thank you very much and nevertheless, i personally am tired of reading articles of Alexis Sanchez now... I must admit i personally thought Sanchez was holding Arsenal to ransom before, until Wenger came out to say he has never asked for a transfer request and i think the club has made there intentions known that they don't want to sell him, not even to a title rival and i think that is why city are now going after mbappe, seems they are desperately in need of a striker and if they are that desperate they should fork out 80m for Sanchez if they really need him, I LIKE THE RISK ARSENAL IS TAKING AS REGARDS SANCHEZ..

Apart from the very obvious fact that the Gunners have not started the season very well though, I do not think we need to worry too much about two of those rivals.

As for Ejiofor and the new Better Rivals pod, it's difficult for me to put much stock in what they said about Ejiofor that agreed with my previous statements when so many of the other things they said on the podcast about other draft prospects was so wildly off the mark & shoddily researched.

Apart from showing the determination not to sell Alexis Sanchez to a Premier League rival, Wenger did nothing but make the already rich club some more money and we were understandably furious, so it is hardly surprising that the Frenchman is getting so much grief about our sloppy start to the season.

Schalke striker Franco di Santo has spoken about his continued love for the game of football and how much he is looking forward to the Revier derby on Saturday against their hated rivals Borussia Dortmund.

Jeff wanted me to talk about the Pacers but I responded that there wasn't much to say: they play historically bad defense, their best players are constant injury risks, and I wouldn't touch them with a rival's bank roll.

Cost is rumoured at about $ 420, which pretty much rivals the existing, noisier and bulkier, pumps currently on the market.

Coming so fast on Boris» speech to the Tory party conference, when he raised eyebrows by telling an audience of right - wingers they ought to pull themselves together on immigration, Dave will be getting much more relaxed about the leadership threat from his floppy - haired Bullingdon rival.

City Councilman Tony Avella (D - Bayside) had begun his campaign with nothing but niceties to say about his Democratic opponent, city Comptroller Bill Thompson, but following Weiner's departure and Thompson winning the endorsement from the Queens County Democrats, he has begun to launch criticism at his rival, who has drawn much higher numbers in recent polls.

And one of Mr. Kasich's rivals, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, yesterday visited the Bronx — despite previously unkind remarks about the borough and his much - maligned slight at «New York values.»

For a small fee you can unlock more features, including great match making tool, quizzes, games and even live web cam chat with other members — the site is just as much dating tool as it is a social experience rivaling that you get from Facebook, only this is all about dating and finding friends.

Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower Fuel Reconciliation Rumors with Adorable PDA Pics Jamie Campbell Bower talks about his role on the TNT drama Will as Shakespeare's rival Christopher Marlowe, their dynamic and fame, and much more.

You wouldn't say he looked cute, but there is something about him that's much more appealing that his shiny high - tech rivals.

Yet when the filmmaker came across an article in The New Yorker about the citizen journalist outfit Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, he realized that the war he would cover would not be fought with bullets, as much as the men and women who file dispatches from ground zero risk their lives, but instead with information as he followed the network built by RBSS to share their testimony with the rest of the world to rival the propaganda machine created by ISIS to recruit new soldiers from inside the country.

With Justice League failing at the box office and much uncertainty about the direction of the DC universe, DC fans haven't exactly had as happy a time as those of rivals Marvel.

But there's nothing much at stake, so when a rival at work starts sabotaging him, it's hard to get worked up about it.

The most interesting thing about Buffy the Vampire Slayer is spotting the budding newcomer: Ben Affleck appears briefly as an overacting rival basketball player (a marginal surprise, as Affleck seldom shows a pulse anymore much less an instinct to upstage); the better - as - a-boy Hilary Swank portrays one of Buffy's idiotic pals in easily the worst performance of a terribly - performed movie; David Arquette sprays spittle - flecked invectives; and the unbearably beautiful Natasha Gregson Wagner has the bloodless role of a victim.

Its successor shouldn't have much trouble improving on that, but I'm skeptical about its ability to attain the popularity of its BMW and Mercedes rivals.

There's not much known about the GT8, but rumor has it that the car is a lightweight and track - focused iteration like the Aston GT12, the Porsche 911 GT3 RS rival that the company debuted last year.

The Mini is as much about style than it is about ultimate performance or practicality, and in those terms the Audi TT Roadster is probably its closest rival.

The newest rival for the Levante to dice with is Range Rover's Velar — the company's most road - focused model going is available from about # 45k in base spec, while the top trim level weighs in at # 62,560, not too much more than the entry - level Levante.

There are two schools of thought here: one that the Clio is nicely refined and grown - up for a car of this class — making it a natural rival to the Volkswagen Polo, which goes about its business in much the same way — but that such relaxed manners are at the expense of handling sparkle, which for a French car is a damning accusation to level.

That Bugatti - Chiron - rivalling machine won't cut a lap as quick as the Senna, but will be faster in a straight line and cost about twice as much.

More information about the 2013 FIAT 500: The Fiat 500 is a small 4 - seater that, thanks to turbocharging in the new Fiat 500 Turbo and Abarth, as well as a more athletic look, stand as direct rivals to the Mini Cooper S. Like much more expensive Italian cars - and thanks in part to Mopar - the Fiat 500 offers more customization potential than is typical for an inexpensive small car.

With a bold and athletic stance, one glance at the 2018 CX - 9 will tell you that it's as much about aggressive styling as it is about performance and fun; in fact, it boasts a standard 250 - horsepower four - cylinder engine under the hood to help leave your rivals in the dust.

For too long the XF, introduced back in 2007, has played second fiddle to its illustrious German rivals (Read: 5 Series, A6, E-Class) despite being genuinely distinctive and charming — it would stand out and be talked about pretty much anywhere.

The 2018 Lincoln Navigator is a lot more expensive than its predecessor (base prices rise from about $ 9000 — $ 16,000 over the previous generation), but it's also markedly more powerful, luxurious, and cutting - edge than before — and a much more compelling choice when compared against its similarly extravagant class rivals.

The 500X is about five inches shorter than the 500L, but it's a bit wider and better packaged, so it has almost as much interior room, and it matches most of its rivals.

Whilst the 16 cubic feet capacity with all the seats in place isn't that much to write home about in this class, the 47.8 cubic feet with the 50:50 split rear seats tucked away is far more reasonable — as is the maximum total of 79.8 cubic feet with the middle row folded down as well (even though rivals like the Honda Pilot and Chevrolet Traverse are noticeably more commodious).

Pictured alongside the manufacturer's Galaxy S mobile phone, the sPad has been revealed to the world via an unlikely source; the Twitter feed of Samsung South Africa's official blog.However, not much else is really known about Samsung's iPad rival.

So, what is it that I like so much about AAdvantage (as compared to its European rival programs)?

It would have encouraged so much more competitive play, but as it stands I just couldn't be bothered about Rivals beating my times because I didn't want to trawl through menus to take them on.

There's a throwaway plot involving treacherous Russians, a rival ace pilot and a twist that literally gets spelled out in dialogue with about as much finesse as an elephant ballerina, just don't go in expecting to be fighting off huge flying fortresses in this Ace Combat title, though.

Much like Odyssey, Kirby can control just about everyone he encounters including mid-bosses and even Kirby's most famous rivals such as King Dedede, Whispy Woods and Meta Knight, to name a few.

This Alex Katz compendium provides an intimate portrait of the artist, from his competitive relationship with Abstract Expressionists, to his desire to rival film and critique historical painters such as Rembrandt («they tell you too much about the person, rather than showing you the person») to his envisioning of himself as a «social fugitive» during his illegal loft living in Manhattan.

2007/04/16: CNN: Fortune: The defiant one Unlike its rivals, Exxon Mobil doesn't much care about alternative fuels and doesn't try to please the greens.

While I liked the first HTC One, the camera was nothing much to shout about with far better rivals on the market.

FreeWheel has the major benefit of incumbency since a change is hard to pull off, and Google is already seen as perhaps too dominant in digital ads; on the other hand, TV networks have been leery about rival Comcast having so much access to viewership data.