Sentences with phrase «much as our opponents»

It was not a refurbished MacKay so much as an opponent made to order that brought ultimate victory.

New head coach presented a team that battled itself as much as the opponent.

Meanwhile, the latest campaign finance reports show groups supporting HERO have raised more than $ 3 million, five times as much as opponents, according to The New Civil Rights Movement:

Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino spent $ 4.1 million in his re-election race this year, more than twice as much as his opponent and a likely record for the office.

«You're right, I have not raised as much as my opponents,» she said.

Tuck, a public school leader, raised more than twice as much as his opponent this fundraising period, bringing in $ 1.2 million from over 1,100 people.

Everybody combats each other by strategically placing bombs all over the map but players must tread lightly, their bomb placement affects them as much as their opponents.

Not exact matches

Just as pro sports players watch hours of game tapes of their opponents, you should have as much knowledge as possible about the style, motivations, and interpersonal dynamics of the other side.

While tech companies dislike paying taxes — just look at Apple, which keeps much of its money offshore to avoid taxes, or Twitter, which once threatened to leave San Francisco unless it received a special tax break — none of them wants to be labeled as an opponent of anything that would provide help for the homeless and those with low incomes.

Trump may always be despised by his opponents, but that does not bother him as much as they may think.

And now, much as he ardently hammered at his opponents» jaws, Tyson's creditors will pursue his assets.

To some extent they just have not paid as much attention to the public debate as TPP supporters or opponents.

I have always thought that Oliver Cromwell's plea to certain of his opponents — «I beseech thee in the bowels of Christ, consider that ye may be wrong» — ought to be directed as much towards oneself as toward one's opponents.

As the opponents of Marcion pointed out, right reading has as much, or more, to do with ecclesiology and confession as with method and virtuositAs the opponents of Marcion pointed out, right reading has as much, or more, to do with ecclesiology and confession as with method and virtuositas much, or more, to do with ecclesiology and confession as with method and virtuositas with method and virtuosity.

If you judged on rhetorical skill, the number of points made or the willingness to engage one's opponent, the Christian would surely have won (as much as one can «win» a never - ending debate).

But the opponents of natural determinism lump Wilson, Dawkins, and Herrnstein and Murray together as the enemies of equality and the commitment to make the world a much better place by the achievement of social justice.

«So, for instance, when Cornwell sets out in Hitler's Pope to prove Pius an anti-Semite (an accusation even the pontiff's bitterest opponents have rarely levelled), he makes much of Pacelli's reference in a 1917 letter to the «Jewish cult» — as though for an Italian Catholic prelate born in 1876 the word «cult» had the same resonances it has in English today, and as though Cornwell himself does not casually refer to the Catholic cult of the Assumption and the cult of the Virgin Mary.»

A. E. Brooke writes: «Although John never loses sight of his opponents, the aim is not primarily polemical; it is edification... The aim is not so much the defeat of the opponents as the building up of a correct attitude in the children to Christian faith and life.»

... Monreal is often jittery n affords opponent too much space in dangerous positions, his shadowmarking technique is also poor as he literally escorts the opponent into the box.

Not trying to be nit picky, but I think when we are playing much better than our opponent, we should score in second half as well.

if you have a speedy winger capable of beating defender of putting in a decent cross why not make sure they are given as much of a chance to run at defenders as possible whilst the box is not yet packed with opponents.

I know you guys say Ozil is not the type to run around like a headless chicken eg Sanchez, Ramsey, Welbeck, The Ox, Cazorla, Rosicky, Wilshere etc, but as much as you think running about like a headless chicken is stupid it helps the team keep our opponents on their toes and helps us keep the intensity.

In preseason practice Williams put them on different teams because their combined competitiveness was too much for any opponent to overcome, and Haase and Vaughn are just as gnarly about their scholastic competition.

So there has been hardly any pressure on our first team except for in five Cup games all season, whereas ALL of our main rivals have had to contend with much harder opponents in the Champions League on a regular basis, as well as the FA and League Cups.

Team Bulwa does have the much easier remaining schedule however as their opponents have a combined 3 wins over the final couple of weeks..

Oh, he still has a knack for keeping the curious at arm's length, much as he has learned to hold off his opponent in the pivot with one hand, while calling for the ball with the other.

The fighter's job is to do as much harm to the opponent as possible «if» that's what helps him win.

As it pertains to Florida, Kentucky pretty much fits right in with those other two of its first three opponents.

They probably don't care about opponent adjustments or what «PPP» stands for, but they love my school as much as I do.

What we did not want, though, was for United to find some form in front of goal and score five goals, as that is likely to give the players a timely boost ahead of their clash with the Gunners on Sunday, so how much should Arsenal fans worry about the effect this big win in Europe will have on our next Premier League opponents?

In competitive sport opponents will see too much of softness n friendliness n humbleness as weakness.

Like Oklahoma, Saturday's opponent Arizona State tries to get as much speed as possible onto the playing field on defense.

As much as we miss Braun, this Fatal 5 - Way main event they have planned to determine Brock Lesnar's next victim opponent seems like it's going to be pretty greaAs much as we miss Braun, this Fatal 5 - Way main event they have planned to determine Brock Lesnar's next victim opponent seems like it's going to be pretty greaas we miss Braun, this Fatal 5 - Way main event they have planned to determine Brock Lesnar's next victim opponent seems like it's going to be pretty great.

Do you really think he'd ever go for a player who spends as much time winding up opponents as he does actually playing the game??

And advanced stats such as S&P + like Ohio State much more than Wisconsin, despite the Buckeyes having a loss to an opponent much better than anybody Wisconsin has faced.

I can understand that to some extent as we do seem to be getting hit with the same old bad luck on the injury front, but I think we have a lot of reasons to look forward to our next match, especially as our opponents Man United are in a much worse situation than we are.

What I do think, however, is that Wenger and the Gunners have a great chance to make the most of this blow to our opponents and the way to do it for me would be to start with Olivier Giroud as our centre forward and hope that his aerial ability proves too much for the rest of the Leicester back four to deal with, as Morgan is usually the man to dominate their box in the air.

arsenal has won convincingly last FA cup even with all bench defenders, and what i have learnt from that is how much working hard on training, especially for stamina and endurance so as to press on the opponents not to give them time and a space, dominate on the ball and win the match with a big team if arsenal continue to display that with the addition of more skillful midfielders, left winger right winger wow arsenal will be monster

arsenal has won convincingly last FA cup even with all bench defenders, and what i have learnt from that is how much working hard on training, especially for stamina and endurance so as to press on the opponents not to give them time and a space, dominate on the ball and win the match with a big team, that is what arsenal has to continue to display.

Ramsey and wilshere will do those runs where they arrive in the box as late as possible to Finnish of creative moves from our front runners or even those busting forward runs wilshere is known for we'll have the attack which will be 2nd to none and our defence won't have much to do apart from winning balls that will be hoisted from deep in our opponents box

When you have players like Toure and Aguero the opponent will not even think about attacking you as much because they would rather defend which essentially hands City control over the majority of games they play.

We have won trophies since ozil has been a member, but i am one who believes we would have won without ozil being a part of our team, a lovely passer of the ball, but thats it, he is just a lovely passer, but still Cazorla has more assists than him, ramsay has more goals and sanchez provides more threat to a defense, ozil at most times is closer to the opponents goal than all three mention, but does not offer as much as any.

2) Invitation to attack us — Arsenal football philosophy had quietly shifted and now we were inviting opponents to come and attack us as they would see we were not operating in full attack gears and it was easy for them to get into our defending side of the pitch much quicker as they countered lesser bodies on the way.

Lacazette always looks dangerous when he gets the ball, but with the strength and pace of EPL defenders he doesn't get much time on the ball as our opponents have learned his style of play, but Wenger thinks that he still does enough for the team even though he can't seem to score any more.

Alexis has shown to go missing at times during games because although he is feisty and has strength to either drive forward with the ball at his feet, or to battle amongst his opponents, in terms of height he can often get pushed out of the game playing as a centre forward, much in the way that Walcott did when he had a go up front.

Finally I hope as good as Ramsey is he doesn't try to do too much (score, make the perfect pass, defend, dribble 3 - 4 opponents and so on).

Though opponent Real Betis should not give the likes of Ronaldo and Karim Benzema much trouble, the match will be an indicator as to how quickly he can adjust on the fly when his depth is damaged.

The Badgers dominated bad opponents as much as just about anybody.

The Three Lions struggled at times, as their opponents frustrated them for much of the evening, working hard and keeping men behind the ball at all times.

Plus, the defense starts having to tackle him 2x as much as now & that softens up opponents» D for bigger plays later in the game.