Sentences with phrase «n't hold the lead»

He was a dedicated player who practiced a lot but couldn't hold a lead.»

In 1977 B.C. (Before Cunningham), the 76ers couldn't hold a lead against the Trail Blazers and had dropped five in a row to them.

They couldn't hold the lead and with the L they also drop down in the Rankings.

If Marquette can't hold leads against Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge, and Creighton, what's going to happen to them against Georgetown and Providence?

The Tories did not hold a lead over Labour on the economy between the debacle of the UK's ERM exit in 1992 and the financial crisis of 2008.

The small capacity 1.5 - liter motor has enough grunt to get the small car running ahead of traffic if needed, but it won't hold the lead for long.

Not exact matches

As INSIDER's Kristin Salaky reported, the couple is likely following Queen Elizabeth's lead, and the queen generally doesn't hold hands with her husband in public.

Yet, just months ago, a Jokowi victory appeared almost a sure thing — holding an almost 40 % lead over Prabowo, a candidate not allowed in the U.S. for past human rights violations and who, as the former son - in - law of Suharto, the Indonesian dictator overthrown 16 years ago, is certainly among the nation's entrenched powers.

Moro said Hong Kong - based Xapo is currently the leading custodian in the digital currency world, but added that Xapo is limited by the fact it only holds bitcoin and not Ethereum or many other newer crypto currencies.

Some pets have pre-existing medical problems or are not used to the conditions of cargo - hold transportation, which has led to injuries or death, the airline said.

WASHINGTON — House Democrats, frustrated by what they see as GOP inaction and with an eye on midterm elections, on Tuesday held the first of what they hope to be several interviews with witnesses who have not been interrogated in the Republican - led Russia investigations.

Now they can choose from sensations such as naked, relaxed, hugged, tight, and held - in — five categories that are easily understood and not at all weird and definitely will not lead to more confusion for consumers in any way.

The commanding lead held last week by Prime Minister John Howard and the Liberal Party was not all froth and bubble, according to the latest results from the Miss Maud's Coffee Bean poll.

The Republican - led Mississippi Senate voted 31 - 17 to pass House Bill 1523, otherwise known as the «religious liberty» bill, states that public employees, businesses, religious organizations and social workers will not face repercussions for denying services to people based on «sincerely held» religious beliefs.

Startups that want to take advantage of the co-selling support will need to build their products on Microsoft Azure, not one of the company's competitors, like AWS, which currently holds the lead in the cloud market.

At Roosevelt Field, the company not only named its new luxury section the «Neiman Marcus Wing» but also began holding glitzy occasions aimed at bringing in shoppers, like influencer powwows hosted by leading fashion bloggers and stylists.

Stock values would not have held up if investors believed the worst - case scenario — failed negotiations that trigger an effective Greek default — would lead to mass panic.

For years American whiskey, led by Jack Daniel's (technically not a bourbon but a closely related «Tennessee whiskey»), had a small hold on global consumers, concentrated in developed markets like Germany and Australia.

Although that team doesn't not have as many star players as our side, they beat us on the admittedly widely held but elusive principle that sharing the ball leads to more goals (and better defense) than impressive dribbling or individuality.

He says the money Xiaomi stands to make doesn't interest him in and of itself; those in his orbit say it's more what the money represents — the company joining the ranks of China's so - called national champions, the likes of Jack Ma's Alibaba, Pony Ma's Tencent Holdings Ltd., and Robin Li's Baidu Inc. «I wanted to lead a Chinese company,» the 48 - year - old says, «to become No. 1 in the world.»

The shareholders of Citigroup who are still nursing stock losses of 85 percent from the bank's pre-crash days aren't going to be too comforted by reading about Rubin's musings about existentialism in coffee shops around Harvard when he should have been cramming for finance courses that might have led to his questioning the more than $ 1 trillion bucks that Citigroup held off its balance sheet in the leadup to its crash.

If you're not sure whether lead nurturing should hold a place in your inbound marketing strategy, some of these thought - provoking lead nurturing stats just might make you rethink your stance.

He tweeted that Montana Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat, should resign over claims that may or may not hold water regarding the bizarro comportment of Trump's choice to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs, the dearly departed Dr. Ronny Jackson.

Even though the Vanguard ETF holds plenty of dividend stocks in areas that aren't rate - sensitive or can even benefit from rising rates, many of the dividend - paying giants in its portfolio were among those stocks that led the market to the downside.

Nevertheless, it is important to note our new «buy» signal is not yet confirmed, as we still need to more confirmation in the form of leading stocks breaking out to new highs and holding.

Underscoring the mixed - to - lower tone that emerged over the course of the day — not only was the NASDAQ off by nearly 50 points at its nadir — but the small - cap Russell 2000 had turned down by more than a full percentage points, as well, as losing stocks held a strong lead over gaining issues throughout.

«The stolen Yahoo data is critical because it not only leads to a single system but to users» connections to their banks, social media profiles, other financial services and users» friends and family,» said Alex Holden, the founder of Hold Security, which has been tracking the flow of stolen Yahoo credentials on the underground web.

Jim Rogers, financial guru and chairman of Rogers Holdings, sat down with a German news outlet this weekend in which he argued that central banks worldwide are printing money against gold and it can't last forever, which will lead to a collapse in... [Read more...]

The five leading price performers (Patterson - UTI Energy, Lear, Bruker, Crane and TD Ameritrade) are all smaller holdings in the Fund, meaning that their outsized price increases did not make them leading contributors.

This policy not only led to a decline in shorter - maturity interest rates below zero, but also increased financial institutions» preferences for holding JGBs, even with super-long-term maturities.

The CEO of Blockchain, the leading provider of digital wallet software for storing cryptocurrency, doesn't adhere to the mantra of Just Hold.

The hack led to speculation online and in the press that Tether did not hold the dollar reserves it claims are backing its cryptocurrency.

His life is a warning to those who came after him to not follow his lead and by implying otherwise is to hold a hope that even the bible does not supply.

Fr Paddy O'Kane, who's leading today's service, said Louise went to see him after the tragedy: «I just held her in my arms and said I'm so sorry, and words wouldn't come to me.

The long list of «grievances» (I guess that's a fair enough word) against religion should not lead you to believe that I am «mad at God» or any of the other common stereotypes people hold of nonbelievers.

But too often they direct their attack not at this great weakness of the church but at those who do have fervent beliefs leading to commitment and action, when these beliefs differ from the one's held by evangelicals.

He never had any idea of what the camel is leading to now, yet you did not even ask him, when he held forth to you with his dreams on the subject of the three rivers.

He was disappointed that some of them subsequently fell from this condition, but this did not lead him to deny that they had held it, and that others continued to do so.

Too often Christians have clung to the doctrinal formulations of former generations long after they could be honestly held, and this has led to that all too popular idea of faith, so aptly defined by the schoolboy, as «believing what you know ain't true».

In the act of admonishing even he will say (for it is no rare speaker that is here introduced to talk, and just on that account the praise of the Good is so much the more glorious because it does not require the approval of eloquence, for here it is well to note that it is one of life's most tragically spoiled children who speaks admonishingly to a youth) even he will say, «Do not be afraid, be slow to judge others, but attend closely to yourself, hold firmly to willing one thing, to willing the Good in truth, and thus, from now on, let this lead you wherever for now it will lead you — because eternally it will lead you to victory.

True life is found in giving up, not in holding on, as we follow wherever God leads us.

Paul's new religion did not fit well with the Jewish beliefs held by the followers of Jesus (led after the crucifixion by Jesus» brother James).

I argued (in a paper prepared in the late»60s for a conference held by St. Joan's Alliance) that women's incorporation into hierarchical - patriarchal structures can only lead to further clericalizing of the church — not to changing it.

Those who bewail the abstractions of theology teachers will be surprised to know of these churchly concerns in systematics classes, as will the Atlantic readers who were recently led to believe that «the hands that shape the souls» of the next generation of pastors do not hold hymnals.

Truth be told, I am curious to see where this series leads also, as I don't really hold any formalized conclusion yet.

You mean I actually have to hold your hand and lead you through all the steps because your imagination isn't up to it?

While I still hold to a basic idea of inerrancy and inspiration, I suspect that where I might be headed with this view will lead to a lot more flexibility on the doctrines of inspiration and inerrancy, which many fundamentalist Christians will not like one bit...

You can have a sense of sprirituality, but it doesn't necessarily hold the truth or lead to eternal life.

This eventually led me to become a more liberal Christian who didn't hold to the inerrancy of the Bible.»

Graham did not endorse Trump, but held prayer rallies in all 50 states leading up to the election.