Sentences with phrase «of a long shot for»

While «The End of the Tour» might be a bit of a long shot for Best Picture (though who knows at this point), it seems like a much safer bet to net Jason Segel his first Oscar nomination as late author David Foster Wallace.

Might be a bit of a long shot for some given that an uncountable large number of games use that engine, but for the unaware, that's also the same engine used to power Transformers: WFC.

Not exact matches

Having steered largely clear of partisan politics for most of her career, Winfrey became an enthusiastic backer of Obama when he looked a long shot to beat Hillary Clinton to the 2008 nomination.

But recovering the rest of the plane is still a long shot — former National Transportation Safety Board official Tom Haueter told ABC News that the wreckage was unlikely to lead investigators to the rest of the aircraft because it had been floating around the ocean for more than a year.

He's already played a thunderous trailer for Halo 4, the forthcoming instalment of Microsoft's bestselling alien shoot -»em - up, and now dims the lights again for another preview, this time for Splinter Cell: Blacklist, the next title in the long - running super-spy series.

From their mission statement: «March For Our Lives is created by, inspired by, and led by students across the country who will no longer risk their lives waiting for someone else to take action to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings that has become all too familiar.&raqFor Our Lives is created by, inspired by, and led by students across the country who will no longer risk their lives waiting for someone else to take action to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings that has become all too familiar.&raqfor someone else to take action to stop the epidemic of mass school shootings that has become all too familiar.»

But despite widespread unhappiness in the party over Trump's tariffs, passage of such legislation would be a long shot - especially since a two - thirds super-majority would be needed for passage over a likely presidential veto.

The prospect of additional funding, combined with a new plan from management, offered Shop.ca not just a chance to survive for a while longer, but a shot at turning an actual profit.

But he'd be a long shot given that a county jury recently recommended criminal charges against seven Milwaukee County jail staffers in the dehydration death of an inmate who went without water for seven days.

It will be Darwinian, but those that can survive the heightened scrutiny will have a better shot of making it for the long haul.»

Star Wars fans have longed for the day their beloved universe would fall into the hands of a new master, freed from the dark overload who tricked them into loving him before showing his Special Edition, Greedo - shooting - first true face.

«In the beginning, when you're trying to build the business, you really do want to save on your expenses to make whatever money you have last longer and to give your business more of a shot,» says Jamila White, co-founder of The Bootstrap Babes, a blog full of ideas and money - saving advice for entrepreneurs.

Start Small is a charity focused on underserved communities, and its first focus will be Ferguson, Missouri — now infamous for the racial unrest that followed the fatal shooting of Michael Brown and a long pattern of prejudicial police treatment of minorities — and is located outside Dorsey's hometown of St. Louis, Missouri.

«He is a long - shot,» says Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic Policy and Research, in Washington, D.C..

As the U.S. businessman has gone from long - shot Republican presidential candidate to the party's nominee for the White House, fears that Mr. Trump will act on some of his campaign statements — like renegotiating the North American free - trade agreement and pulling the United States out of the Trans - Pacific Partnership trade agreement — have spooked some Canadian small - business owners with U.S. interests.

I have little doubt that this estimate was obtained by some version of the dividend discount model: Price = D / (k - g), where Ed Kershner decided to pick a long - term return on stocks k really, really close to the long term growth rate of dividends g. Gee, why didn't he just go ahead and set them equal and shoot for thrills?

OTTAWA — Ten years after a suicide bomber took the life of diplomat Glyn Berry, newly released documents depict a frustrating — and fruitless — search for justice in what proved to be the first shot in Canada's long, bloody combat mission in Kandahar.

This is the exact opposite outcome of a single - shot Prisoners» Dilemma, where the rational strategy is to be mean; when you're playing for the long run it is better to be nice — you'll make up any short - term losses with long - term gains.

While most of Khosrowshahi's presentation — which was run from his computer — had to do with much of what you might expect from a longtime techie (artificial intelligence, better software, etc.), one screen was clearly a pretty big risk for the long - shot candidate to take and was much noticed by the directors.

In its first quarter report, Alphabet broke down its revenue for the first time in two buckets, for Google and for «Other Bets,» its assortment of long - shot subsidiaries.

His case for the presidency was always a long shot — a long shot which depended upon his own personal weaknesses which I need not go into, but which also depend upon factors outside of the control of all of the putative Republican nominees.

Is it possible and after reading about it i kept on thinking «i will sell to my soul for 20 carats get out shut up i will never ever sell my soul to you oh god please help me and this is continuing for a few days i am afraid that i have sold my sold to the devil have i please help and still i think god's way of allowing others to hate him us much worse even you know and can easily think think about much better punishments like rebirth after being punished for all the sins in life and i am feeling put on the sin of those who committed the unforgiviable sin (the early 0th century priests) imagine them burning in hell fire till now for 2000 years hopelessly screaming to god for help i can't belive the mercy of god are they forgiven even though commiting this sin keans going to hell for entinity thank you and congralutions i think the 7 year tribulation periodvis over in 18th century the great commect shooting and in 19th century the sun became dark for a day and moon was not visible on the earth but now satun has the domination over me those who don't belive in jesus crist i used to belive in him but now after knowing a lot in science it is getting harharder to belive in him even though i know that he exsists and i only belived in him not that he died for me in the cross and also not for eternal life and i still sin as much as i used to before but only a little reduced and i didn't accept satan as my master but what can i do because those who knowingly sin a lot and don't belive in jesus christ has to accept satan as their master because he only teaches us that even though he is evil he gives us complete freedom but thr followers of jesus and god only have freedom because they can sin only with in a limit and no more but recive their reward after their life in heaven but the followers of satun have to go to hell butbi don't want to go to hell and be ruled by the cruel tryant but still why didn't god destroy satun long way before and i think it was also Adam and eve's fault also they could have blamed satan and could have also get their punishment reduced but they didn't and today we are seeing the result

The list of movies and TV shows that take shots at Christianity for the laughs is too long to try to list, which is what makes Black - ish so refreshing.

This summer, he explained the need to for all people better understand these issues in an Instagram post (as part of a longer caption addressing the shooting of Philando Castile),

Even if such an alliance is a long shot, a president who received less than 10 percent of the African - American vote has little to lose by emphasizing the increased availability of funds for black church social - service programs.

As for birth control pills, have them federally funded and make sure that they are long lasting shots (in addition to finally releasing the male pill) and this problem you speak of will diminish to the point were it is not worth talking about.

John of the Cross speaks of a wounding of the heart, shot through with the love of God, who is described as the «beloved» of the soul, constantly sought and longed for.

The wilderness - shooter video game series has long been a sort of self - caricature, an unapologetic shoot - em - up that winks and nods at the genre itself, and for its newest iteration, Far Cry turns an eye toward Christian culture — barely.

According to Netzer, «criticism of legal gambling smacks of nannying ordinary working and retired folks: We the affluent, who would not dream of playing numbers whether legal or illegal, long shots on the races or for jackpots at slot machines, don't want you, the unwashed, to enjoy your simple pleasures.»

Long time Anti-Gun Advocate State Senator R.C. Soles, 74, shot one of two intruders at his home just outside Tabor City, N.C. about 5 p.m. Sunday, the prosecutor for the politician's home county said.

i like casseroles for the sake of how long they last haha love your pic of all the shots!

Simon says it's a long shot, and there are already precedents set for allowing the use of the word «milk» on nondairy products.

A couple of minutes later, at 15, where he hit a long second shot into the gallery to the right of the green — that is the safe side, and he wanted to be there — Palmer rolled in a 35 - foot putt for another birdie to go five under par for the tournament.

It was a long night for him, finishing with only 14 points on 6 - of - 13 shooting.

Putting himself at left - back, it's fair to say Carlos is an all - time great in terms of attacking left - backs, known for his thunderous long - range shots and free - kicks.

After a brilliant long run, Benzema left the ball for Ronaldo to shoot from an acute angle, and he drove it just wide of the far post.

Ergo they took a shot on a Mitchell (looks to have failed but whatever), they were hopeful with Lamet (damnit), they took a shot on older vets like Richard, Young and Ross (2/3 isn't bad) and of course there's Perdomo who I don't think was ever long for a rotation spot once Lucchessi / Lauer / Quantrill were ready to get up here.

obviously I would prefer to have a much more suitable alternative in the defensive midfielder positions but if they focused more on defensive end and the occasional long - ball, this would allow Bellerin and Sead ample opportunities to bomb forward on their respective wings while still having enough cover to maintain their defensive shape... it would likewise allow for overlapping runs on both wings, thereby letting both Sanchez and Perez to cut inside and get shots away in and around the top of the box with their most dominant feet... if goals were needed I would sub Bellerin for OX and bring Ramsey in for Elneny then switch to a 3 -2-4-1 (more of a 3 -1-5-1 with Ramsey playing higher up the pitch) and I would only use Giroud as a sub when the game dictated it for tactical reasons... this would allow us to be a high energy team with incredible link - up play and a much more direct approach in the offensive end

Our start to the season was horrible, though there was glimmers of hope over the course of the season, we were always, realistically, a long - shot for the title.

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) Micah Seaborn made a pair of free throws with 5.0 seconds left on Friday night and Monmouth survived a final shot attempt for a 79 - 78 season - opening win over Bucknell.

Indeed, the winner of the 2011 Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital for Childrens Open (fittingly, a title that takes almost as long to say as it does for Na to hit a shot) explained his mind - numbing pre-shot routine as a reaction to the alterations his coach Dale Lynch has been helping him with since last year's Masters Tournament.

Has a lot of potential, good pace and love taking shots, watching the highlights of him on youtube vs westham under 21s, he just kept on blowing by defenders, really one of the most interesting prospects for a long while

The game has been evolving to something more European in nature for a long time, so bringing in a mind that has coached that style of ball and has coached on a bigger stage might be worth a shot.

There's a simple reason why Tom Kite, 55 and a Hall of Famer, traded the sure - thing senior circuit for a long - shot return to the PGA Tour: He might not get another chance

A bit of a long shot, but with Man United plotting a move for the Real Madrid megastar, Chelsea can pull of the heist of the decade and the best scoring threat they've had since Drogba was in his prime.

Townsend's girl may not be the most intelligent of WAGS, she once thought Football manager was real, but just taking a look at these sizzling shots, you'll see why Andros is unlikely to stay too disappointed for long.

And when Keith Smart had finished scoring 12 of his team's last 15 points, including the winning 16 - foot jump shot from the left side with five seconds remaining under massive pressure, most of Indiana didn't even care that the film Hoosiers» Dennis Hopper hadn't won the Oscar for best supporting actor just so long as this real - life Hoosier named Smart had.

I went d first which I doubt the raiders will do, I think they will seak out ot's first even reaching for one, then in second they will pick some long shot none of us have ever heard of like normal... this mock was just my dream seeing as we have a lot of holes and a offensive coach...

But the most hair raising shot for me was Marcus Morris towards the end of regulation (I believe it was a long 2).

This league will be won with 77 - 80 points max and if the top 4 remains the same I for one will laugh long and hard (yes, shoot me down, I would prefer THFC to get a top 4 slot instead of any one of Chelsea, United or Pool).