Sentences with phrase «opening gambit»

The offer, believed to be in the region of # 60million, comes 24 hours after the Gunners rejected City's opening gambit of # 50million.

«OF COURSE I'm all in favour of clean energy, especially wind power, but...» That is a familiar opening gambit in a new sort of political storm, raging ever more fiercely in corners of the world where electric power comes, or may soon come, from flashing blades rather than blazing furnaces.

It may not be the most conventional opening gambit for a group test, but I'm going to front up with a confession.

At $ 32,790, the Ambiente petrol hatch is nearly $ 3000 more than the $ 29,990 opening gambits from the new Hyundai Sonata and Subaru Liberty.

These are just opening gambits by an outfit aspiring to own trillions of dollars in assets.

Notwithstanding the SV community's phony protestations to the contrary, Benchmark's suit is a brilliant move — not a blunder — a strong opening gambit to pull off something that was increasingly looking like a distant and faint hope.

They made a good opening gambit, I'd say, on public sector pensions and MP pensions.

«I hope it's not just a budget - cutting exercise» On the prospect of defence cuts, former army chief General Sir Mike Jackson told Channel 4 News: «I seem to recall Dr Fox in his first speech saying there will be cuts — an interesting opening gambit and not one I care for.

«I agree with him,» Cameron begins - not a bad opening gambit.

It is your pitch, the way you get a potential partner to notice you and Male chat - up lines and other opening gambits can be viewed, from an evolutionary perspective, as sexual displays.

Charting the fortunes and (mostly) misfortunes of Paul Giamatti's eponymous anti-hero, principally his three failed marriages, Lewis and novice screenwriter Michael Konyves have fashioned a busy, baggy flashback structure that races through some key plot points as it leaves others dangling, and never makes good on its literary opening gambit to tell the story as Barney's autobiography.

Final Verdict: A great opening gambit is followed by a slow, suspenseful crawl to the reveal of Negan.

I shan't often find room for Gaspar Noé's name in a space ostensibly dedicated to the Oscar race, so bear with me if this seems an unlikely opening gambit, but inspiration for this week's column began with a conversation about his fluorescent, drug - addled ghost story «Enter the Void.»

The carefully tweaked V - 10 makes for a compelling opening gambit.

Finding the ideal starting position opens up a world of possibilities, because sparks of inspiration for opening gambits come much easier if you're stood somewhere with ready - made common ground.

The spirited, if anomalous opening gambit at Petersburg is a show of paintings, drawings, prints and whatnot by Rene Ricard (through May 23).

Women, however, preferred innocuous lines and had a greater aversion to cute / flippant lines than men, while men had a greater preference for direct opening gambits than women.

The Union's opening gambit in what Tusk said would at times be a «confrontational» negotiation with May's government also rammed home Brussels» insistence that while it was open to letting Britain retain some rights in the EU during a transition after 2019, it would do so only on its own terms.

The CEO of Standard Chartered said tariffs could be an «effective» opening gambit for trade negotiations, but ultimately would provide a negative if there were escalating tensions between China and the U.S.

Following news of the IRS tax probe, one virtual currency lawyer said the agency's demand simply represented an opening gambit for negotiations — and that it that would end with Coinbase providing a far more narrow set of information.

Wired magazine deemed it «too big to fail,» and speculated it could be the «opening gambit» to create an even larger social network centred on content sold through iTunes, such as movies and television shows.

But in order to use the threat of steel tariffs as an opening gambit to broader negotiations with the global community, the Trump administration would need a great deal more of a resource it's lacking: credibility.

Lenders will see it as an opening gambit, but they need to accept reality, too.

It's the picture on the front of his baby Bible; the opening gambit for engaging our pre-schoolers with the scriptural narrative.

The Scot has adopted a more youthful transfer policy of late and Ferguson is now lining up an opening gambit of a move with a # 5m bid for Fischer could be a wise one but that sort of fee is not likely to persuade Ajax to sell, not in today's inflated transfer market.

Mackay employed his ability to analyze and communicate various facets of the game during his opening gambit.

While Louis van Gaal may have been rebuffed with his opening gambit, it would be a surprise if the club did not formulate another offer for the 29 - year - old [Daily Mail].

It may just be an opening gambit to ensure he doesn't fall behind early, but there's a point to be made that it's not a viable strategy in the Premier League anymore.

The paper says it understands West Ham have now made a more direct approach to Moyes after an opening gambit and that he is first choice to lead the club into the Olympic Stadium

The paper says it understands West Ham have now made a more direct approach to Moyes after an opening gambit and that he is -LSB-...]

A bit of cat and mouse from both sides during the opening gambits, and perhaps the casual observer may have sensed a long evening ahead.

There are elements of an opening gambit about it, including the EU seeking to impose level playing field rules and access to British fishing waters - measures which are beyond the scope of most FTAs - without offering anything in return, but this is to be expected for a first step of negotiations.

Refusal to act in the face of evidence is their opening gambit in the inquiry into wrongdoing at News International.

The opening gambits are well and truly complete.

«We all note the absence of the deputy prime minister from his place,» he said, by way of an opening gambit.

As an opening gambit, Ed Miliband's party funding proposal doesn't look too bad.

That strikes me as an opening gambit in an in - for - a-dime-in-for-a-dollar proposition.

City tabled a second bid for the Chilean international at lunchtime after having their opening gambit of # 50million rejected by the Gunners yesterday.

But yesterday he admitted that was just an opening gambit, telling his colleagues that he expected the final spending bill to contain money for at least one research vessel.

This is not the opening gambit from some Hollywood kids - out - smart - the - grown - ups movie, but video footage of a real maths lesson for teenagers devised by educationalists in California.

If you don't have the talent or flair for it, then all you can really do is keep it simple, memorise everything, and offer plenty of opening gambits.

The opening gambit, first text — «Dinner on Saturday night in Reading?

Here was my opening gambit.

Based on a real piece choreographed by Ohad Naharin and appropriately scored to the classic Passover jam «Echad Mi Yodea» (a fun song that simplifies an age - old struggle), this opening gambit offers a prime example of the forcefulness missing from the rest of the film, even though Padilha finds a way to bring Batsheva back.

are well represented), it's titled for the opening gambit of a real British TV game show called University Challenge, which features brainiacs like Brian.

Director David Yates clearly has his sights set on franchise country again — since rounding off the POTTER cinematic saga he ruffled the BBC's feathers by putting a new Doctor Who film in development, with TARZAN perhaps forming another opening gambit until that can be finalized.

It starts with Alex and that opening gambit.

The shot tacitly references Cukor's opening gambit, anticipating a story where elegant surfaces hide tooth - and - claw instincts.

The mystery man goes on to describe his abuse at the hands of a now - dead priest - thereby taking the wind out of those who got a guilty giggle out of his opening gambit - and he proposes a vengeful solution to assuage his anguish and deliver penance to the priesthood.