Sentences with phrase «over opponents in»

«He obviously went to great lengths to gain an advantage over his opponents in the election by presenting himself as a happy, family man when all the time he was having an affair away from home.

A rested, motivated squad that would often run over opponents in late game situations.

The Gunners do normally have the superiority over opponents in terms of technical ability and class so maybe it makes sense to play the way we do on a regular basis.

A team has not finished 3 - 0 over an opponent in a season since 2009, when the Cowboys swept the Eagles.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for the Awutu Senya West constituency, George Andah, has in a direct response to the incumbent Member of Parliament for the constituency, Hanna Tetteh's claims that he is a novice, stated that his competence will give him the edge over his opponent in the 2016 elections.

Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster has a slightly more than 70 vote lead over his opponent in the democratic primary for mayor with the absentee ballots yet to be counted.

Not exact matches

In the case of Trump, you can lead your opponents and the media around by their noses while winning over the masses.

Just over four months to the election, and facing pressure from their Democratic opponents, most Republican Senate incumbents opted for consistency despite the political frenzy days after the worst mass shooting in modern American history.

If the 2018 Senate race in Tennessee were held today, voters would favor Democratic candidate Phil Bredesen over his opponent, U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a new poll finds.

Turkish authorities have detained or dismissed more than 125,000 people - including soldiers, academics, judges, journalists and Kurdish leaders - over their alleged backing for the coup, in what opponents, rights groups and some Western allies say is an attempt to crush all dissent.

Even if the Trans Mountain proposal gets bogged down — by a antagonistic new provincial government, or by the 19 lawsuits it faces, or by the massive civil disobedience opponents promise — if Kinder Morgan can entice enough investors to hand over $ 1.75 billion in an initial public offering, the company will walk away with hundreds of millions even if the proposal dies and investors lose their shirt.

In campaign appearances, Obama routinely tweaks his Republican opponent over the line, and his surrogates bash the Republican candidate for owning three homes and not sympathizing with regular homeowners.

In London, the twenty - three year old Law became involved in a duel over a lady friend in which he swiftly killed his opponent and was charged with murder and sentenced to deatIn London, the twenty - three year old Law became involved in a duel over a lady friend in which he swiftly killed his opponent and was charged with murder and sentenced to deatin a duel over a lady friend in which he swiftly killed his opponent and was charged with murder and sentenced to deatin which he swiftly killed his opponent and was charged with murder and sentenced to death.

Stephen Harper's political opponents make hay over report that Canada is in midst of technical recession

Adding to the surprise over Turner's apparent lead in the Brooklyn and Queens - centered district is that his Democratic opponent, David Weprin, is an Orthodox Jew.

Global warming alarmists have something like Gadaffi's initial air superiority over rag - tag opponents in Libya.

And there is, in fact, very little evidence that champions of ecclesial pluralism have bent over backwards to insure that their opponents are given a fair hearing on occasions of public debate, nor are they conspicuously tolerant or open - minded when they happen themselves to be in positions of extra-ecclesial authority — as journal editors, perhaps, or as deans of theology faculties.

His success in winning over political opponents like Jesse Helms is inspired by the work of Martin Luther King.

But the struggle for your reputation is not over yet, and the problem is not just your religious opponents but those who falsely claim you in support of their own interests.

Right - wing extremists took over unbridled patriotism in the 1960s — a development that led, unfortunately, to the identification of the left, including the Century, as opponents of the United States.

Thus in the long struggle through Israel's life in the land, Yahweh attained victory over Baal by various processes; in part, it was by the use of force and authority — a summary statement which cloaks the political strife that continued until the Yahwists were able to overwhelm their opponents.

The «extra man» would force errors when we are attacking by the opposing team's confusion over who to mark, he would close down the enemy in the midfield and he would help steal the initiative off the opponent attackers by his mobility to position himself at the less served areas.

Throw in the relievers limiting opponents to a.235 /.298 /.376 line — just slightly better than what the starters have done — and Cleveland's stellar run differential over 82 games makes even more sense.

In Botafogo's 3 - 1 victory over Nautico last week, the former AC Milan man unleashed a firecracker of a shot into the back of their opponents net from all of 20 yards.

Of course, it's far from over yet but in another pressure game we failed to turn up and failed to properly punish the weaknesses of an opponent (two midfielders playing at centre half LOL, hardly even challenged them physically and didn't make it an issue for them).

Since losing to Desmond Green back in April, Emmett bounced back with an impressive win over Felipe Arantes that included a round in which he knocked down his opponent four times in one round and followed that up with a first - round knockout over Ricardo Lamas.

The Grizzlies are holding opponents to 39 percent shooting in fourth quarters and overtimes combined over their last six, and just 26 percent in six overtime periods (or 30 minutes).

Team Purimetla got a big time Win over Team Jones on Sunday Night and jumped over their opponent Team Jones in the Power Rankings as a result.

Team Deutsch was not able to come away with the Win over Team Purimetla on Sunday Night but they did play a really solid Game against a very formidable opponent and was in it until the very end.

Their 6 - opponents have a combined record of 10 - Games over.500 and in the past 4 weeks they've played # 2 Harris, # 3 Maione, # 10 Kozin and # 4 Zimmerman (this past Sunday)..

The Gunners may have won two games in a row, but they have been far from easy wins over inferior opponents, which is what the fans expected at the beginning of this week and questions are now being asked about the lack of commitment from everyone in the side except for newboy Alexis Sanchez.

On the other side of things, Portland State is probably wishing the entire year consisted of non-conference opponents as they've managed to cover in 10 straight games including straight up wins over California, Stanford and Utah State.

It was a good start for our team with the majority of players taking an early lead over our opponents, resulting in a 5 - 1 lead.

You know what you are going to get from these guys each and every week — gritty defense, hustle plays all over the place, 25 + points from Jabarri «maybe the best scorer in the League» Reynolds and 15 - 20 points from Evan «one of the best 2nd options in the League» Zahniser... The difference between Ws and Ls for these guys usually come down to a few missed / made jump shots between them and their opponents.

Over the years the Chargers have been burned when other teams run play action passes to the tight end in the flat when the opponents are in this formation.

They posted a 57 - percent 5 - on - 5 Corsi and outscored opponents, 13 - 3, in over 180 minutes together, per Natural Stat Trick.

Antoine Walker took his game into the paint and gave Boston an early edge over the 76ers The experts were sure the Celtics were going to make a quick exit in the playoffs, and the reasons were obvious: Power forward Antoine Walker would hoist too many three - pointers; he and three of his fellow starters had no postseason experience; and their first - round opponents were the Eastern Conference champion 76ers, who had gone 10 - 2 against Boston over the past three seasons.

However, he could now be a top target for Barca as Mundo Deportivo report that Braida has been in Italy to run the rule over the possible signing, whilst also watching Brazilian forward Felipe Anderson, who lined up for opponents Lazio and who has impressed other top European sides with some excellent form in Serie A this season.

In a foregone conclusion, the choice of the majority - party Democrats, the Honorable Jim Wright of Texas, is elected speaker by a 254 - 173 margin over his Republican opponent, the Honorable Robert Michel of Illinois.

The butt of many jokes over the years, the Raiders haven't fielded a competent team in some time, but with Carr leading a young core that also includes Amari Cooper and defensive stalwart Khalil Mack, they are a dangerous opponent every week.

Michigan State has allowed opponents to shoot 45 % from the floor and in narrow wins last week over Georgia Tech and Arkansas — Little Rock was outrebounded by a combined 64 — 56.

The wait is finally over for the amazing Rockies, who, after enduring the longest - ever layoff between playoff series, face their most formidable opponent yet in the Red Sox.

The ex-Reds centre - back feels the Dutchman was wrong to congratulate opponent Jermain Defoe on his goal before the game was over, with Krul clearly seen in the tunnel patting the striker on the back and joking with him.

Since then, the Nittany Lions have been one of the most dominant teams in the nation, rolling through opponents to a 9 - 0 SU and 8 -0-1 ATS record that was capped off with an upset win over Wisconsin in the Big Ten Championship Game.

The Ravens uncharacteristically allowed opponents to rush for over 122 yards - per - game — No. 20 in the entire NFL.

The «extra man» would force errors when we are attacking by the opposing team confusion over who to mark, he would close down the enemy in the midfield and he would help out steal the initiative off the opponent attackers by his mobility to position himself at the less served areas.

This should give us a great confidence boost and definitely an extra edge in match fitness over our opponents.

or simply trying to prove us all wrong again by showing that he could play just about anybody anywhere and win a game on the road against a top opponent; something he hasn't done in quite some time... regardless of the reasons, there is simply no excuse for the goings - on at this club... unfortunately it's unlikely that any real change will come without a dedicated effort on the part of those that feed the beast... our absentee landlord doesn't invest his own money into this club, so in order to force out Kroenke, Wenger and whatever other vermin currently haunt our hallowed halls we need to hit him where it really hurts... continually filling «his» stadium and the constant buying of endless merchandise, like one of the 58 different jerseys available over the last few years, makes us the greatest enablers of all time... have we no self - respect?

When he came he said he would restore the Barca way and give it his own touch (which in my opinion is defensive stability and adapting reasonably to opponents style, I.e he won't compromise the style but he would improve on its limitations relative to the opponent's) lately ev has over adapted to our opponents, hence the ugly football this in my opinion is largely down to the midfield which we all know can do very little of what it actually should.

To be honest jack slows down the midfield by over holding on to the ball and in most cases loosing it to the opponents, giving them time to rebuild there defense, being fouled and no response from the referee or some times we are awarded free kicks which we hardly any thing good from.