Sentences with phrase «pitted against another of»

After a 0 - 0 draw almost three weeks ago in Spain, United will need a complete shutout also a convincing performance to earn a place in Friday's quarter - final draw which could see them pitted against any of the English sides left in the competition, which at this stage is just Manchester City and Liverpool as Tottenham Hotspur exited the competition after being beaten by Juventus.

But the election campaign is long over, and the fight to make a key piece of the mayor's liberal vision a reality has just begun — a fight that will pit him against some of the very people who put him in office.

Despite the fact that SugarDaddyMeet has been regarded as one of the forerunners in many sugar daddy sites, it is often pitted against some of the leading wealthy dating sites.

The Princess of France restages on several occasions a scene in which Victor picks up his backpack from under a tree, and with each recurrence he's pitted against another of the women in his life.

It's essentially a boss rush that pits you against some of the series» strongest characters - including Cervantes with Soul Edge and Siegfried with Soul Calibur - while turning the difficulty up to 11.

The game features an arcade mode, which pits you against each of the game's six characters.

Six Middlesex University London students are preparing to compete in WorldSkills UK, a national competition which pits them against some of the most talented young people across the country.

When I was invited to take part in the second round of the Abarth 500 Trofeo GB I knew is was always going to be on the back foot, as there'd be no time for testing and I'd be pitting myself against some of the quickest young talent in the country.

Western European Christians pitted against those of another race, practicing a different religion, ignorantly believing the Jews killed Christ, when Christ himself was a Jew.

While most of Berserk and the Band of the Hawk's story missions are large - scale battles against hundreds to thousands of enemies, it also features several one - on - one boss battles that pit you against some of the story's main antagonists.

Sometimes known as Spider - Man Vs the Kingpin the game pits you against some of Spider - Man's most famous arch enemies including Doc Ock, Lizard, Sandman, Electro, Venom and the Kingpin himself.

Arena pits you against some of the larger and more dangerous monsters within the game, whereas Time Attack tasks you within defeating monsters or completing an objective within the specified time limit.

In Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, videogame action hero Matt Hazard gets his chance to prove once and for all that he is the king of shooters when the new owner of mega game publisher, Marathon Megasoft, gives Matt his comeback role starring in a new title for next - gen consoles that pits him against all of his memorable foes from videogames past.

There's new content too, like exclusive bonus levels set in a mysterious palace zone, along with a mode dedicated to pitting you against some of Sonic's toughest boss battles.

Not exact matches

Both «Fortnite» and «PUBG» follow the same formula of pitting 100 players against each other on an island that's shrinking in size.

Although we already have a full buying guide to the best smart speakers, we thought it'd be fun and helpful to pit the Google Home and the Amazon Echo against each other in a battle royale for the title of best smart home speaker.

The discovery could pit Japan against China to be the world's largest producer of the materials, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

Back in Barrie, Leone checks on a one - year - old elevator to demonstrate how an ideal maintenance job should go: He climbs into the pit at the bottom of the shaft and replaces the pads that absorb dripping oil; he wipes the crud and cobwebs from the elevator's bottom; he rests an ear against the door to listen to its mechanical innards; he straddles the door to ensure it nudges him out of the way properly.

For the study, published this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers pitted people assigned to follow a traditional restricted - calorie diet (eating roughly 25 % of their normal daily calories) against those who were told to fast every other day (eating 25 % of their normal calories on fast days and 125 % on the other days) for a year.

The case pits the interests of tech companies and privacy advocates in protecting customer data against the demands of law enforcement in gaining information vital to criminal and counterterrorism investigations.

While business investors would normally trust Gov. Bruce Rauner, a former private - equity executive, to veto the legislation, the industry's trade group fears the unpopular Republican may cave in an election cycle that pits him against Biss and a pack of other Democratic contenders.

Fans of the MTV reality show The Hills might recall the time when «co-stars» Lauren Conrad and Whitney Port, ostensibly interns in the magazine's West Coast office, were pitted against «intern Emily.»

As a product of the comics pioneer Will Eisner, the character was often pitted against his archnemesis, the Octopus, a mastermind and master of disguise whose face was never shown.

The increasing prevalence of encrypted products continues to pit technologists and privacy - conscious consumers against governments.

«We're pitting the different clubs against each other to see which can get the most people to join,» explains Shanna Kane, vice president of marketing.

Of course, the move pits BlackBerry up against the likes of Apple, Google and TeslOf course, the move pits BlackBerry up against the likes of Apple, Google and Teslof Apple, Google and Tesla.

The possibility of Venezuelan oil import restrictions has divided White House advisors, and now is pitting Harold Hamm, chairman and CEO of Continental Resources and energy advisor during President Trump's campaign, against U.S. refiners that import Venezuelan crude to process at their refineries.

Judo matches pit fighters who lose the semi-final round against winners of the previous round (called a «repechage»).

The results of a world where developed and emerging countries are all pitted against each other will be «intensified conflict on the international stage over vitally important issues, such as international macroeconomic coordination, financial regulatory reform, trade policy, and climate change,» they said.

Now their increasingly dominant role as fuel thieves pits two of the country's biggest industries — narcotics and oil — against one another.

This fight over ownership and control pits entrepreneur against investor the minute talk of a company's valuation begins.

While much focus has been on human versus machine — Garry Kasparov versus IBM's Deep Blue in chess matches of the 1990s or the Watson computer pitted against human champions on Jeopardy — the greatest potential for advancement comes from humans partnering with computers.

The fight pits strong proponents of the Second Amendment right to bear arms against those arguing for greater restrictions on the ability to obtain weapons.

In a statement on Saturday, ASEAN leaders affirmed the need for peace in the South China Sea, where the bloc is currently negotiating a set of rules with China to avoid conflicts arising from a bitter territorial dispute pitting some members against Beijing's vast claims to the strategic waterway.

«There's a lot of pitting skinny women against plus size women, or saying that curves should be a rule.»

The party has notoriously been divided on the issue, with its environmental wing pitted against the unions, which backed the project in hopes it would produce a significant amount of American jobs (which it won't).

The latest economic impacts of the pipeline constraints come amid an intensifying spat between Alberta and British Columbia over the construction of the Trans Mountain project, pitting arguments of economic impact against the importance of protecting coastlines and limiting greenhouse gas emissions.

Taking place in a California federal court, the case pits Apple against the U.S. government over control of the iPhone, with terrorism and privacy as the backdrop.

For starters, all 67 of Alabama's counties voted more Democratic than they had in the 2016 presidential election pitting then - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump against Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.

On this particular occasion, the D - Wave Two would have to pass five somewhat more mundane tests, pitting it against a variety of conventional processors.

The co-founder and partner of Retail Advisors Network points out that Leon's desired market positioning pits it against furniture companies such as CB2 and EQ3, which already have proven track records of selling exquisite products that stoke envy among house guests.

The United States stations 28,500 troops in South Korea as a legacy of the Cold War conflict, which pitted the South, the United States and United Nations forces against the communist North, backed by China and Russia.

«It's going to be a hard sell that this activity was either concerted or for mutual aid or protection, rather than simply venting or pitting one group of workers against the others, which does not sound very mutual,» Morantz said.

That's the gist of «For Honor,» which arrives just in time to pit you and your Valentine against each other.

His most anticipated race this year was the 200 - meter butterfly, which pitted Phelps against long - time rival, Chad Le Clos of South Africa.

Scott Galloway, NYU Stern School of Business marketing professor, discusses Amazon pitting cities against one another as the company chooses its second headquarters home.

While he admitted that it's hard to pit President Donald Trump — the man behind «The Art of the Deal» — against those who study Sun Tzu's «The Art of War,» he wanted viewers to understand how the game is played.

This anxiety, Zhang says, stems from the Cultural Revolution (1966 - 1976), when friends and family members were pitted against one another and millions of Chinese were killed in political struggles.

Like increasing numbers of low - income mothers and fathers, Ms. Navarro is at the center of a new collision that pits sophisticated workplace technology against some fundamental requirements of parenting, with particularly harsh consequences for poor single mothers.

The latest pits his 61 - year - old daughter, Shari Redstone, whose relationship with her father had run hot and cold over the years but who's recently worked her way back into his life, against two of her father's longtime friends and lieutenants, Viacom board member George Abrams and C.E.O. Philippe Dauman.