Sentences with phrase «position as their opponent»

Winning briefs on the initiating side generally cite twice as many cases that support their position as their opponent's position.

Not exact matches

While journalists were still trying to treat the GOP pick as a typical phenomenon — analyzing his positions, comparing them with his opponents», striving for balance — comics decided that Trump was such an outlier that he demanded stronger action.

Clinton has repeatedly accused her opponent as being soft on Russia, pointing to his praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a strong leader, his suggestion that he would rethink sanctions against Russian officials, his sharp criticism of NATO and other policy positions.

Puzder has positioned himself as a staunch opponent of workplace regulations like overtime rules, which he say hurt business.

Although it was intended only as a statement on the company's position on the trade deal, and «nothing beyond that issue,» a company spokeswoman said in an email, it became kindling for protests from Trump opponents, some of whom posted videos to social media of their sneakers being set on fire in response.

One of Ms. Redford's opponents, former Finance Minister Ted Morton was elected as a Senator - in - Waiting in 1998 and gave up the position - in - waiting when he ran in the 2004 provincial election in the Foothills - Rockyview constituency.

It doesn't intend to dismantle the opponent's position, except insofar as the opponent's raison d'être is enmity.

«A straw man or straw person, also known in the UK as an Aunt Sally, [1][2] is a type of argument and is an informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent's position.

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.

That is the pattern in most developed countries, and surely, as the Republican party increasingly takes on the attributes of a European - style Christian Democratic party, it is logical that their opponents take the other position.»

If Tietjen is critical of his opponents, he is also honest about his own inadequacies as president of two seminaries and as a bishop in the new Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (a position from which he resigned).

Initiatives to remedy this crisis have led to polarization and name calling in which opponents have misrepresented each other's positions as open borders and amnesty versus deportations of millions.

But I can think of no context — and Griffin offers us no examples of contexts — in which FWTs don't apply exactly the same criteria for determining justified belief to the positions of their opponents as they apply to their own.

The goal of The Gay Agenda was to force opponents of sod into a position where they would be seen as attacking the rights of so - called «gay» citizens, rather than opposing a specific deviant behavior.

Opponents of Fairness for All legislation worry that such compromises offer too limited protections at the expense of designating SOGI as a protected class — a position they believe has deeper moral implications for Christians.

Few moral and theological positions are as deeply cherished by their adherents, yet so quickly dismissed by their opponents, as pacifism.

Supplying selective information that is reframed to position a corporation or other entity in unfavourable light so as to encourage it to press for changes is a tactic adopted by some social change and environmental organisations, yet it is the sort of things those lobbies accuse their opponents of doing.

... Monreal is often jittery n affords opponent too much space in dangerous positions, his shadowmarking technique is also poor as he literally escorts the opponent into the box.

Sanchez was at his best every time Giroud comes off the bench as Alexis loves being part of an attacking build up and team work in transition to the opponent's goal rather than ball watching and waiting for ball in the central position.

But read the quotes from the opponents / teammates who talk about how effortlessly he could shake double teams [and a superb passer as well at a time when positions were far more well defined, and your two guard wasn't expected to have assists], and one can only guess that he would still be a very gifted offensive player even today.

But the beep - beeps from New Mexico Aggie fans are going to drive opponents nuts as little Milton (Road - runner) Horne moves up to a starting position.

I feel like he was decent in the City game (not as bad as most people say) even though he played out of position, and he was bullied off by physically stronger opponents (which is case in alot of the PL games).

Monreal / Niles were very sloppy in possession and defending against the opponent, niles is learning the position and will improve if given match time, monreal as a senior payer should be showing leader ship.

He can be a playmaker in that position, as opposed to fight the opponent's defenders.

He could have some competition from Nelson but, Nelson isn't at any time soon going to be employed as a wing back and will be used as a traditional winger as like Chamberlain he has the ability to take people on from standing positions and glide past opponents with a mixture of skill and speed.

By that time all the defenders of the opponents also take position... Rest is as you always see... attempts to walk into goal post... losing possession... conceding goal...

We have Debuchy, Sanchez, Ramsey, Wilshere, Campbell, Rosicky, Chamberlain, Walcott, Welbeck... All these players have pace and work rate, as well as technical skill, but we can't tell them to press high when they lose the ball or to bring chaos to the opponent's defence because not only do we lack cover in midfield and central defense, we also play them out of position.

And in this year 2016, Arsenal are well positioned to battle their opponents that are vying for the crown and prevail on them as they well have the necessary means to strengthen their battling force to keep the momentum of their battle strength and power going without suffering any mishap.

The Bulldogs are loaded with athletes at every position on defense, and it's difficult for opponents to create leverage for their own top players as a result.

This is the constant chess match between coaching staffs, recognizing what your opponent is doing well as they try to position their team on the way to calling «checkmate.»

Had it been walcot is stronger as giroud, so it wl suit him, bt still he is more hazardous nd dangerously lookng to the opponents wl upfront thn giroud, we wl be happy to see hm gettng more playing time so that he can be more aquinted to the position, hence goals wl be scored, bt for giroud let him to be a bck up to speedy theo nd need to be coming very late in the game 70th to 80th minutes after we score nd win, to help hold nd waste some minutes.Eventhough everyone has his own peculiar advntage.KWANKWASIYYA GUNNERS.

Back to the topic, as long as Sanchez keeps giving it 100 %, fighting for things, creating chances for others, getting in good positions and attracting opponents defenders leaving other players free, smiling, enjoying his football and more importantly our club then I am happy.

while he offers himself as a «deadly» shooter of sorts, there is simply no way he can consistently defend at that position against presumably bigger, strong and likely quicker opponents.

I didn't watch the match last night as I was on the field playing I ran my heels off I was in their faces I was angry I got a well - deserved yellow and could have been sent off later on I intercepted a good few balls and assisted with 2 goals and won the match From the highlights and the analysis I understand the Arsenal were weak in midfield the Arsenal needs an enforcer someone just like me a motivator and in the face of the opponents a thorn in the side I also believe MR wenger was at fault we all knew we would be weak in defence the least MR wenger should have had is a strong fresh midfield after all we had a tough encounter with city + traveling why didn't he use Rosciky, Carzola and Campbell On a different note I like chamberland stature he is tall and has pace and energy why not adapt him to the defensive midfield position with clear emphasis to be in the opponents face The arsenal and Mr wenger need to wake up fast now we have this weekend to prepare for Chelsea if we believe we are title contenders

Therefore that will be identified as a weak position by our opponents.

I don't even know why he started Welbeck ahead of Walcott in the first place, Welbeck was giving away the ball too often on the right and wasn't helping Bellerin in defence.Bellerin too can't be blameless for being caught out of position many times, he didn't even know who he was marking.The reason why we lost the midfield battle wasn't because Coquelin didn't do much, the problem was with Ramsey and Cazorla, they were loosing possesion too often in our own half giving more room for counter attack Coquelin alone couldn't contain opponent's pressure for the full 90minutes he needed help too defencively from Ramsey who didn't give him any, Ramsey now sees himself as an AM who could go forward at anytime and ignore his defensive responsibility.Koscielny didn't do much to prevent the second goal.

Although he was primarily positioned as a defender in soccer, Joseph Ngata utilized his size and speed to take advantage of opponents at multiple positions on the pitch.

All these guys will need to continue to contribute if they hope to keep pace with the Top 3 teams, as their next three opponents have a combined record of 17 - 13 and are all looking to jostle for positioning.

Tottenham are in a promising position in their Champions League tie against Juventus, but they still face a difficult test to make it to the next round as their opponents are a lot more experienced in this competitions.

It's in gaps between the orthodox positions and departments of defence, midfield and attack where managers and players are evolving the game to find new ways to gain advantages, to surprise opponents and drag them into areas they don't want to go, uncertain of how to react to a footballer seemingly playing as a law unto themselves.

Starting in a deeper central midfield position, Zavarov operated as a modern attacking midfielder, constantly making runs into the opponent box.

The Catalans are expected to steamroll their less illustrious opponents, and will look to score as much as possible to make the away goals count for their position in the table.

Advanced stats take other factors into account such as the opponent, field position, and score.

Everyone struggles against Bayern, but having said that, Cazorla's lack of aptitude to the position against top - class opponents was ruthlessly exposed, particularly by David Alaba for the Bayern third, who casually robbed Cazorla of possession 25 yards from goal, where he had all the time in the world to shoot from range, as Coquelin had pushed forward to create a decoy.

Now that AG Andrew Cuomo is dipping his toe into the roiling waters (via Fred Dicker) on select issues such as the still - late state budget, the Ravitch plan and lifting the charter school cap, his opponents are taking the opportunity to call on the yet - unannounced gubernatorial hopeful to make clear his positions on a host of other topics as well.

He didn't endorse either of his former opponents and won't be doing so, thanks to his newfound position as a candidate for a Bronx state Supreme Court judgeship.

-- candidates will get a clue and start buying Adwords with their name, but also the name of their opponents (hint: the latter won't like and will take it out on Google)-- everytime there'll be big news (hurricane, breaking news, Paris Hilton's latest...) which tends to draw lots of eyeballs to Google, expect the whatever - happened - today keyword to point to the page of a candidate's site with his / her position on the topic du jour — opponents will urge their supporters to engage in whack - an - adword games (also known as click fraud) to cost as much money per click as possible to the other campaign and drive up cost of acquisition of a new visitor to the advertiser's site.

As supporters and opponents go head - to - head with their positions on the Horse - Carriage Ban, lobbyists will be targeting City Council Members with a full on assault to sway their votes, but there's one legislator who could not be bought.

But a local newspaper has published editorials urging her to clarify her position on the nominee, her opponents have seized on it as a potential weakness, and some political experts say the strategy might be shortsighted.

Balls has certainly made the most of it and, positioning himself well as an active and effective opponent of the coalition.