Sentences with phrase «real run for one's money»

With them averaging 3.6 goals per game on home soil this season, they will give Real a run for their money.

Apple even recently managed to give Exxon a real run for its money as the most valuable business on the planet.

But in 2008, in the midst of the financial crisis, we started noticing that young people were doing some awfully significant things, whether in the financial world (Meredith Whitney had just made her bold call against Citigroup), in the tech world (Facebook was beginning to crank into high gear), or in other industries (Kevin Plank's apparel upstart Under Armour was giving Nike a real run for its money).

If successful, Porter will not only give Air Canada a real run for its money, but it will be responsible for the fastest expansion of any form of mass transportation Toronto will see for years to come.

While it's perfectly true that there isn't enough U.S. shale to flood the world with oil, a lot of what there is is historically cheap to produce so as to give crude from the Middle East a real run for its money; and a solid proportion of that production has been sold forward at attractive levels in the futures market ensuring financial stability for U.S. producers.

They should be near the top all Summer and will give the other top squads a real run for their money..

We gave them a real run for their money when we calmed down and got into the game in the second half.

Yet despite the gruesome scoreline, Leverkusen managed to give Bayern a real run for their money until Thomas Muller's strike made it 3 - 1 in the second half.

There's no doubt Barcelona will win this but we fancy Villareal to give them a real run for their money and have gone for a 2 - 1 home win.

Meunier, however, is probably one of the few affordable right - backs on the market who would give Coleman a real run for his money at Goodison Park — and potentially even replace him in the Toffees» starting XI.

Didier Drogba (if he plays), Keita, Kalu and others up front, Yaya Toure anchoring the midfield and a back four loaded with experienced players such as Kolo Toure, Arthur Boka, Siaka Tiene and Eboue, Cote d'Ivoire will give fellow group members Brazil and Portugal a real run for their money to move on.

Next week, founder Lindsay Pinchuk is throwing a giant bash, Best of Bump Club and Beyond and its great Gearapalooza, for expectant and newbie parents that will not only put all of the best gear right in front of them, but will also provide them with expert advice from The Baby Guy himself as well other experts who will tackle issues that give all parents a real run for their money — sleep, breastfeeding, relationship stress and the work of toddlerhood.

But other lines seem to be preparing for a loss such as «We gave them a real run for their money» while others imply the race will be «too close to call» and asking about how many absentee ballots there are.

Yet, despite costing a meagre # 400» 000 to make, this first time feature filmmaker, along with an incredible cast and crew, have managed to push through the boundaries of their financial constraints to produce a calibre of film that rivals many of its Hollywood mainstream siblings, giving them a real run for their money.

Cruise and Streep are both excellent here, with Cruise surprisingly giving Streep a real run for her money at many points.

A trendy, Millennial Generation variation on The Big Chill which gives that beloved classic a real run for its money.

In fact, the GTS is such a good steer that it really does give the BMW M5 a real run for its money as the class leader.

It'll give the Germans a real run for their money, and for that, we give it a standing ovation.

And if cellulosic or algae - based fuels become available, the ICE is going to give the BEV a real run for the money.

At the opposite end of the spectrum sits the fearsome — and expensive — BMW M6, its twin - turbocharged engine giving supercars a real run for their money.

Giving the Chevrolet SS a real run for its money as the most ludicrous 4 - door on our list of 10 fastest sedans under $ 50k, the Dodge Charger R / T Scat Pack makes mountains of power is a big, comfortable 5 - seater.

The vast majority of the Jeep Grand Cherokee models are optimized for offroading (while still delivering outstanding comfort and stability on pavement), but the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT is tuned specifically to give all of these European high performance crossovers a real run for the money.

That's sure to give the BMW M5 and Mercedes - Benz E63 AMG a real run for the money.

The Vigor even gave it a real run for its money at the highest resolutions, surpassing it once or twice (on DX9 Company of Heroes at 2,560 x1, 600, with a result of 182.9 fps, and across the board — if just barely — on our DX10 test with the same game, turning in 59.3 fps, 59.3 fps, and 54.7 fps at 1,280 x1, 024, 1,600 x1, 200, and 2,560 x1, 600, respectively).

Even being just a dual core CPU and quad core GPU, this setup gives the more powerful 4/12 core CPU / GPU Tegra 3 setup a real run for its money.

From a purely hardware perspective it gives the Kindle a real run for its money.

Almost impossibly thin, pumped full of power and with a slick version of Samsung's TouchWiz interface on board the Galaxy Tab S2 gives the iPad Pro 9.7 and Pixel C a real run for their money.

For us, it gives all the fancy 5 star hotels a real run for their money, read this review to find out exactly why.

That's also a Level - 5 game with animated sequences and voice acting, but unlike Ni no Kuni it's a handheld experience only... and it's giving Pokémon a real run for its money in Japan.

If it does, it would give the likes of Samsung's Dex a real run for its money.

Almost impossibly thin, pumped full of power and with a slick version of Samsung's TouchWiz interface on board the Galaxy Tab S2 gives the iPad Pro 9.7 and Pixel C a real run for their money.

Android Wear 2.0 is the biggest update to come to Google's smartwatch operating system yet and it gives its main competitor, the watchOS - running Apple Watch 3, a real run for its money.

HTC's latest phone, the U11, actually gives Samsung a real run for its money — and there are a lot of reasons why you might want to pick up a U11 instead of an S8.

However, while Mosquet expects many gas - powered cars to adopt some form of hybrid power in the years to come, there are some breakthrough technologies for internal combustion engines that could give electric propulsion a real run for the money.