Sentences with phrase «relationships with their rivals»

The partners tried to build relationships with their rivals, while closely tracking the competition's traffic and sales data.

His ambition had burned so brightly that it tarnished his relationship with his rival Tony Blair.

No matter how good the non-facelift 1 Series performed in relationship with its rivals, the rather controversial headlights still made it looks like a distant cousin of an «Angry Bird» character.

Diplomacy, trade, war, and raids are all aspects that must be balanced when trying to navigate the political structure of your relationships with rival clans.

Not exact matches

By agreeing not to sell his strollers at discount shops or on websites, as many of his rivals were doing, Boardman has been able to develop a deeper relationship with retailers.

Unlike its rivals, the firm never saw value in building an emotional relationship with its consumers, counting on its superior technology.

Chelsea and Arsenal have had a fair working relationship in recent years, despite being strong league rivals, with the likes of Petr Cech and now Giroud moving between our clubs without hostility.

The report claims that the managers at our rival clubs, Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, are the reason we would miss out, as Morata has worked with both and has a very good relationship with them.

His latest comments are a painful read for any Gunner, as he talks of motivation from our rival's manager, as well as talking up his relationship with now City assistant manager Mikel Arteta.

Another centre - back and a player who is also being monitored by rivals Tottenham Hotspur as manager Mauricio Pochettino has a good relationship with Moreno's club Espanyol having previously managed them.

After offering the hand of truce, literally, before the game between Arsenal and Chelsea just over a week ago, Jose Mourinho took no time to aim a few more words of disrespect at his managerial rival Arsene Wenger, with the spurious claim that the Frenchman and Arsenal have some sort of special relationship with the FA and get everything going our way.

Further, he was given his marching orders in the draw with rivals Schalke last weekend, and so it seems as though Dortmund could be willing to discuss an exit at the risk of further problems arising to sour the relationship further.

Usmanov doesn't exactly have a fruitful relationship with Kroenke and with the pair practically rivals for owning the club outright, it is unlikely that the American businessman will be allowing Usmanov to take up any more ownership of the club, or to even have his say on a board of directors.

The Blues may prove to be our biggest rivals in the hunt for his signature, having a good working relationship with the Spanish club thanks to previous deals including Filipe Luis, Diego Costa and Thibaut Courtois, while Bayern already have Douglas Costa amazing in his favoured position, and Paris Saint - Germain having Angel Di Maria.

I firmly expect the Citizens to be looking at bringing in another top goalkeeper in the summer, with the relationship unlikely to be reconciled in my opinion, but whether City would allow him to strengthen a rival is yet to seen.

Wolves have come in for criticism from rival clubs who feel that the club's relationship with super agent Jorge Mendes has given them a competitive advantage, with the likes of Neves, Diogo Jota, Ivan Cavaleiro and Helder Costa coming into the club from his agency.

Ferrero actually heads the rival club Sampdoria and has nothing to do with Roma, but, according to him, his personal relationship with Totti go a long way back and having known him, he can say that he hasn't met too many guys with a sharper Footballing brain than him.

Yet their tricky transfer relationship with Real Madrid has opened the door to three of their rivals, with Los Blancos still furious at the Red Devils for their refusal to sell David De Gea in 2015.

He realizes that the grass is always greener when he tries to pass an unknowing Gloria off as his wife to an old high school acquaintance, just to find out that his old rival was always jealous of Phil's relationship with Claire.

The campaign has been careful about such overtures in the past as it fended off criticisms from the left by her primary rival Bernie Sanders, who highlighted her 2002 vote in favor of the Iraq War, ties to controversial Republican figures like Henry Kissinger, and warm relationship with Wall Street.

Yes, and David Dilks, who has written about Chamberlain, examines Churchill's relationships with political and social figures in the UK and US in Churchill and Company: Rivals and Alliances in War and Peace (IB Tauris, # 20).

De Blasio expressed optimism about his relationship with the technology community in response to a question about how he would gain its support given that many entrepreneurs had backed his Democratic rival Christine Quinn.

Former Gov. George Pataki had a relatively cordial relationship with Comptroller Carl McCall despite the fact that McCall was a political rival.

These changes bring Labour very close to being an individual membership party (as most of its rival parties already are, at least for leadership election purposes) while preserving in a much changed form the historic relationship with organised labour that Mr Miliband rightly cherishes.

Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a Ford is gearing up to launch a bus network in London, gatecrashing the capital's crowded transport market and establishing a new rival to Uber.

The pedigree: Moretti's relationship with Cannes dates back further than any of his Competition rivals save Terrence Malick — coincidentally enough, both men first competed for the Palme d'Or in 1978, when Moretti was just 24 years old.

We see Bobby Riggs spar with wife Priscilla (Elisabeth Shue) over his gambling problem; Fred Armisen crops up as a somewhat out - of - place vitamins guru; Alan Cumming has a delectable little bit part as a very gay and very supportive, though gossipy, designer; rival tennis player Margaret «The Arm» Court (Jessica McNamee) is both a competitive force and social threat to Billie Jean, learning her most coveted secret and exploiting it to best her on the court; but its her relationship to Marilyn Barnett that proves most worthy of our attention.

Going in I expected the «young love» relationship between Hassan and a rival chef to take prominence over the Madame Mallory storyline, but Hallstrom does a nice job in balancing each portion with the right amount of care and attention.

Cooper fixates on Bulger's own notorious connection with FBI agent John Connolly (Joel Edgerton): a relationship that allows Bulger to eliminate rival gangs while continuing his own programme of shakedowns and drugs trafficking.

One highlight is Keire's desperate attempt — pushing through tears — to break a rival's skateboard after a humiliating fight; equally harrowing are glimpses of Zack's increasingly abusive relationship with his pregnant girlfriend, Nina.

Eden rivals the recent Blue Is the Warmest Color in emotional potency, in addition to this central romantic throughline, we also see the doomed relationships with other impressive, interesting and nuanced female characters, played by Greta Gerwig, Golshifteh Farahani, Laura Smet and Léa Rougeron.1

Coughlin spends three years in prison and, upon his release, forges a relationship with the Irish mob's Italian rivals, led by Maso Pescatore, to seek revenge against Albert White.

Biopic about the American figure skater Tonya Harding and her relationship with Jeff Gillooly, who orchestrated a brutal attack on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan in the lead up to the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Leaders who leave the school — like doctors or lawyers who leave their practices for a rival firm — will take many of their contacts and relationships with them; the new leader will have to reassemble the network of relationships that the school needs to be successful.

As you hang out with cats, you'll begin to form deeper relationships with them; it's up to you whether you become best friends or ultimate rivals.

Among the popular highlights of the Summon Night series are its «night conversations»: At the end of each day of game time, your character meets with a friend, acquaintance, ally or rival to discuss in - gam events, relationships, goals and much more.

The financially troubled company has even more reason to be cagey than its more stable rivals, but with a strong line - up of good IP and strong relationships with next - gen hardware manufacturers, it should keep fans satisfied through a well - spaced two years.

It's difficult to develop a true rival in Shadow of War partly because you're so powerful, but partly because you're romping across Mordor too fast to form that relationship with any one orc.

Nintendo needs a strong install base to compete with rivals and maintain a healthy relationship with publishers.

The commercial demise of the Virtual Boy was considered to be the catalyst that led to Yokoi being driven from Nintendo, yet it was maintained that Yokoi kept a close relationship with Nintendo [5] despite Yokoi having later created a rivalling handheld system for Bandai.

• Story Narrative told from Four Different Viewpoints Each of the four rival shinobi schools takes a turn at the story narrative, providing background on motivations, relationships and hobbies, while the original Japanese voice - overs with English subtitles bring each girl's distinct personality to life.

As with many of the works on offer this week, the Rockefellers» relationship to The Rivals added to the allure of the work.

However much revenue a relationship with the de Kooning estate can actually generate, the cachet it provides a dealer on the world stage is difficult to rival.

The title of a 1957 painting, Napoleon's Chest at Moscow (now destroyed), even showed a will to rival the French artist's somewhat ironical relationship with history, while another work from the same year was titled Patricia Owens, the name of a Canadian actress who had just left British cinema for Hollywood.

This Alex Katz compendium provides an intimate portrait of the artist, from his competitive relationship with Abstract Expressionists, to his desire to rival film and critique historical painters such as Rembrandt («they tell you too much about the person, rather than showing you the person») to his envisioning of himself as a «social fugitive» during his illegal loft living in Manhattan.

(Koons and Serra similarly downplay their recent shows with Gagosian rival David Zwirner, with Koons pointing out that he maintained a relationship with the late dealer Ileana Sonnabend and Serra saying that it was due to structural considerations — the pylons in Zwirner's gallery can support heavier sculptures.)

As one partner at a rival firm observes: «After the split with KLegal there was a clear drive towards Scotland which created a toxic relationship between the two offices.

Samsung Electronics shares a warm relationship with some or the other patent battles, especially with its rivals.

Dell likely made the choice to opt for Intel's technology rather than a competing chip from rival Qualcomm based on its long - standing relationship with the silicon maker — after all, Intel's Bay Trail processors are what powers Dell's other line of tablets, its Windows 8 - powered two - in - ones.

The complaint says that TradeHill entered into a merchant - customer relationship with Dwolla last June, picking the start - up over rivals such as PayPal because of its low transaction fees and because it «heavily advertised that it did not «chargeback», that its transactions were «as good as cash»».