Sentences with phrase «score points off»

Just using it to score points off the other side is doomed because some clever people are watching — who really do understand — and they will make life miserable for you.

«David Cameron has chosen to do what it is easy - score points off teachers and play with structures - rather than what is difficult but effective - work with the profession to improve the quality of teaching,» said Mr Hobby.

99 % people there will be totally on your side and kinder than kind, but watch out for the one or two who want to score points off you by asking smart - ass questions to get attention, if there's a Q&A after your reading.

Clegg's star rises in great TV showdown The Daily Telegraph - Robert Winnett and Andrew Porter Nick Clegg was last night emerging as the early winner of the first televised leaders» debate, exploiting his equal billing to score points off both Gordon Brown and David Cameron.

Using the education of Welsh pupils, striving for attainment in some of the most challenged and deprived communities of Britain, as a means to score points off the Labour Party, is a cheap trick which will be seen for what it is by the Welsh people.

Jim Sturman QC warned: «By playing the two sides of the profession off against each other... each time the bar scores a point off solicitors, or solicitors off the bar, we cut our own throats as well as each others.»

Not exact matches

According to Weston, «a single skipped payment can knock 110 points off your score.»

The bowl operates similarly to other fantasy football platforms: Users will select a team of nine players — who score points based on their real - life, in - game performances — and face off against teams assembled by other contestants across the country.

It can shave points off your credit score, defeating the purpose of your request, and can stay on your credit report for up to two years.

A point drop of around 80 can affect interest rates differently depending on the lender and the credit score you're starting off with.

If your DA is lower than that, you'll have to choose a lower cut - off point for the keyword difficulty score.

You should also develop a means for scoring these leads based on the input you receive from the various channels you'll develop so you know at what point leads are eligible to be handed off to Sales, and ensure Sales doesn't reach out to leads before they're ready.

Every time you apply for credit, the lender does a hard credit check on your credit report, which can knock a few points off your score temporarily.

In fact, he even showed me a screenshot of his score dropping from 849 (one point away from perfect) to 824 after paying off a small credit card balance.

Stephen Curry came off the bench to score 28 points in a triumphant return from a knee injury and nearly six weeks off, and the Golden State Warriors held off Anthony Davis and the pesky New Orleans Pelicans for a 121 - 116 to go ahead 2 - 0 in the series.

As shown in the chart, maintaining an open secured card account for two years was associated with a 24 - point increase in median credit score, while being charged off by the lender was associated with a 60 - point decrease in median credit score.

We've scarcely been introduced to them before we're off on our first big action scene, set to John Williams» score, which is basically another character at this point.

Alexis Sanchez scored a 97th minute stoppage time winner to seal all three points, but Xhaka's sending off was completely unnecessary, and Wenger is known to be livid with his actions, which put his entire team in trouble.

The Mike Shula era in Alabama started off with the Tide falling behind 17 - 7 to South Florida before scoring 33 unanswered points to win 40 - 17.

Meely scored 17 points in the final 20 minutes, and Freddie Shell, who came off the bench to replace Tope, added 12 more for Colorado.

Only a hot second period by Gamecock John Roche, who scored 30 of his 34 points in the final 20 minutes, prevented Temple from pulling off the upset.

We were literally taking off as they were about to score and then go for the two - point conversion, so I didn't know until we landed that they won.

J.T. Miller scored twice, Brayden Point had a goal and two assists, and the high - scoring Lightning held off the New York Islanders 7 - 6 on Thursday night, setting a franchise record with their 51st victory

HAMDEN, Conn. (AP) Cameron Young scored 20 points, Jacob Rigoni added another 18 and Quinnipiac opened the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference season by holding off Monmouth for a 78 - 76 win on Thursday night.

It's hard to single out one or even just two of these guys as Opening Night showed off a 9 - man DEEP rotation where everyone can ball — but I'll try — David «D.D.S.» Gershenzon led the way in scoring going 11 of 14 from the field and had 26 points.

you can also ignore that on off stats where DRZ scored the majority of his points in game 2 against Kelly.

Haase bottles up Iowa State scoring star Fred Hoiberg, and Pollard comes off the bench to get 10 points and nine rebounds.

Tim Brennen went off for 46 points that night, one of the highest scoring point totals by any player this season, but that still wasn't enough to take down Team McNichols.

McKnight scored five points in a 7 - 1 surge as the Golden Lions opened a 59 - 57 lead and sealed off Southern by making 5 of 6 at the free - throw line.

WEST LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) Freshman Ray Salnave scored a career - high 21 points with four assists, Louie Pillari came off the bench to score 17 and Monmouth breezed to a 73 - 57 victory over Saint Peter's on Tuesday night.

Kyle Nelson had what he considered to be an «off night,» which for most would be a great Game, scored 24 points to lead the way for this group.

That's when Bridges went off, scoring 19 points in the final 20 minutes.

Heading into the summer break he's 33 points off of championship leader Vettel but has been the highest - scoring driver over the past five Grands Prix, and has put in a number of impressive drives.

San Antonio forced six turnovers in the quarter, scoring 10 points off those giveaways.

Playing a major role in the team's success in both the regular and postseason, he averaged 18.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game and gave New York a go - to scoring threat off the bench when Carmelo Anthony was off the floor.

Tyler Max returned to score FORTY - ONE points on Sunday Night with many of them coming at the end of the Game to fight off # 2 Team Wong.

Walker's 15 - yard scoring run and a two - point conversion made it 21 - 21 with 10:47 left in the third quarter, but the Fighting Irish ran off four unanswered touchdowns to win handily.

Gaylord's eighth was only one point off the 118.25 second - place score of Koji Gushiken of Japan.

Ray Allen came off the bench to score nine points.

Denver scored 22 points in transition off fast breaks and exploited Portland's sloppy ball security.

Cory Joseph, Boris Diaw and Matt Bonner have taken on the scoring roles off the bench and have 10 combined points.

Would have been better off getting the 1 point kick, rather than putting all the eggs in hoping the defense gets a complete stop with no Patriots scoring.

In Game 2, Memphis held a 34 - 24 edge off the bench with Bayless scoring 18 points, which put Memphis in position to win the game.

In all honesty Arsenal played well we had very good position with loads of chances and 13 corner kicks how come we are so crappy at scoring corners???? We need to start scoring the chances we get from corners we could have easily beat southhampton by 4 goals but forster was good he got the 3 points off us MR wenger should go back to the drawing board as he has some options one of witch could the calling of welington silva or a reshuffle bring iwobi in elneny or new methods in tactics as in picking players and rehearse attacks strategy As for the referee I to felt done by him there was on particular foul on sanches that was not giving at the end we need to register our efforts and be clinical

Shane Battier was a key component in Miami's effort to space the floor and added 11 points off the bench to lead the Heat in scoring.

But Tuss's men confounded the experts right off as Brown scored a touchdown in the first period, after which Dave Mishel drop - kicked the extra point.

J.R. Smith added 26 points off the bench in a balanced effort that saw the bench score 46 points for the Knicks.

Wilt's snaky arms (see below) picked off 14 rebounds, blocked 10 shots and scored 20 points to help Levane's All - Stars outscore Red Auerbach - coached pros 85 - 61.

The Broncos boast one of the NFL's best defenses and, barring a significant drop - off in play, should still be able to score plenty of points thanks to Manning.

There's something about having that kind of weapon coming off the bench who can score a dozen points in the blink of an eye.