Sentences with phrase «score some points against»

In what follows I will not attempt to answer his arguments in detail, still less to score points against him; the matters we are concerned with are too difficult and too crucial to admit of such treatment; I shall therefore merely try to indicate where and why I still venture to differ from him.

Midgley is not hostile to religion and scores points against scientists and others who think that theology has not changed since the condemnation of Galileo.

Just so you know when I wrote «interesting» above I genuinely was interested in having a talk with you, there was no intention of malice or mischief or scoring points against you.

The Spartans have a top - 50 offense and should be able to score some points against a Fresno defense that is aggressive but prone to allowing a big play or two.

If people are desperate to find any angle to score points against Wenger then so be it.

A team for the Big Boys to score points against.

«Even when we hear good news about the economy, they're miserable — they'd rather it be bad, just to score points against us.»

The prime minister attempted to rebut the acting Liberal Democrat leader, who has acquired a reputation for scoring points against Mr Brown in their weekly exchange.

It would not be difficult to score points against the Catholic church here.

Yet when they had the chance to vote for it they found excuses not to — just to score points against us.

In the race for world domination, cockroaches have scored another point against Homo sapiens.

IN THE race for world domination, cockroaches have scored another point against Homo sapiens.

In this case, a story about a 25 - year veteran teacher's admirable efforts to teach his U.S. History AP students about the Iraq and Afghanistan wars is littered with pat phrases intended to score points against education reformers.

It comes with a microSD card slot, scoring points against the likes of the Motorola Xoom 2, which doesn't offer this feature.

He also spends some time trying to score points against the iPad, noting that it has full flash support as well as a larger, higher resolution screen with a 16:9 (1366 × 768) format instead of the iPad's 4:3 (1024 × 768).

So score another point against traditional publishing.

Can an individual investor score some points against the market?

In our current political environment, rule - making often seems little more than a way to score points against the rule makers» rival party.

For example, if only there was a 2v2 game mode like tennis or volleyball with the passing technique in use primarily to throw heads over the net and score points against your opponents.

Then there's Ring Shot, a surprisingly addictive mode where you must hit the ball through a set number of rings, with your collective ring shots only counting if you score the point against your rival.

The Passivhaus Standard does not have a list of items to score points against.

Nicely done in many regards, it scored some points against the anti-evolution crowd, and when it came to trying to explain why many Americans are repelled by evolution was way off base.

There is no better way to get off to a good start than to be the one person in court who knows where a certain part of the evidence is located and provide some timely assistance to the judge in directing him to a particular page especially when in doing so it means you start scoring points against the other side.

Not exact matches

The most common way to score a triple double in the NBA is through points, assists, and rebounds — like James managed to do (24 points with 12 assists and 10 rebounds) against the Pacers at Quicken Loans Arena.

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.

The best explanation is it's trying to score crass political points against the NDP.

While largely still on the defensive, another one of Murdoch's British papers, The Sun tabloid, scored one point Friday against former Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who had accused the paper of obtaining confidential medical files on his younger son, who has cystic fibrosis.

Merck & Co. just scored a point in its immuno - oncology rivalry against Bristol - Myers Squibb.

Our statements, however, are by no means antithetical, and we are not trying simply to score points for and against them.

«The Bishops of England and Wales appear to have scored a point in their mean - spirited campaign against Catholics who use the old Latin liturgy.

I think they often do this to score quick points against the other side by using emotive language.

And what point does James Barr score against the canonical method by telling us (in the text, not the notes) that Childs» indices are so poor that «the name of Karl Barth (or, indeed, my own) is cited in the text at numerous places which have been overlooked in the index»?

Melanie Philips, in The Daily Mail, pointed to the way in which «as so often, [the BBC] has given undue airtime to extremists, thus lending credence to the false impression of the Pope's remarks», and she criticised the way the BBC had claimed that the Pope had «apologised», rather than simply expressing regret for the misinterpretation of his comments, «thus helping Islamic extremists believe that the forces of intimidation had cowed the Pontiff and scored a notable victory in the war against Western civilisation».

While Carl E. Olson needs to rethink a few details in his revisionist account of the history of dispensationalist thought» including the role of Fuller Seminary» he does score some interesting points against the movement's popularizers.

The country's diet quality was given a rating of 61 on a 100 - point scale when assessed using the CSIRO Healthy Diet Score — a scientifically validated survey which assesses people's diet quality against the Australian Dietary Guidelines.

Brayden Point scored Tampa Bay's lone goal against Calgary, giving him 40 points (17g, 23a) this season, matching his total as a rookie last season.

Only Aston Villa and Besiktas have failed to score against us this season and that is costing us points.

Cincinnati's Bearcats tagged the same teams 77 - 63 and 84 - 69, with Jim Ard scoring 31 points against the Tigers and adding 21 more against the Eagles.

(Even with the way Michigan's defense was fading, scoring 41 points and averaging 5.9 yards per play is impressive against that unit.)

There's a red flag in the way the Hoosiers played when he was hurt — the Hoosiers scored just seven points with him out against Penn State in 2015 and averaged just 17.8 PPG when he missed the final six games of 2014.

Entering Sunday, no team scored more points than the Patriots while no team allowed fewer points than the Jets, so it was the classic matchup of an unstoppable force against an immovable object.

Their head coach, aka the offensive genius who couldn't figure out how to score a single point against the Titans in the 2nd half.

Ramsey must learn from that and Giroud needs to be sharper for the next game but to be fair Ramsey and Giroud scored against City plus Giroud popped up in am important position to provide Ramsey with a tap in for 3 points against Palace.

Silfverberg scored again in Game 1 against the Predators, which gives him 35 points over his past 35 playoff games dating back to 2015.

What's crazy about the ranieri sacking is the 2nd half against Sevilla vardy scored and they all started to click again, couldn't been a turning point for them.

Against France, America scored 220 points, or was it just 120?

Wilshere was Man - Of - The - Match against Slovenia, but his team - mate Danny Welbeck scored the two goals that made the points safe, and Arsenal's young striker is also keen to play again.

Sanogo is a case in point, he recently scored a hat trick playing for charlton against reading.

Harry Kane scored the only goal of the game early in the second half to secure all three points for Spurs at Wembley, and naturally it would have been a major disappointment for Arsenal supporters to lose against their bitter rivals.

Brett Hull's controversial foot - in - the - crease OT goal won the Cup for Dallas in Game 6 of the final against Buffalo, but Nieuwendyk got the Stars there by scoring a league - leading 11 goals, and 21 points, in 23 postseason games against Oilers, Blues, Avalanche and Sabres.