Sentences with phrase «severe blow»

Widespread skepticism which dealt severe blows to the Church in Europe undercut religious conviction and slowed down the propagation of the faith.

This is an awesome coup for the company, as it is the largest source of digital data for lending in the world, yet it has suffered severe blows at the hands of the Big Six publishers recently.

The two important Churches of Alexandria and of Carthage received severe blows.

Governments in democratically elected countries risk severe blow - back when they implement measures that overstep their boundaries.

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But the most severe blow to the post was the revelation that, after considerable government effort to keep it a secret, Lord Goldsmith had changed his legal advice to the government about the legality of the impending war with Iraq.

We saw the opponent's helmet get knocked off after several severe blows, leaving him open to taking more damage from attacks to that area.

People who suffer severe blows to the head, or a stroke, appear much more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease — a new study suggests why.

Governments in democratically elected countries risk severe blow - back when they implement measures that overstep their boundaries.

CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a progressive degenerative disease caused by a severe blow or repeated blows to the head) can result from impacts that don't even reach the concussion level.

Being linked to a high - profile and politically charged investigation has dealt a severe blow to Caputo's career and personal life as well, he said.

But some observers expect Russia's strongest efforts may be reserved for Serbia, which has close cultural and religious bonds with Moscow — and whose membership in NATO or the European Union would be seen by the Kremlin as a severe blow.

So how do we explain the valuation jump, particularly given that 23andme last year was dealt a severe blow when the FDA said it could no longer market its personalized DNA testing kit to U.S. consumers (Update: The restriction is specific to marketing health reports to U.S. consumers, whereas ancestry and raw uninterpreted genetic data reports were unaffected.)

U.S. President Donald Trump has called the 2015 Iran pact one of the worst agreements ever negotiated and will decide by May 12 whether to restore U.S. economic sanctions on Tehran, which would be a severe blow to the pact.

And then the Supreme Court of Canada dealt him a severe blow in 2011, when it ruled his plan overstepped federal jurisdiction.

It was a severe blow to NASA, the third cargo mission to fail in eight months.The accident happened about 2 1/2 minutes into the...

This threat could be a severe blow to Canada.

U.S. President Donald Trump will decide by May 12 whether to restore U.S. economic sanctions on Tehran, which would be a severe blow to the 2015 pact between Iran and six major powers.

First, the indemnity payments offered by the government may not be enough to avoid companies from generating zero to negative EBIDTA, to offset investment and asset impairments, and ultimately to generate enough cash for future investments and net income to continue paying dividends (which would be a severe blow particularly to preferred shareholders).

After months of breakneck development, the ICO sector received a severe blow this Monday when Chinese authorities announced a ban on all related fundraising activities, citing possible financial scam and massive fraud.

The Balkan wars, the invasion of Tripoli, and the dismemberment of Turkey after the first World War, however, dealt a severe blow to the concept of British — Muslim cooperation envisaged by Sir Sayyid.

It is possible, of course, that Master P'ang had suffered a severe blow on the head the week before, and ever since had been confusing categories like marvelous and ordinary, wondrous and commonplace.

It said in a statement: «The cessation of GSP plus status will cause a severe blow to the sinking economy of the country and will not be able to compete with local competitors like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.»

Papal authority, having already suffered a severe blow from the Protestant Reformation, now took the opportunity to condemn the fruits of the Enlightenment.

It is possible, of course, that Master P'ang had suffered a severe blow on the head the week before, and ever since had been confusing categories like marvelous and ordinary, wondrous and...

Though ecumenical relations have suffered a severe blow under his leadership, he is superbly successful as a diocesan bishop.

Whether or not this be efficient causation and mechanistic determinism (TSZ 237), Lord Chance has been dealt a severe blow.

On the Continent of Europe the French Revolution and the wars which accompanied and followed it dealt the Church, and especially the Roman Catholic Church, severe blows.

This proved a severe blow to missions in several regions.

These potential deals could come as a particularly severe blow to Liverpool, who are said to have been tracking both players.

Arsene Wenger described it as a «severe blow» to the team.

Unfortunately for us it's a severe blow because we don't have Mohamed Elneny at the moment, and now we don't have Xhaka on top of that.»

The chances of Arsenal signing him in the summer, however, have just taken a severe blow, with The Mirror reporting that the 23 - year old has just signed a new contract with his current club and the new deal has also seen his release clause rise from around # 29 million to around # 35 million.

The news is a severe blow to Luiz Felipe Scolari, who is already struggling for attacking options with his other three forwards Hulk, Oscar and Fred all struggling for form and coming in for criticism from facets of the press.

Of course, they're not without firepower in his absence — Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe are really good forwards — but losing their best player will still be a severe blow.

Arsenal's Premier League title hopes were dealt a severe blow courtesy of a 2 - 1 defeat at the hands of Swansea City.

Given how important the former Juventus star is to the Red Devils, the news came as a severe blow to many fans.

With a very tough line up of fixtures coming up, this defeat is a severe blow to Van Gaal and United's confidence and chances of qualifying for the Champions League.

REPORT Arsenal's Premier League title hopes were dealt a severe blow courtesy of a 2 - 1 defeat at the hands of Swansea City.

Having just started out in a good job and about to get married, the diagnosis was a severe blow.

It means David Cameron's prospects of winning an overall majority in 2015 have suffered a severe blow, as the reduction of the size of the Commons from 650 to 600 MPs would have handed the Tories an advantage of around 20 seats.

If the government is defeated in parliament on a key issue such as effectively staying in the Customs a Union Brexit would be dealt a severe blow.

Many in labor circles fear the Supreme Court will endorse this view, dealing a severe blow to union coffers if partial fee payers win the right to opt out of union membership entirely.

Losing that common touch would be a severe blow to her authenticity.

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner has warned that a default would deal a severe blow to the economy.

The government's claim to be the «greenest ever» has been dealt a severe blow, the Public and Commercial Services union says, as staff in an agency tasked with improving the rural environment have been served with compulsory redundancy notices.

«The Local Government Association (LGA) has been dealt a severe blow to its finances in the Budget, with the news its funds will be slashed by # 2.2 m in less than two weeks» time.