Sentences with phrase «spanner in the works at»

I hammer AW for his team selection based on favoritism which is throwin the spanner in our works at the moment.

We can certainly do without «celebs «throwing Thier personal spanner in the works at a crucial time like this.

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«Lower oil prices are a serious spanner in the works for the Canadian economy,» said Douglas Porter, chief economist at BMO Capital Markets in Toronto.

Now another spanner has been thrown in the works as according to paddock rumours at Spa this weekend, Williams has offered him a seat for next year.

What better timing for Mourinho to put a spanner in the works and try to put Ozil off ahead of the big game, and annoy Arsene at the same time?

Maybe he likes to upset the equilibrium of the team just to show how good he is at scraping through even though he puts the spanner in the works himself?

The 66 - year old is not trying to throw a spanner in the works of Gonzalo Higuain's future at the same time, but he is not going to let the striker leave for a pittance either.

The United thumping has thrown a spanner in the works, though, but considering Blackburn have lost just twice at home in the league all season, including back - to - back wins over Wigan and Aston Villa preceding this fixture, I'm sure the home faithful will keep the faith.

But Mourinho, whose United take on Hull in the first - leg of the EFL Cup semi-final at Old Trafford on Tuesday, is determined to put a spanner in his great rival's works.

The Porsche Boxster GTS retains the same 3.4 - liter flat - six boxer engine used in the present Boxster S. However, Porsche has thrown the spanner in the works and eked out 15 extra hp to take the total to 330 hp at 6,700 rpm.

However, Porsche has thrown the spanner in the works and eked out 15 extra hp to take the total to 330 hp at 6,700 rpm.

A Wi - Fi only model, GT - P1010, has shown up at the FCC and, with many people bemoaning the rather expensive price - tag of the 7 - incher, it might throw a bit of a spanner in the works of the big launch as wannabe SamTab owners hold off for a cheaper option.

For a while it looked like a decent outcome was possible, but then VXGN threw a spanner in the works, striking an appalling deal with OXGN at a discount to VXGN's $ 0.70 close the prior day.

While not every strategy works, Guerrilla has thrown a few options at players, and the spanners in the works to tempt us to use them; it's cleverly designed and almost works.

Now scientists at Australia's Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have thrown another spanner in the works.

Some might criticise the company for not keeping enough stocks in hand (as we pointed out, the quick sales of the Mi 3 were a bit of a double - edged sword, leaving many disappointed at not getting a unit), others might accuse them of dumping an old device on Indian consumers and then arbitrarily stopping its sales, still others might criticise their «flash sale» method of selling devices, but the one thing that can not be denied is the fact that Xiaomi did pretty much throw a spanner in the works of established high - end Android players by offering excellent hardware at a staggeringly low price in the Mi 3.

All you want is a little extra space for the bespoke kitchen extension of your dreams (hmmm make that a small conservatory, too, while you're at it) and then those pesky council people go and put a spanner in the works...