Sentences with phrase «sparring partner in»

These found a natural sparring partner in MacConnel's hard - edged geometries.

For instance, defence tactics sees the player attempting to block head and body shots from a sparring partner in which you must reduce your opponent's landed shots to less than 5 within 30 seconds, while range striking tasks you to hit your sparring partner inside the designated range to accumulate 300 points within 1 minute.

Jessica Chastain (Oscar - nominated for her role in THE HELP) and Joel Edgerton (Tom Hardy's sparring partner in WARRIOR) have reportedly signed up for a double - feature film project, chronicling the disappearance of a woman from two different perspectives.

He steals the scene (and our list) as a genteel verbal sparring partner in Hail, Caesar!

Jessica Chastain (Oscar - nominated for her role in THE HELP) and Joel Edgerton (Tom Hardy's sparring partner in WARRIOR) have...

Once settled in Geneva, he acquired a new sparring partner in Josef Jauch.

Ghanaian boxer Bukom Banku may be looking forward to a fight against Samir Bastie, but hasn't wasted any time in finding a sparring partner in fellow comedian Lilwin.

Ms Harman had the perfect sparring partner in the form of PMQs veteran William Hague, who continues to stand in for David Cameron despite his palpable lack of deputy status.

And our exclusive NY1 / Baruch College poll finds that this summer hasn't been particularly good for Mayor Bill de Blasio's approval ratings, especially compared to his frequent sparring partner in Albany.

He was murdering all the sparring partners in camp except me.

Not exact matches

But second, and I think it's very important in the case of Trump, I think I selected the right sparring [partner].

We're placing more expectations on our relationships than ever before — we want our partner to be our best friend, our lover, our intellectual sparring partner, maybe our co-parent — while simultaneously investing less time and energy in the relationship.

Honestly, a man of your intellectual stature and prowess in logic needs a sparring partner with whom you are more evenly matched.

In Why We're Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be), Kevin DeYoung, the senior pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, and Ted Kluck, a sportswriter who has written for ESPN, are quick to admit that they «don't think of our emergent sparring partners as «the bad guyIn Why We're Not Emergent (By Two Guys Who Should Be), Kevin DeYoung, the senior pastor at University Reformed Church in East Lansing, and Ted Kluck, a sportswriter who has written for ESPN, are quick to admit that they «don't think of our emergent sparring partners as «the bad guyin East Lansing, and Ted Kluck, a sportswriter who has written for ESPN, are quick to admit that they «don't think of our emergent sparring partners as «the bad guys.

Canada's Saputo is set to line up against old sparring partner Murray Goulburn and other milk processors in United Dairy Power auction.

On the other side of the fight is an old sparring partner, Michael Moore, who was an independent but also health minister in Carnell's government.

Inside the ring, Carbajal, the little man of La Mancha, the newly acclaimed Manitas de Piedra («Little Hands of Stone»), is steadfastly belaboring sparring partner Abner Barrajas as club members in racquetball attire cheer him.

While often the black boys unload freight or work on the docks during the day, then spend long dreary hours in the gym at night, the white fighter is «romanced» — no job, no fights over his head, the best equipment, expensive sparring partners.

As a fitness test on Oct. 13 in Reno, where Holyfield trained before moving his camp to Las Vegas, the 28 - year - old Holyfield was put through a grueling 12 - round session against three sparring partners.

Another sparring partner, Eddie Richardson, had been sent home after twice being knocked out by Holyfield in earlier sessions.

Henry Dean, a former England international and sparring partner of Percy's, was instrumental in the Dark Blues record of 16 consecutive victories over their Cambridge counterparts during the 1980s and 1990s.

With no qualifiers to play, hosts Russia have been desperately looking for sparring partners to prepare for the 2018 World Cup — even playing a friendly against club side Dynamo Moscow in September 2017.

We're placing more expectations on our relationships than ever before — we want our partner to be our best friend, our lover, our intellectual sparring partner, maybe our co-parent — while simultaneously investing less time and energy in the relationship.

Nixon is best known for her role as Miranda Hobbes, a lawyer in HBO's «Sex & the City,» but has also been involved in New York politics in recent years, calling for more funding of public education and stumping for Cuomo's frequent public sparring partner, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

The senator notably made a video in which he and his frequent sparring partner Liz Krueger smoked a joint and reenacted the love scene from «Lady and the Tramp.»

Even as he made a concession to one of his longtime sparring partners — public sector employees — Cuomo took a jab at his main rival in the state Democratic Party: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Even as he made a concession to one of his longtime sparring partners — public sector employees — Mr. Cuomo took a jab at his main rival in the state Democratic Party: Mayor Bill de Blasio.

But Osborne has already appeared alongside another of his former sparring partners, ex-shadow chancellor Ed Balls, to campaign for remain, with Balls arguing that the issues at stake in the 23 June referendum mean party politics should be put aside.

Balls said he respected Osborne, his old Commons sparring partner, for facing down the Eurosceptics in his own party, comparing it to his own decision to refuse to back joining the euro when Labour was in government.

Steven Weinberg, who shared the Nobel with Salam in 1979, is a regular sparring partner.

Best buddies and sparring partners, Vince (Woody Harrelson) and Cesar (Antonio Banderas) are a pair of worn - out, over-the-hill prizefighters who jump at one last chance to work in the big time.

Like a lot of adolescent protagonists in modern coming - of - age films, Christine talks too often and too blithely, but Marion is a formidable sparring partner: «How did I raise such a snob?»

You start the run up to each fight by signing up to a gym that specialises in a specific fighting discipline, and can then choose to train and improve your attributes, learn new moves and perks, spar with a training partner who's emulating your upcoming opponent, or promote your next fight to drum up hype and attract more fans to your brand.

And in one of the variously skilled ways that the film folds recognisable tensions into its forever - evolving highwire act, continual mileage arises from the sparring match between Kevin (Lamorne Morris) and his partner Michelle (Kylie Bunbury), who lets slip that she once slept with a celebrity but won't reveal who.The circle widens out to include not just some notably impolite baddies who seem to be liking the game a bit too much but a hilariously weird next - door neighbour (Jesse Plemons, pictured above) who doesn't take to the notion that the game might be happening without him.

But the film never loses sight of the significance of Ali's command of the media, particularly in scenes between Ali and Cosell, the old «strange looking white man» who becomes the boxer's on - air verbal sparring partner and off - screen confidante.

But rest assured that if I invite in any other sparring partners over the course of this exercise, I will take care to choose ones who are substantially less persuasive.

Composite of Elizabeth Banks as «Gail» with John Michael Higgins as her sparring partner «John» in the three Pitch Perfect films.

There's a mysterious unseen crime boss proposing a big payout to two assassins, a concerned Simon Pegg serving mostly as Robbie's sparring partner, and, uhh, Mike Myers lurking in subway stations and basements.

When friends stage a conversation to make him believe his frequent verbal sparring partner Beatrice (Amy Acker) loves him deeply, Denisof goes full - tilt slapstick, tripping over himself and making pathetic attempts to hide in order to overhear every sweet word.

It's the older, top - billed leads who manage the heavy lifting: Though she's encumbered somewhat by her French accent, Mirren is superb at both projecting an air of hauteur and expressing the vulnerability beneath it, and she brings out a similar mix of pride and feeling in Puri's Papa, an excellent sparring partner whose stubbornness and drive to succeed never come at the expense of his love for his family.

After delivering the debt collection papers to the financier, Smith encounters the man's two daughters, Flora and Tabitha Lovell, the former a novel - reading romantic belle of the ball, the latter a quick - witted troublemaker in whom Smith finds an appealing verbal sparring partner.

Elsewhere, every skill challenge has three difficulty levels including normal, hard and pro in which the player has to increase the quality of their performance such as blocking more shots or striking the sparring partner on more occasions to accumulate a lower or higher points quantity depending on defence or offence related skill challenges.

In Street Fighter 5, Ken has a new hairdo and a new style that pushes him ever farther along the opposite end of the spectrum to his long - standing sparring partner.

Old habits die hard in gaming it seems, as former Xbox boss Peter Moore couldn't resist taking a swipe at one old sparring partner this week, expressing dismay at the ongoing delay of Sony's Home service for PlayStation 3.

The Z Fighters are training for the Cell Games and the player must choose a sparring partner for his or her character: Goku or one of the other playable characters in the mode.

This game is fun as hell, the exhibition mode is fun (with friends), classic fights are a good way to get someone who wasn't into MMA interested in it (e.g. me) Career mode is fun but the problem is that you don't age is kinda dumb to be honest, you're «CRED» has no real purpose other than to get you new equipment, sponsors, sparring partners and opportunities to increase your «CRED» the controls are confusing to someone who's never played a game like this A.K.A me but I'll give it credit for innovation, you can go to training camps which upgrade you're striking and grappling which gives you new moves, their is a few exploits in the game No. 1 if you manage to get all the sponsors you can use them in create a fighter (which by the way has a decent enough amount of options) you can put all of the sponors that give the most cred and get everything easily and I mean everything No. 2 when you go to a training camp all you have to do is watch two demonstrations by the camp fighter and you have full stamina No. 3 any fighter you can beat within a minute of the first round you can beat a few times and shoot up the ranks, the music is good but you'll soon get sick of it and turn it off cause it repeats itself soo often, they didn't add intro walks, music and cage entries which would've made you feel more like an actual UFC fighter, but overall its a fun game but there's a few missed opportunities and not many fighting styles to choose from but rent it if you are curious about the game.

According to clients, Fabio Trevisan has an «in - depth knowledge of complex transactions, a large degree of commercial awareness, a great network and is an excellent sparring partner.»

Florida solo Georges spars with Mac - user Ben Stevens, partner in Stevens - MacPhail in Spartanburg, S.C., and author of the blog The Mac Lawyer, over which system is better for the legal community.

Dr Welp has been behind reducing external legal expenditure by more than 60 % while building an internal legal department, an experience which taught her the importance of presenting legal risks and cases as a business case: «For lawyers it's key in order to be seen as a sparring partner and adviser to the management to talk their language and connect your goals to theirs».

The path of yoga teaches us that we are responsible for our own energy no matter the circumstances (in this case, a triggering sparring partner).