Sentences with phrase «staged battles with»

There's a certain charm in seeing the big lunk's ferociously staged battles with all manner of consonants and vowels, but even at just 75 minutes, getting through it proves a chore.

Taylor sits a point behind Van Barneveld following back - to - back wins, and the 16 - time World Champion is excited by what could be his final big - stage battle with Van Barneveld.

Not exact matches

One of the most trying times of my life happened six years ago when my mother lost her courageous battle with Stage IV colon and liver cancer six years ago in November.

But it's with great sadness that I announce to you today that my beloved husband has entered the final stages of his cancer that he has battled for 25 months.»

Detroit filed for bankruptcy on Thursday, setting the stage for a costly court battle with creditors and opening a new chapter in the long struggle to revive the cradle of America's auto industry.

Keystone has become a can't - lose battle for the environmental movement, with activists staging frequent protests against the pipeline and California billionaire Tom Steyer funding major advertising campaigns to move public opinion.

Since the late 1970s, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs wrote the future of computers with a battle between the Mac and the PC on the main stage.

Henry's divorce from his first wife, Catherine of Aragon, led the king to split with the Catholic Church and found his own church, the Church of England, which in turn set the stage for the English Reformation and for religious battles which lasted for centuries.

The final stage, by whatever name it is called, must include an awareness on the student's part that something has been accomplished — mastery of negative numbers or the route of march of the Greek mercenaries with Cyrus toward the battle of Cunaxa.

Another titanic battle on the cards with both sides needing a victory to qualify for the knockout stages.

As we head into the latter stages of the Premier League season with a title race yet to be completely decided, and a relegation battle ready to go right down to the wire, managers will be calling upon the fittest players in their respective squads to help them achieve their particular goal.

Our battle with City (can't be bothered to think of Leicester or Spuds as realistic competitors at this stage) will probably be down to who sustains the least injuries to key players — would say that it is a coin toss looking at each team's injury record / history.

Arsenal vs Liverpool kick - off the action in the early game where the battle for Champions League qualification takes centre stage, with the Reds almost certainly needing a victory to stay in the hunt.

LMP2 saw some frantic action in the early stages of the race but things eventually settled down and the G - Drive Oreca won, whilst the GTE - Pro category featured something of a battle royale, with the two AF Corse Ferraris spending most of the race up front, glued to each other's bumpers.

The North London and Merseyside derbies will take centre stage this weekend in a potentially decisive 48 hours of Premier League football, with the title race, the top four battle, and the relegation fight all set to take their next major twist.

Napoli, Sevilla Win Champions League Playoffs First Leg Battles Top names in European Football, Napoli, Sevilla along with Celtic are inching closer to secure their place in Champions League group stage following their first leg victories.

This season that fourth spot is being particularly fiercely contested, with several clubs still battling it out at the halfway stage.

Ever since I had the pleasure of meeting Kelly, a teenager who battled Stage IV cancer with unfailing bravery... [Read More...]

Assemblyman Frank Skartados, 62, a Democrat who has been representing a Hudson Valley district on and off since 2008, has died following a battle with metastasized stage IV pancreatic cancer, his office announced this morning.

Amy Paulin, an Assemblywoman from Westchester, is sponsoring a bill to allow what's become known as Aid in Dying, after the wrenching experience of her sister's battle with stage four ovarian cancer.

«Furthermore, the timing of this fictional and imaginary report is to halt or frustrate the sale of Tucano jets to Nigeria, at a time the Nigerian Government has reached advanced stages in actions over the contract with the United States Government for the purchase of 10 Tucano jets to assist the military battle terrorism in the country.

Some campaigners believe the tightening up of benefits for households with spare rooms could set the stage for 1980s - style battles between Westminster and town halls.

Now we don't only have a child - like battle between two longstanding politicians that frankly belongs in the playground with one refusing to hand back the metaphorical football unless the other apologises — but the questionable standing of Lib Dem party rules once again takes centre stage in the public eye, and it's not going to go away any time soon if this really does end up in the Courts.

The British National party (BNP) faced the next stage in an ongoing legal battle with the equality watchdog at the high court today.

«Stage set for Greg Steube - Julio Gonzalez primary fight» via the News Service of Florida — State Rep. Gonzalez qualified to run for an open congressional seat, setting up a Republican primary battle with state Sen. Steube, who in Florida's 17th Congressional District, which became open when U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney announced he would not seek re-election.

-- CHALLENGING THE I.D.C.: Before Teachout took center stage, the biggest expected battle on primary night was a series of challenges to senators from the I.D.C., a five - member group that broke with their partymates to ally with Republicans in 2012, thereby denying Democrats control of the state's upper chamber over the last two years.

With a brutal battle raging for the future of the Conservative party, and the vast majority of Labour's MPs united over Europe, the early stages of the referendum campaign brought temporary relief from the relentless rumours about party coups, splits and leadership challenges.

Dreamers set the stage for what is possible, they paint a picture of an ideal life, and, for some this creates fear as they battle with their own lost hopes and desires.

In her twenties, she was diagnosed with advanced stage cervical cancer, but Nadine won the battle and her dream of becoming a mum came true.

As I went through varying stages of self - sabotage, self - acceptance, and frustrating battles with deeply ingrained habits... I started really questioning and challenging myself, and my mindset.

But if you are looking for a light - weight balm free of lots of the bad chemicals found in other product lines, that sets the stage for your makeup and does battle with under eye dark circles, you may have found your new favorite beauty product in Algenist Complete Eye Renewal Balm.

The climactic battle between the forces of Voldemort and Harry and his loyal followers is vividly staged, with flourishes that command our attention, even after seven previous movies full of impressive visual effects.

Naruto comes back to Wii in a videogame with an original story, new characters, more stages and a battle experience so exciting as ever.

Even though some stages (like the penultimate aerial battle) felt like they lasted forever and ever, Dark Void is a pretty short game with an anticlimactic ending that does little more than set up a sequel.

Clash of Ninja Revolution 2 features destructible stages and four - player multiplayer battles, along with gameplay modes and characters not yet seen on the Clash of Ninja series.

Told with courageous humor and unflinching candor, cancerpants tells the story of spirited and self - aware 36 - year - old Austinite Rochelle «Ro» Poulson's battle to stay strong after an unexpected diagnosis of stage III breast cancer.

On his latest visit, Alex pleads with Tony to have the rest of the family visit him, admitting that he's in the final stages of his battle with AIDS.

However you play, the button - mashing combat proves crushingly simplistic and repetitive, and moving around the stages is awkward and disorienting, with a dizzying camera that makes Battle of Z a pretty ideal motion - sickness simulator.

Game modes include Story mode which follows Kid Goku from the Red Ribbon Saga to the King Piccolo Saga with the ability to replay previously completed stages, and the unlockable VS mode where players can take different unlocked characters into battle.

The animated set pieces are technically flawless, with Yuh staging eye - busting battle scenes that employ rousing feats of flight and fist from the animal heroes, but also smuggles in plenty of physical comedy, again tracking Po as he bounces all over China, leaving a trail of destruction behind him.

Despite the usual strained stabs at topical social significance, Frakes maintains a brisk pace, staging the battle scenes with panache and undercutting the absurd techno gibberish with crass but leavening humour.

By Sean O'Connell Hollywoodnews.com: Hollywood stage and screen legend Patricia Neal died on Sunday following a battle with lung cancer.

Of course, if his films are any evidence, von Trier has been orbiting Planet Melancholia for a while now, even before his widely reported battle with clinical depression, and so it's little surprise that the main characters in Melancholia enter the stage with an existential weight on their shoulders that has little, if anything, to do with the world's imminent demise.

At the time of playing, the game features four worlds / zones: Green Hill, Desert Ruins, Lava Mountain and Sky Sanctuary — each with 10 levels, plus a boss battle and bonus stages — which are unlocked through pickups during levels.

With the help of second unit director Yakima Canutt, the legendary stunt man and stunt coordinator who helmed the chariot race on Ben - Hur, Mann stages his own chariot battle, this one through the German forests where Commodus and Livius careen down a winding path and tip precariously on the edge of a cliff.

With interesting terrain, stage design, and enemy placement, each battle feels fresh, and adding layers with each fight of the first world adds a satisfying feeling of progression from tutorials to trials and tribulatiWith interesting terrain, stage design, and enemy placement, each battle feels fresh, and adding layers with each fight of the first world adds a satisfying feeling of progression from tutorials to trials and tribulatiwith each fight of the first world adds a satisfying feeling of progression from tutorials to trials and tribulations.

Guilt Battle Arena features seven game modes in local multiplayer Versus where up to four players are pit against each other as they engage in combat through wacky stages and gameplay modes, including capture the flag with cannons or hot potato with a bomb!

We know, Marvel Studios had a couple of climactic battles to stage first, along with the end of a fictional world.

The AI also bugs out with the villains on occasion, with cutscenes either being slow to trigger or boss battles not entering their next stage at all for some reason.

Earlier in the week, Nintendo had a huge reveal on Ubisoft's stage with Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle.