Sentences with phrase «standard of our opposition»

Also, the standard of our opposition has been rising steadily and losses will occur.

The article adds Neymar has explained he made a mistake in leaving the club, was wrong to want independence from Lionel Messi and has been disappointed by the standard of opposition in Ligue 1.

Zinedine Zidane reckons Gerard Pique is free to say what comes in his mind, but, winning while you are touring around the continent is itself a challenge, let alone the standard of the opposition you get to play.

Next up is the lifeblood of this site — looking at the standard of opposition that the players perform against.

It can be argued that the crowds were so good because we were winning regularly, but that argument is easily countered by our current home form, six wins on the bounce the best run since the early days of SImon Grayson's time at the helm, and against a higher standard of opposition.

In Racing's case, though, the standard of the opposition looks higher, but the Argentines will still consider themselves to be the favourites.

In a week where the supposed big English clubs have struggled in Europe against similar standard of opposition, it's good to see Liverpool showing the rest how it's done.

It could very well be standard of opposition, but even so, it looks to be an improvement of sorts.

Not exact matches

Pundits have been predicting an implosion of the PC edifice since Don Getty's day, but barring the emergence of a widely popular and inclusive opposition party with a visionary leader (if you haven't guessed by now, Wildrose doesn't meet that standard) the PCs will stay in power.

When United Conservative Party Leader, Jason Kenney prepared to set a new standard for the Official Opposition in the Legislature, he did so with the intent of representing Albertans with dignity and respect.

The pattern of development from the limited to a goal that is unbounded and envisaged in an infinite future also can be seen in Peirce's rejection, in «Some Consequences of Four Incapacities,» of Cartesian philosophy, particularly in his opposition to what he took to be the standard of subjectivity (5.263 - 317).

In the dispute over «speech codes» on campuses, to take but one example, there was the irony of conservatives, in their opposition to such codes, sounding like moral libertarians, while liberals were determined to impose moral standards.

Ultimate inevitable result is that the team achieves a pretty good standard not a pretty great one and we are just edged out of the game by a good opposition performance.

Gervinho — Roma's star man last year has had a slow start by his standards, after his Serie A debut season involved him bagging 9 goals and assisting another 10 goals, the Ivorian has only scored 1 goal and assisted 3 so far this season, while the stats don't reflect his ability, Gervinho has had a lot of focus on him from opposition defenders this year, but is still Roma's # 1 threat.

Difficult countries to play in though the opposition on both occasions were of a below - average standard.

You could say that this was the biggest development since anesthesia, but it had to overcome professionally entrenched opposition to become the standard of care it is today.»

Jessica Donze Black of the Kids» Safe and Healthful Foods Project, says the opposition voices are drawing attention away from districts that like the new standards, which could negatively impact the NSLP.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture will delay issuing nutrition standards for competitive foods: When the USDA issued nutrition standards for school meals in January 2012, the rules elicited unexpected levels of opposition.

«Also obvious to Nigerians now is the use of the fight against corruption as means of settling scores with perceived enemies as is the case with key PDP leaders including its Spokesman, an action that is ostensibly aimed at silencing the opposition from looking in and exposing the incompetence, and the double standard of the administration.

The onset of a long period in opposition for social democratic standard - bearers such as Labour in Britain and the SPD in Germany, coupled with continuing slow growth, high unemployment and falling unionisation, led the parties of the Socialist International into a comprehensive accommodation with neo-liberalism — albeit one wrapped in soothing social market rhetoric and homeopathic concessions at the margins.

Trump may try to enact tariffs in the name of jobs, security, or unequal regulatory standards across nations, but it is not clear how he can create such specific trade measures, without harming a broader swathe of companies that export to the U.S. Finally, on December 5, a number of House Republicans publicly expressed opposition to such tariffs.

The move is a renaming of the Stop Common Core ballot line, which Astorino and Republicans last year formed to highlight their opposition to the controversial education standards.

UFT President Mike Mulgrew has some advice for the next mayor of NYC on how to deal with the opposition to the Common Core standards.

With her opponent Damian Green still undergoing a Cabinet Office probe into alleged inappropriate behaviour, Thornberry appeared to go for the jugular when she asked: «Is he happy to be held to the same standards in government that he required of others while he was in opposition?»

However, opposition politicians accused the organisation of double standards on the issue.

I'm aware of the moral implications of accepting such a role and how the opposition can feel they won't receive fair treatment when being reported on within the Evening Standard (as noted in the article).

«The NPP prepared itself in opposition to improve living standards of the poor citizenry before coming into government and we are expected to chalk these successes within three months in office», he posited.

«We can't simply say to the public you were wrong... We're not going to do blanket opposition because we've heard all around the country that whilst people have got concerns, particularly about the standard of living for low income families in work, they don't want just... blanket opposition to what the government are proposing on welfare.»

The standard - bearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, is being blamed for the turbulence and infighting within Ghana's largest opposition party.

«I have heard how people will fight for what is now the standard array of goals that progressives, liberals, and Democrats want, but not how they will also listen to their opposition to hear their perspective, how they will try to work better with them, or how different perspectives are just as valid as their own,» Comegys said via email.

Visconti, a former Congressional candidate in the 1st District, also has led opposition to the statewide implementation of the Common Core Education standards.

King earlier said he believed much of the opposition stemmed from the newness of a systematic evaluation plan and the Common Core standards.

Teachout's opposition puts her at odds not only with Cuomo, but also with President Obama, whose administration has pushed the standards, and her complaints echo the objections of right - leaning Republican groups who have decried the new standards.

The diametric opposition of the standards you seem to wish to see imposed in its aftermath does not serve the interest of peace: it reeks of hypocrisy.

Giambra, a former Democrat who failed to garner much traction with Republican and Conservative Party leaders in the state, left open the possibility of running on the Reform Party ballot line, created in 2014 by then - GOP nominee Rob Astorino out of opposition to the Common Core education standards.

His standard rhetorical technique when talking about Her Majesty's Opposition is the finger - jab of doom, a gesture of condemnation which was again and again inflicted on Labour like some sort of ultimate weapon.

But the candidates also found areas of agreement: their opposition to the Common Core education standards, giving school property tax credits to veterans and establishing term limits for state lawmakers.

On Tuesday, after he announced the petition campaign, Astorino rejected the premise that his opposition to the Common Core was related to a national movement of Conservatives and Tea Party leaders against the standards.

Hawkins» opposition to Common Core and Race to the Top, as well as his platform to fully fund schools in an equitable manner has caught the attention of teachers and parents around the state who are distressed about the state of their schools due to high stakes testing, unworkable and narrow standards and a lack of funding.

Expressed opposition last year to national standards for education, but said he supports efforts to emphasize STEM education, saying, «These technical skills are the infrastructure of innovation.

Steve Case, a biologist at the University of Kansas and the head of the committee that wrote the new standards, doesn't expect that opposition to evolution will subside any time soon.

Parents are reacting to a comment made by Arne Duncan that some of the opposition to Common Core standards comes from white suburban moms who are upset that their children are not doing well on the new common core - aligned tests.

Nonetheless, a separate poll conducted by Achieve found that a minority of voters — 28 percent — express opposition to the standards, and there have been attempts to scuttle or reverse adoption of the standards.

Opposition to the Common Core partly reflects a tainted brand name rather than antagonism to the concept of shared state standards.

Teachers are split, but probably more because of accountability anxieties than opposition to rigorous academic standards for kids.

Secretary Duncan, in trying to belittle their maternal opposition, went on to say that these moms oppose the higher standards because «all of a sudden their child isn't as brilliant as they thought they were, and their school isn't quite as good as they thought they were.»

The opposition leader said that the proposals were a «poor attempt» by the conservative government to «duck their record» on education, which he said had «seen classes grow to the largest in Europe, teachers flocking to leave the profession as pay and conditions stagnate and a raft of corruption scandals at unaccountable Tory academies that have failed to deliver the promised improvements in standards».

Schwartz says opposition within the education community mainly centers on implementation of the new standards, and the pressure on teachers.

«The extraordinary demands of educating disadvantaged students to higher standards, the challenges of attracting the talent required to do that work, the burden of finding and financing facilities, and often aggressive opposition from the traditional public education system have made the trifecta of scale, quality, and financial sustainability hard to hit,» concludes the report, «Growing Pains: Scaling Up the Nation's Best Charter Schools.»

But this morning, while reading a new account of supposedly mounting state - level opposition, it hit me: at least for the moment, the common element of recent Common Core news is the resilience of the standards themselves.