Sentences with phrase «straight fight between»

The global warming argument seemed a straight fight between the scientific case to act and the economic case not to.

«It came down to a straight fight between the # 62 Ferrari, # 66 Ford and us for the win.

With Audi gone from the series it was a straight fight between Porsche and Toyota.

Angela Eagle tonight withdrew from the Labour leadership race - setting up a straight fight between Owen Smith and Jeremy Corbyn.

With opinion polls at the weekend giving the Tories up to 33 % support in Scotland, far outstripping Labour's support, Sturgeon told STUC delegates the election contest north of the border was a straight fight between the SNP and Conservatives.

In a straight fight between an embarassingly over-confident SNP and Labour, third party votes were always going to be squeezed.

This is supposed to be a straight fight between the two parties but Ukip seems to be doing better than expected, especially in the Old Town ward, traditionally a Labour stronghold in the centre of Swindon.

Six aspirants are vying for the National Youth Organiser position, namely Mr Dominic Eduah, Nana Bediako, Nana Boakye (Nana B), and Kamal Deen Abdulai; while the National Women Organiser slot will be a straight fight between Kate Gyamfua and Joyce Konokie Zemparie.

If this election were a straight fight between Labour and the Conservatives — which it absolutely is not — the country would be safer in the hands of Labour than of the Tories.

Each candidate is then assessed on how many of their challengers they beat under what is known as «pair-wise majority rule» - that is, a straight fight between the two for a majority.

The National Women's Organiser slot left behind by Gender, Children and Social Protection Minister Otiko Afisa Djaba will be a straight fight between Kate Gyamfua and Joyce Konokie Zemparie.

The race had been expected to be a straight fight between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives — but James's quiet perseverance and assured campaigning struck a chord, running the Lib Dems close and pushing the Tories into a low third.

It could end up being a straight fight between Butland and Pickford to start in Russia if they continue to impress.

They're all different types of midfielders and if you had a particular style in mind it's not like it would be a straight fight between these four for a starting role.

Gone are the days where the Premier League title was a straight fight between the Blues and the Red Devils.

Bookmakers still believe it is a straight fight between Arsenal and Manchester City — indeed SkyBet list them both at 11/10 to have Sanchez next season.

Overnight, Jack was claimed to have agreed a deal to join Crystal Palace on a season - long loan, but when the clubs got to work this morning, it was supposedly a straight fight between Bournemouth and the Eagles.

The end of the 1989 Indy 500 was a straight fight between Emerson Fittipaldi and Al Unser Jr. as both battled hard for their first win at the brickyard.

Danny Ings will play his last game for the Clarets on Sunday and it looks a straight fight between Liverpool and Spurs to capture the striker's signature this summer.»

But United have just signed Memphis Depay in that position and they already have Di Maria, Januazaj, Mata and Young, so you would think it was a straight fight between us and Liverpool.

Most pundits are still assuming that Leicester will drop away from the top of the Premier League table, and at this moment everyone (including the bookies) is assuming it is going to be a straight fight between Arsenal and Manchester City, so our win yesterday against our main rivals was a timely reminder of our intentions this season.

At first I thought he was talking about Semi Ajayi, who has trained with the first team occasionally this season, but then we find out that Wenger has brought back Francis Coquelin back from his loan at Charlton, so now it looks like a straight fight between Bellerin and Coquelin.

R / W should be a straight fight between Theo / Ox.

Not exact matches

Allow us to say it straight: Money fights between couples are rarely about money.

To be perfectly honest, in a straight financial fight between the two clubs, Arsenal would always lose out to the free spending French club, who seem to have got away with riding roughshod over the Financial Fair Play rules that Wenger hoped would give the Gunners a much better standing in the transfer market.

It'll be a straight fight in LMP1 this year between the Porsche 919 Hybrid and the Toyota TS050.

I'm sure when I went back to med school and would pump while gulping down my lunch in between surgeries or at 3 am before going in to work, my milk was just straight poison from my «fight or flight» hormones.

The fight now looks to be a straight race between the Miliband brothers after Ed Miliband secured the backing of three of the four largest unions, Unite, Unison and the GMB.

The former Ukip leader predicted that the contest in the current election in South Thanet - where Mackinlay is again standing as the Conservative candidate - would now become a «straight fight» between Ukip and Labour.

This year most people consider the battle for the Best Directing Oscar to be a straight out fight between Steven Spielberg for «Lincoln», David O'Russell for «Silver Linings Playbook» and Ang Lee for «Life of Pi».

A fight scene begins with a boy on a bike leading us into the tableau, and ends with him leading us out again; in between, a group of marching boys stride in a straight line to the scene of the rumble, a gladiatorial spectacle conducted in silence, although crowds of kids cheer the fighters on with signs alone.

This year most people consider the battle for the Best Directing Oscar to be a straight out fight between Steven

The contrast between the two groups is pointed: Foley and his volunteers, many of them straight - up racists and ne'er - do - wells, are mostly fighting phantoms, occasionally shuffling undocumented Mexicans to the authorities.

Between the brief bouts of fighting, you'll spend a lot of time traveling from one place to the next, searching for someone to fight or just running straight toward the final objective.

Between 1968 and 1973 the association fought a string of battles against censorship in Vancouver, including attempts by the city licensing inspector to shut down various local theatre productions, and attacks on the Georgia Straight (a popular alternative paper founded in 1967) for obscenity.