Sentences with phrase «stranglehold as»

While doing so, he has increased his stranglehold as the NBA's isolation scoring leader: he has 333 points in such situations, while LeBron James sits in second place with 232 points.

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But with business users increasingly bringing consumer technology to work — a trend known as «consumerization» — experts say the stranglehold Microsoft currently has on the PC market is in danger of slipping away.

She's practiced the «Oops, I did it again'thousands of times in training, and on Thursday her signature trick was worth its weight in Olympic gold as American Jocelyne Lamoureux - Davidson's shootout winner broke a Canadian 16 - year stranglehold on the women's ice hockey title.

It's a product hailed as a feat of engineering with the potential to ease the stranglehold of internal combustion.

ESPN, for example, is seen by many analysts as being protected from the winds of change because it has a stranglehold on sports - related content — something viewers still seem willing to pay for.

The network had been seen as almost invulnerable to digital trends because it has such a stranglehold on sports broadcasting, but it's clear that it is being affected by cord cutting.

Some think Benchmark's lawsuit as sensational but neccessary, given the stranglehold that Kalanick has tried to retain on Uber, applauding the venture capital firm for not sitting silently as a series of scandals cascaded.

As for which organization is the most profitable... well, I'd have to say that Christianity has a stranglehold on that.

Your spiritual experience is valid to me, and most Pagans don't think of other religious traditions as being «wrong»; we just disagree with anyone who thinks they have a stranglehold on the truth.

Much creativity is needed in the global situation as the leaders of capital use the most sophisticated and calculated means to increase their economic stranglehold on the poor peoples.

As a young evangelical, I was looking for theologians who could help me break the stranglehold of liberal Protestantism and its faithless idea of religion as purely personal «sentiment.&raquAs a young evangelical, I was looking for theologians who could help me break the stranglehold of liberal Protestantism and its faithless idea of religion as purely personal «sentiment.&raquas purely personal «sentiment.»

In order to break through the stranglehold of Communist Party members over every sclerotic institution of Soviet life, he must go as far as he dares to empower the creativity of individual citizens.

A grab by Marfrig Global Foods for a controlling stake in National Beef Packing Company is ruffling hairs in the US cattle industry as the deal tightens Brazilian meat producers» stranglehold on the international market.

After consecutive dominant wins where he put a stranglehold on the field, Kevin Harvick rolls into ISM Raceway outside of Phoenix with a bullseye squarely on his back as the clear favorite in Sunday's Ticket Guardian 500 (3:30 p.m. ET, Fox).

In only 1 season has a team operating with a lone CF won the league with that CF scoring less than 20 goals and that was Mourinho's 2006 Chelsea that operated with a 4 3 3 with Drogba, Malouda and Kalou as the trident usually winning by 1 — 0 strangleholds on games.

Or, maybe Kuchar was just trying to build some drama into the seemingly never - ending process of fielding a U.S. team that, once again, will hope to use revenge as motivation to end the European stranglehold on the cup.

Yes — Wenger isn't doing well ATM, but he is doing the job of at least 3 men, because Kroenke doesn't want footballing people on the board to break his stranglehold on Arsenal funds, so he must be feeling the stress, especially as a lot of the fans are against him as well.

Nemanja Matic breaks up the Man City stranglehold in the middle though, as he's proven to be a crucial signing so far this season adding a calming influence, although he probably would miss out if Pogba was available.

It was not that long ago when we were noting that even a natural disaster like the earthquake that rattled parts of New Zealand early last year could not shake Lydia Ko's nearly flawless play as the then - teen phenom continued to compile win after win and secure her stranglehold on the world No. 1 ranking.

It is also likely that he will interject his name as the one to finally, maybe, break the Messi - Ronaldo stranglehold over the Ballon d'Or.

Arsenal's decline from the top has been met with Tottenham's rise from mid-table mediocrity as the former's stranglehold over this great fixture appears to have ended.

As mentioned, David Luiz appears to have a stranglehold on that position.

Villa have an impressive head - to - head record with their Midland rivals and it's down to Gerard Houllier to inspire the Villa dressing room as relinquishing their mental stranglehold over Birmingham really would be a damaging blow, and also another new low for a club and it's supporters who aren't used to tasting so many defeats.

With the Champions League tie against Celtic on the horizon, Juventus host Fiorentina in Turin as the Old Lady looks to keep the stranglehold on first place.

Dani Alves» first Ligue 1 goal maintained Paris Saint - Germain's stranglehold on the title as they rode their luck to win 2 - 1 at Nice.

He admitted that expecting Labour supporters to join the Lib Dems was «a big ask» but added: «As we stand on the edge of those two horrific realities: Brexit and a Tory stranglehold on Britain, the biggest risk is that you do not join us.

So did the UPN maintain a stranglehold on its governments, made easier by its rule that its governors, or governorship candidates, were state chairmen of the party, while Awo, as presidential candidate, was national president.

Should Labour begin to lose its stranglehold on Wales, as it did so dramatically in Scotland in 2015, then the future for the party as a UK electoral force really will be looking bleak.

In May 2013, Fox described a vote for independence as a «significant defeat for the British state and its stranglehold over our economy, society, culture and politics», as well as an opportunity to» [repudiate] neo-liberalism, corporatism, the financialisation of our economy and existing class relations».

Republicans believe in preferences [in the form of gerry - mandered redistricing] to allow a lifetime's worth of GOP stranglehold on as many Congressional seats as possible.

Without a Republican running against Mayor Stephanie Miner, and with Democrats having with a stranglehold in most common council and school board races, Green Party candidates are emerging as alternatives for voters in a handful of races.

As our nation awakens and finally stands up to demand action on gun safety, Shelley knows that we need to change the Senate's leadership to end the NRA's stranglehold on our State Senate.

Britain will help tighten the international «stranglehold» on Bashar al - Assad's regime, William Hague has pledged, as violence continues in Syria.

Mr. Pataki described it as «a corrupt stranglehold.»

Both Bill and Doug are long - time community organizers and are exactly what Baltimore needs to break the stranglehold the Democratic party machine has had for decades as well as the pay - to - play system that benefits wealthy developers and political insiders and leaves the citizens of this city out in the cold.

«They have had a stranglehold on our federal gun legislation reform, as well as reform in state houses throughout the country,» Coe said.

The book imagines a vast, secretive organisation known as the Concern that keeps a discreet stranglehold on human affairs.

As a doctor that strongly advocates for a ketogenic - style eating plan, I've realized just the stranglehold that sugary - sweet foods can have on a person's willpower.

As broad families of food species go, berries have maintained a stranglehold over antioxidants for years now and there's little prospect of that changing.

2015 turned out to be the year Orphan Black «s Tatiana Maslany finally got her due, as well as the year Modern Family and The Big Bang Theory loosened their stranglehold on the comedy categories.

In these moments, «The Dark Horse» is as effective as any movie in recent memory at depicting the terrible stranglehold that destitution and despair have on their prisoners.

So tight is the stranglehold which John Carpenter's «Halloween» has on our culture that if you watch it for the first time, you will be convinced that you have seen it before, and if you watch it again, it will still seem as relevant as when it first came out in 1978.

Although Stranglehold doesn't put all the right pieces together, if you like action games, then I would highly recommend it as a rental.

However, for those familiar with the great painter's works, as well as the prevailing spirit of the Era of Enlightenment and the style of the other great artists of various mediums who used their craft to comment on the blights of the world around them, Goya's Ghosts speaks on a level that transcends just the story of two men looking after the welfare of a young, unfortunate woman caught up in the hysteria of power that marked the end of the Spanish Inquisition's stranglehold of power, as well as the outrageous hypocrisy in their manner of governance.

Rounding out the set is an eight - minute featurette on the locations of the film, as well as a mini making - of on the film's unofficial video game sequel, «Stranglehold.»

This means not only fighting to loosen the stranglehold of the teachers» unions, as many reformers have tried to do for years, but also rethinking some of the premises and timeworn organizational arrangements of the American system of education.

But that would mean convincing Fulton County's legislative delegation (which can put a stranglehold on any reform effort, as they did during the 1990s with efforts by residents in what is now Sandy Springs to form their own city government), as well as working with the Republican - dominated legislature and new governor Nathan Deal (who is no exemplar on school reform).

Pridemore, unabashedly conservative, nevertheless says that Act 10's potentially debilitating effects on unions creates an opportunity for a candidate who will challenge what he sees as organized labor's stranglehold on public education.

American education will not improve as long as liberal dogmas have a stranglehold on it.

Someone had to break this stranglehold in order to bring in a paradigm shift for bringing in new talent in the reading world as world literacy grows.»