Sentences with phrase «than the battle at»

«Rather than battles at Labour party conference over detailed constitutional amendments, it's more important to get this year a real discussion about how this party becomes a social movement.

Not exact matches

«Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense, today I signed an executive order to dissolve the Commission, and have asked the Department of Homeland Security to review these issues and determine next courses of action,» Trump said in a statement.

«The AIC experience has left a very bad taste with a lot of people, and I think it's even more of an uphill battle than it would be for a startup, to rebuild that confidence, if it can be done at all.

But somewhere in the heat of battle, when there seemed little to lose, when doing whatever it took felt more heroic than sticking to your guns, for one unfortunate moment at the 11th hour, it made all the sense in the world to ask, «Is this a prime minister?»

«If your decision - making loop is more streamlined than your enemy's, then you set the pace and course of the battle,» says Major General John Admire, who commands an infantry division at Camp Pendleton.

UK - based Sky, with more than 20 million customers for its sports, entertainment and news channels across Europe, is at the centre of a three - way battle for control...

No study like this is perfect, but we hope we've brought some attention to the perpetual battle among states for economic development, and answered the question we posed at the beginning: Why do some states do it better than others?

UK - based Sky, with more than 20 million customers for its sports, entertainment and news channels across Europe, is at the centre of a three - way battle for control between Murdoch's Twenty - First Century Fox, Walt Disney and Comcast and their veteran bosses.

Harold Feld, a senior vice president at Public Knowledge, a nonprofit group that supports net neutrality, said the biggest tech companies were less vocal because they are facing more regulatory battles than in past years.

But at a talk at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, Brendan «PlayerUnknown» Greene, the game's original creator, says he's more flattered by the success of «Fortnite: Battle Royale» than anything.

So far, at least, Spotify has been winning that battle with more than 157 million active users and 71 million subscribers.

July 9, 2015 at 1 pm ET / 10 am PST The role of the CMO is more complex than ever before, and the battle to win over the customer can appear daunting.

After battling back from a five - goal deficit, the Bucs pulled within one goal of St. Thomas Aquinas, at 8 - 7, with less than 40 seconds in the third quarter.

There are countless ways to look at the implications of Amazon's proposed $ 13.7 billion takeover of Whole Foods, that it's the latest salvo in the battle between Amazon and Walmart to be the one place where everyone shops for everything, that it's a disruption to the supply chain model in the grocery business, or that it's nothing more than a marriage of convenience to save Whole Foods from the ire of its activist shareholders.

In the last few months, exits have included VP of finance Gautam Gupta, president Jeff Jones — who was at the company for less than a year — and Anthony Levandowski, an exec at the center of Uber's battle with Google over stolen self - driving car technology.

The price of beauty is falling at a faster rate than groceries amid a battle for market share between supermarkets and pharmacies.

The video and song start off harmless enough, until the 1:19 mark when Duncan gets into a rap battle with a TSA agent and transforms into a potentially offensive hip - hop stereotype to unleash rhymes like On a mission from God; I like to call Him a Friend / I think that people are sick, and He's the med - o - cine, and this mind - expanding verse: Think I'm just a white man with a sheltered life / Nice home, two cars, two kids and a wife / Just look a little closer while you're starin» at me / «Cause sometimes what you get is more than what you see.

Stephen King sure understands it better than most Christians out there because he chose to be at the front row sweat of that battle.

I fought, and at last I began to win more battles than I lost.

In 1998, at the height of the Clinton impeachment battle, evangelical voters were constantly confronting accusations from their secular, leftist friends that «it was all politics,» that evangelicals were less concerned with Bill Clinton's indiscretions than they were about his party identification.

And when it comes to «family values,» we're weary of battles to «protect» marriage from gay couples, when so many young evangelicals have grown up in broken homes, witnessing our parents divorce and remarry at rates just as high as in the non-evangelical world (more than 33 % of marriages among born - again Christians end in divorce, the same as in the general population).

In other words, 46 % are dumber than a post, 32 % have a shot at someday grasping reality, and 15 % are fighting a battle of ignorance that can never be won.

Tommy God has already forgiven you for your sin the moment you asked Jesus into your life and confessed him as Lord.From that point he paid for your sin in full past present future.It is not sin that stops us from being with the Lord so you are saved.The problem you are experiencing is the battle for your life in the here and now satan is out to destroy you and he knows our weaknesses.If you are honest there were already issues in your life that you struggled with and never got the victory over.So where do you go from here as i found myself in the same situation i was a christian but walking according to the flesh.God does nt change his mind he always loves us but because of our choices we distance ourselves from God.The issue is that we like sin thats our wicked hearts and to be fair we cant change our nature only Christ can do that our old nature must be crucified with Christ.The stumbling block is our pride we have to admit that we cant do it For me that was terribly difficult i was so independent thinking i could do anything but the truth was a made a real mess of things.I sense you are at a crossroads and are feeling desperate and confused.So as a brother in the Lord you need to confess your sin to God and tell him that you are weak -LCB- we all are -RCB- and that you cant do it in your strength -LCB- None of us can -RCB- but ask him to send the holy spirit to help you deal with the temptations and the sin that you struggle with and he will help you to change your life he will empower you as he did me.Rather than look at who you are look to Christ and walk in him and he will make you a new man and sin will not have dominion over you.Jesus came to set us free from bondage.Having once been a slave to sin i know what it is like to have been set free by the power of God and that is what Christ is offering you today.All it takes is a desire to change or repent and admit we cant do it and trust him to give you the strength to walk in him regards brentnz

Derek says the themes on the album include battling cynicism («Everything Will Change»), coming to terms with who God made you to be («Eye of the Hurricane»), Jesus» nearness to those who are disenfranchised («Closer Than You Think»), unity among the divisions of the church («A Place at Your Table»), the hard work of marriage («The Vow»), and God's great love («Love Part 3»).

Is it not the case that nations are in their very nature fated to throw themselves at one another in a grim game of power to which the principles of ethics are no more relevant than to the death battle of prehistoric mastodons?

For more than a century after Alexander's death Egypt maintained dominant political control of Palestine although until the turn of the century (301 B.C. at the battle of Ipsus in Phrygia) that control was sharply contested by the Seleucid rule.

Religious freedom is at stake in this battle and believe me its serious... They say they just want equality — but we all know it is much more than that... they will try to make the bible «hate literature» and make it illegal for a church not to marry them... this is not going to go away.

Temporarily, at least, the change has already occurred, and this change has been more crucial than any battle or other external event.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Certainly the concept of god seems to have mutated from its possible original concept and christianity would be served by locating its battle for its soul at the concept of god rather than getting caught in secondary issues.

All the more misplaced... are the efforts by some supposedly Jewish organizations to arouse, through their battles against Christmas symbols in public places, the ill will and resentment of Christians» at the very time when the Christian religion, more than at other times of the year, inspires its followers with irenic and philanthropic sentiments.»

After receipt of it, and before joining battle with the Egyptians at Eltekeh in the Philistine plain region, Sennacherib expressed his continuing distrust of Hezekiah in a note of sharp warning which Hezekiah took as more than warning; he took it as a threat to return and demolish the city of Jerusalem.

«The series is about dreams, fears, conflicts, battles, the search for meaning and the need for love of a pope, seen through Sorrentino's unique vision capable of creating worlds that are at the same incredible and more real than reality itself,» said Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani, whose Italian - based Wildside company will act as the show's co-producer...

«Thousands of hardline Muslims demanding new anti-blasphemy laws in Bangladesh fought running battles with police, in the capital, Dhaka, Sunday, leaving at least four people dead and more than 50 others injured».

Chef Battle brings more than a decade of top - flight culinary expertise to his new role at 14K, having previously shaped menus at popular hotel and resort restaurants in some of the country's favorite tourist hotspots.

At the start of the week, the Independent claimed Sanchez was more than likely closing in on a switch to Manchester City, but BBC Sport now suggest United may be ahead of their rivals in the battle for the 29 - year - old's signature.

One of the main reasons why Arsenal are expected to win the battle for his signature (other than the wages on offer) is that Goretzka would be reunited with Saed Kolasinac, who was playing alongside him at Schalke before the Bosnian international moved to Arsenal on a free last summer, and the fact that his international team - mate Shkrodan Mustafi is also in the starting line - up for the Gunners.

Like Abou Diaby has spent so many years battling injury at the Emirates, only a club like Arsenal (despite losing some high profile games because players like Diaby were not available) could still stick with such players and do more than necessary to see if they could shake off the ill - luck and achieve their potentials.

We'd rather see him battling tooth and nail for 12th than completing an impressive race sim at the back, a lap down on the leader.

The Volunteers own neutral court wins over Purdue and NC State that look even better now than they did at the time, and they played a highly competitive contest against top - ranked Villanova in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game.

The 21 - year - old could well be more at home in a team like England, who, for all their failings, can't be any worse than this relegation - battling Crystal Palace side.

Joel Campbell is good but arsenal fans never cease to amaze me.They never make up their mind they wait for the player to have a dip in form and then insult and criticize him and say childish things.Then when he does well they pretend like they were always in support of him.I remember always saying here first that Szczesny is a better goalkeeper than Ospina.I also proudly defended Szczesny everytime they aimed at him.How i wish he started at Chelsea or any other team and i bet you he would not be this error prone.I know forever he will always be better than Ospina and that is a fact not even an opinion.For Campbell vs Ox its there for everyone to see Ox would eventually win the battle come one day.But injuries have made him so unlucky.He should go to Chelsea where he would be better taken care of and would make people eat their words.

I hope he brings Bellerin and Gibbs back if they are fit.People seem to forget how consistent Gibbs has been over the past years.Injuries have halted his abilities a lot.When he was young i thought he was gonna be world class.Monreal inform ai nt better than Gibbs inform.Debuchy has not won the battle yet to start at right back hence he should come back.Gabriel should have started over Per from day one but for language barrier.Also Ramsey Cazorla and Ozil should not be playing in the same team.

Fair enough, I just thought Swansea at home is a «safer» game to rotate than vs relegation battling Sunderland, but that'll do aswell.

It seems a bit more than a coincidence that Crooks has just gone with the two players that scored against Huddersfield, but it was a vital win for the Eagles in the battle at the bottom of the Premier League table and so perhaps it can't be argued too much.

In fact, the Czech Republic international has won one more EPL title than our manager and he has also been involved in some very tight battles at the top.

Disciplined in his role, he is very rarely caught out of position, he is strong in a tackle and seems to relish a physical battle His technical ability also developed over the course of the first few months of this season, and his passing improved along with his ability to twist and turn out of trouble, but of course what we had all been dreading came to pass..., Coquelin was injured vs West Brom, and has missed the last month, and is going to miss at least two more, I am of the opinion that we would be in a much better position than we are now if Coquelin had stayed fit.

Bolton sit in 17th spot after a run of decent form, three wins in their last five Premier League fixtures, but the Trotters still find themselves in a relegation battle and have conceded more goals than any other side in the division, 47 in 22 matches, so could do with all the help they can get at the back.

you know its funny how things change so fast cech was a backup at chellsh $ t welbz was manures scape goat le coq was loaned to a championship club monreal our scape goat ramsey was more than awful last season ozil was anonymous in the big stage cazorla was out of form in the first part of last season now walcott is the lone striker ozil is our leader ramsey is on the wings cazorla is at cm le coq has been accorded the most important role thats winning midfield battles all of a sudden we are invincible

The Timberwolves and Nuggets both have much more talent than the Suns, and they battled at the end.