Sentences with phrase «times the battle seems»

Divine and demonic powers struggle for control; at times the battle seems to tilt in favor of the one side over the other.

Not exact matches

Jobs has been battling illness for some time so the news isn't that unexpected, but just like the company he built, the man himself seemed somewhat unstoppable, so it's shocking nonetheless.

This may seem obvious, but I can't tell you how many times I've gotten great service from the owner, only to have Battle - Ax Bertha at the front desk ruin any chance of a referral from me.

But it seems that QQ has a bigger chance to win the battle because it is the most popular chat app among the post-90s generation,» Wang Pengbo, an industry analyst with Analysys International, told the Global Times.

As we look back at 2013 — and forward to 2014 — we see that The Wall Street Journal, an innovative leader in the digital news business, seems to have lost momentum in its titanic battle with The New York Times.

In my ongoing Jesus vs. Netflix battle, it seems like Netflix is winning my time and attention.

Apart from the obvious fact that if Jesus had experienced the troubles of old age the Incarnation might have seemed of little relevance to those who are cut off in youth by violent death in battle or otherwise, old age, although a far more general condition in our time than ever before, is still not a part of the universal lot of man.

But just then, when all seemed lost, the Lord of Hosts would return to slay the forces of Gog and Magog in the most fearsome struggle of all time, the Battle of Armageddon.

At times the debate about religious language seems like a pitched battle between political camps of the left and the right.

That was an amazing feat, taking place at a time when the amendment's feminist and liberal supporters seemed to be in control of every American institution except the White House, but I was living in California at the time, and the key battles of the ERA had taken place in geographically and culturally distant states: Florida, Illinois, North Carolina.

But it seems to me that Dr. Altizer has fallen into a naturalization of historical time, that he has been led astray by his nineteenth - century mentors, who were battling against the rigidity of a mechanistic universe, for there is no doubt that in the mechanistic and objective sense the past is dead and unchangeable.

Others had only just fallen, and seemed rather sleeping than dead, but there they lay, for none had time to bury them, brave fellows, every one, friend and foe alike, while I held in my unworthy hands the God of Battles, their Creator and their Judge, and prayed to Him to give rest to their souls.

But unlike the ideologues he continues to battle — those who have become, oxymoronically speaking, perpetual revolutionaries — it seems clear that Kramer still hopes for a time when men and women of letters can flourish once more.

They battled with # 2 Team Kozin for 44 minutes and at various times, including the final moments of Regulation, it seemed like they were going to leave Week 1 with the upset W..

That leaves Antonio Conte light up front with summer signing Alvaro Morata and Michy Batshuayi battling for playing time, and so adding Vardy, who knows how to score goals, can stretch defences with his pace and movement and will work tirelessly for the team, something that Conte will love, would seem like a perfect solution.

At times during his reign at the Bernabeu, he has seemed more intent on his battles with the Spanish press than he has on football and this is one of the main reasons that the fans of the club never really took to him.

Totteham are in a battle for a top four place in the Premier League and whilst on occasion have struggled for consistency domestically, though they are currently in great form at just the right time and seem to have come of age in the Champions League, where they are unbeaten this season.

As stated by the above listed head to head battle between Chelsea and Man Utd, it seems that they already faced 160 times against each other.

It seems almost funny that she is now battling something that causes her to have to talk about her boobs all the time.

Maybe that doesn't seem that amazing, but at the time, I was overwhelmed at how blessed I was: one son winning his battle against cancer, the other healthy as can be and providing lots of distraction and comic relief (what cancer families call a SuperSib), and then twins on the way.

And then for a baby you know so many things that you have mentioned earlier truth for babies who were kind of battling oversupply issues too were those babies who tend to be very gassy, sometimes their colicky, they spit up a lot, they just seemed really fussy at the breast if it's really difficult for them to nurse while some of the babies might even have a nursing strike for a period of time where they just don't want to breastfeed because it's not a pleasant experience for them.

These tactics may seem to slow you down initially, but they'll actually save you time in prevented tantrums and battles.

It just didn't seem like a battle worth fighting at the time, but years later, it seems like such a pain and my picky eaters aren't getting any better.

Sure, potty training may seem like an endless battle at the time, but it looks like a piece of cake in comparison to parenting a teen.

Time for a quick catch - up story — it may seem like ancient history now, with the debt ceiling battle completely dominating domestic politics, but a couple of weeks ago President Obama held a «Twitter Town Hall,» using a live video feed to answer questions sent in through the microblogging site.

Time for a quick catch - up story — it may seem like ancient history now, with the debt ceiling battle completely dominating domestic politics, but a couple of weeks ago President Obama held a «Twitter Town Hall,» using a live video feed to answer questions sent in through the...

Throughout the budget battle, Skelos has been striving to cast himself and his conference as close to Cuomo in an attempt to box out the speaker — something the governor seemed all too happy to indulge during the final days of negotiations when he met several times alone with the majority leader.

Sadly, the prospect of resuscitating the public sphere does not seem likely at a time when, rather than engaging in critical debate, the majority of 99 % is engaged in a daily battle for economic survival.

At the time of the battle, northern Europe seems to have been devoid of towns or even small villages.

Over time, my 10 - year battle with Lyme Disease seemed impossible to overcome.»

This time of the year seems to be a constant uphill battle with itchy dry skin, flakes, and the ever present rosy pink hue on our cheeks thanks to the bitter cold we endure day in and day out.

Hugh Jackman, it seems, was born to play Jean Valjean, and he's magnificent from time to time, but even he begins to run out of steam as the battle sequences take over the second half.

This can also be said on the performances of the three leads, Cassavetes again seems to hold no control over the characters, allowing Mann and Diaz to battle for screen time in an array of repetition and clunky improvisation sequences.

A Fortnite Battle Royale Starter Pack has been rumored for some time, and it seems like the rumors were true, as the Pack is now available for purchase on all platforms.

A chance encounter with another orphan of the kaiju war, genius robot pilot - wannabe Amara Namani (Cailee Spaeny) results in both being arrested and inducted into the Pan Pacific Defense Corps just in time to battle another monster incursion as well as mysterious rogue robots in a subplot that's more predictable than it seems to realize.

Regardless of how well you prepare, it seems as though the first time you encounter a brand - new boss - caliber enemy, it's pretty normal to either get crushed or time out of the battle.

Okay, to be fair the «rousing speech before battle» has been round the time of Shakespeare's Henry V, but still: plot-wise Immortals seem to be a rewrite of the Clash of the Titans and 300.

For a time this seemed like a two - way battle, with television and theater veteran Laurie Metcalf, nominated for playing a complicated but loving mother to a willful daughter in Lady Bird, facing off against Allison Janney, nominated for playing a complicated and never - loving mother to a willful daughter in I, Tonya.

-- Another LEGO set with the description of a battle of the Sanctum Sanctorum features minifigs of Cull Obsidian, Ebony Maw, Iron Man, Doctor Strange and Spider - Man, and would seem to focus around the fight to retrieve the Time Stone, currently worn around Doctor Strange's neck.

Transforming into a swarm of bats proves to be the film's «cool» parlour trick, but Gary Shore, a first - time director of no discernible identity nor flair, has nowhere to go from there, delivering what seems like one monotonous, agonisingly prolonged climax of impossible - to - follow battle scenes and swirling bat - nadoes.

As you can see, this handheld adventure boasts an active - time battle system, «engaging human drama,» and a cool upgrade system (Alchemy is a big part of the game, it seems), and there even appears to be some strategy.

Seeing them appear in required sections seemed weird, in battle I found that they got annoying to watch over time, and personally didn't like how they were required in boss battles.

The amount of enemies that are thrown at you at one time seem incredibly extreme and I was fighting most of my battles blind just using my crowd control attacks to clear up some space on my screen.

We get the requisite actions sequences, too — laser - blaster fights (Caine's gun, amusingly, sounds like a barking dog), gravity - defying chases with the help of Caine's gravity boots (He had wings at one time, but considering that his boots make him fly, that seems a tad showy), ship battles through Chicago and in space, and plenty of climbing up and jumping across collapsing edifices.

Instead of spending all of his time in battle, he smartly chooses to show these characters as people who are faced with a daunting war that never seems to end.

Seems you go save people in battle, complete objectives, kill bosses, complete missions all in real time.

Dayle M. Bethel wrote of Makiguchi: «Out of his battles with Japanese educational structures of his time and his association with a few like - minded colleagues there emerged pedagogical views and ideas that are worthy of study by English - speaking scholars, worthy in their own right and also because these views and ideas seem likely to have significant impact on Japanese society during the years ahead.»

If the story is real — and it seems JLR are not denying it — it won't be the first time Bond has battled a baddie in a Jag; in Die Another Day, Bond drove an Aston Martin Vanquish against the villain's Jaguar XKR.

But with all the time spent battling traffic, working out, or picking up groceries, there often doesn't seem to be a minute to simply sit down with a book.

By the time this one comes around, she's been hardened by battle and seems pretty unhappy with her lot in life.