Sentences with phrase «turning the tables on»

Dan Sullivan, the founder of Strategic Coach in Toronto, teaches a very powerful lesson that helps turn the tables on this phenomena.

The confluence of corporate self - interest and geopolitical considerations not only enabled Qualcomm to turn the tables on Broadcom, but canonized the San Diego company as a sort of national champion essential to battling China's might in the next - generation wireless communications technology known as 5G.

Talk about turning the tables on cancer!

Curry, a successful entrepreneur, takes a look at his own experiences with A.D.D. and turns the tables on the common misconceptions that this is a problem.

This year, Dan Pritchett wanted to turn the tables on how businesses traditionally offer discounts.

This second, we can turn the tables on Resistance.

Then we'll break for lunch and after that, turn the tables on the VCs.

Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne's cabinet is prepared to unleash a Buy Canadian - style policy to turn the tables on any U.S. state that adopts Buy American provisions despite the province's aggressive lobbying.

And with Facebook essentially turning the tables on solely commercial content, this is a bigger deal than ever.

I deliberately turned the tables on my two examples.

Ross Douthat, in his piece A Case for Hell, turns the table on the Universalist by asking an even more provocative question: «Is Tony Soprano really in heaven?»

Satan is trying to turn the tables on Jesus.

Turning the tables on the time - honored conceit that Americans are God's chosen people, Phelps and his followers insist that «God is America's enemy» because the United States has abandoned biblical principles for the evils of homosexual lust.

The idolaters who engaged in shameful sex rites were a perfect illustration for the seriousness of turning from God, a way to get his audience agreeing with him before he unexpectedly turned the tables on them.»

In it, Plantinga turns the tables on anti-religious scientists, showing that while there is a serious conflict between evolution and naturalism (which excludes the supernatural), «there is a deep and massive consonance between theism and the scientific enterprise.»

OK let's turn the tables on this.

Finally, this reader wants to turn the tables on Christian critics of how Muslims respond to Muslim terrorism:

The medical materialists are therefore only so many belated dogmatists, neatly turning the tables on their predecessors by using the criterion of origin in a destructive instead of an accreditive way.

But then the children turn the tables on us.

I think we should turn the table on him and make him explain the 100s and 100s of texts that say we are saved by Christ alone, by His actions, His sacrifice, His faithfulness, His love, His sinlessness, His purity, being God in the flesh, the Creator dying for His creation.

I'll also be turning the tables on you a few times this summer, posing some of my big theological questions to you for your input and ideas.

The character who immediately begins jeering at Shylock when Portia turns the tables on him, the character who offers Shylock only «A halter gratis» nothing else for God's sake» (emphasis added), is named Gratiano, which of course suggests grazia, the Italian word for «grace.»

In an opening section of which a theological scholar would be proud, Gladwell turns the tables on the classic interpretation of the shepherd boy's battle with the Philistine giant, gradually proving his theory that David actually went into the fight as the favourite.

Turning the tables on the stereotypes of Luther, he argues that the most serious historical calamities have been allowed not by «quietistic» Lutherans (who were not in fact quietistic), but rather by those who simplemindedly thought them so.

By promoting Rehnquist and nominating the archconservative Antonin Scalia to the court, President Reagan has turned the tables on religious and civil liberty advocates.

What matters is that Jesus comes to her defense and turns the tables on her accusers — they are equally guilty of adultry, either in their lust for her naked vulnerability or in their perversion of the law, using the law, in their attempt to trap Jesus, for injustice.

It's a difficult thing to make the protagonist of a primetime, critically acclaimed show the villain, but Cranston's portrayal of Walter White has turned the tables on what it means to act.

What matters is that Jesus comes to her defense and turns the tables on her accusers — they are equally guilty of adultery, either in their lust for her naked vulnerability or in their perversion of the law — in their attempt to trap Jesus, they use the law for injustice.

Second, she gives monumental expression to how anybody, even in the midst of being victimized, can still turn the tables on an oppressor by demonstrating the depths of sacrificial logic.

The courtroom context for the metaphor is confirmed by John's picture of the Paraclete turning the tables on the world as it brings Johannine Christians to trial, accusing and convicting those who had brought the charges in the first place (16:8 - 11) just as Jesus had done for the.

If this lady had imagination, she could have declared herself a «performance artist for Jesus,» and turn the tables on the art world.

You've heard of the infamous Africanized Killer Bees — we've turned the tables on these prolific honey producers, which are actually the predominant bee species in the rainforests of Costa Rica, by tapping into their golden harvest to produce BeeSting Honey N» Habanero Pepper Sauce.

I am hosting my second thanksgiving — as a gluten - free vegetarian foodie, I sort of turned the tables on what I traditionally grew up eating on Thanksgiving, and luckily both sides of my family seemed to enjoy it (I mean, they're coming back, right?

The proposed Harper competition reforms can boost national prosperity and help turn the tables on many years of past poor infrastructure policies and practices, ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said today at an Infrastructure Partnerships Australia conference in Sydney.

Addressing the Infrastructure Partnerships Australia Conference in Sydney, ACCC Chairman Rod Sims discusses how the proposed Harper competition reforms can boost national prosperity and help turn the tables on many years of poor infrastructure policies and practices.

Their offense has begun to crack in recent weeks; can they turn the tables on Saturday, or will they falter again?

And his jokey attempts to turn the tables on the press and get them to tell him who we could have signed are not clever, they are incredibly annoying for Arsenal fans who have to pay mega money for the privilege of seeing our team fail to score.

And if they had a chance to avenge the Bishop Gorman loss, Beasley was confident they'd have turned the tables on the Gaels as well.

Saban turns the tables on the trickeration - minded Miles.

Sweden also turned the tables on Italy with a masterful display of defence in the old Italian style, including one of their defenders committing a foul so bad (a knee in the stomach) that would have resulted in an arrest on the street, yet the referee deemed that the Italian forward who controlled the ball on his thigh before being assaulted had handled the ball!

Of course City are our next opponents at the weekend, and if recent history is anything to go by then many will be dusting down their abacuses in readiness for our visit to the Etihad, but perhaps it is our time to turn the tables on a team in superb form?

The American's win turned the tables on Olympic champion Ekaterini Stefanidi as she cleared 4.76 m for the runner - up spot but the Greek vaulter's achievements throughout the rest of the Diamond League series did mean she secured overall victory.

The onset of December marks the arrival of closely spaced fixtures that could turn the tables on a club in a very short space of time.

New Zealand shot put star Valerie Adams will be looking to continue her unbeaten streak, while back on the track Mohammed Aman will look to turn the tables on Nijel Amos who beat him over 800m in Eugene and Asbel Kiprop will aim to maintain his winning ways in the 1500m after he finished seventh over the mile in Eugene.

The 22 - year - old world silver medallist started off with a slow 76 - second first lap but picked up the pace for a blistering 58.7 final 400m that Dibaba couldn't match, turning the tables on the Ethiopian who had beaten her to the world title 12 months before.

Manchester City 2 Chelsea 0 Stevan Jovetic and Samir Nasri struck as Manchester City turned the tables on Chelsea to claim a place in the -LRB-...)

Well beaten by Creator & Suddenbreakingnews in the Arkansas Derby; would need a big improvement to turn the tables on those two, much less other strong ones.

They relentlessly attacked the basket, continually won the battle for loose balls, dominated the glass and, yes, turned the tables on Miami yet again.

We've seen United play against ten men in a struggling capacity recently, perhaps United can turn the tables on Chelsea and see them struggle to close United down.

I'm very confident of Germany making it through and still see them as the most likely winners and it wouldn't be a surprise to see Guus Hiddink and Russia turn the tables on Spain and win that contest, especially if Andreii Arshavin and Roman Pavlyuchenko keep up their remarkable form.