Sentences with phrase «unlucky number of»

Still, you hire Pep Guardiola to get you beyond randomness, to a level where even an unlucky number of unlucky bounces won't be enough to scupper a title run.

After suffering an amazing and unlucky number of injuries, around 40, in his eight years as an Arsenal player, it is pretty incredible that Abou Diaby has not just thrown in the towel.

Not exact matches

In one startling experiment Wiseman asked both the lucky and unlucky to count the number of photographs in a newspaper.

(Numbers 31:7 - 18) So were the young virgin girls lucky that they weren't slaughtered like the rest of their people, or were they unlucky that they were essentially taken as sex slaves to be used to satiate the lusts of the soldiers who slaughtered their fathers, mothers, brothers, and older sisters?

The Arsenal boss has now moved to praise the winger, whilst revealing he is sometimes substituted simply to avoid injury following a number of unlucky sufferings, and claims he is especially strong mentally.

David Ospina has been a worthy back - up since joining the club from Nice three years ago, and was somewhat unlucky to lose his place to Cech on his arrival from our London rivals, after six months of superb performances when displacing Wojciech Szczesny as number one.

«We have conceded a number of penalties in games where the penalty was the only goal [we conceded], so sometimes you have these runs which are a bit unlucky against you but you would like to do something extra and find one extra save.

The squad's fitness, focus and quality are Arsene's responsibility and I think he failed to add sufficient players to the squad last summer — definitely a striker and a mid fielder — would have helped but he was unlucky with the number of injuries which remains an ongoing problem.

The Everton man has been a mainstay in the side for a number of years, but rather than being unlucky his is more a case of never going to happen.

Carved a number of chances for both himself and others that were unlucky not to find the net.

My biggest gripe with wenger is his lack of cb and dm buys in the summer, (and him going to Rome on dday) the injury situation could have been predicted somewhat but I agree we've been particularly unlucky with the number out so far.

The photographers had to be quick though because, ironically — with Red Bull focusing on number 13 being «unlucky for some» — Red Bull's new car was the first of winter testing to break down...

Despite this, Blackwell has said that his team have been unlucky this season on a number of occasions.

In my opinion he has been very unlucky on a number of occasions and its only a matter of time before his luck changes.

Where you can count the number of hours sleep you've had on the fingers of one hand — or one finger if you're really unlucky.

If you are one of those 3 lucky people, you are probably unaware that unlucky number 4 is even around.

Taking the number of 2015 intakers to watch out for up to an unlucky 13 is a certain Boris Johnson, who is surely the most ambitious of the lot.

In cold, wet years, on the other hand, prey numbers plummet — forcing snakes to travel beyond their usual slithering grounds to eat — again increasing chances of an unlucky meeting.

With this dud of a dark comedy, it's clear that director Nora Ephron's unluckiest number is that of John Travolta.

He tells about a tale that his mother told him while he was a child in which she talked about how the devil would occasionally take the form of a human and use this ability to torture a number of unlucky sinners before ultimately killing them.

Unlucky number thirteen nearly killed him in 1970 when the transmission exploded, shearing off part of his right foot.

It included a choice of two body colors (Malibu blue body with Suzuka grey rocker panel side blades, or Suzuka grey body with Malibu blue side blades), 19 - inch high - gloss black wheel hubs in a five twin - spoke «Y» design, fixed spoiler in carbon matte, shark skin upholstery with colored stitching, handbrake and steering wheel wrapped in Alcantara, instrument shield in carbon matte, aluminum gear knob engraved with characters «R8 专享» and the serial numbers had any «4» removed (considered an unlucky number in China), seat heating function, and R tronic transmission.

I have never thought of 13 as a particularly unlucky number, but in the wee hours of April 14, 2015, I found out just how inauspicious it could be.

If you were one of the unlucky ones, you can check the serial number with RIM and get it replaced free of charge.

Once registered, you're now part of the effort to drastically reduce the number of homeless pets and the rate of euthanasia for those unlucky enough to remain too long in a shelter.

You will notice an unusual number of travelers hobbling around the island with bandaged appendages — these are the unlucky recipients of «Koh Tao tattoos» (motorbike accidents).

It might be unlucky for some, but Xbox gamers might be a bit less shy of the number 13 after today's PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds patch.

If you're unlucky enough not to live near a location where players congregate to play, you can expect to travel a decent number of miles.

The works of the exhibiting artists illuminate varied perspectives on an object or matter, as is exemplified in the title and the opening date of the show, where the number «13» can be interpreted either as an unlucky number or as a lucky number, depending on the cultural background and historical context.

Of course, the date marries our culture's superstition that 13 is an unlucky number with an older and much faded superstition that Friday is an unlucky day (TGINF?).

[3][4] While there is evidence of both Friday [5] and the number 13 being considered unlucky, there is no record of the two items being referred to as especially unlucky in conjunction before the 19th century.

It's not entirely unheard of for tech companies to skip numbers, though usually that's do with unlucky digits.

OnePlus 5 already confirmed the name of the upcoming smartphone, revealing that the company is skipping the number 4 in the retail name, which is considered unlucky in Asian countries.

Just to be clear, there's no such thing as the OnePlus 4, and that's because it's an unlucky number in China, the home country of the manufacturer.