Sentences with phrase «up against a major»

Creating a plan that allows your organization to stand up against a major disaster or disruption is a gradual process.

On the road, however, the team came up against a major flaw: At 40 kilograms, the «portable» prototype was far too clunky, leaving one team member in need of slipped disk surgery after carrying the pack.

In just a few minutes after the central bank's accouncemend, the Swiss franc shot up against all major currencies.

NBA 2K18 in particular bumped up against major issues with the Switch's limited storage.

Increasingly, environmentalists were running up against a major obstacle, said Bracken Hendricks, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, who was one of the earliest advocates of the clean economy.

He has gone up against every major disability insurance company, including Prudential in a class action.

Of course, my relative inexperience was still eating at me throughout this process, and on the larger of the two claims I was up against a major firm, which was something I had not yet learned to ignore.

Not exact matches

Google struck a major pre-emptive blow against the iPad mini by pricing its small Nexus 7 tablet at just $ 209 and up.

It was up more than 2 % against a basket of other major currencies.

Just as in your personal life, there will be times when your business is up against the wall and you find yourself facing major difficulties.

(Sure, a bunch of people will give up using FedEx — one of the few major companies to hold its ground against the boycott — but are they really going to boycott two dozen companies, and suffer that much disruption of your consumption habits?

However, readers do value company reviews that demonstrate their products» capabilities and how they stack up against competitors, especially when it comes to making major buying decisions.

But The Goodwell Company is brushing up against some hefty competition, including major oral care brands such as Oral - B, owned by Procter & Gamble.

«Requiring the banks to pay treble damages to every plaintiff who ended up on the wrong side of an independent Libor ‐ denominated derivative swap would, if appellants» allegations were proved at trial, not only bankrupt 16 of the world's most important financial institutions, but also vastly extend the potential scope of antitrust liability in myriad markets where derivative instruments have proliferated,» the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York said in the ruling.A U.S. appeals court on Monday revived private antitrust litigation accusing major banks of conspiring to manipulate the Libor benchmark interest rate, in a big setback for their defense against investors» claims of market - rigging.

A bunch of ex-employees of major technology companies — former Facebookers, Apple - AWOLers, Googlers gone rogue — have set up a new non-profit dedicated to fighting back against the technology giants they built.

To make sure we give the broadest possible view of program quality, then, we've stacked our rankings up against those published by other major organizations and broken down which factors go into each.

«The leg - up in the US 10 - year yield since April 18 has lifted the US dollar and caused most of the major - economy exchange rates to decline, and test the lower - end of their recent ranges against the US dollar,» he noted.

That exposes it to all the major e-commerce sites up against Amazon.

We don't know why Trump decided to fire Flynn (the stated reason that he «lied to Mike Pence» doesn't pass the laugh test), whether he was told of the domestic abuse allegations against then - White House staff secretary Rob Porter, what's on the Apprentice outtake footage that producer Mark Burnett is keeping locked up, why exactly Trump handed some choice Israeli intelligence to the Russian foreign minister, who financed the hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, or any of a dozen other major questions about Trump.

The U.S. dollar index, which measures the greenback's strength against a basket of six major currencies, was up 0.67 % to 92.24 by 10:21 AM ET (14:21 GMT), the highest level since January 11.

The euro was flat on the day at $ 1.1989, while the dollar index, which tracks the greenback against a basket of six major rivals, was up at 92.434.

The U.S. dollar weakened against most of the other majors today after giving up early - session gains.

The dollar is up against all of its major rivals Thursday afternoon.

Among stocks on the downturn were Japanese export shares, which shot up in recent sessions as the yen slid against other major currencies.

Their hierarchy has always been the major source of embarrassment for the Church... dating back to the little fiasco with Galileo (which took them 400 years to finally acknowledge)... up to the current scandals... along with their current views on gays (which, like Galileo, goes against the empirical data now known).

Crime rates are rising in the major cities, a band of Maoist - inspired rebels is bombing and pillaging its way across a wide swath of central India, and violent protests against industrialization projects are popping up from coast to coast.3

A military coalition of nearly 9,000 soldiers from Cameroon, Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Benin has recently made some major strides in their fight against the radical Islamic terror group Boko Haram, and now, they're asking militants to give up and repent.

So far it has been debated only in the Lords: but what has so far been said gives no confidence that what has surely to be seen as a major step towards the radical de-Christianisation of English culture will come up against any opposition that has a chance of success.

The firm has won several major awards for its gluten - free beers, even up against traditional gluten - containing brews.

The Eco Alkalines battery was developed in Canada and when its lifespan was independently tested against other well - known brands it came up equal to, if not better than, its major alkaline competitors.

How this stacks up against other major coffee buyers, with a footnote on Caribou stock ownership.

Set up less than two years ago and based in Edinburgh, Bellfield has already won several major awards for its range of modern gluten - free beers; not in a special «free - from» category, but up against traditional gluten - containing brews.

Obviously there is a vast difference in quality because we are seeing a major Premier League team coming up against a side that was only promoted to the National League last season.

as with last time klopp will be like the 12 man on the pitch and major inspiration (great man motivator and tactician to boot) to bvb so we will have to be on our guard against them as they will be pumped up to meet us but we could inflict an early psychological blow if we secure the services of one mr marco reus, we should roll the over two teams over with a bit of effort COYG

That he returns to his old team and takes up a major chunk of their salary commitments for the foreseeable future, but maybe doesn't perform to the level he's expected to and the fans he knows and loves turn against him in four or five years.

However, it's claimed by the Manchester Evening News that given United are in action against Stoke City at Old Trafford on Monday night, no major developments are expected until the middle of the week, at which they could speed up the process of officially announcing the deal.

Fortunately for the Portuguese tactician, he didn't suffer any major setbacks to key players over the break, and so he'll be hopeful that he has more than enough in his line - up to get all three points against the Swans.

The major difference between Arsenal and Chelsea against deep teams isn't that Chelsea give up possession to sit on their box and then counter but that they have multiple ways to stretch and penetrate.

Played in Community shield, Crystal palace, this match, will play against Everton, was probably going to play against Besiktas again... Thats WAY too much playing time, and Wenger wouldve just been making the same mistake as last season where he wore Ramsey down to the core, and he picked up a major injury.

In particular, experienced Czech Republic international Tomas Rosicky came back to the Emirates with a knock and is now considered a major doubt for the trip to Wearside, opening up a space for Ozil to fill against the Black Cats.

We have already had the bonus of seeing Alexis Sanchez overcome the knock to his Arsenal and play for Chile and now the news that our creator in chief Ozil is going to be okay to line up against Pep Guardiola's team is a major boost to our hopes of getting back on track and finishing in the top four spots to ensure another Champions League place.

Arsenal have some massive games coming up between now and the end of the season, with the first of those major challenges and potentially pivotal clashes coming against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in a couple of weeks.

He pulled up in the Bayern Munich game after an intense fortnight where he played for Arsenal against Man United, followed by two full games for the Welsh national team as they secured a berth in a major final for the first time in over 50 years.

Still, Mourinho's men are up against some big teams in the final few games of the season, Arsenal included, so is Wenger right to say there might still be a chance for his side to cause a major upset?

We'll take 482 total yards, two touchdowns and no major errors in prime time against a top - 10 team, but let's not assume the Noles are going to roll up points like that against just anybody.

His shot has been the major point of concern for obvious reasons, but it was on the defensive end where Fultz ended up struggling the hardest against the Heat in Game Two.

Giroud is a good player but far too specific and predictable for the style Arsenal play in, Looking at the hate he received from France was that Arsenal fans did it because he did not turn up for us for more than 10 matches but when i watch Giroud play for France he gets a goal in almost every game and last major fixture he scored against Germany.

As impressive England have been, coming up short against the top national sides has been their achilles heel, especially at major tournaments which makes Tuesday's game against Italy vital for the confidence of the team going forward.

Team USA is playing its final tune - up before the Olympics begin in London next week against a team many consider a major roadblock to a second consecutive gold medal for the Americans: Argentina.

After giving up 19 earned runs in his first four starts, Freddy Garcia has been moved to the bullpen, paving the way for rookie David Phelps to make his first career major league start tonight against Kansas City.