Sentences with phrase «valiant effort against»

Despite the win proving elusive at home, Blackpool's performances on the whole at Bloomfield Road have been very pleasing, especially their latest valiant effort against Man City, who the pushed all the way and never gave up until the final whistle in typical Holloway / Blackpool fashion.

Earlier in the day, Jade Slavin put up a valiant effort against reigning Olympic champion Shuyin Zheng, but was defeated 10 - 7.

Not exact matches

It is their defense against constantly confronting the fact of their own deeper misery, a valiant and — thank goodness — sometimes successful effort to deny and hide from the inescapable tragedy of their own lives.

I have gone out of my way to support Father Maturi fight against crime and am working closely with him in this valiant effort to make some positive change.

Although they nearly came back and won the game, their valiant effort last night created a very rare situation for tonight's game: people are betting against the Cubbies.

He's put forth some valiant efforts in Pitt's 17 - game losing streak, including 17 - plus point performances against Virginia Tech, Duke, NC State, Syracuse, Miami, and Florida State.

They done so by the skin of their teeth in previous seasons, but last season Bolton finished a clear nine points above the drop, with the teams results definitely improving in the second half of the season under new manager Owen Coyle, so there were promising signs from the Reebok club that they can do a lot better than they for the most part last term, when positive form was almost non-existent and despite some valiant and brave efforts against some classy opponents they just couldn't convert their courageous performances into points which would have propelled them up the Premier League and into a more respectable finishing position.

While Ephron has been paid homage, either directly or inadvertently, in nearly every major rom - com since 1989, valiant efforts have been made to go against the queen's precedence, especially for those with an anti-love axe to grind.