Sentences with phrase «was in contention at»

The South African, who was in contention at last year's U.S. Open and PGA, went out in 31 to shoot up the leaderboard.
Ian Woosnam, 43, was so surprised to be in contention at Lytham that he forgot how to count to 15.
Five athletes had been in contention at the bell and it was down to three with 200m to go.
Only two other animated films have ever been in contention at the France - based festival, both films from DreamWorks Animation, Shrek and Shrek 2.
thank you Dale - that is a little surprising as it is extremely common practice to rent out leasehold property in the UK - and this does not seem to be in contention at all.

Not exact matches

Finances will cause contention when there isn't enough, when there's too much and at every point in between, no matter how great a person you are or the lender is.
Without intending any any disrespect to your contention, I wonder how the use of a school building by a religious group at a time or day when students and teachers are not using it is likely to result in a situation in which the «religious group becomes identified with the school, which appears to be promoting that brand of religion».
The Wolverines are the most frustrating of teams, almost always in contention but seldom quite at the top.
At the heart of To Empower People is the contention that those most immediately affected by the decision (notably parents and families) are in the best position to decide which institutions will best serve their needs - in education, health care, housing, and other areas.
The contentions of reductionist biology and neurophysiology lead us to expect that such explanation will eventually be forthcoming or can at least be provided in theory.
This understanding of God's relationship to the world has been enormously influential in contemporary philosophy of religion, especially since the publication in 1948 of The Divine Relativity from which the above quotation was taken.2 Although the consistency of divine relativity with the understanding of simultaneity in modem physics is a recognized point of contention, the question I wish to ask is whether the theory of divine relativity is metaphysically possible.3 How could it be possible for God to know and feel the different experiences of radically distinct subjects with equal vividness all at the same time?
Now my investigation may have in one sense added little to Boers» contention that at Mt. 25:31 - 46 the Christian confession is «confronted and interpreted by worldly acts» (6:73).
Wills's contention that Madison was a proponent of legislative supremacy among the branches is unconvincing given that it was the overweening power granted legislatures by the state constitutions that Madison and other Federalists sought to avoid at the federal level in the Constitution.
The fine hand of Karl Barth, the Swiss theologian who was still teaching in Bonn at the time, is evident throughout, and the document is a good case study of Barth's contention that theology and politics go hand in hand.
The presence in so many parts of the country of secularized, non-religious, at times even antireligious institutions whose foundations were inspired by religious zeal and apostolic motives seems almost like empirical proof of the contention of positivists that faith and intelligence are incompatible.
Here, however, it is enough to note Lindsell's contention that American evangelicalism is at a watershed in its history.
The contention within Christian hip - hop (under the hashtag abbreviation CHH on Twitter) community of how to present Christianity within music can be traced back at least 25 years, to when fans and fellow artists tended to align with either Cross Movement, a group who claimed to «rap the Gospel,» almost exclusively at shows held in churches and on CDs sold in Christian book stores, or Tunnel Rats, an LA crew whose music took plotted a more mainstream course.
Tumminio said she wrote God and Harry Potter at Yale: Teaching Faith and Fantasy Fiction in an Ivy League Classroom, to explore the contention by conservative Christians that Harry Potter is akin to heresy.
Consequently as regards the fundamental contention we are examining, it is not appropriate, in view of the historical associations that burden the word «material» to subsume under the term «matter» the subjectivity which is also met with within the primordial unity we have described, because to do so would at least obscure the equally fundamental difference encountered in that unity between the knowing subject and the object which is merely met with.
If the contention is that in the Entrance and at the Offertory3 these songs were also permitted, the question arises: Why were they not mentioned by name in reference to the Entrance and at the Offertory, as they are in GIRM 88 with respect to Communion?
Process - relational thinkers here find scientific backing for their contention that there is an element of freedom, mentality, purpose in anything actual at all, and that needs to be the case in a consistently evolutionary view where the complex forms of life emerge from the simple.
With all the Biblical basis what we arrive at is a conclusion that the present day caters to the martyrdom is not for the cause of our contention of faith, but for our action in fulfilling God's Commandment given by our Lord Jesus Christ.
For example, what of his contention that, given the unbeneficial properties of water, God should have created a thirst - quenching liquid with different properties or not created humans in such a way that water is needed at all?
Others may believe that the biblical stories portraying God as an interventive being are at least in some general sense accurate and for this reason reject the process contention that God is not capable of such activity.
I would definitily like to pursue this at a later date, I'm sure I'll see you pop up around here again, because I do have answers, more questins, more points of contention and so on, but Happy Hour calls and I can not turn her down, who knows, if you're in DC we might bump into each other and not even know it!
It has been our contention, however, that this way of looking at things is of special interest to the Christian theologian; and now and again this has been noted in the context of some given assertion of process - thought.
David King became our personal theologian and one thing that impressed me deeply at the time was this contention of his: he often contended in a rather robust manner that every problem that he encountered as a pastoral counselor could be traced to a «spiritual» problem.
Its basic contentions have been sketched out, at some length, and, I hope, in such a way as to be intelligible.
Instead we had a squad that does what it always does which is fall apart at the seems as a results of injuries and, IMO, bad mentality or weak will power, resulting in a run of results when it mattered most (as per usual) taking us out of contention early in 2016.
While Pereira — who is in contention to represent Brazil at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this summer — could feasibly begin to feature more regularly for the Red Devils next summer, under Louis van Gaal or anyone else who may take the reins at Old Trafford, we can't see him nabbing the armband from Wayne Rooney any time soon!
Rededicated after a sixth - place finish at the last FIBA World Championship, the U.S. will be a heavy favorite in Japan, with any of seven other teams in contention for a medal.
Wilshare is not in contention anymore, Ramsey and Ox, I am not sure anymore if we can keep both for long, at least 1 at least will run down his contract.
If we can regroup after the international break with Mustafi, Welbeck and Ospina back in contention for first team places and our winning streak at the Emirates we'll close the gap between top to what it was before this farce of a match ever happened.
All was forgiven after the chip - in and the father - son duo moved into contention at just three shots back of 18 - hole co-leaders Kevin Streelman and Beau Hossler.
were in contention, thats whats important that an whether your girl will give u mince pie at christmas
Détente with the Dodgers is not in Cincinnati's lexicon as the Reds surge into hot contention — a rise coinciding with the repositioning of that thorny go - get -»em outfielder, Pete Rose, at third base
Ramsey has been at Arsenal for ten years now, and after recovering from the awful double leg - break caused by Ryan Shawcross in 2010 he fought his way back to fitness and when fit he is always in contention for a starting spot.
Now that we are out of contention for a place in the top four, the time has come to give youngsters like Chambers, Holding and Maitland Miles a run of games to prove themselves.Play Chambers and Holding together in a flat back four with MN at defensive mid flank ed by Ramsay and Wilshire.
The field has been narrowed down to eight drivers still in the running for the Cup after Brad Keselowski saved his skin by winning at Talladega Motor Speedway last Sunday, bouncing Casey Kahne from contention.
But Gerrard — who will leave the club for LA Galaxy at the end of the season — has not been overly missed it seems, as Rodgers's side have extended their unbeaten run in the Premier League, which started in mid-December, and have moved into Champions League qualification contention after Sunday's victory over Manchester City.
With recent rumours suggesting Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp was in contention to replace Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid, there's now talk that he's preparing transfer targets if he gets the job.
The report adds that Real and PSG are also in contention, with the latter likely to look at replacing Edinson Cavani at the end of this season.
Meanwhile both Alex Oxlade Chamberlain and Shkodran Mustafi are in contention for a place after featuring on the bench at the weekend.
Goalkeeper Chris Kirkland is in contention for a place on the bench after recovering from the back problem which cut short his loan at Doncaster.
Because Kenseth is no longer in title contention, it's conceivable he could make Logano's path to the championship finale at Homestead - Miami Speedway far more arduous.
But after the completion of the second of four rounds, only Jeff Gordon remains in title contention, as Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne were all eliminated last Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.
A look at the ten best young players in the Premier League who could be in contention for PFA Young Player of the Year.
It is claimed that Sunderland were also in contention to bring him to the Stadium of Light last summer, but Martin O'Neill, manager at the time, turned him down due to his poor record for Chelsea.
After returning from a loan spell at Championship side Derby County in January, the 19 - year - old went straight into first team contention and was handed a start in the Merseyside derby against Everton the following month.
If it's to win the PL title this season, Arsenal can still win it because they're not yet out of contention to win it despite Chelsea dubiously beating Swansea today at the Bridge when the match Pgmol referee bluntly refused the Swans the penalty they've won when a Chelsea defender handled in the box.But.had it been it was the other way round, I think the referee would have given it.
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