Sentences with phrase «winning things over»

Gary Neville summed it up when he said if we start winning things over the next few seasons, now the shackles have been taken off, that «this will be the greatest managerial performance ever.»

Why moan at Wenger when all he can do is not sign a new contract, will that give the board ambition to win things over making a profit?

«I think Manchester City will try and sign stronger and maybe better players — players who have won things over the years.

Not exact matches

Though Vanity Fair's Richard Lawson admitted that the voice initally sounds «too synthetic and effortful for a movie that's about some very dire real - world things,» he suggests that the actor's performance will win audiences over.

One thing to know: The Saints clinched a playoff berth with their win over the Falcons last week.

One thing to know: A Titans win over the Jaguars on Sunday will get them to the playoffs for the first time since 2008.

But if you're stuck with someone who wholeheartedly believes the wrong thing, show them a chart, close your mouth and you just might win them over.

One thing to know: One of the rising stars in figure skating is from a country not necessarily known for the sport, and he wins crowds over with throwback songs to his routines.

As far as we know, he never made any particular effort to smooth things over with Cruz, or make him feel like he'd won something.

It's been proven over and over again that it's not just about money or title but about recognition and the practical things... as simple as will this help you achieve your goals and aims... together we will both win.

For my part I have been very much taken with — I should say, won over by — the eschatological interpretation that Jurgen Moltmann gives to the Christian kerygma in his work The Theology of Hope.1 As we know, Johannes Weiss and Albert Schweitzer are at the origin of the reinterpretation of the whole of the New Testament, starting with the preaching of the Kingdom of God and of the last things and breaking with the moralizing Christ of the liberal exegetes.

Young people are not won over by such things.

But things have changed dramatically in the past decade... perhaps because so many of my fellow ministers went through the same situation... so there is hope yet for other issues... It seems the way of the majority usually wins over time...

As the dust from the recent explosion over Indiana's Religious Freedom Restoration Act begins to settle, one thing is clear: Republicans and Christians lost, Democrats and gay activists won.

Christ is confessed as both creator and redeemer, and it is claimed that he has already won the victory over death and begun the renewal of all things.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

As things turned out, that consensus held just long enough to ensure that, deepened intellectually and reinforced politically by conservative and neoconservative thinkers and political leaders in the 1970s and 1980s, freedom's cause won out over Marxist - Leninist totalitarianism.

One thing is certain: the world can not afford a fanatical faith that treats people of other faiths as enemies to be won over to one's fold or to be eradicated from the face of the earth.

Lime and avocado might win me over on the spinach thing

So things like choosing flower arrangements, stressing over making seating assignments, and going to Bed Bath and Beyond for the billionth time to buy organizers for my kitchen won out.

«What's interested me most is the number of women who were negative at first about the need for the awards who have turned around and said, actually, no, you're right, you've won me over, this is a good thing, it is good to celebrate female members of the wine industry.»

I don't know how I eventually won her over, maybe my quick wit or the fact that I was willing to do the grunt work which freed her up to do more important things like yell at Garcia, the dishwasher - chef (his title not mine) or attend to the ten or so lemon meringue pies that had to be made everyday.

His charming personality and love of all things spicy will be sure to win you over.

Another thing that wins my heart over these blueberry pancake bites is the fact that you can make them ahead and freeze them.

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In hindsight, a win over Leicester and draw against Chelsea could have made all the difference to Arsenal's season so far but, as things stand, it's been ordinary stuff from Wenger's wizards.

After Carl Lewis won his third and last individual gold medal, in the 200 meters, the first thing he said was, «I'm really glad to get all of this over.»

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If they barely escape one of the Michigan schools and Auburn or Mizzou impress in a win over Alabama, things could get interesting.

As the Owner, Board and the majority of Arsenal fans say» Nothing wrong with doing the same thing over and over» Why change the winning strategy?

As revealed in an Arsenal.com report, the Arsenal vice / captain and central defender Per Mertesacker is adamant that the Gunners will head to Old Trafford on Sunday feeling great about things and confident of coming away with a second win of the season over Man United.

UM's 4 games thus far have been: solid opening win; buzzer - beater walkoff after mostly being outplayed all game; no - doubt rout that was over by halftime; and a nail - biter of a grind where they couldn't hit a damn thing outside the paint despite plenty of wide open looks.

to put it simply Dez, we have looked at tape over the last few seasons and while there are some things we love, there are some big changes we need to make to be competitive (remembers the Eagles SB win like a solider remembers war)»

Alabama's win over Georgia on Monday meant both of those things for the family.

Their 4 games thus far have been: solid opening win; buzzer - beater walkoff after mostly being outplayed all game; unmitigated rout that was over by halftime; and a nailbiter of a grind where they couldn't hit a damn thing outside the paint despite plenty of wide open looks.

With they money ManU, ManC and Chelsea have spent over the past 5 years, they should be winning «everything» if we go by the logic of» we need to spend in order to win»... The main thing that Leicester City EPL win proved is, having spent all of that money doesn't mean jack, if you don't utilize your team right.

Call for Wenger to be sacked without thinking about who the owner will replace Wenger with, if he wanted to win things and get a winner in then why hasn't his other teams been more successful over the years?

They got a big win over Team Harris 70 - 68 on Sunday and are right in the thick of things.

Remember, this Team won a Championship over the Summer and say what you want about the difference in roster and competition but winning Playoff Games is one thing that they can say with certainty that they've done.

So many things have been done over the years that have helped Ferrari to win.

Captain Ari Nemetz spent a lot of time around All Sports Series over the past ten months and learned a few things, such as what it takes to grind out wins.

On the other side of things, Portland State is probably wishing the entire year consisted of non-conference opponents as they've managed to cover in 10 straight games including straight up wins over California, Stanford and Utah State.

We may have gone two points clear at the top of the table with a win over Newcastle this past Saturday afternoon, but we made things unnecessarily difficult for ourselves with a thoroughly poor performance.

Arizona Cardinals fans have to feel at least two things after their team's 20 - 16 win over the Seattle Seahawks Sunday at University of Phoenix Stadium.

Short of winning the freaking WS, I'd consider a single win over UF the next most satisfying thing.

Why do we have an owner who openly says that he isn't interested in championships, does he think that the players are not affected by knowing that their goal is to make profit over winning things they want to win?

I will say some of the bad things we've done over the past 3 games appear, to the eye test, to be bad things we've done with some regularity throughout the season, even during our 15 game win streak.

There were so many things stunning numbers in the Chicago Bulls» 93 - 86 win over the Miami Heat in Game 1 of their second - round playoff series, but the one that jumped out at me most was 35.

And as mentioned in this week's Numerical, the Huskers» win over Ohio State turned in such stark manner with the injury to Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller that it is quite difficult to say the same thing would have happened with Miller behind center.

Arsenal's comfortable win over West Ham confirmed several things we already knew: firstly that West Ham are a bad team in serious trouble, secondly that Alexis Sanchez is a world class player and thirdly that he is now Arsenal's striker for the foreseeable future.