Sentences with phrase «word against word»

Maybe they don't call the police and it's just the two of them involved in the accident and it's word against word, and later on down the line the person that would ordinarily be considered at fault has had the opportunity to think about things and may change the story to come up with some other version.

If the police do not file a police report after investigating the accident, then it is your word against the word of the driver who caused the accident.

No report was filed so it was word against word.

We can assume the «friend» will not give any receipt for the money, so in a «my word against your word» case the OP will likely have disadvantages.

It was word against word.

Without either, you don't have a case, except word against word.

If it was truly word against word then the Judge's verdict, I think, was appropriate.

It was not word against word.

Not exact matches

Brian Stelter, the New York Times media correspondent, called out this complexity on Friday, writing, «authorities simultaneously thanked members of the news media for spreading the word that Bostonians should take shelter and remain alert — and cautioned them against repeating secondhand or thinly - sourced information.»

Bias against women taking a tough line in negotiations is real and widespread, in other words, and it makes life tricky for women who want to get what they're worth.

Today, the president traveled to M. Luis Construction in Rockville, Md., to deliver his latest in a series of strongly - worded attacks against House Republicans regarding the government shutdown.

«In other words, how resilient is this project against a low - price world?»

In the words of the chief justice in the Chaoulli v. Quebec case, in which the Supreme Court of Canada overturned the prohibition against private health insurance in the province in 2005, «Access to a waiting list is not access to health care.»

In other words, Canada Post needs to hoover up a lot more of the growing e-commerce parcel business (and do so against formidable private - sector competitors), before that business line produces the sorts of dividends needed to offset losses in the so - called legacy letter - mail business.

They analyzed 20,858 transcribed B2B sales call recordings against a sales - specific dictionary, ranking every word, sentence, and overall conversation with one of the following «sentiment scores» ranging from Very Negative at minus - two up to Very Positive at plus - two.

They are criminal acts perpetrated primarily, though not exclusively, against girls and women who have to spend years afterward keeping their secrets quiet, hoping that eventually someone will help them find the words to describe the injustices they've suffered.

Rupert Murdoch vs. Google The Australian media mogul has been waging a war of words against Google all year, accusing the company's news service of theft.

But when you're up against a stubborn belief, words will likely lead to a lengthy — and ultimately futile — debate.

In other words, Yemenidjian?s odds are probably better than playing against his house.

Dalian Wanda Group has filed at least 10 lawsuits with the Chinese courts and intends to press criminal charges against online rumor mongers, after word spread last week that Wang Jianlin, the group's founder and chairman, was removed from a flight out of China.

The New Testament Gospels portray Jesus as speaking against the oppressors of his people with prophetic words of judgment that focus extensively on issues of money and power.

«There is so much liability for police officers today, and most things come down to a he - said - she - said,» Ward tells Inc. «If a police officer gets a complaint or goes to court, it's an officer's word against someone else's word.

The strongly worded ruling from Judge Leon was in a case brought against the governors of the Federal Reserve by a group of plaintiffs including the National Association of Convenience Stores, the National Retail Federation, the Food Marketing Institute, Miller Oil Co., Boscov's Department Store and the National Restaurant Association.

It's like arguing against «corporate personhood» or claiming that Barack Obama is a «socialist»: all you're doing is demonstrating to the world that you don't know what the words you're using really mean.

Of course, short - term is a dirty word that anyone can trot out against others with whom they disagree.

Expect Sanders to employ similar words against GOP candidate Donald Trump if the two end up facing off in general election.

In other words, GM will always be ahead, and the company — barring another massive financial meltdown — will never stop putting the Bolt up against the Model 3.

In other words, most current and future expansion in the oilsands will be in situ projects, and these will not be encumbered by two of the three biggest knocks against the oilsands: radical surface disruption and tailings ponds.

In other words startups, no matter how small, can now buy protection against patent trolls.

Likewise, Words With Friends maker Zynga recently filed a suit against the makers of casual sex app Bang With Friends to protect their signature trademark.

Beneath the French republican slogan in large black letters was the word «Resist», a message directed against Le Pen and her National Front party.

«Irregardless» is a nonstandard word and does have that whole double - negative thing going against it.

In other words, they were unhedged against the type of damage the stock incurred Friday.

In other words, the selection of leaders, who were strong leaders in a battle of one segment against the other segment and / or inclined to fight for certain things.

While it might seem tempting to cram your resume with words you find in the job posting, Tom advises against it: «A lot of people will just go and dump the keywords in, but the systems are smarter than that, and they're advancing all the time,» she says.

Trump responded to the allegations against Kennedy with a single - word message on Twitter, saying, «Unbelievable.»

You can borrow money against your retirement account under some circumstances, but financial advisers say such borrowers often struggle to get back up to speed on their retirement savings — in other words, their past over-saving leads to future under - saving.

«You write a story that has Mr. Trump's name in it, with the word «rape,» and I'm going to mess your life up... for as long as you're on this frickin» planet... you're going to have judgments against you, so much money, you'll never know how to get out from underneath it,» he added.

The brief: Ad Age partnered with the Gun Safety Alliance to call for creative work that would help students get out their message against gun violence; artist Edel Rodriguez, known for his iconic Donald Trump covers for Time magazine, helped spread the word and picked his favorite.

In other words, your banker may allow you to borrow against 75 percent of the value of appraised real estate or 60 percent to 80 percent of the value of what they call ready - to - go inventory.

In other words, certain revenues are netted against related spending in the Estimates, thereby reducing spending accordingly.

It's competing against rivals Amazon.com Inc., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to become — in the words of Apple's late co-founder, Steve Jobs — the «digital hub» in people's lives, the place they go to watch movies and TV shows, listen to music and read books.

«In other words, the FCC (and EFF) are just fine with ISPs offering different tiers of service, as long as the tiers don't discriminate against different types of content.

Think long and hard about if you want to show against words such as «free» if your product costs money.

A couple more months more, and it wasn't them who ever said a word against Mustachianism, oh no guvnor.

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, who has said Trump should resign over the abuse allegations against him, said through a spokesman that Trump «has shown through words and actions that he doesn't value women.»

In other words, getting life insurance which only protects against accidents is not likely to pay off.

We offer a rigorous definition for the word, and then test the definition against current markets.

Word of the announcement came as the Trump administration on Wednesday warned that it would vigorously defend U.S. national interests against «hostile» powers such as China and Russia, vowing to use «all available tools» to combat unfair practices - a sign that the president may be preparing to erect new trade barriers.

You will have protection against bankruptcy and lawsuits with a 401 (k); in other words, if you declare bankruptcy or someone sues you and wins, that person can not touch the money in your 401 (k).