Sentences with phrase «working by a country mile»

Let's keep doing what hasn't been working by a country mile.

Plan A wasn't working by a country mile, so instead of using Giroud's strengths for a plan B, Wenger decided not to have a striker on the pitch, make the game even more conjested with the subs, and carry on with plan A. Wenger also decided to help Swansea with their counter attacks by taking off our DM.

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In Tanzania, Isaac Lema travels hundreds of miles by bus each month, between his university studies and his UCE work in the southeastern part of the country.

Despite the Chilean's recent dip in form, there's no denying that he's been our best player by a country mile this season, contributing goals, assists and immense work - rate for the team.

The study — the largest ever conducted on the African forest elephant — includes the work of more than 60 scientists between 2002 and 2011, and an immense effort by national conservation staff who spent a combined 91,600 days surveying elephants in 5 countries (Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon and the Republic of Congo), walking over 13,000 kilometers (more than 8,000 miles) and recording over 11,000 elephant dung piles for the analysis.

This studio visit was one of nearly 1,000 stops made by the curatorial team during a year - long, 100,000 mile journey across the country to discover artists whose work has not yet been fully recognized.