Sentences with phrase «year battle»

But, after a three - year battle with cancer, she passed away.

This is where the spouses spend years battling it out, finding ways to undermine one another.

The seven - year battle over the state's funding system may not be over yet, however.

I too, have been lucky enough too, with my husband, to face a two year battle of potty training with our little guy.

I have had 40 or 50 years battling for my rights as a human in this society.

In good shape physically, actually seeking to gain a few pounds stressed off me during the three year battle fought on my wife's behalf.

This is where the spouses spend years battling it out, finding ways to undermine one another.

A 7 year battle over a day of paid personal leave has finally reached a conclusion.

Kinder Morgan's suit came after a two - and - a-half year battle against its plan to «twin» a 60 - year - old pipeline not designed for, but now carrying, tar sands diluted bitumen through Burnaby to a supertanker marine terminal on the municipality's northern border.

The twisted, five - year battle between Cary and Lake in the Hills for control of the 260 - acre Hoffman Farm could take yet another turn Thursday night.

«The achievement of actually winning what I have spent years battling in the gym towards feels completely unreal and still a bit of a dream,» said Kristof.

In his later years he battled depression and was said to become more «eccentric» with age.

The conclusions of the review bring an end to a 17 - year battle by the families of Fl Lt Tapper and Fl Lt Cook to clear the two pilots» names.

The Award season build - up all leads to the night of the Oscars as the best films of last year battle it out for prestigious...

The mosque - subject of a two - year battle marked by legal wrangling, vandalism and anti-Muslim sentiment - still needs to pass inspection and get its occupancy permit, mosque officials said.

In 624 the Muslims defeated a much larger Meccan army at the battle of Badr, but in the following year the battle of Uhud, in which the Prophet was injured, was inconclusive, largely because the archers disobeyed their orders because they were too eager for booty.

The Chinese season has just finished and all the moneybags over in Asia are looking to poach more European stars ahead of next years battles and are willing to pay ridiculous sums in transfer fees and wages.

She says she has been through hell and back with Cambridgeshire Social Services in a two - and - a-half year battle to gain a Special Guardianship Order, which was granted in January 2007.

New York (CNN)- New York state legislator Adam Clayton Powell on Monday announced his candidacy in this year's Democratic primary against 20 - term U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel, who has spent the past year battling an ethics investigation.

He spent the last year battling back from an Achilles injury as he prepared for this year's training camp.

Labour unions have for the past seven years battled government over payment of their second - tier pension funds.

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In the past several years the battle for that talent has intensified because so many individual investors have become fabulously wealthy in recent years.

«You'd hate to think you're going to have another five - year battle like we did last time around, but I can't see why it's going to be any different.»

That's because the company has spent years battling slow, and at times nonexistent, user growth that hampered the stock.

Wild Card - Like many other years the battle for the wild card is between New York and Boston.

For the fifth straight year, Pittsburgh and Oakland would be staring down the muzzles of one another's heavy artillery in a playoff game, and for the third straight year the battle would be for the American Conference championship.

Crystal Palace starting to find some positive form on their recent English Premier League matches as they starting to move away from relegation trouble and this midweek, they are keen on keeping that positive run going when facing Norwich City in the new year battle.

In other words: the prime minister is going to spend the whole of the next two years battling about money and the EU citizen residency issue.

Last year the battle became particularly heated after tax credit supporters sent out mailers targeting individual members of the Assembly.

After years battling arduous laws and red tape, psychedelic therapy research is enjoying new found freedoms.

This week we're talking to Adriel Irons, an insurance executive who lives in Long Island City, New York who spent years battling allergies, brain fog and joint pain.

They recently welcomed their first child, Ivy Jean, through IVF in November of 2016 after a two plus year battle with infertility.

I then spent the next, oh, 15 years battling disordered eating patterns and body dysmorphia, as well as obsessing about how the number on the scale corresponded to the amount of approval I received from others.

For years the battle raged, and then one day when the princes were seated at the table a young boy turned the tablecloth around, and for the first time, they could see the other's point of view.

In recent years the battle for the best - selling car has been between the Mazda3 and Toyota's Corolla but for the first half of last year Hyundai's i30 crashed the party.

She was gravely injured during Hurricane Ike and has been years battling residual health issues.

He and his stalwart girlfriend spend the next two years battling incompetent government officials, alarmingly large critters, erratic electricity and a paucity of food options (including the Great Beer Crisis).

Lex Luthor has traveled back through time with news of a dire future: While the heroes and villains spent years battling amongst themselves, Brainiac has been feeding on their powers, building strength to return to Earth and destroy humanity.

Greens of course won't be jumping to volunteer for another Bush campaign, especially after eight tumultuous years battling Jeb's brother on air and water pollution policies and complaints that the last White House muzzled climate scientists.

Our team fought and won an eight - year battle before an international arbitral tribunal to secure compensation for Econet and to protect its rights.

In fact there may be an even more definitive response in the wings: The federal government has mandated responsible ministers to move forward on its commitment to ban oil tankers on the Pacific north coast (a smart move that would allow us to avoid another 10 + year battle should another company seek to open the Great Bear Sea to the risk of heavy oil spills from oil tankers and related pipelines).

Problem is you've been through some rough years battling a nasty, but curable form of cancer.

«Our clients have literally heard horror stories from their friends, colleagues and families who have gone before them who have spent years battling through their divorce process,» explains Baron.

Recently a friend described to me her 20 - year battle with cancer, a battle which she had thought she had won ten years ago, but which she has had to begin fighting anew in recent years.

Charles Bale, husband of Pamela Bale for 3 years, passed away in October, 2012 after a valiant two - year battle against leukemia.