Sentences with phrase «years battling about»
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.
http://www.politics.co.uk/ Not exact matches
Cook battled furiously against that narrative, pointing out that about 500 million simple feature phones were sold last year.
Citing concerns about giving Google «a significant advantage over competitors,» a New York federal judge shot down a settlement that would permit Google to make millions of books accessible online — the latest setback in the Internet behemoth's six - year - long legal battle over its digital library.
After seeing friends and family battle cancer, Nat Turner and Zach Weinberg decided to sell their advertising tech startup to Google for $ 81 million and use the proceeds to launch Flatiron Health about two years ago.
Third Point, which settled a bitter proxy battle with Yahoo last year after months of criticism of the company, will still own about 20 million shares, less than 2 percent of the Internet media company's common stock.
In the latter battle, the SHE ETF remains a bit player: A little more than a year after its debut, it has only about $ 300 million in assets under management.
Billed as the Trump administration's new strategy on Syria, the announcement will prolong the risks and redefine the mission for the U.S. military, which has for years sought to define its operations in Syria along more narrow lines of battling Islamic State and has about 2,000 U.S. ground forces in the country.
That would offer an ironic denouement to the Republicans» seven - year quest to vanquish the ACA — which, as the world knows, sputtered out after three failed Senate bills in about as many days and a dramatic late - night vote, the culmination of a battle that exposed enormous intraparty disagreement and highlighted the unexpected unpopularity of repeal.
Thinking about the United States» big efforts in recent years to engage in Internet war, perhaps this could be an exploratory pre-dawn battle.»
The most interesting part is the back story of how a billionaire was upset over an inappropriate news story about him and plotted for years to get his revenge, and then secretly funded someone else's legal battle to get it.
She also said the company has suspended a pre-feasibility study of Pascua - Lama, an open pit gold, silver and copper mine in Chile, which regulators ordered permanently closed last year following court battles about environmental concerns.
LEGAL BATTLES The holding company for Washington Mutual finally had its reorganization plan approved in February 2012, following three years of legal battles about the low price paid for its banking BATTLES The holding company for Washington Mutual finally had its reorganization plan approved in February 2012, following three years of legal battles about the low price paid for its banking battles about the low price paid for its banking assets.
My dad lost a battle with cancer 17 years ago and I know he was thinking about his family at the end and not any larger questions about life.
God created Adam from a handful of dirt and his spouse from a rib; Talking snakes; trees that bear fruit, that imparts knowledge and eternal life; a global flood, that required a pair of each organism on earth, be stuffed onto a boat; people who lived hundreds of years; a man who was swallowed by a fish, only to be spit up 3 days later, unhurt; a tower god was afraid might reach heaven; a woman who is turned into a pillar of salt; talking donkeys; unicorns; satyrs; a leviathan god creates and then does battle with; a zombie messiah, who was actually god incarnate; zombie Saints who left their graves and wandered about the town; belief in a circular, flat earth.
I have mixed feelings about the whole «War on Christmas» battle that gets waged every year around this time.
He writes, «Ever since my wife and I heard about their work about a year and a half ago, this ministry and the battle they're fighting has been heavy on our hearts.»
He already knows he will be defeated and cast into the lake (at the Battle of the Armageddon, set to take place about 1,000 years from now).
On Wednesday, March 26, I'll be speaking about my year of biblical womanhood at Wingate University near Charlotte, North Carolina at 8:00 p.m. at the George A. Battle Fine Arts Center in the McGee Theater.
Here is what I learned about depression during my year - and - a-half-long battle: It is not a place for self - help.
During the debate over «biblical inerrancy» that raged among evangelicalism for several years in the late 1970s, I remember someone observing that Harold Lindsell's 1976 book, The Battle for the Bible, which pretty much got that debate going, was more a theory of institutional change than it was about theology as such.
In fairness, Swift had a role in the year's still - growing tide against sexual misconduct, speaking candidly about and winning the subsequent court battle against Colorado DJ David Mueller, who assaulted her in 2013.
Several years ago in the midst of one of its well - publicized battles about sex, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) proclaimed, «Theology matters.»
What's happened, of course, is that over the past thirty years the central purpose of Catholic worship» the Eucharist» has been all but lost in a sea of concerns about community building, lay ministry, liturgical language, battles over music and statues, and yet more community building.
I swear to God, in whose hand is my life, that marching about morning and evening to fight for religion is better than the world and everything that is in it: and verily the standing of one of you in the line of battle is better than supererogatory prayers performed in your house for sixty years.36
It was last summer that beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams committed suicide after a decades - long battle with depression and addiction, and this weekend, his 26 - year - old daughter Zelda spoke out about her own struggle.
The Condor Years is a cautionary tale that urges us to think more carefully about the current battle against terrorism.
Years ago I read an article on how the 2012 Oscars would be about the battle between Glenn Close and Meryl Streep, for Albert Nobbs and The Iron Lady respectively.
Although I have no prospects of going into a battle (the only exception is «battling» with my 8 year old daughter about the need to wear make up at this age or her crop tops being too short for my liking), I love foods which keep my tummy full and happy for longer.
During the heated takeover battle for Warrnambool Cheese & Butter this year, Murray Goulburn's bid was thwarted because of concerns about a reduction in local competition.
JJPAWN has been fighting a lone battle trying to keep at bay those fools who keep banging on about Arsenal not winning the PL for 13 years.
Nothing and what is he leaving behind coqoliin xhaka eleny monreal walcott!!!! So he has had 80 million in wages and thats what he cares about and that also goes for everyone running OUR club that do nt give a monkeys about the title or europe it will only change when totally fail and finish 10 - 12 for a few years and there pockets get hit and i can see it and that will make me hate wenger kronke gazidis and all those stuck up arrogant directors of our beloved club it will be like going back to Don howe managing the club and 17000 on the stands I hope i am wrong but can anyone see it any other way????? Time for change and change now Troy deemy is right no balls I wouldnt want to go into a battle with any of them backing me up White feathers all round
Sanchez — by far the most threatening player on our team, especially considering that Ozil has never been a goal scoring machine throughout his career... wished he and the team had dealt with the whole situation in a much better fashion because even if he end up staying his time here will always be tainted by the memories of this year... Wenger has always hated confrontation but this isn't like the crazy years of Bendner or even the back - and - forth that he would have experienced with leaders like Viera or Keown, this was a battle between a guy with a lust for winning versus a manager who had lied about being the same
Judge then finished round two early, sending Cody Bellinger packing in a battle of Rookie of the Year candidates with 13 longballs with about a minute left on the clock.
thats why we are crying wenger out coz arsenal is stalling and u talk about missing top four nxt season top four will be like battling for epl and I can guarantee u wengers target nxt year is top four for sure
We aren't talking about a player who has struggled to make an impact here, Dembele scored 17 goals in all competitions for Fulham last season, which is a great achievement for a 19 year old playing in a side that was involved in a relegation battle last season.
The Gunners missed out on a spot in Europe's premier competition for the first time in 21 years and it couldn't have come at a worse time for them, the club has lost its stability with the tight lipped Frenchman Arsene Wenger refusing to give anything away about his future and a boardroom battle for control between Silent Stan Kroenke and Alisher Usmanov showing no signs of ending the club may struggle to step back up.
Tua wins QB battle worst case: Jalen transfers and Bama has a few worries about QB depth until Tyson and Tua's brother enroll next year.
Despite an epic battle which resulted in the Ferrari of Mario Andretti and Jacky Ickx taking victory, the reduced duration meant that spectators weren't all that bothered about going to watch, so the following year it went back to being a twice - round - the - clock event.
I agree tho many fans who cant read games like those who played it a long time (no offence) but reading a game is half the battle and as someone who played for 25 years tho not the best teams or leagues i still know what its about and have watched 30 years now of ball on tv i can say we are a disgrace at the back how many stray passes Xhaca alone made is a joke i can only hope something changes cause we need it i love us dominating teams but when we got 70 % possesion and only 1 shot on target its a joke.sry lad s but enoughs enough Wenger had his day its over now time to move on...................
And, according to the Daily Mirror, the 30 - year - old — who has spoken before about his battle with depression — says he owes his life to Sam, 24.
«We won some big games, and we battled through a lot of injuries — you could make a bunch of excuses, but we try not to do that around here... but the great thing about that team that won a bunch of games at the end was that we played a lot of juniors, and those guys are scattered in with this year's team, so they're battle - tested.»
It was a year ago that I wrote here on Anfield Index about the Transfer Window Trophy, an imaginary piece of silverware that rival fans battle over with growing ferocity.
From Men in Blazers: Rog talks with 21 - year - old FC Dallas and USMNT midfielder Kellyn Acosta about growing up a soccer player in American football - mad North Texas, doing battle with Mexico at the Azteca, and being left on his high school's JV squad as a freshman.
Still, many of us think that a divorce without kids is no big deal; there's no custody or co-parenting battles, child support or fears about how your decision will impact the kids for years to come.
On Tuesday, I read a story on Facebook about Florence Leung, a young mother who died last year after she lost her battle with postpartum depression.
There was an amusing story on NPR's Morning Edition yesterday about the reporter's battles to get her three - year - old son to eat vegetables.
It has been a few years since I had this issue but I still get riled up when I think about how heavily they were battling against co-sleeping even then.
If you give her the message that what she likes is alright with you, you will sidestep battles about food that might otherwise last for years.
«For a country where oil was discovered only about nine years ago, this is a feat of sorts, compared with Nigeria where oil was discovered in 1956 but is still battling to have its PIB passed into law.
The business lobby is serious about crushing «the little party that could» (a Newsday headline of a few years ago), spending millions of dollars on television and mail against WFP candidates, and even trying to hire well - known progressive public relations firms to wage a PR battle against them.