| The pitch is further queered by the weakness of the US dollar, which makes Ireland a far more expensive travel destination for Americans. |
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| This year's general election saw the media do several things which queered the pitch of the election debate. |
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| Loud noises scared the game during the hunt and queered the atmosphere around the fire. |
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| The financial services industry has to a large extent queered its own pitch. |
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| But Mr Bo, with a characteristic feistiness, queered the pitch from the outset. |
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| And the localisation scheme appears to be yet another example of the pitch being queered for foreign firms by an overweening Chinese state. |
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| But then America and Europe queered the pitch, like they always do. |
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| My dismount, however, would have queered my chances for even the bronze. |
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| Aware, in his mid-forties, that all the time off for cricket had queered his prospects for mainstream advancement at the bank, Alan seized the new career opportunity. |
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| Even so, the scene is in no need of being further queered by Brian Kulick, the director of the New York Shakespeare Festival's current Central Park revival. |
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| By choosing short term politically expedient opportunism they have queered their own pitch and I cannot see how from that position Labour can win the 2015 election. |
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| But then Lalao Ravalomanana, the wife of the ousted president, queered the pitch by deciding to run in his colours. Mr Rajoelina retaliated by declaring that he would run after all. |
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| According to sources, a letter sent to the Prime Minister on the alleged undervaluation of the company and the illegal nature of the disinvestment has also queered the pitch. |
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