Portugal are now gaining an upper hand in the match, launching attacks from all over the pitch. |
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With a physique that suited and befitted the characters allotted to him, Ranjith had an upper hand in the scenes he was involved in. |
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In both instances, the monkey appears to be dull-witted and yet gains the upper hand with a quick response. |
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Pressing him on whether women seriously held the upper hand in government and society, she never quite elicited a satisfying answer. |
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Spies from Rome And Carthage both trying to get the upper hand, clash between Punic trade mentality and Roman militancy. |
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Both teams began the game with a series of handling errors and no one was able to gain the upper hand. |
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It is designed that way so that bookies always have the upper hand whatever the going. |
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They know who has the upper hand and are afraid to speak out against this hand that provides only crumbs to them. |
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The pace was frenetic as neither man wanted to let the other get the upper hand. |
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The revolutionary opportunity was lost, and counter-revolution gained the upper hand. |
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You need to be firm with some consistent training to help gain the upper hand. |
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Four Warrior armoured personnel carriers arrived and in terms of firepower gave the troops the upper hand. |
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A photo finish at the line gave Russia the upper hand followed by Poland and Germany's number three crew. |
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With him gone, the factions are all fighting to gain the upper hand in a well and truly divided Cabinet. |
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So I just gave him a cold, icy stare and laughed at him, like I had the upper hand. |
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The global citizen is assaulted with a cacophony of claptrap, and mumbo-jumbo has gained the upper hand. |
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After a few bouts, the pale-faced younger of the contestants gained the upper hand by planting one of his hands firmly in the hair of his rival. |
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The United States and Poland paced each other through the first half of the race before the US took the upper hand and moved closer to Canada. |
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It's not in the least clear who's going to win, or even who has the upper hand, or who holds the true moral high ground. |
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He struggles to keep the upper hand, but she outmaneuvers him more often than not. |
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Neither of us won the fight, as it was parted before the final blow was struck, but I definitely was having the upper hand. |
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Although a democracy must often fight with one hand tied behind its back, it nonetheless has the upper hand. |
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The search engine's insistence on nonexclusivity has given an upper hand to some of its toughest competitors. |
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The British are particularly sore at the moment, because they believe the IRA has the upper hand in what is essentially a phoney war. |
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Although in some classes of the society, the boy and the girl are given a bigger say, still it is the family that usually has the upper hand. |
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Just when Claudius thinks he controls Hamlet, it is really Hamlet who has the upper hand over Claudius. |
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However, it would be wrong to think that the government has the upper hand in controlling public opinion. |
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In a market economy, finicky customers have the upper hand in choosing products and services. |
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The fight raged on with Barry maintaining the upper hand with long left hooks and sheer aggression. |
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Many still see the danger of a social explosion even if the government appears to have regained the upper hand over the rebels for now. |
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Firefighters there are counting on a break in the hot weather and a shift in the wind to give them an upper hand. |
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Superficially, White would appear to have the upper hand, leading the ladylike Lynn away from tradition and into his raucous orbit. |
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After the restart Rovers still had the upper hand although it was actually City who had the better scoring chances. |
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We will try not to let anger, resentment, or moodiness get the upper hand in the atmosphere of our home. |
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Four games in, the rubber was locked at 2-2 with Ashley looking to take the upper hand. |
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Latent divided political loyalties now surfaced, and planters with Royalist leanings got the upper hand. |
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She had the upper hand, and she was using it well to her advantage. |
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The visitors sensed they had the upper hand at this point and on 25 minutes, they nearly stole a second goal when Kieran O'Donnell walloped the crossbar from all of 40 yards. |
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To keep the upper hand, caterers attempt to differentiate by offering not just the fanciest feasts, but smoothie bars, kettle corn, pasta stations, and on-site pizza ovens. |
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Fish are too smart, big, fast, and numerous for jellyfish to come anywhere close to getting an upper hand. |
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For a moment, the joes seem to have gained the upper hand and they attempt a break out. |
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Sure, the Red Coats had the upper hand in terms of transportation, supplies and training. |
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He admitted the set-piece speech wasn't his forte, pointing out his greater ability in TV interviews and off-the-cuff speeches, but he was never to gain the upper hand again. |
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Even within the PLO the different factions are often at loggerheads and maneuver to gain the upper hand. |
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This gives her again the upper hand, as she is seeking to fix a market price across all digital servicing for her work. |
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Liberals here now have a chance to gain the upper hand in terms of messaging, just in time for midterm elections. |
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Both teams strove to gain the upper hand but were very evenly matched. |
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Hussain also believes that the Australians usually gained the upper hand by bullying the opposition, and this is a pitfall the English team must avoid. |
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Despite his 25-kilogram weight handicap, he retains the upper hand. |
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Even if the government finds out ways to prevent litigants taking upper hand in the days to come, it will be too late to take correctives in the short run. |
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Whereas gazumping gave sellers the upper hand, allowing them to accept 11 th hour bids above the original offer, gazundering turns the tables on them. |
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The zealots got the upper hand and science was denounced as heresy. |
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Waugh has duelled with Smith since their under-21 days and knows only too well that he held the upper hand for just two Tests in 2001 when he was last preferred. |
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Add to the obeisance of the yea-sayers the quiet capitulation of the majority, and injustice and untruth will gain the upper hand. |
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Wessex and Mercia gradually established an occasionally unstable alliance, with Wessex gaining the upper hand. |
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There was no refusing him, for he had got the complete upper hand of the community, and the peaceful burghers all stood in awe of him. |
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There it was Razumov who had the upper hand, in a composed sense of his own superiority. |
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And because they live everywhere and reproduce quickly, bacteria have the upper hand. |
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After being under French control from 1701 to 1709, the Dutch army gained the upper hand in the Battle of Malplaquet. |
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The scientists are not certain why this occurs, but it may be because salt gives the upper hand to sexual embryo sacs inside the plant. |
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The war then settled into a complex and asymmetric strategic deadlock where all sides struggled to gain the upper hand. |
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Spain had taken the upper hand on land but the Beggars still controlled the sea. |
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By about 8 AD, Arminius had gained the upper hand and began planning rebellion. |
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It's a way of controlling death. A way of gaining the ultimate upper hand. Be the killer for a change. Let someone else be the dier. |
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When Cuskin gets the upper hand and leaves him for dead, a lesser man than Ryan would have abandoned the task. |
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They and their allies seem to have the upper hand in Missouri. |
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Connections, whether geographical, temporal, social, inter-ethnic, or finally vitalist, always have the upper hand. |
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Clearly superior to her opposition, Lady Val got the upper hand late and won going away. What a ride! |
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After Kursk, the Red Army got the upper hand and generally was on the offensive for the rest of the war. |
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Thereafter Charles's armies had the upper hand, and by 849 had secured most of Aquitaine. |
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In 1973, RSCN was given the right to issue hunting licenses, giving RSCN an upper hand in preventing extinction. |
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Parliament gained the upper hand in England, however, and by 1646 its armies were able to intervene in North Wales. |
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In addition, the division's snipers were able to gain the upper hand over their German rivals. |
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By 1943, the Allies began to gain the upper hand in the Pacific Campaign's air campaigns. |
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However, subsequent to this the British began to gain the upper hand, and were further aided by the support of local Arabs and Assyrians. |
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The German OKW communiques matched Britain's efforts in claiming for the upper hand. |
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He flew at me with his knife, and I had to grass him twice, and got a cut over the knuckles, before I had the upper hand of him. |
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He may have had the upper hand on belting out ballads but singers like the Maloney Mewler are everywhere and Rylan was certainly unique. |
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By the early 1830s, the Anglicists had the upper hand in devising education policy in India. |
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Porsche had had the upper hand in the opening rounds of the series, but at Silverstone things were different. |
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Senchenko used his superior reach to land jabs, and gained the upper hand as the fight progressed. |
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In physical confrontations, the cats usually have the upper hand. |
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From about 270, attempts were made to gain the upper hand over the seaborne attacks of Germanic marauders using heavily fortified strongholds, some of which were newly built. |
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However, her mount wasn't able to dictate matters as usual and only gained the upper hand over Fozy Moss from two out, eventually drawing clear to score by four lengths. |
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Indeed, in the last few years, gold bugs have had the upper hand. |
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They boss around their dissolute uncle Luke Frugal, played by Jo Stone-Fewings, until he suddenly finds himself with the upper hand and plots his revenge. |
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