Sentence examples for Clever tactical from inspiring English sources

Clever tactical kicking from the Ospreys half-backs kept the ball mostly in Munster territory in the closing stages and the home team's last-gasp rally in injury-time came to nothing as they suffered a second defeat of the season at Thomond Park.

Making Alan Johnson shadow chancellor may be a clever tactical feint.

WHEN Julia Gillard appointed Peter Slipper as speaker of Australia's federal parliament, it seemed a clever tactical ploy to bolster the standing of her minority Labor government.

It seemed symbolic of the France midfielder's struggles as he and his Newcastle United team-mates became increasingly ensnared in Stoke City's clever tactical trap.

Their clever tactical fouls were crucial in stopping the game from becoming stretched – something Sweden's manager Erik Hamren was not given in the opening two matches, surely to his frustration.

Perhaps Murray was a little passive throughout, waiting for Roddick to make mistakes rather than forcing the pace, though the American can rarely have played such a clever tactical game on grass.

On the other hand, I suppose, the Chief may simply be beating a devilishly clever, purely tactical retreat, devoid of principle.

While Kennett carefully describes in excruciating detail all of Sherman's flaws -- contradictory positions, occasional sloppiness in tactical readiness and clever efforts to improve his own image at the expense of rivals -- he gives the controversial ravager grudging respect in curtailing rather than expanding the killing of desperate and outnumbered Confederate soldiers.

So Saddam, the clever one, The Struggler, undertook a tactical retreat.

In the games category was PH21's clever mobile title, Timelie, that combines tactical stealth with control over time.

It's possible that as Robinson gets older, the minor tactical adjustments and emotional rationalizations of his cleverest lyrics no longer hold the same appeal.