Sentence examples for ascendancy up from inspiring English sources

Saracens kicked and chased, hit hard, competed on Wasps' lineout throws and achieved an ascendancy up front.

"We were in the ascendancy up until they scored the third.

They made the most of their ascendancy, shoring up vulnerable incumbents.

Republicans in Arkansas, a beleaguered minority, gleefully greeted his ascendancy but wound up embittered, in many cases, over a governor who "sided with liberal Democrats," as one put it.

No disgrace in that, but whether consciously or not, it's often seemed to affirm the Galaxy's ascendancy by setting up to try and match LA's proactive approach.

To break out of this pattern, a regime can attempt to decouple political power from economic ascendancy, freeing up the public and private sectors to operate on principles of efficiency, merit and fairness rather than sociopolitical concerns.

"I'm going for Kerry because it might firm up his ascendancy," Mr. Thompson said.

A man down, Brisbane gave up the ascendancy but looked set for a point.

Despite suspicions that Castelli had fixed the jury, it was a watershed moment, as the international art world finally woke up to New York's ascendancy.

Gazprom, in other words, is busily undermining its own ascendancy.Europeans are now so worked up about Gazprom's conduct that the firm is struggling to fulfil its more sensible ambition of buying distribution in the EU.

The ascendancy of the Australian Open runner-up Li Na combined with Serena Williams's being sidelined with an injury and the retirement of Russia's Elena Dementieva to set up the new-look rankings.