Sentence examples for concentrating against from inspiring English sources

But for the most part Ronaldo left a great generation of centre-backs at their wits' end, their brains melting with the demands of concentrating against him for 90 minutes.

So while he dealt with the huge logistical problems involved in an assault on Grand Gulf, Union forces engaged in a series of widespread but relatively small actions to keep John C. Pemberton, head of Confederate forces in Mississippi, from concentrating against Grant.

Once there, Willoughby hoped to defeat them or damage them so severely that they would be unable to break out unaided, thus isolating Duperré's squadron from Hamelin's force in Port Napoleon and containing the French in separate harbours to prevent them from concentrating against the British blockade squadrons.

Also for the mentality, you are very concentrated against Arsenal.

"And it was actually very difficult to concentrate against her, because, you know, I felt bad.

Neither has traditionally been oppressed, which makes the sense of disenfranchisement all the more acute, and they assert increasingly extreme views against the powers they see concentrated against them — big business, big government, big media, big globalization.

This permitted "grand batteries" to be assembled in the midst of battle and fire to be concentrated against selected spots in the enemy front until it was torn to shreds.

This once more allowed Habsburg forces to be concentrated against France and Bavaria, and 1743 and the early months of 1744 saw Maria Theresa's position in Germany become markedly stronger.

In terms of it translating into victories at local elections, we are up against a really effective Labour Party machine which concentrates against us - it has knocked us back".

Such was the perceived success, the Luftwaffe concentrated against ports on the northern French coast thereafter.

The success allowed British forces to concentrate against the one remaining French territory in the Indian Ocean, Isle de France.