Sentence examples for event of defeats from inspiring English sources

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"You hear a lot about players' win bonuses, like those apparently handed out to Manchester City's players," wrote Glen Reilly last week, "but which teams have dished out punishments to their players in the event of defeats?" Plenty of managers have emphasised the stick over the carrot, some good-naturedly, some in an utterly abominable manner.

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In the event of defeat, Mr Galloway has hinted he may consider turning his sights on London and running as mayor.

They have been using partisan poll data, questionable fund-raising hopes and implied promises of future rewards in the event of defeat.

The obvious answer is that, having qualified for the knockout stages, teams are now playing with more caution, knowing they no longer have another game or two to turn things around in the event of defeat.

In the event of defeat in next month's vote in Congress, White House officials say they have enough Democratic votes to sustain a presidential veto, enabling the pact to go through.

She had been approached to run in the 2011 Assembly elections, but said she had some serious thinking to do on whether she could face the "traumatic" event of defeat again – she lost her seat by just 194 votes to the Conservative's Jonathan Evans.

This was a real cause of concern for his opponents, who wondered about the military's reaction in the event of defeat in the latest elections.

Win or go home means they no longer have another game to turn things around in the event of defeat like in group play.

In the Classic Period the statues of Maya deities often were carried into battle on palanquins, facilitating their capture in the event of defeat.

Many will bet against their own team as a rudimentary insurance policy in the event of a defeat leading them to lose their win bonuses.

Eurosceptics believe he is following the tactics he adopted in the Scottish referendum: to neutralise questions about his future while privately drawing up plans to resign in the event of a defeat.

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