Sentence examples for fierce thanks from inspiring English sources

The battle at the back of the grid, where the last three of the 12 teams are the same as they were last year, is also fierce thanks partly to the overall prize-winnings structure.

Allmusic writer Andy Kellman felt that though the ballad sounds like "the watery backdrop for a singing competition finale", it is the most outstanding song on I Am... Sasha Fierce thanks to its lyrics and Knowles' tormented performance.

Though the premise sounds - and is - frighteningly close to George Romero's zombie movies, Days comes off fresh and fierce, thanks to Alex Garland's writing, an English setting and solid British actors, notably Murphy and the always reliable Gleeson.

Although the colors are not particularly bright or full of contrasts, they produce very jumpy, almost fierce optical effects, thanks to the way the multiplying lines keep distracting the eye.

Margins are thin, thanks to fierce price competition, a surfeit of selling-space and weak demand.

But even if the agency is approved, it might be far weaker than what she envisioned, thanks to fierce opposition from the financial industry.

East London shot off a more vibrant flare, thanks to fierce organizing and a mayor not so trapped by his own free-market assumptions as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is.

Only thanks to fierce activism and a number of decisive events would Amsterdam succeed in becoming what it is, unquestionably, now: the bicycle capital of the world.

The bill has passed the Assembly four times but has consistently been blocked from coming to the floor of the Senate, largely thanks to fierce lobbying by the Roman Catholic Church.

Chen, a member of the Democratic Progressive Party, won a fierce, three-way race, thanks to a split in the dominant Nationalist Party.

It's even looking as far afield as the U.S. to hire developer talent, says L'Hotellier, thanks to fierce competition in the local market for software smarts.