Sentence examples for major foul from inspiring English sources

There were some officiating issues, a major foul missed on Seattle's goal and a minor foul that took away LA's go ahead goal.

Contact with the head is so off limits that accidental intrusion with stick or body within seven inches of the head — an area known as the halo — is a major foul.

Major Foul These are fouls when a defender is overly aggressive on a player and result in being kicked out of the game until 20 seconds pass or until a possession change.

What stands out is not the crowing thrills, or the major foul-ups, but the run-of-the-mill assumptions on which the tabloid press relies; they are the secret of the Murdoch mill.

According to this way of thinking, as voters see more of Mr. Obama and become more comfortable with him (assuming no major foul-ups along the way), his chances of getting elected will be enhanced.

The United States is the primary proponent for doing away with the leap second, arguing that the sporadic adjustments, if botched or overlooked, could lead to major foul-ups if electronic systems that depend on the precise time — including computer and cellphone networks, air traffic control and financial trading markets — do not agree on the time.

The major fouling mechanism for the metal membrane filtration was pore blockage.

All adventure and no food is a major party foul in Madeira.

Virtually all of the modern baseball rules were in place by 1893; the last major change counting foul balls as strikes was instituted in 1901.

Falling down from this position is a major party foul and hurts so be careful.

A major computer foul-up or even mass civil disobedience, some hint, would not be unwelcome.