Sentence examples for make a play for it from inspiring English sources

Convinced it was out, Hewitt did not make a play for it.

Pennsylvania's worth watching because it's a fairly dependably Democratic state, but — as they do most years — Republicans have at least been pretending to make a play for it in the final days of the campaign.

In its early days ESPN subsisted on obscure action from the outer suburbs of sport, allowing wags to create imaginary schedules featuring sports like Amish Rake Fighting and Australian Dick Wrestling, so now when the channel sees plausible sport, economically priced, it tends to make a play for it, and not worry too much about the programmes around it.

With Palm's market capitalization of just over $1 billion, someone with a strong cash reserve could make a play for it.

The show is called "All I Have" — named after her smash duet with LL Cool J — and Lopez delivered that and more in a production so awe-inspiring it's clear she is making a play for "it-girl" status in a city that boasts marquees from superstars Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and Britney Spears, whom she shares a venue with.

One source said that Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker still had an outside chance of winning the position, if he made a play for it and enough Republicans rallied to his side.

But whether or not the firm decides to make a play for AT&T Wireless, it now has a fight on its hands as it struggles to win control of an American mobile operator, an essential component of its strategy to establish a dominant global brand.At the moment, Vodafone owns 45% of Verizon Wireless, the leading American operator.

Viacom Chairman and Chief Executive Sumner Redstone Sumner Redstone on Thursday zapped scuttlebutt that his company might make a play for Electronic Arts, saying it'd be too expensive.

Executive producer Paul Lieberstein, who also plays Toby on the show, recently revealed that current employees will make a play for the job, though it doesn't seem there's much of a chance that they'll be hiring from within.

Ms. Lake will also make a play for Ms. Winfrey's former audience, although it remains to be seen whether she can shed her tabloid skin.

News Corp.'s Fox will make a play for a late-night presence, be it with Jay Leno or another funnyman.