Sentence examples for pieces against from inspiring English sources

This dispute led Le Grand to write a series of short pieces, published later as Several Smaller Pieces Against M. J. Sergeant (1698).

Two children, barely four years old, their faces smeared black, break coal by hitting pieces against each other.

It's like Man Utd and Everton practicing set pieces against each other for ten minutes before a match.

However, with the country still stunned by scenes of the fishing boat smashing to pieces against Christmas Island's jagged rocks, other politicians are demanding a more humane approach.

Ana Ivanovic, a former No. 1, fell to pieces against Shahar Peer, the admirable Israeli, in the first round, then Peer went down herself.

(In a double round-robin, each participant plays two games, one with the white pieces and one with the black pieces, against every other player).

Asked if he could explain England's slack defending at set-pieces against Sweden, Eriksson ruled out any suggestion that he had called for zonal marking and pinned the blame on his players.

Italy also looked shaky when defending set-pieces against Luxembourg, and the equaliser came when Maxime Chanot headed in from a corner, but Holtz believes that was testament to his own team's qualities rather than an inherent Italian frailty.

Winning a set-piece against Klopp's Liverpool is almost akin to winning a penalty.

His piece "Against the Grain" won a 2015 James Beard Award in the Food and Health category.

It took Liverpool 90 minutes to switch off at a set piece against Hoffenheim.