Sentence examples for purposeful side from inspiring English sources

It was the Faroes, not Northern Ireland, who were the more purposeful side at the start of the second half but their prospects of another memorable home win were undermined by the impetuous Edmundsson.

Everton were much the more purposeful side at the start of the second period and after Pienaar collected a short free kick in the 52nd minute, he was allowed to scamper into the box and fire a low shot against the legs of Vedran Corluka, which then skewed past the wrong-footed Heurelho Gomes.

Once they regrouped, however, Greece were the more purposeful, effective side and could have taken the lead when the excellent Jose Cholevas struck the bar.

As the hearing wound down, it was far from clear if the justices were ready to find purposeful discrimination and side with Foster, or if they'd gotten sidetracked with the procedural issues that dominated a good chunk of the hearing.

For the most part, though, "The Paris Review Interviews, I" is a series of excursions, alternately purposeful and capricious, with side trips, stops for tea and mystifications (Borges providing an extensive mystification, in the course of which he disappears gravely and drolly into one of his fictions, and emerges with perfect clarity).

Queens' pressing was so industrious and purposeful that the home side never truly settled on the ball.

His cluelessness was evident in the N.B.A. finals, in the presence of more purposeful players on both sides.

Matt Kvesic made a purposeful break for the home side early in the second half but he was halted five metres from the posts and lacked sufficient support.

It was the home side who were purposeful at the beginning of the second half too, with Bannigan claiming that his shot inside the area was blocked by Emilio Izaguirre's hand.

Roberto Mancini's title-chasing side looked more purposeful in the second half and Asmir Begovic had more to do in the first two minutes than in the entire opening period, advancing off his line to block Dzeko before making a low save to deny Nasri.

The wonderful side effect of purposeful work is that improved resilience.