If England play with such a lack of spark, conviction and creativity against a better opponent, of the calibre they would need to beat at a major tournament, they will not get the chance to turn it around as they did in the second half.
He was reinstated in 1998 six months after Cardinal Law defrocked the Rev. John J. Geoghan, whose child molestation conviction sparked the current priest sexual abuse scandal.
His crusade to expose child abuse wherever it may occur was sparked by the conviction of a gang of Muslim men for sex trafficking and abusing under-age girls in his own constituency.
Manning's conviction sparked momentary interest among members of the elite media in the US, who spent scant time at the two-month court-martial, located just miles north of Washington DC, Manning's supporters expressed relief that he was found not guilty of the most serious charge, aiding the enemy, which would likely have carried a sentence of life in prison.
Michael Cohen's plea deal and Paul Manafort's conviction sparked a new take on the president's slogan.
Outrage over six-month sentence handed to former Stanford University swimmer Brock Turner last week following a sexual assault conviction has sparked an effort to recall Santa Clara County Superior Court judge Aaron Persky, but any effort to unseat the judge will be extremely difficult, according to experts.
All of this is presented in the context of the supposedly imminent end of the world even though this is not in fact mentioned —a conviction that sparked numerous collections of end-time prophecies at the time, including an unpublished collection by Christopher Columbus.
The latest riots were sparked by the trial and conviction of two of the group's ideologues.
The first — "Darwin's Black Box" (1996), which purported to make the scientific case for "intelligent design" — was enlivened by a spark of conviction, however misguided.
His was a leadership that came with the spark of conviction, the sensibilities of a lifelong educator.
It is clear in his demeanor, each time he speaks to the cameras, that he lacks the fiery spark of conviction in his ability to change the world, and rather grips the cold amber of truth that if a single man could make a difference and leave his mark on history - he isn't the one.
