Sentence examples for weaker divisions from inspiring English sources

The difference between the powerhouse National Football Conference East and the weaker divisions in the N.F.L. can be summed up with one word: pressure.

Unless every grouping has the exact same average team quality, clubs in weaker divisions will be rewarded with a soft schedule and an easy route to the playoffs, while those facing tougher competition will be penalised.

Florida still controls the East, a far weaker division.

In a weaker division (like the N.F.C. West), they might have a shot at contending.

The Capitals thrived in the weaker division, and won 7 of the 14 division titles, including five of the last six in the Alex Ovechkin era.

Not wanting to diminish the role of the existing intelligence agencies, the administration prefers a much weaker division of information analysis.

The Royals have been far less successful, in a weaker division, than the Rays, who won the American League pennant in 2008 and have made the playoffs twice since.

Still, the company will probably continue to face pressure from investors to sell its weakest divisions or even to consider a merger with Procter & Gamble.

Textron also developed a policy of selling weak divisions, which led to the divestiture of its last textile holding in 1963.

Soviet forces arrayed against China, already raised from 12 weak divisions in 1961 to 25 full ones, now grew to 55 divisions backed by 120 SS-11 nuclear missiles.

At first they were faced only by the German 16th Panzer Division; but Kesselring, though he had only eight weak divisions to defend all southern and central Italy, had had time to plan since the fall of Mussolini and had been expecting a blow at the "shin".