Sentence examples for xi from inspiring English sources

The adrenalin pumps regularly and often, whether we're in mortal danger or just coming out to bat at number 9 for Malden Wanderers third XI.

With England's World Cup campaign starting against Australia in Melbourne on 14 February, Morgan and the coach, Peter Moores, need to settle on their strongest XI as soon as possible.

Rodgers will be accused of lacking courage and not having enough trust in his strongest XI.

For some international games in the late 1940s, Italy fielded as many as 10 Torino players in their starting XI.

Starting in 1952-53, United won the first five FA Youth Cups, and as players graduated to the first XI, league titles followed in 1955-56 and 1956-57.

The stand-in captain George Bailey on Thursday conceded this was England's best chance to snatch a win, although that did not stop Australia naming their starting XI a day early.

Juventus, now hailing two Baggios in their starting XI, had a stellar season.

Sacchi always cherished players with Dino's qualities – a strong work ethic combined with a keen sense of collective solidarity – and had no doubts that he deserved to be in the starting XI.

"Analysing trends in the key emitting sectors, we conclude that China's greenhouse gas emissions are unlikely to peak as late as 2030, the upper limit set by President Xi Jinping in November 2014, and are much more likely to peak by 2025," said the paper, co-authored by climate economist Nicholas Stern and analyst Fergus Green.

The very fact of how much more credible it is makes Zhang Yimou's and Xi Jinping's western ambitions look like they might not be that far from fulfillment after all.

According to a diplomatic cable from 2007 released by Wikileaks, vice-president Xi Jinping, the man expected to become China's next leader, admires what he called Hollywood's "grand and truthful" films.