Goalposts in a sentence

But Harbour Air is challenged by federal government regulators not yet certifying battery technology, or creating specific goalposts or targets for the company to reach, explained Holtz.

By aligning these metrics with your objectives and identifying their value, you can shift the goalposts in your favor.

In 2003, Carlos Spencer hit Stirling Mortlock on the chest and he ran straight towards my seat, in the very front row, behind the goalposts, to send John Mitchell’s All Blacks home empty-handed.

One is when the goalposts started to be moved.

Over the years, the Chinese have been able to shift goalposts at will, especially in relation to the Ladakh border.

Preston North End director Peter Risdale has repeated claims that Everton ‘changed the goalposts’ over a deal for new Leicester City striker Tom Cannon in the summer transfer window.

The Pakistani officials are baffled by IMF’s “shifting goalposts” as the country makes hectic efforts to woo the lender which has set new conditions to unlock the $6.5 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) signed in 2019, Geo News reported.

This is a position of extreme volatility and yet fans in Baltimore can depend on Tucker coming through in the clutch no matter how far the goalposts are.

Although the committee raised a number of concerns about the losses now being incurred by quantitative easing and tightening, we concluded that the goalposts should not be moved for lenders now that bond sales are running at a loss.

And the day’s activities weren’t over after the dust settled on the action on the field, with Jaikits Fur Goalposts and Beano Disco providing the music for the after-party in the clubhouse at Ardencaple.

And then there's the worry that we hand that money over only for the goalposts to move again, take the stamp duty holiday of 2020, for example.

But that Trump is so busy trying to move the goalposts yet again proves that there’s reason for him to be worried that he’ll be facing Smith at trial before he can run out the clock in November.

In the closing stages a defensive blunder by Alexandra provided Arrowtown with the opportunity it needed and when Ratwatte powered across close to the goalposts it seemed the visitors would be returning home triumphant.

Much like, if you remember, how European soccer was largely viewed in this country before time, and enlightenment, shifted the metaphorical goalposts and silenced the "soccer haters" into insignificance.

Rumors circulated that labor groups were obstructing progress on the bill or trying to move the goalposts on items being negotiated by labor, green groups and the state.

The new requirements meant they had to add strength and durability to the goalposts, especially for the bad weather.

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A field now is in place with goalposts and fencing.

As for the Opposition, Gulati calls them misguided and finds them guilty of changing the goalposts.

Communities Secretary Robert Jenrick was later drawn into the furore as he was accused of 'moving the goalposts' by claiming that Mr Hancock had initially used this term.