Sentences with phrase «as the clutch of»

A crucial vote looms on Friday in the long - running saga of Detroit's bankruptcy, as a clutch of creditors decide whether to approve a restructuring plan that would cut the cash - strapped city's $ 18 billion of debt.

He nodded off before dinner at our house, and after his lecture, he sat helpless as a clutch of Legionaries of Christ came up to kneel before him.

No man can compete with his 12 league titles and he has also amassed two Champions League trophies, four FA Cup titles and three League Cup winners» medals, as well as a clutch of other prizes, in his 22 - year Old Trafford career.

In addition to the show, there is also interview material with Iggy Pop, guitarist James Williamson and drummer Scott Asheton, as well as a clutch of contest submission videos.

As the clutch of the engaged gear opens, the clutch of the target gear closes simultaneously.

Routine handling: It's Japanese - easy to drive, which means that it works as well as a clutch of cars including Mazda, Honda, Subaru and Mitsubishi.

Behind the beach, the grid of streets houses a selection of smaller, flashpacker resorts as well as a clutch of large mid-range hotels aiming primarily at the Asian market.

With its broad boulevards, glass - fronted buildings and modern shopping centres, as well as its clutch of old mosques and churches, Izmir has a distinct atmosphere of Mediterranean Europe mixed with one of traditional Turkey.

Not exact matches

As the Senate debate neared in late 2009, McConnell attended a fundraising dinner in New York with a clutch of financial services executives.

Prince William gets a handshake from Frederika Blair - Turner, the headmistress of Wetherby School in Notting Hill as his little brother Prince Harry, 4, smiles, clutching his schoolbag, Sept. 11, 1989.

In recent months, the airport's remaining clutch of small operators and private pilots allege they've had their leases terminated or their rents jacked up by as much as 300 % — all of which has landed Porter in court yet again.

It's hard to explain the feeling of watching the quarterback, Case Keenum, launch a pigskin prayer with the final seconds ticking off the clock, and then watching Stefon Diggs jump skyward, clutch the ball in his hands, and race to the end - zone as the clock counted down to zero.

As that capability is refined, your PC might get you what you need even before you think to ask for it — the location of the file you left on your desk but that was borrowed by a colleague, perhaps, or an ambulance when you slump over clutching your chest.

Fox first announced its 10.75 pound per share offer in December 2016 but the deal has been held up concerns about the influence Murdoch could wield over public opinion through owning all of the broadcaster as well a clutch of UK newspapers.

These sneakers can be as rare and as status - defining as the fine watches adorning the wrists of Wall Street bankers or the designer handbags clutched by elite art dealers.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - The White House raised the possibility on Wednesday that impending hefty U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum imports could exclude a clutch of countries besides Canada and Mexico as President Donald Trump looked set to authorize the measures as early as Thursday.

WASHINGTON, March 7 - The White House raised the possibility on Wednesday that impending hefty U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminium imports could exclude a clutch of countries besides Canada and Mexico as President Donald Trump looked set to authorize the measures as early as Thursday.

As if she might vault onstage, rip off her corset and — instead of clutching a pole with her pelvis — launch a news conference.

Perhaps, then, the Epilogue to Adam Bede is to be read as documenting Dinah's escape from the clutches of this ugly and dangerous notion of God.

Crocodiles and rattlesnakes and pythons are at this moment vessels of life as real as we are; their loathsome existence fills every minute of every day that drags its length along; and whenever they or other wild beasts clutch their living prey, the deadly horror which an agitated melancholiac feels is the literally right reaction on the situation.

What I have learned is about nurturing true self in order to be free to encounter love for God and others as yourself and escaping the clutches of a false sense of self from social influences and less than helpful personal choices.

People are the ones we are fighting for, as we try to rescue and deliver them from the clutches of evil.

(1) The goal of paideia, which is the cultivation of the excellence or arete of the soul, consists not in acquiring a clutch of virtues but in knowledge of the Good itself Education as paideia is defined as inquiry into a single, underlying principle of all virtues, their essence.

Crackling streaks of flame pop and dance about our heads as we clutch at one another in fear and awe.

Perhaps a broader view of the church as an organization serving people's spiritual needs would speak more powerfully to the laity than does the picture of an institution clutching its «patent.»

«We want poems like fists beating niggers out of Jocks of dagger poems in the slimy bellies of the owner - jews / Look at the Liberal Spokesman for the jews clutch his throat and puke himself into eternity / Another bad poem cracking steel knuckles in a jewlady's mouth,» wrote Baraka as a sixties icon.

Chaos presents us with a religious terror at the sheer contingency of existence as harmony, a terror that clutches at symbols like the polarity of life and death, the creative dance of Shiva the Destroyer, the Pit.

In the second century, Marcion saw creation's evils as sufficient reason to reject the lordship of the Creator God in favor of a heretofore unknown God, who through Christ mercifully intervenes and saves souls from the clutches of creation and its God.

After a recent outing on our town's Main St. with her pals, she declared coffee as her new favorite ice cream flavor, and clutched a Rite - Aid bag full of Dark Chocolate KitKat bars.

In the words of Aneela from The Odd Pantry, you'd better be «clutching your socks» when you take a look at her recipe for Ginger Chutney (20) as it is sure to knock them off!

All of that to say, your cook book is as beautiful as I expected and has such an awesome blend of daring new flavors and wonderful comfort food, I'm pretty sure this will be my favorite cookbook to come back to forever, and hopefully one day my children will beg for me to pass it on and I will greedily clutch it until my last days.

Claiming the industry has failed to provide consumers with «a reasonable assurance» as to the origins of their chocolate, ILRF has articulated a clutch of basic principles that reflect current demand from consumers.

Really, I'm hunching, I guess I should say, because as I reached down to get my Cheez - Its and Welch's Fruit Snacks out of the machine, my low - slung black messenger bag slid down right over my back of my legs and trapped me its clutches.

In fact, from each ocean view room balcony hotel guests can observe the near constant clutch of surfers hanging ten — a quintessentially Californian vista, especially as they are silhouetted at dusk against the orange, red and otherwise polychromatic backdrop of the setting sun.

The 25 - year - old was seen clutching his groin as he made his way off the pitch during the 3 - 0 win at Anfield in the first leg of their Champions League quarter - final tie last Wednesday night.

When it gets stuck in the crook of a goalie's arm as he clutches it to his chest?

Arsenal fans should be used to headlines saying that «yet another transfer target bites the dust» and as we enter the final week of the transfer window we seem to be clutching at straws right now...... Read the full article here

Jill sat in the boathouse clutching a cup of tea and watched as, one mile out, her teammates began changing color.

Unfortunately for Osemele, Jones did a great job of turning his hips toward the quarterback just as soon as he had freed himself from Osemele's clutches.

First - round picks were as hard to come by as ever at the 2018 trade deadline, and many teams are left clutching to their unwanted assets because of it.

It felt as if I were clutching a piece of dry ice.

Lots of big games to play so as long as we are mathematically still in with a chance I'll keep clutching at straws for my half full glass lol * Sips glass full of alcohol *

As poorly as Shabazz Napier shot all game (7 - of - 22 from the field), UConn's senior guard came up clutch when it mattered.As poorly as Shabazz Napier shot all game (7 - of - 22 from the field), UConn's senior guard came up clutch when it mattered.as Shabazz Napier shot all game (7 - of - 22 from the field), UConn's senior guard came up clutch when it mattered...

--- no idea of when this was posted, but no matter how hard I try I am still clutching at straws for some signs of hope in this dark abyss that is know as AFC during the transfer window...

Ramsey simply highlighted it to the ref, did he go down like a sack of poo clutching his face as though he'd been shot and have the rest of the team mob the ref trying to influence his decision?

And sure enough, it dived into the hole, and bowls of potato chips flew off laps all over the world, and Antonella wept, and Daly clutched his wife's head to his chest as if the judge had just said, «Guilty.»

Massive clutching of straws to include youngsters and then Chambo on top of that as a central player, unless you remain consistent and suggest we don't need a ST because we have Akpom and Sanogo?

His reputation as a clutch quarterback began last season when he led Iowa on two scoring drives in the final 13 minutes of a stunning November upset of No. 3 Penn State.

OUTLOOK: Encina has relied on seniors Nate Jefferson, Donald Jackson, and Dajon Green for most of the season, but it was junior Matthew Coleman who sank a clutch three - pointer as time expired to force overtime in the semifinals.

Facing a 4 — 4 Indiana team a week after escaping from East Lansing with a last - play win (the Hawkeyes beat Michigan State on Stanzi's seven - yard TD connection to McNutt as time expired), Iowa needed that pair of clutch bombs from its quarterback, a slew of favorable calls from the officials and — with the Hoosiers leading 21 — 7 and lining up two yards from another touchdown in the third quarter — a miraculous interception in which the ball ricocheted four times among three players before landing in the hands of Iowa safety Tyler Sash, who dashed 86 yards for a touchdown.