Sentences with phrase «act at»

The bug - eyed pooch quickly drops her watchdog act at the store for the promise of being able to lick Surly's face.

Fall Out Boy have been revealed as the first musical act at Sunday's MTV Movie Awards, with bassist Pete Wentz telling Rolling Stone that the group has extravagant plans for the show.

And the big change that we made when it became a movie was that Ruben [Fleischer] our director wanted to set the third act at an amusement park.

The meta - narrative is wound up beautifully and one wonders if they could have simply used this act at the end of the second film and saved us all two hours of torture.

The first friend he makes is Fozzie Bear, whose stage act at the aptly - named bar El Sleazo, of course, has its patrons in a dissatisfied rage.

While it doesn't waste any time in the first act at setting the stage for the ensuing chaos, swiftly moving from room to room, getting the audience and the protagonists acclimated to the home's inner - workings and physical layout, the remaining two - thirds mercilessly drags.

Audiences flocking to Philomena, Stephen Frears» (Lay the Favourite) adaptation of Martin Sixsmith's non-fiction investigation The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, may do so for its central pairing of Judi Dench (Skyfall) and Steve Coogan (Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa); their instincts may be at odds with the serious subject matter that canvasses religious interference and societal intolerance, but they suit the easy - going tone and amusing odd - couple act at the film's core.

For what it's worth, amid trying to distribute equal screen time to both Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy, the script and direction does find a solid focus by always keeping the Civil Rights Act at the center of the discussion between various characters.

The story goes from Philippe's youth, as a boy transfixed with the high - wire act at a local circus, to his young adulthood, performing in the streets of Paris.

Cooper really couldn't act at this point, but he applied himself to his work in a brief series of silent Westerns for his home studio, Paramount Pictures, and, by 1929, both his acting expertise and his popularity had soared.

How would you act at a party?

If they are smart enough to have a successful career, they are smart enough to figure out how to act at the beginning of a relationship.

You can omit the xathan gum up if use all - purpose because the gluten in the flour will act at the glue instead!

Whether you're seeing a local act at El Cid or an international superstar at the Staples Center, experiencing the music scene is a definite must.

In addition, magnesium can act at the blood brain barrier to prevent the entrance of stress hormones into the brain.

Corticosterone Can Act at the Posterior Paraventricular Thalamus to Inhibit Hypothalamic - Pituitary - Adrenal Activity in Animals that Habituate to Repeated Stress Azra Jaferi and Seema Bhatnagar Endocrinology, Oct 2006; 147: 4917 — 4930 34.

The enzymes are resistant to thermal denaturation and will act at very high substrate concentrations, which means that they are stable at higher operational temperatures and can be used over and over during processing.

Some work on the amylase enzymes to prevent the digestion others act at the insulin receptor to dispose of the carbohydrates faster.

Administration of NAC is a highly effective remedy in the first ten hours of overdose, and it is believed to act at least in part by restoring glutathione levels (5).

Yoga, she expresses her heart's song in yoga, well - being, personal development and acceptance, improving people's quality of life, and mobilizing (mass) action to make the world a friendlier place to be - one act at a time, one person at a time, one day at a time.

«These are new drugs that act at different points in the virus life cycle that have longer half lives and you wouldn't have to take them every day,» says Dr. Kolber.

The goal of ENCODE is to build a comprehensive parts list of functional elements in the human genome, including elements that act at the protein and RNA levels, and regulatory elements that control cells and circumstances in which a gene is active.

«We expected the burster to act at radio wavelengths much as it does at X-ray and visible wavelengths — that is, rise in brightness, then slowly become weaker,» said Dr. Dale Frail of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO).

FFAT motifs are present in several other lipid transfer proteins leading Tim to propose that FFAT - motif proteins would act at contact sites by binding simultaneously to both the ER and another membrane.

Many of these toxins, such as botulinum neurotoxin and ricin, act at low concentrations and require highly sensitive assays for detection.

The members of the Leadership Team, the Council, and the Legislative Committees shall act at all times in the best interests of SURPAS.

Therefore, the TRN is almost certainly a site of action of many anesthetic drugs, given that a large classes of them act at these synapses and produce slow waves as one of their characteristic features.»

The detection of microscopic black holes would shore up the theory by showing that gravity can act at the quantum level, as the model predicts.

Sexual selection can even act at a molecular level.

A local tribal leader also pressured Tillerson to act at a celebration of the council on Wednesday.

And the results show that the green - leaf lettuce contains water - soluble, antioxidant compounds that act at a slow and intermediate speed, the red - leaf one has compounds with intermediate and rapid kinetics, and the semi-red-leaf one has three kinds of compounds, with a rapid, intermediate and slow speed.

«What's striking here,» Pahlavan adds, is that «what's actually stopping the puddle is forces that only act at the nanoscale.»

Dr. Bohn's team has identified several molecules considered to be «biased agonists» because they act at the opioid receptor to stimulate pain relief, but cause less stimulation of the pathway that leads to respiratory suppression.

A 1965 Westinghouse finalist used geometry to figure out how metals act at a molecular level, and now studies clusters of galaxies

Other investigations of the Titanic disaster found that even when incentives to pursue your own interests were really high — that you may die if you don't — people can cooperate and act at the expense of their own survival.

Bem began doing his own magic act at birthday parties, carrying his gear in a suitcase labeled Daryl the Great.

Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have been studying the molecules that act at the genetic level to give rise to different types of cells.

Dodick says they may act at various levels of the brain and brain stem to reduce excitability of the cortex and pain - transmission pathways.

On the subject of antigravity (19 April, p 34), understanding the essential nature of forces that act at a distance, such as magnetism and gravity, must be one of the most exciting challenges in science.

On the subject of antigravity (19 April, p 34), understanding the essential nature of forces that act at a distance,...

«This raises an interesting issue as to whether serotonin uptake inhibitors, such as cocaine, methamphetamine and other recreational drugs in this category, may act at the epidermal serotonergic synapses to alter tactile sensations.

Morphinelike substances within the body may also act at those sites

The report, which drew heavily on two Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) workshops held in 1995, also recommends more research on such topics as DNA biomarkers that can gauge an organism's exposure to endocrine disruptors; models for predicting how endocrine disruptors are metabolized; mechanisms of how endocrine disruptors act at a cellular level; and the effects of mixtures.

«The issue with ACT at that time was never about the quality of the science team,» says Bonfiglio, who led the deal.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie talks about the Dream Act at his first press conference since becoming speaker.

The Senate last week passed the CCT and CCB amendment Act at a time the Senate President, Bukola Saraki is still facing trial for false asset declaration at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT.

Country music superstar Miranda Lambert will be the inaugural act at Onondaga County's newly constructed Lakeview Amphitheater.

Rensselaer County Sheriff Jack Mahar speaks during a Gun Rights Rally challenging the Safe Act at the Center Brunswick Fire Department on Tuesday, May 27, 2014 in Brunswick, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

Chairman Crowley, Local Officials Announce Legislation to Protect Student Veterans Congressman Crowley announced the Students LIVE Act at the Bronx Victory Memorial in Pelham Bay Park to protect student veterans.

In his first interview since Sunday's referendum, Carles Puigdemont said his government would «act at the end of this week or the beginning of next».