Sentences with phrase «acts as a centre»

The coming elections in 2016 and 2017 present the very real danger of irrelevance and ultimately extinction for the party, especially if the SNP can gain local government fiefdoms like Glasgow, which act as centres for political patronage.

This tower acts as the centre hub for the game world.

Kinda: you'll need to tell the Art 42 to act as a centre speaker in the menu.

Customer service administrator acts as a centre of communication in an organization.

Cut two pieces of MDF to act as centre support brackets between the original armoire top and the new false top.

Not exact matches

A monitor in the centre of the room acts as a digital scoreboard, ranking staff in real time on the quantity of articles they've written, the amount of online traction their work is getting and how much it's being shared on social media.

Luckily, some bodies, such as the Science Media Centre, do try to act as responsible intermediaries.

The centre acts as a catalyst to exploit the concentration of academic and health sector talent in the private sector, at the University of Toronto (in medicine, law, economics, and bioethics among others) and the Rotman School.

The so - called financial passport has allowed London's financial centre to act as a hub for global firms looking to do business in the EU.

Located in the heart of the MaRS Centre, the suite acts as a bridge between corporate leaders and entrepreneurs.

The functional elements of the business act as a solid foundation, but the core of our focus now is our community and how we, as an organization, can facilitate connections between the 17K + members that are a part of all our centres.

The Center's also set to have a spa and fitness centre, time - share apartments and holiday suites, work offices, an education centre and also act as the new headquarters of his ministry, Morris Cerullo World Evangelism.

Discussion of sexual ethics usually centres on the sexual act, but we should not neglect the problems of justice which are just as difficult and important.

Even some critics who accept the fundamental reality of the I - Thou relation as «the centre of any genuine religious experience» treat «revelation» as the objective — «the act of God whereby He has disclosed the way and destiny of Israel» — and meeting, or the I - Thou relation, as the subjective — «the act of man whereby that destiny and its divine source are drawn into the inner life of the individual.»

Set up a cot in your town centre with some burly men in high - vis jackets acting as security.

Such action would have to be thought of as analogous to that of the angels, who so dispose of themselves in one act, that from the centre of their nature and freedom they are fixed and confirmed in good, or hardened in the evil they have chosen.

This is certain, that it must proceed from a cause that penetrates to the very centres of the sun and planets, without suffering the least diminution of its force; that operates not according to the quantity of the surfaces of the particles upon which it acts (as mechanical causes use to do), but according to the quantity of the solid matter which they contain, and propagates its virtue on all sides to immense distances, decreasing always as the inverse square of the distances....

These Poison Toffee Apples will definitely act as a showstopping centre - piece at any Halloween party and are perfect when coupled with my Ghostly Halloween White Chocolate Apples!

She acts as research leader at the Niagara College Food Innovation Centre, where she and her colleagues provide technical, regulatory and product development support to the food and beverage manufacturing sector, and conduct research in culinary, food science, brewing and winemaking.

An army of parents acting as «secret diners» was sent in to galleries, arts centres, castles and museums to help compile a league table of the most and least healthy.

However, neither of the Premier League side's are likely to be too unhappy, as both already have settled centre - back pairings, meaning that a new addition would only act as additional competition.

It appears to me that Ozil and Alexis are swapping positions during the game, with Ozil acting more as centre - forward!

Theo is an expensive failure and to keep giving him the chance when he has repaid the clubs faith with being a bottler and acting as if he's a lazy git (watched him a number of seasons ago against Blackburn away and all he did was run up and down the wing without even calling for the ball to draw defenders away from the centre) I hate to say it but in my mind Alan Hansen was right when he said that «Walcott has not got a natural footballers brain» It infuriated me at the time but its been proven to be true I feel he's been collecting his money for too long without a result to justify keeping him in our employment.

Yes he did hold a good position, but we are lucky because he has learned his trade on the continent, so knows how to act as a «water carrier» for our centre backs to for the defensive triangle.

After all clearly any centre back signing is simply to act as cover so why spend such a fee on the Hull man?

You all act as if Replacing Giroud will win us the title we need 3 players for that to happen and beware Of Liverpool this season they are technically good with milner and henderson sitting in the centre Of the park they will be a very good team but arsenal with fine out when we play them.

Argentine centre - back Walter «The Wall» Samuel acted as Roma's protection, destroyer and bouncer as their creative players danced around higher up the pitch.

New signing Sead Kolasinac will presumably be first choice with Nacho Monreal acting as cover both on the left and in the centre.

Sané and Sterling acted as the wingers in that game and were tasked with pressing the outer centre - backs in the opposition back three.

Lucas, whose position demands he is the deepest of the midfielders, often dropping back to act as a third centre back, is found to be horribly out of position; the Brazilian doesn't possess the energy to get back and recover the situation either.

The German football association (DFB) have announced that Hellmut Krug will no longer act as VAR project manager and cease his supervisory role at the league's Control Centre in Cologne.

A Maternity Assistant at the centre is to act as liaison between them and the Maternity services, providing access to new dads who can then be invited onto the scheme.

Assessable and independent assistance is essential for low - income and vulnerable households, NEA have campaigned to ensure that the Home Heat Helpline can give independent advice, as well as preserving this service, in the future NEA is also committed to ensuring the Government's Green Deal Advice Call Centre is effective and utility companies act on their referrals

Count four: «That you Godsday Orubebe, while being a Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in charge of Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, on or about 2013 asked for and accepted the sum of twenty million naira from one Pastor (Dr.) Jonathan Alota as additional bribe for the contract awarded in favour of his company Chemtronics Nigeria Limited for the construction of skill acquisition Centre at Edo State for the sum of one billion seven hundred and ninety nine million, nine hundred and fourteen thousand two hundred and fifty naira eighty eight kobo only (1,799,914,251.88 K) and you thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 10 of CCB & T Act.»

Similarly, Brigadier General OF Azinta, Commandant Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping Centre and the Commandant Nigerian Army School Infantry, Brigadier General J Sarham, Brigadier General TA Gagariga, Commander Nigerian Army School of Artillery and Brigadier General LF Abdullahi, the Acting Commander Nigerian Army Education Corps have also been promoted Major Generals, as well as Brigadier General JGK Myam, Acting Director Operations and Brigadier General US Yakubu, Acting Director Peacekeeping Operations, amongst others.

So I'm going to get in on the act too, because I'm struck by how much of this advice centres on bringing back well - known names such as Alan Johnson and Alastair Darling.

Business News of Tuesday, 15 May 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com Duncan Amoah and Alfred Obeng Boateng The Africa Centre for Integrity and Development (ACID) has described the recent allegations against the Bulk Oil and Storage Distribution Limited (BOST) over the sale of some crude oil as an act of mischief.

The other was # 50,000 from Arron Banks» firm Better for the Country Ltd, which is at the centre of another Commission investigation into «whether or not Better for the Country Limited was the true source of donations made to referendum campaigners in its name, or if it was acting as an agent.»

The scientists also suggest setting up extra breeding stations for key species, in addition to the two centres already being built, to act as arks, so that enough amphibians could be bred to recolonise the habitats in a crisis.

Concurrently, he also served the University of Barcelona in a similar capacity, acting as tech transfer consultant for the university's Centre for the Transfer of Knowledge, Technology and Innovation.

«In a fire, our coating forms a compact charred layer that acts as a protective barrier against the heat,» added Prof Dasari, who is also a Principal Investigator at the NTU - JTC Industrial Infrastructure Innovation Centre (I3 Centre).

The chemistry in the growth rings in the shells of the clam — which occur much like the annual growth rings in the centre of trees — can act as a proxy for the chemical make - up of the oceans, enabling researchers to reconstruct a history of how the oceans have changed over the past 1000 years with unprecedented dating precision.

«The increase is especially noticeable in urban centres, where there is less soil, unlike rural areas, to act as a dampener,» said Sharma.

In addition to preserving the genetic diversity of endangered species, the centre will act as a resource for researchers who are developing IVF and other breeding technologies to assist endangered animals.

Develop and lead a proactive and effective media strategy; build relationships with journalists, and act as the main point of contact for journalist enquiries; write press releases and news articles for the website; produce background briefings and prepare spokespeople for interviews, co-ordinating media interviews and requests; arrange media interviews and develop a public profile for key staff; monitor current issues and public opinion to inform the media strategy; work with Member Organisations and the Science Media Centre; ensure that all media communications comply with the Society's brand identity and guidelines

Paul Lecoq is now acting as technical director of this Centre, which will be fully operational in 2011 (http://cerimed.web.cern.ch) In summary the scientific leadership of Paul Lecoq has developed along the following lines: Since 1991: Organizer of a worldwide R&D effort for the development of new scintillators for physics, medical and industrial applications.

Can be used over your lipstick in the centre of the lips, to act as a highlight.

The film works on multiple levels — as a supernatural thriller (though explicit paranormal elements are limited to a hallucinatory dream sequence and the final shot of the baby's eyes), as a psychological thriller about a paranoid pregnant woman who imagines herself at the centre of a conspiracy, and as the last word in marital betrayal, since the most despicable villain here is surely Guy, who allows his wife to be raped by the devil in exchange for an acting role.

By placing at the centre of the narrative a white woman who believes she belongs to the land, against a set of people who see her presence as oppressive and who want to brutalise her, yet who also carry out acts of violence against one another, Denis returns to the core themes of her earlier films (such as Chocolat, 1988)-- the highly problematic issues inherent in the processes of colonisation and decolonisation (2).

It's a perfect double act, and the movie wisely keeps them front and centre even as wacky business is breaking out all over.