Sentences with phrase «against a band of»

Chemotherapy aimed at killing single cells may not work as efficiently against bands of spreading tumor cells, she said.

The plot pits three friends, who decide on camping trip on a remote Maine Island, against a band of recently discharged soldiers on a hunting expedition.

The latest rework centres upon seven gunmen who come together in the post-Civil War Wild West to help a poor village against a band of savage thieves.

Now he's back with another Chinese crime story, this time focusing on the elite Jiaolong Assault Team's fight against a band of terrorists.

JULY 27 NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH Starring: Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn Directed by: Akiva Shaffer A group of neighborhood fathers form a group to keep their homes safe and unwittingly come up against a band of aliens.

The young King must defend his newly acquired kingdom against a band of goblins who have decided to hold it hostage.

Not exact matches

You'd be forgiven for thinking that a renegade lawyer going up against one of the biggest bands in the world in court only has a tiny chance of prevailing.

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The onshore yuan, also called the renminbi, is constrained by a trading band: China's central bank, the People's Bank of China (PBOC), lets the yuan spot rate rise or fall a maximum of 2 percent against the dollar, relative to the official fixing rate, which is set daily.

When polytheistic Egyptian subjects in Canaan wrote for help against a marauding band of Semites, the monotheistic Egyptian Pharaoh ignored their requests.

My convictions against many of their ideas, and those of many other bands I used to love, was much greater than my appreciation of the music.

If he had stayed that this man preaching to him was using slurs against gays and that he knew of a collection of pastors who had done the same things and he was concerned about this little band of people I would have agreed whole heartedly.

I'm grateful he's willing to join our little band of theological rebels against the secular spirit of the age.

All of us fret and kick against the steel bands of institutionalism; the teacher against the grading system, the social worker against the artificiality created by the very fact of his being a professional representative of the state commissioned to deal with human needs, the worker something of whose very life is «bought» against the employer, and the sensitive employer who buys that portion of that life against the system, the public official against the role which political necessity assigns to him.

We took the deal from the devil, and almost overnight, the church was transformed from a struggling band of fugitives fighting against all odds to seek and save the lost, and became rich, powerful, and prominent.

Crime rates are rising in the major cities, a band of Maoist - inspired rebels is bombing and pillaging its way across a wide swath of central India, and violent protests against industrialization projects are popping up from coast to coast.3

This Entertainer Devil is a darling of the tabloids and rock bands, a merry prankster in the tradition of the German Till Eulenspiegel, whose knaveries directed against notables of the establishment inspire the belly laughs of schadenfreude that make the boringly oppressive human condition more tolerable.

In the early days in Palestine, before outstanding individuals appeared in the prophetic succession, bands of prophets represented the most fanatic patriotism of the Hebrew tribes, and Saul's espousal of his people's cause against their enemies followed his falling under the spell of the prophets» frenzy.

All Christians should band together on this last issue, and exercise whatever influence we still have in the various countries in which we live, in order for the governments of this world to mobilize against this genocide.

The peasants who have now banded together in Swabia have formulated their intolerable grievances against the rulers in twelve articles, and have undertaken to support them with certain passages of Scripture... the thing that pleases me most... is that they offer to accept instructions... Since I have a reputation for being one of those who deal with the Holy Scriptures here on earth, and especially as one whom they mention and call upon by name in the second document, I have all the more courage and confidence in openly publishing my instruction.

The songwriter however failed to reach 40 per cent of the votes so will now have to compete in the runoff on 1st April against ex-government minister Carlos Alvarado Quesada, who was also once a singer in a rock band.

Taking a stand against the increasingly homogenized American tourist experience, three local Key West businesses are banding together to offer two new «eco-foodie» experiences that celebrate the locally - sourced seafood and organically - distilled rum that makes Key West a budding culinary capital of America.

We'll see most of these guys on various Summer League Teams and hopefully they can band together against next season as they really have enough to Win the whole thing!

Before that concert we always play a softball game: me and my band against Faith and all of our guest artists.

Following Northwestern's home win this past Saturday against Iowa, Cisek proceeded to grab the lightsaber from the student director of the Northwestern band, and led the team in their fight song, «Go U Northwestern.»

If the Twins are within three games of first place at the end of August, I will write fan fiction about Joe Mauer's twins being rivals with Buster Posey's twins at summer basketball camp, only to realize they have lots in common, which helps them band together against a common enemy, Mr. McGarnle, the mean - spirited counselor from across the lake.

The Tigers finished the first half of the season in Detroit, whereupon McLain enjoyed this itinerary: After beating the A's on Sunday, he chartered a jet to Las Vegas for Monday, flew to Houston and pitched two scoreless innings in the All - Star Game on Tuesday (it was, fittingly, a 1 - 0 contest), returned to Vegas (perhaps to book an off - season engagement at the Riviera for his band) on Wednesday, then flew on to Minnesota to rejoin the Tigers for their game against the Twins on Thursday.

The narrow band of three does at least lend itself well to counter-pressing, the attacking midfielders able to jump on loose balls around the opposition defence when their attack breaks down (they also did this quite well against City in mid-week).

Lawro may be «steamrollering» his invited guests, band members, comedians etc. (none of whom seem to be particularly skilled in the art of predicting football matches) in the first two weeks of the season but he's not having his own way against us.

On the other hand, Leeds will be hoping against hope that a miracle will occur at Villa Park and that this band of misfits will somehow pull a shock result out of nowhere.

He has brought in potentially great players, brought up wonderful youth players, developed the infrastructure to achieve great things, fought against the dinosaurs entrenched in the 19th century who are ¨ running ¨ the game, displayed dignity and nobility in the face of unremitting criticism from a small band of Arsenal ¨ supporters ¨ and the media, endured xenophobic pundits, questionable officiating, lean years after the stadium build, ever expanding competition for players from richer clubs and yet stayed true to his principles and still managed to bring in trophies and success over his 21 year reign.

► Also, if carried sideways, and no other items (drink, ice block) are included in this type of cooler to fill up the bag / push against the lid, I would recommend using a rubber band, ponytail elastic or bento box strap to wrap around the container for extra security.)

I like this specific bra because of the soft comfort band that flexes with me when I move and is soft against my sensitive skin.

I suppose that the NPP is pitting itself against the orthodox National Security apparatus in the mistaken hope that it could supplant it with its own band of operatives being mobilized under the auspices of the Invincible (or Invisible) Forces or Bolga Bulldogs and other ill - defined and impulsive blocs of misguided elements being trained to cause mayhem at Election 2016 and thereafter.

To retaliate in such a brutal fashion against people exercising their constitutional right to band together for mutual aid and protection is an assault on all of us.

When you play a note that's out of tune with the band, it screeches and squawks against the other instruments.

A Manhattan lawyer who was caught on video ranting against Spanish - speaking restaurant workers is facing even more fallout Friday as hundreds of people camped outside his apartment building Friday evening for a festive Latin - themed party, complete with a mariachi band.

Fury against Schlossberg was manifesting online in classically snarky ways, too: his law office was inundated with one - star reviews on Yelp, forcing the site to suspend reviews for the business; a Google listing for his business briefly turned up a sly one - line description reading «Spanish restaurant»; and a GoFundMe page was set up to send a mariachi band to Schlossberg's office («We are requesting the band to sing the famous, endearing and warm Spanish children's song La Cucaracha,» declared the organizer of the fundraiser, called Mariachis for Aaron; it raised $ 1,000 of its $ 500 goal in less than a day).

There is a small band of republicans pushing back against a system that has been corrupt for over a generation.

As the prosecution's witnesses testify in a gang - assault case against nine Rikers Island correction officers, a band of their colleagues keeps watch in the Bronx County Hall of Justice, where the case is being tried.

Rock «N» Roll Hall of Fame band R.E.M. objected to its 1987 hit «It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)» being used at the D.C. rally against the proposed Iran nuclear deal, which was attended by two GOP candidates: Trump and Ted Cruz.

Maroney and Jobson were presumably so scared of not receiving the one - man - band Conservative Party line in November handed out by Lettre to his puppets, that they voted against their own Republican caucus to spend another $ 2.5 million of taxpayers» money and send the Conservative Party Chairman home happy.

This huge, dusky object forms a conspicuous silhouette against the bright, starry band of the Milky Way and for this reason the nebula has been known to people in the southern hemisphere for as long as our species has existed.

Seen from below, its belly glows with blue light, making it difficult to distinguish against the backdrop of sunlight coming from the ocean's surface — except for a small dark band near its mouth.

Maybe we will get to see the moon Io, a hellish world of nonstop sulfur volcanoes, against a backdrop of Jupiter's enormous colored bands of clouds.

to the burgeoning relationship between Mary and Jim, a touch of Miracle on 34th Street to the George subplot, and the idea of a band of women taking a stand against oppressors has been rehearsed in the West End as recently as last year's short - lived musical staging of Made in Dagenham.

«It goes against a widely accepted tenet of many - body theory that says that correlation effects generally yield narrower bands and larger electron masses.»

We must preserve our diversity, other neoconservationists will cry, banding against the new armies of clones.

The Berkeley, California — based Fundamental Fysiks Group, a fringe band of yoga - practicing, LSD - dabbling scholars, went decidedly against the grain.

It is also standard practice to evaluate the accuracy of the band models (or correlated k type approaches) against detailed line - by - line data and calculations.