Sentences with phrase «almost as a stage»

It is opened out almost as a stage play might be.

Every «rank» serves almost as a stage or a level that stays fairly static and limited.

Not exact matches

Later - stage companies are almost three times as likely as early - stage ones to have all - male boards.

The two exchanges are structured to accommodate growing companies at almost every stage of their development, giving small companies the opportunity to grow on TSXV before graduating to the senior board, TSX, as they mature.

The appearance came almost a week after Cook took the stage for Apple's latest special event, in San Francisco, where the company unveiled a host of new and updated products such as the iPad Pro and Apple TV as well as two new smartphones — the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus — that went on sale for pre-order over the weekend.

The Simpson trial set the stage for the Casey Anthony trial, the Oscar Pistorius trial, and any other recent case that played out in public (and on television) almost as much as it played out in the courtroom.

Toronto, however, employs fewer people per stage and outsources almost twice as much of its product development.

All men naturally worship someone or something, but in the commonly assumed absence of God, this worship is given almost wholly to such things as success, sport, the heroes or heroines of the fantasy - world of the screen or stage, or to the mysteries of science.

Even in those few remaining references from an early stage of the development in which he was pictured almost as a man among men, there was no suggestion as to his appearance.

It's almost as if we've become professional «performers,» living our lives out on the stages of social media.

As he and three equally evil boon companions rampage across the stage, committing one atrocity after another with delirious gaiety, they also spin out elaborate but perfectly cogent rational justifications for their actions, of an almost proto - Nietzschean kind.

The six decades during which she has straddled the roles both of head of state and of Supreme Governor of the Church of England have witnessed such societal change that it is almost as if her detractors are waiting patiently for her to leave the stage, before redeveloping the constitution over which the Queen presides.

Tolstoy, for instance, is an epic writer, whose books overflow with physical details and frequently threaten to overflow their own narrative structures and become as vast and as inconclusive as life itself, while Dostoevsky is a dramatic writer, whose books are full of fraught and urgent voices, at times almost disembodied, trapped in situations of immediate and pressing crisis, and surrounded by a physical world usually having no more substance than a collection of painted canvasses or pasteboard silhouettes at the back of the stage.

Her description of the stage of acceptance as «almost void of feelings» except for peace and tranquillity echoes the Stoic concept of apathy.

Creative writing in schools gets very mixed treatment: while it is privileged at key stage 2 and, to a certain extent, at key stage 3, it usually receives less attention at key stage 4 and almost none at key stage 5 (though there are signs of change here with a renewed emphasis on recreative writing as an A Level coursework option).

But early on, Argentina struggled to find its way, as losses to Spain and Italy in the group stage almost prevented it from advancing.

There is no dancing as such, but the lively movement of the characters on stage seems almost choreographed.

Ozyakup will be almost guaranteed first - team football next season and will also star in the Champions League as the Eagles have already booked a place in the group stages after winning the league title.

By now the Draw to the Champions» League Group Stages being made, Dortmund and Arsenal almost being intentionally put together (perhaps an opportunity for Wenger to assess Klopp as a successor when he calls it a day).

Thank you for you honest analytical viewpoint ken and backing me up on the punctuation my phone is problematic and to get all the marks right takes three times or more as long but i feel the content is there, and rsh i was not hiding behind referee decisions i said clearly that you do nt win or lose based on the refs you have 90 minutes to win a game i was meaning overall across the league this year its been bad almost as bad as our honor as club supporters we made to a final and win ir lose that looks good to people across the globe but the fans embarrassed the club on a global stage by walking out no honor in defeat.

players like Ozil always present the fans with a bit of a conundrum, especially when times are tough... if you look around the sporting world every once in awhile there emerges a player with incredible skill, like Ozil, Matt Sundin or even Jay Cutler, who have a different way about themselves... their movement seemed almost too lackadaisical, so much so that it seemed to suggest indifference or even disinterest on the part of the player... their posture always appears somewhat mopey and they generally have an unflattering «sour puss» expression on their face... for some their above average skills are enough to keep them squarely in the mix, as their respective teams try desperately to find a way to get the best out of them visa vie player acquisitions or the reworking of tactics... when things go according to planned the fans usually find a way to accept their unique disposition, whereas when things go awry they become easy targets for fans and pundits alike... in the case of Ozil and Sundin, their successes on the international stage and / or with their former teams led many to conclude that if we surrounded such talented individuals with players that have those skills that would most likely bring the best of these players success would surely follow... unfortunately both the Maple Leafs and our club chose to adopt half - measures, as each were being run by corporations who valued profitability over providing the best possible product on the field... for them, they cared more about shirt sales and season tickets than doing whatever was necessary... this isn't, by any stretch, an attempt to absolve Ozil of any responsibility for his failures on the pitch... there is no doubt oftentimes his efforts were underwhelming, to say the least, but this club has been inept when it comes to providing this prolific passer with the kind of players necessary for him to flourish... with our poor man's version of Benzema up front, the headless chickens in Walcott, the younger Ox and Welbeck occupying wide positions far too often and the fact that Carzola, who provided Ozil with great service and more freedom to roam, was never truly replaced, the only real skilled outlet on the pitch was Sanchez... remember to be considered a world - class set - up man goals need to be scored and for much of his time here he has been surrounded by some incredibly inept finishers... in the end, I'm not sure how long he will be in North London, recent sentiments and his present contract situation seem to suggest that he will depart at season's end, but how tragic would it be if once again we didn't put our best foot forward and failed to make those moves that could have brought championship football back to our once beloved club... so when you think about this uniquely skilled player don't be so quick to shift all the blame on his shoulders because he will not be the first or the last highly skilled player to find disappointment at the Emirates if we don't rid the club of those individuals that are truly to blame for our current woes

Sanchez's training camp tells the story of his value at this stage in his career: The eighth - year pro wasn't good enough to beat out rookie Trevor Siemian for the Broncos» starting job, but he was signed as a safety net for Prescott almost immediately by Dallas once Denver cut him loose.

GB's first medal of the day came in the women's quadruple sculls as Holly Nixon, Mathilda Hodgkins - Byrne, Jess Leyden and Beth Bryan moved up from fourth at the halfway stage to take bronze, and almost pinched silver from the Dutch boat — Germany taking gold.

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How bizarre at this stage of the season that this game can be classed as almost meaningless?

As much as a club like Parma would have liked to actually have something go right in their 2014 - 15 season for once, they almost certainly wouldn't be able to hang at this stage of the gamAs much as a club like Parma would have liked to actually have something go right in their 2014 - 15 season for once, they almost certainly wouldn't be able to hang at this stage of the gamas a club like Parma would have liked to actually have something go right in their 2014 - 15 season for once, they almost certainly wouldn't be able to hang at this stage of the game.

They are, as you'd expect, at the bottom of the A-League table, with leaders Western Sydney Wanderers having almost thrice as many points at this stage of the season.

Ordering Spain World Cup tickets you are almost guaranteed to see goals as they are still one of Europe's top teams and are likely to tear apart the smaller teams in the group stages.

After a 0 - 0 draw almost three weeks ago in Spain, United will need a complete shutout also a convincing performance to earn a place in Friday's quarter - final draw which could see them pitted against any of the English sides left in the competition, which at this stage is just Manchester City and Liverpool as Tottenham Hotspur exited the competition after being beaten by Juventus.

These slings can also be adjusted to suit babies of almost any age, size, or developmental stage as well.

By this stage of our life, I was keeping almost no records of our home education as such; with the boys both beyond «compulsory school age» in both the UK and Cyprus, it seemed irrelevant.

he is now almost 5 months old and about 3 weeks ago I started having to put rice in every bottle, as well as feeding him stage one baby food.

For Miliband to swagger on stage and talk about foreign policy when he has ignored it for years is almost as desperate and pathetic as the Tory attacks on his personality which it has provoked.

«From some of the off - stage and some on - stage noises from party colleagues that have been signalled to me, it's almost as if there is a subliminal desire to see David Cameron take over rather than Gordon Brown,» he said.

The other members of that famous wedding photo might wonder why he does it, but as they fade into the history books, Clarke remains front and centre stage, making headlines almost at will.

A few thoughts: (1) First, as you say, Luke's effort to defend top pay on Rawlsian grounds almost certainly falls at the empirical stage - the relevant pay differentials simply aren't necessary to maximize the position of the worst - off.

Ed must genuinely have hoped to have his big brother back around the shadow cabinet table after the bitterness which marred the later stages of the leadership contest — and the narrow outcome which must have shocked him almost as much as it did his defeated.

On Dec. 7, as Cuomo was preparing to take part in a conference call to discuss the impact of the Republican tax plan, a number of reporters trooped down from the legislative press room to Cuomo's offices to stage a protest against the fact that he had gone almost six months without holding a real, live news conference at the Capitol.

I think if ConservativeHome had been running for a lot longer then these surveys would show that the party chairperson is a bed of nails and almost all inumbents would incurr members» wrath as some stage.

Currently around 20 % of people are diagnosed with bowel cancer as an emergency when outcomes are generally poorer and almost 50 % in later stages of the disease when it is harder to treat.

People in an acute stage of the disease often develop severe anemia, because the leukemia cells, which live almost ten times as long as their normal counterparts, replace healthy cells in the bone marrow.

While expression levels of all marker genes remained almost unchanged in wild - type ACVR1 cultures compared with the empty viral vector, the expression profile induced by caACVR1 Q207D displayed evidence of advanced chondrogenic differentiation as shown by decreased levels of the early differentiation stage marker collagen type II together with enhanced expression of the later - stage markers Ihh and collagen type X. Indian hedgehog has been shown previously to be induced by BMP signaling transmitted via the ACVR1 receptor (9).

«Scientists believe the almost - complete fossilised skeleton belonged to a previously - unknown type of early human ancestor that may have been an intermediate stage as ape - men evolved into the first species of advanced humans,» Richard Gray wrote in the Telegraph.

The synthetic steroids were invented in 1930s and started to gain popularity in the early 60's as a way to significantly boost one's physique before a contest — by the mid 60's almost all high - level competitive bodybuilders were taking them to polish up their stage appearance.

He had a small bowel perforation almost three weeks ago, during emergency surgery they found a small bowel adenocarcinoma stage II or stage III (they didn't take lymph nodes as this was not thought to be a cancer surgery.)

However, if you go to a conventional physician complaining of a leaky gut, your concerns are likely to be dismissed and more often than not, you will leave with a recommendation to spend less time on the internet — or even worse, your symptoms will be branded psychosomatic and your doctor will label you a hypochondriac, as almost half of autoimmune patients experience in the subclinical stages of their disease (AARDA, 2017).

I argue this point frequently with colleagues»; «I have many objections to that particular paper and to the idea that sugar is not a problem»; and «I have expressed my opinion about the paper to the authors... I will almost certainly cite it at some stage as an example of something I consider to be incorrect» (Slide 18 in # 22).

As you progress through the stages of labor and birth your child, you may feel a wild, almost animalistic instinct where your body just knows what to do.

People tend to get pretty excited during the initial stages of a low - carb diet as you tend to lose a lot of weight almost immediately.

my second is almost two months old, and my 2011 resolution is to look as fab as i can despite this challenges of this stage of life!