Sentences with phrase «as a foil by»

On almost every subject, Bulgakov employs Western, and especially Thomistic, thought as a foil by which to illuminate the distinctiveness of Orthodoxy's accent on the cosmological and Sophialogical in the Christian construal of reality.

Hawkins, the Green Party candidate who pledged to ban hydrofracking, was used as a foil by the governor.

The new target: Naomi Oreskes who last week found her research used as a foil by some lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives to try and discredit the widely - accepted and growing view that there is a broad scientific consensus on the evidence of human - caused global warming caused by rising carbon dioxide emissions.

Not exact matches

Rosmini must, therefore, be consistently presented as a «progressive» hero, whose life's work was continually being foiled by ecclesiastical and political reactionaries.

Even with conventional noodles, if the assembled lasagna looks like it might get dry as it bakes, minimize evaporation by covering it with foil for about two - thirds of the baking time.

Alternatively, if you want ziti to remain totally soft (as my kids did when they were little), stretch some wax paper over top of pan followed by a layer of aluminum foil.

The study, which took place in the US, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and UK, was commissioned by the European Aluminium Foil Association as part of its Aluminium Closures — Turn 360 ° marketing campaign.

This is easily solved by covering with foil as it bakes.

The perfect dead fold is achieved due to the very low thickness of the BOPP layer which is taken by aluminum foil as a lacquer.

As defined above, you can identify a kona coffee k - cup blends by the foil - lined, ringed design with a plastic cup.

As defined above, you can identify a Hawaiian Isles kona coffee k - cup blends by the foil - lined, ringed design with a plastic cup.

Cast as the foil in Boston College's first Atlantic Coast Conference game, Florida State was mauled for much of the game and outgained by 124 yards, but rallied with a long drive, a blocked punt and a six - play goal - line stand to remain unbeaten.

While the team did not perform at its best as is expected for any team from time to time, we had a couple of chances to take the lead there by foiling their game plan.

Both Olivier Giroud and Willian were guilty of missing chances as the Blues were foiled time and again by the post or by blocking Palace players.

Within two minutes of the first whistle, Joe Hart was scrambling to foil Liverpool's attacking might and by the 24th, he had dropped to his knees - fist clenched, eyes closed as he let out an agonising scream.

However, for the second time in less than a month Barca were foiled by La Liga's lack of goal - line technology as the goal wasn't awarded.

Morata was foiled by a Chris Smalling challenge as he tried to burst into the area before, at the other end, Anthony Martial saw a threatening low cross scrambled away.

«Our investment in security yielded good dividends of peace and safety in February as security agencies, using the armoured personnel carriers our administration procured for them, foiled robbery attacks by armed bandits on banks in Ikirun.

He lived through 12 years as the loyal opposition to GOP Gov. George Pataki and Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno, foiled a coup attempt by former Assemblyman Mike Bragman in 2000, weathered Gov. Eliot «the steamroller» Spitzer and now has managed to get along with hard - charging Gov. Andrew Cuomo, largely by giving him pretty much everything he wants from a policy perspective (even things the Dems were never expected to go along with, like Tier VI and the property tax cap).

«Progress Queens has done a public service by submitting a FOIL request to obtain Council Member Daniel Dromm's 2017 calendar; there are three problems with the calendar as I see it.

Open FOIL is inspired by the 2013 recommendations of Public Advocate de Blasio, and we urge Mayor de Blasio to join with Council members Kallos and Vacca, and Manhattan Borough President Brewer to pass this bill as soon as possible.

But at the same time, Cuomo is trying to use the federal government, controlled by Republicans, as a foil in the budget proposal.

Off topic questions included a Department of Investigations report detailing problems with corrections officers at Rikers Island, de Blasio's message to protestors resuming anti-NYPD protests, his relationship with police unions, a call by the head of the Lieutentants Benevolent Association to strengthen laws concerning resisting arrest, an increase in police protection for Jewish organizations and sites and Dov Hikind's claim of a decrease in police presence, delays in the implementation of the City's municipal ID card program, his message to PBA members dissatisfied with their union leadership, his position on a city council plan to fund the purchase of additional bullet - proof vests for police officers, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns around the recent protests as it considers whether to hold the 2016 convention in Brooklyn, whether his «thoughts» on the anti-NYPD protests have «evolved» and whether he will direct the NYPD to change its FOIL request process to accept email or other electronic requests.

The on - topic and off - topic questions in the Q&A portion of the press conference included: the project status when de Blasio took office and how his approach to affordable housing differs from Mayor Bloomberg, whether there are any differences in Phase I of the project as being initiated now versus as approved by the Bloomberg administration, what he sees as a realistic percentage of units being «affordable» in projects located closer to or in Manhattan, whether he counts this project towards his goal of 200,000 affordable units, the NYPD officer recently arrested in India, the status of speed camera approvals from Albany, the FOIL delays and responses which did not produce any emails or documents in the Findlayter case, the NYPD / FDNY hockey brawl, Queens Library President Thomas Galante and the newly elected leadership of NYSUT (the state teachers union).

A plot to oust Clegg, launched by a close ally of the business secretary Vince Cable, was foiled after he was revealed as being behind a series of private constituency polls leaked to the press.

On Monday, after coasting to the Conservative Party nomination in Manhattan, Long said she wasn't worried about her ability to raise the money necessary to compete with Gillibrand, who had $ 8 million in her campaign account at the end of December, and has been raising aggressively since then, in part by using her Republican challengers as a foil.

Sources the Observer spoke to saw the comments as an effort by Cornegy to impress moderate members of the Council — and to use Williams, who has struggled to get more of his colleagues to join in his genuflection, as a foil.

Then there's the DLP projector which has to be as bright as possible because only a small fraction of the signal is reflected by the thin foil and out from the stage.

If it is too hard to squeeze the ball smaller by hand strength alone, then carefully use the hammer or mallet to gently pound the foil into a smaller ball (or as close to a ball - shape as you can make it).

The authors determined that the plasmonic - nanoparticle - coated foils created by their method perform as well or better than existing SSAs and maintain high efficiency throughout the day, regardless of the angle of the sun, due to the wide - angle design.

Some food labels may over or underestimate this figure by as much as 25 per cent, enough to foil any diet, and over time even lead to obesity.

Next Page: Kathryn Schifferle, 56 Chico, California [pagebreak] Kathryn Schifferle, 56 Chico, California Loves: Fencing As she lunges and parries in the signature white jacket and metallic vest worn by competitive foil fencers worldwide, Kathy Schifferle still marvels at how, eight years ago, she fell in love with the sport at «the ripe old age,» she says, of 48.

And, as I tell all my patients, «If it came wrapped in plastic, tin foil, Styrofoam, or tin, it didn't come out of the ground that way and it wasn't made by God so don't eat it.»

Studies suggest that cooking food in aluminum foil, especially acidic foods, at high temperatures in the oven may carry a risk to the health by adding to other aluminum sources (such as pots, utensils, spices and drinking water).

• Homemade confetti — really useful having had such a hot summer as was able to make it all in a week by drying out rose petals on baking trays and foil in the garden!!

Foil was used as a fabric in the Christopher Kane show, while chainmail was utilised to fierce effect by JW Andersen in the autumn 2017 collection.

Last month I talked about some Makeup Geek Foiled Eyeshadows, and because I was so blown away by their formula, I decided to try some traditional shadows as well.

The perfect name to call your partner as you draw matching revolvers and attempt to rob a downtown diner, only to be foiled by a scripture - quoting Samuel L. Jackson (that last sentence contained spoilers).

Carver needs a foil, and even a bit of a conscience, and he finds both in Nash, played by Garfield as a wily, adaptable but increasingly haunted good man.

Brashear petitions for two years to get into the diving school only to be foiled at every turn by a base commander (Hal Holbrook) who feels the only place in his Navy for a nonwhite, is as a cook.

In 2004, Wayans directed the farce White Chicks, about two black FBI agents, Marcus and Kevin (played respectively by the director's brothers, Marlon and Shawn), who disguise themselves as Caucasian sorority girls to foil a kidnapping plot.

We also meet new characters for this season such as Yves»n Steven - Yves, a cat burglar who attempts at stealing the guarded prize possession are always foiled by Steven, the happy go lucky guard dog; Next we get an introduction to Dot, Rosie's niece in the adventures of» Rosie and Dot».

For four years, he and Cosby in their scenes together comprised one of the funniest comedy double acts seen on television, his innocent yet conniving Griffin Vesey making the perfect foil to Cosby's ill - tempered curmudgeon Hilton Lucas; another highlight of his portrayal (and a clever «in» joke referring back to his work in Cool Runnings) were Griffin's occasional attempts to impress women by passing himself off as a West Indian, affecting a Jamaican accent.

In the Season 2 premiere, several months after foiling a terrorist attack on Dodger Stadium, FBI agent Darwyn Al - Sayeed is about to start a new life as a teacher at Quantico when he is asked to investigate a new terror suspect; former cell leader Farik is interrogated by the CIA.

A low - rent private detective poses as a preppy nerd in order to foil a plot by conspirators.

But for all its charm, the movie is foiled by an inexplicable decision to cast James Kirk as Bynes» twin.

A very strange man named Todd (played by Keir O'Donnell), the son of the prestigious William Cleary provided a great foil for Vaughn's Jeremy as Jeremy reluctantly became entangled in the family with the excitable red - head woman he intended to one - night stand.

Between such comic book - balloon lines as «Revenge is mine,» «You picked the wrong planet» and that old standby, «This isn't over,» the mecha - aliens stop to explain that a) alien Autobots visited Earth a few thousand years before; b) a rogue Autobot known as The Fallen tried to destroy the Earth and was foiled by his robot buddies; and c) now he wants to destroy the Earth out of revenge for... not being allowed to destroy the Earth the first time.

And while the love / hate relationship between Midler and Alvarado's respective characters feels authentic, Stella is, in the end, foiled by a host of negative attributes that conspire to cement the movie's place as a seriously dull little drama.

The terrorists are led by international mastermind Hans Gruber (Rickman, Dogma), who makes one major blunder in not taking into account that there would be one guest who manages to get away unseen, McClane, who does his duty as a good cop by doing everything possible to foil their plans.