Sentences with phrase «as chinks»

Morgan's result is even more noteworthy in context as a chink in a staunchly male policy area: there has never been a female candidate for the Treasury committee chair, the membership of the committee has remained disproportionately male since its foundation in 1979, and the committee's corresponding department has never had a female Chancellor nor Shadow Chancellor.

While Johnson's ear for witty dialogue is exemplary (and far removed from his «Brick» - slang), it's his mute character that nearly steals the entire show: Rinko Kikuchi's Bang Bang (known in the draft I read as The Chink).

Doesn't matter, as in the place of all that stuff about internment camps that so beautifully complicated the 1984 flick is the drama of Mr. Han née Miyagi (Jackie Chan) losing control of his car on a dark and stormy night (because just as every chink knows kung fu, none of them can drive — Han totals a car in the film while it's parked in his living room), thus opening the door for a ragamuffin to come calling like some funked - up changeling.

CryptoNinjas interprets this incident as another chink in the armor of fiat currency, as the surprising and poorly communicated government policy change in India sent its citizens scrambling to ensure their monetary security.

Not exact matches

As you create your map, you'll be identifying important chinks in your competitors» messaging that you can leverage to your advantage.

But then the market started spotting chinks in the consumer tech giant's armor as analysts lamented Apple's weaker - than - expected iPhone X sales.

«However, chinks in the armor are likely to widen as the cycle matures.»

Identifying a «chink» in your armor as a reason for the end of the pastoral relationship is IMHO is a thinly veiled act of burden shifting the ordeal to a «you brought this on yourself» rationalization.

And yet these sporadic chinks of light are couched in the context of heavy and unhelpful language in which abortion is variously referred to as an «abomination» (p87), «this moral leprosy», «this savage beast» (p175) or «a violent and soul - destroying act» (p218), to name but a few.

He saw slips of the tongue, stumbles of the foot, harsh words blurted out in rage as no mere chinks in social armor but as enactments of the real self.

Reports emerged earlier this week that Mackay had sent a number of offensive text messages during his time with the Welsh side, including one which referred to owner Vincent Tan as a «chink».

he's the weak link and the chink in our armor as far as am concerned.

First and foremost a return to the Champions League has to be prioritised, which can only be done with a top four finish or by winning the Europa League competition (as Manchester United did last year), but our current form, ignoring he midweek loss for our B side, I wouldn't rule us out pushing on to challenging for second place in the table, possibly even first once Manchester City finally start to show chinks in their armour.

However, Rashford had found a chink in Svilar's armour and made it count from a free - kick out wide, catching the teenager out of position as the goalkeeper failed to stop the ball crossing the line.

Southampton isn't a great team and Adkins knows every chink in their armour as he personally recruited the majority of their roster.

Cha - chink, I pressed the buttons and just as we reached the bottom of the stairs, the doors finished opening, both kids jumped into their seats, closed their doors and boom, we were off.

The angst in the South West is as much shock at the Dasukigate chink in Falae's hitherto formidable integrity armour, as it is linking Afenifere (Afenifere of Awo, the immaculate avatar), to free - wheeling sleaze in contemporary Nigeria.

Bob Fahey, a Leicestershire councillor, allegedly referred to a colleague as a «chink», and Smith Benson, a Tory councillor in Pendle, said there were «too many Pakis» in the town.

If we have as yet failed to find a chink in the armour of quantum theory or relativity, it is not for want of trying.

The eyes are chinks in the armor, but as an improved advanced warning system, they more than make up for causing these weak spots.

«As medical researchers, if we depend only on short read sequences, there's a chink in our armor.

As biographies go, this one's pretty close to hagiography - painting in personal details, glossing over the chinks in his armor and in Israeli history.

It's the imagery that matters, and there are some eerie moments, such as Vortigern's sacrifice to the magical creatures in the water in a cavern beneath Camelot, and some silly ones, such as the way the sword Excalibur chinks and glows blue whenever its rightful owner clutches its hilt.

Woman can seek empowerment in perfection — in Wonder Woman, for example — but there's also room to embrace, as Theron does, the chinks in the female armour, the unhealed wounds.

Harvard Lecturer Speaks at CSU Forum, Says Blatant Racism is Muted The Post and Courier, September 21, 2011 «Americans largely have moved beyond blatant expressions of racism, such as saying to an Asian person, «Chink, go home,» says [Lecturer] Josephine Kim.»

As mid-cycle facelifts go, the 2018 Ford Mustang goes well beyond the standard formula, tweaking nearly every aspect about the car that matters to leave very few chinks in the armor.

Uninspired Design: The only chink in the armor of this handset is the design of the device as it looks like a copycat of recent Xiaomi and Honor smartphones.

But, as in Littlefield itself, there are more than a few chinks in the Downings» well - constructed armor, imperfections that become more and more apparent as the latest Littlefield crisis inspires suspicions, betrayals, and profound mistrust.

He left a chink in the armor that competitors are using to prevent the iPad from establishing an unbeatable lead and market - penetration as THE tablet.

While you are right to examine Chase's legal responsibilities to you as a customer under your agreement with them, keep in mind that their entire legal department, as well as their business unit, has already vetted the ins and outs of this move and it is of very low likelihood that there is a significant vulnerability, chink or hole in their legal position regarding these new account policies and adjustments.

Targeting is really the only chink in this games armor, as it's easily the weakest aspect of the otherwise great gameplay.

As it's grip on the industry gets tighter day by day, we see chinks in the armour of what now appears to an emperor concerned with the preservation of self above all else.

Rather than addressing the science (whatever that may be) as a whole, find a small chink in the armor and work on that, while simultaneously casting as much doubt as possible on the rest.

both of these well - researched observations would seem to put a big chink in the anthropogenic global warming theory — certainly as it applies to melting of the arctic ice cap.

And it's an interesting question as to why it is that people feel that climate change is somehow is the issue beyond all other issues today that one has to stand on shoulder to shoulder and not allow any chink in because it would allow the powers of darkness to somehow gain the upper hand.»

Many will see this 3 % as a crack in the edifice of Climate science: a chink of light in the darkness that is the future as foretold by those gloomy lefty boffin - heads!

And whilst you state you agree the data shows warming, you appear to think there is legitimate cause to doubt the veracity of that data — «as it stands» and «I think there are some chinks in the temperature data» — whilst offering support to those doing the attacking — «a problematic culture of obstruction around any such exploration by sceptics».

For the majority, a chink in the self - sufficiency of the community poses little threat to the ability of the members of the community to practice their religion (or it constitutes a test of just how coherent and significant their religious views are); for the dissent, this religious community must be seen as holistic with the result that all aspects of life are infused by religious beliefs and practices.

The chink in the armour of this device as far as output is concerned is sound quality.

«You may think you're as tough as nails but sometimes there is a chink in your armour,» she says.