Sentences with phrase «as last lines»

The ventilation shafts were disguised as wells, and chunky rolling - stone doors served as last lines of defence.

Remaining as the last line of defense saved his entire platoon, but it also cost him his life on March 7, 1951.

Last season Man United were indebted to David De Gea as a last line of defence, the Spanish keeper frequently putting in Man of the Match displays to make up for the club's shaky back - line.

Something of an eccentric, Carrizo believed goalkeepers were not only as the last line of defence but also the first line of attack and would often combine the two traits.

Since signing from Sunderland last summer for a British record fee for a goalkeeper, the England international has been a figure of consistent excellence as the last line of the Blues defence.

In goal this week is Real Madrid goalkeeper, Diego Lopez, who admirably served time and again as the last line of defence for his Real Madrid side that were cut open by his former club Villareal at the back.

Never mind that the agency's own panel of advisers urged that the drug be rejected, citing concerns that it could promote emergence of drug - resistant bacteria and that the drug belongs to an class of drugs needed as a last line of defense against serious human infections.

«The stakes are incredibly high and our community is counting on us as the last line of defense between Donald Trump and the worst of what America could offer,» Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D - N.Y.) said.

Children will love the humour in the song as the snowman's eyes pop out and his ears disappear but hopefully the children will not get too sad as the last line of the song says «But we will build another snow mate next cold and snowy day!»

The back is clad in sure grip rubber and the screen is held in place by a thin strip of rubber that doubles as a last line of defense in the event of a fall.

The KindleGen compiler will spit out a lot of information, but as long as the last line says MOBI File successfully generated!

As the last line of defense, the player's every command can mean the difference between life and death for Carter, his squad and mankind.

What Steve Melton said as well as the last line of the message indicates they are in Chile «#xboxlivechile D:»

Certainly, the converse is not necessarily true, but repeating the «correlation is not causation» mantra as the last line of defence is the M.O. of wilfully ignorant folks (or in this case, paid hacks) who say blitheringly idiotic things like «tides come in, tides go out... nobody knows why» on national television.

Author and climate activist Bill McKibben, founder of the group 350.org, has urged Bellingham to block this new potential avenue for global fossil fuel trade as a last line of defense for the atmosphere.

In defense of those «unalienable rights,» indeed, as the last line of defense, jurors can reject government tyranny by refusing to convict those subjected to prosecution for violating unjust laws.

In fact, many people now see civil court decisions as having momentous implications, acting as the last line of defense against a possibly law - breaking President and a Congress that refuses to perform its «checks and balances» function.

It gets some information wrong, but argues in favor of jury nullification as the last line of defense against unjust laws, citing numerous cases of people being arrested for minor offenses.

Well, perhaps no small deal, or, as the last line of the legal limerick says, «De mimimis non curat lex.»

As the last line of the FAQ says, «For the time being, Nomus is entirely free.»

In lieu of congressional action on user data privacy, the FTC has had to serve as the last line of defense in protecting personal information online.

Serve as last line of customer service, handling escalated issues with guests, clients, vendors or other contractors.

Not exact matches

Most people try to move out of that lane as soon as they can, but a few will cruise past the long line to merge at the last moment.

Blue Apron reported a loss of almost $ 55 million last year, as the cost of acquiring new customers hurt the company's bottom line.

«Skylanders: Swap Force was the most successful game sold at Toys R Us last year and biggest action figure line, as well.»

«Remember that no one cares as much about your money as you do, and you are ultimately your last line of defense against fraud,» he added.

The Popular Unity Candidacy joins a line of far - left movements seizing the political momentum in Europe, from Greece's ruling Syriza party and Spain's own far - left Podemos movement to the shock emergence last week of hardcore socialist Jeremy Corbyn as leader of Britain's Labour Party.

HP chief Leo Apotheker said he was discontinuing the TouchPad tablet, launched just last month, as well as other products based on the webOS software, including the Pre line of phones.

It was this line of thinking that led to Taggar, Wong, and Srini Panguluri last September to found Zeus, a startup that manages properties as corporate rentals on behalf of landlords.

As an added bonus, everyone will be happier and more relaxed knowing that they aren't the last line of defense.

Along the same lines as the last point, a great employee will get his / her work done without a boss watching his / her every move.

As you're rounding the last bend of your presentation and preparing to deliver the bottom - line offer, command the room with a position Cuddy calls «The Loomer.»

Second, the electoral college got stuck in to provide a last line of defense against public stupidity — in case you didn't know it, the electors aren't legally bound to vote as their state's majority has.

Honda established a division late last year to develop electric vehicles (EVs) as part of its long - held goal for lower - emission gasoline hybrids, plug - in hybrids, EVs and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) to account for two - thirds of its line - up by 2030, from about 5 percent now.

But just as there were long lines in person late last year, online customers should expect to wait as well.

«Here's the bottom line: the cloud companies have some of the best growth rates around, and their charts, as interpreted by Bob Lang, suggest that stocks like Salesforce, Workday and Red Hat could be ready to roar once again after a nice pullback just last month,» Cramer said.

The patent fight billed as the «Ali - Frazier Fight of Biotech,» and a «clash of titans,» and the «last great priority dispute of the «first - to - invent» era of US patent law» (um, okay, that final image is perhaps less evocative) had its first and only hearing before judges yesterday — and the line to get a glimpse of the brief proceedings wound its way around the lobby Christmas tree in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office building in Alexandria, Virginia (a view of which can be found here, in lawyer Jacob Sherkow's enthusiastic Twitter feed).

We watched last season as Lee wrote the line of dialogue last season, except the line was slightly different back then.

When Advanced Micro Devices debuted the first of its new Ryzen PC processor chips last February, the company touted the product line as considerably faster than Intel chips at the same price.

Chuck Hagel, who served as defense secretary from February 2013 to last February, told the Atlantic Council earlier this month that backing down on the red line «hurt the credibility of the president of the United States.»

A number of international companies, including Zara, Marriott, Qantas, and Delta Air Lines, have apologized to China in the last week for listing Taiwan and Hong Kong as «countries» on their websites.

This follows a demand last Friday by the Civil Aviation Administration of China for Delta Air Lines to offer an «immediate and public» apology for listing Taiwan and Tibet as countries on its website.

And that means that Snap's future shareholders won't be taking quite as much risk by buying into the maker of the disappearing message app, which lost $ 515 million at its bottom line last year.

And as far back as the 1960s, said Jennifer Lynch, senior staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, phone companies could help law enforcement collect a list of all the numbers one phone line called and how long the calls lasted.

And then the second question for Sabrina, on the line of credit, and your appetite for buying the stock back here, is there a minimum cash balance or just kind of viewpoint as we look into next year, what your appetite could look like to be buying back stock at the pace you have the last couple of years?

Accordingly, the rejection of labor contracts «has not been the mechanism of last resort to save a failing business,» the Air Line Pilots Association told Congress in 2010, «but instead has often been used by employers as a business model to gain long - term economic advantage by unfairly gutting the wages and working conditions of airline and other employees.»

«Given the significant consequences of acting as an unregistered broker - dealer and the increased attention being given to this issue by the SEC staff, private - fund advisers should consider reviewing their practices to determine whether any activities that may be approaching or crossing the line would require broker - dealer registration,» David Blass, the chief counsel of the SEC's division of trading and markets, suggested in a speech last April.

And as I shared with you last month, major explorers and producers's profits are now in line with what they were when oil was trading for $ 100 a barrel and more.

Each of the major credit bureaus uses its own formula, but factors such as how long you've been in business, your credit utilization, and the lines of credit you have opened in the last six months are likely to affect your score.

The thinner gray solid line shows the projection using the data available as of the last quarter of 2006, before the financial crisis.