Sentences with phrase «as shadows of»

I think we can express some of the things we missed out - such as shadows of monsters appearing on the wall or, as we've just discussed, effects such as fog.

The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all the members of the second expedition committed suicide; the third expedition died in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another; the members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within months of their return, all had died of aggressive cancer.

The members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within weeks, all had died of cancer.

He is now 25 and desperate to play in the EPL, with Ozil and Sanchez keen to leave and playing as shadows of their true form, due to mindset attitudes.

The pressure to decentralize has increased in recent years as the shadow of military downsizing has forced the marines to further differentiate themselves from the army to stave off steep cuts — and that means gearing up for even faster, more - effective responses to an ever - wider range of scenarios.

Last week this story came to an end, with SunEdison emerging from bankruptcy as a shadow of its former glory.

Time after time in his novels Davies recommends nothing less than shaking hands with the devil, acknowledging him as Christ's «brother» and, as the shadow of light, the necessary «other side» of what Christianity has celebrated as God.

But he calls himself «in despair,» he regards himself as dead, as a shadow of himself.

That God's providential will for the world is not transparent but hidden from human sight requires that we walk by faith, that we struggle through the valley of doubt as well as the shadow of death.

Joey Votto could do a whole lot of things with another $ 200 million — well, more realistically, his grandchildren could — but if he had to show up to work every day for the next eight years of his life as a shadow of himself, his salary a constant reminder of the player he used to be, it would wear on him like it would any of us, regardless of how many zeroes are on those checks.

The universe would live on forever, though only as a shadow of its former vibrant self.

will help lead the crowd through the 90 minutes of eclipse phases through a series of demonstrations, Q&A with Dr. Amy Mainzer, songs from the series, a countdown to Eclipse Totality, and explanations of what to look, feel, and listen for as the shadow of the total solar eclipse descends over Homestead.

Some are quick to deride this film as a shadow of Malick's previous work, but, if anything, it's the natural conclusion of the themes, narrative sensibilities and aesthetic he's built over the last four decades.

Kane inexplicably reappears after a year as a shadow of his former self, and almost immediately experiences multiple organ failure.

As the shadow of war falls across the country, Gustave and Zero embark on a madcap dash for survival.

Directing with an even more restless energy than he showed in Kings and Queen, Desplechin sketches out a family tragedy, the untimely death of a first - born, that precedes the story by decades and then only overtly references it a few times, even as the shadow of that death hovers over the film: in the cancer that family matron Junon (Catherine Deneuve) has been diagnosed with, in the fragility of her teenage grandson Paul (Emile Berling), and in the odd sibling dynamics that have caused eldest daughter Elizabeth (Anne Consigny) to, in effect, legally separate herself from her brother Ivan (Mathieu Amalric, in a mesmerizingly manic - depressive performance).

You can understand why Cameron took so long to choose a follow - up project («Battle Angel,» though he has time to back out of that one, too), as the shadow of «Titanic» is larger than even its subject.

Long - time Citi Prestige cardholders will still see the card as a shadow of its former self.

As the shadow of turmoil is cast over the land, there is hope on the horizon as an unbreakable bond is forged between a father and son, and the light of a new dawn rises on a hero.

You play as the shadow of a young boy that has been mystically ripped from its host body and thrown to the base of a mysterious tower.

Portrait of the artist as a shadow of his former self Artist: Keith Arnatt 1930 - 2008 Date: 1969 - 72 Classification: on paper, print Medium: Photograph, gelatin silver print on paper Dimensions: image: 605 x 665 mm Transferred from Tate Archive 2010 © Keith Arnatt Estate

Abakanowicz's use of found burlap cloth in her first sculptures remains present as a shadow of texture on the rich, heavy bronze, a material rendering the figures as powerful forces of universal human kind.

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Some observers predict that such borrowers will be forced to tap networks of small investors who lend through mortgage brokers, as well as mortgage investment corporations — in other words, the most remote corners of Canada's shadow banking sector, which accounts for 40 % of Canada's banking space.

And, as comedian and marketer Bill Bernat, who has suffered from severe depression, explained on the TED Ideas blog, the fact that everyone else tries to cheer you up (or avoid the dark shadow you cast) adds to the suffering of those with mental health worries.

The company is also stepping out from the shadow of its partner agencies and establishing MDC Partners as a brand in its own right.

Jassy earned positive reviews early on for leading Amazon's music sales efforts, and in 2002 he was chosen as one of Jeff Bezos's «technical assistants» — staffers who train for senior executive roles by shadowing Amazon's CEO for a year or longer.

Long associated with older industries, Osaka has struggled to get out of the shadow of Tokyo as a start - up hub, but it has upped its game in recent years with new start - up investment funds, downtown university campuses, incubators and pitch events.

It goes like this: first of all, the bank is constantly scanning the horizon for smoke signals, looking for possible incipient trouble in big banks as well as the so - called «shadow banking system» (non-bank institutions that perform some bank - like functions) and trading information with other regulators.

But instead of driving prices down, the competitors appear to increase prices step - by - step (which is why the charts above look like a staircase), something that's referred to as «shadow pricing.»

As investigations at the federal and local levels close in on White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and the Kushner family business, Jared's father Charles Kushner has come out of the shadows to defend his family name.

Some are ready to cash out of a company increasingly vulnerable to a crumbling PC market and already a shadow of an earlier self that led the global market and stood as a model of industry innovation.

He keeps a framed shadow box of book spines behind his desk as a reminder.

Relative to markets like Saint John, Thunder Bay or Moncton, this Southwestern Ontario city certainly isn't cheap, but in the shadow of Toronto, this is what passes as affordable.

He said he was not familiar with so - called «shadow profiles,» which media reports have described as collections of data about users that they have no knowledge of or control over.

Foundry Group VC and co-founder Brad Feld has written frankly for this magazine about his experience, encouraging others to step out of the shadows as well.

As an example, one eye - shadow palette had a conversion rate of 11.2 percent, which Birchbox contends is more than 10 times the industry standard.

When they do choose to exercise their freedom and work outside the office, they find they suffer as second - class citizens in the shadows of their less inventive and more conservative colleagues.

However, the growth in certain activities classified as «core» shadow banking accelerated to 18.2 percent from a year ago at the end of the third quarter of 2017, the reported added.

But as the past several months have proved without a shadow of a doubt, this isn't the reality we live in.

As The Verge noted in its report on the new anti-abuse measure, the kind of restriction that Twitter has implemented with its latest move has a long history on the social web, where it is often referred to as a «shadow ban.&raquAs The Verge noted in its report on the new anti-abuse measure, the kind of restriction that Twitter has implemented with its latest move has a long history on the social web, where it is often referred to as a «shadow ban.&raquas a «shadow ban.»

The party said Abrahams had agreed to stand aside as shadow work and pensions secretary while an «employment issue» is investigated by the top of the party.

As America turns once again to our perennial celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a full year of Donald Trump on full Technicolor display has cast its inimitable shadow over the legacy of one of the greatest American citizens in this nation's history.

In 2008, when Jason Lapp took over as VP of sales and marketing at the company established in 1966 by his father and business partner, Roger Bowman, Westech was, he says, a «shadow of its former self.»

Esmail said that the emerging markets are in some sense reliant on China as an economic engine, and China's shadow banking crisis is the biggest risk to emerging markets, but valuation-wise the emerging markets are the most appealing part of global equities universe.

It showed just how fragile and isolated the earth was as the globe was reduced to an ornament sized sphere, hanging half in shadow and suspending in the middle of nothing at all.

Through 20 years of working with and educating successors, and interviews with iconic successors, such as Bill Wrigley, Christie Hefner, Massimo Ferragamo, and John Tyson, I have learned that there are many ways that James can meet these challenges and step out of the shadow of his father.

«New hires come in with a blank slate, and we tend to get more creativity as a result of them shadowing someone» Brennan says.

While the successor's curse might lead us to believe that being born into an iconic family such as the Murdoch's means that one can never achieve success in his own right, there are paths out of a parent's shadow that a successor must take.

As Phelps sat stoically with a solid game face wearing headphones, Le Clos was shadow - boxing in front of him.

Rather than make it up as you go, shadow existing franchisees and do as much independent research as possible to establish a basis of knowledge that you can rely on in tough times.