Sentences with phrase «as snubs»

The party crashers in the Best Director field — On many lists, «The Martian» blockbuster director Ridley Scott and Todd Haynes of «Carol» count as snubs, especially when they were bested by one of the smallest movies possible in «Room» and its director Lenny Abrahamson.

As far as snubs go, I was disappointed to see that my personal favourite of the year, Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin, was not on the best film list as well as best British film.

They cite Dee Rees for «Mudbound,» Patty Jenkins for «Wonder Woman» and Greta Gerwig for «Lady Bird» as snubs, coming just a couple of years after April Reign created the hashtag #OscarsSoWhite calling for industry - wide inclusion for women, people of color and other diverse people.

Yet part of Francis» charm is that this skittishness didn't come off as a snub, because the pope proceeded to spend the better part of the next hour standing in the front of the economy cabin of the papal plane to personally greet each of the roughly 70 journalists on board.

Christians turned it into a symbol of their faith as a snub to the Roman Empire.

So, as a conciliatory gesture to the populace — and perhaps also as a snub to the priests, whom he obviously disliked and despised — he offered to give the Prisoner an unconditional discharge.

The incident was widely interpreted as a snub, enhancing Pelé's reputation as a moody individualist.

As soon as the snub was confirmed it was reported that the odds were slashed on Arsenal getting Aubameyang, and other reports suggested that we were aiming for Morata or Nolito from Spain, but according to Talksport today the Gunners next target is to be the Inter Milan hotshot Mauro Icardi.

And am quite disappointed with AW's blatant favoritism of out of form players, as well as his snubbing of certain in form players.

But the prime minister subsequently made it clear that he did not want Hoon to get the job of EU foreign minister and when Lady Ashton was appointed to the post last month it was seen as a snub to him.

Balboni's efforts on behalf of the Democratic AG could be viewed as a snub to Cahill.

Instead, the party went with a placeholder candidate in what was viewed by observers as a snub to the mayor.

A notable omission from the list was Norman Lamont, who was overlooked for a life peerage in what was seen as a snub for the former Chancellor of the Exchequer who had become one of Major's most prominent critics.

To consider bringing a former Chancellor of the Exchequer out of retirement can only be seen as a snub to the present Shadow Chancellor.

Because Liu has not been formally charged, others gathered at the meeting took his omission as a snub to the entire Asian community, since Liu is the first and only Asian American elected to citywide office.

At a certain ratio of cerium atoms to molecules, self - assembly produced a symmetrical complex 2 - D pattern described originally by Kepler and known today as the snub square tiling.

The method was then adapted to produce a number of 3D structures as well, including a cuboctahedron, and another Archimedian solid known as a snub cube — a structure with 60 edges, 24 vertices and 38 faces, including 6 squares and 32 equilateral triangles.

It may not have been a surprise — but it definitely qualifies as a snub.

United Airlines plans to resume shipping pets as cargo in July but will ban animals such as snub - nosed dogs that face bigger health risks during flights.

It's easy to use the word «familiar» as a snub after playing The Void because of just how comfortably The Void sits in the unknown, which is a reference to more than its life - after - death setting.

Her disinclination to go herself was seen as a snub of the board's wishes, which ultimately led to the artist pulling out of the gala --

Her disinclination to go herself was seen as a snub of the board's wishes, which ultimately led to the artist pulling out of the gala — he himself noting he didn't want to be just another in a long line of white male honorees.

He stood in for Theresa May at Prime Minister's questions which was seen as significant only insofar as his presence was widely seen as a snub for Chancellor Philip Hammond who was expected to deputise.

Announced at CES, Amazon Alexa will now come bundled with various PCs from high - profile vendors, such as ASUS and HP, which can only be seen as a snub of Microsoft's own voice - assistive efforts.

These are seen as a snub in the face of the candidate.

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As with every year, there were a lot of snubs and a lot surprises when the Oscar nominees were announced.

Based on the last few handholding snubs as well as her facial expressions, it appears she does not want that connection,» Reiman told INSIDER.

As much as recent efforts to encourage women in STEM education and STEM jobs have helped move the needle a bit, the culture of science has often made life for women scientists harder than it already is — excluding them from clubby publishing and peer review networks and sometimes outright snubbing their achievementAs much as recent efforts to encourage women in STEM education and STEM jobs have helped move the needle a bit, the culture of science has often made life for women scientists harder than it already is — excluding them from clubby publishing and peer review networks and sometimes outright snubbing their achievementas recent efforts to encourage women in STEM education and STEM jobs have helped move the needle a bit, the culture of science has often made life for women scientists harder than it already is — excluding them from clubby publishing and peer review networks and sometimes outright snubbing their achievements.

Dell's special committee has warned that the stock might drop to anywhere between $ 8.67 and $ 5.85 if shareholders reject the buyout, leaving them with a company in decline as consumers continue to snub desktop and laptop computers in favor of tablets and smartphones.

Not only are Millennials snubbing oil and gas because of its negative image, they also seek different job perks than previous generations sought, and in this regard, the oil industry will need to do more as it becomes increasingly obvious that Millennials want different things than what oil executives think they want.

In 1985, when he entered Stanford as a freshman, the college was in the process of snubbing an opportunity to house the Reagan Library.

In 2016, critics cited the Oscars» snub of Netflix's critically acclaimed drama «Beasts of No Nation» as evidence that the industry was «turned off» by Netflix's business model, which debuts films on the streaming service simultaneously with theatrical releases.

Toronto's snub as national securities regulator seems par for the course.

There was no snub as some reports had suggested.

In a snub to the authorities, he said he would immediately quit his duties in the association to focus on his new role as auxiliary bishop of Shanghai, one of the largest dioceses in China.

That opened a legal niche to be quickly filled by younger, more aggressive, firms formed (as Lincoln Caplan points out in his chronicle of the rise of the Skadden firm) by Catholics, Jews, and non-Ivy Leaguers who had been snubbed by old - line firms.

A dirty look, a slight snub, a little edge in the voice, the neglect of some little habit of kindness — these are actions characteristic of anger, and they function as punishment.

So this begs the question, does Obama like many others just give lip service to God and cherry - pick scriptures to support his Socialist agenda or does he truly live out a Christian life when he supports Gay Marriage, supports Abortion, snubs Israel (God's chosen race), praises Jesus as his Lord & Savior?

In the face of potentially contentious and disrupting cultural differences, theorists and practitioners adopted inclusive accommodation as a strategy to neutralize the likelihood of conflict, since when put into practice, cultural inclusion means that no one's interests are neglected, no one is left out, and, therefore, no one is slighted, snubbed, or offended.

Then he knows how to get into kneeling in the Mosque and shouting the stuff from the top of the Mosque (all - ie - all - ie in free Joey is a monkey) And he bows to all the Moslem kings and queens and princes and get snubbed by British Royalty as well as Russian cabinet members (so why is that?)

For four years, I snubbed my nose at breakfast, welcoming lunch as my first meal of the day.

Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Keiren Westwood has snubbed the chance to join Liverpool as he wants to payback Sheffield Wednesday for helping him kick start his stalling career, according to the Daily Mirror.

However, he has constantly been held back by injury problems, and a loan spell at Bournemouth last season was seemingly a real snub as Arsene Wenger looked elsewhere.

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After reports of undergoing a medical in Turin, Sami Khedira looks to have chosen Juventus as his next club after snubbing the likes of Arsenal and Chelsea.

There are some snubs, as per usual, and one name not on any list that feels wrong not because he should be there this year, but because of how frequently he was there in years prior.

However, both clubs have been dealt a huge blow in their attempts to land the Frenchman as reports in L'Equipe [via talkSPORT] claim that the defender is ready to snub interest from abroad and sign a new contract with last season's Ligue 1 runners - up.

Following their 3 - 0 win at West Ham on Sunday, some Southampton players might feel hard done by after being snubbed, but it looks as though the debate - provoking Crooks has got it spot on this time round.

So the fact that his international snub has only made him focus harder on helping Arsenal achieve trophy success this season, as he explained in an Arsenal.com report, just highlights what a great attitude he has and why he has become such a vital player for us.

As far as i'm concerned, only a handfull of bug - eyed players would consider snubbing such beautiful ArsenaAs far as i'm concerned, only a handfull of bug - eyed players would consider snubbing such beautiful Arsenaas i'm concerned, only a handfull of bug - eyed players would consider snubbing such beautiful Arsenal!