Sentences with phrase «as spanners»

It is a major victory and a glimpse of a world where legislation will be as far removed from the gay debate as spanners are from sandwiches.

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He added: «You have to take responsibility for this as a media company because you are not a passive, sitting there, digital engineer, tightening the digital pipes, with your digital spanner, and not responsible for the flow - through content... you are responsible and you have to step up and take responsibility.

i read it and thought to myself we do need to put the spanner in on this deal so as spuds make no more ground up on us than they have already.

Now another spanner has been thrown in the works as according to paddock rumours at Spa this weekend, Williams has offered him a seat for next year.

i think Arsenal is dong a American reality show without us knowing as all reality shows you have to throw in a spanner everyday to keep viewers interested and wanting more

The Halo is also going to push the weight of the cars up as well, which could potentially throw another spanner in the works for the development of the powertrains.

But two forced substitutions would throw a large spanner in the works as Luke Shaw and more worryingly, their best center - back Eric Bailly were taken off after the 22 - year old suffered an ankle injury in the second half.

Another side could possibly throw a spanner in the works for The Foxes proposed move for the striker, as reports indicate that Juventus are also after the Delfino striker and the Leicester gaffer is well aware of this competition.

Baby sized tools - like screw drivers and spanners, these help dad play with the baby, and are fun toys for baby if you are more of a friend of the father, or know that dad isn't as natural at playing with his baby!

In an update to the IMF's World Economic Outlook, Maurice Obstfeld described Brexit as introducing a «spanner in the works» for global growth as well as a cause for growing «downside risks» for EU growth in 2017, whilst the OECD Interim Economic Outlook in September 2016 argued that UK growth could be reduced by up to 1 % next year due to the negative impact of the vote.

He thinks the party's current stance on solving 21st - century problems is as outdated as «trying to overhaul an Apple MacBook with a spanner» and says decisions should be made by members networked via the internet rather than in local party meetings in draughty church halls.

These twisted beams of light are useful in nanotechnology, as optical «tweezers» or «spanners» to manipulate tiny particles.

As for working with clients, these things throw a significant spanner into the works when it comes to the predictability of things.

Each child the product of artificial insemination with one of their mothers, they have survived as a content family unit until 15 year - old Laser's curiosity about his biological father throws a spanner in the works.

In many ways, they're easier to predict than the frequently confounding technical categories, but that's no reason to get complacent — as we saw last year with then - unexpected wins for Tilda Swinton and Marion Cotillard, BAFTA is more than capable of throwing a significant spanner in the works in the top races.

The Globes may not be deemed quite as influential these days as they used to be, but a surprise winner (particularly in a category with no obvious frontrunner) can still throw a real spanner in the Academy's works --- as we saw a few years back, when a seemingly random win for Rachel Weisz rapidly built into Oscar - lock status.

I value and believe strongly in articulating an identity of a teacher educator as an education professional operating in a «third space» as a boundary spanner working in a territory given little attention in the scholarly literature.

Then, for even more fun, download the first volume of my own sci - fi / romance / multiverse / utopian Spanners Series, This Changes Everything (which is free) and then, Volume II, This Changes My Family and My Life Forever, as well.

As a writer who is finishing Volume II, This Changes My Family and my Life Forever, and marketing (release date, December 20) Volume I, This Changes Everything of The Spanners Series, I am also writing, marketing, learning about ebook publishing, indie pub networking and methods, editing / revising, weighing in on cover art for Volume I (thanks, #Willowraven!)

We talked about #writing, #science - fiction, The Spanners Series and its #aliens, the Series» #cover art and Aidana Willowraven as the cover artist,

As I get ready to release Volume III, This Is / Is Not the Way I Want Things to Change, in my sci - fi / romance / paranormal / multiverse / utopian The Spanners Series, I consider what I wish I had known for ebooks 1 and 2 of this series, my first launch and second foray into being an indiepub author after having been traditionally published.

Well - known researcher, feminist and author, Naomi Klein, released her best - selling book on climate change about one year after I released my first ebook, using This Changes Everything as her book's title, which is identical to MY Volume I of The Spanners Series «title.

Just completed my first full year (plus 11 days) as a published sci - fi / romance ebooks author (2 pubs, Vol I, 12/19/13; Vol II, 6/9/14) in the 10 - book The Spanners Series, on Amazon, Smashwords, iBooks, nook and Kobo (and Smashwords» affiliates).

Smashwords, Amazon / Kindle, Barnes & Noble nook, Kobo and iTunes have The Spanners Series for YOU, as does CreateSpace!

Luckily, I am not new to marketing, so as I ramp up for the release of my third ebook, Volume III, This Is / Is Not the Way I Want Things to Change of The Spanners Series (sci - fi / romance, adults / YA / NA), which goes into pre-orders @ half - price on 11/1/15, $ 1.99 through 12/7/15, then becomes $ 3.99 on release day, 12/8/15, with a cover reveal on 10/26/15 on http://www.aleshaescobar.com), I am pleased to discover that I have already accomplished (but need to update) most of what's on the above list.

This Changes Everything begins the 30 - year story of Clara's term as Earth's first Chief Communicator, continuing in nine more Volumes of The Spanners Series.

This Changes Everything spans the 30 - year story of Clara's term as Earth's first Chief Communicator, continuing in nine more Volumes of The Spanners Series.

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A Wi - Fi only model, GT - P1010, has shown up at the FCC and, with many people bemoaning the rather expensive price - tag of the 7 - incher, it might throw a bit of a spanner in the works of the big launch as wannabe SamTab owners hold off for a cheaper option.

More about the books on another of Sally's website pages: http://www.sallyember.com/spanners and on Facebook and Google + Spanners Series pages as well (links are to the right).

Emmett, as a construction worker, has the ability to use a pneumatic drill to break through areas and a spanner to repair parts, whilst Wyldstyle is acrobatic and can jumps across bars and scale walls.

You can't win based on brute force alone though, as the combat arena has various abilities for you to pick up and utilise such as a weapon enhancer (which can be used three times on your weapon) and a full repair spanner.

The Spanners serve a dual purpose in this exhibition — they offer a pop of color and a palate cleanser should the eyes need a rest from looking at dots, which tend to vibrate at that scale, as well as referencing the source material gesturing that this installation is something more than prints from a book.

The photograph below, shot by Spanner, shows his vantage point as police bore down on one group of demonstrators:

Other diagrams show greenhouse forcing only really taking off in the late 1950s (as compared with net forcings from other influences) after which Agung puts a spanner in the works by erupting twice in the early 1960s.

Wayne Spanner, managing partner of Norton Rose Fulbright in Australia, signed up as an ambassador to a Workplace Gender Equality Agency initiative to support gender pay equality.

Wayne Spanner continues as managing partner, while HDY's former managing partner Michael Greene is now deputy managing partner and national head of the government practice.

But we note more commonly what you might think of as the invisible spanner in the works.

Some might criticise the company for not keeping enough stocks in hand (as we pointed out, the quick sales of the Mi 3 were a bit of a double - edged sword, leaving many disappointed at not getting a unit), others might accuse them of dumping an old device on Indian consumers and then arbitrarily stopping its sales, still others might criticise their «flash sale» method of selling devices, but the one thing that can not be denied is the fact that Xiaomi did pretty much throw a spanner in the works of established high - end Android players by offering excellent hardware at a staggeringly low price in the Mi 3.

Interorganizational teams as boundary spanners: The role of team diversity, boundedness, and extrateam links

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