Sentences with phrase «back against the wall of»

It's a gentle version that Brinley gives, and once the New Englandy town of Mammoth Falls starts to believe Dinky Poore's fib about the monster in Strawberry Lake, The Mad Scientists» Club picks up another classic element of boys» books» for that's the moment when Henry Mulligan, the club's vice president and chief of research, leans his piano stool back against the wall of Jeff Crocker's father's barn and begins to think about how the boys could use their radio equipment, a wrap of canvas around a chicken - wire frame, and a quiet outboard fishing motor to make the monster come alive.

One of these sculptures, «Unplug Me Please (in Purple)», 2009, is a wooden box that leans back against the wall of the space: a minimalist sculpture on which elements have been hung on clothing hangers, such as a three quarter length mans coat and a dress shirt.

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When your back is against the wall and you need a quick and easy integration of advanced web elements, Wix is a solid choice.

On August 4th, 2013, The Wall Street Journal reported on the growing subculture of Weird Twitter in an article titled «Some Twitter Users Push Back on Ads,» describing the trend as a reactionary movement against the influx of corporate brands and advertising campaigns on the popular microblogging network.

«Against a backdrop of overwhelming corporate pressure to free - up capital and reduce future spend - to the detriment of production growth - there is considerable scope for this wall of output to get pushed back further if prices do not recover and / or costs do not fall enough,» the Wood Mackenzie report concluded.

If in the future your back is against the wall and you end up needing another round of financing, you could lose ownership of your own firm if you don't ask for enough in the beginning.

Dennett, looking as if he'd been sucker - punched, leaned back against the wall, and said, after a few moments of silence, «clever.»

Mornings in Bodley, drowsing among the worn browns and tarnished gilding of Duke Humphrey, snuffing the faint, musty odor of slowly perishing leather...; long afternoons, taking an outrigger up the Cher, feeling the rough kiss of the sculls on unaccustomed palms, listening to the rhythmical and satisfying kerklunk of the rowlocks, watching the play of muscles on the Bursar's sturdy shoulders at stroke, as the sharp spring wind flattened the thin silk shirt against them; or, if the day were warmer, flicking swiftly in a canoe under Magdalen walls and so by the twisting race at King's Mill by Mesopotamia to Parson's Pleasure; then back, with mind relaxed and body stretched and vigorous, to make toast by the fire.

What about those convicted of fighting for ISIS, like the prisoner sitting with his back against the wall, facing Sadiq?

In particular, those of us committed to public education should feel that our backs are against the wall if the commentators are reading the signs of the times correctly.

Because it makes a difference when metaphysical categories are appropriated in the context of persons whose backs are against the wall (JT 1 - 20).

There is a hilarious one of a guy who says «Allahu akhbar» then fires his RPG, but oopsie daisy the back was against a wall and the backblast instantly shredded him.

Jeremiah replied, «Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I am going to turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands and with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls; and I will bring them together into the center of this city.

Maybe you have slept through the recent fiasco but anyone who doesn't have their stuck up the churches ass or in their buybull knows that what is happening isn't due to him attempting to tax the rich but more so due to the republitards putting his back against a wall every step of the way... they are the ones screwing your country in to the ground, not Obama.

Mack is unable to do this, not because he lacks God's perfection, but rather — as Sophia shortly teaches him, with PowerPoint - like projections on the walls of her cave — because everyone's sins are traceable to some prior sin committed against them, right back to Adam.

I slide my spatula flat against the wall of the blender and ever so slightly push the mixture into the centre, which sort of feeds it back into the blades again and prevents an air bubble from forming underneath the surface.

I think Team Bauer is better with their backs against the wall anyways — which is right where they find themselves for the remainder of the Playoffs.

They Win when their backs are against the wall... Much has been made about the top right portion of the bracket..

Most of the Games on Sunday were REALLY close and the Teams that dropped them need to pick themselves up and quick as there are only a couple opportunities to get right before everyone's back is against the wall.

For Team Berzon, they were facing elimination for the first time this season and with their backs against the wall they rallied to take Game 2 by a score of 25 - 22..

They were without much of their regular depth and then foul - troubled put their backs against the wall early.

He might be a better fit elsewhere, and you would hope to get every ounce of effort he has knowing his back and career is up against the wall.

With our backs currently pressed firmly against the wall, to have the club's «X Factor» signing operating on light duties has rightly drawn the ire of the paying punters.

Mazzone has been rocking since he was in his high chair, occasionally banging the back of his head against the kitchen wall in Westernport, Md., near the West Virginia border.

The Spaniard picked up two stupid bookings in the space of two minutes to leave Manchester United with their backs against the wall in their Premier League visit to West Bromwich Albion.

Welbeck has to be our worst ever signing and please don't defend him and say he's been played out of position or Wenger has forced him to play with his back against the wall.

«You always want me to say, and I understand it from your point of view but you should understand it from my point of view — I don't want to be pushed with my back against the wall, as you are trying to do [into], «Well, if he doesn't play matches, you won't take him then.»

Finally, if Wenger really cares that Arsenal go to the next level with Lacazette in the striker's role he will need to surround him with the proper kinds of players, those who compliment his skills and give him a legitimate chance to lead the line... if they can spread the opposing teams back line with Sanchez on the left and someone of consequence on the right (must purchase this individual), this would likely create some space for Ozil in the middle of the pitch... having 3 players who can not only create their own opportunities, but provide assists and make well - timed runs, could bring some much - needed directness back into our ticky - tack approach of late... unfortunately instead of making the tough decisions and spending the supporters money in the right places, we instead have wasted so much time bashing our heads against the same brick wall over and over again and expecting different results..

Your not wrong, I remember a good number of years back we would give our say on Stokes footballing abilities leading up to a game and I remember thinking that they will use those headlines hanging on locker room wall against us and then we would get bulldozed during the game.

They took care of business with their backs against the wall..

Taking the positives out of their lackluster start, they needed to shake - up that pattern and now their backs are firmly against the wall.

Maybe most importantly of all, their backs have been up against the wall and Hockey has usually been their saving grace..

While this is clearly a step - up in talent level — they showed the ability to navigate through a really tough field of Teams and get Wins with their backs against the wall.

Maybe he's not the right player but we don't know that yet, when back is against the wall he will be used to that more so than our guys and maybe he can teach some of what he learned to at least one of Chambers Holding Bielik.

Arsene cares, of course he does, this gives us an inkling to what he will be like in the dressing when our backs are against the wall.

AC Milan have to come out and perform now with their backs being against the wall and that should favour Arsenal's chances of picking them off again.

This makes me cautiously optimistic about the rest of the season, as our defeats against Wigan, Blackburn, Bolton etc have seemed to result from us struggling to get anything out of games when it's not a «backs against the walls» job, and we have to actually open up and play.

Known for placing pinpoint shots to the backs of players» heads in training while they were having a wee against the wall two hundred yards away.

Against Barcelona it was a backs - to - the - wall job with 10 men and in the final they needed a late Drogba header to take the game to extra time before triumphing on penalties to put the misery of 2008 behind them.

Juve have been starved of the Champions League and Bayern were not in it last year so they will have thei backs against the wall... I pray for a Roma matchup - it will be interesting to see what happens....

Whether or not the footballing world believed they had a chance, Juve themselves knew what they were capable of with their backs against the wall.

When Freiburg managed to break through that, they came up against a wall of three strong center backs, marshalled as well as ever by the ageless Naldo.

Now my back is against the wall and I'm having a hell of a time time transitioning from marketing mode to creative mode.

Avoid cosleeping with a baby on a couch as too many that I know of slipped face down into the cracks between the pillow seats and were compressed against the back wall of the couch, or fell face down into the back part of the couch and suffocated.

Ours also has wires — it's the tommee tippee one — and we have the wire come out of the very corner of the cot on the side it's attached to the bed and against the wall, so the baby / toddler couldn't reach it, and the wire then goes round the back of our mattress and we have the monitor on the bed side table on the other side.

The breast shield should closely surround your nipple but leave enough space so that your nipple does not rub against the wall of the shield and can move freely back and forth.

Jean - Marc Ayrault said: «During the [Brexit] campaign, you know he told a lot of lies to the British people and now it is him who has his back against the wall.

Cameron moment of the week: The PM's robust BBC interview defending the NHS reforms - proving (again) that he's best with his back against the wall.

«We desperately need a president who will fight back against the schemes that CEOs and Wall Street bankers have used to economy and steal wealth from our communities, especially communities of color,» said Ivette Alfonso, Citizen Action of New York president.

My money is my own,» Spitzer shot back), and tried to use the «Sheriff of Wall Street» moniker against him.