Sentences with phrase «but supporting roles»

Ethan Hawke is great in the lead, but the supporting roles are rather dull and uninspired.

No one expected that he would be able to take a lead in a major film after really doing nothing but supporting roles.

French ministers are certainly hoping so; their rhetoric suggests they'll be looking to avoid anything but a supporting role when the Ecowas offensive finally goes ahead.

Not exact matches

She's had tons of supporting roles that have landed her squarely in global celebrity status, but Gwyneth is also a crafty entrepreneur.

He explained that the current Eurogroup President Jeroen Dijsselbloem, who's also the Dutch finance minister, gathers significant support among the other finance ministers but failed to get enough backing to continue with his European role after having lost the general election, putting an end, at least for now, to the idea of a permanent president.

But during my job search, the roles were suddenly reversed, and I had to rely on others for support.

But Wired instead tapped Wall Street's most hallowed name, Goldman, Sachs & Co., as its lead underwriter, consigning Robertson Stephens to the supporting role of comanager — a decision many at Wired Ventures would later come to regret.

«CFOs are mostly satisfied with their capabilities in longstanding core areas like corporate finance, treasury and audit, but they want to improve in areas that support finance's increasingly strategic role,» Deloitte's survey says.

Anoyone who's watched Silicon Valley or seen him in supporting roles knew the comedian was funny, but the depth of emotion he unveils here shows his career as an actor has only just begun.

I don't know about other industries but in the real estate space [I play a support role] traditional marketing methods are dying and / or cost prohibitive — print magazines, direct mail, fliers, door hangers etc — I can see why other forms of marketing would be imperative [especially when there is a brand and some form of uniqueness to the product or service] but it's been my experience that the public views real estate peeps as «all the same» and therefor will often choose the 1st one they come across when looking for homes — online.

One of the most compelling sequences in the Oscar - winning Inside Job, Charles Ferguson's indictment of Wall Street's role in the 2008 global financial meltdown, involved not the banker culprits but their supporting cast.

We take a fresh look not only at bricks and mortar, but also the role of care in the mix, and the facilities, design and operational and tenure models that support it.

Public knowledge facilitators, such as governments and business associations, along with private knowledge facilitators, such as consulting firms, law firms, and banks, play crucial but different roles in supporting Canadian investments in China.

Speaking after the election of Diane James, the former UKIP leader said he would support her in her new role but had «done his bit.»

After winning a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her wild - eyed turn as a mental patient in Girl, Interrupted, she attempted a few other serious acting roles but only seemed to find blockbuster success when she took on the lead role in the feature - film adaptation of the video game Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.

I disagree with my Bishop quite often on various topics, but support him in his role as Bishop.

There — surrounding the kneeling penitent, not for consolation or support or fellowship (often the roles of the community), but likewise in penitence, confessing sin and seeking forgiveness.

But returning to Seligman's main methodological premise, the question arises as to whether he has too quickly excluded religion from any significant role in the support of civil society as an ideal or, even more important, as reality.

Thus this does not suggest that the clergyman should play the role of preliminary psychotherapist, but rather that in his pastoral role of guiding, supporting, and responding, the pastor may afford sufficient help to alleviate many emotional problems brought to him.

They find biblical support for the traditional roles of women and say it not oppressive but God's order, which those liberals are looking to destroy.

But the lack of a popular backlash to Trump's questioning of our alliance systems should be cause for worry about the depth of public support for America's current global role.

But there were other questions which people asked about the role of God's people in supporting the government.

Meanwhile, the supporting cast of millions will remain in pecuniary thrall, hoping for a better role in the promised but not yet budgeted sequel.

An Athanasius, inspired by a genuinely Christian monasticism, not only had a more (comparative to his times) wholesome understanding of human sexuality and marriage, as well as women s ministerial roles in the church, but also struggled (to the point of being expelled from his diocese five times by those supporting the imperium) for an orthodoxy which would confess the God revealed in Christ as a community of consubstantial Persons.

i actually went through his school of spiritual direction last year, great stuff that resonates with what you are saying about the role of the spiritual director as not imposing but supporting, «coming alongside», helping somone else foster their relationship with God with the honed skills of listening, discernment and journeying with someone.

This role might be carried out not only by supporting the mediating institutions involved, but also, as in many European countries, by adopting measures that make it easier for a parent to remain at home for the first year or two after a child is born.

In some cases, the counselor will want to maintain contact with the particular person over a long - term period, but when he does this, he should be aware that he is no longer fulfilling the function of crisis intervention, but has moved into a different role — one of ongoing emotional support or of helping the person deal with underlying problems.

When Hume interpreted causality in a way that could not support its role in the natural sciences, Kant reformulated philosophy so that not only causality but all the fundamental notions of the Newtonian worldview were preserved.

Schools have continued to offer as an option a version of the liberal arts education they traditionally provided; but such concerns and the faculties supporting them have played steadily decreasing roles among the financial forces that drive the institutions.

Some support for this is found in Whitehead's emphasis on the creative role of all actual entities (PR 130) and in the doctrine that an enduring object «tends to prolong itself» (PR 88) But the decisiveness of the role of God remains unquestioned.)

Ms. Harvey does raise important questions about those in a PVS, but I suspect that such questions ultimately can be answered only by the patient's family in a context of care and support provided by the medical and religious communities in a counter-balancing role for one another, thus preventing hasty or self - serving decisions.

In support of his position, Cobb notes not only that the past entities have a role to play in their transcendent future, but he claims that this role is active, and not merely passive.

Regarding «Junk DNA,» yes, previous assumptions about the role of non-coding DNA have been replaced with an appreciation for other roles in regulation of coding regions, but this simply doesn't support the notion that our genomes were intelligently designed.

There are lots of organizations willing to play a role in addressing these issues, but they can't do it without the support of individuals.

Jesus» action on behalf of the blind man showed the Paraclete not merely in a defensive role but taking the initiative to support and vindicate Jesus» own, whatever their fate in court.

We agree that the feminist assault on traditional sex roles has changed professional spheres for the better (medical schools and law schools are now 50 percent female), but it has left low - income women without the support of husbands and children without fathers.

Friedan cites voluminous evidence supporting her contention that this state of affairs was a consequence not of some personal or natural deficiency in the women but of the role assigned them by the mystique.

Perhaps one might go on to say that they were about equally successful in fulfilling their respective roles, but that statement would be hard to support and does not seem especially important.

If we take this passage as an indication of the role publicly supported education may be able to play, we see nothing about economic development and international competitiveness, but a lot about our humanity and citizenship.

But meat is always given a supporting role, not a starring one, and the recipes are heavy on healthy vegetables and whole grains.

Valet remains the main thrust of Towne Park's business, but the company has expanded its services as satisfied clients ask it to take on more support roles.

I'm unable to eat more than a square of some sea salted bars I've tried as they are just too salty, but here the salt takes a supporting role.

I'm all for carrots in a mirepoix, small chunks of it in chicken pot pie, or in small stick form as a vehicle for large globs of peanut butter; i.e, they're fine enough in a supporting role, but certainly not something I particularly enjoy as the star of the show.

I can't do much without coffee either, but it certainly would be nice to have your granola bar playing a supporting role!

«During the past four decades, significant progress in rice research has taken place, where IRRI played a great role not only in supporting the development of new varieties but also by advancing knowledge.»

Women have long expressed a desire, passion and capability to join the highest ranks of the culinary industry, but continue to lack the same access, opportunities and support as their male counterparts — with less than a quarter of females chefs in leadership roles.

Disruption is under way but it needs to build impetus to continue and to push towards a better system, and supporting that is a fitting role for the fair food movement...

Donors play a critical role supporting Australian charities, but we should not attribute them with more knowledge than they actually have.

Not only was giving back to the community a philosophy McClelland instilled in his company, but he himself served as a role model by actively supporting many charitable, business and community organizations including the St. Mary's Food Bank Alliance, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix Mountain Preserve, the Boy Scouts of America, Boys & Girls Club, and Interfaith Ministries, among others.

So simply put, we need to support the club with passion and respect, we can judge Wenger and the team on their success at the end of the season, but now we must fulfill our role as fans and show everyone involved that we are behind the club as proud Arsenal supporters, a club who's success was not purchased but instead achieved on the back of financial fair play, stability and commitment.