Sentences with phrase «by hostile»

Today's member is besieged at every turn by a hostile world: bad clients, no clients, deals going nowhere, bills piling up, dues increasing.

In Goodman et al.'s study [21] of 8 - to 10 - year - old children of mothers with and without a history of depression, the association between previous maternal depression and lower child self - esteem was moderated by hostile or critical views of the mother about the child.

Children who are victims of PAS develop a deep - seated hatred for the parent that is targeted by Hostile Aggressive Parenting, even extending to extended family members or friends of the targeted parent.

Despite this concern however the Human Rights Committee has interpreted Article 27 in a way which protects the cultural rights of Indigenous peoples when threatened by hostile developments.

Many also started organizing to protest the way they and their claims were being handled by a hostile, arbitrary — and often discriminatory — Workers» Compensation Board and its medical consultants.

Apart from the advisability of bringing the province's lawyers on side, Bryant wants to ensure that any new commission has non-governmental funding to make it more difficult for it to be axed in the future by a hostile government, at least according to a report in The Toronto Star a few days ago.

A volume practice based on defendants is in an entirely different position; there, repanelling by a hostile general counsel or company takeover can, at a stroke, remove huge swathes of revenue which for a quoted entity could be disastrous.

The scientific bias can be mitigated by hostile review of government funded studies.

«Private communications picked over by a hostile audience can make a saint look like a sinner, and so while there might be some karmic justice to that, I would not wish it on my worst enemy»

«I was initially surprised by the hostile reaction of activist groups and sections of the media to this announcement.

Climate Depot's Presentation at Warmists» Summit Met By Hostile Interrupting Moderator and Crowd; Call for Morano to Kill Himself!)

But whenever I object to it, I am immediately met by hostile and irrational objections by some of those who favor that argument, so I just drop it, because I'm not wasting my time.

He is at his best when confronted by a hostile audience.

Hitting GOP hot button issues, Reichert noted that the PTC allows the renewables to «leverage private investment» in «proven energy projects» to spur growth and create jobs while increasing domestic manufacturing, lowering «electricity costs for businesses and families» and «reducing our reliance on foreign energy resources controlled by hostile nations.»

In that fashion science will quickly clean house and require papers to have data and method made available sufficient for independent replication of the result by a HOSTILE examiner.

Here was a man who looked to be in the grip of a palpable sense of paranoia, his eyes rolling and haunted as he addressed the Turner Prize audience that clearly felt, like him, that it was trapped in a bunker surrounded by hostile forces.

In Jamaican tradition, a «duppy» is an evil ghost or spirit; this malevolent supernatural being resurrected by Abdu'Allah highlights the genocidal nature of violence against the black body, and the ongoing struggle with ghosts or spectres from the past, conjured by a hostile world dominated by ignorance and deception.

As a mining operation on the outskirts of the solar system, you are attacked by a hostile force, and must defend your operation.

The scientist finds quickly finds himself / herself in a less - than - favorable situation within the research facility, as the entire station has been overtaken by hostile aliens capable of mimicking objects in the surrounding environment.

While you undergo an experiment meant to change humanity forever, something goes awry and your facility gets bombarded by hostile inky blob - like aliens.

The space station has been overrun by hostile aliens and you are now being hunted.

Based on the 1960s Taiwan under martial law, in this 2D atmospheric horror side - scroller, the player control characters who venture into the school beset by hostile supernatural events to uncover stories behind the haunted place.

Taking place after the events of Donkey Kong Country Returns D.K.'s home is once again invaded by hostile forces.

In one instance I had a strong stash of food and gas, but suddenly my car broke down and my team got ambushed by hostile bandits.

Titled «Guide to Survival», this first episode focuses on Lara's struggle to survive on an island inhabited by hostile natives.

Many of the best waves in the world are made inaccessible by hostile locals.

The simulation is all fiction, of course, but Joe recounts getting blindfolded, taken to a mysterious location, and interrogated by hostile men.

No market condition is permanent, and even the late - 1990's advance included periods where favorable trend - following measures were not joined by hostile syndromes of overbought, overbullish conditions.

Certain spouses of active duty personnel who are (a) missing in action, (b) captured in line of duty by a hostile force, or (c) forcibly detained by a foreign government or power

The term self - publisher connotes in some minds poor quality books produced by hostile writing enthusiasts who feel that the publishing establishment has failed them.

In one memorable episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Benny's original writing was attacked by hostile indifference.

If a book is written by a despised peer the title somehow gets lost, or savaged by a hostile reviewer chosen for exactly that purpose.

According to the New York Times, I Am Number Four is about «a group of nine alien teenagers on a planet called Lorien, which is attacked by a hostile race from another planet.

The colonial overlords — first the Portuguese and then the Dutch — viewed it with an eye to practical rather than spiritual considerations: the coastal promontory was the ideal place for a fortress, where mounted artillery could be directed toward the threat posed by hostile warships.

She safely navigated a wide variety of terrains, found food, coped with wild animals, avoided capture by hostile tribes, and fended of loneliness.

Recognizing this, Smarick suggests staggering terms on the board to prevent its capture by hostile forces.

In several cases, say the Gaulds, they were blocked by hostile teacher unions, since they demanded the right to hire their own faculty.

Imagine waking up decades into the future on a foreign planet surrounded by hostile green aliens.

On edge the whole time, Sawyer is threatened by a hostile fellow patient (Juno Temple) and ends up striking one of the staff.

A whirlwind of ruthless ambition, power struggles, greed and deception ensues as Tourneuil's brutal ascent is jeopardized by a hostile takeover attempt from a large American hedge fund led by Dittmar Rigule (Gabriel Byrne), erotic distractions from international supermodel Nassim (Liya Kebede), and adversaries with an agenda for destruction.

Teams of up to four class - based dwarves will venture on first - person, cooperative adventures, mine through fully destructible and procedural environments and return with precious metals — if they aren't killed by hostile aliens.

Overwhelmed by the hostile reception, she begs her sister to join her for emotional support, triggering further complications.

As a mining operation on the outskirts of the solar system, you are attacked by a hostile force, and must defend your operation.

Trapped by hostile forces, he must prevent the incident from spiraling into all - out war.

(In Spanish with subtitles) Tomorrow, When the War Began (R for violence) Screen adaptation of John Marsden's novel of the same name about seven Australian teenagers who band together to survive when they return from a weeklong camping trip in the bush to find the country invaded by a hostile nation.

One by one, they will be tracked by the hostile creatures, their varying human attributes examined and exploited.

Imagine knowing that a loved one is being held captive by a hostile enemy and not being able to do anything about it.

Mankind must fight to survive as Earth is invaded by hostile UFOs bent on destroying the planet.

The trend is less common on the other side of Although not the first work of black British history, its impact spread further than most, in part because its publication came at a crucial moment, three years after a wave of riots sparked by hostile policing set ablaze black neighbourhoods of London, Bristol and Liverpool.

Potentially devastating protein folding problems worsen when a cell or organism is stressed by hostile environmental factors, such as heat.