Sentences with phrase «chink of»

Many will see this 3 % as a crack in the edifice of Climate science: a chink of light in the darkness that is the future as foretold by those gloomy lefty boffin - heads!

This study looks like it could be important, but it is still only pulls one chink of mortar out of the huge brick wall.

A «note» can be a chink of formatted text, a full webpage or an excerpt, a photo, a voice recording, or old - school handwritten text.

Found a tiny chink of goodness that makes one want to take another look and keep reading to find out where he is going next.

Coffee, preferably at lunch or in the afternoon, is a tried - and - tested alternative that will embalm pleasantries in the satisfying chink of china and teaspoons.

Perhaps we are still suffering a reaction against the enforced darkness of the Second World War, when every chink of light might attract an enemy bomber.

There is a chink of light though.

She talked to my husband in a soothing and warm hearted voice giving him new strength and taking off a big chink of the pressure he was feeling.

That signing was the signal for the black clouds that have sat permanently over Elland Road for the last two years to begin to lift, revealing a little chink of light that signalled the good times may be returning.

Usually with relegation there comes a chink of optimism, fight and belief that one day you will be back.

I seem to have been «waiting» for sooooo long but there's some chinks of light appearing once again.

And yet these sporadic chinks of light are couched in the context of heavy and unhelpful language in which abortion is variously referred to as an «abomination» (p87), «this moral leprosy», «this savage beast» (p175) or «a violent and soul - destroying act» (p218), to name but a few.

And if the imagination of the preacher does not pierce through the chinks of formal concepts and inwardly recreate what hides there, the moral heart of the matter will remain inert.

There are also moments of tenderness, necessary chinks of compassion spearing the murk.

You could make them fall over by tilting the conveyor, or open up chinks of light by pressing the buttons — to which they responded with little dance moves.

There are chinks of light — like the Crowley apology — amidst consolidation of the darkness.

Not exact matches

Windows, far and away the most common operating system in the corporate world, is such a complicated and ornery thing — «a giant minefield of conflicts and problems,» says Cormier — that hackers are always finding new chinks in its armor to exploit.

For global markets, the result is yet another chink in one of 2016's most popular ideas, that of the «populist backlash» that characterized elections last year.

Others, having seen a chink in the narcissist's armor, perhaps tried to say something because that's what good people do — you know, point something out nicely in hope of healing or reconciliation — only to find out that healthy, real relationship is not on the «do - do» list of a narcissist.

Identifying a «chink» in your armor as a reason for the end of the pastoral relationship is IMHO is a thinly veiled act of burden shifting the ordeal to a «you brought this on yourself» rationalization.

I can transform a woman person, a Jewish person, a black person, a gay person, an oriental person, a precious child into A bitch, a kike, a nigger, a bull dyke, a faggot, a chink, a selfish little bastard I bring pain that is chronic A pain that will not go away I am the hunter that stalks you night and day Every day everywhere I have no boundaries You try to hide from me But you can not Because I live inside of you I make you feel hopeless Like there is no way out MY NAME IS TOXIC SHAME

He saw slips of the tongue, stumbles of the foot, harsh words blurted out in rage as no mere chinks in social armor but as enactments of the real self.

I am sensing a bit of a «chink» in your armor from the powerful onslaught from Me, Frogist, Reality, NL, Kate, Critter, Luke, David Johnson... (No offense, of course)..

Wenger has beside him the opinion of someone who played these tactics brilliantly and am sure he has a few ideas of what he and his teammates felt was best at finding chinks in the armor.

Reports emerged earlier this week that Mackay had sent a number of offensive text messages during his time with the Welsh side, including one which referred to owner Vincent Tan as a «chink».

Other comments from Whelan have brought an angry response from the Chinese community, with the Guardian also reporting that Whelan justified some of Mackay's alleged texts by saying «if any Englishman said he has never called a Chinaman a chink he is lying.»

He wears a Rolex watch from the 1974 America's Cup campaign of Southern Cross, given to him by his uncle, John (Chink) Longley, a member of the Aussie team headed by Alan Bond.

However, Rashford had found a chink in Svilar's armour and made it count from a free - kick out wide, catching the teenager out of position as the goalkeeper failed to stop the ball crossing the line.

His reading of the game is top notch, but the one chink in his armour, however, is his lack of goals.

Southampton isn't a great team and Adkins knows every chink in their armour as he personally recruited the majority of their roster.

Cha - chink, I pressed the buttons and just as we reached the bottom of the stairs, the doors finished opening, both kids jumped into their seats, closed their doors and boom, we were off.

Already struggling with postpartum depression, this little chink in the foundation of my parenting led to me believing that I was not fit to be a mother.

The angst in the South West is as much shock at the Dasukigate chink in Falae's hitherto formidable integrity armour, as it is linking Afenifere (Afenifere of Awo, the immaculate avatar), to free - wheeling sleaze in contemporary Nigeria.

The teen soldier was the alleged victim of racial taunts, including being called «gook,» «chink,» and «dragon lady,» and subjected to daily physical abuse by fellow soldiers, who pelted him with rocks and ordered him to give instructions in Chinese, advocates said at last week's hearing.

Morgan's result is even more noteworthy in context as a chink in a staunchly male policy area: there has never been a female candidate for the Treasury committee chair, the membership of the committee has remained disproportionately male since its foundation in 1979, and the committee's corresponding department has never had a female Chancellor nor Shadow Chancellor.

«There is always a lot of talk that this is another chink in the armor of the coalition,» Klein said.

If we have as yet failed to find a chink in the armour of quantum theory or relativity, it is not for want of trying.

► «There is a serious chink in the armor» of the peer - review process at elite medical journals, David Shultz wrote on 22 December.

One of the world's deadliest microbes, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB), has tipped off researchers to a potential chink in its armor.

SCOTTISH scientists have discovered a chink in the armour of bacteria, which could help win the battle against hospital superbugs and other debilitating conditions.

Both of these perspectives have validity, but are not without significant scientific chinks in their armor.

We could rattle off a load more statistics but the general picture of Greeks and Italians sitting back, chinking red wine glasses together and laughing about how much thinner they are than the rest of the world is a myth.

The recent privacy breaches have put a small chink in its armor, but it hasn't dethroned the kind of social media.

If you're thinking about signing up for one of the upcoming competitions, needing a little more help / critiques on form or just looking for a coach to help you understand lifting - Most of the competitions usually involve a weight lifting / barbell component, don't let this be the chink in your armor!

On every profile, you can see the number of It seems there's a chink in the armour when it comes to Bella Thorne's romance with Mod Sun - after she furiously discovered he was on a dating app.

If it's not yet obvious by some of the reviews of the past, I have this slight chink in my armor where I'll be thoroughly entertained by the shallowest of comedies.

Bless Spielberg for stepping outside of himself on this one, but perhaps this was the first sign that if there's a chink in his armor, it's humor.

Small thing in the grand scheme of things, but exactly the kind of thing that drives thirteen - year - olds crazy: Unblockable my ass — the first chinks in the armour start appearing once you can't even honour your own lore.

He also unfortunately burdens it with the follies that have plagued his previous efforts when it comes to storytelling, with the 135 - minute film becoming an utter chore to get through in its second half due to the director's poor pacing, unnecessary structural chinks, and some faults in depicting the passage of time.

He is constantly searching for chinks in the chain and judging the acceptability of the goofy future in - laws, instead of just allowing his daughter to marry into whatever family she choses.