Sentences with phrase «common ploy»

Common ploy of the fundie Christian (Kilto)- afraid to attempt to answer direct questions.

It was one of the sport's most common ploys: winded athletes delaying a match by attending to a ostensibly untied shoelace.

Here are some of the most common ploys:

For budget speechwriters, a common ploy is to begin and end the finance minister's address with a specific character — a compelling individual with a captivating personal story, whose needs and challenges perfectly encapsulate what the budget is trying to achieve.

It's a common ploy, but Ackman's plan is lackluster and investors can pick from plenty of activist campaigns.

Of course this is a common ploy of governments and I don't believe it for a moment but that's what it says in a book many people take as being totally true in every word.

I know this is a common ploy, but as a member of Her Majesty's Government, I expected better.

«The common ploy by criminals is to get their retaliation in first and make a complaint against the police to divert the attention of the authorities and put the heat on the police,» he said.

A common ploy used by disreputable supplement companies is starting with a low - quality concentrate, adding small amounts of isolate and hydrolysate to create an expensive «blend,» and then calling attention to the isolate and hydrolysate in the marketing and packaging.

Even though they are few and far between, you should be aware of them and some of the common ploys they may use.

This is a common ploy of a scam artist, to lull people into a false sense of security, before asking for money.

Online dating scam artists use common ploys.

This kind of closed - loop pseudo-publicity is another common ploy.

That is a common ploy used by estate agents to make buyers outbid each other, so that the agents can make a tidy profit.

IT»S A COMMON PLOY among columnists: You start with the provocative statement — and then spend the rest of the article dancing like crazy, trying to defend it.

«I think there's something about Tony that makes people want to support him,» reflected Andrew Freiser, who split his stall with fellow New York dealer Garth Greenan — a common ploy here, and perhaps an indication of the caution out - of - towners brought with them.

He uses a common ploy of truncating what Thompson said, to ensure that a quotation fits with his message.

Counterfeit air bags and poor - quality windshields are also a common ploy.