Sentences with phrase «drew a line in the sand as»

It's up to a Marine staff sergeant (Aaron Eckhart) and his new platoon to draw a line in the sand as they take on an enemy unlike any they've ever encountered before.

Facebook just drew a line in the sand as it races against Google, Snapchat and Magic Leap to create the next big thing.

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As Republicans and Democrats draw battle lines in the sand, small businesses seeking capital may be left in the cold.

As President, you can expect Trump to take a business person's approach to the government's operations and draw a line in the sand when it comes to future spending and deficits.

Yes, they'd have to be prepared for the consequences of their actions (i.e. missing school, work, etc.), but not before a line is drawn in the sand as to what it means to witness, thereby placing one's intentions in the faith as opposed to widespread approval.

So the prophet drew a line in the sand and told him, «step across and you may do as you wish.»

Ella has always been really good about not labelling herself as a vegan — she always states she is plant - based precisely because she draws a line in the sand.

I can not imagine a medical report that the Chicago Bears, with the salary cap being what it is, should draw the line in the sand at 2 million as opposed to 3 million.

At this time, withal, the promise of a peaceful Arab Springtime appears to be giving way to the reality of a long, trigger happy summer as authoritarians across the Middle East and North Africa draw a line in the sand and fight to keep ascendency of their lands.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie reportedly promised the mayor back in April — after the budget deal was done — that he would draw a line in the sand on a two year extension for mayoral control, seeking to end its use as a bargaining chip for unrelated issues.

Secretary to the Governor and Chair, New York State Council on Women and Girls, Melissa DeRosa said, «2017 will go down in history as the year when women spoke up and drew a line in the sand, and 2018 will be the year that society needs to respond.

«They drew a line in the sand and said this is as far as you can go,» Droegemeier says.

The word paleo often gets thrown into the category and we're here to draw a line in the sand, cut through the noise, and resonate as one clear and simple resource for healthy, nutritious food.

Last fall, the NAACP called for a moratorium on the expansion of school choice in the United States, viewing the charter sector as a threat to our hallowed system of public education — as though it's ever been what it claims to be for Black students and families — and drawing an inexplicable line in the sand between two parts of itself.

OJAI, CA — Toyota is drawing a line in the sand, staking out a position as a car company that makes safety a top priority.

About the half way mark, Simon let's out a sigh while motioning with his hand as if he's drawing a line in the sand.

Back in 2009, at the United Nations (UN) Framework Convention on Climate Change, nations around the world drew a hypothetical line in the sand, pledging to do everything in their power to prevent the world annual average temperature from warming an additional two degrees Celsius (3.6 °F)- known as the Copenhagen Accord.

That small group is only drawing a «line in the sand» to then argue over as to «where it should then be moved», and think that if this is done enough «with gusto» then the PAUCITY within what «the players» opinion will be less noticed.

That small group still only drew a «line in the sand», then «argued» over as to «where it should then be moved», and then altered a «graph» to much «Public made fanfare».

When the majority observe the «greenhouse - wagon'theatre teetering along as it is, that small group «aboard» persistently «stops», disembarks, draws a «line in the sand» and argues over where it should then be moved.

Nonetheless, Fenton said that a clear moral line in the sand has been drawn for other institutions such as the Universities of British Columbia (UBC), Toronto, and McGill, all of whom face decisions this fall on whether or not to divest from fossil fuels.

It's easy to regard the HD 6XX's sound signature as just another dynamic - driven headphone, bringing with it traits that often have audiophiles drawing lines in the sand between those who love a drop of pleasing warmth in their sonic coffee, and those who demand near - clinical dedication to the recording as it was originally rendered.

As the nation battles mounting debts and the shaky economic recovery, NAR draws a line in the sand to preserve generations - old housing policies.