Sentences with phrase «except as a weapon»

In contrast, today's guns, particularly handguns, have little practical value except as a weapon (their sporting use is the only exception).

A merit pay system that does not actually reward individual teachers is likely to add cost and produce minimal results, except as a weapon to be used against education reformers in the future.

Not exact matches

Therefore, although Jesus would be the last person to use fear as a moral weapon (except in the case of the desperately self - complacent), he did teach that life should be lived with a due sense of awe and responsibility.

Meanwhile, as the local churches were revolting against overall control, there was widespread revolt against the power of the ministers in the local churches until «after the Reforming Synod [of 1697], the clergy found themselves shorn of every weapon except moral persuasion, and their threat of [Divine] vengeance.»

They're a big deal because they've been used extensively in the past and found to be useless except as a terror weapon against civilians:

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Except Monster Hunter bro... That game treats each weapon as a class of its own but then again I think MH falls into an ARPG category of its own.

For purposes of reporting pursuant to this subdivision, each incident shall be reported once in the highest ranking category of offense that applies, except that incidents involving a weapon and one of the offenses listed in clauses (1)(vi)(a) through (f) of this subdivision shall be reported in the highest ranking category of offense that applies as an offense committed with a weapon, and not in weapons possession; and incidents involving drug use, possession or sale and / or alcohol use, possession or sale and another offense shall be reported in the highest ranking category in clauses (1)(vi)(a) through (g) of this subdivision that applies.

As you fight, the characters build up their tension meter until you can Fairize — a transformation similar to Neptunia «s Hard Drive Divinity system — except to transform the character throws their weapon in the air and it comes down and stabs them through the chest.

Multiplayer plays much the same way as single player does except now player's can pick up blue stars that give them weapons, much like Mario Kart.

These act exactly as you'd expect them to except you can also buff them using portions of your special gauge to land devastating power blows, reversal attacks that allow you to take control of enemy weapons as well as enter a «super» mode that generally allows you to attack with greater hit power.

Daylight is a first - person horror title that doesn't offer any weapons except for the player's phone, which is also used as their main light source.

The controls are exactly the same as other Assassin's Creed games, except for minor changes like the weapon wheel and other touch - screen controls.

On the reference photo below you can see the Mauser, which is the weapon EVA uses (except hers is a Chinese fake, as Snake points out in the game).

This time it's essentially just the same as Balloon Battle except the only weapons are bombs.

There's a bit of padding here as well, but due to ammo considerations, none of the weapons (except the handgun and fist) ever become irrelevant.

The screen is the same as a battle, except that the party isn't drawing their weapons.

You can't customise characters except in terms of basic appearance and a few other baubles, but nothing that affects gameplay, and I would think it interesting if you could alter characters just a little bit, such as swapping out weapons for slightly different ones.

Instead of selling patents that have little value except as litigation weapons, universities should focus on true technology transfer — partnering with others to bring new technologies into the world.

In our view, this patent has no value after Alice except as a litigation weapon.