Sentences with phrase «foils the attempts of»

Yet there are sometimes half a dozen cutthroats over three pounds directly under the wire, as those flimsy wires are enough to foil the attempts of even the most efficient bird of prey.

Try this system as a way to more thoroughly foil the attempts of thieves.

The anti-theft devices are the alarm systems and the tracking systems that foil the attempts of the burglars to steal or rob your car.

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A major gold smuggling attempt involving nearly 10 kilograms of the yellow metal was foiled at Karippur International Airport in the Southern state of India.

Man's attempt to teach his children to save foiled by Bank of America thievery.

Again Saul follows up his person - to - person attempt with a carefully planned scheme, only to be foiled this time by the deception of his own daughter.

However, many of the participants perished before reaching Syria, and the survivors were foiled in their attempt to take Damascus.

This paper will attempt an assessment of Leclerc's radical position, using as a foil the thought of the baroque scholastic, Francis Suarez.5 The latter was picked to fulfill such a function both because he represents the most complete summation of the older Aristotelian theory of substance Leclerc attempts to appropriate and reinterpret, and because he was the most important scholastic figure for the age that Leclerc sees as both the turning point in the history of the philosophy of nature, and as the golden age of such a philosophy, namely, the modern age (PN 194 - 95).

Babies have the tendency of amazing us with the ability to foil all the best attempts we make to keep them safe.

Nigerian military on Wednesday night foiled suicide attacks attempted by three females in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state.

Miliband accused China of deliberately foiling attempts at a binding agreement; China explicitly denied this, accusing British politicians of engaging in a «political scheme».

Officers of Nigerian Army's Guard's Brigade have foiled an attempted invasion of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja by heavily armed Fulani herdsmen from both the Nasarawa and the Gwagwalada axis.

Barely 48 hours after a merchant ship hijacked of the Coast of Benin Republic waters, have Nigerian Navy Special Forces foiled an attempt by sea pirates to hijack and abduct 25 foreign nationals aboard a Maersk merchant ship on Nigerian waters, carrying general -LSB-...]

After carrying our several raids and attacks on Boko Haram camps, rocket making factory and foiling attempts to attack troop's location, Special Forces of the Nigerian Army supported by Nigeria Airforce aircraft, have killed about 40 Boko Haram terrorists and destroyed their rocket fabrication factory.

After carrying our several raids and attacks on Boko Haram camps, rocket making factory and foiling attempts to attack troop's location, Special Forces of the Nigerian Army supported by Nigeria Airforce aircraft, have killed about 40 Boko Haram terrorists and -LSB-...]

The Nigerian Navy has said it successfully foiled an attempted hijack of a Merchant Vessel, MV UAL HOUSTON around Bonny Fairway Buoy in Rivers State.

When our news team visited the crime scene on Monday, a strange development was noticed: human excreta was found near the very spot where the victim was discovered, a development some superstitious residents believe is meant to foil attempts to track perpetrators of the heinous crime.

After carrying our several raids and attacks on Boko Haram camps, rocket making factory and foiling attempts to attack troop's location, Special Forces of the Nigerian Army supported by Nigeria...

Earlier in the week, the intelligence outfit attempted a mid-night arrest of the Senior Pastor of the Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson Suleiman but their effort was foiled by the Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose.http: / / dailypost.ng / 2017/01/25 / governor - fayose - foils - dss - attempt - arrest - apostle - suleiman - photos /.

Still, there will always be an aspect of unpredictability in the atmosphere that foils even the most high - tech attempts to predict the weather.

During my survey, the top of the headline charts included a story about an attempt to set a world record for toppling dominoes that was foiled by a wayward cockroach.

We also meet new characters for this season such as Yves»n Steven - Yves, a cat burglar who attempts at stealing the guarded prize possession are always foiled by Steven, the happy go lucky guard dog; Next we get an introduction to Dot, Rosie's niece in the adventures of» Rosie and Dot».

For four years, he and Cosby in their scenes together comprised one of the funniest comedy double acts seen on television, his innocent yet conniving Griffin Vesey making the perfect foil to Cosby's ill - tempered curmudgeon Hilton Lucas; another highlight of his portrayal (and a clever «in» joke referring back to his work in Cool Runnings) were Griffin's occasional attempts to impress women by passing himself off as a West Indian, affecting a Jamaican accent.

Synopsis: This superhero adventure finds Batman (George Clooney) and his partner, Robin (Chris O'Donnell), attempting to the foil the sinister schemes of a d...

After the attempts for a quiet and / or dramatic suicide are foiled from the awkwardness of it all, the four decide to give up — for now.

Criminal (R for graphic violence and pervasive profanity) Suspense thriller about a recently - deceased CIA agent (Gal Gadot) whose memory and skills are implanted into the brain of a dangerous convict (Kevin Costner) in a desperate attempt to foil a terrorist plot.

I was far from a fan of bland I Know... starlet Jennifer Love Hewitt, but I'd take her any day over the dreadfully stiff and uncharismatic Witt, whose inept attempts at emoting were often met with laughter; Witt has a perfect foil in her equally presence - challenged leading man, Jared Leto.

He looks not just at the barrier that partitioned a city, and the human stories of those effected by the Wall, but also at the global politics behind its construction in 1961, 16 years after the war had ended and 13 years after Stalin's failed attempt to seal off the city had been foiled by the Berlin airlift.

And don't even get me started on the description of the cancellation process, which doesn't sound arcane so much as intentionally designed to foil any attempts to return a tablet.

If it gets so bad that there is a tug of war happening every time you attempt to walk, try spraying the lower end of the leash with a bitter type spray (available at your local pet supply shop) or wrapping the leash in tin foil (have you ever chewed on it...?)

During the course of The Lost Girls» year - long adventure around the world, Amanda, Holly and I tallied numerous brag - worthy adventures (hiking the Inca Trail; sandboarding down mountain - sized dunes; rafting over a 21 foot waterfall), unique cultural experiences (capoeira classes in a world - renowned Mestre Bimba academy; initiation into the Kenyan Maasai tribe; a homestay in a Hmong village) and a few near - misses to keep things interesting (getting stranded in Peruvian desert / hitchhiking a ride from a priest in a minivan; foiling the dastardly attempts of bag - slashers in Vietnam and Thailand; breaking embassy records for successfully begging for last minute visas).

Here players can attempt missions themselves, assigning troops and resources to foil the plans of rival empires or guilds.

Kaos, the main baddiefrom the first two entries, returns with another attempt to rule the world, and the Skylanders - protectors of the realm — must step in and foil his attempts.

Killzone 3, a PS3 exclusive, follows a pair of interplanetary special forces operatives as they attempt to foil an invasion from alien evildoers.

Sonic the Hedgehog centers on Sonic and his friends, such as Tails and Knuckles, who run around collecting items and points as they attempt to foil the global domination plans of Doctor Eggman Robotnik.

Using a wide range of Batman's gadgets and abilities, players will become the invisible predator and attempt to foil The Joker's demented scheme.

There's little more annoying than perfectly positioning yourself for a sneak attack, only to be foiled when one guard begins flanking you and your attempt to retaliate is too slow or imprecise to effectively engage, resulting in the failure of whatever keen played you had laid out.

In Kong for a Day, K. Rool made a second attempt to seize control of the Barrel Works to manufacture more exploding barrels, but this time Donkey Kong foiled his plans before production could commence.

Time Slip is a platform action video game developed by Sales Curve Interactive and published by Vic Tokai, featuring the adventures of Dr. Vincent Gilgamesh, a scientist attempting to foil an alien invasion to Earth by traveling to different historic ages.

Mutant Alien Moles of the Dead is a game of reflexes in which your mission is to foil the plans of an alien invader that is attempting to conquer the planet from underground.

The exhibition presents photographs, documents, uniforms and artifacts of a foiled attempted by four German saboteurs to launch a two - year plan to disrupt the production of supplied intended for the Allies in Europe by blowing up plants, canals, bridges, waterways and locks across the United States.

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For the first seven years of her life, Fini was disguised as a boy whenever she left home to foil the kidnap attempts of her father.

Presenting the diagram to scale would show the objects's misses of Earth to scale, foil Exxon's attempt to divert us, comfort the rest of us, and help us get back to the far more immediate danger of climate change.

I find it ludicrous that Australian tax payers are forced to expend huge resources and time on catching a miniscule number of actual terrorists, putting our entire population under surveillance in the hope of catching a handful of terrorist plots and foiling them; contrast that to the political undermining and then active destruction of our attempts at a rational climate change risk management strategy, simply to win short term political gain.

ACHIEVEMENTS IN CASH HANDLING • Introduced a CRT (cash receipt ticketing) system that reduced customer queue time by 80 % • Implemented an online cash deposit system which increased branch efficiency by 55 % • Foiled 2 robbery attempts of cash and valuables worth $ 50m by employing training in surroundings vigilance • Acted as an integral part of team that inaugurated a highly complex inventory tracking system to record coin and currency transactions