Sentences with phrase «for evasive»

She is the blunt, no - nonsense type and her loud, forceful compliments are difficult for my evasive brain to dodge.

So I wasn't about to engage in squirrel hunting behaviour searching for evasive nuts for him, and then not fulfilling his specified needs.

Timing plays a key part, but the window of opportunity felt very wide, as going for an evasive move a bit early or a bit late would often wind up in the mechanic still working properly.

Scouts will have new abilities, all assisted by the monocular, a tool that allows for evasive and long - range stealth attacks.

If I take Jaunt -LRB--RRB-, which can be used an instant dash used for evasive action, and combine it with Breach -LRB--RRB-, a long - ranged beam attack, I can fire instantly with no long wind - up.

Flying at so ridiculously low a height, he had very limited options for evasive action.

Even here the gadgetry feels secondary to driver feel and passive safety features, such as responsive handling for evasive maneuvers and solid visibility.

Luckily the film has both Theron and a keen sense of how to make us root for the evasive, but brutal Lorraine.

-- to a plan for evasive action.

Not exact matches

He «came off as cold and calculating,» lacking in sincerity, «glib at inappropriate times, downright evasive at others,» and in general seemed «as much a machine as the bicycle he rode for so long.»

If you pick a trivial error like, «I once ordered catering for the wrong day,» she says you'll come off as evasive.

Like most of the companies caught up in the anti-corruption crackdown, Rémy Cointreau is now taking evasive action to account for the slump.

Meanwhile, confrontational Aries and evasive Scorpio do not make good bedfellows for Venus.

The risk for Mr. Zuckerberg is appearing evasive or further angering government officials, which could lead them to attack the company even more aggressively.

A Chinese Christian's hopes for asylum in America now have new life, after an appellate court overturned a denial from a judge who found that the applicant's answers to questions about Christianity were «hesitant» and «evasive.»

It is simply not possible for anyone to be as evasive and willfully ignorant as s / he is.

He refused to answer except in evasive terms which suggested that if his questioners could not see for themselves it was useless to tell them.21

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Therefore, I feel I must overcome my resistance and resentment, must dismiss the feeling of engaging in an unwilling exercise in apologetics, and try earnestly, if not to supply straight and simple answers, at least to clarify and line up some of the evasive arguments that I have harbored for a long time, and to articulate them as well as I can.

When they talked, the student was evasive and said she wasn't allowed to say where she lived for fear someone would take her mother away and send her back to Mexico.

Luke reports it, pertinently for content if somewhat awkwardly from the point of view of style, as told by Jesus in answer to the evasive question «Who is my neighbor?»

1 teaspoon moon dust of choice: Action Dust to soothe overworked muscles, Beauty Dust for a glowy complexion and healthy hair, Brain Dust to combat mental fogginess, Goodnight Dust when sleep has been evasive, Sex Dust, for, you know, and Spirit Dust to get that extrasensory perception going.

I have noticed that the perfect cookie can be QUITE evasive and had concluded differing flour weights to be the reason - thanks for experimenting for me!

Your evasive answers only made things more mysterious for them, and you were scared they were going to climb the fence one day and dive in.

Booming oratory is not a problem for Herr Klopp, but victory is something that has been largely evasive since his players came back from their first national service of the season in September — the Reds have won just three of their last 11 games in all competitions.

Is Wenger really so happy with his squad options or is he just being obtuse and evasive about his transfer plans for Arsenal this month?

Busch's deft evasive maneuver kept him from disaster and put him in striking position of the battle being waged for the checkered flag by leaders Helio Castroneves and Ryan Hunter - Reay.

Let's be absolutely clear — falling over isn't cheating, taking evasive action in anticipation of heavy contact isn't cheating; appealing for a foul after the fact when no contact is made, directly lying to the ref, is cheating.

In fact, if that took place and, when taking evasive action you hurt yourself, the person who feigned the punch could be held legally liable for that injury if it could be shown he intended to make you think he was about to punch you.

Even an instinctively evasive Prime Minister can not be wholly obtuse when questioned by MPs for two hours as May has been several times.

MPs have accused the Department for Work and Pensions of using «evasive» measures to prevent parliament from finding out why there have been yet more delays to the universal credit scheme.

The MP for Edinburgh East MP said Miller's behaviour «fell foul» of standards expected of MPs, not just in her original conduct, but in the «arrogant and evasive» attitude of her apology.

He also faced criticism from the Information Commissioner for being «evasive» over the tax status of Lord Ashcroft, the Conservatives» deputy chairman, and for announcing that Lord Stern would be the party's adviser on climate change, which Lord Stern denied.

Senate Democatic Conference Leader John Sampson was downright evasive during a conference call with reporters this afternoon, repeatedly refusing to say how many of his 32 members will be on hand for tomorrow's extraordinary session and whether he'll be able to pass any deals that might spring up between now and then.

Even the NAACP expressed its disappointment in the actions by the District Attorney and the evasive right of obtaining Justice for African - Americans in Westchester County.

A President, who will have an understanding of the need for cohesion in the country and who will not be evasive at the moment of crisis, is what Nigerians want.

If they continue to be evasive and fail to comply with criminal summon issued on them by the Federal High Court, Lokoja to appear on 28th March, 2018 to answer to the criminal charges of Conspiracy and Unlawful Possession of Prohibited Firearms against them, the Force, will obtain Warrant of Arrest for the arrest of Senator Dino Melaye and Mohammed Audu and will definitely declare them wanted throughout the country and on INTERPOL platform for them to be arrested in any country where ever they are sighted and handed over to the Nigeria Police Force for continuation of their trial.

Though the Conservatives are not uniquely evasive on the deficit, a large inheritance - tax cut for the very wealthy is the reverse of a serious «united and equal» approach to taxation.

In evasive and misleading evidence (so misleading, in fact, that the independent Statistics Commission chastised Gordon Brown for it — see here), the then Chancellor refused to accept the 5.3 million figure, even though his own official had confirmed it the previous day.

VERDICT: Clear victory for the Tory leader with Brown evasive on the # 20,000 death levy; refusing to rule it out.

(3) See NRC 2012 CTBT Report Finding 4 - 6: «With the inclusion of regional monitoring, improved understanding of backgrounds, and proper calibration of stations, an evasive tester in Asia, Europe, North Africa or North America would need to restrict device yield to levels below 1 kiloton (even if the explosion were fully decoupled) to ensure no more than a 10 percent probability of detection for IMS and open monitoring networks», and associated text.

1 teaspoon moon dust of choice: Action Dust to soothe overworked muscles, Beauty Dust for a glowy complexion and healthy hair, Brain Dust to combat mental fogginess, Goodnight Dust when sleep has been evasive, Sex Dust, for, you know, and Spirit Dust to get that extrasensory perception going.

Finally, watch out for inconsistencies with information that your date provides you or evasive answers to questions.

Is this time for honesty or is it one where it might be better off to be tactful and evasive?

The 19 (plus four) characters provide a good variety of options for the fighting and the battles are as fun as ever thanks to the usual range of offensive options and evasive manoeuvres.

Each one of these Alex Haley series have been relatively surprising in their, by network TV drama standards, genuineness, with this series continuing the «Roots» mythlogy's tradition of being more evasive of subtlety issues than it could have been, though not quite as much as it should have been, for although this series is generally genuine, there is the occasional manipulative moments, some of which go so far as to dip into melodrama.

Anderson is impish and evasive for the most part, but comes close to getting real when a question sparks an admission that he lost his way after Magnolia, followed by a contemplative silence.

Her insertion into the scene proved simultaneously an amusing foil for the authorities currently working the case — mostly for Denis Leary as a abrasive but ultimately lonely detective heading up the investigation — as well as a worthy adversary of sorts for the brilliantly evasive Thomas Crown.

Vaughn is everything Travolta isn't - suave, evasive, successful, glib and merely professing a regard for his son - in - law.

Screenwriter Zac Stanford joins Posin for a film - length yakker that's again evasive but fitfully intriguing, though the two eventually get so caught up in what they're watching that they proceed to ape the onscreen action.