Sentences with phrase «for woodcock»

While the larger spaniels where used for springing game, the smaller Cocker was used for hunting in the dense bushes for woodcock — this is how the name «Cocker» came about.

Dogs weighing up to 25 lbs were called Cockers or Cocking Spaniels, because they were used for woodcock and the larger dogs, weighing around 45 lbs were called Field Spaniels or English Spaniels.

There were originally just two types of spaniels, those that were used to spring game, thus the name Springer Spaniel and those used for woodcock.

The smaller ones were used for woodcock and became known as Cockers.

The smaller ones were used for woodcock hunting, while the larger ones were used to help «spring» the larger game.»

Until the late 19th century, these were basically the same breed, with the smaller members of a litter used for woodcock hunting.

And Krieps emerges as the perfect figure for Woodcock's purposes (and designs)-- embodying the freshness of youth, while stolid enough to withstand his frenzies.

And, because Baldacci is the lone candidate not accepting public financing for the general election campaign, if he spends more than $ 400,000, the state provides dollar for dollar matching funds for Woodcock, as well as the Green and Independent party candidates.

Slightly larger dogs became known as cockers (for the woodcocks they flushed in the field) and field spaniels, and the largest of the group became the water spaniels and springers, named for the skills they possessed.

Not exact matches

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I have Messrs Jennings, Hill, Sansom, O'Leary, Caton, Robson, Davis, Allinson, Nicholas, Meade, Woodcock, and Cork to thank for that happy Boxing Day in 1983.

At present it is available in five different barrel lengths and choke combinations: 26 - inch skeet boring; 26 - inch improved cylinder and modified, ideal for ruffed grouse and woodcock shooting in tight, thick cover; 28 - inch modified and full, a good all - round combination for upland gunning; 30 - inch modified and full; and 30 - inch full and full for longer - range shooting at ducks and geese.

Join a Woodcock Watch for Families in hopes of witnessing their incredible courtship flight displays (Princeton)

Significant relations between breastfeeding and Woodcock Reading Achievement scores at 11 years were also reduced to nonsignificant levels after the inclusion of maternal IQ and the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment.

By contrast, achievement scores on the Woodcock Word, Passage, and Reading Comprehension tests were higher for breastfed than for bottle - fed children (Table 4).

Jeremy Corbyn said in his response to the Prime Minister's latest statement on Russia that he had «been a robust critic of the Russian government for more than 20 years» but Woodcock intervened to insist that was «Just not true» and quoted a Morning Star article by the Labour leader.

There had been speculation that Woodcock would stand down from parliament, like Jamie Reed, who quit as Labour MP for the nearby seat of Copeland earlier this year, triggering a by - election that the Tories won.

After Labour lost the Copeland by - election in February, despite defending a much larger majority over the Conservatives than in Barrow, Woodcock warned Labour was headed for a «historic and catastrophic» election defeat under Corbyn's leadership.

A few days earlier, Woodcock had suggested that all Labour MPs who supported Owen Smith for leader should now behave themselves.

17.48 - Labour MP John Woodcock has just delivered a withering attack on both Corbyn and his supporters for their «angry intolerant pacifism»

Barrow and Furness MP John Woodcock welcomed the move but called for Home Secretary Theresa May to allow membership organisations, such as political parties, to have access to the sex offenders» register in order to check applicants.

The Labour MP for neighbouring Barrow - in - Furness, John Woodcock, said the result could herald a «historic» defeat for his party.

Fortunately - or so Gough believes, at least - Barrow voters are more «canny» than Woodcock gives them credit for.

But Cameron repeatedly refused to apologise, despite calls for him to do so from MPs including Caroline Flint, John Woodcock and Alex Salmond.

John Woodcock is the Labour & Co-operative MP for Barrow & Furness and a member of Liz Kendall's leadership campaign.

Maine: Kudos to the Republican Governors Association for their decision to go on the air on behalf of state Sen. Chandler Woodcock (R).

I can only identify four - Ben Bradshaw, Meg Munn, John Woodcock and Ann Clywd - who were present for the debate but abstained on the Government's motion.

There are recipes for pheasant, partridge, duck, grouse, wood pigeon, woodcock, deer, rabbit, hare, mixed game and, finally, although not really defined as game, he includes salmon, scallops and spider crab.

Woodcock ran Liz Kendall's campaign for the Labour leadership and has regularly criticised the direction of the party Corbyn.

John Woodcock, who is on the hostile list, said: «It's sad that the public calls for unity and a new politics seems to be a front for this sort of internal attack operation, which harks back to the bad old days.»

But the Republican Governors Association would likely keep running ads in the state, which would trigger matching funds for the other candidates — not a bad deal considering that the more votes Lamarche and Merrill win, the smaller percentage of the vote Woodcock needs to oust Baldacci.

John McDonnell inquired softly as he passed John Woodcock, the Labour MP for Barrow and Furness, and a chief critic of the Corbyn project.

Several MPs tweeted from yesterday's PLP leadership hustings: John Woodcock, Rachel Reeves, Douglas Alexander and Denis MacShane, for instance.

Fortunately, there is no provision for members of the House of Lords to be elected to the Shadow Cabinet, so there is little chance of Lord Mandelson getting the job, not that this has prevented it being suggested by John Woodcock MP.

«This has been a tough year,» acknowledges Janet Woodcock, deputy commissioner of the FDA and acting director of the agency's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

«It is non-trivial to have to redo all this, to withdraw drugs, to alarm the public and the providers for a large range of drugs,» said Janet Woodcock, the director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

Woodcock added that an agency risk assessment found the potential for harm from drugs tested by Cetero to be «quite low,» an assessment she said has been «confirmed» by the fact that no problems have been found in the drugs the agency has finished reviewing.

But Woodcock said that in some cases, drug manufacturers had submitted alternative test results to the FDA that satisfied the agency that no retesting was necessary for specific drugs.

Over her time at FDA, Woodcock has moved up, first by running the review group for biologics, then becoming the deputy director of biologics, then head of the Office of Therapeutics, and finally being appointed head of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), a division of FDA committed to ensuring that «all prescription and over-the-counter drugs are safe and effective.»

Woodcock, who does not believe in being stationary for too long, plans to take advantage of this flexibility in the future and transition away from regulatory affairs to be closer to the heart of the science.

One of the project's promised payoffs is a coherent body of knowledge, said Janet Woodcock, director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

In May, Janet Woodcock, head of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, pledged to «reboot» the antibiotic - approval process.

«This is a conundrum for the agency,» said Woodcock, in response to a question about whether FDA has a responsibility to the medical community to release negative results.

That concern was echoed by the two witnesses from FDA, Janet Woodcock and Jeffrey Shuren, directors of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research and the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, respectively.

Guests included National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins and Janet Woodcock, the director of FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research.

«We recognize that in many cases these exposures may be medically necessary and these new data regarding the potential harms must be carefully weighed against the risk of not performing a specific medical procedure,» Dr. Janet Woodcock, the director of FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in a statement.

Despite the passionate testimony, the advisory committee voted seven to six against approving eteplirsen for sale — though this was only a recommendation they would make to physician Janet Woodcock, director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER).

Just as Ana teaches Christian to trust her by showing him how much he needs her — both for sex and for life — Alma, the heroine of Paul Thomas Anderson's «Phantom Thread,» eventually manages to harness her selfish husband Reynolds Woodcock by mechanically making him rely on her for his life.

That Carnes and Gilbert eventually turn the whole thing around by forcing John to fight for his mother and Mr. Woodcock's crumbling relationship is nothing short of absurd, and - though the performances are all fine and the movie is mercifully short - Mr. Woodcock is generally as ineffectual and instantly forgettable as most of Thornton's comedic output as of late.

On deck is a 2m16s trailer due next week, a full synopsis of the film (including Daniel Day - Lewis's glorious character name — Reynolds Woodcock) and reportedly Day - Lewis's last film ever (rumors that he wants to retire to become a dressmaker after being so inspired by the film have been swirling for a few months now).