Sentences with phrase «force of the knife»

But no luck - they all crumbled under the force of the knife.

Because the chocolate layer was somewhat separating from the cookie layer under the force of the knife and even when I tried to eat those unfortunate, but tasty, looking pieces.

Not exact matches

In 2015, the court dismissed a suit against two officers who forced their way into the room of a mentally ill woman who was armed with a knife and had threatened to kill anyone who entered.

But as I have noted, the actual face of recent warfare differs markedly from this, as it involves civil wars, uses of force by non-state actors, and massive harm to the innocent not from the use of horrific weapons but because they are made the direct targets of weapons ranging from knives to automatic rifles to suicide bombs.

The head of a crime reduction charity has welcomed the government's proposed crackdown on online knife sales after UK police forces registered a rise in knife crime last year.

«There is no one else in the United Kingdom putting secure weapons bins on the streets to reduce knife crime other than us and the Home Office have consistently turned down police forces when they have applied for funding to help us put knife bins in areas around the country, so it's a bit of double standards.»

Mary flees from the crucifixion before it's over; she wields a kitchen knife against the disciples when they try to force her to agree to their version of Christ's death and resurrection; she has no faith whatsoever in Christianity or Judaism but finds consolation in worshiping the many - breasted Greek goddess Artemis; her vision of the afterlife is more accurately a vision of a twenty - first - century urban farmers» market: «a city... filled with plenty, a marketplace laden with fish and fowl and the fruits of the earth.»

Sir Ian Blair, chief commissioner of the Metropolitan police, has already told his force to prosecute anyone carrying a knife and the prime minister wants this approach to be rolled out to cities including Liverpool, Birmingham and Nottingham.

Alf Hitchcock, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, added: «For some time, police forces have been working closely with Trading Standards to address the illegal sale of knives to young people.

Britain's Nato diplomacy is on a knife - edge ahead of next month's Wales summit, with agreement proving elusive over the buildup of Nato forces against Russia.

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, who is overseeing the funeral arrangements for Baroness Thatcher, has denied being the first to «plunge the knife» when the Conservative party forced her out of office 23 years ago.

The then Strathclyde police force (now part of Police Scotland) launched a new strategy in response to the epidemic of knife crime.

Investigative Post reporter Daniela Porat discusses police use of force training in light of the recent incident involving a Buffalo Police Department SUV striking a civilian who was holding a knife.

It looks like the type of attack that jihadis have wanted to carry out in Britain — mainly attacking people with a vehicle and taking on the security forces with knives.

Over time, the shuto, or knife - edge of the hand, develops a callus that acts exactly like a car bumper, absorbing and diffusing the force of a collision.

Also, the way in which the film goes from serious tones to tongue in cheek moments is not really handled well either — from the knife wielding belly dancer to one of Samuel L. Jackson's trademark monologue, it feels rather forced at times.

We revel in familiar territory, movie trivia, and the like, but after a week, a day, maybe an hour, it doesn't have the staying power of watching Arnold Schwarzenegger telling a guy he just pinned with a knife to, «Stick around,» and any attempt to recapture the loosely played one - liners feels far too forced.

Uncertain who he can trust and ultimately forced to fight a handful of men solo, Gary's plight echoes the climax of «High Noon,» and similarly carves an effective political metaphor out of its one - man - army scenario: Literally bringing a knife to a gun fight during the tense showdown set around the exteriors of an apartment building, Gary becomes a killing machine by virtue of the only option at his disposal.

In John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), The Shape is a menacing force with a large kitchen knife, navy coverall, and soft - featured mask who escapes from an asylum and returns to his home town of Haddonfield, Illinois to terrorize the town's teenage babysitters.

We're offered declarations of extreme displeasure — a character forced to deep - throat a Bowie knife, another partaking in cadaver diddling, the proverbial death of innocence — but these grand moments of visual revelation creep up sans the proper subtext but still manage a choice respite from Refn's overweening impudence.

He forces his ever - so - slightly warped idea of friendship on Steven and, when his attentions are inevitably spurned, begins to twist the knife.

According to the 24 forces - including Manchester and the Metropolitan Police - that gave details of the type of weapons seized, nearly 20 per cent were knives or swords.

This resoundingly successful sequel to The Golden Compass, Booklist's Top of the List in Youth Fiction for 1996, continues the epic adventure, as young Will, who becomes a warrior and the bearer of the subtle knife, joins forces with Lyra.

Twist the knife to force the two shells apart, then run it around the inside of the top part of the shell to allow you to remove the lid.

Ease the knife gently into the hinge to find the sweet spot of least resistance, then force it in.

This is a game of territorial control and teamwork, particularly if the lobby leader follows RussianConcussin's recommendation to force players to start with knives and pick up more powerful weapons as they move through the map.

For example, frequent use of knives will increase proficiency with blades, and any blade used from that point onward is more effective in terms of damage, force, and durability.

They have knives (that you can't pick up after killing them for some reason), will sometimes explode with dynamite if you're unlucky enough, and shoot gas in your face if you're extremely unlucky, which will prompt you to faint as they drag you away to their secret hideout, strip you down to nothing, and take all your items, forcing you to fight out of an impossible situation.

The bane of single - player games is also a problem, with uninterruptable animations that force you to watch your avatar twist a knife in someone's back for an aggravating half of a second more than it should take for a professional to do it, unable to move out of the way of an incoming blow no matter how hard you press those buttons.

All of the launchers are free - fire, and knife kills now come with an annoyingly forced kill animation that leaves would - be stabbers open to counterattack.

In Delta Force you also are equipped with a secondary weapon (like LAWs hand - held missiles, M18 Claymores and extra ammunition), a sidearm (your options include: a HS.22 suppressed handgun or a Spec Ops.45 handgun), a deadly knife and a batch of frag grenades.

Indeed, one even has her become some sort of tornado that tears through the forces of evil like a knife through butter!

This is to be reminded of the subversive force they once had, especially in expert hands such as those of Hannah Höch (1889 — 1978), who wielded a kitchen knife with an acuity, at once aesthetic and political, like that of no other artist of her time (save perhaps John Heartfield) or since (except maybe Barbara Kruger).

Seeking to express the full energy of life and harness in her powerful gestures an intense spiritual force, Letendre worked with various materials including oils, pastels, and acrylics, using her hands, palette knife, brushes and uniquely the airbrush, which she began using in 1971.

Sydney Licht's luscious cake - frosting color and mixture of palette - knife bluntness and little filigreed brushwork redeliver the mysteries of Cubism with a side of psilocybin dreams; Fran Shalom's flattening forms pile up frontally with the blunt force of full - on abstract - reality.

Children or adolescents with conduct disorder may exhibit some of the following behaviors: Aggression to people and animals * Bullies, threatens or intimidates others * Often initiates physical fights * Has used a weapon that could cause serious physical harm to others (e.g. a bat, brick, broken bottle, knife or gun) * Is physically cruel to people or animals * Steals from a victim while confronting them (e.g. assault) * Forces someone into sexual activity

In April 2003, after five days of being trapped in a canyon in Utah and having no way to contact anyone, Ralston was forced to amputate his right arm with a dull knife in order to free himself.

This method involves forcing in the filler as far as possible with a putty knife, then sanding to the level of the flooring after the filler has hardened.