Sentences with phrase «from hammer blows»

The compressive outer layer shields the head from hammer blows.

Not exact matches

Far from serving up Isaiah - like hammer blows, modern - day stand - up is all too often the opiate of the masses.

I have to admit this is a pretty clever way to attempt to deliver a mind game hammer blow to the opposition and for all I know he followed up this statement by stating that Cesc Fabregas is «weeks away from becoming an Arsenal player» and perhaps a neat back handed compliment where he states that «Robin Van Persie's injuries have made Arsenal's physio departments one of the hardest working in Europe».

If we do that it'll be a hammer blow they won't recover from IMO, but to lose would swing the momentum right back their way in arguably an increased fashion.

Then came the pièce de résistance, the crucial hammer blow that saw the unpopular twosome banished from Anfield forever: the «Dear Mr Hicks» video.

The former international striker watched the youngster in action for the international side over the break from domestic league action and was clearly blown away by the Hammers teenager.

Last night's poll from Survation / Daily Record reverses the slow recovery of Labour's fortunes in a hammer blow to Ed Miliband's party.

The PM thus blew a long, masterful raspberry, one so finessed it could only have been learnt in the shadowy confines of prep at Eton targeted at the back of a gowned professor; he yah - boo - sucks - to - youed repeatedly about Ed and his pals spending too much time with the big boys in that silly red uniform with the hammers and sickles from the school next door, Unite City High — which soon became Unite City blues...

«Whatever wiped out the non-avian dinosaurs was a lot more complicated than a single hammer blow from an asteroid,» says Norman MacLeod of London's Natural History Museum, who is one of the catastrophists» leading opponents.

The rugged device will bend as much as 40 degrees from the plane of the display, will survive blows from a small urethane hammer and repeated drops from a height of 1.5 meters (4.92 ft).

Not being able to earn Avios or Tier Points from these fares is a hammer blow to British Airways Executive Club (BAEC) members.

Guns allow Ludger to keep his distance, and are ideal for aerial attackers, twin swords are great for faster - moving foes, and those who are well - protected from the front can have their defences smashed with a blow from a slow but hefty hammer.

From our perspective that's the kind of eloquent hammer blow we wish we'd delivered ourselves.

He could be wielding what looks like a hammer, in another work from 2000, before deciding whether abstraction can survive the blows.