Sentences with phrase «from under the thumb»

Taking economic development from under the thumb of the executive and shifting some oversight authority to the legislature strikes me as an exercise in futility.

Moselle began to film the Angulos, using their narration to shape the resulting footage into the story of six bright young men yearning to breathe free, gradually wriggling out from under the thumb of an oppressive patriarch.

As a veteran of both huge production and micro-budget indies, leading man Anton Yelchin — who plays a horror buff who's freed from under the thumb of his sexy but controlling girlfriend (Ashely Greene) when she dies, only to find himself still at her mercy when she's revived as one of the walking dead — was impressed by the blend of Dante's vision and efficiency.

Early on, Han's stealing speeders on the junk planet Correlia, alongside girlfriend Qi «ra (Emilia Clarke), with hopes to get out from under the thumb of a worm leader named Lady Proxima.

... And they enjoy being out from under the thumb.

Since coming out from under the thumb of Soviet rule, this area has regained the prosperity of its past.

Not exact matches

The Israelites did not choose to be slaves under Pharaoh's thumb, nor did they ask to be refugees expelled from their land by Babylon's army.

I'm also free from living under the thumb of someone eles's beliefs.

God has every right to squash us under his thumb, or incinerate us with fire from heaven any time He wants.

i will get thumbed down for this but Wack adds zero to the team, apart from running at walls of defenders, falling over, getting disposed and clutching his ankle, oh yes and he is a card magnet and a liability when we are under pressure.

Thanks for the down under thumbs up Customized cooler bags is not something we're able to offer at this time (unless a group wants a super huge quantity) but we have a grommet from which you can hang a name tag or school message on each bag.

It is hard to overstate how much the dynamic of the Assembly will change now that members are out from under Shelly's thumb.

Hook your thumbs out from under the bar alongside the fingers.

Hands should be a thumb's length away from the body on the bar (here is where you can choose a traditional grip similar to a clean or a mixed grip with one over and one under hand) and keep a neutral head looking forward.

Add another layer of tissue paper, this time adding a dot of glue on the bottom edge of the of the roll, about a half an inch from the seam of the first layer, but this time, place your thumb under the tissue between glue spots, to adhere the paper loosely.

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Hold the triangle by one corner, from the other two numbers work out or recall the number hidden under the thumb.

Not only has OCR thumbed its nose at the Supreme Court's interpretation of Title IX, but schools that have instituted new disciplinary procedures under pressure from OCR have been repeatedly castigated by lower - court judges for disregarding procedural fairness.

The rotary gear selector is brilliantly simple and effective, but whether the fact that it rises slowly from the centre console (while the face - level vents simultaneously swivel into action from their blanked - off positions) when you thumb the gently pulsing starter button gets filed under «innovation» or «gimmick» could go some way to making up your mind about the XF.

Thrilled to be out from under Mercedes thumb for the transmission, Chrysler is building its own licensed versions of the ZF» high - power» 8 - cog shifter used by BMW and Jaguar, among others.

In Paradise Under Glass, Ruth Kassinger recounted with grace and humor her journey from brown thumb to green, sharing lessons she learned from building a home conservatory in the wake of a devastating personal crisis.

And though a stroke of luck prevents him from becoming yet another casualty of the Great Terror, for decades to come he will be held fast under the thumb of despotism: made to represent Soviet values at a cultural conference in New York City, forced into joining the Party and compelled, constantly, to weigh appeasing those in power against the integrity of his music.

Newly admitted attorney Page Davenport is willing to do anything it takes to get out from under her father's thumb and finally prove herself in his law firm.

But the stress of running a business under the thumb of her ex-boyfriend's gangster operation can leave her tense, so she's not ashamed to sample the pleasures offered by her own merchandise from time to time.

These two, which are placed equidistant from the top and bottom edge of the device, are designed to sit right under your thumb for left or right handed reading (the screen has an accelerometer so it will orient itself properly if you switch hands).

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We get all our animals from countries not under the thumb of AR groups and thereby lose all possibility of encouraging responsible breeding and humane animal husbandry.

STEP 3 Holding the applicator upright, pointing away from your face, place your thumb and index finger around the applicator tip under the large disk.

Aside from the standard left and right mouse clicks there's two buttons residing on the left - hand side that fall perfectly under the thumb.

The start and select buttons have moved from below the touch screen to the right of the device, placing them conveniently under the spot where my right thumb usually rests.

Her desire to be the best chef in the land is palpable from the minute we see her languishing under the thumb of her overbearing mother.

Chris Sanderson reviews Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor # 13... Earth is under attack from an ancient species who yoked suns and spanned galaxies before we'd even evolved opposable thumbs.

Norway was heavily under the thumb of Denmark until 1814, and conquered by Sweden in 1814 and under Sweden's thumb from 1814 to the late 19th century.

Mann of course is much in the picture but more for his legal activity and Trenberth makes an appearance to bemoan the decline in support for the listing ship... Also, the beginning of throwing colleagues and formerly bosom buddies under the bus (Briffa, asserting himself and getting out from under Mann's thumb)... Gore is a good measure of the end of things, cashing in and closing shop before he has lost everything he gained from warming gravy train.

I have read some interesting things coming out of the Czech Republic, and the Poles have had a number of voices of reason ever since they got out from under Russia's thumb.

the impetus toward renewables has jumped so many hurdles, dodged so many roadblocks and bullets, recovered from so many near death incidents and squeezed out from under so many thumbs the only question to my mind now is

The phone's power button falls naturally under your right thumb, and its tiny concentric circle ridges help your finger to distinguish it from the smooth, elongated volume rocker just above it.

I am coming from a Logitech MX500 mouse, where the «back» button was right under my thumb and was effortless to flick.