Sentences with phrase «functioned as a shield»

The colonial power structure, then assumed to be a firm and lasting situation, functioned as a shield for the conscience, freeing a Swede or an American from feeling remorse for the suffering of the peoples living in that part of the world, about which there was not much publicity anyhow.

But Toft had been watching the spiders for years and had seen enough fatal flirtations to suspect the gifts, in part, function as shields.

In short, the local control argument functioned as a shield to sustain state policy, not as a sword to alter policy in the direction of more local control.

PIRATES is a rhythm game which involves lots of gamepad movement, with the tablet functioning as a shield to block incoming arrows from different directions.

Tucked on the edge of the Capitol complex, the C Street Center has functioned as a shield for the lawmakers who live and pray there.

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Nano Composites / Barrier Packaging: It performs the following functions: • Barrier properties: It acts as a shield and protect food from oxygen, light, moisture, UV rays; • Excellent mechanism properties: It provides strength, elasticity and durability to the product; • Thermal stability: It protects from external attacks such as fire, rodents and unhygienic conditions; • Flammability reduction and lightweight.

Taking that into consideration, rather than essentially being a populist shield for Labour ministers, we need a grassroots, ground - up effort that will function independently of our leadership until such times as our leadership ceases to function independently of us».

RIPK1, the researchers found, inflicts damage by directly attacking the body's myelin production plants — nerve cells known as oligodendrocytes, which secrete the soft substance, rich in fat and protein that wraps around axons to support their function and shield them from damage.

It generates 30 pounds more aerodynamic downforce in front thanks to a more prominent lip below the front bumper and positive downforce (as opposed to lift) in back — largely a function of reworked underbody shields.

BT also has some steady progress as he gains new upgrades in order to control different functioning weapons, shields, and ultimate attacks.

As Paweł explains, the gestures are easy to remember and perform and the functioning of each spell is realistic; throwing the fire ball, aiming the bow and deflecting with the shield all are familiar mechanics that feel lifelike.

New main weapons include: Splat Dualies, dual - wielded sub-machine gun - style guns with two reticles that allow the player to perform dodge rolls with concentrated fire; Flingza Roller, an elongated paint roller capable of fast short range horizontal attacks as well as slow long range vertical attacks; Goo Tuber, which is similar to the Charger weapon but is able to hold a full charge for much longer, allowing players to get a better vantage point or sneak attack opportunity without having to charge the weapon again; Dapple Dualies, essentially an improved version of the Splat Dualies, allowing players to perform quicker dodge rolls at the cost of reduced range; Clash Blaster, which fires crayon - like objects in a short range, high speed manner similar to the Luna Blaster in the first game, but you must hit the opponent with multiple direct hits to splat them; and finally the Splat Brella, a shotgun - like weapon that also functions like a shield that can fly off the handle to provide mobile cover.

Even beauty is re-mapped to become, as Flood says, «the sort that bypasses art bureaucrats, would - be authoritarians and the gut - shielding, gate - keeping functions of the human mind.»

However, many of the documents in the WikiLeaks dump were written in an atmosphere that did presume privacy as evidenced by them being place behind a government authorized security shield that was more than merely an IT security function.

This is also consistent with the bonchardi mechanism mode, which fairly consistently indicates we can expect a reversal of ambient air temperature increase with the next day, as the dual modality of reverse recapture recombination functions as an equalizer, and the increase in low level re radiation acts as a «heat shield» keeping more air from reaching and warming the ground, allowing ice to reformulate, while most of the temporary heat, which will largely be offset by the Atlantic shift paradigm anyway, given the lower absolute percentage of (so called?)

Often, these projects are part of an overall compliance program and function as training tools or «check the box» exercises as a shield against future compliance failure, rather than acting as useful decision support tools.

«We generally hold that government officials performing discretionary functions generally are shielded from liability for civil damages insofar as their conduct does not violate clearly established statutory or constitutional rights of which a reasonable person would have known.»

Your router essentially functions as a firewall, shielding your other devices from inbound connections by keeping them all to itself.