Sentences with phrase «further guile»

Brazilian Anderson played a key role in helping Lazio to secure a top three finish, the playmaker scoring ten goals and providing seven assists in just 23 Serie A starts, and would give van Gaal further guile and endeavour in the Man United midfield.

Not exact matches

My biggest takeaway, by far, was how Griffin doesn't just get it done with guts and guile.

Going a goal behind after only eight minutes was far from ideal and once again it was the result of a gift from the West Ham defence rather than earned by the guile and ingenuity of Leicester's players.

But so far today, the Saints midfield had lacked the incision or guile to open up Liverpool's defence.

Sometimes it is guile, in spotting the goalkeeper too far off the line to save a well placed shot.

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

The restoration of Lili's guile — as in the U.S. theatrical cut (hereafter TC), she's introduced mischievously pulling down a milkmaid's clothesline, but here she goes a step farther in stealing biscuits from the woman and telling Jack she baked them herself — places the DC in an emotional context removed from that of its forebear: we see her as more susceptible to the forces of evil.

Hardly marquee names — but the studio has shown remarkable guile in picking its creative hierarchy thus far, so should perhaps be given the benefit of the doubt.

The exhibition embraces an alternative approach to power utilizing this femininity and feminine guile combined with intelligence to accomplish far - reaching goals.