Sentences with phrase «hold back the tide of»

Just off the green we see Murchison's wife, Karen, boxing out like an NBA forward, using each of her limbs to hold back the tide of little Murchisons.

The other two missions featured in the first mission pack for Nova Covert Ops offer a mix of stealth action and classic RTS elements, with Nova always at the center of the action, using her abilities to hold back the tide of feral Zerg and to try and find out who is behind their attacks.

This time around you'll be earning cash for your efforts, and that cash can be used to deploy solid barriers, fences, decoys, gun nests and more in your efforts to hold back the tide of Locust assaulting your position.

The Clean Power Plan's defenders treat it as if it were a seawall holding back a tide of environmental ills.

But it's good to see leading brands not just get behind plastics recycling in a big way, but also using the opportunity to raise awareness of, and channel funding to, organizations who are on the front lines holding back the tide of plastic pollution.

There have been attempts to hold back the tide of rubbish.

It may be that the judgment would hold back the tide of defamation claims against publishers somewhat and might alleviate the need for further legislation on the topic (subject to any appeal, of course).

Not exact matches

The Swiss central bankers appear to have decided that they might not be able to hold back the tide as a new surge of investors poured their savings into the franc.

He gave me hope for the theological journey I find myself on.Whether you agree with where Christianity is headed, or are fighting to hold back the tide, this book provides a good introduction to some of the convictions of progressive Christianity, and will both affirm and challenge many of your own theological convictions.

Sexual taboos are disappearing, with no real possibility that the confused category of consent will be able to hold back the tide against total sexual anarchy.

A nuisance of mud and water would not hold back a German tide.

We can not be held back inside or outside the EU from taking the steps we need to support cutting edge industries and local business, stop the tide of privatisation and outsourcing or from preventing employers being able to import cheap agency labour to undercut existing pay and conditions.

Those of us who held even the slimmest hope that changes in presidential administrations might stem or perhaps turn back the tide have had those hopes dashed as waves of corporate - backed reforms pushed by Republicans, Democrats, and billionaire philanthropists continue to batter kids, teachers, parents, and schools.

Ireland is slow in it's transition to eReading devices probably due to the recession and the issues with Amazon.co.uk but that will only hold back the tide for a period of time.

Just as King Canute could not hold back the incoming tide, King Coal can not hold back the rise of the seas — or the clean energy transition.

Twenty - six percent of the Netherlands is below sea level; for centuries man has been holding back the tides to keep the country from flooding.