Sentences with phrase «ignominy of»

Only the front speakers get binding posts, though; the other channels must suffer the ignominy of springclip terminals, which isn't great if your cables are particularly fat.

The trial was «fervently covered by the national media» and he was «subjected to more than the usual ignominy of a public trial and conviction» (para. 26).

While RBS and Fred Goodwin recently avoided the ignominy of a court appearance, it appears that Barclays and its former CEO John Varley will not.

He then suffered the ignominy of seeing his paintings taken down on the direct order of the President of the Academy, Sir Charles Wheeler, who objected to the very presence of abstract paintings in the Schools.

Perhaps those who were previously put off applying because of the ignominy of having to queue (often in the pouring rain) to hand in their works in person will throw their hat into the ring.

If only Mario Kart 8 had been a Wii U launch title, Nintendo might not have had to cope with the ignominy of the recent months of unbearably sluggish sales.

Castlevania went to the gutter, with multiple bad entries and misguided attempts at reboots, the same happened with Silent Hill, where we also had the added ignominy of being teased with a wonderful Hideo Kojima led reboot, before it was scuppered; speaking of Kojima, Konami drove him away after a widely publicized acrimonious split, putting Metal Gear Solid 5 to the market before it had a chance to be properly completed (and give long running fans actual closure).

Any body temperature greater than 102.5 degrees Farenheit indicates a fever, unless your cat is overly stressed by the ignominy of the procedure.

... He damn well better not wake up gorked out in an electric - motor - powered hospital bed in some morose intensive - care unit listed as «critical but stable»... the mortifying ignominy of it!

Traction Man comes equipped with combat boots, battle pants, a deep - sea diving suit and fluorescent flippers, but can he overcome the ignominy of an all - in - one knitted green romper suit with matching bonnet?

Better Bluetooth tech has also saved users from the ignominy of holding up a big slab of a device up to the ear for communicating.

However, the brand still suffered the ignominy of finishing last in 2017s survey.

The car is also spared the ignominy of riding on bad looking wheels — the rather familiar 17 - inch five - spoke alloys help the 316i retain some semblance of muscularity.

On the bright side, due to Stuttgart's insistence on proper weight distro, no Bentley engine will ever again suffer the ignominy of hanging Audi - like over the front axle.

With a new domestic total of $ 198.3 million, the film is still 12 % behind where Mockingjay — Part 1 stood at this time last year, but at least the final Hunger Games feature avoided the ignominy of falling to second in its sophomore frame.

Conversely, the French quite like Saint Laurent, which gets an anemic 1.7 average from the Screen crew, just avoiding the ignominy of last place.

The ultimate ignominy of not being able to organise our own party conference has been avoided, but we have not been further from power since the 1930s.

Labour was struggling to avoid the ignominy of coming third for the first time in a nationwide vote since 1922.

After the ignominy of the phone - hacking scandal, the events of the summer reminded us why the provision of news mattered.

David Cameron might consider sending a substitute, such as the Conservative chairman, Grant Shapps, to avoid the ignominy of being «empty chaired».

However, there is a real distinction between those that sell well andremain in print and those which bomb and are consigned to the ignominy of theremainderedbookshelves.

Even Mr Chelsea, John Terry, has had to sit out games, and suffered the ignominy of being hauled off at half time against Manchester City.

Nevertheless, few could argue that this weekend is a better time than any to face United, who within the space of a fortnight have bowed out of two separate competitions and now face the ignominy of spending the second half of the campaign in the Europa League.

While their pursuit of shock winners Leicester City may ended in failure last year, and the ignominy of somehow finishing behind Arsenal once again, there are two good reasons to believe their momentum won't be as vulnerable to petering out in the closing weeks of the campaign.

In the second half, Marouane Fellaini also suffered the ignominy of being subbed off just eight minutes after coming on.

Steve Kean, the 43 - year - old who had no previous managerial experience at this level when he decided he would try his hand at management with Blackburn Rovers, already has the ignominy of knowing he has overseen the club's worst ever start to a Premier League season − any season since 1947/48 − and the severity of their forthcoming fixtures would suggest a reprieve isn't on its way any time soon for the under - fire Glaswegian.

Despite several more years scrabbling for Premier League survival they were finally relegated in 2011/12 since when the club has encountered financial difficulties, an HMRC winding - up order and the ignominy of further relegation to League 1.

Only something extraordinary will spare Rovers the ignominy of entering the new year rock - bottom of the league, with Steve Kean's struggling team requiring at least a point from their visit to the 19 - time English champions.

They will need to pull their socks up and try to win all their remaining games, if they wish to avoid the ignominy of playing again in Europa League.

Instead, they suffered the ignominy of allowing a member of T..

I will now go offer prayers to the Flying Spaghetti Monster in hope that he will extend grace his godly eyes and save us all from eternal humiliation and ignominy of another defeat at home.

It's been quite a year at Spartak — 12 months ago they were dealing with the ignominy of being knocked out of the Europa League by AEK Larnaca, but after Dmitri Alenichev resigned and Massimo Carrera (formerly Antonio Conte's assistant at Juventus) took over, fortunes changed.

The equation was simple for Jose Mourinho's side on Sunday after Manchester City's 3 - 1 victory over Tottenham Hotspur — win, or suffer the ignominy of enabling their derby rival's coronation.

Probably the most dramatic goal ever scored by a goalkeeper was Jimmy Glass's effort for Carlisle United in May 1999 that saved the club from the ignominy of non-league football.

Cleveland, at 0 - 15, has just one more chance to avoid the ignominy of a winless season.

Unfortunately we as fans will have to suffer the ignominy of watching our Club underperform until the Board finally decide that enough is enough.Whilst the Board and the owner have a lot to answer for... at this point in time the blame must be directed at the Manager.»

The seven minutes of injury time were notable for their utter lack of anything remotely resembling real quality as the match petered out leaving Stuttgart facing another week closer to the inevitability of relegation though the visitors also suffered the ignominy of a red card for Schulz after picking up his second caution after a foul on Tim Leibold.

So with the ignominy of a 4 - 0 shutout in the morning, and stewing as the home crowd got so much to cheer for, McIlroy went out in the anchor match of afternoon fourball and proceeded to provide an emphatic riposte.

Whether they can wrestle another win or three away from the Dodgers before the series is out (probably not) is yet to be seen, but they avoided the ignominy of being swept and will have another game at Wrigley Field on Thursday.

So Strowman has the Raw Tag Team Championship, Nicholas has a cool story to tell and a fun memory, and The Bar have the ignominy of beating defeated by one person and an elementary school student who might not even play organized sports.

And what's worse is that they've had to suffer the ignominy of watching Arsenal leapfrog them, leaving Tottenham in a fairly unsatisfactory fifth in the table.

But Treasury has run into major difficulties in the US market, and in 2013 suffered the ignominy of $ 160 million in write - downs after it was caught with large quantities of excess lower - priced wine in third - party distributor warehouses.

The private equity bidders decided the answer was «No», but then suffered the ignominy of watching the share price almost triple in the next three years.

Such myths were invented to explain why man was superior to the animals in having god - like knowledge and amazing creative abilities like speech, yet still suffered the ignominy of death along with all the other animals.

It says that we are not afraid to be linked with Christ and the ignominy of his death.

Clearly there came a time in the church's wrestling with the ignominy of its leader having died the death of a common criminal, a rebel against the rule of Rome, that transformed its negativity into something so positive it could be named «Good Friday.»

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Like the ancient and resilient insect that, it is said, will inherit a nuclear devastated earth, the Alberta Liberal Party has survived all manner of ignominy and near extinction in its century and a...

Therefore, it does not aim to out - argue its opponents, but to shame them, to drive them from the field in ignominy, to make them figures of ridicule, moral indignation, and revulsion.

In the Old Testament pain and sorrow started as disgrace — all adversity was the dishonorable symptom of preceding sin; but now the Great Isaiah lifted suffering out of its ignominy.

If this is the site of the Reformation discovery, man's powerlessness is joined by ignominy.