Sentences with phrase «looming in the background»

San Antonio looms in the background and can offer Wade the bi-annual exception of $ 3.3 million with no state income tax.

Looming in the background is Preet Bharara, the former United States attorney for the Southern District of New York whose tenure included multiple investigations of state officials for corruption, indicting a top aide to Mr. Cuomo and the top two legislative leaders in Albany.

Looming in the background is the possibility that Congress will not vote to raise the debt ceiling, forcing the U.S. to default for the first time in history.

We had a bright, clear day recently in KL, so we headed over to a local place to grab some lunch and realized the beautiful view right over our shoulders... the Petronas Towers looming in the background.

Looming in the background is Borgnine, out to do his job at any cost.

Even with the Disney / Fox deal looming in the background as both companies have to wait and see if the regulating bodies will ultimately approve the deal, this movie should get finished and arrive in theaters no matter what happens.

As Nick and Naomi first meet, she puts up her hair, rolls up her sleeves, and gets ready for work; behind her, Nick looms in the background, training a gaze on her back that could only be described as furtive.

Even in quieter scenes (no pun intended) the dread of an accidental bump or the smallest sound constantly looms in the background.

The poster for this lacklustre British thriller features a shotgun - toting Gabriel Byrne with Harvey Keitel looming in the background, deliberately evoking the idea of a Usual Suspects meets Reservoir Dogs mash - up.

The game begins with your character washing up on the shores of a mysterious island, with a gigantic white tower looming in the background.

Of course, it's impossible to watch without knowing that Donald Trump looms in the background.

With its assured direction (it's hard not to love the way he frames many of his establishing shots with menacing church edifices looming in the background) and great performances from the likes of Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams and (especially) Liev Schreiber,

The poster shows a glimpse of Pete hidden behind a sea of trees with Elliot looming in the background.

The image, courtesy of MovieNewsNow, depicts Rey front and center with her new blue lightsaber, with mentor Luke Skywalker looming in the background.

But looming in the background is an element that will soon raise the stakes for implementation, one that has received much less public discussion: the requirement that states intervene in schools and districts not meeting AYP requirements.

Looming in the background of the district's student achievement issue is the problem of teacher retention with nearly 20 percent of MCS teachers leaving after their first year, and more than 40 percent leaving within three years.

Then I got really intrigued when I realized that the novel's jacket image has a picture of Nashville's (beloved — at least to me) Parthenon looming in the background.

The country setting of this small hotel alone will encourage a stay on the edge of the Tsitsikamma forests, the Kouga Mountains looming in the background.

It is especially nice to go there for sunrise or sunset, since the view is simply breathtaking with Mt.Hibok - Hibok looming in the background.

The only drawback is visual — an oil refinery looms in the background, spewing smoke high into the blue Caribbean sky.

The historic town sits on a lovely oyster - shaped bay, Bahía de Miel (Honey Bay), and the landmark flat - topped mountain known as El Yunque (the Anvil) looms in the background.

Death Mountain looms in the background, overlooking vast grassy plains, which immediately brings to mind Ocarina of Time.

The game looked gorgeous, with a mountain range looming in the background that could be traveled to and explored as part of the vast open world Aonuma and his team are trying to create.

But retro gaming loomed in the background of modern game development sooner than last year.

Purple mist descending over a mysterious village with a mile high ancient structure looming in the background or billions of lights illuminating a cyberpunk city are just some of the many breathtaking environments I went through, all the while chopping enemies to bits and bouncing around the map.

Classes can be small mini games, allowing players to level up with their magic, with a larger plot looming in the background.

With big console launches around the bend for the fall and Steam looming in the background, with Apple adding controller support to iOS 7 and other microconsoles and controller solutions knocking at Ouya's door, it's anyone's guess what really will happen.

Looking out over the sprawling metropolis that is Los Santos, Mount Chiliad looming in the background, you realise that over the other side... Read more

They loom in the background, making a place for the exhibition.

The top of the work is dominated by the BBQ master in a white generic t - shirt; a barren prison yard looms in the background.

The global economy will confront serious challenges in the months and years ahead, and looming in the background is a mountain of debt that makes markets nervous — and that thus increases the system's vulnerability to destabilizing shocks.

It is one that begs the question, why do so many (senators, journalists, etc) insist that we end the debate NOW when a potentially scientifically sound objection looms in the background?

While environmental campaigners hailed this as a major victory, the threat of an appeal has been looming in the background ever since; councillors were advised at the time that their rulings would likely be subject to appeal.

But looming in the background are the dangers of that personal transparency.

Not exact matches

He was fine last year, but that looms scarily in the background.

The Wall Street connection looms big in this campaign too, and Mr. Doheny's Wall Street background and his Fintech activities loom big now.

For in the academic world funded by the food processing industry, macronutrients (proteins, fats and carbohydrates) loom very large, food quality is pushed to the background and there is much reeling and writhing around the Mad Hatter notion that fats should be limited.

The mystery in this one is less interesting until it nears the end and we get more information about Moriarty, who until this point is just a looming figure in the background.

Since 2012's The Avengers, Thanos has been looming in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's background.

In the background of the story looms Central High, a depressing institution with low achievement, low aspirations, gangs, fights, and a prisonlike atmosphere.

And any change in tax policy has to be made against a background of a looming fiscal crisis, which threatens to unfold as baby boomers retire and start collecting Social Security and Medicare.

In the background, Adam's Peak, an important pilgrimage site, looms imposingly at 7,360 feet.

One of the standout maps from Gears of War 3, this map has been re-imagined in a snowy UIR Costal town, complete with a looming UIR Base lurking in the background.

The walls are painted with different themes, such as Hyrule Field with Hyrule Castle in the background, as well as the Master Sword resting in the forest with the Moon looming over.

Counter-Strike GO looms large in the background of much of what Siege does, and that game supports a miniature economy of skins and other items — but also built a following for a dozen years over several entries before this.

The drones dance across the sky in formation in the twilight as the sounds of the centuries - old instruments resonate in the background while the immovable mountain, an ancient figure of Japan, looms over in the backdrop.

Abstraction looms in her vibrant pastel backgrounds, while playful imagery and childlike icons break through the foreground to give a sense of the narrative and an aspect of representation.

In the Degenerate Madonna (1930), a mother notable chiefly for the ghostly black nimbus of her hair, a mouth like a gash, and fierce elongated nipples like bloody daggers, overlooks a ghastly - grey bald infant with a skull of hydrocephalic proportions, tiny crooked features and stiff white legs like a doll's; while the faint profile of a second bald - headed child — or the infant's reflection — looms bodiless in the backgrounIn the Degenerate Madonna (1930), a mother notable chiefly for the ghostly black nimbus of her hair, a mouth like a gash, and fierce elongated nipples like bloody daggers, overlooks a ghastly - grey bald infant with a skull of hydrocephalic proportions, tiny crooked features and stiff white legs like a doll's; while the faint profile of a second bald - headed child — or the infant's reflection — looms bodiless in the backgrounin the background.

In the title painting, Fear, a Baby, recognizable by its large egg - shaped head, looms just above the horizon as the black background is showered in pink Mound Meat, suggestive of slaughtered MoundIn the title painting, Fear, a Baby, recognizable by its large egg - shaped head, looms just above the horizon as the black background is showered in pink Mound Meat, suggestive of slaughtered Moundin pink Mound Meat, suggestive of slaughtered Mounds.

The graphic Chum looms ominously in the background, rendered flat yet threatening.