Sentences with phrase «meets with disdain»

The pressure to improve student test performance in California and across the country often meets with disdain from teachers who say they are compelled to throw out creativity and «teach to the test.»

When they are met with disdain, however, they are not to brood over it, but rather wipe the dust off their feet at the same time they declare that the Kingdom of God has come near even if the people will not believe it.

I'm sure his speeches were met with disdain from many who listened.

Experiments with many of the new rainbow - coloured and higher protein and fibre alternatives made from beans, pulses or roots were met with disdain from the whole family — and of course, they don't taste like the «real thing»!

Dr. Bernstein was the first to ever suggest home blood sugar monitoring, which was met with disdain.

You see, while Monolift Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles 2, is stated as being a sequel to 2010's Xenoblade Chronicles, it's not because it's a continuation, as Xenoblade Chronicles 2 features an entirely different world that tells a new story, but because Xenoblade Chronicles 2 is more like the original game as opposed to Xenoblade Chronicles X. Xenoblade X was met with some disdain due to tearing a couple of pages out of the rule book that was used to define Xenoblade Chronicles, before burning them.

Injury lawsuits and the attorneys who bring them are often met with disdain.

The practice was met with disdain and severe complaints from a lot of users, especially upon discovering that buying a new battery speeds an iPhone up significantly.

Not exact matches

I've shared this before, but it still amazes me how many CEOs I meet who still invest tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars on trade shows, yet they look upon Twitter with disdain.

... A number of scientific studies indicate that most global warming in recent decades is due to the great concentration of greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, methane, nitrogen oxides and others) released mainly as a result of human activity... Doomsday predictions can no longer be met with irony or disdain.

I like to think of myself as a fairly rational individual, which is why what has and is going on at Arsenal confounds me... little wonder people have gone so far as to suggest that Wenger is actually sabotaging the club... one only needs to look at our starting 11 to stoke the flames of conspiracy... just think of the perceived importance of this game, considering the loss to Stoke, the historically significance of the two teams involved, the controversy that swirled around our two meetings last season, the proximity to the closing of the window and the general disdain being directed towards the manager once again... how is it even possible that you wouldn't come to Anfield with all guns blazing... not a single shot on target, with the back - up keeper in no less... where were the new signings?

But the supporters feel that they have lost any respect that Kroenke and the Board have for the fans, and ahead of the meeting the Arsenal Supporters Trust had written a long plea to Kroenke asking him to make good on his promise to interact with the fans and tell them about his aims and objectives for the club going forward, but as I said the Silent One did not say one word, and it was left to Sir Chips Keswick to show his disdain for their request by saying; «Read the Daily Telegraph and you'll find out [what Kroenke thinks],» and he was roundly booed when he told the crowd to «write in if you have a problem».

Gerry Sutcliffe (Lab, messy face) makes some valid points on trade unions and is met with customary disdain.

These latest cuts to welfare show the disdain with which this government views ordinary people and underlines just how out of touch they are with working families struggling to make ends meet.

But this clashed with social ideas of the time and met with widespread disdain.

But as a filmmaker who lived and breathed movies, who had an unstoppable urge to make them, who dreamed big even as he was met with laughter and disdain, who stuck with his vision and style despite what the rest of the world had to say, we're pretty sure Wood would be proud of how Burton and his team presented him to the world.

Filmed (with great political difficulty and necessitating much censorship) in China, it was an ambitious, large - scale production overseen by Raffaella de Laurentiis and directed by the Canadian Daryl Duke; but when it was finally released the film was met with almost universal critical disdain and proved to be a box office disaster.

The relentless investigative reporter details his earliest contacts and first meetings with Snowden, his clashes with authorities and his disdain for mainstream media outlets that, in his view, failed to question government surveillance programs.

Note: Any references to the movie «Notting Hill» will be met with faintly concealed disdain.

The new Dante was given a teen punk sort of look, and was met with near universal disdain from fans.

Of all the games in Metal Gear's 30 year history, few have been met with such disdain as Metal Gear Survive.

The federal science agency's decision has been met with criticism and disdain, as the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) blasted the move as a «backward» step that would leave Australia isolated.

The Pope's celebrated encyclical letter on the subject released last month emphasised this risk «for our common home», arguing that «doomsday predictions can no longer be met with irony or disdain».

That's fantastic news, since rumors of a rear - mounted scanner were met with almost universal disdain from iPhone devotees who have become accustomed to the front - mounted Touch ID.

An employer will look with some disdain at candidates trying to impress them with claims that may not ring true after meeting with the candidate.

He speakers to us with disdain and will kick and hit us when he mets upset.