Sentences with phrase «mettle of»

Grow a spine, test the mettle of your balls (if you have any) and give this a try: Challenge me from a position of strength, not from a position of weakness.

Certain situations may test the ethical mettle of medical assistants.

Interviewers tend to ask the most difficult questions so that they can check the mettle of the candidates.

Some like to keep it casual while others are hell - bent on making the process cumbersome so that the mettle of the candidate can be tested.

But the question remains: Why don't the justices of the Supreme Court of Canada who go early have the mettle of their American counterparts?

It is in those cases that the public eye is most closely focused on the process and the mettle of the criminal justice system undergoes its severest test.

More Benefits of Bicycles • EcoTip: Bicycles: testing the mettle of the pedal • World Most Energy Efficient Vehicle?

His ability to do so shows mettle of an unusual kind; he looks back in order to move ahead.

The large - scale seascape is a genre that tests the mettle of artist and viewer, a challenge to stylistic invention and intimate looking.

While I did test out a few fighters and ARPGs during my review, there are two recent releases available for the Shield TV that will test the mettle of the device: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and Super Meat Boy.

Gameloft will test the mettle of video drivers (both inside the computer and at the controls outside) with Asphalt Overdrive, an arcade spin - off of its more tricky Asphalt series.

But let's get into specifics, as that is where the real mettle of any gaming headset is proven.

The real test for Grey Goo is still ahead: waiting in the wings is the online community, who will test the mettle of the title by fine - tuning its machinery for maximum cruelty and efficiency.

Every mettle of the player's team will be tested in mighty boss fights against Zug the giant gobbling, Ogurt the ogre, Two Patches the pirate, the Head Baker Monk, and the Bitter Queen herself.

Players will also find a new Trial — Asylum Sanctorum — that will test the mettle of any 12 - player group; as well as new unique armor sets, customization items, crafting motifs, and more.

Whether it's coping with conveyor belts, sliding around a slippery iceberg or moving between speeding trucks, each level will test the mettle of even the bravest chefs.

It is during this time that the characters meet one another and begin the long conflict - filled story that tests the mettle of each character.

Each level brings a new challenge for you and your team to overcome, whether it's sliding around on a pirate ship, moving between speeding trucks, cooking on an ice floe or serving food in the bowels of a fiery underworld, each level will test the mettle of even the bravest chefs.

They take part in breed, obedience, and field events to prove the mettle of their dogs and share the love of dogs with other breeders and owners; attend seminars to expand their knowledge of canine health and training; and serve as mentors to breed newcomers.

When a one - store operation turns into a chain, it's not just the business model that will be tested, but also the mettle of the business owners themselves.

The writing of an extended and scholarly dissertation is used by educators and universities to assess the mettle of the students and to measure his / her grasp of a given subject.

And you, good yeoman, Whose limbs were made in England, show us here The mettle of your pasture; let us swear That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not; For there is none of you so mean and base, That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.

Dissertation writing is the most trusted means of testing the mettle of the students.

In times of greatest stress and danger, the mettle of a people is displayed in individual acts of great courage.

In that light, a full complement of off - road challenges is also offered, which test the four - wheeling mettle of the Cayenne and Macan on 70 - degree gravel descents — yay, hill descent control!

Try before you buy: Testing the mettle of manufacturers» products in a real - world setting is the main purpose of the Motor Trend Proving Ground powered by Lexus.

Of course, with such a single - minded focus the road conditions have to be just so for the 4C to truly shine and its darty nature, loud cabin and rock - hard ride will test the mettle of even the most committed driving enthusiast.

The accident that we had showed the real mettle of the Corvette Racing team, how the crew fixed the car and got us back out quickly.»

With a notoriously punishing track surface and sultry conditions in central Florida, the season - opening round of the American Le Mans Series will test the mettle of Corvette Racing's new C6.R race cars and the people who engineer, prepare and drive them.

Our notebooks contained laudatory remarks for the braking of all three cars, but it was track driving that really allowed us to test the mettle of the cars» braking systems:

Crook was well used to dealing with vagrants — he used to delight in annoying Rolls - Royce by paying one to sit on their London Motor Show stand — but even he was surprised when a lady arrived that afternoon with a suitcase of money from her boss, the eccentric Australian billionaire who liked to test the mettle of upmarket establishments by stumbling into their premises dressed as a tramp.

But, Juneteenth exists not only as a result of the perseverance, incomparable spirit and mettle of black folks in America; it is also a testament to the moral fortitude and political courage of white allies who fought alongside African - Americans to end one of the darkest political and economic arrangements in the history of man.

Airing Tuesday, Feb. 3 as part of the «American Experience» series, «The Big Burn» tells the story of a massive wildfire in the Northern Rocky Mountains that tested the mettle of the embryonic Forest Service and set the course for wildfire management for the rest of the 20th century.

As their efforts start to bear fruit, the ocean impacts of climate change may test the mettle of the burgeoning industry.

The centerpiece of classroom mischief will come into its own this weekend when amateur aviation engineers test the mettle of their paper planes at the non-for-profit Public Art Fund's New Millennium Paper Airplane Contest in New York City.

The climactic episode of Best Ride is a playground game in which Baer tests the mettle of — and attempts to humiliate — a celebrated Philadelphia high school star.

That's when the mettle of all these new signings and hirings and adaptations will truly be tested, and when we'll get our answers for a certainty.

See Anne Hyland, «Testing the mettle of the ACCC's Rod Sims» (Australian Financial Review, Boss, 8 July 2016).

Republicans should be happy to learn this Truth that has brought America to the state of Light for Obama to pick on it.One thing good about American Democracy is it is «truly participating» and lasting with lessons for others to follow in modernity to tap blue horizons of life.Those blue horizons just do not end in economics that has many minds to tap the financial barometer of the country self educative in working of its affluent class and ordinary class both domestically and internationally relating to perfection with budgeting of money in economic plans that have been existing and are in the process to move charismatically with a tide over where bipartisan element also comes into play well integrated to test the mettle of the top leader of the country who has to stand over the continuous democratic element evolving of the country both in economic as well as inherently in spiritual terms for the good of the people at large mixing with the culture of exchange that has humanity behind it to survive??

The truth is that events like the financial crisis test the mettle of every organization.

But the pressing question for Facebook — and one that will also test the mettle of the new data protection standard — is whether or not the company is doing enough to comply with the new rules.

(He famously once used a pickup basketball game to test the mettle of his sister Michelle's then - boyfriend, Barack Obama.)

Not exact matches

GoldieBlox — which creates storybooks and toys designed to promote science and engineering to young girls — first proved its social media mettle in fall 2012, scoring close to $ 300,000 via Kickstarter to cover the costs of manufacturing its first wave of products.

Both of the other members of the Sulzberger extended family have also held positions of increasing responsibility at the paper over the past several years as a way of testing their mettle, like a drawn - out, highly - privileged NYT version of the Hunger Games.

But individuals who are willing or able to sacrifice some basic aspects of normal life, such as sleep or friends and family time, to pursue these extreme sports are the ones who have the mettle to succeed when faced with entrepreneurial challenges.

In 2010 he embarked on a series of jobs at Bechtel designed to test his mettle as a potential CEO.

The first few years in business is a test of anyone's mettle, which is why you need to get really clear on what is and isn't acceptable to you.

Now in its seventh season, it's the story of life after a zombie apocalypse, pitting the zombies against the survivors whose mettles are tested just to, stay alive.

But the current malaise is more than just a test of management mettle.

President Trump's pick for his second secretary of State will face his Senate confirmation hearing Thursday, a key test of his mettle and diplomatic skills.