Sentences with phrase «of cockerel»

Students at Jesus College, Cambridge, have voted to repatriate a bronze sculpture of a cockerel to Nigeria, from where it was looted in 1897.

For the answer, turn to the late Colonel Joseph Mobutu (later Mobutu Sese Seko) of the former Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo), who gave prominence to the status of the cockerel (Be careful not to use COCK instead, which may be offensive in American English, which explains why «rooster» is preferred).

During breaks in play, Pogba could be seen strutting across the turf, his head held high, shoulders back, chest out, performing a kind of cockerel - like movement of the head as he walked, thrusting it back and forth with each confident step.

1 The noisy hen The noisy hen has, unsurprisingly, got a lot to say for herself and will happily give even the squawkiest of cockerels a run for his money.

Not exact matches

By some distance the most miserable game of last season was Spurs» nil - all away at Burnley, a game so bad that the famous Tottenham cockerel hopped down off his ball, pulled out all his feathers, stuck a lemon up himself and clambered into a preheated oven.

The famous Tottenham Hotspur cockerel also sits on the top of the West Stand.

This was when the famous original cockerel that we all know of was placed on the stadium!

The relationship between basal metabolic rate (BMR) and concentrations of plasma thyroid hormones in fasting cockerels.

There's a menagerie of supporting fauna, each with their own recurring gag: from a cockerel who's astonished every morning to find that the sun has come up, to a somewhat camp Pigling Bland whose greed always gets the better of his cultivated manners.

Rural superstition held that a creaking piece of furniture presaged an imminent death, while a hen that crowed like a cockerel was an equally sinister omen; the creature should be dispatched without further delay and served at table.

It's far enough away from the road to enjoy the sounds of birdcall, cockerels and the relaxing water fountain.

At least you can enjoy the soothing sounds of the running water (and on occasions the early morning cockerels in this authentic Balinese locale — pack earplugs).

According to a recent statement, Nintendo has officially pushed back the release of 2018's new Yoshi game from the night of a broken moon to when the cockerel crows thrice at a tar - black sun.

Farming Simulator 17 is a game that does exactly what it says on the tin, it's literally a totally realistic simulation of a modern day farm, just without the 5 am wake up from a bloody cockerel!

the giant blue cockerel stands tall in london's trafalgar square image courtesy of the fourth plinth

Katharina Fritsch's sculpture of a vast blue cockerel has been ruffling feathers.

More recently still, a series of owls and cockerels culminating in his Parliament of Owls and using various media including enamel on steel, flirted dangerously with the kitsch without quite succumbing.

Commissioned by the Mayor as part of the Fourth Plinth programme, Hahn / Cock is a 4.72 m high rendition of a domestic farmyard cockerel saturated in intense ultramarine blue.

A marble statue of a heavily pregnant disabled artist, a scale model of Nelson's HMS Victory with African print sails inside a huge bottle and a giant cockerel in striking blue are just some of the controversial and political art works that have added a modern and provocative element to the famous square.

And finally, the acme of military walks, the cockerel display that takes place on the India - Pakistan border each day.

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