Sentences with phrase «of mercenaries as»

Voice - overs vary for each of the mercenaries as they swear when being overrun by Zeds and communicate with team members in a serious manner to remind them of low visibility or rather humorously inform the team of their generosity when handing out some free dosh, while enemy bosses taunt your character that your defeat is inevitable and a female trader comments on your team's progression and instructs your team to return to the trade pod for re-supply after each wave has been completed.

Written by Ryan Condal and rewritten by Evan Spiliotopoulos, follows Hercules as he and his band of mercenaries as they tackle their trickiest job yet, which forces Hercules to reconsider his own life and beliefs.

Not exact matches

And who can forget how the National Post, Pravda of the Harper Government, functioned as a virtual recruiting agency for Canadian mercenaries to serve the Kurdish cause?

Sacred statues were adorned with golden ornaments that could be melted down in times of need to pay mercenaries (or perhaps pay ransom or tribute; see Oppenheim 1949), much as were the Winged Victory statues of Athens during the Peloponnesian War.

Nonetheless, an entire industry of bankers and lawyers, «mercenaries like Goldman Sachs», as Icahn puts it, has sprung up to protect CEOs and corporate boards from Icahn's stinging jabs.

And I think all atheists everywhere should revel in the mercenary nature of Christmas (now far more Jewish / East Indian in its execution than anything else) and its exposure of «faith» as a conduit for greed, judgment, and repression.

• Military activities against Nicaragua have included covert operations carried out through groups such as the National Security Council, the CIA, and other «secret teams» of mercenaries, arms merchants, and drug - runners.

The 2nd Amendment guaranteed individual citizens the rights to own arms JUST AS GOOD as those of the regular soldiers they might have to oppose in an armed rebellion — the very sort of armed rebellion that the writers of the 2nd Amendment had recently successfully engaged in, defeating the most powerful military force on the planet using their own guns, which were JUST AS GOOD as what the British regulars and their Hessian mercenaries haAS GOOD as those of the regular soldiers they might have to oppose in an armed rebellion — the very sort of armed rebellion that the writers of the 2nd Amendment had recently successfully engaged in, defeating the most powerful military force on the planet using their own guns, which were JUST AS GOOD as what the British regulars and their Hessian mercenaries haas those of the regular soldiers they might have to oppose in an armed rebellion — the very sort of armed rebellion that the writers of the 2nd Amendment had recently successfully engaged in, defeating the most powerful military force on the planet using their own guns, which were JUST AS GOOD as what the British regulars and their Hessian mercenaries haAS GOOD as what the British regulars and their Hessian mercenaries haas what the British regulars and their Hessian mercenaries had.

The point of playing armchair umpire over David as mercenary and king is to blow the whistle when one catches this rogue being unforgivably forgiven by God.

There are kooks like Roy Moore and other bizarre choices, such as Erik Prince of the Blackwater mercenary outfit.

As for Hezekiah, the terrifying splendor of my majesty overcame him, and the Urbi and his mercenary troops which he had brought in to strengthen Jerusalem, his royal city, deserted him.

As for calling him mercenary you can bet that Man U will still show more ambition than us and go after more world class players to show they are ambitious, where Wenger only reacts once we lose a player instead of adding to help keep them.

It wasn't hard to treat WSU as a little engine that could while viewing Kentucky as a team of one - and - done or two - and - done mercenaries.

If he doesn't accept the generous contract offer that we offer him, which will make him a very rich man, and just signs for someone else for more money then he obviously doesn't want to play for us and will be thought of as just another mercenary player like RVP, Nasri, Hleb etc. I'm sure that what we offer him will be very good and the stalling to sign is just his agent angling for the highest offer so that his cut will be more.

Ivan G has slowly and precise began the process of rebuilding the back room teams.This will bear fruit.We can compete in the transfer market - but only to a level.The level we are at will still allow us to outspend many many of our closest rivals in both this country and in Europe.Players sign for money of course.But most are not the greedy mercenaries like Sanchez.Most will sign for THE MANAGER every bit as much as THE CLUB.

In Britain, Nasri is largely perceived as a symptom of the modern game's most objectionable ills: being overpaid, brattish and a mercenary.

As was the case seven years ago, the loss of our Premier League status should help us to rid ourselves of any self - interested mercenaries who think they're too good for the division they've landed us in — leaving us with a core of players who actually want to play for the club and understand the privilege of doing so.

Chicago's best holiday, and one rapidly eclipsing Casimir Pulaski Day as the biggest Polish holiday, because it involves doughnuts instead of a mercenary (albeit one with mad cavalry skills).

From a completely mercenary standpoint, measures such as hospital birth and interventions at the start of life are cost effective because the desired outcome is years of functional life.

Technically speaking, the pope IS a secular ruler of a country that holds an observer status at the UN, and as far as I'm aware, has a standing military (Swiss guard mercenaries).

These individuals are alleged to be controlling hundred of NPP social media mercenaries who serve as conduits for these reported fabricated stories.

The NPP has insisted that the three were neither «mercenaries» nor «terrorists» as being alleged by some officials of the NDC, but were experts who were only training bodyguards for Nana Akufo - Addo and his running mate Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.

Saying that members of the state Legislature were acting as «mercenaries,» Bharara said the charges accusing Stevenson of drafting legislation in exchange for money that would aid co-defendants Igor and Rostislav «Slava» Belyansky, Igor Tsimerman and David Binman, were a violation of his «core duty.»

It would mean a lower standard of living for future retirees, reduce the ability to recruit individuals who see public service as a career and create a mercenary mentality where the commitment to public service no longer exists.

Karbo, since he was exposed plotting to import mercenaries into the country to disturb the peace of the nation as defeat stares NPP in the face, has been in hiding in his father's palace, in Lawra.

Unlike a film such as Spielberg's Munich, where it is easy to feel sympathy and empathy for the Mossad agents led by Eric Bana, where you admire the craft of what the filmmakers created, it is impossible to empathise with Meinhof, who it is clear from the start is way out of her depth and the mercenary Ensslin.

This was even as the Governor warned the opposition party against importing into the state hoodlums and mercenaries for the purpose of unleashing mayhem during the coming Osun West Senatorial by - election.

«No Niger Delta leader or person from this region that truly shares the pains of the people will subject him / herself to the antics of our oppressors; not now that our existence and dignity as a people is being threatened by Islamic mercenaries masquerading themselves as Fulani herdsmen.»

«[Employers] know there's another class of staffers that are complete mercenaries, and that's most of them, and they will do whatever they can do to protect their boss at any cost, and they have no line,» she said, adding: «Showing a moral line is problematic, because it sort of flags you as someone who could, in a certain set of ethical circumstances, turn on the employer.

On November 9 2015, viewers of TV3 media listened with utmost incredulity, one that has never been experienced for decades, primitive comments from a sad, slow witted and an uncultured mercenary of Akufo - Addo identified as Agyei Bawuah, former ambassador to Japan when He stated «It's better for NPP to lose 2016 elections without Afoko».

As usual, none of the issues raised was answered; instead interested parties merely got some mercenaries to write rejoinders to abuse us.

From Évariste Galois, the genius who laid the foundations for modern group theory before dying at 20 in a mysterious duel, to René Descartes, who wrote «I think, therefore I am» after a career as a mercenary, the personalities chronicled here expose a side of mathematics far removed from its usual staid reputation.

The Nez Pierce were the bad asses of the region that hired themselves out as mercenaries to other tribes.

The historical setting is a wonderful excuse for gorgeous costuming, lush British countryside settings, and - of course - incredibly romantic scenes as the sisters try and find love in a society that sees marriage as mercenary.

It probably doesn't help that Gerard Butler (Reign of Fire, Harrison's Flowers), who might possibly be yummy if he let his hair grow out of that unflattering buzzcut, doesn't seem to know what to do with the fact that his soldier - turned - mercenary Terry Sheridan is supposed to be attracted to Croft, with the result that this most often manifests itself as a desire to punch her.

Jean Reno is particularly enjoyable as Le Frog, playing an amphibious version of his mercenary assassin character in «The Professional.»

Also: Winston Duke as a rival Wakandan leader, Danai Gurira as T'Challa's chief bodyguard, and breakout Letitia Wright as a spin on Ian Fleming's gadget guru Q. Oh, and Michael B. Jordan, the dynamo who made his bones with Coogler's Fruitvale and Creed and here brings a burning intensity to the role of T'Challa's main nemesis Killmonger, a mercenary who deserves far more screen time than he receives.

When Frank's hit goes awry and he ends up in the custody of U.S. Marshalls, the situation quickly spins out of control as a small army of loyal mercenaries draw their guns in a violent attempt to free their notorious compatriot.

The script, credited to Reynolds, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, finds the mutant Deadpool meandering his way to the X-Mansion and joining various X-Men members — including Domino (Zazie Beetz) and Colossus (computer effects plus the voice of Stefan Kapičić)-- as they try to protect an alienated, rebellious teen mutant called Firefist (Julian Dennison) from assassination by the Terminator, er Looper, er mercenary - from - the - future Matthew Cable (Josh Brolin, aka Young Nick Nolte Returned, playing his second Marvel character in less than a month).

Director Brad Peyton competently stages most of the action, from George breaking out of his sanctuary, to a canister retrieval in Wyoming, led by scarred mercenary Burke (a briefly used Joe Manganiello), that turns awry, to the film culminating in mass destruction of Chicago as the three animals, well, rampage to get to the sonar signal at the top of the Wydens» skyscraper headquarters and Davis safely crashes a helicopter.

Directed by, as the opening credits note, «One of the Two Guys Who Killed John Wick's Dog,» the first 10 minutes of «Deadpool 2» feature roughly the same amount of spectacular bloodletting as both that film and its sequel combined, as wiseacre mercenary Deadpool slices a gruesome swath through waves of villainous henchmen.

Inspired by a popular video game that was released in 1986, screenwriters Ryan Engle, Carlton Cuse, Ryan J. Condal and Adam Sztykiel assemble a scenario that enables Dwayne Johnson to be heroic as he endeavors to save his best friend George, with the help of Dr. Kate Caldwell (Naomie Harris), who formerly worked at the evil company run by Claire Wyden (Malin Akerman), and Harvey Russell (Jeffrey Dean Morgan), a mercenary who begins working for the evil company and then is tempted to the side of the good guys.

The unkillable mercenary's sardonic self - immolation is thus clarified as a display of grief, albeit one that simplifies his punkish gesture.

Granted, the cast consists of some very competent and memorable actors, including Adrien Brody as Royce, a mercenary, Walton Goggins as Death Row inmate Stans, and Danny Trejo as a cartel hit man, to name a few.

After meeting their end in a mechanized gladiator arena, four robot criminals - Auto, Max, Strobo and Trog are fished out of a junk pile, rebuilt and recruited as mercenaries for a mysterious organization of android adventurers.

Outside of that, Killzone: Mercenary looks good, as does Puppeteer.

Steven Seagal as back once again in his latest action movie The Mercenary: Absolution, which sees him as an ex-oprative being brought back into the field of action (presumably to punch people).

Adapted and Americanized from the 1974 novel by popular British author Frederick Forsyth (The Day of the Jackal, The Odessa File), Dogs casts Walken as Jamie Shannon, one of several mercenaries making a narrow exit from war - torn Central America in the film's opening sequence.

Not only are a bunch of really sweet PS3 titles like Batman: Arkham City and Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse, and PS Vita titles such as Pixeljunk Monsters Ultimate HD on this list, but a PS4 game that hasn't even released yet: Mercenary Kings.

This may sound like a weakness, but Corbijn and his screenwriter, Rowan Joffe, play coy for a reason; it's the nature of their hero's mercenary occupation, as a craftsman of weapons for assassins, that he reveals as little about himself as possible.