Sentences with phrase «only kept at a distance»

Even a more interesting subtext, punishing his father for putting their family dynamic at risk, is only kept at a distance.

Not exact matches

Ernesto Valverde and his men definitely do not want a second poor result in a row, not only to keep their great distance to Atlético Madrid but also avoid a dip in confidence ahead of Tuesday's giant Champions League match against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.

He kept his aides, the news media and even his security detail at a distance, often knocking on doors in the company of only his wife, Chirlane McCray.

In town to support the presidential candidacy of Hillary Clinton, his fellow Democrat and former boss, Mr. de Blasio kept his aides, the news media and even his security detail at a distance, often knocking on doors in the company of only his wife, Chirlane McCray.

So the bird behind must not only put itself in the right place, but must also flap at just the right time — which changes depending on the distance between the birds — to keep riding the upwash.

There are far worse things — at least in terms of structure, tone, and unwise behavior from characters who have proven themselves much smarter the rest of the time — in that finale, though, to keep us somewhat distanced from the unnecessary horror unfolding (A shot of someone being scalped only for the purpose of producing false tension is flagrantly gratuitous).

He's sarcastic and condescending and keeps everyone at a distance - even his only friend, the sentient tree creature, Groot.

bring the new Shelby Mustang to the party [to reach price point parity... at least US prices] and watch the M2 / M3 / M4 shrink into the distance seeing only the Shelby's tail lights in the vain attempt to keep up... on the strip or road course.

The new semi-autonomous Drive Pilot system with Distance Pilot Distronic, it is not only able to keep the car at the correct distance behind vehicles in front on all types of road, but, for the first time, it can also automatically follow them at a speed of up to 130 mph.

Further highlights include the Driving Assistance package with the further developed Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC including Active Steering Assist: on all roads, it is not only able to keep the car the correct distance behind vehicles in front, for the first time it can also follow them automatically at a speed of up to 210 km / h.

Driving Assistant Plus, also available as an option, incorporates Collision and Pedestrian Warning with City Braking function, Speed Limit Info, Proactive Driving Assistant, Active Cruise Control with Stop & Go function, and the Traffic Jam assistant, which not only maintains a safe distance to the car in front in stop - start traffic at up to 60 km / h (37 mph), but also keeps the car in lane.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

In 1950s Leukerbad (a place with no racial diversity) African identity is kept at a distance, evidenced not only by a bigotry for outsiders, but also paternalistic donations and missionary work in Africa's European colonies.

This programme has been constructed in the awareness that style is less a question of stylistics than ethics, i.e. a way of keeping its subject at a distance, of including the out - of - frame as a dynamic produced by the viewer, of thinking not only about the production of images, but also about their distribution, and how they cohabit with other sources of images.

The way that Diao's technique both allows the viewer entry and keeps him or her at bay instills a critical distance that enables the viewer to carefully consider the role not only of Newman, but of abstract art and its utopic aspirations, both historically and in the present.

It is not «conduction» but exchange of radiation; if you keep your hands parallel at a distance of some cm the right hand does not (radiatively) «warm» the left hand or vice versa albeit at 33 °C skin temperature they exchange some hundreds of W / m ² (about 500 W / m ²) The solar radiation reaching the surface (for 71 % of the surface, the oceans) is lost by evaporation (or evapotranspiration of the vegetation), plus some convection (20 W / ²) and some radiation reaching the cosmos directly through the window 8µm to 12 µm (about 20 W / m ² «global» average); only the radiative heat flow surface to air (absorbed by the air) is negligible (plus or minus); the non radiative (latent heat, sensible heat) are transferred for surface to air and compensate for a part of the heat lost to the cosmos by the upper layer of the water vapour displayed on figure 6 - C.