Sentences with phrase «over the proceedings»

As those who have turned to adversarial legal proceedings will tell you, you will literally have no control over those proceedings.

There are some expertly handled murder scenes, and there's a nice sense of dread hanging over proceedings, but there isn't enough of a narrative to sustain a feature.

But he looms over the proceedings in Philadelphia, and really over the NBA as franchises shuffle their front offices.

JK Rowling presided over the proceedings like the creator of the Harry Potter universe that she is, dressing up in a rose - covered Oscar de la Renta gown.

Britain's self - imposed irrelevance looms large over proceedings, as Cameron and Miliband finally discuss Iraq

The specter of death hovers over the proceedings of The Amazing Spider - Man 2, a better and ultimately more developed look at the web - slinging superhero than its predecessor.

Yet the question still hovers over the proceedings like Poe's raven: If such concepts as natural law and natural rights are so dangerous for Judaism, why are they also so indispensable?

He was impressive in his substitute appearance against Catania and alongside Claudio Marchisio he will have to establish control over the proceedings in midfield.

Meanwhile, mom and big sis watch over the proceedings as they flip through a family album that's filled with photos of the dog — of course!

It's no coincidence that Disney World, a Mecca of childhood joy and imagination, casts a long shadow over the proceedings.

(Ingmar Bergman's «Winter Light» looms heavily over the proceedings too.)

Actor M. Emmet Walsh looms over the proceedings as a slippery private eye with a yellow suit, a cowboy hat, and no moral compass, and Frances McDormand's cunning debut performance set her on the road to stardom.

While neither of the parties in these proceedings are originally from the UK, Ms Jackson, an American, and Mr Al Mana, who is Qatari, were both residing in their luxurious matrimonial home in London during their marriage, giving the English courts jurisdiction over the proceedings.

In part due to the tone Waititi helped cast over the proceedings and the script which leans heavier into sight gags and tete - a-tat quips and barbs, much of the responsibility lays on the delivery of the actors who all perform.

You take control of the aforementioned boy, dropped unceremoniously upon an island that hides away myriad secrets; the island itself appears to be relatively serene but a sense of foreboding hangs ominously over proceedings.

Wenger has been here since a very long period and has a very firm grip over the proceedings, it'll be a task to convince him to step down and offer him a different and bigger role.

A moral message about prime ministers sending troops to Afghanistan quickly casts a dark shadow of reality over the proceedings.

The Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr. Yussuff Lasun, who is presiding over proceedings today, made the announcement.

The shadow of that Syria vote hung closely over proceedings.

The Chief justice of Kogi State, Justice Nadir Ajanah, who presided over the proceedings on Friday, said that in view of the critical health conditions as espoused by the counsel to the applicant, he should be moved to the National Hospital, Abuja, for proper medical attention.

Mr Mills separated from Ms Jowell in March amid a storm of publicity over the proceedings.

Afghan tragedy casts gloom over proceedings.

Justice Saulawa, at a point accused Nwofor, who put up stiff opposition to the hearing of the appeal, of treating the court with disrespect by attempting to take over the role of presiding over the proceedings from the panel.

The unexpected death of James Gandolfini just twelve days after this film opened in limited release casts a pall over the proceedings.

This film takes the Christopher Nolan Batman approach of arbitrary realism, sprinkling a sheen of verisimilitude over the proceedings that doesn't hold up under scrutiny.

Even Carter Burwell's elegiac score and a biblical starkness settling over the proceedings can't shake the sense that it's a bit of a mannered, if endlessly entertaining, lark.

The confessional spirit of Eric Rohmer, the late French auteur revered for his wise, talky relationship studies, hovers insistently over the proceedings.

Towering over the proceedings is Johnny Depp, who brings his A-game to the role of Bulger, including a major physical transformation.

It superbly evoked an air of mystery and menace over proceedings.

Along with writer Matt Charman, they make the largely transactional dialogue gleam as the heavy mid-winter atmosphere created by Spielberg and cinematographer Janusz Kaminski billows over the proceedings.

A low - grade fog of sexism and homophobia hovers consistently over the proceedings: the lawnmower that's more important than a girlfriend; the worry that marriage is a license for obesity; a prostitute character who seems to exist solely to be lusted after (by Lonnie) and insulted (by Rack).

Too much control over the proceedings marks a real departure from the traditional chaos, which will ruffle some feathers.

Mark Steyn's outrage over the proceedings is largely misplaced.

The only exception to this would be for the European Council to unanimously agree to extend the two - year time period — a further aspect of the withdrawal process which potentially gives the European Council immense power over proceedings.

For instance, the partner who makes more money may have more sway over the proceedings, but the caregiving partner, especially if children are involved, may use his or her status to influence how money is divided.

Based on Dan Simmons» 2007 novel, David Kajganich and Soo Hugh's 10 - episode nightmare — which premiered last night, and is intended as the potential first installment of an anthology series — is a work of harrowing historical fiction, one in which supernatural menace looms large over the proceedings, and yet is ultimately less threatening — or terrifying — than man himself.

In exchange for the money necessary to stage his play, playwright David Shayne (John Cusack) reluctantly gives a role to a mobster's young girlfriend Olive (Jennifer Tilly) and soon loses control over proceedings in this raucous 1920s - set romp.

The specter of a Yasiel Puig home run, of a Morton collapse in the eighth inning that forced Justin Verlander to come in to pitch in relief, another Clayton Kershaw slip, a base running mistake by the Astros that cost them the game, an outfielder suddenly hallucinating Winnie Pooh and all his friends and therefore missing an easy pop fly, that all hung over the proceedings like a shadow universe.

Typically, deputy judges preside over proceedings in the Small Claims Court.

Adam Driver's Kylo Ren casts a meagre shadow over the proceedings, his merciless mean - streak seeming no more ominous than that of schoolyard bully when faced with Rey's resistance.

The portent of certain conclusion hangs heavily over the proceedings, from a prologue that explicates how the magical tablet that imbues life within inanimate museum pieces is discovered to a prophecy about «the End» approaching to the tablet's slow decay, which means the living exhibits will surely become lifeless again.

Virginia circuit and juvenile and domestic relations courts have jurisdiction over these proceedings.

Though the Vietnam War is an integral part of the story, that setting is almost just a metaphor for hell as the film plunges into the depths of darkness, this unusual mission ominously looming over the proceedings and fueling Willard's stark narration.

[32] The Parliamentary Speaker İsmail Kahraman, who is unable to take part in the vote by virtue of being the Speaker, was hospitalised during the vote, meaning that AKP deputy speaker Ahmet Aydın presided over the proceedings and was therefore unable to cast a vote.

Good performances, some scares, but a definite feeling of déjà vu hangs over the proceedings.»

It is almost obligatory in reviews of collections of this sort to mention the uneven quality of the essays; and while not all of the essays are of the sterling quality of many of them, what is more striking is the unspoken presence of Ex Corde Ecclesiae, hovering over the proceedings like Poe's Raven.

Some analysts have questioned whether Kim, believed to be in his early 30s, would choose for his first overseas visit an event where he would share the stage with several leaders and have less control over proceedings than in a two - way summit.

In an interview with Alastair Campbell for British GQ, the Archbishop was asked if he loses sleep thinking he might be called to preside over the proceedings.

«Switzerland were able to dictate the early second - half action from midfield, Borussia Monchengladbach star Xhaka exercising an easy control over proceedings...» via Goal.