Sentences with phrase «ploy of»

Going from this figure down to your figure of 161w / sq m (I think it was) because of an atmosphere is to put it mildly «an inversion of the truth» It is just as well you have a mask on pulling this little ploy of atmosphere — no atmosphere.

While no doubt there are many factors involved in the escalating price of gas, Exxon's public relations ploy of deflecting any attention away from Big Oil's role seems to be working.

One is the standard ploy of focusing on one small factor to the exclusion of all else.

Let me try Steven Mosher's ploy of an example.

He uses a common ploy of truncating what Thompson said, to ensure that a quotation fits with his message.

Although noted, Mairead Delaney who rolled around in wet concrete to make a sculpture of her body, Thea Duskin who set up a tattoo parlour to offer her watercolour designs for a bargain $ 500 (# 370) each, and the Satellite fair's ploy of a free haircuts to pull viewers down to its abandoned hotel site, did not mark — victims of overload, as when an excess of detritus floats up on the beach.

After his victory, the vision was revealed as a ploy of the tower's guardian, Re-Faze.

One major ploy of Wall Street is to induce people who need to stretch their income to buy a high yielding security that has weak protections.

It might be a ploy of traditional publishers, to keep readers coming back to their wonderful websites filled with books.

More proof the trolls ploy of hiding behind reviews is a lie.

Amazon's ploy of selling the Kindle Fire cheap or even at a loss and make up for it by selling content seems to be working fine.

Apart from being «full - size» the first clear difference that Nissan wants the consumer to focus on is its marketing ploy of calling the truck a «XD».

Was it the pure marketing ploy of putting two actors from legendary boxing movies back in the ring?

The mystery and name itself have given Paramount and Bad Robot a wonderful (and financially thankful) marketing ploy of letting mystery do the work for them.

Even this could be overlooked had the film not succumbed to the usual Emmerich ploy of raping every other film in its genre.

The scatological humour is the only thing in Spaceballs with currency — that, plus extended riffs on the merchandising ploy of contemporary blockbusters (what does CGI allow Lucas but to increase the toy quotient by generating nameless aliens in multiple?)

One of Metzger's finest films, The Lickerish Quartet also followed the director's usual ploy of emotionally disrobing a handful of repressed characters.

The unprecedented dual winners are the result of Katniss's canny ploy of pretending to be madly in love with Peeta, which endeared them to the Capitol audience watching on television, and then, when they were the last two standing, convincing Peeta that they should eat poison berries and both die together rather than one having to kill the other and be separated forever.

This is a common ploy of a scam artist, to lull people into a false sense of security, before asking for money.

I think this is just a marketing ploy of this site so that people will have a hard time deciding if it was a scam or not.

A 20 - year - old has been blocked from Tinder after her viral ploy of tempting $ 5 from male matches made her $ 100 in a week.

(See the article «Ploy of Soy» at www.westonaprice.org and The Whole Soy Story by Kaayla Daniel for more details.)

Menopausal women who buy into the ploy of soy typically end up overweight, losing their hair, and depressed (are you listening, Oprah?).

The latest ploy of the soy industry is to fan women's fears about bone loss and distract them from recent news that soy does not prevent heart disease, and that it worsens cardiomyopathy, impairs fertility and may increase breast cancer risk.

«While not technically illegal, the brazen and self - serving ploy of using voters» hard - earned tax dollars to deceive them with propaganda is one of the shoddiest I've seen since I took office.»

Continuing the former minister said, «It has become a pattern of behavior that each time Dr. Ngozi OKonjo - Iweala is internationally recognized, Governor Oshiomole and his cohorts embark on a cynical and devious ploy of trying to pull her down locally».

Of course, breastfeeding advocates say this is one more ploy of the formula companies to reel in sales by trying to «sell» the idea of a full night's sleep.

This program delivers the sport's highest standards (sad this is the best we can do) on all - player football fundamentals and mechanics (with the decades old ploy of setting up «proper way to play» to then be able blame kids for their injuries if they get hurt because they didn't use proper technique) alongside important health and safety components.

And that almost perfectly captures the current public relations ploy of choice among NCB advocates.

In one oddly worded article, Dr. Jack Newman, author of The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers, writes that the concept of mother guilt is just another ploy of breastfeeding detractors; that we should not stop promoting breastfeeding just because it makes women feel guilty.

While he could deploy Andre Schurrle or Maximilian Philipp upfront, he could also go with the exuberance of young Alexandre Isak or the tactical ploy of Mario Gotze in a False Nine role.

There are those who point to the fact that they haven't signed a new contract, this I believe is a tactical ploy of their agents to purposely wait until the new TV deal is in place before they open negotiations.

The Gunners should not be sold on any injury deception ploy of the Newcastle head coach — John Carver, and thus become complacent.

Let me warn the Gunners not to believe Dick Advocaat ploy of coming to Emirates Stadium to fight for a draw game.

I get it, it's a marketing ploy of pure democracy and the other four teams have fans with computers, too, but here's the fallout.

Typical tabloid ploy of evangelicals... make disparaging untruthful a.k.a.bold - faced lie today, submit apology / retraction later when it suits, particularly if personal finances are threatened.

Characterizing criticism as cries of «heresy» and calls for people to be «burnt at the stake» is a typical ploy of the powerful and influential posing as underdogs and victims.

You're the one who may think I'm stupid, Bill, but I didn't fall for this little idiotic ploy of yours.

This would, once again, seem to be a ploy of «In Your Face» Evangelicals forcing their belief into public schools, with a predictable toxic outcome.

Not for him the fashionable modernist ploy of absconding behind the masks of his narrators.

Testifying Wednesday morning as a run - up to Pres. Obama's evening speech, Messrs. Geithner and Paulson at least avoided the Washington ploy of emulating Alzheimer's patients and saying that they couldn't recall anything about their giveaways.

A favorite ploy of salesmen is to reshuffle the product specifications, schedule and other parameters in order to sell you an inferior product to fit your budget.

What are the ploys of Satan?

So we've seen the protection of God, the plan of attack, the ploys of Satan.

Third, He has revealed to us the ploys of our enemy, and the tactics that will be used against us.

Bavasi explains the many ploys of salary haggling and tells how a ballplayer can maneuver himself into taking less pay.

I have always been turned off by the marketing ploys of essential oils companies.

With an outlandishly interconnected plot, Cheang, as in his brilliant 2009 film Accident, pushes Milkyway Image's metaphysics of coincidence beyond the most daring ploys of Johnnie To and Wai Ka - fai, and what are quite simply the best hand - to - hand combat scenes of the decade, whatever you call it, SPL2 is without a doubt one of the most vital and necessary martial arts films since Jackie Chan and Jet Li went Hollywood.

No one will tolerate animal abuse but many breeders have become ploys of the Animal Rights agenda by attacking commercial kennels, «unethical» breeders, «backyard» breeders, etc. etc..

The ambiance of the whole performance instills an overwhelming need to escape the hellish ploys of a universe unknown.