Sentences with phrase «pounces upon»

They help the graduate by providing them with experience â $ «and perhaps to assist in helping them decide which career path to ultimately pursue.â $ ™ This is just the opinion of one individual; however we are finding that across the board, the happy endings earned through internships are far outnumbering the horror - stories the media often pounces upon in order to generate a social panic!

Veteran director / screenwriter Sally Potter's use of the hymn to introduce her latest film, The Party, is strictly tongue - in - cheek as she pounces upon the pretensions of her country's neoliberals and intelligentsia in what ends up being a farcical sex comedy.

It was a delicate moment for Carney, who's every utterance has been pounced upon and poured over in the British press since he publically accepted the position last year.

Video of the scene shows the donkey pushed down a makeshift ramp into the water surrounding the tiger habitat, where it is promptly pounced upon.

The Texas lawyers, however, pounce upon past actions and statements of the NCCB in which it appeared to present itself in a considerably more ambitious light.

And as long as we are flogging long - dead horses, when that quote by Einstein was pounced upon by the religionists, he responded with the following public clarification:

This is today's fad which is pounced upon by people of faith, people without faith, conservatives, and liberals alike.

Suddenly upon the left side of our road, a crackling was heard among the bushes; all of us were alarmed, and in an instant a tiger, rushing out of the jungle, pounced upon the one of the party that was foremost, and carried him off in the twinkling of an eye.

The irony is that all this is ultimately self - defeating, as has been shown by our media's preparedness to pounce upon weaknesses in the Church, not least in the lead - up to the Pope's 2010 visit to Britain.

We all know of particularly devout persons who pounce upon their amazed fellow men at work, on the street, in the street - car with the sudden question, Tell me, are you converted?

Depay sent an awful header back towards goalkeeper David de Gea, but his attempted pass fell short and was pounced upon by Glen Johnson, who squared the ball to Bojan for the former Barcelona starlet to tap home from close range.

Xhaka could be used for that now, a CF should be ready to pounce upon a potential counter, look at how Henry played.

A loose, quickly taken free - kick across midfield was pounced upon by Dion McGhee, whose first touch tempted Rhys Williams in for a slide challenge that earned him his marching orders.

And Højbjerg had a chance to level, when Saints pressed high and pounced upon a loose ball, but his low effort was tame and easily collected.

Glen Johnson — 5.5 Made an excellent foray forward right at the end of the first half, but his dangerous cross into the box couldn't be pounced upon by any team - mates.

Such an affront to sovereignty, officials in Quito went on, is reminiscent of the colonial era — a charge that supporters of Assange (camped outside the embassy) were quick to pounce upon, along with a set of countries in Latin America (most notably Argentina and Venezuela) whose relations with London are already pretty sour.

Alternatively, I do not think the Republicans are dead in NYS, instead I think New York's GOP must learn to pick their spots as they have in state's like Massachusetts (Romney and Baker) and Maryland (Hogan) with pitch perfect gubernatorial candidates, capable of at once fostering and pouncing upon Democratic divisions while consolidating support from independent voters, in order to win gubernatorial elections.

Anyone who had expressed an intention not to vote was pounced upon and pointed in the direction of my website.

You'll find hot cougars waiting to pounce upon you if you happen to be their type of cub and that's when all the fun starts.

Not only did she pressure him to date girls, but the incestuous cougar even pounced upon the poor boy to try to turn him straight.

My Kindles have been dropped, knocked on the floor and pounced upon by my pets and they are all still safe and sound.

Archway Publishing is designed to pounce upon this innocence, capitalize on the insecurity, and profit from selling a dream.

Picture it: You come across a random gem — you suspect it's best of breed & should be pounced upon asap!

We teach them where to go to the bathroom and not to eat the neighbor's cat and hopefully how to go for a walk without pouncing upon every dog along the way.

RIBBONS & TINSEL — Sparkle and shine attracts playful cats and kittens that see these materials as toys (or prey) to be chased, pounced upon, chewed or swallowed.

Likewise, strangers will allow other dogs to pounce upon their dogs, again, without... Read more»

At the lighter end, you'll be pounced upon by many touts selling the usual souvenirs, innocent enough but really quite annoying and if you cave in on your first day, you'll find yourself targeted for the rest of your trip.

Using the powers of a glowing golden bell, Mario is tranformed into a cat, giving him the ability to bolt around on all - fours, pounce upon enemies and scamper up steep walls and poles using sharp claws.

Dungeons of the Endless pounced upon the masses out of nowhere and was warmly received.

After realizing that he is on one side of the island but his boat is on the other, he is suddenly pounced upon by a pack of hungry cannibals who would love nothing more than to serve him up for dinner.

Large creatures like the Megamouth like to lurk in bushes and will pounce upon and trap hunters in their mouth until a teammate shoots them free or they're devoured.

Not exact matches

As an attorney and industry professional, I can not stress enough that every aspect of a restaurant's success or demise hinges upon an owner's ability to take advantage of his or her partners» specific expertise in order to minimize risk and pounce on opportunity.

Laurel and Violet immediately pounced on them upon opening, so it wasn't until last weekend that I finally had a chance to sit down and experiment.

In another development, the Invisible Forces of Nana Akuffo Addo nearly lynched on Aboagye a loyalist of Alan Kyeremanteng at the funeral grounds.Aboagye's crime is that he has been offered a contract by the new administration.The Invisible Forces acting upon the orders of one of Nana's henchmen who attended the funeral, pounced on Aboagye and gave him some slaps but was saved by the security operatives of Former President Kufour who rushed to the scene to intervene and whisked him away.

Essential Phone owners — at least those who have it unlocked — are pleasantly surprised at Essential's streak of pouncing on not just Android's monthly security patches, but the big, industry - wide bugs that seem to touch upon everything like Midas and his toxic golden touch.

Overall, the owners of OnePlus 3 are not expected to pounce on the 3T upon its release.

In the Supreme Court of British Columbia, McEachern CJ stated that «no doubt Aboriginal activities have fallen very much into disuse in many area», but concluded that because the onus of proof rested upon the Crown to show abandonment, «it would be unsafe and contrary to principle to apply the principle of abandonment to such an uncertain body of evidence» [69] McEachern CJ also observed that many «do indeed still hunt and fish and pick berries in season», and the «Court can not permit the Crown to pounce too quickly when there are gradually changing circumstances by treating every absence as an abandonment» [70].