Sentences with phrase «refused faced up to»

Those who refused faced up to five years in prison.

Not exact matches

That's the situation faced by passenger Dr. David Dao, who was forcibly removed by Chicago aviation police after refusing to give up his set to a United Airline employee.

The GST comes loaded with a host of hidden traps for those in the property and investment industries who refuse to face up to its imminent arrival, according to Geoff Stevens of law firm Phillips Fox.

If he still stands his ground and says I refuse to take her, his brother's widow must go up to him in the presence of the elders, pull his sandal off his foot, spit in his face, and declare, «Thus we requite the man who will not build up his brother's family.

Hobby Lobby faces «crippling fines up to 1.3 million dollars per day» if it refuses to comply with the mandate.

I share some images and I ask — how can we claim discipleship when we as the Church refuse to face up to the moral and ethical challenges that images, such as these described below, evoke?

The image of a woman who is battered for 20 years by her clergyman husband and who would forgive him, «because the Bible tells her to,» the image of a young mother and father who can not understand why their three - year - old daughter was sexually abused in the day care center to which they had entrusted her each morning; the image of a woman who was sacked from the women's program of her church because she refused to comply to the request of the president of the church that she and the other women vote for him in his election campaign; the image of a 14 - year - old migrant domestic worker who faces the death sentence on trumped up charges, because she would not give in to the sexual demands of her employer; the image of a male priest of a church saying that every time he beats his wife she should thank him, because she is one step closer to salvation; or the priest who would make sexual advances on a woman who out of vulnerability turns to the church for pastoral comfort... these are but a glimpse of the many such images that are gathered during the course of this Decade.

Additionally, it means that even though we don't get the profound mystery of God's divinity, we still lace up our boots, refuse to cower in the face sin, and be light.

It's all I know to do, really, in the face of this life: one small «yes» to God, to keep saying «yes» to Love, to refuse to give in to fear and apathy and numbness, and make space for God, and push back a little more darkness, then right foot, left foot, right foot, each of us bringing our small portion of grace, until we end up where we were meant to be all along.

So that a faith in immortality, if we are to indulge it, demands of us nowadays a scale of representation so stupendous that our imagination faints before it, and our personal feelings refuse to rise up and face the task.

Yet this can lead, and in my view has led, to an entirely unrealistic attitude whose only result must be an aggravation of the shock when death does come, threatening each of us and refusing to go away just because we happen not to like facing up to it.

«We pastors face the unenviable task of being asked to answer for God» - Brendie... but the clergy scammers, of all kinds, continue feeding lies and myths to humans who refuse to grow up.

Roma are refusing to give up the ghost in their Champions League quarter - final against Barcelona despite facing a three - goal deficit in Tuesday's seco -LRB-...)

The fact that voters would still rather plump for almost any other party instead, suggests that the Tories have fundamental problems they are simply refusing to face up to.

He also alleged that some high ranking officers within the party had teamed up and were all out for him simply because he had refused to keep quiet in the face of injustice against his people.

Bridget Kelly, 43, Christie's former deputy chief of staff, and Bill Baroni, 44, former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, face nine counts in connection with the traffic tie - up aimed at punishing Fort Lee's mayor for refusing to endorse Christie for reelection.

The prime minister refused to take that one lying down, however, saying: «The truth is that while we've been producing the lowest waiting lists in the NHS, the best school results in the history of our school system, the strongest economy this country has ever seen, whilst we've been facing up to the difficult decisions, he's been ducking them.

Kane had faced one misdemeanor trespass charge and separate noncriminal violations of disorderly conduct and harassment after two female patrons and a bouncer at the Bottoms Up club reported in June that Kane had allegedly grabbed the women and pulled their hair, and then allegedly refused the bouncer's orders to leave.

This seems an aptcharacterization for a Labour party leadership that has had more than two decades to face up toinevitability of constitutional change in the UK, and repeatedly refused to do so (outside a brief period from 1997 to 1999).

Anyone refusing to yield their DNA would have faced up to a year in jail or a large fine.

«What should concern us is refusing to face up to problems and not knowing what to do about them,» Xi said in a speech to the World Economic Forum in January.

I didn't want to face the reality and refused to go up sizes at first.

Faced with this heartbreaking news, the Ellison family refuses to give up hope.

For sheer entertainment value, though, little in Cannes could best Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist, a black - and - white silent movie about the end of silent movies, starring the rubber - faced Jean Dujardin (a veteran of Hazanavicius's hilarious OSS 117 spy - movie send - ups) as a vain Hollywood matinee idol who digs in his heels and refuses to adapt to talking pictures.

Jason refuses to set up any of his friends and faces a prison sentence of at least a decade.

But Mildred, refuses to be the one to bring her daughter's dreams back down to reality, and she indulges her whims and fancies to any degree, as long as it ends up with a smile on Veda's face.

For his directorial debut, Andy Serkis brings to life the inspiring true love story between Robin and Diana Cavendish (Academy Award ® nominee Andrew Garfield, Golden Globe ® winner Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of devastating odds.

Andy Serkis brings to life the inspiring true love story between Robin Cavendish (Andrew Garfield) and his wife Diana (Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease.

With an amusing array of slapstick sequences and supporting characters up its CGI sleeve, Ferdinand boasts a vibrant voice - cast, with John Cena surprisingly fine as Ferdinand — the bull who, faced with a future as a meal or a matador's opponent, refuses to fight.

SYNOPSIS: The inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease.

Actor Andy Serkis makes his directorial debut with the inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish (Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease.

We have mad a last attempt today to call them just today and Tom rudely hung up in our face and told us he??? s doing us a favor and refused.

This native adaptability is in itself a type of «infrastructural» advantage, an infrastructure of culture that will serve us well as long as we refuse to panic in the face of statisticians and pundits wielding yesterday's numbers and telling us we're washed up if we remain ourselves.

It's the exact same problem that hourly financial planners face versus asset managers: people refuse to pay up front, even if they pay 10x on the back end.

The challenges of facing up to common - sense reality are as real for today's advisors who refuse to switch to index funds as it is for cigarette manufacturers who still haven't given up the ghost.

A modern Paul Volcker shows up, blows cigar smoke in the faces of Senators, and refuses to fund the US Government through loose monetary policy.

Instead, he pursued his goals in isolation with the single - minded focus of a Gauguin or Cézanne, refusing to give up in the face of public indifference.

My obsession with climate science began when I read reviews of Gore's movie that refused to face up to the difference between correlation and cause - and - effect.

all of which indicate that you have no answer, but refuse to face up to that.

Officials said it would be up to the courts to decide on how harsh a sentence an offender might face — and refused to comment on the chances of shoppers going to jail.

And of course, the follow - up, «Speaker Ryan refuses to talk to scientists about crisis facing planet.»

As such, Facebook is facing criticism from both fronts: for standing up for free speech by refusing to remove Holocaust denial groups that do not violate its TOS and for limiting freedom of expression by removing breastfeeding photos which do violate its TOS.

«If there is constitutional recognition to aboriginal and treaty rights how come companies can get away with violating those in the face of the Crown refusing to live up to its duties?»

I watch people refuse to give up on themselves in the face of their sexual problems.