Sentences with phrase «seen as a blow»

Losing Shumlin is seen as a blow for Canadian businesses, particularly in Quebec, where the former governor had cultivated important ties around strengthening trade and inter-regional business.

At a time when working women must still fight for equal pay, outperform to be taken seriously in the boardroom, and hustle over the mere fraction of all investment spending open to them, a Trump presidency is seen as a blow for many.

Sony Pictures» recent success in releasing its comedy «The Interview» through video - on - demand services after threats from hackers was also seen as a blow to big - screen businesses.

In turn, it's now claimed by Don Balon that Mourinho has set his sights on Fabregas and held a «secret conversation» with him, while it's a little more difficult to go along with the theory that he would also see it as a blow to Antonio Conte to prise the midfielder away given their current rivalry.

The loss of the midfielder will be seen as a blow by Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who has been adamant in recent weeks that he wants to keep the player at the Emirates Stadium.

Arsenal's 2 - 1 defeat to Watford on Tuesday was seen as a blow in the race for the Premier League title.

She has also run on a more conservative - minded platform and nabbed the support of the state Conservative Party earlier in the year, which was seen as a blow for Turner, who had the backing of the third - party organization when he defeated Democrat David Weprin.

When ethics expert Jane Feldman's departure from the New York State Assembly, and her appraisal of the experience as «as waste of money,» was first reported by the Times Union last week, many saw it as another blow to reform efforts in Albany.

The vote by the Lords last night to delay changes to the tax credit system is seen as a blow to the credibility of chancellor George Osborne.

The endorsement is seen as a blow to Astorino's campaign, although he is quoted in Newsday as saying he «doesn't care about endorsements,» WCBS 880's Mike Xirinachs reported.

Heidi Alexander's departure will trigger a by - election in Lewisham East and will be seen as another blow to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Connecting to Lesson # 1, each victorious case against racial injustice cleared a citizen's name and, more importantly, was also seen as a blow against the system in a battle that needed escalation.

The Vergara decision, striking down tenure and dismissal laws in California as depriving the state's most vulnerable students equal access to a quality education, was widely seen as a blow to the teachers union and has moved public opinion toward agreeing with change.

In internet - savvy circles [Amanda Hocking] has been embraced as a figurehead of the digital publishing revolution that is seen as blowing up the traditional book world — or «legacy publishing» as its detractors call it — and replacing it with the ebook, where direct contact between author and reader, free of the mediation of agent and publishing house, is but a few clicks away.

What remains to be seen is how this announcement will affect RIM's outlook in the short - term, as losing such a long - standing hardware partner is already being seen as another blow for the struggling company, especially as it faces yet another writedown.

This leads us to believe that Samsung was intent on making a product that could be seen as blow - for - blow with the iPhone in terms of design.

There might be several reasons for this including your upbringing where talking about your achievements is seen as blowing your own trumpet.

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But some observers expect Russia's strongest efforts may be reserved for Serbia, which has close cultural and religious bonds with Moscow — and whose membership in NATO or the European Union would be seen by the Kremlin as a severe blow.

The former blow billionaire saw himself as a modern day Robin Hood and spent his ill - gotten wealth on health / education services, soccer fields and an entire neighborhood for the poor called The Barrio Pablo Escobar.

The new rules are a blow to China's nascent market for golf, which is often seen as providing an opportunity for officials to make shady deals and an extravagance for government employees who should be serving the people.

However the split played out, industry observers see what happened as a big blow to Odgers Canada.

Bannon's departure a week earlier was seen as a significant blow to other nationalist, far - right figures in the White House, and Gorka implied as much in his letter, saying it was clear to him that «forces that do not support the MAGA promise are — for now — ascendant within the White House.»

The tribunal at The Hague has no enforcement mechanism, but Beijing may fear a blow to its global reputation if it is seen as flouting international law.

As the Eggertsson paper notes, the Fed's fearful tightening in 1937 halted a recovery that had taken years to develop and dealt sharp blows to employment and production (see chart, above right).

In the wake of Google's Panda and Penguin updates, which, as you're aware, dealt a disastrous blow to many websites, the search engine giant has not been coy about its desire to see more fresh, relevant, and original content on websites.

When Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memo on marijuana to federal prosectors Thursday, reiterating their leeway to prosecute federal marijuana laws as they see fit, regardless of whether the plant is legal under state and local law, he likely spurred future infringements on liberty, struck a blow against federalism, and defied public opinion.

«Tariffs are seen as a direct slap in the face, and it will be very difficult for the Chinese government to sit back and take those blows without retaliating,» Mr. Prasad said.

We've seen booms and busts in new housing starts over the past several decades, but homeownership rates in the U.S. took a huge blow as a result of the Great Recession.

Beijing has threatened to impose 25 percent tariffs on US agricultural exports, and Trump told lawmakers that he saw the TPP as a way to help American farmers deal with the blow by opening up new markets for their crops.

Others see it as the latest blow to an industry already in decline as viewers turn to the Internet and away from pay TV to watch their favourite programs.

Many aligned on the left will see both of these as «making history,» finally striking a prophetic blow against the tyrannies of heteronormativity, discrimination, and the abuse of mother earth.

The more you grow to see them as an actual three - dimensional human being, the easier it will be to engage them on contentious issues without things blowing up in your face.

I blew basically my entire budget on those sequined Mary Janes in Delia's, as seen on page forty - three.

Maybe it's because you haven't met the full - blown disorder in your office since they do not see themselves as needing help.

Suppose for example I go on vacation, and when I return I see several trees in my neighborhood blown down as well as branches strewn around everywhere.

On the third question posed by the Chiang Mai meeting, regarding the Holy Spirit and religious plurality, the statement declares: «We have learned again to see the activity of the Spirit as beyond our definitions, descriptions, and limitations, as «the wind blows where it wills» (John 3:8) We have marveled at the «economy» of the Spirit in all the world, and are full of hope and expectancy.

Michigan officials are letting their students get an early start on their Christmas break, seeing as they won't really get a Christmas break since the world is going to blow...

The storm, referred to as the Protestant Wind was seen as a sign that God supported the Reformation and many commemorative medals were struck with the inscription He Blew with His Winds, and They Were Scattered.»

Initially, the compulsion to see her smile had an urgency about it, it was almost as if someone was holding a gun to my head and would blow it off if I couldn't give the right answer.

Once it was when from the summit of a high mountain I looked over a gashed and corrugated landscape extending to a long convex of ocean that ascended to the horizon, and again from the same point when I could see nothing beneath me but a boundless expanse of white cloud, on the blown surface of which a few high peaks, including the one I was on, seemed plunging about as if they were dragging their anchors.

secondly he was not the only one in the church who was a «non believer» many others do not «believe» as well as myself and yet non of us saw a problem with something that was being done out of respect and unison for the majority not for just one person opinion, and last, no one ever said he «had» to pray the only command was to bow your head and stare at the ground counting how many toes you had for all we carried, do what you want if choose not to pray but just bow your head in uniformity not cry about it blow it up and change the way events happen — if you have and complaints or questions please FEEL FREE to contact me [email protected]

For examples: the irreplaceable Buddha figure stood in the cave, in the Afghanistan for over 1000 years was blown up by their Muslim brothers, I didn't see Muslim community speak up against that as they have on this book burning and on the building issue.

Presumably, were this body blown up, another could be formed; hence, God need not be seen as dependent on us or on any particular body as we are.

Moroni was a «pretty horn blowing fictional thingie» or would a better description be «one of the many hallucinations seen by founders of the major religions» or» a clone of the fictional Gabriel» or «son of Mormon, the propheteer / profiteer», or «actually Nephi», or «good buds with John the Baptist, Peter, James, John, Moses, Elijah, and Elias all who ministered to Joseph Smith as angels»???.

It was gone Quite underground, as flowers depart To see their mother - root, when they have blown; Where they together All the hard weather, Dead to the world, keep house unknown.

The teacher blows the whistle and everyone jumps in the pool and starts dog paddling during the tread water portion of the test and as you are keeping yourself afloat you look around and see a large number of students wearing inflated water wings and just napping as they float through the exam.

All of it was very uplifting as you are sharing the «behind the scenes» (so to speak) of social media, which is very good to know as we all can get blown away by social media and for me personally it can make me feel I'm failing a little when I see the perfect view of lives via social media.

Love risotto and beets, this has to be an incredible dish, as I've said before, your combinations blow me away, I'm always interested to see what you'll come up with next.

When I took the two logs out of the steamer, I could see where explosion could be a risk as my foil wrap was about to blow.

Weeks of hard work has seen Aegg Creative Packaging launch a new injection stretch blow moulded «PET» pot, known as the «milk churn».