Sentences with phrase «set against a striking»

The beautiful palm fringed beach and majestic melaleuca trees are set against a striking backdrop of rai...

The beautiful palm fringed beach and majestic melaleuca trees are set against a striking backdrop of rainforest covered mountains.

I stayed in one of the luxury villas that features a comfortable mattress in a bedroom, leading out to a wooden balcony from where you have a marvellous view overlooking the pier and the 3 diving boats set against a striking sunset backdrop.

«A B - movie, with A-movie aspirations,» Mad Max is George Miller's cult classic dystopian action movie set against the striking Australian outback (The Guardian).

Her turquoise sofa, from Loungin is set against a striking wallpaper from Habitat, while the other walls are kept white to allow the feature wall to be the star of the show.

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«This default setting would be a nuclear first strike against [the] ad industry,» the Interactive Advertising Bureau's senior vice-president and general counsel Mike Zaneis tweeted in response to Mozilla's Feb. 25 announcement.

In other words, the single striking instance in which it sets itself against prevailing mores and wishes is in the case of sexual liberty — a case which is perhaps dubious if it is true that a substantial proportion of the generations which have grown up in the sexual revolution may harbor a secret desire for that «No.»

A court empowered to judge a statute's constitutionality by that court's own inference of the animus of the statute's sponsors is a court set free from any limitations on its power» its power, on the one hand, to strike down any law enacted with the political aid of believers, and its power, on the other hand, to move directly against churches and denominations that display a perceived animus in their teaching toward certain behavior.

Despite the shows» avowed lack of religious specificity, they bear a striking resemblance to the «organized» religions against which they try to set themselves.

He went 23 — 4 with a 2.07 ERA, won the pitching triple crown (wins, ERA and strikeouts), set a major league record with 13.2 strikeouts per nine innings, did not allow a home run in any of the 293 at bats against him with a runner on, permitted only three leadoff walks to score (he walked the first batter only six times in 213 1/3 innings) and struck out 37 % of all batters he faced.

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So much so, in fact, that we might — as Walcott swiveled and poked home his second against Swansea, striking like a proper striker — have entertained the thought that this run of form, these goals, this latest positional tweak had finally brought down the guillotine on potential, had set Walcott free from himself.

Josh Harrop's stunning strike set the youngest Manchester United team in Premier League history on course for victory against Crystal Palace

Josh Harrop introduced himself to Old Trafford in some style as the debutant's stunning strike set the youngest Manchester United team in Premier League history on course for victory against Crystal Palace.

Ughelumba and Webber's strikes see Leicester City beat Carlisle United U18's in the FA Youth Cup on 18 January, 2017 to set up a fifth round clash against Middlsbrough.

The Reds had been comfortably nurturing a one goal lead earned through another Mohamed Salah wonder strike in the first half and looked set to easily see out a rare 1 - 0 against an insipid Sam Allardyce side.

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The Blues looked set to repeat their win at the Etihad from last season, but then Lampard came off the bench for City and struck an equaliser against his former club.

Academy graduate Josh Sims set up the club's 499th home Premier League goal scored by Charlie Austin, with Boufal bringing up the landmark figure of 500 thanks to his spectacular long range strike which sealed all three points against Middlesbrough.

comes with a vivid rose gold chassis, set in striking contrast against the bold matte black fabric.

It is not clear whether the union will stage a walkout on November 30th, when the much larger public sector strike against pension changes is set to take place.

As well as confronting another rejection from his party's MPs Cameron also faces humiliation on the world stage - beginning with a downgraded special relationship with the US, which is set to conduct missile strikes against Bashar al - Assad without British assistance.

The former SNP leader is now his party's foreign affairs spokesman, and had been expected to be at Westminster as David Cameron set out the case for extending RAF air strikes against Isil from Iraq into Syria.

Sanders also visited a local CWA union hall and backed the workers there who are set to strike against Verizon.

The motion set four conditions for the Labour party agreeing to air strikes against Isis and is now being cited by both supporters and opponents of air strikes as justifying their stance.

Abimbola further explained that Kayode Oloyede in his suit urged the court to set aside the environmental sanitation days in the state on ground of not being constitutional and lawful as well as praying to the court to adopt the position taken against Lagos State by the Court of Appeal in a suit which struck down the Lagos State environmental day as being unconstitutional same not having been created by any existing law.

He says: «What is striking is despite all the blather from Cameron over the past few weeks, he has made up his mind strategically to set his face against any profound reform of the political system.

Mr Lansley knows the impact of the strike is not likely to be quite as drastic as that - those who voted against the strike are still set to turn up to work on Thursday, and the BMA only represents two - thirds of doctors in the first place, and even some of the doctors on strike will be at their surgeries, and are likely to see some patients, according to a leading doctor quoted by the Guardian.

This tale of doomed romance set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War was the last in a string of box office disappointments from director Sidney J. Furie before he struck gold again with Iron Eagle (1986).

Set in the summer of 1984, with Margaret Thatcher in power, we watch on as the gay community — led predominantly by the impassioned Mark (Ben Schnetzer), offer their support to the miners during their strike, to join forces against the common enemy.

Set to the backdrop of the Detroit race riots, the film's opening sequences paint a striking picture of a city in violent chaos, but its broad scope soon gives way to a more focused telling of police brutality against a small group of youths.

Everything you hear at any given point during the game sets the tone for what you're up against, and you'll be shocked at how well the music works with you to help push you to strike the final blow against a monster that you think is going to kill you.

A terrorist organization headed by Kate Mara's Bree engineers a series of strikes against research labs to set the AI research back.

It plays like your standard troop based real time strategy games, keep «stealthed» as long as you can to reach your mission objectives, set up traps against your enemies, strike and complete your objective as quickly and with minimal injuries or lost soldiers as possible.

Striking a blow against «set aside» policies, the U.S. Supreme Court limits the ability of school districts and state and local governments to reserve percentages of their construction contracts for minority - owned firms.

Our goals for this week were to galvanize charter school educators and administrators against teachers» union pressures for strikes and walkouts, dispel false claims to set the record straight in the media, reenergize parents and students, and bring urgency to legislators to pass strong charter laws and fund the ones already passed.

These brave teachers are set to strike on May 1st, May Day — International Workers Day — against these neoliberal education policies.

Four of these games are even being updated with online multiplayer — Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting, Super Street Fighter II: Turbo, Street Fighter Alpha 3 and Street Fighter III: Third Strike — with an arcade - like set up where you can fight against the CPU while waiting for a challenger to show up.

It plays like your standard troop based real time strategy games, keep «stealthed» as long as you can to reach your mission objectives, set up traps against your enemies, strike and complete your objective as quickly and with minimal injuries or lost soldiers as possible.

Setting these objects against a striking background gives them a contemporary twist that results in a startling impact.

The publication of George Ewart's «The Leaping Hare» in 1972 cemented his engagement with the hare's mythological and» pataphysical iconography, and after witnessing the animal dash across the Sussex Downs, the artist was struck by its mysterious, acrobatic, unpredictable movements as set against the backdrop of an untamed wilderness.

Iconic works from ancient civilisations are juxtaposed with striking modern artworks; imposing large - scale paintings and sculptures are set against more intimate, personal images; diverse artistic practices and cultural traditions are compared and contrasted.

Now that Hitachi have arrived and the UK govt can likely play one off against the other they're hoping to set the strike price at a rumoured # 85MWh which will likely make the projects borderline.

(2 sets of BSB proceedings struck out; application for costs; Baxendale - Walker criteria; Costs awarded against BSB)

(successful appeal against finding of improper entry into referral fee agreement; strike off set aside).

We have advised and assisted technology industry companies, including Rautaruukki Plc, Outotec Plc, Patria Plc, Konecranes Plc and Abloy Oy, as well as forest industry companies, such as UPM Plc, Stora Enso Plc and Metsä Group, in precedent - setting cases regarding criminal and damage claims against labour unions based on illegal strikes.

While there was no intention to mislead the court, the extent of the non disclosure was such that the court would have set aside the order appointing the provisional liquidator (had the court not already struck out the claims against the applicants).

Set against a brick wall and next to a rustic wall clock, their colour is particularly striking.

Ditsy floral bedlinen and a striking black iron bed set against a pink backdrop evoke a cottage scheme, while built - in storage provides a practical solution.

Here, red tiles set against white fitting and fixtures create a striking walk - in shower space.