Sentences with phrase «set against the land»

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It also means setting up allowances for valuation against potential losses resulting from claims currently before the court, environment liabilities, employee future benefits, aboriginal land claims, concessions relating loans and loan guarantees, tax receivables and payables, among others.

To prevent these Israelites from joining Egypt's enemies, fighting against the Egyptians, and escaping from the land, the Egyptians set taskmasters over them to oppress them with...

(2) Son of man, set your face toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him (3) and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold I am against you, 0 Gog... (4) and I will bring you forth, and all your army... all of them with buckler and shield, wielding swords; (5) Persia, Cush, and Put are with them,... (6) Gomer and all his hordes; Beth - togarmah from the uttermost parts of the north... many peoples are with you.

The Jews are willing to fight to drive others out of Jerusalem, the Christians endured dangerous pilgrimages not to worship, but to fight the Crusades to take the Holy Land for their faith, they tortured to «convert» infidels, and they fight amongst themselves (Protestant v. Catholics in N. Ireland, for instance); The Muslims declare «jihad» against their version of «infidels,» and they fight wars between Shia and Sunni over who should set the rules.

This is but a single example of how a once united land has become the scene of continued exploitation, and the example must be understood set against a recent background of general violence, division, and exploitation of Korean people and Korean land.

Is there an assumption that the draft pick which landed him was otherwise going to be used for a player more useful against 2 TE sets?

The Gunners will be desperate to land their best chance of silverware this season against Pep Guardiola's side, with David Ospina set to start against City in the showpiece event.

However, the reigning Barclays Premier League champions have been unable to land either defender and now look set to turn their attentions to luring Rose away from White Hart Lane before they begin the defence of their title against Swansea City at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening.

It was around 11 p.m. when a firework landed near where Kristina Perez was standing in West Lawn Park «and exploded with such force that it traumatically amputated her right foot and lower leg,» according to a lawsuit filed by Perez against the city, the Park District and two people who Perez alleges set off the firework.

By placing at the centre of the narrative a white woman who believes she belongs to the land, against a set of people who see her presence as oppressive and who want to brutalise her, yet who also carry out acts of violence against one another, Denis returns to the core themes of her earlier films (such as Chocolat, 1988)-- the highly problematic issues inherent in the processes of colonisation and decolonisation (2).

Maybe adding this title in a bundle in addition to Nintendo Land near Christmas time might be a way to show off some of the GamePad functions and add a little value to the package while still avoiding the price cut they seem to be dead set against...

The movie, set in 8th - century Norway, follows alien warrior Kainan (Jim Caviezel) as he crash lands on Earth along with a fearsome creature known as the Moorwen, with the bulk of the storyline detailing Kainan's efforts at insinuating himself within a local Viking tribe and leading their subsequent charge against the aforementioned creature.

After directing Birdman, last year's Best Picture winner, Alejandro Gonzales Iñárritu returns with a survival tale set against the backdrop of American colonialism as settlers try to claim the land an...

Moonlight, Barry Jenkins's mesmerizing coming - of - age film set against the Miami crack epidemic, prevailed at the 89th annual Academy Awards, winning best picture over frontrunner La La Land, after it briefly lost to La La Land.

The stop - motion geniuses at Aardman Studios (Shaun The Sheep, Chicken Run) are back with Early Man, a prehistoric times - set winner that follows the adventures of Dug the caveman and his hog Hognob and the fight to save their land via a soccer match against invaders.

Set in the post-WWII South, Netflix's powerful period drama is based on Hillary Jordan's play and charts the story of two families pitted against a barbaric social hierarchy and an unrelenting landscape — the McAllan family, with wife Laura (Carey Mulligan) underprepared and overly hopeful for Henry's (Jason Clarke) grandiose farming dreams, and the Jackson family, led by Hap (Rob Morgan) and Florence Jackson (Mary J. Blige), whose families have worked the land for generations.

Set against the monotony of arid land and small - town doldrums, Aloupis» deliberate pace assures the reciprocity between these two characters flourishes logically.

Matthew Heineman's Cartel Land is a classic western set in the 21st century, pitting vigilantes on both sides of the border against the vicious Mexican drug cartels.

Chronicling a historic moment in the world of tennis, in which world champion Billie Jean King faced off against self - styled chauvinist pig Bobby Riggs in a high - stakes match — setting a precedent for the way women would be treated in tennis, and in the world at large — Battle of the Sexes is a naturalistic counterpoint to La La Land «s heightened world of musical magic.

Set against the backdrop of the first lunar landing, this free - verse novel features Mimi Oliver, a half - Japanese, half — African American girl who learns about fitting in and standing up for what's right.

Torn between Olwen and Elene, Renard's personal dilemma is set against a background of increasing civil strife as Ranulf of Chester, his greedy neighbour, strives to snatch his lands.

Set against the backdrop of the first lunar landing, this free verse novel features Mimi Oliver, a half Japanese, half African American girl who learns about fitting in and standing up for what's right.

Set against the fascinating backdrop of Los Angeles show business culture, with an insider's ear for writer's room showdowns and an eye for bad backstage behavior and set politics, Jennifer Weiner's new novel is a rollicking ride on the Hollywood roller coaster, a heartfelt story about what it's like for a young woman to love, and lose, in the land where dreams come trSet against the fascinating backdrop of Los Angeles show business culture, with an insider's ear for writer's room showdowns and an eye for bad backstage behavior and set politics, Jennifer Weiner's new novel is a rollicking ride on the Hollywood roller coaster, a heartfelt story about what it's like for a young woman to love, and lose, in the land where dreams come trset politics, Jennifer Weiner's new novel is a rollicking ride on the Hollywood roller coaster, a heartfelt story about what it's like for a young woman to love, and lose, in the land where dreams come true.

However, Leofric is less certain of the man's guilt and comes up with an elaborate plan to reveal the true killer.Set in Angeln on the Jutland peninsula, homeland of the Angle people, Leofric: Sacrifice is a Dark Age short - story set against the Germanic migrations that lead to the creation of the new Angle, Jute and Saxon kingdoms in the east of Roman Britain - the Angle - Lands.

If you look at the case in this link (https://goo.gl/LSXU52), the tribunal has held that long term capitall losses can be set off against other long term gains, long term capital gains from sale of land in this case.

Set on 160 acres of pristine Colorado land against the dramatic backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, the majestic Georgian complex impressed the wealthy and some of its most famous residents included Theodore Roosevelt, John Philip Sousa and the Emperor and Empress of Japan.

The game returns to its original adventure - style gameplay and setting of the Land of The Green Isles, pitting King Graham against a mysterious stranger in a bid to save his kingdom and family.

The Star Wars (tm): Rise Against the Empire Play Set will take players on galaxy - spanning missions with Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia Organa, Han Solo, Chewbacca and Darth Vader, piloting X-wing fighters or the Millennium Falcon to fight stormtroopers, or exploring and partaking in land - based missions on planets like Tatooine, Hoth, and Endor.

In Half Genie Hero, Shantae sets out to stop a crime wave that's swept through Sequin Land, leading up to a showdown against her nemesis Risky Boots.

Get ready to go on a heroic adventure as you set out to explore Africa in a hot air balloon!Inspired by Jules Verne \'s epic novel, 5 Weeks In A Balloon takes you on a grand journey across the African sky!Explore the land and navigate your balloon as you race against friends in this fast paced multiplayer sky dash!Fly...

So again, we have a Rastan ending that completely goes against the tone set by the previous release's ending (Rastan defending the lands of «Rastania»).

In this game, players will assume the role of the eponymous Xolan, who sets out to restore peace and serenity (by way of his sword), and stand against the darkness that has overtaken his land.

Elements of the work include wall text around war, imperialism, and democracy, historical footage of US militarization contrasted with the ruins of contemporary bases, forms of labor and production in the industries of mining, fishing, and banana plantation interspersed with interviews with workers, and a lush, dreamlike, and perpetually dissolving set of landscapes set against some of Dizon's own reflections on life, death, land, return and passage.

He sets traditional materials, inherited processes, and ephemeral choreographies up against institutional structures and the historical narratives of Western sculpture, land art, and performance.

For Jesse Burke's «Intertidal series» (2005 — 2006), the land is the setting against which to test one's masculinity, a theme Catherine Opie renders explicit in Football Landscape # 12 (Alice vs. W.B.Ray, Corpus Christi, TX), 2008, where an expanse of field and sky upstages the football players.

Earlier today, Hawkins tweeted part of Callendar's hand - drawn graph showing land temperatures rising against the mean during the period 1880 - 1935 set against the «CO2 effect».

While there is likely to be a cost to the legal aid fund of any new scheme this has to be set against the current cost to the fund of proceedings under the Trusts of Land and ppointment of Trustees Act 1996 and Sch 1 of the Children Act 1989.

A former Bristol labourer who helped fit out landing craft for the US Navy, has spoken of his race against time to find out how he contracted the asbestos - related cancer which is set to claim his life.

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Against these elements which set the parameters for non-discrimination in relation to Indigenous property - land, culture and control - the NIC Principles (particularly principles 3, 4 and 5) are wanting.

Some posts suggest that 1 LLC to be set up to hold land and the other to hold other income producing assets but doesn't this imply that I wont be able to set off the expenses in holding land (eg property tax) against the rental income produced by the mobile home park?