Sentences with phrase «since usurping»

When it launches this September, FIFA 14 will be peddling the same slick gameplay and list of features it has since usurping Pro Evolution Soccer, a few years ago.

And since evil is more interesting than good, Big Boss has since usurped leading - man status from Solid — his fall from honor was further chronicled in Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, and his pre-warlord days will take center stage in the upcoming Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

Not exact matches

Those who think Congress can easily reclaim war powers that presidents have usurped since then don't see how powerful Polk's method generally proves in a democracy.

We have elsewhere pondered the impossibility for Science to usurp the place of Theology in human life, and the malaise that men have suffered since the irresponsible attempt to supplant God by a feeble human rationalism, shot through with stupid errors.

The Pope usurp ed the earth, an earthly throne, and took up the sword, and since then everything has been going that way.»

Call it not love for love to heaven is fled Since sweating lust on earth usurp'd His name.

Dan Jones, a partner at Deloitte who compile the yearly figures, said: «Chelsea won the Premier League in 2014/15 but off - pitch have been usurped by Arsenal as the top London club in the Money League for the first time since 2009/10, swapping places between seventh and eighth position.

The Belgium international has never truly convinced since moving to Anfield from Sunderland in 2013, and after a series of high - profile gaffes and nervous showings this term, looks set to be usurped — at least according to The Sun's report.

Monreal has steadily improved since joining from Malaga in January 2013 and has usurped Kieran Gibbs as first - choice in his position.

The 24 - year - old has struggled at the Camp Nou, since making his # 48.8 million move from Valencia in the summer of 2016, but he still has so much to offer at the very highest level, and the Hammers would be making a huge statement if they managed to usurp their London rivals in the race for his signature.

However, there are accusations of conspiracy and usurping of power (also referred to as «castling» in media) by those two individuals, long - time friends since 1990 - s, which is a heavy criminal offence by Russian legislation.

High - tech gadgetry is very impressive to young doctors, and has long since, in the hearts of many, usurped the revered place once reserved for the clinical skills of history taking and physical examination.

To Americans, who have worried about being usurped by China since the National Research Council released its 2007 study, Rising Above the Gathering Storm, the Royal Society's findings are hardly news.

-- Odin has been living as a vagrant on Earth ever since Loki usurped the throne and banished him.

The effect is one of True Blood being usurped by the outside — by those who don't understand the delicate balance the town (read: series) has achieved since the introduction of vampires into the public consciousness.

Sent into exile 12 years earlier when her ambitious brother Antonio (Chris Cooper) usurped her kingdom to become the Duke of Milan, Prospera and her daughter Miranda (Felicity Jones) have lived on an enchanted island ever since, served by two slaves: the brutish Caliban (Djimon Hounsou) and his opposite number, the romantic wind sprite Ariel (Ben Whishaw).

However, since Loki secretly usurped Odin's throne at the end of Thor: The Dark World, there's no way to be sure where The Tesseract / Space Stone is now.

He plotted to usurp then throne with the outlawed White Gorilla cult who was ancient rivals of the Black Panther cult, which basically made them heretics since Panther worship is the state religion.

The love story is obscenely rote — and once the disabled discover Steve's secret and — since Jimmy (Leonard Flowers), the champion he's there to usurp, is a real, grade - A piece of work — decide to help him out anyway, the picture devolves into your basic underdog sports uplift intrigue.

That's important, since it's luxury sedans from its German rivals that Porsche is hoping to usurp with the 2017 Panamera.

Ever since the Altima came along and later usurped the Maxima's position as Nissan's Accord - fighting,...

«Usurp» had become my adversarial verb of choice ever since I had seized upon it from a History of Tudor England course to trounce my archenemy, the dean of women, in my Daily Tar Heel column.

Also, since PLEAC groups work in parallel to the justice system instead of inside it, they sometimes face resistance from legal professionals who have misgivings about someone usurping their roles.

Last spring, I bought a used Jawbone UP24, which at the time was Jawbone's high - end fitness tracker (it's since been usurped by the UP3.)

Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (R) challenged the local measure for usurping state powers since matters related to domestic relations, including child custody, are regulated at the state level.