Sentences with phrase «snooks at»

The fight doesn't go too well for the conscientious kid trying to do things the «right way» and he gets pummeled, but he remains smug in the fact that he can take the puritanical high road and can cock a snook at those who rely on external factors to win rather than doing things «the right way».

He said something about Doctor Who (sadly I don't think he was cocking a snook at Vince Cable), and something else about cleaning toilets that sounded like a joke but I'm not sure if it was a tenuous preamble to some on - message condemnation of zero - hours contracts.

Science, they might say, is a great disturber of pretence and guise, it shouts scorn and cocks a snook at the humbug and the moral cant that we see around us, and inside us, and it says to us: reality is this way, over here, in this direction.

But the town's mayor, Vladimir Krestov, who is backing the scheme, is not trying to cock a financial snook at Moscow.

Also plentiful are bonefish, snook at Monkey River and in the Placencia Lagoon, tarpon off mangrove cayes, and snapper, juvenile tarpon and machaka (a local species) in the Placencia Lagoon and at Monkey River.

Elsewhere, cocking a snook at the idea of art as commodity, Matthew Darbyshire has redesigned the fair's ticket office in lurid pink (inspired, apparently, by the interior of a certain mobile - phone store) and Gabriel Kuri has replaced the ashtrays with sculptures.

Is she cocking a snook at the American artist Paul McCarthy, whose controversial sculptures include a giant inflatable poo, perhaps?

The decision of the majority simply cocks a snook at the Council's absolute duty under the Act, which is clearly designed to protect and promote the health of ALL Victorian citizens.

In fact, the Korean giant even cocked a snook at rival Apple by showing the iPhone's inability to charge without a wire.

It would be overtaken by the Mi 3 from Xiaomi, and then by the OnePlus One... phones that cocked a snook at more expensive devices by offering similar hardware and decent devices at surprisingly lower prices.

If Pebble can continue that momentum, partnering with interesting third - parties and leveraging the under - tapped space on your wrist for glanceable information and simple controls, its stands an excellent chance of cocking a continued snook at companies many times its size.

Not exact matches

Pereira confirmed that he uses his spare time visiting shopping centres, staying at home, playing on his Playstation, watching the television and playing snooker.

This classy snooker table has got a red baize, presumably to remind of Liverpool while he's relaxing at home with fellow ex-Red Robbie Keane.

Nobody really wanted him to leave but he has basically «cocked a snook» at us all.

In what was described as a «snooker move» by the commentators, DTM driver Timo Scheider expertly managed to take out two of his rivals in one go at the Red Bull Ring, after Mercedes drivers Wickens and Wehrlein played some rather interesting tactics with the Audi driver.

He was also runner - up at the IBSF World Snooker Championships in 1985.

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Manhattan's largest development company says it was snookered into paying union workers $ 42 an hour — and a lot more for overtime — just to deliver coffee at its Hudson...

Manhattan's largest development company says it was snookered into paying union workers $ 42 an hour — and a lot more for overtime — just to deliver coffee at its Hudson Yards megaproject.

As always, chaps, feel free to vent your sweaty - palmed outrage in the comments at this snook against the ainshunt liberteez wot George Orwell wrote about.

Nick Clegg leader was in a light - hearted mood, when he spoke to the crowd at the Crucible in Sheffield just before the start of the snooker World Championship semi-finals.

But Labour's new top signing is snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan who also features - along with Ed - in a snazzy short film released by the party to coincide with O'Sullivan's appearance at the rally.

The Snooker Legends tour was created in 2009 by Jason Francis at Premier Stage Productions to stage events for retired and current snooker players to play exhibition matches once again in some of Snooker's most iconic Snooker Legends tour was created in 2009 by Jason Francis at Premier Stage Productions to stage events for retired and current snooker players to play exhibition matches once again in some of Snooker's most iconic snooker players to play exhibition matches once again in some of Snooker's most iconic Snooker's most iconic venues.

A stark, brutal, yet tender prison drama starring Jack O'Connell as a violent inmate sent to the same lock - up as his jailbird father (Ben Mendelsohn), the film's shot through with a raw energy and authenticity that's closer to «A Prophet» than to most other British films in the genre, with Mackenzie making the movie feel like he's bottled up a hurricane of tension, which at any second could kick through the screen at you and hit you with a sock full of snooker balls.

Made at the height of snooker's popularity on TV, it pits backstreet contender Billy Kid (Phil Daniels) against champion Maxwell Randall (Alun Armstrong).

Educational researcher Gerald Bracey, author of Reading Educational Research: How to Avoid Getting Statistically Snookered, writes in Stanford magazine that «NCLB aims to shrink the public sector, transfer large sums of public money to the private sector, weaken or destroy two Democratic power bases — the teachers» unions — and provide vouchers to let students attend private schools at public expense.»

A variety of revision games for your students to use during lessons or at home including; beat the clock, connect four, rapidough, pictionary and snooker.

Now I caught up with Kevin Anthony Perry at the Excellence in Professional Practice Conference — that's an annual conference held by ACER — and we actually did the interview in a snooker room, a pool room, because it was nice and quiet in there.

Snooker / Horror Graphs: fully differentiated lesson; 6 levels of worksheets, results tables and graphs; automated quiz at the start selects worksheet level for each student with hand - drawn tables and graphs to complete.

Jan snookered me there at Turn 1.

Spend your days cooling off by the swimming pool, getting a massage at our bush spa, enjoying our synthetic putting green or playing a gem of snooker.

Facilities at the Manor include a snooker room with competition - size table, a relaxing pool area, and an entertainment pavillion where you can enjoy a sundowner as the day closes, or a braai can also be arranged.

Activities include a swimming pool at the lodge along with a snooker table and big screen TV in the entertainment area.

Delegates and guests are also encouraged to unwind in the gardens replete with lake and grotto and to make full use of the snooker room, tennis courts, library with fireplace followed by a bite at one of their award winning restaurants.

There's plenty to do at Possidi Paradise, including tennis, aerobics, billiards, snooker, and even massage facilities — but if you want to rent a car and explore more of this beautiful and peaceful part of Greece, there is ample onsite parking at the hotel.

Try your hand at snook and tarpon.

The property has a range of facilities and services to enhance your stay * Free access to a fully equipped gym * Snooker room * Reading room with free daily newspapers * Book swapping service * 24 hour reception * Games to play such as chess * Bar * Restaurant * Guest laundry * Car Park * Massage, reflexology, and beauty treatments carried out by fully trained practitioners at the hotel for your convenience.

Snooker * WI - FI internet access at the lobby area * Deck - chairs and parasols at the swimming pool * Towel service * Sauna * Variety of massage treatments for face and body * Hair dresser, Cosmetic * Bicycles for rent * Doctor on call 24 hours * Internet club * Outdoor parking Luxurious elevator is laid in each residential section of the building.

Recreational facilities at Carmel include walking trails and biking trails, swimming pool, tennis, croquet, volley ball, board games, DVD library, snooker and pool tables, table tennis, jungle gym and an outdoor chess board.

Sport, games and activities: Water Park (Splash Park), water area for children and adults located in the main pool, slides, 2 fun slides located at the main pool, relaxing Premium area, 30,000 square metres of garden, hotel animation team, gymnasium, tennis court, volleyball field, seven - a-side football, 2 adult and children swimming pools, water polo, 2 Jacuzzis, indoor games such as table tennis, snooker and table football.

Ooty is an old British hill station at over 2,000 metres (once known as «snooty Ooty» and which claims the invention of snooker), the terminus of the Nilgiri railway.

• Large outdoor pool • Indoor pool (heated in winter) • Indoor and outdoor Jacuzzi • Kids paddling pool • Fully equipped fitness room - massage (at a charge), sauna & steam bath in our spa • Children's club open in Jul - Aug for children of 5 - 12 years, 6 days a week from 14:00 to 16:00 • 2 floodlit tennis courts (equipment and lights at a charge) • Table tennis • Volleyball and basketball • Billiards and Snooker table in games room (at a charge) • Scuba Diving courses and a variety of watersports are available at a charge, at the nearby beach, independent of the hotel

If the fish are not biting try your hand at a game of snooker or table tennis in Oom dup se Witgatwortel Lapa while watching your favourite sports game on the big screen televisions.

On Wednesday, they focused primarily on permit; however, Austin and Walker saw numerous snook and made the most of the opportunity hooking and landing a couple of nice snook in the 8 - 15 # range, in addition to having several shots at permit.

The Sun Island dining - room is open for breakfast 8 - 10 am, lunch 12 - 14 pm and dinner 18.00 -21.30 pm; there is a poolside bar, a Pizzeria, and La Carpa bar offering drinks with a programme of shows and animation events.Sport, games and activities: Water Park (Splash Park), water area for children and adults located in the main pool, slides, 2 fun slides located at the main pool, 30,000 square metres of garden, hotel animation team, gymnasium, tennis court, volleyball field, seven - a-side football, 2 adult and children swimming pools, water polo, 2 Jacuzzis, indoor games such as table tennis, snooker and table football.

The four games themeselves are pretty well presented, Snooker and Pool do not have the overall technical brilliance demonstrated by International Snooker, but at less than half the price is a worthwhile alternative if you were so inclined.

A collection of her work on display at Tate Britain in London as part of the Turner Prize exhibition include works made from cotton buds, marbles, snooker chalk and bicycle chains.

Shub Look at BBD - he snookers a newbie into naming a blog after one of his throwaway phrases about «physics» and the moment you ask him a tough question about the physics he tells you «then there's paleoclimate».

Look at BBD - he snookers a newbie into naming a blog after one of his throwaway phrases about «physics» and the moment you ask him a tough question about the physics he tells you «then there's paleoclimate».

English professional snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan and Dr. Craig Wright, chief scientist of blockchain research and development firm nChain Group, joined nearly 200 attendees at CoinPoint's Bitcoin Cash Party in London.