Sentences with phrase «stands as a threat»

Death stands as a threat to man's life.

I do not know how far that has been appropriated by Chinese Christians, but it stands as a threat to the healthier potentialities of traditional Chinese culture.

That mission, assigned to her by the government, is to track down Durand Durand (yes, the 1980s hit - making English band Duran Duran took their name from this film), a young inventor of the Positronic Ray, a powerful weapon that stands as a threat to the otherwise pacified planet.

Not exact matches

But had Sony stuck to its guns and released the movie as planned, it would have made a strong statement about standing up for freedom instead of giving in to fear and threats as Ben Franklin once wrote, «Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.»

As it stands, Musk faces the same risk that Uber's chief did: staying on the council may pose a threat to his bottom line.

So many jammed the hall that they stood shoulder - to - shoulder as Ford reiterated his threat to fire Hydro One's Schmidt.

FF, I agree that the extinction theory is pretty far out, but as I'm looking at the situation from a purely biological stand point, if we were to translate this same behavior to most other animal groups, same sex proliferation could be a threat to their survival.

But on the big issues they care about, Putin stands up to powerful forces they see as threats.

I don't need some security blanket, or some threat of some fiery pit to live as a stand up guy.

Gnosis, like magic, stands as the great threat to dialogical life and to the turning to God.

It appears that, subsequent to the popular protest and action which freed the government from domination by Samuel, the priesthood were never again a threat to secular power as long as the kingdoms stood.

They then had to deal with the possibility of being attacked by carnivores, and they came to deal with this threat by running away rather than by standing on their hind legs and trying to fight off the attack with their front feet, as giraffes do, for instance.

This theological tradition was able to portray a striking and even heroic faith, a sort of holding on by the fingernails to the cliff of faith, a standing terrified before the enemy - God, present to man as terror or threat, comforting only in that he kept us from the worse terrors of life without him.

But as we survey the world situation today, the general feeling is that along with many benefits, many of the promises of technology stand betrayed and there is evidence of a lot of technology having become instruments of exploitation of peoples, destruction of cultures and dehumanization of persons and pose threat of destruction not only to the whole humanity through nuclear war but also to the whole community of life on the earth through the destruction of its ecological basis.

The essential plot elements of Inherit the Wind — the lonely stand of the brave individualist against the small - minded bigotry of the townspeople, Cates» fear and trembling as he waits in his prison cell, the threat of ruin hanging over his head («The Scopes character and his fiancee play each scene as if he were on the way to the electric chair,» wrote one film reviewer)-- are pure fabrication.

As it stands now, however, it forms the climax and summary of a section constructed so as to illustrate simply and effectively God's conquest of the fundamental threats to Israel's existence in her first independently drawn breaths, immediately following her hazardous birth out of EgypAs it stands now, however, it forms the climax and summary of a section constructed so as to illustrate simply and effectively God's conquest of the fundamental threats to Israel's existence in her first independently drawn breaths, immediately following her hazardous birth out of Egypas to illustrate simply and effectively God's conquest of the fundamental threats to Israel's existence in her first independently drawn breaths, immediately following her hazardous birth out of Egypt.

Of all the threats facing our oceans — from pollution from shipping to agricultural run - off and fishmeal production — one stands out as the worst.

As it stands I would argue Cazorla would provide more of a threat at CAM than Ozil does.

Even at.500 they are still in the League's top half of the Standings and as we enter the Regular Season's final third they are a threat to crash a top seed come April..

Al - Hussein emerged as the only threat to Blatter for Friday's presidential race where he picked up 73 votes and he is likely to stand again for the position as head of FIFA.

But two thousand British soldiers remain on duty there because of a long - standing threat from Guatemala, which until recently claimed Belize as part of its territory.

People cant just stand there and launch punches and kicks as they please because of the takedown threat.

I think it all depends on how it's handled, if cech has his heart set on Arsenal then maureen won't stand in his way, but I do think we'll have to pay a bit more than other clubs would as it is becoming clear that we are a real threat, last season we had fantastic first half and this season it's looking to be great 2nd half so next season it's all on us.

Yannick Bolasie was the stand - out player for the visitors as he was a constant threat down the right flank and so he scores highly with us in our player ratings below.

As we all pined for over the summer, a player with the combined attributes of those two is exactly what the team needed, but as it stands, we have a quick player that likes to get in - behind and offers us no true threat in the build up or aerially, and then on the other side we have a strong player with back to the goal and in the air that offers us no true vertical threat in behinAs we all pined for over the summer, a player with the combined attributes of those two is exactly what the team needed, but as it stands, we have a quick player that likes to get in - behind and offers us no true threat in the build up or aerially, and then on the other side we have a strong player with back to the goal and in the air that offers us no true vertical threat in behinas it stands, we have a quick player that likes to get in - behind and offers us no true threat in the build up or aerially, and then on the other side we have a strong player with back to the goal and in the air that offers us no true vertical threat in behind.

«He was yelling about how Iraq should not be embarrassed by its athletes,» recalls Latif Yahia, employed for nearly five years as Uday's body double — he would stand in for Uday on occasions that were deemed a security threat — and one of his closest associates to have escaped to the West.

That result also puts Liverpool's current third place standing under threat as Tottenham Hotspur have now equaled The Reds» points, following Spurs» 2 - 1 victory over Stoke City.

Prior to the arrival on the scene of Roman Abramovich and Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al Nahyan, Wenger's ability to manage, spot talent and build great teams without breaking the bank saw him become the most direct threat to Sir Alex Ferguson's standing as the greatest manager in the game.

As a result, the east London side are now under serious threat of finishing in the bottom half of the Premier League - a far cry from when they sat fourth in the standings.

The MEN continue: «The FA have conformed the game will go ahead but as a much more sombre occasion as football stands together against the terrorist threat.

Six goals in twenty Premier League appearances may not make Deeney stand out as a player that the Gunners must bring in this month, but the goals tally is a disservice to the considerable threat he has caused to Premier League defences this season.

As a result, the Blues are positioned fourth in the standings, three points ahead of Tottenham Hotspur, who are likely to pose a threat to their Champions League spot.

Peter Davies, a former RE teacher, had stood on an English Democrats ticket with a threat to cut funding to the town's Gay Pride event as part of his pledge to fight political correctness.

Avella said he has stood beside postal workers in his community, advocating for the survival of borough post offices as they worry over relocation and closure threats.

Despite Ghana's standing as a beacon of democracy on the African continent, the country's decision not to succumb to advocacy for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights, has been questioned by some sections of the international community and even met by indirect threats.

She suggested the threats and abuse were evidence that Britain First should be listed as a «terrorist organisation» and banned from standing in democratic elections.

This is a time when some «see science as a threat either to their profit margins or their beliefs can not stand up against the momentum,» Biden said, urging scientists to defend the advances made by the scientific enterprise.

And while they may not pose the same global threats as those in Greenland and Antarctica, which hold great potential to affect global sea levels in the future, there are still many human communities in their wake that stand to suffer from their loss.

The illegal bushmeat trade stands out as the most severe and prevalent threat facing lions and many other wildlife species in Africa's protected areas.

These weren't minor issues at an out - of - sight suburban campus; the committee saw the problems they uncovered as a direct threat to Harvard's standing.

The chance of the Academy being dissolved became a political threat in 1948 when the Hungarian Workers» Party, which wanted «to establish the uppermost directing organ of Hungarian science», had stood up the Hungarian Scientific Council, an organ of government, a ministry of science as against the Academy dragging on a yearly 100 000 forint state subsidy.

Although African maize is infected by several virus species from at least six different families, there are two that stand out as the greatest threat to African food security: these are Maize streak virus [MSV]; family Geminiviridae, a virus species with an extremely small single - stranded DNA genome that was first discovered infecting African maize over a century ago; and Maize rough dwarf virus [MRDV], family Reoviridae, a virus species with a complex double - stranded RNA genome that until recently was thought to occur only in Europe and Asia.

Whatever happened, the end product can only be described as Red Dawn for the undiscriminating conspiracy theorist: The barely - visible humanoid aliens stand in for the Commies, Islamists, Big Government, or whatever monolithic threat that's currently terrifying you, a small band of ultra-patriotic can - do jarheads all that stands in their way.

Plame is a compelling character, portrayed as a woman who stands strong against political pressure and refuses to succumb to threats.

As the Nazi forces roll across Western Europe and the threat of invasion of the UK, Churchill must resist attempts by his own political party and an initially sceptical King George VI, to stand firm against the dangers facing his country and not buckle to the Nazis.

Ten years after Elba cancelled the apocalypse, the concern of a potential beast from the deep reprise warrants the deployment of drone jaegers to stand as the world's line of defence against any potential threat.

Finally, standing eye to eye as a threat to Huppert, Bening and perhaps even Adams is Ruth Negga in Loving, who was shut out of the SAG nominations but recognized by the Golden Globes and Critics Choice.

You platy as John Marston, a former outlaw who's compelled in 1911 by the federal government — under threat to his family — to visit New Austin (a Texas stand - in) to track down and kill former criminal mate Bill Williamson.

Yet her words of wisdom could almost stand as a mission statement for the film itself, which firmly sets out to be an even kinder and politer affair than its predecessor: a film that, for all its sweetness, still managed to spawn a «creepy Paddington» meme, while the BBFC forewarned consumers of its «dangerous behaviour, mild threat and innuendo».

Loudmouth Deanzie stands as a very real threat to upstanding behavior, though, and anyone caught in his whirlwind stands to lose.