Sentences with phrase «than a glancing blow»
Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron would have done exactly the same thing as Theresa May: Look a bit embarrassed, soak up the anger about being America's poodle, then issue the most anaemic, mealy - mouthed coded criticism that lands no more than a glancing blow.
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The practice of law, however, has been largely shielded by technological developments over the past 50 years, suffering little more than glancing blows.
Not exact matches
«Haiti's population is about half that of New York City's metro area, yet even a glancing blow from Sandy carried a higher death toll in the Caribbean nation than did the direct hit on the Big Apple,» Kenny wrote.
The temperature controls took more than just a glance to make sure I wasn't going to blow hot air, and the seat warmers on low registered nary a BTU according to my back - side thermometer.