Sentences with phrase «used as ammunition»

This only works, however, if people are open to exploring their own and others» understanding, using theoretical lenses in the process; it doesn't work when theory is used as ammunition.

Andrew Taggart, partner at Herbert Smith Freehills, says: «Employers should take action now to prepare for the changes required by the regulations and be aware that pay information may be used as ammunition for equal pay claims.

its used as ammunition as proof that the science is not settled.

But the obstacle is the real existing political economy of capitalism, and not the alleged technical problems cited by Cox, which are misleadingly used as ammunition against the feasibility of the imperative need to facilitate a rapid 100 % global renewable wind / solar energy transition.

He has certainly had no problem getting them published, although their subject matter can't be called skeptical in a strict sense (but have been used as ammunition by skeptics).

These include apples, which are collected and used as ammunition to throw at enemies; gems, to be used as currency to purchase stuff from shopkeepers, like extra lives or «wishes» (continues); Genie tokens, to allow you to play a slot bonus round; and Abu tokens, to unlock another special stage starring Abu the monkey, where you need to dodge falling pots.

To help out, the limited edition will also come with additional bullets (used as ammunition and as currency in the game's world) and a modified rifle, the AKS - 74U.

BB pellets The pellets used as ammunition in BB guns.

As a so called ex Arsenal legend, naively Merson doesn't seem to recognise the gravitas his words are held in and used as ammunition by those who support rival clubs.

Further, the Spaniard was a little short in his post-match press conference and somewhat sarcastic at times, and it appears as though Mourinho has used it as ammunition to have a dig.

These securities are used as ammunition for potential cheap deals in the near term.

even after the whole debacle was cleared up — you're still trying to use it as ammunition (for what?)

Maybe Dorsey is asking for too much but if Ireland gains picks by trading back, he can then use those as ammunition to pull the trigger on the Albert trade without losing any picks.

I don't get why people do it, but we're going to use that as ammunition to come together.»

As a result, aside from some who will use this as ammunition against Guardiola for splashing out in order to get City to the position they're currently in, it could perhaps also form part of the argument that the gulf in the Premier League comes down to the big clubs making the most of their financial muscle and causing a disparity with the rest of the league.

As for the Labour leader's performance, he's had two weeks of «good but should have done better» with everything from ministerial resignations to mass backbench revolts to use as ammunition.

When you garner one review, or one great blurb, your publicist can use it as ammunition when pitching the next outlet.

For many young Master System owners, Ys: The Vanished Omens was one of the games, along with Phantasy Star, they could use as ammunition on school playgrounds against those pesky NintenDorks.

Conservative media outlets have seized on the Daily Mail story, using it as ammunition in their fight against climate science.

To some random political asshole who will merely use it as ammunition?

I guess I'd add that this is understandable, given that the denier camp really doesn't have much actual science to use as ammunition or to build their arguments on, and thus they tend to wage their campaign by cherrypicking data, or seeking to attack narrow and often out - of - context passages found in scientific papers or in simplified postings about those papers found on sites like Skeptical Science.

Not exact matches

Critics were quick to use that story as ammunition against the affable politician.

If you don't know what it means to be a «practicing homosexual», then why would you use the term as ammunition for your cause?

I would never vote for any candidate that attempts to use the ideals of true religions as political ammunition.

Third, I am not interested in giving you ammunition to a) gossip to others about and b) use as psychological blackmail against me.

Using select verses of the Scripture as slingshot ammunition in vain attempts to ridicule believers is juvenile.

They're desperate to find something to use as justification for their own condemnation of this and that from fiery pulpits — but so far, Francis stubbornly refuses to give them that kind of ammunition.

He describes some of the information at hand as «ammunition» that can be confidentially used to the group's advantage, and says he will provide internal information stripped of his department's logo.

Piers Morgan is leading the #WengerOut brigade at present, and is calling for the boss to quit from his role, using any excuse as ammunition.

He's still capable of greatness, but he'll also be 32, and while Boras tries to sell him as not having used all his bullets in his younger years, it's possible Arrieta was never carrying that much ammunition to begin with.

Celtic used that reaction and Murty's quotes as perfect ammunition to troll Rangers post-match, with the club tweeting: «Be careful what you wish for... * winking emoji *

American obstetrics is so profit orientated that it is willing to use misquoted newspaper articles as ammunition and pretend that 277 women don't die in the US annually from cesarean surgery at planned hospital births.

In the meantime, some on the Left are having fun with Para Bellum's name, which as Gawker noted today, the new tech venture shares with 9 mm ammunition designed for the German Luger pistol often used by Nazis in war movies.

No mass shooting has used a grenade launcher or a rocket launcher, as the ammunition is not generally available.

Storm clouds are gathering for another big battle in countryside politics, as conservationists prepare to take on shooting sports over the use of lead ammunition.

«Even as crime has declined significantly in the city over the past several years, large capacity ammunition magazines are still being used by violent street gangs,» the LAPD chief said.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is taking a beating from fellow Democrats and left - leaning entities like the Working Families Party for agreeing to suspend the creation of a database to be used for ammunition sale background checks — a provision of the controversial gun control law known as the SAFE Act.

I have a gun and ammunition (as I live alone in the boondocks), but don't ever intend to use it.

According to the Police, Moro Sata had confessed that he gets his supplies from Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso and Niger and uses Ghana as a transit point to transport the ammunition to conflict areas across the sub-region.

Buhari who spoke at the State House in Abuja Wednesday night while hosting members of the House of Representatives to a dinner said «Unfortunately for us as a people, we uncovered that billions of naira and hundreds of millions of dollars were expended by the previous government to acquire good equipment and ammunition for the military to use.

The glitzy Hamptons backdrop — which Democrats like former President Bill Clinton mined with great success — is being used this time around as ammunition for the Democratic attack that Romney is a 1 % - er, who can't relate to the struggling middle class.

They used recently decided cases in other federal trials, as well as the U.S. Constitution, as ammunition.

«Northern California still has viable habitat for free - flying California Condors, and these results suggest it is possible to succeed in this region, particularly as a broader switch from lead to non-lead ammunition use is realized,» adds to Kelly Sorenson, Executive Director of the Ventana Wildlife Society and an expert on condor recovery who was not involved in the study.

There is a scene where Robinson coaches Scott, Cyrano - style, on wooing Rachel, using the lyrics to «Sexual Healing» as his ammunition.

I am holding you responsible for the 9 - year - old student who came to school with hardly any sleep after witnessing his mother administer Narcan to save his father's life, only to then take a three - hour test and I am holding you responsible for the autistic child whose parents opted him out of the test but the school counseled him back into... I hold you responsible for not passing legislation that allows for a public - school TEACHER to serve on the Board of EDUCATION, yet the chair of this Board, Paul Sagan can contribute $ 600,000 to a campaign that sought to charterize, segregate, and create a two - tiered system of privilege using high - stake test scores as the ammunition.»

She used the life of a child who may be in need of real help as ammunition against a negative media report.

Both math and reading scores declined for first time since the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) took its current form in 1998, according to data released by the National Assessment Governing Board on Wednesday, and Common Core watchers say the many critics of the standards could use the dip as ammunition in their war against the Common Core.

In this war, Hachette is using its authors as emotional ammunition.

Today Labradors are used as sniffer dogs and are trained to detect firearms, ammunition, explosives, chemical precursors and narcotics.

Airedale Terriers were used throughout World War I as messengers, sentries, carriers of food and ammunition, scouts, ambulance dogs, ratters, Red Cross casualty dogs, sled dogs, and guard dogs.