Sentences with phrase «who stands against»

John is an adventurer who stands against authority and decides to leave, to explore, to know.

Chris O'Dowd's character becomes a very important foil for the movie, the Sunday Times writer, David Walsh, who is the only man who stands against Armstrong, determined to oust him as the cheat he is.

And there is no way you can credibly claim to represent our state if you fervently back a candidate who stands against so many of the values we all share as New Yorkers.»

Clause I, section 4 of the membership section in Labour's rulebook says: «A member of the party who joins and / or supports a political organisation other than an official Labour group or other unit of the party, or supports any candidate who stands against an official Labour candidate, or publicly declares their intent to stand against a Labour candidate, shall automatically be ineligible to be or remain a party member.»

They state: «A member of the party who supports any candidate who stands against an official Labour candidate shall automatically be ineligible to be, or remain, a party member.»

This idea that anyone who stands against Labour must therefore be pro-Tory uses such obviously false logic that it is almost embarrassing to hear it and yet it is an argument you hear Labour using time and time again.

someone who stands against tradition and law, not to mention common sense.

Death is swallowed up in the victory of Christ who stands against such an insensible, dying world and, through our ambassadorship, raises it from the dead.

«Those who stand against honest debate and dialogue may think that they are protecting a beloved pastime, but their actions compromise its vibrant future,» Parkin writes.

Muslims who stand against jihad end up dead themselves....

He who stood against the intolerance of another religious establishment of another day, bent as surely as this one on stopping the free flow of religious communication.

10:11); He rained down fire from heaven and burned up the enemy soldiers who came to get Elijah (2 King 1:9 - 15); He killed 185,000 Assyrian soldiers who were attacking Jerusalem (2 Kings 19:35); He blinded the false prophet Bar - Jesus, who stood against the teaching of Paul (Acts 13:9 - 11).

He who stood against king and court in defense of religious liberty, and saw his mother spend thirteen weeks in prison for refusing to pay a church tax.

The fact is that while he had a hatred for Jews and killed them, and a hatred for Catholic Priest who stood against him and killed them too,... does it matter the «why» there were dead bodies?

But we equally believed that those who stood against us held just as sacred convictions that were the opposite of ours, and we respected them as every man with a heart must respect those who give all for their belief.

I'm grateful for those who stand against the injustices because somebody needs to, but I wasn't made for that.

He was the one who stood against Ronald Reagan at his peak with that great 1984 convention speech and who went to Notre Dame to offer a Roman Catholic's defense of abortion rights.

Trade unions in Scotland have called for Jim Murphy to step down as leader of Scottish Labour as Neil Findlay who stood against Murphy for the leadership last year with the backing of the Left and almost all trade unions announced his resignation from the shadow cabinet at Holyrood where he held the fair work, skills and training brief.

The messages, attributed to Tory candidate Dan Watkins, who stood against Sadiq Khan in Tooting at the 2015 election, refer to Mr Gani by name, and invite him to the Conservative Muslim Forum held in the constituency in November.

Elsewhere, Labour MSP Neil Findlay MSP, who stood against Mr Murphy for the leadership of the party, has resigned from the Scottish shadow cabinet.

Chairman will return # 25,000 to head off shareholder revolt over funding of five Conservatives who stood against Lib Dems

«Public housing developments should honor leaders who stood for the founding principles of equality and freedom, not those who stood against them.»

Thank you to all Ghanaians who stand against corruption.

By dint of his own natural propensity as a political leader, he weathered the storm to outshine all those who stood against him, including the already - established Dr. J.B. Danquah and the entire UGCC or the later United Party elements.

There are of course, think tanks, newspapers and vested interests who stand against us.

As a matter of fact it was Chris Heaton - Harris who stood against Timothy Kirkhope and not Daniel Hannan.

Lifelong Liberal member Mr Farron - who stood against Theresa May in the 1992 general election - beat North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb to the leadership after his party's disastrous 2015 election result.

The only good news is for Ed Balls, the combative shadow chancellor who stood against the Milibands for the Labour leadership last year, and who appears to have made more of an impact on the electorate than the two brothers.

Mr Burnham, who stood against Ed Miliband for the party leadership in 2010, claimed many voters had «decided the coalition is a failure as a government», but «what they aren't yet convinced is that we have the answers».

Bill Etheridge, who stood against Diane James for leadership, said he was disappointed at her resignation adding she was supported by MEPs.

He contested the 2010 election as an Independent (one of four MPs at the election who stood against their former parties as independents), finishing fourth but saving his deposit.

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«It's the story of creation, the gods and the man who stood against them.

In spite of how good some of these movies are, the rivals who stand against these heroes haven't been worth mentioning until now.

Students then research an individual who stood against the Holocaust and create an original comic about his or her life and activism.

Or you can just as easily snuff out any and all who stand against you.

Jacob and Evie Frye are twins who both grew up to be Assassins, members of a secret society who stand against the authoritarian Templar Order.

As the offspring of a lowly blacksmith murdered by an invading force, you take up arms in service of a real - world ruler of your choice, eventually leading an army against the heretics who stand against you.

Berserk class warrior Lü Bu destroys any who stand against him in this latest character trailer for Fate / Extella: The Umbral Star.

We would like to thank the developers of Western Australia who are working to improve the industry, and who stand against racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia and any other form of discrimination.

Not exact matches

Additionally, they noted that those who were more likely to push back against their superiors as children «also have higher levels of willingness to stand up for their own interests and aims, a characteristic that leads to more favorable individual outcomes — in our case, income.»

The exodus was led by Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier who resigned Monday from a manufacturing council, saying, «As C.E.O. of Merck and as a matter of personal conscience, I feel a responsibility to take a stand against extremism.»

Veterans Stand for Standing Rock members will meet with Standing Rock Sioux elders to determine how the potentially 3,500 veterans arriving over the weekend can aide protesters who have spent months demonstrating against plans to route the Dakota Access Pipeline beneath a lake near the tribe's reservation.

«Let's just stop doing business with those who promote sin and stand against Almighty God's laws and his standards,» Graham wrote on Facebook over the weekend, in a post that has garnered nearly 100,000 likes.

«The tide is very clearly turning on this issue, and it's thanks to the growing coalition of interns and young workers across the world who are standing against this worrying employment trend,» Hyde told Business Insider in an email.

Lance's guest list is surprisingly eclectic: musicians like Seal, Ben Harper, Tim Commerford and Ryan Bingham; boxing promoter Bob Arum; tennis legend Chris Evert; Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff... and just this week, former Green Beret Nate Boyer, who last week stood beside Colin Kaepernick as Kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem prior to a preseason game against the Chargers.

Tim Cook, who leads one of the world's largest tech companies, took a hard stand against social media last week.

Whole Foods CEO John Mackey, who aspires to using his business for a «higher purpose» than just raking in cash (though he's doing that, too), took a public stand against President Barack Obama's healthcare reforms, describing them as akin to «fascism.»

Gary Cohn, the National Economic Council director who announced his resignation on Tuesday after failing to persuade Trump against the tariffs, stood in the back of the room.

Woodley, who is known for her environmental activism, has previously joined members of North Dakota's Standing Rock Sioux Tribe to protest against the proposed construction of the $ 3.7 billion project.