Sentences with phrase «window dressings on»

From this perspective, Protestantism and Catholicism amount to mere window dressing on the American abyss» a criticism that would be sharply offensive were it not sometimes true.

And so, after seeing successive governments window dress on measures to tackle inequality, Walker agreed to lead the WEP, set up by comedian and writer Sandi Toksvig and journalist Catherine Mayer in March of last year.

Yes, Grimlock and the Combaticons are new, but for all practical purposes they're just multimedia window dressing on an otherwise evolutionary, not revolutionary, title.

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Here's the thing, though: The moment you stop trying to figure out what's what and who's who, the movie becomes easy to follow, because all the fancy names and references are just window dressing on a plot so simple it could pass for a children's book.

These things are mere window dressing on a conventional true - life drama, a film that only comes to life when it touches on the personality behind the struggle or when it allows Redmayne to take over the screen.

Many educators in Massachusetts and elsewhere, however, have said that while the content of the new Common Core tests may demand more of their students, the technology enhancements are often just window dressing on items that could as easily follow a simpler multiple - choice format.

We've put fancy window dressing on the latter, with rhetoric about «career pathways» that will lead non-college-bound students into good jobs.

Not exact matches

Shares in national window dressings company Kresta Holdings have soared more than 20 per cent after raising its profit forecast on the back of an improved trading period in the second half of 2009.

The worlds of Formula One, cycling, and darts have a long tradition of using pretty, scantily - clad women as window - dressing on the sidelines and podiums.

White House officials tout the appointment of US Attorney John Huber as basically a second special counsel on the FBI investigation but some conservative critics say his appointment is nothing more than window - dressing, the Hill reports.

They consistently emphasize and over index on people's titles and credentials and forget that -; unless you're only concerned with window dressing and PR -; the object of the board - building exercise is to get some regular help, a sympathetic ear or two, and some people on your team who've been there before, who will tell you the truth when necessary, and who share your vision for the business.

Susan Fowler, the former Uber engineer whose blog post sparked the firestorm over the company's culture, suggested on Twitter on Tuesday that the recommendations were largely window dressing.

Notably, absent some window dressing, the new plan doesn't provide much detail on how the tax cuts will be paid for and who exactly will benefit.

Crickets are chirpin'the water is high There's a soft cotton dress on the line hangin» dry Window wide open African trees Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze Not a word of goodbye not even a note She gone with the man in the long black coat.

On the other side of the glass window, young girls were sitting on benches with matching red dresses, trying to escape their reality by watching children's cartoons on small television setOn the other side of the glass window, young girls were sitting on benches with matching red dresses, trying to escape their reality by watching children's cartoons on small television seton benches with matching red dresses, trying to escape their reality by watching children's cartoons on small television seton small television sets.

``... very strong politically correct and left - wing revisionist history attitude or tone that's also Anti-American (especially a vague charge against «U.S. foreign policy»), and strong anti-capitalist elements... blasphemy, implied urinating, vomiting, scatological humor, and comments on breast feeding and sexual parts of people's bodies; light brief violence includes beating on car window and trying to damage car, man comically shoves people off a stage, man burns books; sexual content includes homosexual references, implied adultery with a pregnancy out of wedlock, talk about a priest raping boy in the past, a giant condom balloon placed on church steeple, references to real condoms, implied fornication; upper male nudity, man wears a dress; alcohol use and drunkenness; smoking and marijuana use depicted, including eating marijuana brownies; and, strong miscellaneous immorality includes lying, stealing, revenge, rebellion, dysfunctional family portrayed, father is a pothead and a drinker and lives in a trailer»

The gay establishment has always taken «L.G.B.T.» to mean «gay, with lesbian in parentheses, throw out the bisexuals, and put trans on for a little bit of window dressing.»

But a U.S. - based victims» group, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, dismissed the event as «window dressing» on Monday.

Go into the parking lot on any given day and you will see: College students lugging heavy cases of bottled water, men in wife - beaters with their brown left arms hanging out the windows of their souped - up pick - up trucks, women in cotton dresses driving a team of horses to the hitching rail (yes, our Wal - Mart has a hitching rail).

I turned on some music, put on my favorite comfy dress, opened the windows for Ivy cat, and made muffins all day long.

Funy enough last season we needed striker to win d league bt we forfit it in other for giroud to mk it to d world cup ok since ds window we stil hv not dress d isue, we got fabrigas in a plata of gold wat happen we stil forfit it cuz it wil hender ramsey nd wilshere progression, We hav campbel bt we decide to go wit our super star striker from france should i go on same tin wit squallci over cahil

On Sunday night Marc - Andre Fleury remained red - hot, Jonathan Quick let in a soft goal that seemed like window dressing at the time, but proved to be the game - winner and the Golden Knights clamped down in the final moments to win a third - straight one - goal game.

So saying the Niners are more than one player away therefore pass on Beckham is a facade, window dressing.

He is failing in all aspects of his job, on the field, In the transfer windows and even in the dressing room.

For more tips on dressing your nursery windows, check out this helpful list of window dos and don'ts.

Years after I moved out, my bridesmaids and I stood in my old bedroom in front of an air conditioner in the no - longer - new - window, lifting our dresses to the cool breeze on that scorching July day.

It'd be nice if there were blinds on the windows and my obtrusive desk were out of there, but this baby will not notice or care about the cute pictures on the wall or the neatly organized dresser drawers.

We also know people who aren't necessarily going to score high on IQ tests but have all of these other skills — and they're not just window dressing, they're important in getting tasks done.

On the specific issue of «window dressing», the increased role of women in New Labour seems to me correlated not with some kind of feminist victory within what's left of the historical Labour Party (that, I think, is a myth unfortunately) but rather with the growth of «affective labour» in the workplace.

Martins calls Curran's plan «window dressing» and argues it would «just rearrange the chairs on the Titanic.»

After being snubbed for a promotion, Caroline Flint, the Europe Minister, delivered the most personal attack yet on the beleaguered Prime Minister, accusing him of using her as «female window dressing» and of operating a «two - tier Government».

Cohen called the Senator's currently planned hearings «window dressing» and an «attempt to cover up a scandal that occurred on her watch as Education chair.»

My mom found her wedding dress for $ 30 in a store window a few days before her wedding, but I also know people who spent thousands of dollars on their dresses and looked beautiful and gained from that purchase a value that seemed, to them, to justify it, the grand marker of a grand event.

I saw this easy breezy high low dress in the store window... and it was on SALE!!!

That window pane dress is so beautiful on you!!

Love this fun dress on you with the large window - pane print.

I'm always on the hunt for a grid or window pane prints like that dress.....

Window pane is still big this winter and i found a new love for the drop waist this year so i am crushing on this flippy dress.

Funny how just yesterday evening I was outside the D&G store looking at their window display and they actually had 4 of the dresses in the ad on display.

Finally, dress your windows with sheer cream - colored curtains that let in lots of natural light for the finishing touch on an arrangement that your friends will surely fall for.

It doesn't matter how much I overload my wishlists with jackets and midi dresses for spring and summer, the weather outside my office window, on a Sunday morning speaks otherwise.

Sweet bedroom features a white nailhead headboard on king bed dressed in white and blue bedding and blue ikat pillows along with a bench with a slatted shelf placed at the foot of the bench flanked by white bone inlay nightstands illuminated by polished nickel swing - arm sconces placed in front of windows covered in plantation shutters.

You did a fantastic job on dressing the windows with the soft muslin and ruffles.

Breakfast Tray Pedestal vase Similar bed Similar Chaise Similar side table Similar settee Chandelier Similar nightstand Similar dresser Similar botanical art Round mirror Window panels Rug Wall sconces Lamps Euro sham Standard sham Duvet cover Coverlet Pillow cases Pillow cases crocheted edge Similar light gray velvet pillows Euro on settee

I saw this dress in the window and knew I wanted it instantly, and after trying it on I knew I needed it!

I saw this dress in the window at Red Pony, and I had to try it on right away.

Clad in black and white hexagon floor tiles, this modern black and white bathroom boasts a white washstand contrasted with oil rubbed bronze knobs an da charcoal gray quartz countertop fixed beneath a curved brass vanity mirror mounted on white square wall tiles beneath an oil rubbed bronze and glass sconce fixed beside a window dressed in a white shade.

A mirrored geometric stools its on staggered marble floor tiles beside a freestanding roll top bathtub accented with a polished nickel floor mount tub filler fixed in front of a window dressed in white pleated curtains complementing light gray wall paint.

Gray and white bathroom features a Waterworks Empire Freestanding Tub paired with an antique polished nickel tub filler and placed on white marble mosaic floor tiles beneath a window dressed in sheer white pinch pleat curtains.