(1) The story to me is that Disney and Lucasfilm are acting rationally, confidently and not cocky.” Poor critical reactions to the film may even end up being irrelevant to its opening figures, though Abrams’s flawless track record suggests the film is likely to be well-reviewed.
(2) His Guantánamo file, which was among a large cache of documents later passed to WikiLeaks , shows that the camp authorities quickly reached the conclusion that he had no connection with the Taliban or al-Qaida but decided against releasing him because his “timeline has not been fully established”, and because the British diplomats who had seen him at Kandahar had found him to be “cocky and evasive”.
(3) In fact, the chancellor’s cockiness may be Corbyn’s best bet.
(4) He did not exhibit any of the cockiness of youth, nor youth’s insecurities; instead, he set an example worthy of his position, wise beyond his years, in his speech, in his conduct, in his love, faith and purity.
(5) I don't think there's any arrogance or any aw shucks kind of cockiness.
(6) Hall might be a scion of one of Britain's most important theatrical dynasties (his father is Peter, his half-sister Rebecca), but the cocky irreverence of his productions showed he had every intention of making his own mark.
(7) They don't, I'm one of them and this is the quickest sport in the world to bring you back down to earth again, so there's no room for arrogance or cockiness or thinking you're any better than anyone else, because you ain't."
(8) Kimberley's self-assurance – a character trait so lauded in men– has been rebranded as smugness, cockiness and even malice.
(9) And there’s a fine line between exuding confidence and looking cocky.
(10) A meek-looking O’Reilly is then confronted by his cocky alter ego, who tells him: “What’s wrong, you can’t take it?
(11) I passed the test, and may even have felt an infantile cockiness when I started going to meetings.
(12) The prime minister, Tony Abbott, told reporters on Friday he was “confident, but not complacent or cocky” about the Liberals’ chances in the byelection.
(13) His cockiness, his kind of wit, his geopolitical discourses, his physical poise, are all instruments to this end.
(14) But then maybe it's a good thing that City fans aren't too cocky – it's not too long since we were in the doldrums."
(15) Last week the prime minister, Tony Abbott, said he was “confident, but not complacent or cocky” about the Liberals’ chances in the byelection.
(16) We were 300 young, ambitious, cocky twentysomethings, in the heart of Manhattan with a lot of money at our disposal.
(17) 'I was quite cocky back then; I thought I was supersonic.'
(18) Corden is still frowning: 'I don't think I came across as a cocky little bugger on Jonathan Ross.'
(19) Castigated for being cocky and aloof, Wilson was branded by some as an “AA meeting in cleats” and wound up being one of the most despised athletes in Dallas.
(20) By setting me up as a cocky little so-and-so he was basically giving a thumb's up to the snipers, but it backfired (eventually) on the one who shouted, to a huge laugh, "Where are your eyes?"
Crofter
Definition:
(n.) One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland.
Example Sentences:
(1) I'd like to say I tasted them first on some misty Irish moorland, or was fed them by grizzled crofters in the Scottish highlands (where they are known as tattie scones).
(2) Six were in crofters or shepherds in the north and west of Scotland, one was in a general practitioner in the Western Isles and the eighth was in a butcher in Edinburgh.
(3) "Do they genuinely believe that the crofters will capitulate if a big enough financial sweetie is dangled in front of them?
(4) Only 54 of 4334 marriages were with residents outside the parishes, and marriages with a non-farming class (clergy) were as rare (47); 1130 marriages were probably between offspring of crofters and independent farmers.
(5) Income from the windfarms would be vital for crofters and farmers, and the projects were key to keeping young people on the islands, Maciver said.
(6) The island stands to earn up to £6m a year in benefits from the wind farm, with the crofters earning £2m a year for 20 years.
(7) Neil MacLeod, a prominent crofter in the village of Tong, said it would be an "absolute tragedy" to lose the wind farm.
(8) Councillors, crofters' leaders and the developers are vigorously lobbying ministers and the European commission to save the north Lewis scheme, or at least find a compromise.
(9) The sheep the crofters left to make room for still graze the hillsides, and you might spot an otter or eagle overhead, but the area remains largely deserted of human influence.
(10) Even the £2,000 a year in rent which each crofter stands to earn from the wind farm has failed to persuade Dina Murray, a crofter and vociferous opponent.
(11) Murray said many crofters fully supported his criticisms.
(12) Dina Murray, a crofter who farms part of the moor affected, said: "I'm absolutely delighted, and I'm delighted for the people of Lewis who fought long and hard against this, on the same grounds as the wind farm has been rejected.
(13) (To précis, I fancied a different job and a move away from London, preferably away from people, perhaps to a remote crofter's cottage on Skye.
(14) Something about Mull, crofters and some women standing in a large bucket.
(15) Regular surveys of crofters and tourists find often overwhelming opposition to the scheme, Campbell added.