(a.) Of or pertaining to the Isle of Man, or its inhabitants; as, the Manx language.
(n.) The language of the inhabitants of the Isle of Man, a dialect of the Celtic.
Example Sentences:
(1) Mark Cavendish, the flash "Manx Missile", who has won 25 stages of the Tour de France, thanks his "sprint train" with expensive watches and designer clobber when they lead him out to victory.
(2) On the one hand, the desire to preserve languages and their cultural heritage is a highly commendable endeavour — it is the reason why languages such as Manx, Livonian and Cornish have been brought back from the brink of extinction.
(3) In the Manx shearwater, it is found that this novel area projects visually into the binocular field below the bill.
(4) The retinal ganglion cells in five species (Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, Kerguelen petrel, Pterodroma brevirostris, great shearwater, Puffinus gravis, broad-billed prion, Pachyptila vittata, and common diving petrel, Pelecanoides urinatrix) were examined by Nissl staining and also by silver staining in the case of the common diving petrel.
(5) The Manx shearwater, Puffinus puffinus, is a pelagic sea bird which feeds from the surface of the sea and by shallow surface and plunge dives.
(6) Cook, who was born in Dorchester, will now fight in the European and world championships under a Manx flag, after he followed through on his promise to switch his allegiance unless the GB Taekwondo selectors responsible for his omission resigned.
(7) A progressive, apparently inherited corneal dystrophy is described in an inbred line of Manx cats.
(8) During studies on the etiology of puffinosis, a disease of the Manx shearwater, 1 to 4% of full-grown birds were found to have dry, non-pigmented lesions on the webs of the feet.
(9) Manx of these infants has additionally dermatological symptoms and some respiratory symptoms.
(10) Decreased serum and CSF chloride concentrations were documented in a 5-year-old Manx cat referred for evaluation of anorexia.
(11) This summer the Manx cyclists Mark Cavendish and Pete Kennaugh represented Team GB in London.
(12) The roads of Yorkshire are still marked with graffiti urging on the Brit favourite, Mark “Cav” Cavendish – a poignant reminder that the Manx sprinter didn’t even make it to stage two after crashing at the first finish in Harrogate.
(13) Verbs tend to ascribe benign agency to the parts of a dead animal, as with the announcement by the waiter at L'Enclume who, in Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon's TV series The Trip , introduces a dish thus: "You've got some little manx queenies which are baby queen scallops.
(14) Are Manx, Jersey and Guernsey coins legal tender in the UK?
(15) News of the chancellor's tax grab on the Isle of Man was read out by the island's chief minister, Tony Brown, in front of a sombre Tynwald, the Manx parliament.
(16) Scotland data are similar to Cumbrian and Manx results and dissimilar to the Irish data.
(17) The mononuclear retinal field of the Manx shearwater eye is 148 degrees wide and is asymmetric with respect to the optic axis.
(18) In Manx shearwater eyes, the ratio of focal length:axial length and the ratio of lens refractive power:corneal refractive power may be correlated with a nocturnal life style.
(19) The Manx population has higher Esterase D 2 gene frequencies than neighbouring populations.
(20) Saliva specimens were collected from 163 Manx and 994 Cumbrian individuals and tested for secretor group.
Retribution
Definition:
(n.) The act of retributing; repayment.
(n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong.
(n.) Specifically, reward and punishment, as distributed at the general judgment.
Example Sentences:
(1) But people have also faced retribution even far from Chen's home.
(2) Photograph: Owen Gibson Yet for those who challenge authority through their words or actions, retribution is swift.
(3) There are already calls for large protests in Egypt this week demanding fair trials and retribution, as well as measures to purge former regime officials from political and economic life.
(4) • New York 's Jonathan Chait declares Christie all but finished: "The e-mails prove that Christie’s loyalists closed the bridge deliberately as political retribution, not as a 'traffic study' as claimed.
(5) 9.51pm BST And now, we prepare for retribution: David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) No Senator who heeledtoday on the NRA's command should have the gall to issue mournful statements the next time gun violence strikes.
(6) When it also became clear that Gaddafi had secretly been developing nuclear and chemical weapons, retribution was swift.
(7) The four did not want to give their full names for fear of retribution.
(8) Meanwhile the Police Federation's attempts to extract retribution for the disputed p-word, in the form of Andrew Mitchell's sacking, have been roundly slagged off by former Labour minister Chris Mullin , who last week described the organisation as "a bully", "a bunch of headbangers" and "a mighty vested interest that has seen off just about all attempts to reform the least reformed part of the public service".
(9) "We owe it to them to make sure that where they are under real threat of retribution or intimidation, we look after them."
(10) The opposition had warned, with each stage of the “normalization” – the release on both sides of political prisoners; a deal to allow telecom companies to strengthen the internet on the island and for US banks to do business there; a US agreement to expand remittances and ease travel restrictions – that too many opponents of the Castro regime remain in prisons, or remain sentenced to silence under threat of retribution.
(11) Tyson Fury has no fear of retribution – he will say and do as he pleases | Kevin Mitchell Read more Every Saturday night, crowds of men from our rundown housing estate would get tanked up and go to watch those from an even lower pecking order than themselves inflict pain and humiliation on each other, while the spectators egged them on.
(12) The stated desire to avenge the massacre has also given rise to fears by locals from Tikrit that the militias may carry out retributive killings or summary executions.
(13) He is finding scapegoats for the scapegoated and demands retribution for their suffering.
(14) Clegg said he hoped it would "not be conducted in a mood or spirit of retribution".
(15) The attacks were “to avenge the bloodshed and to seek retribution from the killers”, a spokesman said.
(16) And indeed, why in such a scenario confine America's retribution to the Taliban?
(17) This hauteur helped her navigate the gay story: she was simply too good for that, and she was powerful enough in her younger years to be able to threaten retribution.
(18) On Saturday, workers voted in favor of including civil disobedience in their efforts to reach a $15-per-hour minimum wage and the right to form a union without fear of retribution from employers.
(19) The retribution was swift and decisive, with Blatter talking about "angels and devils".
(20) Finally, we propose a model that may be useful for lessening the conflict between retributive and utilitarian perspectives.