(n.) A falcon (Falco sacer) native of Southern Europe and Asia, closely resembling the lanner.
(n.) The peregrine falcon.
(n.) A small piece of artillery.
Example Sentences:
(1) Photograph: Richard Saker In the meantime it is being left to dedicated people such as Carmel McConnell and Magic Breakfast, to big brands, to teaching assistants and staff across the country who are prepared to get up early enough to make sure that all of Britain's children have had enough to eat in the morning to prepare them for school.
(2) We have evaluated three quantitative colorimetric methods [bromthymol blue (BTB), Haskins, and Saker-Salomons (S-S)] for measurement of concentrations of chloroquine (CQ) in urine.
(3) Photograph: Richard Saker Among the design cognoscenti of the period, Braun products were the creme de la creme, the must-have objects.
(4) Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer Corbyn ally Emily Thornberry rejoins the shadow cabinet, replacing the pro-Trident shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle, who now moves to become shadow culture secretary.
(5) KB Jason Williamson: ‘It did my head in having to travel an hour for a pint with a friend’ Musician, Sleaford Mods , Nottingham Facebook Twitter Pinterest Jason Williamson (right) of Sleaford Mods: ‘Now that I don’t live there I much prefer it.’ Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer I’ve always viewed London as kind of unobtainable.
(6) Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer The limitations imposed by our financial strictures made themselves felt in every arena, from the poxy rates we paid our poor freelancers to the indignities of accessing our office through an “Editors’ Hallway” featuring portraits of the supremos of our landlords, the Daily Mail.
(7) Photograph: Richard Saker McConnell, who describes herself as a veteran of social protest movements of the 80s – Greenham Common and the miners' strike – decided something more serious had to be done.
(8) Photograph: Richard Saker for the Guardian Lives with her partner, a factory worker, and has grown-up children.
(9) Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer “From the conversations we have had with other community groups trying to save their pubs this [problem with ACVs] is not unique.
(10) Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer ‘Labour has just decisively lost an election trying to copy the Conservatives’ He’s the only one who actually talks about child poverty, homelessness, unaffordable housing, progressive taxation, privatisation, and other core issues in a way which resonates with my beliefs.
(11) Photograph: Richard Saker In 2011, Boyega won a British independent film award for most promising newcomer for his turn as Moses in Joe Cornish's well-received sci-fi romp Attack the Block.
(12) Photograph: Richard Saker Making a garden for Nelson Mandela will remain one of my proudest boasts.
(13) Photograph: Richard Saker It's a similar story over at Keyworth primary in Kennington, south London, another outstanding school in an area of high deprivation , which also gets support from Magic Breakfast.
(14) Photograph: Richard Saker Best known for Attack the Block , the 2011 film in which a teenage gang defends their south London block from aliens, Boyega is a 22-year-old actor and presumably a lead in the new Star Wars film.
(15) Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer Joy and Tony Watson in Eccles are also catalysts in their own community.
(16) Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer One of my personal commitments from the start was to make a home visit to every secondary pupil (our primary head did the same for the primary pupils).
(17) Photograph: Richard Saker The breakfast club at Kingsmead is run with the support of the charity Magic Breakfast , which is involved with around 200 schools' clubs around Britain, and helps supply bagels, cereals and juices as well as technical support.
(18) Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer “We’re always thinking up new ways to get a response out of people,” Watt says, sitting in the BrewDog bar in London’s Camden.
(19) The post-Corbyn manoeuvring has already begun Facebook Twitter Pinterest Dan Jarvis: ‘Labour’s Bear Grylls’ Photograph: Richard Saker for the Observer “Jeremy has a huge mandate, which we should respect.” This, or a version thereof, is the refrain of dissidents in Brighton, the formula adopted by those who are not aligned with Corbyn but are holding fire – for now, at least.
(20) Saker Nusseibeh, chief executive of Hermes Investment Management, said: “There is no fundamental reason for the market to be in this state … We think it’s because the market is dominated by people who do not invest on fundamental factors.” What's holding back the world economy?
Sawer
Definition:
(n.) One who saws; a sawyer.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sawers's views are echoed by both US and Israeli officials.
(2) Yesterday Sir John Sawers, recently retired as head of MI6, called for renewed cooperation between intelligence agencies and internet companies.
(3) In fact when Sawers called him, Hogan-Howe had not made any statement, and he apparently declined then to make "a comprehensive statement".
(4) Manningham-Buller, who was head of the domestic intelligence service between 2002 and 2007, lined up with her successor, Sir Jonathan Evans, and the former head of MI6 Sir John Sawers in support of remaining in Europe and at odds with another former MI6 chief, Sir Richard Dearlove.
(5) In the first public speech by a serving head of MI6 , Sir John Sawers made his purpose quite clear.
(6) Rusbridger also questioned the claims of Britain's security chiefs that the Guardian's revelations had undermined national security and – in the words of the head of MI6, Sir John Sawers – left al-Qaida rubbing its hands in glee.
(7) Yesterday, Sir John Sawers and Lord Evans, former heads of MI6 and MI5 respectively, wrote in a co-authored Sunday Times article that the nation’s security would be impaired by Brexit .
(8) A sketchy agenda was released a few days before the conference began, along with a participant list, from which we can assume that the head of MI6, Sir John Sawers, will lead the chat about "How special is the relationship in intelligence sharing?"
(9) Sir John Sawer, the head of MI6, for example, pointed out in an unprecedented public speech that the agencies could not afford the luxury of working only with friendly democracies.
(10) We all recall what happened to our embassy in Tehran ,” Sawers said.
(11) In vitro transcription experiments were used to provide further evidence that the gene encoding pyruvate formate-lyase (EC 2.3.1.54) from Escherichia coli is transcribed from seven promoters which cover a region of 1.2 kilobase pairs of DNA (G. Sawers and A. Böck, J.
(12) "There is a reasonable prospect next year they will probably want to do that," he added, pointing to previous speeches by public intelligence chiefs, including Jonathan Evans, director general of MI5 , and Sir John Sawers, head of MI6.
(13) Hearing impairment of various degrees was found in 83.7% of motor-sawers examined.
(14) Sawers doubted that Russia would let its allies in the Syrian government be attacked.
(15) He also disclosed the existence of a department of the Secret Intelligence Service‚ now known as MI6 but then known as section "M.I.i.c" of the War Office.7 Worst of all, Mackenzie revealed that the first head of MI6, the one-legged Captain Sir Mansfield Cumming, was referred to as C. It is a moniker that his successors, including the incumbent, Sir John Sawers, maintain.
(16) It's full of scenes like this: the head of MI6, Sir John Sawers having a cheery one-to-one with Carl-Henric Svanberg, the chairman of BP.
(17) Vibration disease was observed in 22.6% of motor-sawers, and it was suspected in 6.7%.
(18) Sir John Sawers, the former chief of the MI6, and Baroness Cathy Ashton, the former EU commissioner for foreign policy, were both awarded the top order of St Michael and St George.
(19) When Sir John Sawers, the head of MI6, appeared before the ISC at its first and only public hearing last month, he was asked whether his agency was now "beyond reproach" in such matters.
(20) Sawers made an indirect reference to the recent court case involving Binyam Mohamed , a British resident who was held in Guantánamo Bay, in which British judges ordered the government to reveal a summary of classified CIA information showing what MI5 agents knew of his treatment under interrogation.