(1) When communism collapsed at the end of the 1980s and the sledgehammers started to thud into the Berlin Wall, the future for laissez-faire economics was brighter than it had been since 1914.
(2) Damn them and their hands for what they are doing.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest The video, released on Thursday, showed men smashing up artefacts dating back to the seventh century BC Assyrian era, toppling statues from plinths, smashing them with a sledgehammer and breaking up a carving of a winged bull with a drill.
(3) Critics describe it as unwieldy, unfocused and unlikely to achieve its aims – a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
(4) On one occasion you broke her arm, on another you dislocated her knee with a sledgehammer.
(5) But coming down with a sledgehammer on anything that moves makes the government look more like a raging bull than a confident operator playing by the rules.
(6) After failing to stall its release altogether, the country's government has set about attacking it with its customary sledgehammer diplomacy.
(7) The former Daily Mirror crime reporter, Jeff Edwards, said at the time that Filkin’s report appeared to “have taken a sledgehammer to crack a nut”.
(8) My understanding is that more than one person, each with a sledgehammer, were involved.
(9) 12.01pm GMT Funding for flood defences were battered by "sledgehammer" cuts to Defra's budget, according to Andrew Parkes, the Labour candidate for Milton Keynes South.
(10) The sledgehammers and stilettos of a gendered society impact upon, and are wielded by, every man, woman and child.
(11) And last October, a man disguised as a construction worker took a sledgehammer to it.
(12) Despite a French military intervention that began in 2013, and the deployment of 10,000 UN peacekeepers across northern Mali, armed fundamentalists continue to be active, and Timbuktu’s mosques prime targets for their sledgehammers.
(13) Morrison said he and “the prime minister and the treasurer and others have been sending a very clear and consistent message to those who are saving for their retirement that we don’t think that Labor’s tax sledgehammer on your retirement income earnings is the right thing to do”.
(14) A technocrat who offered fine-tuning when the country wanted to take a sledgehammer to the machine.
(15) Directed energy and other weapons of the “future” As for the weaponry, Sledgehammer has used military advisors to ensure its authenticity.
(16) Conservationists described the tactic as "using a sledgehammer to crack a nut" and fear that applying the insecticide indiscriminately will kill off other insects including other species of moths and butterflies.
(17) Dave Rowntree, an FAC board member and the drummer in Blur, says Mandelson's proposals are akin to trying to "crack a nut with a sledgehammer" .
(18) One wears a flat cap, one wields a sledgehammer, one has a welder's visor.
(19) "We feel as if we have been hit with a sledgehammer," he said.
(20) If it's not Miley Cyrus licking a sledgehammer , it's Robin Thicke cavorting with naked women or Lily Allen having liposuction and getting dancers to twerk for her.
Striker
Definition:
(n.) One who, or that which, strikes; specifically, a blacksmith's helper who wields the sledge.
(n.) A harpoon; also, a harpooner.
(n.) A wencher; a lewd man.
(n.) A workman who is on a strike.
(n.) A blackmailer in politics; also, one whose political influence can be bought.
Example Sentences:
(1) 2.35pm: West Ham co-owner David Sullivan has admitted that a deal to land Miroslav Klose is unlikely to go through following the striker's star performances in South Africa.
(2) He’s been so consistent this season.” Barkley took the two late penalties because the regular taker, Romelu Lukaku, had been withdrawn at half-time with a back injury that is likely to keep the striker out of Saturday’s trip to Stoke City.
(3) The striker missed the whole 2006-07 season but returned to make 35 appearances in 2007-08.
(4) The 79-year-old also described the Liverpool striker’s four-month suspension from all football , plus nine international matches and a £65,000 fine, as a “fascist ban”.
(5) He told strikers at St Thomas’ hospital, London: “By taking action on such a miserable morning you are sending a strong message that decent men and women in the jewel of our civilisation are not prepared to be treated as second-class citizens any more.
(6) According to the striker in question, the Villa manager received more than he deserved.
(7) Despite fulfilling a boyhood wish to play for Milan when he returned to Italy, the striker admitted he erred in taking his career back to Serie A, having had a controversial spell at Internazionale before City recruited him for £17.5m in August 2010.
(8) "Hence, Ruud Geels, a striker, had a squad number of one while the goalkeeper Jan Jongbloed wore No8.
(9) Rémy has great ideas when the ball comes to him and along with Siem de Jong is going to improve an area where we definitely needed some help.” Newcastle are still in the market for an out-and-out striker and are working to find a replacement for Mathieu Debuchy before allowing Arsenal to sign the full-back.
(10) His opposite number, Roy Carroll, saved at the feet of Sinclair, the County striker Izale McLeod drove inches wide, but in the 24th minute Villa were level, Jack Grealish dancing through a series of attempted tackles before putting the ball on a plate inside the penalty area for the hugely promising Adama Traoré to thump past Carroll.
(11) However, when asked by a local journalist how a manager motivates players in a World Cup year, he did offer opinion on players, like the England striker, who find themselves potentially as a second-choice at club level.
(12) Henry had hinted during a recent interview with French newspaper L’Equipe he could be interested in a future coaching role with the Gunners, and Wenger insisted on Tuesday that Henry’s return is a certainty when asked about a reunion with the former France striker.
(13) The striker, who is Agnew’s nephew, joined Boro for £11m from Blackburn Rovers in January but Karanka has since struggled to find room for him in his preferred 4-2-3-1 formation and Rhodes has started only four of a possible eight games, scoring one goal.
(14) Strikers, Hobblers, Conchies and Reds: A Radical History of Bristol 1880-1939 (2014) As the cultural consensus in British society moved further and further to the right, it seemed that the efforts to create a wider, more democratically inclusive history from below had bitten the dust.
(15) Bruce decided another striker might now be necessary and replaced Sone Aluko with Abel Hernández, who immediately brought a save from Tom Heaton with an unconventional backheel.
(16) When, in stoppage time, the 33-year-old striker swept a first-time shot home any lingering Villa optimism was extinguished.
(17) The manager may feel that given Van Persie’s chequered injury record he requires another elite striker in Falcao.
(18) Kolo Touré: the lion-hearted loveable leader who is a triumph for tenacity | Paul Doyle Read more West Ham, who also saw a £31m bid for Lyon striker Alexandre Lacazette rejected this week, are now expected to return with an improved offer for both players.
(19) "They supported me throughout the difficult times, and though I'm not a cryer I nearly did at that moment," the striker said.
(20) From now on I will treat them as they deserve: badly, with zero humanity.” Striker Zé Love: “The president speaks his mind.” Soundest philosophy Italy: Inter striker Mauro Icardi, reportedly sacking his agent of 10 years and replacing him with wife Wanda Nara, the ex-partner of former team-mate Maxi López .