With their eyes fixed firmly on the goal, driving flashy cars and wearing brand-new clothes dropped in importance.
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They, directed by their political leaders, had their eyes fixed firmly on the prize of that swing Supreme Court seat.
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Having until recently competed to own a share of that all-important platform battleground, Microsoft now has its gaze fixed firmly on the future.
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In a fast-paced game such as a first-person shooter, however, I find my focus is fixed firmly on the middle of the screen.
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The Crawling Priests had bloody knees and hoarse voices from shouting doom upon the falconers' craft, but they kept their eyes fixed firmly on the dirt.
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Seated with their elbows on the table and woolen hats fixed firmly to their heads, the fishermen talk loudly and give the impression that they haven't yet debarked their boats.
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Instead of gazing at the stars like Vektor, at the polls like Iron Reagan, or towards the bar like Bat, this young quartet's eyes are fixed firmly on the glorious, bloody past.
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As Rachel Ungaro, the vice president of fashion merchandising and design development for QVC said, "she transcends the decades": fixed firmly in home viewers' imaginations as paradoxically tough and alluring but approachable.
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But as 2015 drew to a close, and the world's attention was fixed firmly on Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, the Gambia announced that it, too, was henceforth an Islamic state.
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"OPEC seems more like a magician who is keeping the audience's attention fixed firmly on his hands (its production policy) while the actual trick takes place elsewhere (non-OPEC supply)," said Carsten Fritsch, oil analyst with Commerzbank.
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The second seed began the tournament ranting and raving, scraping through back-to-back five-setters, but he has been a model of efficiency since and has his eyes fixed firmly on a first title at Roland Garros.
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PARIS (Reuters) - A dominant Rafa Nada reached one career milestone on Thursday but the nature of the Spaniard's passage through the early rounds of the French Open suggests his eyes are fixed firmly on another more significant landmark.
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Bhavsar's subject is the fullness of being, which mixes meanings at their most elusive with incontestable facts — one of which is that, literally speaking, his paintings are stable fields of dry pigment, layered and fixed firmly to the canvas.
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Eyes fixed firmly on one of the 'paparazzi' I realized with horror that I was getting a bit addicted to this whole runway malarkey when I expressed disappointment at my non-model pose displayed for all to see on the digital screen by the exit.
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With all eyes fixed firmly on the fissures Donald TrumpDonald John TrumpPossible GOP challenger says Trump doesn't doesn't deserve reelection, but would vote for him over Democrat O'Rourke: Trump driving global, U.S. economy into recession Manchin: Trump has 'golden opportunity' on gun reforms MORE is creating in the GOP, the deep divisions among congressional Republicans are going largely unnoticed.
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But semiotically, those struggling back on Earth look at the tech industry, the only part of our society that actually seems to work effectively in this era of kleptocratic governments, slowly withering media, loss of faith in religion, and failing dinosaur businesses; and they see its leaders' eyes fixed firmly on space exploration, or artificial intelligence, or life extension, while all but ignoring the day-to-day struggles of anyone not part of the 20% of the population that is slowly separating itself — economically, culturally, and geographically — from the massed 80% of the precariat.
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Meanwhile, the stranded ship remained fixed firmly in the grip of the rocks. Ledbetter, Miller, and Locke all agreed that the passengers would be safer aboard Princess Sophia and postponed any attempt to take them off by boat.
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A small correction to a block can be made by cutting a small notch and hammering in a wedge-shaped piece of wood. Larger errors require an inlay. After this the block is washed to remove any refuse. To print, the block is fixed firmly on a table.
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A concrete holdfast with a ring of 10 bolts at Landguard Fort, Felixstowe, England A holdfast or hold fast is a means by which artillery is fixed firmly to the ground. One type of holdfast is a concrete base or plinth that a gun is bolted to. These were used, for example, to secure coastal battery guns in pillboxes during World War II.
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Akbar stuck to Iranian trends of the time by keeping a feather plume upright at the very front of the turban. Jahangir initiated his own softer style with the weighed down plume with a large pearl. By the time of Aurangzeb, this form became more ubiquitous. Turbans were usually heavily set with jewels and fixed firmly with a gem set kalangi or aigrette.
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The locking collar (Virobloc) was patented in 1955 by Marcel Opinel, and is only found on the larger Opinel models (#6 and up). While simple, the locking mechanism is quite sturdy.(2006),Opinel Folders, Outdoors-Magazine.com, 19 September 2006 (revised) Due to the way in which the locking collar tapers, the blade does not loosen over time and can be fixed firmly even once the mechanism is quite worn.
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He speaks with a South Welsh accent. Chris Tulloch noted that the O.J. model used in the series was one of the most reliable. Other models, which had internal machinery, would often threaten to "turn turtle" and would have to be fixed firmly to a chassis. After the production of Tugs was shut down, his model was passed on to the sister series Thomas and Friends to be converted into "Lakesider lll", seen on the Skarloey Railway on Season 4.
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1934 Cotton with girder fork One of the earliest types of motorcycle front suspension, the girder fork consists of a pair of uprights attached to the triple clamp by linkages with a spring usually between the top and bottom triple clamps. The design reached a peak in the "Girdraulics" used on the Vincent motorcycle. Girdraulic forks featured forged alloy blades for extra strength and hydraulic damping. While both may have an exposed spring near the triple clamp, a girder fork is distinguishable from a springer fork by the wheel being fixed firmly to the (usually a long diamond shape) upright.
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This is because the area covered by the railway included many of the dense commuter lines around London, as well as serving some of the most densely populated parts of the country. The Southern Railway was particularly successful at promoting itself to the public. "Sunny South Sam" became a character fixed firmly in the public mind as embodying the service of the railway, whilst slogans such as "live in Kent and be content" encouraged commuters to move out from London, and thus further patronise the services offered by the railway. The Southern Railway had a strong commitment to electrification.
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The Panthers first meeting of the new season was a 44-52 loss to the Poole Pirates, it set the trend, a mere five of twenty-four meetings resulted in a Bradford victory. Fixed firmly to the bottom of the league, the last meeting at Greenfield Stadium was a double header against Sheffield and Leicester on Tuesday 9 October 1962. Ironically the largest crowd of the season saw a rare Bradford victory. It did not stop the Panthers folding soon after and Bradford had to wait until 1970 before speedway was once again staged in the city – at Odsal with the Bradford Northern (speedway) team.
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Tuvalu for the Almighty Are the words we hold most dear For as people or as leaders Of Tuvalu we all share In the knowledge that God Ever rules in heav’n above, And that we in this land Are united in His love. We build on a sure foundation When we trust in God’s great law “Tuvalu for the Almighty” Be our song for evermore! Let us trust our lives henceforward To the King to whom we pray, With our eyes fixed firmly on Him He is showing us the way. “May we reign with Him in glory” Be our song for evermore, for His almighty power Is our strength from shore to shore.
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He also visioned that the spring had been used by the Mahakali (Peldon Lhamo) for sacred ablutions with other dakinis. He then built a small temple, which has now become the main temple Gunkhang. He also developed it into a small village with several houses and the place thus came to be known as drongsar ("new village") and popularly known in the local dialect as 'Trongsa'. He further inferred from the shape of the rocky hill, that it was in the form a conch shell with concentric rings (in clockwise direction) and hence named the monastery as Choe-Khor-Rab-Ten-Tse or by a shorter version as Chotse that represents " the temple fixed firmly at the tip of the dharma wheel-the conchshell".
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The position of which had been meant for Louis Desaix, the hero of Marengo, was now bestowed upon him. As the supreme chief of command of this famous militia force, the eyes of all Europe were now fixed firmly on him. French whispers throughout Europe at the time asserts that this expedition was destined, not for Britain, but in fact for Egypt, and that Kilmaine received the command of it, not so much for his great military skill, but as to deceive the ministry, supposing that the name of an Irishman would cause them to believe that the armament was destined for Ireland and so they named him General in Chief of the Armee d'Angleterre, which never existed at all. Even if this was the case Kilmaine didn't know it.
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