It has nothing of the proud stride of the trained runner about it, it is not a lope, it is not done with style or verve.

Our understanding of the solar system has taught us to replace our former elaborate rituals with the appropriate action which, in this case, amounts to doing nothing.

Although he is perfectly willing to cooperate with Scotland Yard, Holmes has nothing but contempt for the intelligence and mentality of the police.

His reply was, `` Everything that has been printed derogatory to you, purporting to have come from me, was a betrayal, and nothing yet has been printed which I have sanctioned ''.

Since little is known about autism, and almost nothing has been written for the layman, we'd like to share one experienced mother's comments.

Since then nothing has happened to save the life of Pope.

But as all understand who have eyes to see, nothing of the kind has happened ; ;

Strongheart ( Adios-Direct Gal ), a fair-looking sorrel colt, knows nothing but pace and has been right there in the best miles.

Sam Caton's Butterwyn ( Scotch Victor-Butler Wyn ), a light bay filly, knows nothing but trot and has worked on the half-mile in 2:30-:36.

It is true, that nothing has been found comparable with electricity by communication ; ;

The result of this attitude has been the domination of many orthography conferences by such considerations as typographic ' esthetics ', which usually turns out to be nothing more than certain prejudices carried over from European languages.

) Even I can remember nothing but ruined cellars and tumbled pillars, and nobody has lived there in the memory of any living man.

Peterson said America has nothing to fear in world competition if it dares to be original in both marketing and product ideas.

By analogy, the church also has been regarded as entirely independent of the `` world '' in the sense of requiring nothing from it in order to be the church.

If, in Larkin's eyes, they are nothing but Piccadilly farmers, he has as much to learn about them as they have to learn about the ways of truly rural living.

She has a maid called Maria who prevents the public adoration from becoming too much of a burden on her employer, but does nothing to prevent her from becoming too much of a burden on others.

For the living are conscious that they will die ; but as for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all, neither do they any more have wages, because the remembrance of them has been forgotten.

Although systems similar to AARP existed in other systems, Banyan VINES for instance, nothing like NBP has existed until recently.

By the end of the book, Paul realizes that he no longer knows what to do with himself and decides that he has nothing more to lose.

According to these statements, claims that one or more denominations might be the " true Church " are nothing more than propaganda which has evolved over centuries to support authoritarian claims --- based on tradition or based on scripture --- of merely human institutions.

It has been argued that the name " Titus " in 2 Corinthians and Galatians is nothing more than an informal name used by Timothy, implied already by the fact that even though both are said to be long-term close companions of Paul, they never appear in common scenes.

Altdorfer's figures are invariably the complement of his romantic landscapes ; for them he borrowed Albrecht Dürer's inventive iconography, but the panoramic setting is personal and has nothing to do with the fantasy landscapes of the Netherlands A Susanna in the Bath and the Stoning of the Elders ( 1526 ) set outside an Italianate skyscraper of a palace shows his interest in architecture.

The shortness of his reign has bequeathed nothing memorable to history.

" French culture is a culture of enlightenment and has nothing to do with bloody things like bullfighting ," she wrote.

She has the small, highly developed body of a prime athlete, and holds in contempt the `` girls who just move sex ''.

Under Section 2 ( b ) of the Contempt of Courts Act of 1971, civil contempt has been defined as wilful disobedience to any judgment, decree, direction, order, writ or other process of a court or wilful breach of an undertaking given to a court.

Under Section 2 ( c ) of the Contempt of Courts Act of 1971, criminal contempt has been defined as the publication ( whether by words, spoken or written, or by signs, or by visible representation, or otherwise ) of any matter or the doing of any other act whatsoever which:

Direct contempt is distinctly different from indirect contempt, wherein another individual may file papers alleging contempt against a person who has willfully violated a lawful court order.

The Crown Court is a superior court of record under the Senior Courts Act 1981 and accordingly has power to punish for contempt of its own motion.

Where it is not necessary to be so urgent, or where indirect contempt has taken place the Attorney General can intervene and the Crown Prosecution Service will institute criminal proceedings on his behalf before a Divisional Court of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice of England and Wales.

It is not contempt of court ( under section 10 of the Act ) for a journalist to refuse to disclose his sources, unless the court has considered the evidence available and determined that the information is " necessary in the interests of justice or national security or for the prevention of disorder or crime.

# Direct contempt is that which occurs in the presence of the presiding judge ( in facie curiae ) and may be dealt with summarily: the judge notifies the offending party that he or she has acted in a manner which disrupts the tribunal and prejudices the administration of justice.

Indeed, these Four Freedoms were explicitly incorporated into the preamble to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which reads, " Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has been proclaimed the highest aspiration of the common people ,...."

Also, he has a sense of humor that contains that grating undertone of contempt.

" Rousseau, he wrote, " has not had the precaution to throw any veil over his sentiments ; and, as he scorns to dissemble his contempt for established opinions, he could not wonder that all the zealots were in arms against him.

And still more fiercely burn the fires of hatred and contempt for the filthy Quislings whom he has suborned .” It subsequently entered the language, and became a target for political cartoonists.

Lucky has always been the intellectually superior but now, with age, he has become an object of contempt: his " think " is a caricature of intellectual thought and his " dance " is a sorry sight.

In A Dictionary of Modern English Usage ( 1926 ), H. W. Fowler states that applying the word nigger to " others than full or partial negroes " is " felt as an insult by the person described, & betrays in the speaker, if not deliberate insolence, at least a very arrogant inhumanity "; but the second edition ( 1965 ) states: " N. has been described as ' the term that carries with it all the obloquy and contempt and rejection which whites have inflicted on blacks.

It has been theorized that the " putamen plays a role in the perception of contempt and disgust, and may be part of the motor system that's mobilized to take action.

The country of Moldova has shown particular contempt to marchers, shutting down official requests to hold parades and allowing protesters to intimidate and harm any who try to march anyway.

She has contempt for her children but is not willing to see them harmed.

Celebrities or public figures whose private lives are revealed in gossip columns who believe that their reputation has been defamed — that is, exposed to hatred, contempt, ridicule, or pecuniary loss — can sue for libel.

Not all reviews were positive: Pauline Kael in The New Yorker, in a review subtitled " Hot Air ", criticized the film's abundance of long, preachy speeches ; Chayefsky's self-righteous contempt for not only television itself but also television viewers ; and the fact that almost everyone in the movie, particularly Robert Duvall, has a screaming rant: " The cast of this messianic farce takes turns yelling at us soulless masses.

From ancient to modern times the Chinese attitude toward people not Chinese in culture —" barbarians "— has commonly been one of contempt, sometimes tinged with fear.