It's usually best to do this when you still have some
skerrick of respect left, while your feet are still on the ground.
She sets herself the task of investigating every
skerrick of factual information, every hue of received interpretation, to scrutinize afresh the process whereby the pious aspirations of young Chiara Offreduccio to follow the charismatic preacher, Francis of Assisi, led to her being styled his female correlate, a founder of a religious order and author of one of its rules.
At the moment, Inga was in love with Port Phillip Bay, every
skerrick of broken shell, every piece of driftwood delighted and, of course, the water with its reflections.
Calling for a life sentence, Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi said Marsh was "a risk to those who come in contact with him" and had "not demonstrated the slightest
skerrick of remorse or contrition".
If there is one
skerrick of evidence we will investigate Australian players.
We stayed till our faces felt hot, then we adjusted our hats and sunnies and travelled back in the glorious manner in which we had come, the harbour sights to see, all over again, with not a
skerrick of boredom to spoil the journey.
With nary a
skerrick of evidence we are told that "fascism and communism were centrally involved in the birth and development of Islamism".
I have assumed that Jeff's absorption in Trotsky was a form of intellectual escapism, as not a
skerrick of his behaviour then or later revealed the slightest trait of Trotskyism.
(132) If the harasser perceives that the target has not responded as hoped, the target may feel that she has acquired a
skerrick of discursive power.
According to a write-up in New Zealand's Waikato Times, the allegations of spot-fixing that hang over Pakistan mean they are an international sporting presence without a
skerrick of credibility at present and any participation here this summer will simply take place under a massive black cloud of suspicion, unless the ICC are able to verify claims and swiftly apply sanctions.