The unrest within the security apparatus, which Mr. Conté had controlled firmly, raised fears of a possible coup.
Unfortunately the writer committed the jokes to memory, included them in his story and ensured that the Woods drawbridge was henceforward firmly raised when the press came calling.
By the end of it, the resentment from a public whose hopes had been firmly raised for hot dry evenings on the patio was so intense, that the Met Office felt obliged to issue a public apology.
If the team batting second goes on to win, Ashwin will have hand firmly raised and wildly waving when it comes to the man-of-the-match vote, which he's probably earned for Amla's dismissal alone.
Gender disparity in film-making has long been an issue but raised its head firmly above the parapet at the 2012 Cannes film festival after it emerged that none of the directors vying for the Palme d'Or prize was female.
Gender disparity in film-making has long been an issue but raised its head firmly above the parapet at last year's Cannes film festival after it emerged that not one of the directors vying for the prestigious Palme d'Or prize was female.
Do people have to refer to you as Sir Pete?" asked Moby, eyebrow firmly raised.
It's a grand portrait of how these characters -- all firmly raised during the staid Eisenhower era -- sense that something's not right, but despite their best (and not-so-great) efforts, they can't put a finger on what's wrong or how to fix what they're sensing is broken in their lives and world.
He referred several times to his Indonesian stepfather, Lolo Soetoro, who, he said, "was raised a Muslim" but "firmly believed that all religions were worthy of respect".
Gove, who was raised in Aberdeen, was firmly in the "No" camp during last year's referendum on independence, but the first truly unionist king came after the end of the medieval period, when James VI of Scotland became James I of England and Ireland in 1603.
