Sentences with phrase «upon standing down»

Upon standing down as co-opted member of CPRC, David remained a member of the Sub Committee, which was thereafter chaired by Edward Pepperall QC.

Upon standing down as prime minister, he reportedly told friends he was «going dark» and staying out of the spotlight.

Not exact matches

Just as the song begins to fit into a niche, it stops to breath, leaving nothing but the piano line and then some choir - y organ as the lyrics begin to confess, And here I stand a broken man / If I could I would raise my hands / I come before you humbly / If I could I'd be on my knees / Come lay down your head upon my chest / Feel my heart beat feel my unrest / If Jesus could only wash my feet / Then I'd get up strong and muscle on.

There are slight differences in posture; for example, in some countries, while standing, the people put their hands one upon the other in front of the lower part of the chest, while others who follow the school of Malik or of the Shi'as bend their hands down.

The wise man builds his house upon the rock, and the rains came down and the floods rose up, and the house on the rock stood firm.

Yet God tells us to meditate upon it and to continually feast upon it and to explain it to our children as we walk, stand, sit, and lie down.

We live in a time where taking a stand, especially on biblical truths, is looked down upon.

If we call God's justice down upon the world, we need to be very confident that we can stand with our own head high before the Almighty.

The wise man built his house upon the rock, the foolish man built his house upon the sand, and the rain came down, the rain came down and floods came up and the house on the rock stood firm, and the house on the sand went splat!

We stand behind the concept og gays being fully members of society wiithout being looked down upon as wrong or deviants, which they are not.

He cast down her carcass to stand upon it.

I also know the shame one feels when a room full of people swoon, literally fall on the floor, in unison while you remain standing and the pressure you are put under as a young person to «speak in tongues» because if you don't you are looked down upon as not having the «gifts of the Spirit» But I digress.

17 And King Ahaz cut off the frames of the stands, and removed the layer from them, and he took down the sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it, and put it upon a pediment of stone.

Until recently, Evans had been looked upon as the anointed successor when Farage one day decided to stand down.

[30] Upon taking her seat in the Lords, King stood down from her Diversity Officer role with Channel 4.

After 20 minutes lying down, researchers took the participants» blood pressure upon standing.

It was wondrous to be able to stand in the cold icy wind and look down upon these works of art just as the makers had done over 2000 years ago.

About a month ago I spent several days being so so tired for no reason, sleeping more, getting dizzy upon standing from low blood pressure and had muscles that felt like jelly all the freaking time (even going up and down stairs were too much).

We sat down to high tea where the cake stands were stacked high with tiers upon tiers of scones, jam and fresh cream, (which had sprinkles in it, I mean seriously!)

There's a thrilling camera sweep around a nearby promontory upon which stands Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) and his armies of the night, and you're reminded once again of why the «Potter» books, in this one area, beat «The Lord of the Rings» hands down: They have a great villain.

When Cherry puts on a pair of sunglasses and surveys the fiery carnage she reigned down upon the infected towards the end of Planet Terror, it's hard not to think about McGowan herself in a similar context, standing brave and tall amid the cleansing fires raging through Hollywood at this very moment.

In the aftermath of Katniss» most recent act of defiance by taking down the games» force field, President Snow has retaliated by raining bullets and bombs from the sky upon her District 12, leaving craters and decomposing skeletons where people once stood.

Jonathan Kaplan's The Accused took a few brave stands, I think, in casting its victim as a flawed person we'd like to look down upon but who, despite her provocative attire and flirtatious gestures, still didn't deserve to be gang - raped atop a pinball machine.

Back in a time when muscular men boasting buzz cuts and bazookas rained a hellfire of bullets down upon arcades, there was one testosterone - infused series that stood defiantly atop the trash heap of battered meat carcasses and crushed skulls left in its wake.

The budget proposal stands in stark contrast to that of Gov. Pat McCrory's, which offers large pay increases to beginning teachers, a two percent average raises to everyone else, and a future plan to move to a new salary schedule, but that would have to be acted upon down the road.

So perhaps rather than once again going down the Rabbit Hole of excess pretense in vain... perhaps AM's minders would be better focusing their efforts into bringing what AM really should stand for [Gentlemen's Grand Tourers] into the 21st century... rather than foisting rebodied 20the century technology upon its customer base.

Down below in the valley bottom the mine was marked out by a line of wooden towers and tall red - brick chimneys standing across from a huge man - made heap of slate - grey waste, and stretching up from it on all sides row upon row of squat grey houses, monotonous and momochrome, straddled the hillsides like an encamped army of insects.

Joan assessed the crowd, lighting upon the most interesting: young men turning white T - shirts into art, pinching the material tight and rubber - banding each section until they looked like porcupines being dipped into huge steaming vats of colored dyes; the young woman with a bird's nest of purple hair sitting at a potter's wheel, slamming down hunks of clay, her hands moving nearly as fast as the wheel, cups, vases, plates, bowls, trays, appearing like magic; the elderly man in a worn blue linen suit, a jaunty straw boater on his head, a smeared palette tight in his hand, painting a mammoth canvas of people on a beach staring out at an ocean where a sailboat bobbed in the distance, though he himself was standing in a mowed field; the handsome young man at an old - fashioned school desk, a manual typewriter in front of him, a stack of paper to the side.

Any advanced work, such as recall or focus - building exercises, comes later once we lay a foundation down for the puppy to stand upon.

Just by quizzing anyone who'd stand still long enough, we chanced upon a long - retired German who had been a engineer for Volkswagen just down the road from where we were staying in Montañita.

- Interiors designed by Jacques Garcia - 168 guest rooms and suites - Multiple distinct dining spaces with menus by Chef Daniel Humm - King - sized beds - European - style bathrooms walk - in shower and water closet in most rooms - Many rooms with freestanding clawfoot bathtubs - Exclusive Argan bath amenities by Côté Bastide - Custom linens, bedding and bathrobes by Sferra and Frette - Down comforters and pillows (hypoallergenic upon request)- Custom plush top mattresses and embossed leather headboards - Mahogany writing desks and television stands - Bedside tables and velvet and damask patterned paravents - Reclaimed maple hardwood floors - Handmade vintage Heriz rugs unique to each room - Curated art program including Portraits de Villes photographs - Fully stocked Minibar - Large flat screen LCD HD television with on - demand movies - iHome docking station, charger, radio and alarm clock - Direct dial telephones with speaker and personalized voicemail capability - In room safe, iron / ironing board, hair dryer, luggage rack - Steps from Madison Square Park SERVICES - 24 - Hour Room Service - Complimentary high - speed wireless Internet access throughout the hotel - Nightly turndown service - Daily newspaper delivery (on request)- 24 - Hour state - of - the - art Fitness Room - Laptops and iPads available upon request - Concierge services provided at the Front Desk - Multi-lingual Staff - Bell staff Services - Valet Parking - Laundry Service - LEED certified / Conservation Program

I think this needs to be discussed and deliberated upon, because as it stands the professional separation between the creators of games and those who write about games has by all means broken down over the past few years.

But even as the Darcsens are looked down upon and persecuted, there will be at least one who stands up to fight against those beliefs — by whatever means he has to.

Gone are the drab battles gamers have come to expect from the series, with the same ancient machines and basic units doing battle time and time again, instead replaced with exciting skirmishes consisting of giant spiders, flying dragons and epic heroes standing their ground as they take down dozens upon dozens of soldiers themselves in a last ditch effort to turn the tide.

You looked down and you realised that so much of what one felt was true depended upon where you were standing to look at it.»

... that is almost OK... but in your example a lot depends upon my position relative to the sun... if I lie down and sunbathe I will probably feel cool... but if I stand up in the sun I might feel warm... so if my shadow covers 2m2 on the ground then I guess I might actually be getting 200 W / m2 from the sun... your snowy mountain picture illustrates this well because the trees have long shadows.

This was clearly given as a punishment since the judge yelled at the juror, stood up and threw his pen down upon giving him his admonishment.

We can't eat a digital coin just as much as we can't light a pile of one dollar bills on fire to drive our car down the road, and because it's an ethereal, yet widely - agreed upon method of payment between two parties, there's no reason why a third - party company wouldn't be able to stand in as a trustworthy signatory in between transactions.

Who out there will be seconded, if ever, to step up to the plate to stand up to the aided - and - abetted by government «agency» attacks of the Realtysellers et al of the real estate world (the opportunists, as I see them) who wish to highjack a privately created and paid - for MLS, to tear down a functioning, albeit imperfect, system of providing real estate services / products etc. (at the public's pleasure, no less) for free, with negotiated payment for services / products only being forthcoming upon «successful completion» of contractual obligations.