Sentences with phrase «actually stood on»

In fact, astronaut Harrison Schmitt — who actually stood on the moon, drilled holes, collected moon rocks, and has since returned to Earth — is a well - known sceptic of anthropogenic global warming.

Last week, he actually stood on the floor of the United States Senate, and talking about global warming, he — and I can't believe I'm typing this — pulled a snowball out of a plastic bag and said,

Jon Cruddas, the first round ballot winner in the 2007 deputy leadership contest (and who, under first past the post, would currently serve as deputy leader, not Harman) actually stood on a platform of rejecting a cabinet seat so he could instead devote his time to party development.

Sonnekalb says when people play The Mars 2030 Experience they will be seeing the team's best efforts to re-create what it would look like if someone was actually standing on Mars today.

So at minimum it is reasonable to pursue the fecund thought that Rawls» freestanding liberalism actually stands on an act of faith.

One cool feature that is pretty neat and sets this stroller apart is that it actually stands on its own when folded.

If you look at activities like walking, running, and climbing stairs you'll notice that many times throughout the day you are actually standing on one leg.

Luckily, with a Schwinn recumbent stationary bike you don't have to actually stand on your feet to start moving.

To actually stand on that plateau where we were filming, with all these witches and all this stuff and getting into it and going crazy or whatever — that was just [great].

Upon setting out to nab some booty, they wind up raiding a ships filled with plague victims, boy scouts, and ghosts, which leads to the old cartoon trick of the Pirate Captain only falling into the water when he realizes he's not actually standing on anything.

Most of Ecuador is below the equator (you can actually stand on the equator outside of Quito), so when it's winter in the UK, Ecuador is enjoying summer.

They include a tendency for individuals heavily involved on an issue to perceive almost all news coverage as hostile to their goals (even news coverage that favors their position); to presume much larger effects for a message on the public than the actual influence; and to apply a faulty quasi-statistical sense to where public opinion might actually stand on an issue, perceiving public opinion as hostile to their goals, no matter what the objective indicators might say.

But it actually standing on it takes faith in that reason.

Might not be the most comfortable stuff to sit on (and it certainly isn't suitable for outdoor use), but we like that Bloxes are sturdy enough to actually stand on.

Search results typically have to be vetted down dramatically until you are left with the three or four key cases that actually stand on all - fours with your client's situation.

If the watch has built - in LTE, we test cellular connectivity and call quality to make sure the device can actually stand on its own without a smartphone nearby.

(King was the only one who didn't actually stand on the soapbox.)

«You feel like you're on the beach even though you're not actually standing on it,» says the owner, noting that when she and her husband sit in front of their glass sliding doors, all they see is sand and sea.

Not exact matches

And we think, particularly with the addition of some thrusters, maneuvering thrusters, we can actually put the rooster right back on the launch stand.

Iceland's law stands out in a key way: Companies and organizations with at least 25 full - time employees must actually obtain government certification proving their pay policies are based on factors such as education, skills and performance, not gender.

You can let the higher - ups know that studies have shown that when workers know where they stand on pay — and feel that it's been administered fairly — they're actually happier and more productive.

Based on 40 years of recruiting and training more than twenty thousand recruiters and hiring managers on how to actually predict on - the - job performance, one problem always stands out:

So where do those actually doing the hiring and the paying stand on the question?

In fact, other countries on the continent, including Venezuela, have proven that Bitcoin can actually help a country remain standing when they deal with an economic crisis.

For one thing, it's heartening to see the Republicans stand fast for a change and actually follow through on something their constituents have demanded and expected from them, rather than caving in the face of criticism from their liberal opponents in Congress and the press.

He got some of my favorite SEO experts to contribute like, Jon Cooper — who actually lives in my home town of Gainesville, Mike King — who I cant wait to meet soon, and some other marketing pros like Ann Smarty, Brian Dean and Richard Lazazzera, who constantly puts out good content about ecommerce marketing on A Better Lemonade Stand.

When I find myself wondering nervously, in the driver's seat, whether those pedestrians standing on the corner absorbed in their smart phones will actually walk into the street while I'm turning right, I know something is amiss.

Actually Islam doesn't take much of a stand on abortion.

As to Julie's courageous stand here, all I can say is that had some of us known what was actually going on with a certain photographer within our midst, we would have left the church much sooner.

I don't mind you calling atheism a «religious background», because it does kinda describe what our stand is on religion, but it's a mistake to actually call it a religion.

These are not pacifistic, meek, and mild responses where we allow ourselves to get trampled on, but are actually subversive and empowering forms of standing up for our humanity in the face of dehumanizing evil.

When people are actually asking where we stand on abuse, we have to look in the mirror and wonder how long we hold our tongues.»

In my case, once I realized what I have actually lost, the cartoon would have been a more accurate depiction if it showed the newly faithless having a celebratory glass of champagne, welcomed by fellow unbelievers while standing on the grave of the lost faith.

Why didn't the president stand up for the rights of the Greek Orthodox Church, the only church that was actually destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, as church leaders have been frustrated and fouled by New York officials who have virtually turned their backs on the reconstruction of the church near Ground Zero?

Here's Mitt actually defending his stand on marriage: «I believe that marriage has been defined the same way for literally thousands of years by virtually every civilization in history and that marriage is by its definition a relationship between a man and woman and if two people of the....

Tiggy said, on November 17th, 2009 at 11:55 am I guess if one goes to church and just ignores the theology, then that's okay, but if you have someone suggesting that Satan is influencing your life in some way, and you want to stand up and say, «I don't actually believe in this being you think is influencing my life, then you are immediately considered a heretic or an unbeliever or even socially unacceptable in a not so subtle, yet unarticulated way.

And yet the hawk was coasting now, with assured wing was fanning this wind that softly flew to him, that coursed a flank of hill on which he stood Selah he actually stood, it seemed a miracle, or poem, a grand ongoing one he smelt as much as felt and touched as much as heard — a bird retreating and in retreating moving the man thus quietly home.

I once actually heard a man, standing at the exit of that dark hall that houses the eternal flame, sobbing: «I wish God would send down a fire on all of them.»

The basis on which the genetic cognitive theory stands and which actually gives the genetic question its meaning is consequently nothing more than a specification of Whitehead's process principle: how cognition becomes constitutes what cognition is, so that both analyses, relative to cognition, ultimately include one another.

My high - powered lawyers are on stand - by in case things go beyond the denial strategy, but here goes, a Pomocon exclusive: Lena Dunham: Well, the thing I mentioned yesterday is actually much further along than that.

Should we find one day that this god actually exists, I would hope that you would stand on the side of the moral people and fight against such a god with whatever means available to us.

Responding to his comments, Santorum, a devout Catholic, said on Fox News that «folks on the left» are out there «trashing anybody who stands up for Christian conservative values, anybody who dares to actually teach their children faith in their home.»

In hopes of becoming a stand - alone product people will want to consume on - the - go (much like their juices), NüMOO has actually created specialty - flavored beverages with these new milks.

when i lived with my grandparents school let out before they got off work i went to an after school center where i received tutoring for my homework or i played with other kids in similar situations on occasion this place would take us on field trips one such field trip was to the local roller skating rink i was not a klutzy child, not more than the usual actually, i was quite coordinated at sports but put round wheels on my shoes and it was a mess i fell on my ass more times than i was standing and no lie the next day i could not poop

Sang didn't grumble too much when I arrived with it already plated on a cake stand (actually he was too busy outside grilling up some gorgeous citrus chicken to even notice I had brought in the cake).

What distinguishes kuku from an omelet or a frittata, however, is just how little egg is actually in the dish; the egg is simply used to bind the other ingredients together, not stand on its own.

Actually I've read it years ago, it is the book that led me to barefoot running... soon to turn into five finger running, because I could not stand the dirt on the soles of my feet, and was afraid to step on glass or something.

You know that feeling when you stand in the «Free - From» section in a supermarket — so excited at the amount of products on offer, only to read through the ingredient lists and find that although items are gluten and dairy free they're actually packed full of other sneaky high FODMAP ingredients.

I remember standing on my kitchen island trying to get an overhead shot because that's back when I actually thought you could make AND photograph food in the kitchen.

Directions said to do 12 minutes or so on a stand mixer (I have the kitchen aid commercial mixer) I did 15, and it was so limp that the second layer actually slid and had to be pushed back into place, so some of the strawberry / lemon showed at the back, which wasn't too pretty.