Sentences with phrase «against stones like»

The Bible says something about dashing babies» heads against stones like it's a good thing.

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But when anyone goes against his frame work for re-election it's people like you that become enraged and want to cast stones!

15 With all these caveats against unqualified omnipotence being laid down like stepping stones to a new horizon of view, Origen finally arrived at a provocative conclusion: «we must maintain that even the power of God is finite, and we must not, under pretext of praising him, lose sight of his limitations.»

I was talking about the grand sweep of the biblical writers» attempts to describe God... but not such verses like bashing the heads of your enemies» infants against a stone stuff.

I thought he said he was David against goliath and he had stones and the truth on his side... sounds like he decided a pay off was the best route... oh brother

Everything I did, and wherever I went, I was still in a storm, and yet I continued to be the chief contriver and ring - leader of the frolics for many months after; though it was a toil and torment to attend them; but the devil and my own wicked heart drove me about like a slave, telling me that I must do this and do that, and bear this and bear that, and turn here and turn there, to keep my credit up, and retain the esteem of my associates: and all this while I continued as strict as possible in my duties, and left no stone unturned to pacify my conscience, watching even against my thoughts, and praying continually wherever I went: for I did not think there was any sin in my conduct, when I was among carnal company, because I did not take any satisfaction there, but only followed it, I thought, for sufficient reasons.

It's like talking to the Western Wall... all stone with a bunch of heads banging against it daily.

Reflecting sunset like blood — sailors delight — it beats against time pronouncing that death does not come to men made of stone.

For donkeys years now we have done the approximately same things: 1) We have a poor start 2) We pick up in September and we all think we are going to have a good year 3) Once the weather gets cold we lose games against all sorts and drop like a stone 4) Towards the end of March when the weather gets better we start winning again and we qualify for the Champions League (apart from last year) I have a feeling it will be broadly the same this year except Spuds and Liverpool are better for the last couple of years that they used to be and none of the big money three look vulnerable so we won't finish above them..

But the Lakers will not sink like a stone in the second round of the playoffs as they did last spring against Phoenix.

As for the non pen by Fletcher against Arshavin you mentioned, funny thing - fletcher himself admitted he felt it was a penalty and most media reaction was «stone cold penalty but it didn't matter because 20 seconds later Arshavin scored», so see, Dean wasn't trying to tilt the game but rather give Walcott the impetus to score a goal from open play like Arshavin did.

Especially for Trump Vs. Syria, you're hitting two birds with one stone: (a) you appease generally - anti-Shia-axis right wing hawks - especially as this also plays against Iran; (b) you appease anyone who doesn't like chemical weapons used against civilians across the spectrum on humanitarian angle.

The regions were drawn to afford Native American - run casinos like Turning Stone a buffer against competing casinos.

The reliable Republican bread - and - butter voters of the 102nd love guys like him: Schoharie County born and bred, a dairy farmer turned stone quarrier who rails ferociously against taxes, «illegals» and «New York City liberals.»

Morgan and University of Liverpool archaeologist Natalie Uomini arrived at their conclusions by conducting a series of experiments in teaching contemporary humans the art of «Oldowan stone - knapping,» in which butchering «flakes» are created by hammering a hard rock against certain volcanic or glassy rocks, like basalt or flint.

In essence, instead of flowing around stars like water past a stone, some of the gas and dust bunches up against stellar winds like vast snowdrifts.

Zahi Hawass, an Egyptologist based in Cairo who chairs the committee that reviewed the research project, cautions against calling the cavity a «secret room,» as pyramid builders often left large gaps between stone blocks, a construction strategy that makes the pyramid's core look like Swiss cheese.

AlphaGo had already been tested against state - of - the - art Go programs, like Crazy Stone and Zen, and had won all but one of 495 contests.

Combination lotions that include both mosquito repellent and sunscreen might seem like a two - birds - one - stone bargain, but the CDC recommends against using them.

So that was like the dietary gospel for kidney stone sufferers until this study was published in the New England Journal of Medicine, pitting the two diets against one another — low calcium versus low animal protein and salt.

Turquoise blue stones, pearl - like beads, and red faceted stones are set against stone - embedded rings.

I like the white against the brown tones of the mantel and the stone but I wasn't really loving it.

I also liked the idea of shooting against two different backdrops; One well lit by the sun and against a very organic tropical background and another more mute and composed with hints of grey from stones that complimented my hair.

I really like the blue - greens in these stone beads against the «paprika» color of the jacket.

Looking back at earlier films like City by the Sea or Stone, it's invigorating to see the effect a decent script and a strong performance to play against (from Frances McDormand and Edward Norton respectively) have on upping his game.

Opting for straight - line suspense, the filmmakers had to forgo subjective cutaways like the plainclothes cop's reflections on his tortuous relationship with a Third - World - infatuated feminist; again, Stone writes in a more bedrock commentary on metropolitan backsliding by refusing to reveal which of the hostages is the cop, so that the police monitoring the stolen train are led to wonder whether it's a man or a woman and chauvinistically calculate a woman's chances for taking effective action against the hijackers.

And with games like Metropolis Street Racer, Shenmue, Power Stone, and Resident Evil: Code Veronica all turning heads, Sega fans felt confident that — when it was released later in the year — Dreamcast would be able to hold its own against the competition.

Starring actors like Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man), Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange), Scarlett Johansson (Black Widow), Mark Ruffalo (Hulk), Chris Pratt (Star Lord) and Tom Holland (Spider - Man), the film will have the Avengers teaming up with the Guardians of the Galaxy to fight against the supervillain Thanos, played by Josh Brolin, who is out to collect all the six infinity stones.

From the trailer's first lines «There was an idea...» to several moments like Captain America leading the army in Wakanda against the alien attack, Vision's human form and he being ripped off his yellow stone, to Thanos arriving on Earth and flaunting his two Infinity Stone, the trailer has numerous hair - raising moments, just like the Spider sstone, to Thanos arriving on Earth and flaunting his two Infinity Stone, the trailer has numerous hair - raising moments, just like the Spider sStone, the trailer has numerous hair - raising moments, just like the Spider sense!

But in 2000 — at a time when vouchers were supposedly dropping like a stone in popularity — the results were 56 percent in favor and 38 percent against (see Figure 4).

And Edith Wharton had Newland Archer and May Welland move here after marriage in The Age of Innocence, set around 1877: «The neighborhood was thought remote, and the house was built in a ghastly greenish - yellow stone that the younger architects were beginning to employ as a protest against the brownstone of which the uniform hue coated New York like a cold chocolate sauce.»

like a time sonic that not as super and would not ruin the game for those against super sonic but be something like super speed or anything as a reward for collecting all the time stones.

His Untitled (1992), which recently featured in the Whitney Museum's inaugural show in their new building, «America Is Hard to See,» a spiky afro - like form composed of metal wires covered in cut hair that protrude from stones, appears like a wild outgrowth against the gallery's sleek lines and controlled dimensions.

Working in a hyper - realistic manner, Chun creates a split - view of his subject: a classical image depicting the whole stone against a deep black background and an extreme, almost abstract detail where, like Seiden, Chun painstakingly mimics the patterns drawn by Mother Nature.

Today, the Suruí own 248,000 hectares of nearly intact rainforest — which, seen from above, stand out like a shock of cool, green moss on dusty stone against the ranchlands that have replaced surrounding forests over the past half - century.

After a few minutes, it appeared to me that he opposed the very idea of Alberta on principle and wasn't at all interested in hearing my argument (based on Ezra Levant's book Ethical Oil) that I'd rather buy my oil from Alberta than from undemocratic regimes like Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Iran, or Nigeria; regimes that either brutalize women, exploit the local population, decapitate those convicted of «crimes,» stone adulterers, discriminate against minorities, have no environmental standards whatsoever, or try to govern their citizens as if it's the 8th century and not the 21st.

The plan covers for the jewellery like gold, silver, precious metals and stones and other valuable items against damage or loss caused due to an accident, while present within the premises.

The end result is as sleek and luxurious as the lava stone kitchen countertops: «They are beautiful and smooth like velvet,» he says, «and look sharp against the white cabinetry.»

I like how they help the glass vases show up a little more against the stone.

Those made from naturally porous stone — like marble or limestone — are less water resistant than porcelain or ceramic tiles and will need regular sealing against water or stains.