Sentences with phrase «against the stone of»

Lexus has been pushing against the stone of its staid reputation for a while now, and it's starting to move with the rising profile of F Sport trim levels and the new LC sports car.
And the Welsh show, it's worth noting, is just a few minutes from the water (and the S. Pietro di Castello vaporetto stop), where you can hear gentle waves lapping and brushing against the stones of Venice.

Not exact matches

«They're not thrilled that he's already jumping ship to run for higher office because that's exactly what he campaigned against and what he promised he wouldn't do, be a ladder - climbing career politician,» Petersen said, noting a JTD strategies poll that found half of Missouri voters think Hawley could be using his attorney general career as a stepping stone to higher office.
The soles of the 10v1s are thick enough to absorb hard strikes and to keep your foot protected against bruising even when you step on loose stones or sharp roots, though I do wish the tread pattern was a bit more aggressive.
On Monday, Stone Brewing announced that it was filing a lawsuit against MillerCoors over the marketing and packaging of its Keystone Light beer.
The battle against conflict diamonds is far from won, even amid a range of initiatives designed to curtail the supply of tainted stones.
As teased in at least one of the promos for «Avengers: Infinity War,» at one point in the film, Doctor Strange uses the Time Stone to look ahead into the future of the Avengers and their fight against Thanos.
Yet when prophets came, including the Messiah Himself, they didn't recognized or heed any of these prophets, but instead, chased them out of town, made false accusations against them, had them arrested, tortured, starved, stoned, and crucified.
Remember when Jesus went against the law of Moses and picked a prost!tute off the ground and protected her from being stoned to death?
When it stopped, the stone was wedged against both canyon walls, and his right wrist was between one of those walls and the boulder.
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.»
And if ye do it not — and ye can never do it — then guard yourselves against the fire prepared for disbelievers, whose fuel is of men and stones» (Surah II, 23 - 24).
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.
If simply to support the Kyoto Protocol is to beat our heads against a stone wall, then those who care about the future of the planet need to consider other ways of reducing the emission of greenhouse gases.
It's hard to understand a culture that encourages violence against women, violence against their neighbours, violence and hatred against other nations, suicide bombings, stoning people to death, so called «honor killings», chemical and biological weapons testing on prisoners, and a long list of other «not so nice» practices.
There are many positive principles you can glean from it, such as turning the other cheek, loving those who hate you, and casting no stones of dispersion against others.
By heating the massive stones of the sanctuary and then pouring cold water on them, the Romans reduced the whole place to rubble, thus punishing the Jews for rebelling against Roman authority.
«But if this charge is true (that she wasn't a virgin on her wedding night), and evidence of the girls virginity is not found, they shall bring the girl to the entrance of her fathers house and there her townsman shall stone her to death, because she committed a crime against Israel by her unchasteness in her father's house.
Shah had spoken out against violence and condemned the stone - pelting of security forces in protests last year as un-Islamic.
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.
/ 9 / Then the devil took him to Jerusalem, and placed him on the pinnacle of the temple, saying to him, «If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, / 10 / for it is written, «He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,» / 11 / and «On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not dash your foot against a stone.»»
Fortunately for the family and friends of Jesus, a nearby tomb has been provided by one Joseph of Arimathea who himself placed the corpse in the tomb and rolled a stone against the door.
By giving him eternal rest in the Arabian sea showed consideration for Islam, if we were against the religion of Islam we would have done to him what the Islamic extreamists have done to our service members, strip them nude and drag them through the streets and then hang their bodies in public for passers by to throw stones and garbage at.
59 When Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, 60 and laid it in his new tomb which he had hewn out of the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the door of the tomb, and departed.
Mat 4:5 Then the devil * took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, Mat 4:6 and * said to Him, «If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, «HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU»; and «ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.»»
It's like talking to the Western Wall... all stone with a bunch of heads banging against it daily.
5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 and saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
The 60 - year - old was found guilty of 12 sexual offences, against two boys known to him, while he was priest at St Luke's Church at Stone Cross, near Eastbourne, in the Chichester diocese.
I don't see christian churches teaching people to stone anyone anymore, just to legislate against them (stomping on the first ammendment in the process) in hopes that they can ignore the reality of others not agreeing with everything they say, or not behaving in what they view as the right way.
6And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.
When we are given Christian insight the whole pattern of racial discrimination is seen as an unutterable offence against God, to be endured no longer, so that the very stones cry out.
9, part 1:... so he a.ssembled the sanhedrim of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others, [or, some of his companions]; and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned... (Note: The Antiquities can be found at several different sites, including the Christian Cla.ssics Ethereal Library, Perseus Digital Library and Crosswalk.com)
Mark, telling of the burial of Jesus by Joseph of Arimathea, says «and he rolled a stone against the door of the tomb» (15:46).
He also noticed during a rock slide that a certain stone (flint) struck against another (iron ore), a shower of sparks was emitted.
@Me, Interesting that the punishment for blasphemy, which he was accused of, is stoning, whereas crucifixion is the sentence for political crimes against the state.
Reflecting sunset like blood — sailors delight — it beats against time pronouncing that death does not come to men made of stone.
Most of our ex players celebrate when they score against us, is it coz Arsenal was just a stepping stone and in their hearts it's just another team to beat?
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..
This reminded me of the time Triple H blew out his quad wrestling in tag team match with Stone Cold against Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit.
Geraldine and Danielle climbed the stairs and looked through the bedroom door, to the smashed bench at the foot of the bed and the stone - cold figure lying with his back up against it, blood caked on the front of his swollen shirt and his head canted to one side.
Formed of natural stone and built against the wall of an indoor basketball court, the wall provides a safe environment to learn basic climbing skills or just to keep in shape during the winter months.
But the Lakers will not sink like a stone in the second round of the playoffs as they did last spring against Phoenix.
Team Hubner had the definition of a bad beat in basketball this week, having many opportunites in regulation to pick up their first win of the year, but eventually losing 58 - 61 in OT against Team Stone.
Their win over the hosts in the last encounter ended a dismal run of seven games without a win against Spanish opponents, and they will leave no stone unturned to stop Valencia from edging closer in the group table.
Irwin again never missed a single game during the league and cup double winning campaign of 1993 - 94, was a corner stone of the side that repeated the double in 1995 - 96 then captained the side for the final home game of 2000 - 01 against Derby County — allowing him to hoist the Premier League trophy for his seventh title in his 10th year of service.
Interestingly, Martin Luther carried a piece of amber in his pocket as a protection against kidney stones.
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Stone was in Williamsville signing copies of his book «The Man Who Killed Kennedy: The Case Against LBJ.»
While Paladino continues to mull a re-match against Cuomo, several of his political allies are trying to recruit one of Stone's friends, another bigname businessman, to run.
Borrowing and issuing of bonds have become a divine tradition in the administration, the stabilisation levy they spoke vehemently against its implementation has become its head corner stone.
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