Sentences with phrase «as a sink which»

The Earth System performs the functions («ecosystem services») of providing both the sources of these material and energy inputs to the human economy, as well as the sinks which absorb and process the pollution and waste outputs of the human economy.

Not exact matches

To do so would sink the value of the underlying land, which was used as collateral for the developer's loans.

According to a recent report from research firm G.P. Wild, approximately 60 people per year are injured on cruise ships due to «operational mishaps,» which can range from small fires on the ship to actual explosions, as well as collisions, or ships sinking or getting stranded.

That hurt technology - focused hedge fund Coatue Management, which lost about $ 58 million during the day, including more than $ 10 million apiece on Netflix stock and Activision Blizzard (atvi), as well as American Tower Corp. (amt), which sank 6 %.

Finally: You're experiencing a cold snowy scene in Greenland beneath a piercing blue sky, gazing up warily as huge chunks of glacier plunge down, right in front of you, into a raging river of ice floes which could have sunk another Titantic, but now, in the modern day, are emblematic of what is sinking Planet Earth.

The sites, which often act as launching pads for smear campaigns against entertainment properties that users don't like for one reason or another, are being credited for sinking films before they even see the light of day.

These are quite likely to be names that have sunk in the prior year, which is why they're known as «dogs.»

Gold «sinks down» as well, which allows things below to get and «store» it up.

They tend to sink into self - pity, which is the most miserable type of selfishness, as well as perhaps the most potent factor for loneliness and self - isolation.

Percy himself seems to have a high regard for it as at least an honest cry of desperation as opposed to the dull oblivion in which most people remain sunk.

This is a tiny hamlet of nineteenth - century settlement, much reduced from its ancient prosperity, yet the house is there, newly built from the ashes of its fiery ruin, Piety Hill, an Italianate pile, which began as a lumber baron's residence, sank to a refuge for impoverished gentry, and became the seat of a literary man — a history suggestive of larger changes in American society since 1918.

«If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came,» Lincoln continued, then what other sense can this war have, except that God has willed that the war should be a mechanism of justice, «until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword»?

And although the favor of the God, as forfeited or gained, is still an essential feature of the story, and theology plays a vital part therein, yet the acts to which this sort of religion prompts are personal not ritual acts, the individual transacts the business by himself alone, and the ecclesiastical organization, with its priests and sacraments and other go - betweens, sinks to an altogether secondary place.

As they continued to reject the clear teaching and the accompanying signs of Jesus which proved He was the Messiah, they sank deeper and deeper into darkness (cf. Matt 12:31 - 45).

After I sat down, being all in confusion, like a drowning man that was just giving up to sink, and almost in an agony, I turned very suddenly round in my chair, and seeing part of an old Bible lying in one of the chairs, I caught hold of it in great haste; and opening it without any premeditation, cast my eyes on the 38th Psalm, which was the first time I ever saw the word of God: it took hold of me with such power that it seemed to go through my whole soul, so that it seemed as if God was praying in, with, and for me.

When it falls, as in states of great lucidity, we grow conscious of things of which we should be unconscious at other times; when it rises, as in drowsiness, consciousness sinks in amount.

In the 1980s emphasis moved from limits of resources to the sort of limits which are referred to as «sink limits».

It means that the state of being in sin is that which, in the depth to which he has sunk, holds him together, impiously strengthening him by consistency; it is not the particular new sin which (crazy as it sounds to say it) helps him, but the particular new sin is merely the expression for the state of being in sin which properly is the sin.

If there were no God, all our works would be as meaningless as the ground of nothingness out of which they arose and into which they would otherwise sink.

That which we usually make the object of life, those outer things we are all so wildly seeking, which we so often live and die for, but which then do not give us peace and happiness, they should all come of themselves as accessory, and as the mere outcome or natural result of a far higher life sunk deep in the bosom of the spirit.

Each mini cake is studded with a few juicy blueberries, which, as they bake, collapse in on themselves to become sunken craters of sweet, sticky fruit.

Well, with twins who are four (and are boys) we don't get to take care of things as well as we used to, and apart from the area around the sink, which is not looking so good, the rest of the countertops are holding up well.

Sour cream, egg yolks... I had to figure out subs for all of that, so what I ended up with was a far cry from the original recipe, and yielded me a batch of absolutely delicious, delicate, chocolatey cupcakes, which completely sunk in the middle and crumbled as soon as you removed them from the wrappers.

The Maggie Beer Products gourmet food business has sunk into the red by up to $ 600,000 and the ASX company, which bought 48 per cent of it, is facing a big write - down of up to $ 10 million as the value of its investment sinks.

... modalities, rules and guidelines as to how, and which, additional human - induced activities related to changes in greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks in the agricultural soils and the land - use change and forestry... shall be added or subtracted.

The hosts came back strongly in the second half, when Arsenal took things for granted and started sinking deep into their own half, as Newcastle attempted a mammoth 266 passes, which is almost 100 more passes than their North London opponents, and completing an impressive 221 of them.

The cheeky glitch sees the new Barcelona star taking a bite out of the Dutchman's arm with the Dutchman grimacing in pain as the incident invokes memories of the similar incident in which Suarez sank his teeth into Branislav Ivanovic's shoulder last year.

Venerable leader of a most unusual exploring club, Mexico's Pablo Bush Romero has spent a lifetime probing jungle ruins, diving for archaeological treasures in sunken hulks and discovering such ancient underground relics as the Mayan altar on which he kneels at right

Quite how any manager keeps his players feet firmly grounded following an emphatic win over the reigning European champions is anyone's guess, while it will take a while before the stunning success over Inter Milan at White Hart Lane, where the home fans thoroughly enjoyed a breathtaking performance from their players as Spurs ran out convincing 3 - 1 winners over the team which beat Chelsea, Barcelona and Bayern Munich en route to lifting the most coveted prize in club football, actually sinks in.

Some mothers simply use their sink to bathe their baby, which is okay as long as you are careful not to bump baby's head on the edge of the sink.

It is common to store a number of potentially dangerous chemicals under the kitchen & bathroom sinks or in the laundry room, such as drain cleaners, ammonia, and products containing chlorine and various chemical polishes, which are one of the most common causes of accidental child poisoning.

Please note we now have the Mini Jen which has all the same features as the Jennie, but just a bit smaller, so if you are traveling without having to take the kitchen sink this could be a good option.

The idea of bathing her little girl was semi-terrifying, as it is for most new parents, and we suggested the Puj Tub as a great product to have in her mommy tool box - not only does it set up easily in the sink (which is great because it is at waist level with mom), but it can easily fold up and hang on the back of your door to dry.

The Tema Chemu Lagoon has served as an industrial sink through which almost all the major industries including textiles, oil industries among other companies channel their waste into the sea over the years.

Take a look beneath the surface of Lake Erie, as divers survey the Admiral, which sank in a storm in 1942.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, but subject to such requirements as the legislature shall impose by general or special law, indebtedness contracted by any county, city, town, village or school district and each portion thereof from time to time contracted for any object or purpose for which indebtedness may be contracted may also be financed by sinking fund bonds with a maximum maturity of fifty years, which shall be redeemed through annual contributions to sinking funds established by such county, city, town, village or school district, provided, however, that each such annual contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of the contribution, the same amount of such indebtedness as would have been paid and then be payable if such indebtedness had been financed entirely by the issuance of serial bonds, except, if an issue of sinking fund bonds is combined for sale with an issue of serial bonds, for the same object or purpose, then the amount of each annual sinking fund contribution shall be at least equal to the amount required, if any, to enable the sinking fund to redeem, on the date of each such annual contribution, (i) the amount which would be required to be paid annually if such indebtedness had been issued entirely as serial bonds, less (ii) the amount of indebtedness, if any, to be paid during such year on the portion of such indebtedness actually issued as serial bonds.

That is the narrow path which Theresa May must navigate — a Brexit that doesn't mess up Britain's trading relationship with Europe so much it sinks the economy, yet is not perceived by Leave voters as a betrayal.

In a change election, Quinn was tied inescapably to the Bloomberg administration in which she was de facto deputy mayor, and as de Blasio's campaign took off in the last few crucial weeks of the campaign by promising regime change, the big dead bird around Quinn's neck dragged her down and sunk her.

The types of molecules became less well - mixed as the spacecraft looked deeper into Saturn's atmosphere, which is what would happen if the particles came from the rings and sank at different speeds.

It does have an on / off switch, which is hard to find among budget models, as well as heat sinks.

As hydrocarbon gases sink toward their cores, increasing pressure squeezes out the hydrogen atoms and presses the remaining carbon into diamond, which travels through the planet's heart as very pricey precipitatioAs hydrocarbon gases sink toward their cores, increasing pressure squeezes out the hydrogen atoms and presses the remaining carbon into diamond, which travels through the planet's heart as very pricey precipitatioas very pricey precipitation.

As the lithosphere sank into the lower mantle, it first formed a basin at the surface, which later sprang up when the weight below broke off and sank further into the deeper depths of the mantle.

In part, that's because it's nearly impossible to know which message sank in with voters as they were blitzed with a storm of ads, fliers and talking points.

Finally, all the climate models assume different amounts of energy stored on Earth that is transferred to the ocean depths, which act as an enormous heat sink.

The forests, which form the largest part of this land - based cover, are referred to as carbon sinks.

Forests not only store carbon that will be emitted with deforestation, they also act as an important carbon sink, which have a key role in further buffering climate change.

The feeling returned that evening as some of us looked at the stars in the Southern Hemisphere sky, which is spectacular and different, with the Southern Cross riding high and the Big Dipper sinking below the horizon.

He was excited about what he saw as a silver lining, which made my enthusiasm sink even further.

«Understanding which trees in the forest are most vulnerable to drought is quite important for understanding whether [they will] continue to act as a strong carbon sink in a rapidly changing climate,» he said in an email.

The coastline was barely recognizable; what had been one of the most beautiful and regular harbors in Asia now was an obstacle course, littered with masses of black pumice stone, tree trunks burnt and splintered as if by lightning, and the prows of previously sunken ships which the ocean had thrown onto land.