Sentences with phrase «as older relatives»

One Mobile Ring has no doubt the mobile phone will prove as successful as its older relatives, but with HTC firing on all cylinders at the moment with rumours of dual - core devices coming to the UK — the company are pushing the hype surrounding the brand further still.

Bisphenol S, or BPS, a common chemical in everyday plastics and papers, has the same toxic, hormone - disrupting effects in cells and animals as its older relative, bisphenol A, or BPA.

Not exact matches

I watched as my pious relatives sat by my 42 year old sister's death bed telling her about Jesus.

It was characteristic of the older liberal theologians that they regarded mythology as relative and temporary.

Thus Lessing's old problem as to how «accidental historical truths can serve as proofs for eternal rational truths» was deepened by the awareness that even our reconstruction of the «historical truths» is «accidental», i.e.historically relative.

As we have come to expect, the dual transcendence consists in the fact God is universally necessary in his abstract character and universally relative in his concrete contingent character, these two sides being «reconciled by the old principle that the concrete contains the abstract» (pp. 236f).

I am glad and sympathized to see the relatives of jailed prisoners but I am not happy to see our Muslims old and young men or women with the signs of «V» for victory which is not our Muslim character and to my mind we Muslims have to create or already exist in Muslim society what we are not realizing to replace the «V «sign as RED CROSS into CRESCENT MOON for Muslims character.

What the Old Testament especially teaches us is this: «that zeal is as essentially a duty of all God's rational creatures, as [are] prayer and praise, faith and submission; and, surely, if so, [then] especially of sinners whom He has redeemed: that zeal consists in a strict attention to His commands» a scrupulousness, vigilance, heartiness, and punctuality, which bears with no reasoning or questioning about them» an intense thirst for the advancement of His glory» a shrinking from the pollution of sin and sinners» an indignation, nay impatience, at witnessing His honor insulted» a quickness of feeling when His name is mentioned, and a jealousy how it is mentioned» a fullness of purpose, an heroic determination to yield Him service at whatever sacrifice of personal feeling» and an energetic resolve to push through all difficulties, were they as mountains, when His eye or hand but gives the sign» a carelessness of obloquy, or reproach, or persecution, a forgetfulness of friend and relative, nay, a hatred (so to say) of all that is naturally dear to us, when He says, «Follow me.»

As I did with the women of Daughters of Norway, I would like to encourage you to find ways to share such experiences with your relatives, whether they're older generations or younger.

The oldest left tackle in the NFL, Andrew Whitworth, was plying his trade in relative anonymity as a Bengal last fall before signing a three - year deal with the Rams this past March.

The reports from France claim that a close relative of Mbappe's has declared that he bellieves the 18 - year old will not see Arsenal being in the Europa League as a big problem or any kind of deal breaker, because the reputation of our manager for bringing on some of the top young French forwards in recent years makes Arsene Wenger and Arsenal an extremely enticing option.

«This was definitely meant to be,» Williams said later, as a seemingly endless procession of old friends, curious passersby and dubious newfound relatives crashed his family's all - day draft party at the Comfort Suites.

The last Premier League match - up before Christmas, and hearing your older relatives complain how football isn't like the old days, we're treated to a match that offered up an upset last season as Chelsea face a difficult trip to the Britannia Stadium to face Stoke City.

Departures have been kept to a relative minimum this summer as Mourinho looks to build his squad for the domestic and Champions League campaigns, but defenders Cameron Borthwick - Jackson and Timothy Fosu - Mensah have been allowed to leave Old Trafford on loan for the season.

The 13 - time English giants have identified the 20 year old central defender as a long - term addition to the team despite his relative inexperience.

He has a quiet «chat» to his assorted relatives for 3 hours and I scream at my dad over the top of my 2 year old clawing at me and yelling for random stuff because I'm never so interesting as when I'm on the phone.

Soccer has a higher injury rate than many contact / collision sports such as field hockey, rugby, basketball, and football, with players younger than age 15 at higher relative injury risk compared with older players, concludes a clinical report in the journal Pediatrics.

As this strong familial tendency exists, parents may also notice a similarity to other relatives with tongue tie, especially in the older child.

This will give your child a personal connection to the past, as they might resemble their older relatives more than they realized.

There are no excuses now, your child is old enough to help with chores and other household duties, such as making dinner, watching younger siblings, attending to sick or older relatives, and even managing things for a little bit while you're busy or at work.

Although both of my daughters had potty trained right at their 2 - year - old birthdays with relative ease (both were completely trained, even at night, within weeks with a few tears, more than a few accidents, and maybe one reward chart), I took all of the «advice» from other people and decided to not even attempt to potty train my son as his 2 - year birthday rolled around.

Diagnosis was always confirmed by a physician, and breastfeeding information was always confirmed by patients» mothers or other older close relative (as previously mentioned, this was not a requirement in pediatric studies).

The two - year - old was identified as Bisoye while the mother whose body was also recovered from the rubble was identified by relatives as Basirat.

LeMura, 57, entered the contest as the favorite against the 70 - year - old DeFrancisco, but not because of her relative youth.

Many are attributing the relative lack of controversy to the three year old property tax cap that limits tax levy increases, as well as an increase in state aid.

The 59 year - old is not as suave, eloquent or decorated as Congressman Charlie Rangel, the octogenarian Harlem lawmaker still old enough to be Mr. Espaillat's father, but after decades in the relative political wilderness, the Dominican - American immigrant is on the verge of driving Mr. Rangel out of office.

Based on the anatomical features of the fossil, Isthminia was either a close relative or ancestor of today's Amazon river dolphin (which probably invaded South America's river systems when sea - level rise expanded those habitats about 6 million years ago), or it was a descendant of an older and as - yet - undiscovered river dolphin that went back to sea.

Older patients have diverse views on the relative importance of stroke and death as end points, which differ from clinicians» beliefs, he argues.

Then the scientists noticed the ridge in a pitted, yellowed skull of our 2 - million - year - old relative Homo erectus — but not in older hominids known as australopithecines, who walked the earth as far back as 4.4 million years ago.

In Mexico, figures from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) indicate that in 2010 there was a population of 32.5 million children from 0 to 14 years old that, in relative terms, represent 29 percent of the total population of which at least three in 10 children have Stunted Growth syndrome, some cases are solved by correcting lifestyle habits as healthy eating, sleeping and physical activity, but others require specialized care.

Long before meteorology became a national spectator sport, 12 - year - old Joshua Wurman built a makeshift weather station in his backyard in a suburb of Philadelphia, erecting a wooden shelter to shield his instruments from the elements as they captured temperature and relative - humidity readings.

The fossilized cells, reported today as the oldest animal sperm ever collected, belong to a class of cocoon - producing worms called clitellate annelids, more commonly known as earthworms, leeches, and their relatives.

While this may make it more difficult for older adults to pick out an unfamiliar voice, it has an interesting consequence: The relative benefit of having a familiar voice as the target actually increases with age.

The most striking early symptom is memory loss (amnesia), usually manifest as minor forgetfulness that becomes steadily denser with illness progression, with relative preservation of older memories.

As a relative late - comer to yoga, herself, she specializes in working with older adults.

I find it more than interesting that right away the article defines «sugar baby» as «young, attractive women who provide companionship for older, wealthier men»... this gets back to the question of what is «young» «attractive» and what constitutes «companionship»... also to note, it is «wealthier» not «wealthy»... that relative term means if the SB is unemployed and the SD has a job, he's technically «wealthier» than her!

The fact that he is still chugging away, knocking out a film a year at 74 years old, is indeed impressive, and one frequently marvels at not only the consistent quality of his work, but the relative indifference when he hits pay dirt — i.e., if some young up - and - comer had knocked out a Vicky Cristina Barcelona or Match Point, he or she'd have been hailed as the Second Coming, but when it's Woody, we just chalk it up as an expectation, rate it on a comparative scale to his previous masterworks, and move on.

Reportedly now the highest paid actress in the world, the 25 - year - old was a relative unknown when she was first cast as Katniss Everdeen.

Telling the tale of a 19 year old desperately trying to earn a few quid to pay back his unforgiving dad (played by Peter Mullan), it sees relative newcomer Jack O'Connell as unlucky teen Adam and Tim Roth as the hit man who takes him under his wing.

Directed by Uberto Pasolini (producer of The Full Monty), Still Life is set in present day South London and stars Eddie Marsan as John May, a 44 year old council worker whose job is to trace the relatives and friends of people who have apparently died alone.

As the director behind two effective series reboots, Campbell surely deserves a little monument in some corner of the Fleming - verse, but where GoldenEye revelled in old - school cartooniness, Casino Royale was calibrated for (relative) seriousness from the get - go — a tone very much in vogue in the mid-2000s after the critical and commercial success of Batman Begins.

At the time of its release, Breslin was only ten years old, Dano hadn't yet made his mark as the film industry's resident off - beat weirdo, and Carell was such a relative unknown that the film's producers were actually worried he didn't have enough acting experience.

Admittedly I went into Captain America: The First Avenger as a relative novice to the character's history and status as one of Marvel Comic's oldest heroic icons.

Quite surprisingly, he cites New Jersey's tortured 35 - year - old Abbott litigation as an example of «success,» but neglects to mention that the state's black students, the principal beneficiaries of the remedy, are still scoring at about the same relative levels on the NAEP tests as in 1992.

Three year olds — while equally likely to spend time in formal as in informal settings (in family day care or in the care of a relative, for example)-- spend fewer hours overall in formal care than four - year - olds.

As Eva Moskowitz puts it: «If (we) backfilled older grades... the incoming students» lower relative academic preparation would adversely affect the schools» other students... We have an obligation to the parents in middle and high school, and the kids in middle and high school, that until the district schools are able to do a better job, it's not really fair for the seventh - grader or high school student to have to be educated with a child who's reading at a second - or third - grade level.»

However, even among those who attend high - quality ECE programs, DLLs begin kindergarten at an academic disadvantage relative to their non-DLL peers; the gap widens as children grow older.

Meanwhile, the position of the rear bench seat relative to the floor results in an uncomfortable knees - up seating position for adults, as was the case in the old Leaf.

The extra space, relative to the old touch surface, feels more natural and allowed me to write whole words such as «HOME» rather than waiting for one letter at a time.

The interior of the Outlander Sport feels more modern than other Mitsubishis, but this is a relative statement: it still feels a decade old, which might make sense for a dirt - cheap price leader, but our tester was optioned up to $ 26,190: That's the same territory as the Jeep Renegade and its Fiat 500X twin, to name a couple of arguably better competitors.