Sentences with phrase «as prodding»

We got a 8week old female and our make dog sniffs the life out of her as well as prodding her with his nose.

And adjusting the way all that (and the air suspension system) behaves is as simple as prodding the AMG Dynamic Select button, which cycles among Comfort, Sport, Sport Plus and Individual settings.

These crows are known for their intelligence and innovation, as they are the only non-primate species able to make tools, such as prodding sticks and hooks.

The authorities should instead welcome the rise as prodding big exporters to raise their game.

On the equity side, some funds add «best of the worst» companies to encourage better corporate behavior via proxy voting, such as prodding energy companies to produce more renewable energy.

As he prodded the prime minister, Nye, best known as the host of the 1990s PBS show «Bill Nye the Science Guy,» and more recently for the Netflix series «Bill Nye Saves the World,» cited a study by a group called The Solutions Project that concluded Canada could live entirely without fossil fuels if it fully embraced renewable energy sources.

From a developer to another, this is unacceptable to have as a prod product.

The lure of God can be experienced as a prod, a spur, a prompt, and a challenge, but it can not be experienced as an irresistible force.

He was a bit surprised by this and, as he prodded, found what they really wanted was to be in ministry, but because they had seen so few women in those roles, they thought they had to essentially «marry in» to pastoral ministry.

Sergio Ramos put the the Bernabeu side after 24 minutes as he prodded home a Cristiano Ronaldo cross.

Leadbitter only touched the ball 28 times all afternoon, but he looked far from rusty as he prodded cooly past David de Gea following Alvaro Negredo's tidy assist.

With the weather serving as the prod for some to put on their running shoes or keep others at home, the scientists got a good idea of who socially infected who with the running bug.

The opening riff from «Papa Was a Rolling Stone» sounds so great as it prods the subwoofer and shimmies into the rear channels that I wish they'd played the whole song.

As I prod the start button, the Mercedes - AMG - sourced, twin - turbo V - 8 echoes through the wiry spruce trees of Lapland.

They call them mules and, while these mash - ups usually give little outward clue to what's coming up, their swollen and mutated shells are as perversely fascinating as any prod - spec test car hidden under false panelwork.

She also takes it as a prod to her own flights of fancy.

As he prodded the prime minister, Nye, best known as the host of the 1990s PBS show Bill Nye the Science Guy, and more recently for the Netflix series Bill Nye Saves the World, cited a study by a group called The Solutions Project that concluded Canada could live entirely without fossil fuels if it fully embraced renewable energy sources.

But he added the political reality that students will face as they prod federal and state lawmakers around the country: «My colleagues do not support banning every semiautomatic rifle sold in America.»

In his 15 years of experience, Domb has learned that increasing interest rates often serve as a prod to corporations and result in better business.

Not exact matches

On July 27, Bennett admonished Gantz as he was speaking before the cabinet, telling him that military leaders should be like «galloping horses» that need to be restrained by the government, not like «lazy bulls,» which require prodding to take action.

French President Francois Mitterrand panicked over the prospect of a strong Germany after the Cold War, and prodded Chancellor Helmut Kohl into accepting the euro as a price for German reunification.

Additionally, as the nature of work continues to change, prodded by technological advances that maximize worker efficiency at the expense of regular work schedules, more workers are seeking supplementary income.

As an industry model, franchising has been poked and prodded and analyzed by economists since its inception.

Taxpayers who qualify as real estate professionals generally have been able to get a bigger tax break for those losses, which could prod some people to try passing as one for tax purposes.

While sales at Lowe's have risen, they continue to trail gains at its larger competitor — a sign it's not doing as good a job capitalizing on the housing boom, which has prodded Americans to spend more on renovations.

The index was designed to prod the government pension fund to allocate more of their assets to Japanese stocks as they invest more in equities generally.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP)-- As Congress debates how to help Puerto Rico with its $ 70 billion debt, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is trying to prod lawmakers into action with stories of crumbling infrastructure on the island and a lack of basic...

Jesus didn't give the Lord's prayer as a magic incantation (though many believers use it this way); it is supposed to prod us on to deeper levels of conversational prayer with the Lord as you point out.

The only trouble with the people at that church was that no one had ever before believed in them, pushed them, prodded them, loved them as Bessie did.

Or he «helps» his partner carry feedsacks by letting him do the carrying, and prodding him in the rear end with a pitchfork, as if it were a cattle prod.

They have long ago explored that possibility (often at the behest of annoying religious prodding) and discarded it as a waste of time.

Or a shepherd walking beside a sheep on its way back to the flock would do, so long as the shepherd was not pushing or prodding.

I don't think NP suggests that he isn't exploring, dismantling, erecting, prodding, or setting up boundaries... I think at the heart of the issue is the intention behind it (as far as we are able to access our own or others intentions, why often remain a partial mystery).

But if, as one hopes, there will be 150 or more schools that are authentically Catholic in the manner envisioned by Ex Corde Ecclesiae, that will be in no small part thanks to the thoughtful and firm prodding of Archbishop Michael Miller.

In conversations with conservatives William Bennett and Milton Friedman, he prods them to recognize, as Rawls does, that much of what we call «achievement» is based at least as much on luck as on personal initiative.

Therefore it can only regard as illegitimate a scholarly career which becomes in the long run no more than a distracting fascination with historical details about Jesus, details which may occupy the memory, move the emotions, prod the conscience, or stimulate the intellect, but fail to put the self in radical decision.

At Paul's prodding, table fellowship included gentiles as well as Jews, extending Jesus» open eating ministry to all.

From such holy women as Thérèse of Lisieux, Faustina of Poland, Edith Stein, Mother Teresa of Calcutta and Mary of Nazareth, I reaped comfort and guidance, prodding and inspiration.

The entry of a successful international player like Saputo with clear investment intentions and strategies for Asian growth out of Australia should act as another useful prod for necessary change.

Now, there's a vague sense of embarrassment as Pool mournfully prods at the tangled branches that once bore his livelihood.

I enjoyed being the Howard Cosell to the sculpture's Muhammed Ali, poking and prodding, partly skeptical and mostly a true believer, as I used way too many words to describe this gift to the world.

In Brookline, TheCountry Club, under prodding from such distinguished members as ArthurHunnewell and G. E. Cabot, appropriated $ 50 for the construction of anexperimental six - hole course.

His remarks are as much prods to his players as they are musings to himself.

At a poke - and - prod for scouts before the 2001 Hula Bowl in Maui, Brees was measured and announced by a stentorian clerk as «five - eleven - seven!»

The ideal coach in 1980, uniting a team of college kids and sending them out to beat the world, Brooks remained the ideal coach 22 years later, prodding hard - bitten pros with homilies and buzzwords such as «rebound.»

The goal came off a Omar Perez free kick, as the veteran 34 year old midfielder floated a delightful ball into the box for Morelo to prod home.

Odion Ighalo had prodded the hosts into a shock first - lead with virtually their first attack of the game, but Messi's moment arrived five minutes into the second period as he pounced after Tono had failed to hold Cesc Fabregas» effort.

The big gap between Dzeko and Balotelli reveals that Dzeko holds up play more and gets more touches as the team prods the defense for weaknesses, leading to more opportunities for the striker as well as teammates.

The strike gave the home side added swagger and a fine Philippe Coutinho threaded pass picked out an expertly - timed run as Salah prodded the second.

The difference in quality was evident on the pitch as the Hoops dominated possession early on, picking and prodding at the visitors» backline straight from kick - off.