Sentences with phrase «as rockier ground»

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OR, maybe as a result of tilling this rocky soil, we will find fruitful ground in which to sow our theological seeds by reading the Old Testament in a whole new light.

In the parable, the seed in one case fell upon ground having a rocky bottom, covered over with a thin layer of earth; when the seed began to take root, its downward growth was hindered by the hard stone and therefore it spent its strength in pushing its green shoot aloft as high as it could, but having no inward moisture derived from root nourishment, it withered away.

Running on uneven ground such as rocky terrain or snow could make it seem like you're limping, and mountain lions might consider you more vulnerable, Coss says.

From this survey data, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope as well as large ground - based observatories will be able to further characterize the targets, making it possible for the first time to study the masses, sizes, densities, orbits, and atmospheres of a large cohort of small planets, including a sample of rocky worlds in the habitable zones of their host stars.

«A mountainous and rocky setting is more characteristic of not as much ground shaking, opposed to abundant sediments... where there's a potential for higher ground shaking,» he said.

The rocky ground beneath the ice in the Wilkes Basin forms a huge valley below sea - level which slopes downwards as it heads inland.

After repairing Ewan's bike they are back on the rocky road but are soon brought to a grinding halt as Claudio the cameraman's shock absorber also gives in, leaving Charley and Ewan to venture alone, while Claudio's bike is taken to Khartoum to be repaired.

As dawn passes and mid-day approaches on the barren African savannah, animal skeletons lie dormant on the rocky ground - the first sign of life.

It isn't that post-meltdown Sheen lacks the charisma to anchor a picture, but that Coppola, on rockier ground with his second feature after the much more aesthetically bold and thematically rich CQ, is serving two masters: his own whimsy; and his obvious desire to stage a career intervention for his friend, recasting the actor's overexposed mania as hangdog sadness — probably the last thing anyone wants to see Sheen embody.

Smaller dogs can generally handle a relatively smooth and short trail, but they don't cover ground as quickly due to their short legs and may need to be carried up and down rocky areas.

You can see the woe in Midas» face as he's being wrenched across the rocky ground to his inevitable doom.

From the rocky terrain above ground, to the massive underground facility itself, each area feels unique and ripe with areas to explore in search of not only new paths of progression, but various upgrades as well.

The exhibition also includes an image of the terminus of the Piedras Blancas glacier, revealing the almost lunar - like landscape of the rocky, barren ground remaining as the glacier recedes.

As an aside, the stands used by dendrochronologists are rocky with little ground cover making them unsuitable for grazing by sheep, etc. especially relative to the nearby flats and meadows.

Well drained and rocky substrate there creates a glade ecosystem where sloping ground can encourage the growth of prickly pear cacti and other desert and prairie species such as the collared lizard, Crotaphytus that last covered the whole area around 7,000 years ago in the Hypsithermal Interval, during the Holocene Period, when warming dried out much of the glacial Northern Hemisphere.

Ground - level decks are fantastic options when shorelines preclude setting up chairs directly on the water's edge, as when a coast is rocky or tides run high.