Sentences with phrase «bearings from such things»

They've learned that birds take their bearings from such things as stars, the sun, landmarks, and Earth's magnetic field.

Not exact matches

But some Bunyan, writing Pilgrim's Progress in a prison where it was so damp that, as he cried, «The moss did verily grow upon mine eyebrows»; some Kernahan, born without arms and legs, but by sheer grit fighting his way up until he sat in the House of Commons; some Henry M. Stanley, born in a workhouse and buried in Westminster Abbey; some Dante, his Beatrice dead, he himself an exile from the city of his love, distilling all his agony into a song that became the «voice of ten silent centuries», or some more obscure and humble life close at hand where handicaps have been mastered, griefs have been built into character, disappointments have been turned into trellises, not left a bare, unsightly thing — such incarnations of fortitude and faith have infectious power.

Its been a tough journey being a born - again, accepting and giving my life to Christ Jesusover 2 years ago... aside from being in his word throughout my walk, watching sermons of bold preachers such as David Wilkerson, Leonard Ravenhill, Paul Washer... I totally missed out on the love, mercy, grace side of things.

Its not such an uncommon thing for men who are successful to take a step back from the crazy hours when their children are born.

The analysis, by researchers at Duke University, King's College London and the University of Otago in New Zealand, combined data from a long - term study of a group of people born in the same year in Dunedin, New Zealand with their electronic health records and governmental databases on such things as health, welfare and criminal justice.

Our son was born there and Liam's dad is from Barnsley so I was really pleased Liam chose to buy my ring there as I love sentimental things like this.Liam has a simple cobalt band, he is a physics teacher so he has to wear something hard wearing as he's always coming home having burnt his tie or some such accident so his ring is bound to be in danger at some point!

To put it in context, it means leaving out great songs such as If You Were Mine, These Foolish Things, The Way You Look Tonight, Pennies from Heaven, I Can't Give You Anything But Love, I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm, Why Was I Born?

Impressive in films such as «Dirty Pretty Things» and «Children of Men,» Ejiofor is a supple actor whose subtle work conveys the mind - bending notion of a man born free but hijacked into slavery, a man who finds the keystones of his identity ripped away from him, possibly never to return.

Thus, it keeps showing us things which we may (or may not) remember from the TV show (such as the growling bear skin rug, or Morticia pruning the roses) in order to comfort the audience.

Last weekend Rogers granddaughter was here and at first we were very scared about sugar bears reaction, but as always she surprised us playing with them, running and very lovable with her.which was great for us as we enjoyed seeing them play and run, what a weekend!Yesterday Afternoon one of the volunteers from the shelter came over to see her and she was very happy to all the progress Sugar bear has made in such a short time.She said we were doing the right things with her and that if she would see her walking with me somewhere else she wouldn't recognize her as she has gain weigh and her hair is shinny.

Another symptom of a bored cat is when they start tipping things over in the house, such as cups from the table, candles from the chimney mantel, and so on.

Sony has done things like 3D and motion gaming too, which seem like fads, but these things always get funnelled into worthwhile technology such as PlayStation VR, which is a creation borne from Sony learning from the limitations of prior initiatives and building upon them to innovate.

Hack and slash games are a known genre for most gamers, with powerful games like God of War and Devil May Cry to older games such as one of my favourite games of all time, Golden Axe, there are a few things we come to expect when we play games like this and even though we mostly button mash our way through them there is always something that keeps us entertained and keeps us from getting bored or noticing how sore our fingers are getting.

Aside from having the boring shooting mechanics, there are a lot of things that fans can do in the game such as aerial combat, the vehicular combat, riding into turrets and many more.

When I see beautiful wooden bookcases and other such things in stores, all bearing «MADE IN...» tags naming countries not famous for enforced green ethics, I wonder what environmental atrocities resulted from the stripmining for the materials.

Second, and most important, motor vehicle litigation will move from a system where accidents are assessed based on driver negligence to a products liability system, where manufacturers bear more of the burden for failure of things such as sensors and warning systems.

It's into such a deceptive culture that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been born, providing spouses, girlfriends and boyfriends with a fancy new tool for hiding things from their significant others.