Sentences with phrase «become fixed on»

I agree that we should not become fixed on a particular length of time for temperature trends.

In the phase of the «neolithic revolution'they hardened and became fixed on a territorial basis.

Becoming fixed on a traditional line of interpretation, such evangelicals have removed «from God's word in Scripture [perhaps we could better say, from God's word as Scripture] its power to revolutionize the existing order.

I do not know exactly why we became fixed on this detail, but it was no doubt a punctuation mark that, in effect, did further the sense of oppression in the room.

As I walked through the glass doors strewn with advertisements of games I love, my eyes became fixed on what laid before me.

Not exact matches

Chartbeat CEO Tony Haile, whose analytics firm has partnered with Google on AMP, says that fixing the mobile web in the way Google has proposed would also help the open web compete with proprietary apps, which for many users have become the primary way they interact with content and media.

«It's on the way» to junk status, said Carlos Gribel, the head of fixed income at private investment bank Andbanc Brokerage in Miami, adding the bonds still have room to fall before becoming attractive to investors with an appetite for risk.

There will be some plumber in America who becomes famous by doing two minute videos broken up in 20 sections on how to fix things yourself.

It's becoming clear, though, that whatever compromise emerges from Congress, it will be a short - term fix, nothing more than a bit of breathing room for lawmakers to hatch out a better agreement on spending and tax reforms.

It's helped me to become a much better entrepreneur — I can dive in when my team needs to fix a few bugs on the site.

To make certain the SEP never becomes a financial burden on the company, he waits until year - end results are in before fixing his contribution level.

the date on which the principal amount of a fixed income security is scheduled to become due and payable, typically along with any final coupon payment.

During times of recession the economy is stimulated with low interest rates and once they get low enough, the yield on bonds and other fixed investments becomes so unattractive that money starts to flow into equities.

Constant Maturity - The constant maturity takes place when there is a quoted return, or yield, on a financial instrument, that is fixed and it involves comparing the instrument in question with other financial instruments that are also fixed, but that have different maturities, which is the given date the debt become due for payment.

Cohen, who has in the past described himself as Trump's «fix - it guy» and said he would «take a bullet» for Trump, has become an increasingly significant figure in recent weeks after the FBI raided his home, hotel, and office on April 9.

If you have less than two years remaining on your adjustable rate mortgage before it becomes variable, I highly recommend you refinance today or before the fixed rate ends because ARMs are tied to LIBOR rates once they are variable, and LIBOR rates have surged higher.

Housing is becoming increasingly expensive to build due to government fees and regulations on building in most cities, and government programs merely subsidize this process at a cost to the taxpayers; and rent control has been a disaster because that immediately kills off any new construction and reduces the incentive for land owners and landlords to maintain their property because their income is fixed.

Why wouldn't you reallocate to your target investment allocation (where the interest on the 401 (k) loan asset becomes part of your fixed income allocation)?

Instead, what began with Rousseau has become a fixed tendency, with the focus on travail imposed from outside, by parents, environment, and so on.

@ tuition poor: I agree with that quote entirely... so why doesn't anyone start fixing the system and «teach them to fish» so that we can get these people back on their feet, become productive members of society, and off of welfare instead of just cutting the programs and denying the people that need it?

Their eyes are fixed on him, the one who has become the center of their lives.

His merit is to avoid narrow concepts and to refrain from making the antagonisms under which he himself had to suffer by the center of his theology.22 Looking at his dealing with ecological issues it becomes clear that Boff is not fixed on his context but willing to take up issues from outside and translate them into his context.

Similarly, a momentary and passing sensitivity to time, or even a lasting one, are well known phenomena: when a decision has to be made in a fairly short span of time; when a job to be done is so urgent that its accomplishment amounts to a struggle against time itself; or when in waiting for pleasant or unpleasant events one's gaze becomes increasingly fixed on the hands of the clock.

The Word of God is what it is only in event, and the paradox lies in the fact that this Word is identical with the Word which originated in the apostolic preaching, which has been fixed in Scripture and which is handed on by men in the Church's proclamation; (In other words, a man just like myself speaks to me the Word of God: in him the Word of God becomes incarnate.

Yesterday the Herald revealed that agreement had been reached to start the scheme for three years with a fixed price on carbon - a de facto carbon tax - before it becomes an emissions trading scheme in which the market would set the price.

Never knew that an unplanned and totally unorganized trip could become one of the most memorable vacations for us, acknowledging the golden words «A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.»

AKB's just never run out of excuses, it isn't «bad luck» when we are first on the injury ladder (by a country mile as well) EVERY SEASON, the last time i remember having a reasonable injury list was before diaby was injury prone, so whether it's down to his tactics, players diets or imcompetent staff, a 2.5 star manager wouldn't have taken more than 2 - 3 seasons to fix these problems, players join our club with amazingly good injury records (ozil) and become injry prone, players leave our club (fabregas) and are fit 2x as much as they were for us, SOMETHING IS WRONG AT ARSENAL

I observed the statistics, and I became convinced they were betting on fixes.

if walcott learnt to dribble if barcelona offered 60m for ramsey if xhaka learnt to tackle if giroud learnt positional play if iwobi acquired a football brain if perez played more... if donald trump became president of the united states... oh hang on a minute... yes its mathematically possible... so 4th place junkies can still knock on the french pushers door hoping for next year «s fix... pathetic

However, the high - powered former accountant, who worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers prior to becoming a trusted financial fixer for United's unpopular owners, who are focussed on divesting rather than investing in the club in order to increase their personal wealth, is more than just a bean counter.

Stomach aches became the norm on the way to school and I didn't know how to fix it.

The unexpected combination of storage shelf made out of four fixed shelves and 12 bins, way to go to inspire your kids to become bookworms, they can just simply store or place the book on the shelves.

i am a firm believer in BREAST IS BEST!my daughter is now 9 mths and goin strong!she is so healthy - from birth she was 10lbs2oz - now she is around 22 lbs and 30in tall and almost walking!i started gvin her a little bit of baby food around 5 mths (she actually wasnt impressed!she prefers bits of table food) but she really only wants to nurse!i plan on nursing her untill shes ready to quit - despite my moms jokes about me in the future sitting in her 1st grade class and nursing her in the back!i actually plan on becoming a breastfeeding advocate and supporter for new moms that really want to breastfeed!i try to encourage any pregger (even strangers) and i cant wait to gain more knowledge so i can really help others!ther is such a special connection that i feel as i nourish my child and she stares up into my eyes!and its so convinent - its the all - in - one fix!

Love this car seat nearly a year on after buying it, it actually feels safe fixed into the car, some become a bit loose with time etc this doesn't it's great, and reclines perfectly for long journeys

If you're able to anticipate that potty - training accident on the way to daycare, for example, and keep an extra change of clothes in your car at all times, a near - catastrophe becomes an easy fix.

In opposing the amendment, Department for Education spokesperson Baroness Garden of Frognal said, «At present, any maintained faith school is able to select up to 100 per cent of its pupils based on faith, subject to being oversubscribed... We want to ensure parity across faith schools in the maintained and academy sector... The noble Baroness's amendment would remove that flexibility for voluntary controlled schools that have converted to become academies, fixing their admissions arrangements to those that existed on the point of conversion.

In conjunction, it becomes extremely difficult to change the minds of people who are fixed on conclusions inferred through analogical reasoning, even if it is rational for them to soberly reconsider.

In the light of the crash in global crude oil price, which is Nigeria's main foreign exchange earner, the devastating actions of aggrieved militants on oil and gas infrastructure in the oil - rich Niger Delta which has resulted in lock - in or leakages of crude oil, sometimes in excess of one million barrels that could have been exported daily, and the consequential rapid decline in the well - being of the masses, the urgency to fix the Nigerian economy by changing tactics from sole reliance on oil, becomes more poignant and urgent, hence the need for international experts to aid diversification efforts of the government.

The shortage also has become an issue on the campaign trail, with Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry blaming the Bush administration for not paying attention to warning signs about possible shortages and the Bush campaign inferring that vaccine manufacturers are hindered by fears of lawsuits, something the campaign said Kerry would not move to fix.

Cuomo ran on a promise of independent redistricting, and after he became governor, he solicited expert advice on how to fix the state's explicitly partisan and reform - resistant method of determining the make - up of legislative districts.

And it helps me to stay on top of issues affecting town roads and fixing them before they become bigger, more costly issues.

Mayor Billy Barlow said since he assumed office in 2016, it's become a trend for each retiring city employee to ask him to fix the building on their way out.

The police department is very old and outdated, but to build these things you rely on bonds and those lead to debt service which become a fixed part of your budget,» Mr. Russell said.

Mr. Dumelo, who like many others in the showbiz industry, has been criticized for actively getting involved in politics, became a subject of public discussion in May 2015, when he reportedly stated that Ghanaians were putting undue pressure on President Mahama to fix the country's economic challenges.

For example, suppose you accept that God steps in every so often to fix the outcome of a quantum event in the brain — manipulating the motion of electrons to cause a neuron to fire, perhaps, influencing your decision on whether to become a priest or a scientist.

The genes may remain on the periphery, neither becoming widely fixed in the population at large nor being entirely eliminated from the gene pool.

Short - term fixes Existing disposal facilities have adequate capacity for most low - level radioactive waste and are accessible to waste generators in the short term, but constraints on the long - term disposal of class B and C wastes have become clear, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office last year.

The search for answers might shed light on how cells» fates become fixed during development, and how plants manage to retain such flexibility.

Heading up the longest - running wild - dolphin study ever conducted, he has become the world's leading authority on a creature whose domed forehead and fixed grin invite both affection and misunderstanding.

Once the cells have changed from a normal cell to a nitrogen - fixing one there is no going back and they become totally dependent on the other cells for energy.