Sentences with phrase «befalling for»

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But as the project's profile increased, Northern Gateway itself became a target for the same sort of hostility that befell Keystone.

The same calamities that befell the hospitality industry when Cara was public are still threats, for the short term anyway.

But tracking your audience through the social media jungle is not for the faint of heart — plenty of perils can befall a foolhardy brand that enters these environments unaware and unprepared.

«If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another» Epicurus

For according to the worth of a man he will requite him, and according to his ways he will make it befall him.

The fact that the rates of the badness that befall people are pretty much the same for everyone, whether they pray constantly or are atheists who never pray says a lot.

And when he stood silent in Yad Vashem» whose plain and stark memorialization of the horrors that befell the Jewish people at the hands of the Nazis positively begs for silence» he left a drop of the kind of healing balm on the hearts of Jews that the Church had never before found the means (assuming the desire) to do.

recognized that unless these were corrected, great evil could befall the monarchy, so he ordered that «the chronicles of the emperors be selected and recorded, errors and falsehoods eliminated, and the truth determined and written down for transmission to later ages.»

I loved this plain street, where for thirteen years no great harm had been allowed to befall me.

Whatever befalls in accordance with Nature would be accounted good; and indeed, what is more consonant with Nature than for the old to die?

As for Ms. Hinlicky's argument that non-abortifacient forms of birth control are not intrinsically evil in light of the fact that many couples employ these methods and suffer no evil results, I can only refer her to the wisdom of Ecclesiasticus 5:4: «Say not: I have sinned, and what harm hath befallen me?

Don't pray for his demise, for evil to befall him, or any other bad thing, but pray for God's guidance and wisdom to be bestowed on President Obama.

For the most part a man knows no more than that this or that, as he has reason to hope, as seems probable, etc., will not befall him.

Applying Dedalus's remark to biology, one can ask: What ensures that the human species will not someday be one of the «thousand types» for which nature does not care, which will perish in a global holocaust of the type that befell the dinosaurs?

How could it be otherwise, given the almost absolute necessity for a woman in Regency England to find a suitable mate and the consequences that befell her if she made a bad choice?

When very great troubles befall, and nobody receiveth one; When enemies pursue and relatives flee away, When all from whom man looked for assistance have fled and all succor is at an end, If he then remember God, no hot wind shall strike him.

Only by a comprehension of the changes which are befalling us can we be sufficiently prepared for a new religious certainty.

For though the parliament had the minister one while, and the king another, and much blood had been shed in the town during the wars between them, yet there was no more than had befallen many other places.

«More than half a century ago, while I was still a child, I recall hearing a number of older people offer the following explanation for the great disasters that had befallen Russia: Men have forgotten God; that's why all this has happened.

If the wicked turn away from wickedness, I'll regret for the harm that were to befall them.

Furthermore, their exile and sufferings have come not solely as punishment for sin, though they are that; they have befallen the Jews to purify them to act as God's servants in carrying the message of redemption to all the world.

Granted the idea of social solidarity so complete that all members of a clan, tribe, or nation may justly be punished for what any member does, and one black sheep can furnish iniquity enough to satisfy the requirements of explanation when tragedy befalls the group.

He likely became a national god for all of the Jewish tribes when Saul created the United Monarchy sometime between 1020 and 930 B.C.E.. Later, after the Assyrians conquered the northern Kingdom of Israel and the Babylonians conquered the southern Kingdom of Judah and took the royal family and the kingdom's elite to Babylon starting in 597 B.C.E, when the Jews had to re-evaluate their religious beliefs, because of the calamity that befell them, there was a shift to view their god as a universal god in works such as the Book of Isaiah, which were composed after the Exile.

you are becoming preachy instead of having a back and forth conversation... you didn't answer any of my questions nor did you provide anything to be used as an argument for my @ssertion that satan is a creation of the middle ages and its need for a reason why such horrors have befallen them and they didn't want it to be god that did these things so...

If we're just feeding them for today, then that's great, but there is a fate that befalls all of those who refuse to repent.

A question that has befallen me a surprising number of times surrounding my veganism is: «Would you ever cook meat for your significant other?»

The misfortune that befell Cleveland wideout Braylon Edwards (right) on Sunday — a torn right ACL that ended his promising rookie season — is the latest in a litany of woes for the team's top draft picks.

Indeed, should injury or a loss of form befall Kane — who has eight goals in 14 outings so far this season — Tottenham's push for a Champions League place may be derailed.

So original fault lies at Costa for being a pig, then befalls to Sackless - Dean who's supposed to be the one unbiased person on the pitch, and after those 2 mugs we can blame Gabriel.

Ours is to do our assignment by gunning for the maximum points, then wait to see what befalls our counterparts.

He's the only one to blame for all this mediocrity that has befallen Arsenal, the sooner he realizes his decline the better for all of us.

The impossible befell the invincible last week and Oklahoma's scientific formula for victory (SI, Nov. 18) failed before the Fighting Irish in a truly crashing upset

To make matters worse for Chelsea should that misfortune had befallen them they would have had to make do with Ake (19 years old) as their known defender on the bench.

'' The PDP is clearly aware of this, but has chosen to blame everyone but itself for the fate that has befallen it.

For David Laws himself it is a misfortune, of course, though it is certainly not a tragedy; what befell Airey Neave was a tragedy.

Notice that the Illyrian model is both a prediction about the fate that will befall worker - owned enterprises (they will either stay small, or stop being worker - owned), and an explanation for why worker ownership is not more widespread.

But what would befall yours truly, that was one for the X-Files.

A massive water main break at the airport caused chaos and a shutdown of its international arrivals terminal — the latest in a series of misfortunes to befall travelers, some of whom have been stranded for days.

«Finally, we urge Nigerians to disregard the lame excuses by the APC government and hold them responsible for the woes that have befallen our country under their inept and undesirable regime.»

What has befallen us is too terrible and saddening for anyone to trivialize for selfish political gain.

In the end, after much pleading by the delegation, Nana Konaduâ $ ™ s father reluctantly gave in, telling Djan that he would hold him responsible for any ill that befell her daughter in the marriage.

He said the calamities befalling the nation were enough signals that President Buhari should resign honourably and allow capable hands to run the country for better.

'' This accusation is in line with the new - found propensity of the PDP to blame everyone but itself for the woes that have befallen the party in recent times.

Not doubting Cuomo's sincerity for the love of New York, but a lot of this keeping close to home is designed to do exactly the opposite of what befell Mario in the 1980s and early 1990s, when presidential speculation overwhelmed what he was trying to get done in state government.

Exactly three weeks ago, Prophet Bishop Reindolph Oduro Gyebi, General Overseer of God's Crown Chapel in Kumasi called for prayers for presenters in Ghana in order not for misfortune not to befall them.

Sensing similar calamity befalling their indigene, a youth group in the Ayawaso North and East constituencies in the Greater Accra region, have threatened to demonstrate if President Akufo - Addo does not consider the NPP Greater Accra Communications Director, Alhaji Yusif Fofana for any position in his government.

Andrew Lansley will become the first health secretary for eight years not to speak at the RCN conference this week, as he seeks to avoid the fate that befell Patricia Hewitt several years ago, when she was booed and heckled by the audience.

According to prophet of Glorious Wave Church International, the government must not rely on academic knowledge to curb the issue of fire outbreaks and other misfortunes that is befalls the country but instead, must seek the face of God to intervene for us all.

He disclosed to the gathering at the programme that the NDC believed in development in unity and no acts of war would befall the country if given the mandate for a second term during the November 7 polls.

The PDP called on «the whole world to take note of those to hold responsible for any eventual mayhem that may befall the state and defenceless Rivers people.»