Sentences with phrase «by small bands»

This worksheet teaches about the Mexican tradition of mariachi music, which is Mexican folk music often sung by small bands of musicians.

But the cliche was immeasurably reinforced by the small band of» German Christian» theologians of the 1930s who perverted beyond all recognition Luther's doctrine of the two kingdoms.

A rep from the Church of Scientology told E! that the whole thing «is a publicity stunt cooked up by a small band of unemployed fanatics who live on the fringe of the Internet.

«The reason why the Democratic Party is losing across the nation and at home is that they are coopted by a small band of misfits who continue to talk to each other in echo chambers and refuse to acknowledge that the party of Roosevelt, Kennedy and Clinton no longer has the ability to communicate with working - class voters,» she said.

Just before the end of the last parliament, and thanks in large measure to an arduous and seemingly hopeless campaign by a small band of concerned citizens, the Liberal Democrats quite bravely called a halt to the intended swift - as - lightning progress through the Commons of Lord Saatchi's medical innovation bill.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the IDC responded, «The reason why the Democratic Party is losing across the nation and at home is that they are coopted by a small band of misfits who continue to talk to each other in echo chambers and refuse to acknowledge that the party of Roosevelt, Kennedy and Clinton no longer has the ability to communicate with working - class voters.

After two road movies focused on friendship (Old Joy and Wendy And Lucy), her most recent work again follows an unlikely journey, this time taken by a small band of settlers attempting to cross the desert.

Katniss is rescued by a small band of rebels — ah, a reprieve from the horde of faceless sheep heading towards the slaughter — that takes her to a secluded District 13, a sector that the Capitol foolishly believes to have already been wiped from the map.

Passing through international waters off the coast of Somalia, the ship was commandeered by a small band of pirates,...

The majority of these efforts are led by a small band of local activists.

The temple is inhabited by a small band of very mischievous monkeys.

Not exact matches

Smaller and newer bands will earn less, because record companies will only be able to promote lesser - known bands by using some of the proceeds from their major artists.

The book, Swimmy, by Leo Lionni, which Kalin read with the careful intonation of an elementary school teacher, is about a small fish that bands together with other fish to scare away a hungry tuna.

As The Arctic Monkeys, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and many others have shown, it is possible for small indie bands to rise to stardom by the buzz they create on the Internet.

Gary Cohn, President Trump's top economic advisor, said that the effort by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan to jointly address healthcare was the same as the administration was doing by proposing rules to make it easier for self - employed Americans, small businesses and others to band together to get insurance through what are called association health plans.

The 2005 album (which was released on the smaller Floodgate Records) remained a critical favorite, and that's what helped the band get picked up by a major label.

He received food — lentils soaked in water — by stretching his band through a small hole in the wall of the cell.

City states, though very small by modern national standards, were enormous compared to hunter gatherer bands in which everyone knew each other.

Inspired by a spirituality retreat, Joe becomes the unofficial leader of a small band of contemplatives.

I was pleased when I read in The New Yorker that Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, one of the three members of the Russian feminist punk - rock band Pussy Riot serving time in prison for «hooliganism motivated by religious hatred ``, spends her time in a small four woman cell reading.

For Christendom in earlier times the Church was the plank of salvation in the shipwreck of the world, the small barque on which alone men are saved, the small band of those who are saved by the miracle of grace from the massa damnata, and the extra ecclesiam nulla salus was understood in a very exclusive and pessimistic sense.

It is a collection of writings that was cobbled together by the Council of Nicea, written by multiple authors, containing collections of parables, stories, fables, myths, rules, laws, petty bigotry, tribal rivalries, lessons in life, morals, etc. that tell a story of a few small bands of nomadic middle easterners.

Though deeply entrenched, well - financed, and of course enormously powerful, these blackguards are nevertheless routed by a small but dedicated band of courageous, freedom - loving women and their equally virtuous allies, who appear to spend most of their time selflessly pursuing noble causes and making life more beautiful and meaningful for all Americans, especially the downtrodden.

The event happened in 165 BC when a small band of Jews led by Judah Maccabee defeated an army of Syrian Greeks to regain their religious freedom.

Pro and major - college sports, with their cheering throngs in big - time stadiums, were not to be played anywhere in the U.S. Away from the New York metropolitan area, it was deemed acceptable to play most small - college and high school sports, which went on as scheduled, accompanied usually by a pregame prayer, moment of silence and patriotic salute by the school band.

Manolas sprints into an ever - expanding tangle of substitutes, coaches, physios, officials, friends, family members, acquaintances, hangers - on, ballboys, passers - by, photographers, a bus load of lost tourists, a couple of minor royals, British character actor Toby Jones, a small mariachi band, and a man riding an elephant.

I began by talking about Sheffield Wednesday, not simply as a mood setter — nor to alienate any United fans who may be reading - but to show that there is a real, tangible link between the development of Arctic Monkeys as a band and football as a whole; thanks in no small part to the rise of the internet.

You can also make your own by cutting small slits in a tightly fitted bra, or use rubber bands as the excellent website kellymom explains.

A small band of Spanish troops captured Yupanki and his associates, and, despite a fierce ambush by rebels from Collata and Casta, successfully carried him to prison in Lima.

The second is currently defined by caesium atomic clocks, but optical clocks promise higher precision because their atoms oscillate at the frequencies of light rather than in the microwave band, so they can slice time into smaller intervals.

The MIT - led team looked through data collected by two different telescopes and identified a curious pattern in the energy emitted by the flare: As the obliterated star's dust fell into the black hole, the researchers observed small fluctuations in the optical and ultraviolet (UV) bands of the electromagnetic spectrum.

He identified two prominent rings separated by a small gap — the thin black band between the two is now known as Cassini's division.

Researchers speculate that if invading armies from the Russian steppe brought plague with them into Europe — even if it didn't spread by fleas — it could have wiped out small bands of European farmers and made their territory vulnerable to invasion, much as Spanish conquistadors infected Native Americans with smallpox.

Assorted rubber bands and / or small springs (You can get springs by disassembling ballpoint pens — after asking for permission, of course.)

Astronomers are puzzled by the scalloped band of low - lying clouds (left of the planet's center) and the small storms (bright blotches at right) dotting the northern polar region.

Secure this sandwich by wrapping a small rubber band approximately one - half inch from each end of the sticks.

By using lasers, satellite optical communication has a readily - available frequency band and can transmit with higher power efficiency and with smaller and lighter terminals.

NOT so long ago, in a galaxy really rather close by, a small band of rebels has taken up arms to overthrow a dark empire...

It is more than 2.5 times as massive as all the other planets combined, and is a mesmerizing world of colorful bands of clouds wrapping around the globe, which can be seen even in a small telescope, but exhibit incredible detail when seen by spacecraft.

The presence of a small H - band excess originating in the vicinity of beta Pic is revealed for the first time thanks to the high - precision visibilities enabled by VLTI / PIONIER.

The team — led by Professor of Chemical Physics at Trinity, Jonathan Coleman, one of the world's leading nanoscientists — infused rubber bands with graphene, a nano - material derived from pencil lead which is 10,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair.

But, I stumbled on a small guitar amidst a veritable shrine of boy band fan club paraphernalia that had been signed by the members of this iconic group of Y2K heartthrobs in a thrift shop somewhere.

About Site - Indie30 is an independent music blog run by a very small band of music tragics from Australia who believe passionately in promoting independently made music from right across the globe.

Give a low ponytail a little extra lift by gently teasing small sections of hair just below the rubber band.

Adelaide, South Australia About Blog Indie30 is an independent music blog run by a very small band of music tragics from Australia who believe passionately in promoting independently made music from right across the globe.

James Caan, in a small role, is quite funny as Mr. Henry, Lumi Cavazos, who starred in Like Water For Chocolate is Luke s love interest, and the music is by Mark Mothersbaugh, one of the founders of the band Devo.

Some of the smaller characters band together to create a podcast led by one of the new actors, In the Loop's Zach Woods.

This is the official synopsis: «An improbable, screwball and slapstick police investigation focusing on bizarre crimes on the outskirts of a small town in the north of France that has fallen prey to evil, and to a band of young scoundrels led by Li» l Quinquin and his beloved Eve.»

In an opening flashback scene, Director / co-writer Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (taking the series» reins from Danny Boyle) wastes little time making those hairs on the back of your neck stand as a small band of survivors find their cottage attacked by a swarm of rage - victims.

Recent Blu - ray and DVD releases include: «Riverdale: The Complete First Season,» which promises David Lynch and delivers «Peyton Place» in its depiction of the shadows and scandals of small - town life with characters taken from Archie Comics; Ronin (1998) directed by a once occasionally great director, John Frankenheimer, involves mercenaries working for unseen paymasters trying to steal a case with unknown contents; Aretha Franklin: Divas Live, on this 2001 VH1 broadcast, released as a DVD / CD set, Franklin opens her concert with «I Can't Turn You Loose» backed by a horn - powered rhythm band that echoes the excitement of past triumphs; and Heal the Living finds people with no apparent relation to one another drawn together by an accident.