Sentences with phrase «by stubborn»

Everyone knows the hassle of trying to raise or lower the blinds to a desired level only to be thwarted by stubborn cords.

XRP / USD is being contained by some stubborn resistance within the mid $ 0.60 region, where the price has faltered on a few occasions of late.

They have lost their credibility by the paper and by their stubborn refusal to admit obvious errors.

Massive grass fires in Oklahoma and Kansas punched up the acreage early in the year, followed by stubborn fires in Florida and Georgia that burned into May.

What they absolutely do know is that they're in serious danger of a substantial redirection of cash flow, a plain fact only made more real by their stubborn intransigence.

Controlling your character initially feels like driving a truck rather than guiding a nimble master warrior, not helped by a stubborn camera that makes it difficult to keep the biggest critters in frame.

We get a lot of emails from people who are frustrated by stubborn, «outside - the - box» bunnies.

If your dog really doesn't enjoy bath time, some vets will stock mousses that you can rub into the coat, leave to dry and then comb out — no need to wet or rinse your pooch, and less danger of getting splashed by a stubborn doggy!

But she is still opposed by a stubborn, vocal group of officials and parents who think she fails to seek enough input from the community and sometimes does not consider the impact of her changes on surrounding neighborhoods.

The story is sustained by the stubborn love between the siblings and by the conviction of the two fine actors who portray them.

We often see patients frustrated by stubborn thyroid symptoms who've been told that according to blood work, they're «fine.»

Aries is symbolized by the stubborn - yet - persistent Ram, so this new moon is an opportunity to truly grab life by the horns and fearlessly venture into the unknown.

While western states baked in abnormally warm winter and spring conditions fueled by a stubborn ridge of high pressure over the region, bouts of Arctic air kept the eastern half of the country in a distinct chill.

De Blasio by his stubborn refusal to comply with federal law and cooperate with immigration authorities;...

A sudden show of the «you mean business» variety will probably be met by stubborn refusal.

Furthermore, leaving him as an emergency substitute could add to the expectancy if Spain are held by the stubborn Slovaks.

Man City's Premier League credentials were put to the test by a stubborn Huddersfield but a huge slice of luck proved the decisive factor.

Really guys, do you expect a team managed by stubborn, clueless Wenger with his mediocre boys to win the trophy??? Look at Ramsey, the guy is irreplaceable.

There are many other examples of the clubs lack of ambition and ineptitude over the last ten years and I don't have either the patience or the time to go through the whole catalogue, its clear to anyone who is clear headed and able to for a reasonably intelligent opinion that our beloved club is being run by a bunch of silver spooned business men who car nothing for the clubs status within the areana that it operates only for the share prices and profit and loss margins and they are aided by a stubborn and deluded manager who has failed to deliver the EPL to his clubs fans for over ten years and who has failed to move with the times simply because he can retain his role in the club and deliver the minimum of results but maximum profit to the shareholders and board.

We have been intermittently collapsing for at least last five years because the real weaknesses at back and midfield, has not been addressed by the Stubborn One!

After being frustrated by a stubborn Monaco side for the majority of the game, Vidal struck the all important goal from the spot after 57 minutes to hand the Italians the all important advantage ahead of the return leg a week on Wednesday.

We are governed by stubborn fact.»

Sara's passion for encouraging women to teach is matched only by her stubborn commitment to Christian unity.

Not exact matches

And, by nature, entrepreneurs are typically opinionated, stubborn, smart, competitive, fast - moving adrenaline junkies who take lots of risks.

He also seemed unaware that Ottawa's books were already headed into the red, thanks to a growing structural deficit that was created by his own cuts to the GST combined with a stubborn unwillingness to do anything about transfers to provinces and to individuals.

«There is more respect to be won in the opinion of this world by a resolute and courageous liquidation of unsound positions than by the most stubborn pursuit of extravagant or unpromising objectives,» Kennan told Congress.

It's a simple and elegant solution: By removing some of the surface area of the guard bar, more of the blade's edge is exposed so that it can cut deep enough to tackle stubborn stubble that normal safety razors can't seem to get.

Stubborn visionaries are guided by their epiphanies even when they have no contemporary application, or frame of reference.

Kalanick, known for his stubborn, hard - charging attitude, has similarly been blamed for an aggressive, toxic culture that festered for years at Uber as the company pursued growth by almost any means.

The federal government is not confronted with a short - term fiscal crisis but it is facing a stubborn medium - term structural deficit that will prevent you from balancing the budget by 2015 - 16, without new expenditure cuts and / or tax increases.

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The principle of conformation expresses «the stubborn fact that whatever is settled and actual must in due measure be conformed to by the self - creative activity» (S 36), and also assumes that «universality of truth arises from the universality of relativity, whereby every particular actual thing lays upon the universe the obligation of conforming to it» (S 39).

«I needed to clean up the messes that I made by being so stubborn.

Faulkner's description of the rape of the land, the destruction of a stubborn and hard - pressed peasantry, and the corruption of the southern middle and upper classes by those values transcends its particularly southern context and applies to America generally.5

Would it not be satisfying if the debate between atheism and theism turned out to have been so stubborn because the truth was in neither, as traditionally conceived, but in a middle ground not by any means a weak compromise between them but a clear - cut alternative as definite and legitimate, formally regarded, as any other?

The «unpopularity» of this approach can be demoralizing, but such a ministry must be encouraged and sustained by a long view of its essential truth, derived not from the current standards of success but from a stubborn faithfulness to the gospel itself.

Nature seen at a distance appears to be malleable and in motion; but seek to lay hands on it, to deflect by force even the least of Life's directions, and you will encounter nothing but absolute rigidity, an unshakably stubborn refusal to depart from the pre-ordained path.

The struggle for Lutherans and other Protestants is whether the original intentions of the Reformation will shape their future or whether Protestantism will continue to aggravate the division of the Church by unceasing novelties or stubborn reluctance to change.

The object exerts its causal influence not by acting upon the subject, but solely as being inert, stubborn fact exacting conformity.

When we analyze the past wars with Germany the causes were because we were pig headed, prideful and stubborn before the wars were perpetrated by our perceived enemy, we then went to war with the excuse of self defence and dragged in the rest of the world.

The stubborn insistence on «sense lines» is surely a form of that «infantilisation» which was fostered by the collaborative ministry enthusiasts but is so decried nowadays.

Rick the more i think about it we are to live as overcomers not strugglers since the day i decided to turn away from the sin that was controlling my life i never fell back into old sinful patterns not once, was i tempted many many times.The Lord will work in our lives one area at a time he needs us to give him full control so if an area is taking control we do need to hand it to him so he can change us.How do we do it immediately we say Lord you know i am weak but in you i am strong i leaned on him and overcame time and time again.We all have areas of weakness that we struggle in so do nt feel bad.Struggling is us trying to do it in our own strength before this process i was so stubborn i refused to let God help me i wanted to do it in my own strength and so it was a roller coaster ride in my christian walk if the day went well i was on a high if it did nt i would would be down.Not any more now when things do nt go to plan i still thank the Lord and when it goes well i thank the Lord.Because i know that all things work for good to those who love the Lord.The main area he is wanting is our hearts he wants all our heart not only some until we come to that place we will continue to struggle in our faith.The only reason to tell you this is not to boast because of what i have done in myself because i have nothing to boast about but if i did i would brag that Christ has empowered me by his holy spirit to be an overcomer just as he would want you to be.As Christians we are all called to be overcomers more than conquerers.Make a decision today to turn all your hearts to the Lord to acknowledge the areas you are holding onto that are controlling your flesh life hand them to the Lord and walk according to the spirit and not the flesh and he will give you the victory.That can be a reality starting today merry christmas everyone and may the new year be an exciting one as we put all our trust in Christ our Lord and savior.Brentnz

To all who disobey and sin God says «Vegeance is mine and mine alone» only a specific day will he punish each person until they repent but the stubborn will suffer not only in this world by the next eternal hell.

They had some excuse for their view; theirs was the age of the «evangelical united front» for social reform, and the stubborn resistance of Catholics could be seen as a short - term result of their foreignness Unfortunately, the common beliefs and values on which the «common school» rested have been dissolved away by the acids of modernity.

He had risen from the peasantry, and to the end he understood his people and was properly restrained by his knowledge of their stubborn love of freedom and by the nature of his own position as dependent upon them.

The known laws of health are persistently violated, not alone by the careless who injure themselves or infect others, but even by conscientious Christians who in stubborn self - will wear out their energy, acquire nervous breakdowns or stomach ulcers or heart trouble, and collapse before their time.

On the contrary, the tiller of the soil is by nature a stubborn individualist.

Where stubborn rebellion is not simply the instinctive reaction of a caged animal fettered by social ties, it may often be something like the almost inevitable practice of freedom, the subject's acceptance of its own responsibility.

It is to see in history a process in which term - making achieves significant results through the struggle of men of different persuasions with the stubborn facts of human life guided by a developing «sense of injustice».

He has been labeled a reactionary by some, an antiintellectual bent on undermining the scholarly enterprise by others, and to still others he is a brooding, stubborn, unimaginative thinker.