Sentences with phrase «chance encounters in»

Their cultural attitudes and beliefs regarding elephants have traditionally limited the exploitation of elephants in terms of deliberate poaching for ivory or meat, but they do experience direct conflict with elephants, for example, at watering holes and during chance encounters in the bush, which sometime can be deadly [25], [26].

«I decided that a chance encounter in a Greek taverna didn't equip me well enough to form a judgement.»

For city - dwellers, the route to getting to know someone new too often relies on a chance encounter in by in a club or bar; but how often do these people really seem like long - term material?

SN: When a young, reckless woman (Ellen Page) has a chance encounter in a hotel with a boozy, negligent mother (Tammy Blanchard), she impulsively makes the decision to «rescue» a toddler.

On a chance encounter in a remote resort in Normandy where they both prepare for their respective missions, they fall rapidly, and

A chance encounter in L.A. with high school classmate Heather Mooney (Janeane Garafolo)-- once an unhappy, foul - mouthed misfit, now a highly successful, foul - mouthed executive — convinces lifelong fashion - forward friends Romy (Mira... read more

So a chance encounter in the hotel, which turns into an intimate erotic affair with a self - esteem - challenged woman named Lisa (voiced by Jennifer Jason Leigh), briefly makes Stone believe he has found a cure to his anhedonia (without too many spoilers: best.

Then a chance encounter in town leads to a secret that changes everything again for Emma.

Her entrée to manuscript editing was a chance encounter in a thrift store.

When a chance encounter in the forest leads him to inadvertently rescue a woman named Jade, a woman who claims not to remember anything about who she is or what has happened to her, Kendril becomes her reluctant guardian.But after a gang of ruthless bounty hunters comes after Jade, Kendril finds himself thrown into a deadly game of cat and mouse where one wrong step will be his last.

Will Naruto be able to return to his own time, and can a chance encounter in the past save the future?

Inspired by a poetic and chance encounter in which the artist discovered a series of coffee cans placed underneath a leak to catch drips of water, Shimabuku recreates the installation with a coffee can tin out of which emanates a field recording of water droplets, reminiscent of a samba, comprising the memory of a sound.

A remarkable look into how a chance encounter in 1988 liberated the Academician's painting practice.

Not exact matches

So, there's a tremendous amount of standard business wisdom about how you need to have an elevator pitch, a small nugget that will encapsulate what it is you do with the amount of time it takes to pitch your business to a theoretical once - in - a-lifetime investor in a chance elevator encounter.

In her book, Carrie recalls the time she struck up a correspondence with Meredith Vieira after another chance encounter on a plane.

«The basic elements of this story are repeated in the lives of all of the great Masters in history: a youthful passion or predilection, a chance encounter that allows them to discover how to apply it, an apprenticeship in which they come alive with energy and focus.

However, hypothetically, if I encountered two identical startups with the exception of the gender of the CEO, with exactly the same chance of success, at exactly the same time, with exactly the same investment terms and conditions, and had equal opportunity to invest in either, there would still be something about the startups that would tip my decision in favour of one over the other.

I also refuse to believe that I was evolved from a random chance encounter of amino acids and protein in a primordial soup of microorganisms.

more recently, a couple of people in different ways have challenged me to give people a chance, to make each encounter with them a clean slate, rather than holding on to the things that have hurt me... If I could really do this, imagine the potential for understanding and goodness.

Then one summer day, a chance encounter while visiting a friend at the Eastern Correctional Facility in Ulster County, New York, changed his life.

Chances are you'll encounter homeless people near your college, and there is most likely a homeless shelter and / or soup kitchen in your city.

How can Athiests say there is no God, when they have never encountered Him and given Him a chance to show His power in their lives.

golden tablets discovered in a forest versus cave, angels stopping by to retrieve them for God, this chance encounter that gives them the spontaneously ability to translate the ancient text written on golden tablets into their native tongue.

Who is to say whether this chance encounter or that tumorous growth, this melody in a cafe or that agonizing defeat, are merely the winds of chance that blow through everyone's life, or the «signs» of the Spirit who caresses us like a mother or a lover?

Rather in the last hour God encounters man with a free and gracious opportunity of eschatological existence, a chance which man neglects at his own peril and which therefore places him in ultimate decision.

As the book begins, Simonini is writing his memoir, after a chance encounter with the young Sigmund Freud, in an attempt to recover from a case of partial amnesia and, as it turns out, split personality.

But the historian of religions aims to familiarize himself with the greatest possible number of religions, especially with archaic and primitive religions, where he has a chance to encounter certain religious institutions still in their elementary stages.

Whether he has ever seen a devil, as Mantel did as a girl — «It has no edges, no mass, no dimension, no shape except the formless; it moves» — is ultimately unimportant; his novels are the work of a man who believes in devils, or at least in their possibility, and the possibility that one of his ordinary Americans could encounter one by chance.

Now that the wine - in - a-box format is coming back into fashion, retailers must be relieved to encounter fewer glass bottles smashing, negating the chance of losing valuable stock.

While she'll never forget the second line celebration when Windsor Court was named Best Hotel in the World by Condé Nast readers in 1998, she also cherishes a chance encounter with Steven Seagal in the late 1990s.

When Columbus first explored the Caribbean islands in 1492, there's a good chance that the first chile pepper he encountered was a Scotch bonnet or its cousin.

Glenn Hoddle then added to that by claiming Wilshere had been making bad decisions in the previous encounter, coming as a further blow to his chances of appearing tonight.

Engaging in an open game with end - to - end chances at Stamford Bridge could be a recipe for disaster for United, and so despite Redknapp's wishes, it would come as no surprise if Mourinho adopts a similar approach for this encounter.

While one chance of silverware has disappeared, they did record an encouraging 1 - 1 draw at Chelsea in the first leg of their League Cup semi-final, with the return game at the Emirates following the weekend's encounter with the Eagles.

In an end - to - end encounter full of chances for both sides, which also included two goals from Gonzalo Higuain in the opening eight minutes of the game, the Serie A champions were awarded two penaltieIn an end - to - end encounter full of chances for both sides, which also included two goals from Gonzalo Higuain in the opening eight minutes of the game, the Serie A champions were awarded two penaltiein the opening eight minutes of the game, the Serie A champions were awarded two penalties.

They report that Simeone and Dybala did meet in the restaurant but that it was just a chat about football after a chance encounter.

Home matches against already - relegated Blackpool and FA Cup semi-finalists Reading should reap the required points, and they'll fancy their chances at struggling Millwall in their penultimate encounter.

Nearly 20 years later, a chance encounter with Liam Brady in 1999 saw Dermot back at the club as an academy coach and over the next eight years he proved himself instrumental in the development of many players who went on to enjoy first team careers with the Gunners and elsewhere.

The Hammers, of course, were beaten by Liverpool's ferocious attacking force at the weekend, but this encounter with the Swans could mark a chance to turn a corner in the battle against the drop.

After their trip to Goodison comes home encounters with Manchester United and Arsenal, two sides they conjured hard - fought draws against last season, but with the Red Devils eager to cement their place at the top of the pile, and with Arsenal's away from having improved immensely this season, there's every chance of Birmingham collecting zero points from their three matches in a week over Christmas and New Year, while after that they face a trip to Blackpool — Which won't be a pleasant stroll along the Seaside for Alex McLeish's men.

The scoreline from the last - 32, first - leg encounter in Denmark on Thursday means United have every chance of securing progress to the round of 16 when they host Midtjylland in leg two next week.

It could be argued that throwing the midfielder into such a pivotal encounter was a display of trust and belief in his qualities, but Wenger's reluctance to reinforce his injury - ravaged midfield in recent games gone by looks to be another example of the Frenchman spoiling his team's own chances in order to require another big comeback.

City had chances to put the game beyond the match in the sort of encounter Arsenal have often lost in recent seasons, but the Gunners held on and found their equaliser through Koscielny's clinical shot following a corner late on.

The manager while relishing Arsenal's chances at the league title last season talked about the challenges the team faced when they encountered the «big boys» of the league, speaking on how he plans to curb this trend, Wenger hinted on consistency in all front, both when we take on potential title challengers or not.

The pair have been disappointing all season, however their experience and nous in the crunch Premier League encounters could be critical to their chances on Sunday.

And when chances are in short supply in high - stakes encounters, the ability to finish clinically is perhaps the most desirable trait a striker can possess.

Klopp's men missed a string of early chances in the Group E encounter before conceding sloppy goals to the Piraeus outfit, who recorded the first win of their Champions League campaign, and the 44 - year - old admitted that his back - line were not up to scratch.

Jurgen Klopp is likely to use two different teams in two Audi Cup matches so it will be interesting to see which player get the chance to play in the opening encounter against Bayern.

As far as Saturday's encounter with bottom of the league West Ham goes, you would of fancied their chances had Sam Allardyce been in charge.

If we're being honest, the 2 - 0 scoreline did flatter Liverpool in Sunday's Merseyside encounter with Everton, as the Toffees» dictated most of the play and had most of the clear cut chances.