Sentences with phrase «drawn by promises»

Other bitcoin miners in the region say they were drawn by promises of cheap power, a circumstance that's now subject to possible change.

You buy something, drawn by its promised ability to recognize human commands, and it just doesn't work well enough to bother with.

From affordability to lifestyle, Idaho's allure is attracting many out - of - state homebuyers, drawn by the promise of an all - around better quality of life.

Not exact matches

Whether drawn by the spirit of competition or the promise of free stuff, participants seemed to go out of their way to answer the questions.

MARCH 8: Having promised to shut down Central Park's horse - drawn carriage rides, he refuses an offer by Liam Neeson to tour the horses» stables to see that they are treated humanely.

The president, they noted, promised unwavering fealty last year to the National Rifle Association, drawing thunderous applause at its annual convention by declaring, «To the N.R.A., I can proudly say I will never, ever let you down.»

God's power appears in the power of the promise by which we are drawn into the future.

1) that eternal life given on the basis of faith alone, in Christ alone, apart from works; 2) that eternal security is part of the gift of eternal life; 3) that assurance of salvation is through faith in Christ's promise of eternal life, and not by looking at one's own works 4) Christians can apostatize in this life, and are still eternally secure 5) eternal rewards are earned by faithful works, and lost by unfaithfulness 6) unlimited atonement 7) free - will to respond to God's drawing or not

Sunrise to sunrise I will seek Your face Drawn by the Spirit To the promise of Your grace My heart has found in You A hope that will abide Here in Your presence Forever satisfied

Joy fills this moment as the promise handed on by previous generations draws so close to its fulfilment and the words of the angel Gabriel spoken to Zechariah are realised, «You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoiceat his birth».

I keep trying to avoid reading all your stories at once, but am drawn back by the promise of more recipes).

But a tie with a powder - puff Leeds team would only paper over the cracks and as October arrived, the ability to occasionally cling on to a draw gave way to a portentous run of defeats — boss Steve Smith finally losing his job and being replaced by a big name manager in Malcolm Macdonald, a promising helmsman indeed in an earlier spell at Fulham, previously chronicled in these pages.

At the time, his partner wasn't thrilled (I promise the baby was not harmed in any way by the drawing utensil!)

The promise of an In / Out referendum under a Conservative Government late in the next Parliament will draw much of the poison that has plagued the party over the EU issue since Margaret Thatcher's Bruges speech - by making it clear to those MPs and party members opposed to EU membership that in such circumstances they will have an opportunity to campaign for a No vote.

The president made the promise to end the rampant harassment of market women by Assembly taskforce after his attention was drawn to it by the leadership of the market women.

As the battle over independent redistricting re-ignites, I was reminded this morning of a letter Senate Democrats sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo in April, in which the lawmakers pledged to not vote for an override of the governor's promised veto of office boundaries not drawn by an independent commission.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has promised to break out his veto pen on lines drawn by a lawmaker - driven commission, a move that adds further uncertainty to the process.

Electorally, Thompson's chances seem grim: He's down by sixteen points; an expected low turnout puts Thompson at a deeper disadvantage by making it more costly to draw out votes, say political analysts; Bloomberg is readying what the campaign promises to be the «largest get - out - the - vote operation in the history of municipal politics»; and the mayor's also cut into Thompson's potential labor support, depriving him of ground troops.

Cuomo has promised to veto lines drawn by lawmakers, which will then throw the process to the courts.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has been inching away for a while now from his earlier blanket promise to veto any congressional and district lines drawn by the legislature, expressing a preference for a an agreement on acceptably partisan lines drawn by lawmakers over a court - controlled solution.

Miner rushed a proposal into print before Thanksgiving that does not create long - term jobs or fit the model set by the «Buffalo Billion,» which promised to draw specific businesses to anchor state - owned development.

But as autumn approaches, Mayor Bill de Blasio is wrestling with the kind of New York dilemma that has all the trappings of a particularly fevered Tom Wolfe vignette: the mayor promised to ban the elegant horse - drawn carriages — reviled by animal rights groups because they claim the practice of driving a horse through city streets is inhumane — on «day one» of his administration.

But one industry has sprouted, seemingly spontaneously, drawn not by tax incentives or the promise of grants but by the low - cost hydroelectric power that's available in a handful of Northern New York communities.

Since this can be done by genetically sequencing fecal samples, the research suggests there is great promise for new diagnostic tools that are, unlike blood draws, non-invasive.

I was not drawn to this piece by the promise of intricate bead work.

The movie, which follows four marines (Mark Wahlberg's Marcus, Taylor Kitsch's Michael, Emile Hirsch's Danny, and Ben Foster's Matt) as they get trapped behind enemy lines during a risky mission, certainly opens with a fair amount of promise, as Berg does a nice job of initially drawing the viewer into the familiar proceedings - although, by that same token, it's clear that the film would've benefited from a more in - depth look at the individual protagonists (ie the four men are, to an increasingly distressing degree, basically interchangeable).

Beginning, intriguingly, in 1949 with a young Castro (Victor Huggo Martin) as a clean - shaven lawyer incensed by certain acts of vandalism perpetrated by the American Navy in Havana, the film promises to draw an interesting connection to Gandhi's legal background and, most fascinatingly, the starkly different ways these two revolutionary leaders conduct their rebellions (and to what eventual purposes).

As the storm rages on and the dead begin to outnumber the living, one thing becomes clear: Each of them was drawn to the motel, not by accident or circumstance, but by forces beyond imagination, forces that promise anyone who survives a mind - bending and terrifying destiny.

One by one, the keepers of our era's biggest franchises, the sacred texts to be drawn on and embellished for generations to come, have had the same bright idea: What if, instead of hiring seasoned hacks or promising but untested newcomers, they gave the movies to actual filmmakers?

«U.N.I (You And I)» from And the Winner Isn't «Love and Lies» from Band Aid «If I Dare» from Battle of the Sexes «Evermore» from Beauty and the Beast «How Does a Moment Last Forever» from Beauty and the Beast «Now or Never» from Bloodline: Now or Never «She» from Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story «Your Hand I Will Never Let It Go» from The Book of Henry «Buddy's Business» from Brawl in Cell Block 99 «The Crown Sleeps» from The Breadwinner «World Gone Mad» from Bright «Mystery of Love» from Call Me by Your Name «Visions of Gideon» from Call Me by Your Name «Captain Underpants Theme Song» from Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie «Ride» from Cars 3 «Run That Race» from Cars 3 «Tell Me How Long» from Chasing Coral «Broken Wings» from City of Ghosts «Remember Me» from Coco «Prayers for This World» from Cries From Syria «There's Something Special» from Despicable Me 3 «It Ain't Fair» from Detroit «A Little Change in the Weather» from Downsizing «Stars in My Eyes (Theme From Drawing Home)» from Drawing Home «All In My Head» from Elizabeth Blue «Dying for Ya» from Elizabeth Blue «Green» from Elizabeth Blue «Can't Hold Out on Love» from Father Figures «Home» from Ferdinand «I Don't Wan na Live Forever» from Fifty Shades Darker «You Shouldn't Look at Me That Way» from Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool «This Is How You Walk On» from Gifted «Summer Storm» from The Glass Castle «The Pure and the Damned» from Good Time «This Is Me» from The Greatest Showman «The Hero» from The Hero «How Shall a Sparrow Fly» from Hostiles «Just Getting Started» from If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast «Truth to Power» from An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power «Next Stop, The Stars» from Kepler's Dream «The Devil & The Huntsman» from King Arthur: Legend of the Sword «Have You Ever Wondered» from Lake of Fire «I'll Be Gone» from Lake of Fire «We'll Party All Night» from Lake of Fire «Friends Are Family» from The Lego Batman Movie «Found My Place» from The Lego Ninjago Movie «Stand Up for Something» from Marshall «Rain» from Mary and the Witch's Flower «Myron / Byron» from The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) «Longing for Summer» from Moomins and the Winter Wonderland «Mighty River» from Mudbound «Never Forget» from Murder on the Orient Express «Hold the Light» from Only the Brave «PBNJ» from Patti Cake $ «Tuff Love (Finale)» from Patti Cake $ «Lost Souls» from The Pirates of Somalia «How a Heart Unbreaks» from Pitch Perfect 3 «The Promise» from The Promise «Kaadanayum Kaalchilambe» from Pulimurugan «Maanathe Maarikurumbe» from Pulimurugan «Stubborn Angel» from Same Kind of Different as Me «Dancing Through the Wreckage» from Served Like a Girl «Keep Your Eyes on Me» from The Shack «On the Music Goes» from Slipaway «The Star» from The Star «Jump» from Step «Tickling Giants» from Tickling Giants «Fly Away» from Trafficked «Speak to Me» from Voice From the Stone «Walk on Faith» from Year by the Sea

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.

Really pretty pictures and the promise of Tom Hanks outdoing himself by snagging all five Oscar nominations for best actor for parts played in a single movie were not enough to draw audiences out for Cloud Atlas.

«Ghoulish curiosity» is, I believe, the unspoken draw of this recent spate of live - action Disney remakes, starting with 2010's Alice in Wonderland, which doubled down by promising the Tim Burton rendition of that world.

Kalyan was particularly drawn to courses taught by Seidel, because they promised to mix «creative wondering about the essence and quality of the arts and a deep probing into ways in which these abstract ideas could be applied, executed, or researched.»

The National Commission's goal is to explore how to make social, emotional, and academic development part of the fabric of every school by drawing from research and promising practices.

New York Daily News — Today's embarrassing reversal by Chancellor Carmen Fariña reveals the key misstep made by Fariña and Mayor de Blasio as they drew up their promised assault on charter schools.

Backed by science and drawing on the logic of industry, it promises to impose efficiency across an unruly educational landscape — centralizing a decentralized system, holding educators accountable, and protecting taxpayer money.

One of the most extraordinary and beautiful cars ever to reach production, the world's first hypercar (hitting close to 220mph while the McLaren F1 was still climbing off the drawing board) was vilified at its birth in 1992, by those who'd put down a deposit on its original # 361,000 price (which would rise to over # 400,000 by launch), for not having the 500bhp V12 engine, four - wheel drive and scissor doors promised in the concept and, at nearly 7ft wide, being too big for British roads.

Just as summer drew to a close, Kawasaki reached out to us with the promise of mescal, Mexican food, and a two - day dirt - road thrash through Baja California, Mexico, in its rowdy Teryx UTV side - by - side.

In question now is whether, having been chastened by its lessons, and sending the Sonata Hybrid — and presumably Kia Optima Hybrid to follow — back to the drawing board, these cars may possibly under promise but over deliver.

Acura promises its engineers have made the RLX SH - AWD better to drive than before by drawing on lessons learned from the sporty NSX, which is equipped with a similar drivetrain.

Tommy Breen, the show's «talker,» (the person out front who draws an audience into the show, promising they'll be amazed by the various acts) joined the show in 2005.

Lord Calthorpe's Promise, another Harlequin / Digital Manga title, is drawn by Rin Ogata, with original text by Sylvia Andrew.

With a brand promise of «no drama, no hype,» The Hot Sheet is drawing acclaim for its incisive analysis of industry news not hobbled by the emotionality that pervades so much of the blog world and author - forum scene today.

As CIBC economist Avery Shenfeld noted recently, much of the growth in household borrowing is coming from those who already have high debt burdens, not «less indebted families getting drawn to the punch bowl by the promise of low [interest] rates.»

It is the promise of gorgeous stretches of golden sands, separated by artificial piers, sub-tropical sunshine and the warm waters of the Indian Ocean, together with the reputation as a surfer's haven that draws thousands of people year upon year.

The developer hasn't revealed much media for the PC / Mac game yet, but the details it's shared sounds promising: pencil - drawn 2D sprites and backgrounds animated with frame - by - frame animation, seven levels amd in «the heart of the modern urban jungle», and two - player co-op with collaborative attacks.

More than just a superfluous visual upgrade, Rockstar is promising «increased draw distances, finer texture details, denser traffic, and enhanced resolutions» for the new version of the game, all of which should be crystal clear by how stunningly gorgeous that trailer looked.

I'll admit it, I was first drawn to City of Steam by one thing, and one thing only: It promised a Steam Punk MMO.

I promise your kids will be surprised by what they can draw.