Sentences with phrase «fact they sat»

They claimed to know what Obama would say if he were in fact sitting in that chair, and of course the words they put in his mouth (including profanities) were words of their choosing, not his.

Darwin didn't set out to «disprove god» or whatever you christians believe; he was a believer until that time, in fact he sat on his findings for many years because he knew the furore they would cause and only published when he heard that Wallace was about to publish his similar findings from research in a different part of the world.

The fact you sat on the cake made me laugh SO HARD!

My biggest positive with DO is his attitude and the fact he sat on our bench for 6 months and then made a big break through, no complaints, good understanding with his team, very positive.

It's a questionable move in that it's debatable as to whether it's a step up in his career, given both Lazio and Inter are currently battling for the same prize of a top - four finish in Serie A, with the former in fact sitting above them in the table.

He interviewed Tony Blair several times - on each occasion prompting a slew of front - page headlines and reams of column inches discussing the fact a sitting prime minister was being questioned by police.

The fact he sits in the Lords will mean this is also an unlikely move.

I offer as proof the fact I sat through Big Year.

All - round visibility, for instance, is pretty good — thanks in part to the fact you sit surprisingly high up for a sub-compact.

He has never acted like «a guard dog» in fact he sits in his chair with his ears down at first a little afraid for a sec but then comes out of it and wants to play.

Especially when that white knight is in fact sitting atop a Trojan Horse — a vehicle for the delivery of disinformation, denial and systematic downplaying of what might very well be the greatest threat we have yet faced as a civilization, the threat of human - caused climate change.

The fact sits there, unchallenged and ignored, like a bogey hanging from the nose of an absolute monarch.

So I am reading all this crap about their professionalism that is driving their business results when in fact they sit back and continue to cultivate and support Realtor.ca..

In fact they sat empty in our living room for a while before I figured out how to use them!

Not exact matches

Colbert, much like Wolf, mocked Bush's apparent distaste for facts, hammered the administration's actions in Iraq, and described Bush's then - 32 % approval rating as «backwash» — all while the president was sitting less than 10 feet away.

The post lists 10 easy activities you can engage in to increase your happiness and, reading it, you're struck by the fact that some of the ideas are so simple you could do them right now while sitting at your desk.

About 100 Boardlist candidates (some of whom already sit on not - for - profit, for - profit, or advisory boards, and the vast majority of whom live in the U.S.) were asked a number of questions about their experiences in business, and also about the fact that so few women serve on corporate boards.

But the fact of the matter is they're never going to have complete information,» he says, adding, «none of them sit on trading desks.»

Everyone seems to be forgetting one simple fact: Does anyone want to do any of that stuff on a postage - stamp - sized screen that sits on their wrist?

Despite the facts that his software company, Regpack, is growing fast, has hired 19 Americans, and has raised $ 1.5 million in financing, the stack of paper sitting on his desk is a daily visual reminder that, on some level, none of that matters to the United States government.

All the empathy, good will and best intentions won't make up for the fact that you're the one in the soup and they're sitting on the sidelines.

But the fact that it's sitting on a disc of cheap plastic isn't.

Instead of sitting in classrooms learning facts about how to start a company, they are learning - by - doing and building real skills to reach the next level of performance.

In fact, most of the sales blockers we fail to recognize are often sitting right in front of us the whole time.

While it is not yet clear who will win the respective party nominations, much less the presidency, the fact that so many top presidential candidates have begun releasing plans demonstrates that tax reform will be a top priority for whoever next sits in the Oval Office.

In fact, sitting with your back to the front is actually safer in a crash — although we don't expect to have as many of those anyway.

«Kevin and I had spoken several times about the fact that consolidation of the independents was both inevitable and logical in the context of managing overhead,» says Brett Wilson, who sat beside O'Leary on Dragons» Den for years.

I «m very keen about the fact that a little girl now, watching the news, when they see me and Judy sitting side by side, it will occur to them that that's perfectly normal — that it won't seem like any big breakthrough at all.»

This, combined with the persistent pixelation, typically keeps you aware of the fact that you're sitting in a chair, wearing a toy, rather than giving you some hint of existing someplace else.

The decision was made despite the fact that Evans said the pain was only «one out of ten» when sitting down, and she was more than happy to make the journey.

(Though, given the fact that he's now sitting out the Masters, just when is up in the air.)

And just because you sit behind a news desk or you sit behind any desk and spew off a few facts that somebody else probably looked up for you does not make you any more qualified than anyone else to have these conversations.

«So I think with gold sitting here at about $ 1,320 or so, you have a great risk reward where you could probably target somewhere in the mid - 1,400 s if a bull flag scenario does in fact follow.»

It doesn't completely disappear into a back jeans pocket, and you'll be promptly reminded of that fact when you forget to remove it before sitting down.

It's worth noting that Snowden didn't go to the New York Times with the NSA leaks specifically because he didn't trust the newspaper to report on them properly, given the fact that the paper sat on a previous leak.

Me: «and having read my profile you realize that our companies are direct competitors and we provide the exact same services, in fact, MORE than your company» Him: «Yes but if we can just sit down for five minutes and talk I think I can save you...»

Plus, I'm going to make a complaint because I wanted to upgrade anyway, and was told there wasn't any room, but I debunked that myth by sitting in a seat that was, in fact, empty.

Halo's advertising leans heavily on the idea that its products are good for you — so good for you, in fact, that it's fine, encouraged even, to eat an entire pint in one sitting.

In fact, it worked so well that we did a sit - up challenge next!

Kevin Weil, Twitter's vice president of revenue product, said in a company blog post that Twitter wants to capitalize on the fact that it «sits at the intersection» of two leading trends in the world of advertising: the turn toward mobile, and the industry - wide shift to programmatic ad buying.

Nash insists that Wealthfront customers love the fact that they can sit back, relax, and let the experts — including the expert technology itself — take care of the rest.

Leaving aside the fact that a relatively anemic 15 % of Canadians are physically active enough to satisfy even modest government recommendations — Health Canada suggests 150 minutes per week of moderate - to - vigorous physical activity — the evidence is mounting that you can not offset the deleterious effects of sitting simply by exercising more.

In fact, I've found that slacking off makes me more productive because I slack strategically — meaning that I take breaks at designated times, for regular intervals, in ways that sharpen my focus when I sit back down to work,» she argues, asserting that «strategic slacking has enabled me to dramatically increase both the quality of my work and the amount I get done in a given day.»

They do not in fact bury their heads in the sand as the old wives» tale tells it, but the fact that most of us believe that myth to be true only makes a stronger point: if the move you choose is to burrow in deeper to protect the current nest on which you rest, the odds are high that you're leaving yourself a sitting duck (or ostrich, as it were).

Thompson brought him back in 2013, telling Fortune in October, «I love the fact that he had experience sitting in a CEO chair.

Despite the fact that there are an estimated 10 million LGBTQ - identified Americans and 62 % of Americans are in favor of marriage equality, LGBTQ people are not protected from workplace discrimination, face growing numbers of violent hate crimes, including harassment on public transportation, and have been called the cause for «societal collapse» by the sitting Vice President.

The fact is, we need these whippersnappers, and we need them participating in society and the economy, not sitting on the sidelines.

Beyond the fact that Scott and Duke both sit on Wal - Mart's board, the story did not report that any of the company's directors were aware of the situation.

The fact that a sitting president is pursuing over $ 20M in bogus «damages» against a private citizen, who is only trying to tell the public what really happened, is remarkable.

In fact, the government decided to do all this while Parliament wasn't sitting, so it wouldn't be debated.»