Sentences with phrase «far out of my element»

I was a California girl and very, very far out of my element when it came to the opposite side of the United States.

It's also smart enough to know that both Mills and Somerset would be far out of their elements when dealing with a killer so determined and thoughtful.

Whodunit columnist Bruce Tierney calls Maxwell «a good egg,» as he seems pretty far out of his element but nevertheless determined to see his first case through.

Poor fella's just... so far out of his element, but his optimism never falters.

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If you judge me worthy, Lord God, I would show to those whose lives are dull and drab the limitless horizons opening out to humble and hidden efforts; for these efforts, if pure in intention, can add to the extension of the incarnate Word a further element — an element known to Christ's heart and gathered up into his immortality.

If the pastor has a keen awareness of what we have come to regard as the interpersonal hurt of his patient; knows the desperate and yet fatal need of the patient to evade further pain, no matter by what means, and often by striking out and hurting loved ones; feels something of the almost overwhelming and intolerable anxiety the patient experiences; is not too shaken by the terror evoked through what Kierkegaard expressed as «shut - up - ness unfreely revealed»; and can accept the consequent intense feelings of guilt and shame which isolate the patient from himself, from others and from God, then his ministry has within it the necessary element for a supportive and creative experience for the patient.

creationism is far from an adult theory, its a child like story with fantasy elements based on myth and NO science, we always hear about these crazy people trying to outlaw evolution.But has you stated we have billions of years of evidence, thanks for helping us evolutionists out, unfortunately you have none, just a book, no science, no artifacts, no garden of eden, no bones of adam or eve or even the snake for that matter, no ark, no proof of a biblical flood, no proof of a created world by a higher power, no nothing..

Nevertheless, (as far as I know), all commentators have interpreted the situation as a simple but embarrassing running out of that element which (in the words of the Psalmist) can so gladden the heart, precisely when the celebrations were still in full swing.

The so - called Tridentine rite, of course, far from being «medieval» has roots deep in pre-medieval antiquity (it is in any case a strange view of history in which the Counter-Reformation took place in the middle ages), and is a living manifestation of the Newmanian principle of development, wherebya process of continuous change is inevitable if the essence of the Church's faith is to remain the same: for, as The Catholic Herald pointed out in its admirable leader, the reforms of Pope St Pius V, enshrined in the Missal of 1570, itself containing ancient elements, «were inspired by the Council of Trent.

«Some find it shocking that a technically gifted group, earning its keep by designing web sites for businesses, could fall prey to aberrational beliefs that blended far - out science fiction with elements of Christianity,» write the editors.

His future at the club would come under even further scrutiny if the Gunners were to lose at Wembley, and although picking up the trophy would still not be enough to convince the «Wenger Out» brigade that he is the man to be at the helm next season, FA Cup glory would at least give the fans something to cheer and maybe an element of hope that things will get better.

There won't be much need for the boss to go that far out of the Premeir league to look for that missing element.

For Gascoigne's free - kick, Arsenal at least had a flimsy 2 +1 - man wall which stood about 15 yards away and it was in footballing terms «dead centre» and so the disguise of a cross was eliminated but the audacity of attempting to score from so far out was the element of surprise.

So far, a lot of the stories I've read have had some element that wasn't planned and end up freaking me out!

So far this week, endorsements and fundraising appeals have been sent out on behalf of GOP US Senate candidate Wendy Long from surrogates who hold sway with certain elements of the primary electorate — Grover Norquist, Steve Forbes, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long, and the latest: Former Assembly Minority Leader / 2006 GOP gubernatorial candidate John Faso.

«What makes this discovery particularly noteworthy is that we mapped out a landscape of bioessential elements in the ocean that was far more perturbed than we expected, and the impacts on life were big,» said Timothy W. Lyons, a professor of biogeochemistry at UCR, Owens's former advisor and the principal investigator on the research project.

Such rules include perspective (parallel lines appear to converge in the distance), stereopsis (our left and right eyes receive horizontally displaced images of the same object, resulting in the perception of depth), occlusion (objects near us occlude objects farther away), shading, chiaroscuro (the contrast of an object as a function of the position of the light source) and sfumato (the feeling of depth created by the interplay of in - and out - of - focus elements in an image as well as from the level of transparency of the atmosphere itself).

Though it's the most abundant element in the universe by far, in our environment hydrogen hides so effectively that our methods of drawing it out as a so - called «zero - emissions» fuel have tended to be either ineffective or extremely dirty.

Whereas ice giant planets, such as Uranus and Neptune, which are denser and composed of ices, dust, and other heavier debris, likely formed farther out in the system, as an amalgam of leftover heavier substances rich in heavier elements that accreted beyond the snow line.

As with many other elements of coaching, finding the right balance is important — enough of the right type of exercises to prep the body and movement pathways in the brain for optimal performance, without pushing clients too far and wearing them out before the actual workout gets going.

Rick's business model does have some flat - out illegal elements, which become important to resolving matters near the end of the film, but it's ironic how those illegal activities do far less harm to ordinary people — even providing work for some of Dennis» friends — than the legal ones.

Wakanda owes its utopian status to a precious extraterrestrial resource called Vibranium that the rest of the world covets (it presumably sits somewhere between Kryptonite and Unobtanium on the periodic table of elements, and far out - values the diamonds and uranium for which Africa has been plundered over the past century).

There are elements of the story that push the believability of Andrew's obsession a little too far, but overall, how Chazelle is able to craft a psychological thriller out of this simple, off - beat premise, is one of the best cinematic accomplishments of the year.

You'd think that co-writers Chris Morgan (the «Fast & Furious» franchise) and Hossein Amini («Drive») could squeeze a little fun out of the premise, but it's an incredibly somber affair that takes things far too seriously considering the fantasy elements involved in the story.

The Blu - ray's 1.85:1 element is basically flawless, which is nothing out of the ordinary for a brand new film but a pleasant surprise for a 1980s high school movie, which is far from guaranteed to look this terrific three decades later.

But, there is no further explanation for what plans the filmmakers had for these elements and why they were kept out of the film.

For me, Prisoners is part an engrossing family drama and part a chintzy, lurid thriller, jammed together in a way that lacks conciseness, focus, or ability to avoid collapsing under the sheer weight of the many cheap and cheesy plot contrivances that are far too out of their element to cap off a drama that builds up so well.

Sunshine is more of a purist sci - fi film than has come out in recent years, perhaps just a shade less esoteric than another notable entry, Soderbergh's remake of Solaris, less philosophical than Aronofsky's The Fountain, less menacing than Alien, less action - oriented than Armageddon or The Core, and definitely far less jocular than Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, although it shares many story elements and themes from all of them.

But Nicholas isn't so sure — and as he digs further, he uncovers a hooded murderer carrying out a plot, led by the NWA, to keep Sandford great and rid the town of undesirable elements.

Like both of those movies, this one soars on the cluelessness of three friends who are far out of their league and element.

This concern is understandable, as special education is by far the most litigated element of public education, and the potential costs of being out of compliance or losing a fair hearing can cripple a district.

The design of the standard cast alloy wheels (19 ″ front, 20 ″ rear) was driven by McLaren's light weight objectives: the light weight styling was agreed in concept, then the wheel was tuned using Finite Element Analysis to take a further 4 kg out of the wheels.

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I had some trouble with the science fiction tech that you're talking about — it needs to have an element of realism, be cool enough that people are awed by the shiny new technology, but not so far out there that people are scratching their heads.

And while, personally, I feel like Super Mario Galaxy was able to do some things that were very new and were very unique, at the same time, from another perspective, certain elements of it do feel somewhat conservative in terms of how far we branched out with design.

Some aspects of the story go by in blur and never get the fleshing out they deserve, while other elements take far too long to play out.

It seems that as the indie scene grows more popular with the mainstream gamer, «niche genre» games are pushed further out of the spotlight for games that feature tried and true, familiar elements.

Hunt: Showdown pushes the survival genre further into the Battle Royale direction by cutting out many of the typical survival elements like loot and hunger / thirst states.

It's very easy to look at some of Mario's recent outings and point at all the elements that Nintendo clearly cribbed off of previous games; everything seen so far in Odyssey though looks brand spanking new.

Several fun party games such as one in the chamber and gun game add a further layer of strategy to how you can play and can throw players off balance and out of their element which keeps things interesting.

However, there are further elements to car combat generally; even when not participating in a battle race or takedown event such as side bashing into other cars to knock them off their preferred racing line and making contact with any number of cars when having engaged a full in the zone boost results in those cars being momentarily taken out of the event and being reset to the track without any immediate speed, alongside certain areas of some tracks containing objects which can be towed behind your car and fired as a projectile at an opposing car.

The fact that Far Cry 5 appears to contain all of the elements that have become a staple for the franchise (outpost liberation, hunting, ferocious animals, over-the-top abilities) alongside new features, shows that Ubisoft is going all out for this installment.

If it had pulled more of those elements out and just focused on an interesting 2D / 3D platformer it would have been a far superior game.

While it arguably does little in term of innovation, it has some classic puzzles, far more satisfying combat elements than ever before, some truly horrifying sections, fantastic visuals, gruesome audio and a quality storyline that kicks most of the embarrassing competition out of sight.

What could be an immersion - breaking element, drawing you out of the comic world, instead furthers your belief that you're interacting with their weird little universe.

Both of these titles will have sold - separately DLC so that players can wring new experiences out of the games, and Far Cry 5 has an online multiplayer element that has the potential to keep things fresh for longer.

The large dimensions of the paintings in the series Lignes - Report, far from staging a kind of «physical» (or «virile» to use one of the adjectives often associated with American Abstract Expressionism) creative power, instead served Degottex to completely wipe himself out of the painting in order to better propose a space as vast as possible, which is deprived of any formal element.

Except it seems that the whole century was moving constantly towards a further and further emptying out of the elements that make up a painting.

A pugnacious art world fugitive who had studied with and then taught under Josef Albers at Yale in the 1950s, yet defiantly rejected his era's vogue for nonrepresentational painting, out in his element he'd be squinting at the fish, the birds and the far - off horizon, spitting tobacco, chewing his mustache, cursing us all — a roll of Tums in his shirt pocket and his eye zeroing - in on the flat, all - over screen of his life's obsession....

In so far as your desire for a litmus test question to find out where an individual stands on AGW I'd suggest something that includes the essential element of «What would disprove the theory that (insert chosen definition of AGW here!)?»