Sentences with phrase «few bits of history»

Christianity is nothing more than supersti - tion, a collection of fanciful stories with a few bits of history put in there such that it doesn't immediately get put aside for being the nonsense that it truly is.

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Yes, this messes a bit with our understanding of the inspiration of Scripture, but in the end (at least for me) it amplifies the grace of God for it shows that He was speaking His truth to lots of people at different times, not just to a select few Jews in a few hundred years of human history.

A popular bit of revisionist history has emerged in the past few months that Fisher actually did a mediocre job and only succeeded because Jameis Winston chose to play for him.

So to discover that the bumpy old airfield on a remote bit of moorland a few minutes drive from where I live not only had a motorsport history, but a (tenuous) Formula 1 history?

Am never one to excuse our continuous failings and Wenger's general ineptitude but all this talk of Afobe been another one we missed out on is a bit preposterous and very very premature... yes he's scored a few goals for Bournemouth but can we all take a step bck and recognise that playing for a team who will be happy just to avoid relegation is very different from playing for a club which demands trophies and high achievements every season (yea, I know we have been found wanting on these fronts for a long time)... some players are better in small clubs with limited expectations and very neat to no pressure... that is why history is littered with stories of good players who went to big clubs and flopped only to go down a few levels and find their form again....

But those fossils — a few bits of vertebrae, pelvis and limb — languished unidentified in London's Natural History Museum for several decades.

The two females had a history of aggressive interaction: a few years earlier the researchers had witnessed an encounter between them during which Sidony hit and bit Kondor, who had apparently approached Sidony's seven - year - old daughter.

I never really decorated for St. Patrick's Day before, but after learning a little bit of the history of it, I want to add a few shamrocks and a bit of green to my living room.

Berg looks at the opening credits, cast and performances, sets and locations, music, story issues, camerawork, some history behind the film's subjects, and a few other bits of production trivia.

«The String Arcade» spans a few decades in video game history from arcade classics including «Galaga», «TRON» to 8 - bit eras with «Legend of Zelda» to more recent hits with «Portal 2» and «Minecraft».

In one of the few misfires, screenwriter Ted Tally introduces Francis Dolarhyde, or the «Tooth Fairy» (nicknamed so for the bite marks he leaves on his victims), played by Ralph Fiennes, while an abridged history of his abuse as a child plays over the soundtrack.

Volkswagen also has a bit of history in the segment, as quite a few original Beetles were (and still are) converted into off - road - ready Baja Bugs.

A few major banks in recent history have been under fire for slimy or fraudulent sales tactics, so be sure to do a bit of research on the bank's history, reputation and business model.

Maybe they've missed a few bills and their credit score has dropped a bit, or maybe they are on their way to rebounding from a history of bad credit.

Far Cry 5 is only a few months away and set to bring players into one of the franchise's wildest settings yet — America — but for those that want to dip back into the series» history a bit, one of the series» best installments is heading over to the current - gen: Far Cry 3.

That she's not better known is a bit of a surprise, really, considering her many claims to art - world royalty — as, to mention a few, the daughter of painter Harvey Quaytman and poet Susan Howe; the former co-proprietor of the legendary LES gallery Orchard; her inclusion in major shows like the 2010 Whitney Biennial, Nicolas Bourriaud's «The Angel of History,» and the Whitney's «America Is Hard to See» survey; and her presence in the collections of MoMA, the Guggenheim, and Tate Modern, to name a few.

Let's back up a few years and get a little bit of a history lesson here.