Sentences with phrase «given over wholly»

What, then, are we to say about those individuals whose lives seem to be given over wholly to violence and aggression?

A desolate country whose soil is rich enough, but is given over wholly to weeds... a silent mournful expanse....

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This will be particularly significant, given that China only permits Christianity within the context of government - sanctioned churches, and the fact authorities have partly or wholly destroyed hundreds of churches and crosses and imprisoned at least dozens of Christians in the country over the last few years.

You're able to give yourself wholly over to the task at hand without struggling to stay invested.

It's not wholly surprising, given that Lopez was a once - powerful (and feared) powerbroker who received contributions from no doubt thousands of different donors over the years.

Into his carefully constructed world — and it is carefully constructed, as we soon discover, since he has done previous jail time as reckless younger man — comes Gary, the son of a man who has given himself wholly over to his drinking.

Given (1) the popularity of TNR (as demonstrated by participation levels) over lethal roundups, and (2) the limited resources of most municipalities, this seems to be wholly inappropriate.

For a more relaxed experience, over on the pink sands of Barbuda Uncle Roddy gives a warm welcome (and serves delicious lobster) at his eponymous beach bar which is wholly run by solar power.

Chris: My view of this issue of rules is that individual games may embed the specific game rules of a particular era or tradition (like the game over of an arcade game, or pressing start to pause a console game, or ASWD for movement on PC) or they may contain wholly unique rules, but the majority of the rules are socially embedded and simply instantiated in the games, in the same way the words and grammar of a language are socially embedded and simply instantiated in any given text.