Sentences with phrase «gives it a peculiar»

Amy Mandelker has drawn attention to the term «reverse perspective» as used by Russian Orthodox theologians to describe the unusual dimensions of icon paintings, with the gaze of the viewer drawn to the level of earthly events and yet given a peculiar perspective, as from a heavenly seat, so that people and objects do not have their expected everyday appearance.

It can be easily transformed into numerous recipes including desserts, curries, bread, cakes and what not, giving a peculiar creamy texture to the cooked dish.

Asparagus is also known to give a peculiar, pungent smell to the urine, which is completely normal.

In fact it is more vibrant than most of the books I read, which gives it a peculiar feeling.

But given your peculiar personal attacks on Dr. Hansen it's not really your credibility I care about.

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It was a peculiar confederation to be sure, especially given that the Times» civic mission relies on vigilance and skepticism toward such powerful interests.

The timing of the alleged attack is also peculiar given that, two weeks prior, President Trump announced that the United States would be pulling out of Syria.

He recounts the time the famous caricaturist Max Beerbohm was asked about Freudianism, to which he gave this inimitable reply: «A tense and peculiar family, the Oedipuses, were they not?»

It should be the work of Christian teachers in every generation, first, to understand the Scriptures, to distinguish what gives unity to the message of the Bible from what is peculiar to this or that writer, what is central from what is peripheral, what is essential from what is accidental; and then, on the basis of such understanding, to develop a doctrine of the act of God in Christ which will be intelligible, or at least not meaningless, to the contemporary mind.

However, as we have seen, it is physical prehension that is given the function of introducing the other substance, and physical prehension is not peculiar to conscious perception.

Of all varieties of social life and grouping within a given society, religious associations of a peculiar and not of the traditional type will arrest the attention of the student.

This depends upon there being a brain, an arrangement of cells in a particular part of the body which by reason of its peculiar coordination makes the given routing able to «know» in a distinctively human manner — quite different from, although certainly continuous with, the sort of «knowing» that is possible for the higher grades of animal life.

And the difference is that Augustine simply could not conceive of personal identity as a work of self - creation, which gives his inwardness its own peculiar character.

This American - centered view is peculiar, given Greider's fundamental argument about the daunting, impersonal and, now transnational nature of economic forces.

Yet no explanation was given as to what that love is by virtue of which the peculiar ideal of Christianity is embodied and fulfilled.

These would apply not only to the analyzed occasion under discussion, but would also serve to define any number of occasions, hence would not allow us to recognize to what extent these characteristics are intrinsically peculiar to the given occasion.

Rather, America took all the offerings of Europe, all the oppressed, the peculiar, the strange, and here they were given an unmolested place to develop.

Here's the problem in a nutshell: there seems to be no immediately obvious scientific explanation for how electrical firings inside the brain can give rise to these peculiar qualia.

He gave up his project of marriage, became a priest, founded at Jerusalem, where he went to dwell, a mission of nuns for the conversion of the Jews, showed no tendency to use for egotistic purposes the notoriety given him by the peculiar circumstances of his conversion — which, for the rest, he could seldom refer to without tears — and in short remained an exemplary son of the Church until he died, late in the 80's, if I remember rightly.

It's the tensions, possibilities, and tragedies of that situation that probably give our music its peculiar charge.

In fact, given the degree to which the «early followers of Jesus... suffered Rome's punitive regime, living at the edge of prison,... risking torture and execution,» Taylor finds it exceedingly peculiar that «Christians today are so accepting» of Lockdown America.

They give Americans their peculiar folkways and mores, their public behavior and private opinions, the patterns of their social skills and know - how about everything, from building a family fallout shelter to performing the latest dance step.

However popular this idea may have been among the lower classes, it does not give Jewish religion its peculiar character.

It is defined as already given to us in the peculiar ways in which God has been and promises to be present, notably «in Jesus.»

The setting of the sermon in the context of the total act of worship is what gives the sermon its peculiar significance.

Form for Leclerc is neither act taken as the static first act of the scholastics, nor even act taken as activity, the scholastic second act, but rather the specific character and structure of an activity — for example, the character of the activity which gives rise to the peculiar geometrical shapes characteristic of different molecules (PN 142 - 49).

In this story man's supremacy is given technical theological expression, peculiar to this writer and his school.

We are ordained to the ministry of the Church — the «sacred ministry,» as it is called; but that ordination of ours does not give us any personal rights or privileges which come to us through some peculiar claim of our own.

And during that meeting, and during one of the many fiery lectures that he hoped would pave way for a steady program - wide renovation, the new head coach, in a peculiar move, gave each player a license plate.

-- that gives the Varsity match its own peculiar flavour.

Amidst all the drama that unfolded in the latter stages of the game, fans were also quick to note the peculiar sight of an Arsenal supporter in the stands cheering on for Son after the striker opened the scoring in the 11th minute to give Shin Tae - yong's men the lead.

Giving extra power to the people that finish last seems a peculiar way to run any election.

They have requested that they should be allowed to stay off TSA and I think government will not do this but there are some peculiar funds in the university like endowment funds which are monies kept and all the interest they generate, prices and so on are given.

I felt that it was peculiar given that I thought the senator was there to thank Mr. Litwin, rather than ask for a favor,» Dorego told the court.

He said that due to budgetary constraints, the Commission can not, for now, decentralise to the Registration Area level, but said that due considerations shall be given to certain areas with peculiar challenges.

In this peculiar circumstance, I wondered if some priority could be given to matching candidates to constituencies.

He said: «What it seems happened, and we are investigating that at the moment, is somebody along the way put up what was essentially meant to be an example of the kind of advice we give and ended up going out as a quote which was quite peculiar and quite wrong.

«It is the presence of this highly ordered arrangement of water molecules, mixed with other disordered arrangements that gives water its peculiar properties.

For example, he is using data from AFLOWlib to study why some alloys can form metallic glass — a peculiar form of metal with a disordered microscopic structure that gives it special electric and magnetic properties.

Given M22's plethora of stars, Kulkarni says the cluster could easily have some odd star that mimics a black hole system's peculiar radio spectrum.

Convinced yourself that your swollen «cankles» were simply a symptom of water retention and had nothing to do with giving in to late night, peculiar pregnancy cravings?

Intricately embroidered either with cutwork or thread work around the neck of the blouse or over the sides of the sleeves gives your dress a peculiar spark.

The record gives off the peculiar but interesting vibe of hippies and black metal folk hanging out and getting along at the same party.

How do i start this:) I'm new on here and i think describing myself is going to be a very peculiar thing to do, I let people speak because everyone of us can give praises to ourselves but each one of us share something other people don't have.

Truly, in all actuality more peculiar than fiction — about part of the United States masses have an enrolled account on any given dating page on the web.

What wasn't to love about the quirky decade that gave us amazingly peculiar things like Salute Your Shorts, Pogs, MMMBop, and

A.R. can be disappointing for old times fans but some interesting gameplay features and a peculiar multiplayer game mode gives a value that made the title a valid alternative to Infinity Ward and DICE productions.

The oddest thing about «The Peacemaker» is that DreamWorks appears to have cut corners on the production - a peculiar decision, given the importance of a rip - roaring success to inaugurate the studio.

Ms. Foster and the screenwriter, W. D. Richter, have given this film some peculiar mood swings, so that it starts out zanily and winds down to a wistful note.

Give this record a few spins, and you'll succumb to their peculiar, but beguiling world too.