Sentences with phrase «great piece of land»

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I ended up purchasing a small piece of land (with mostly other people's money) in a great area.

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

The parable of the Great Banquet in Luke 14 recounts the excuses given by those invited: One of them says that he has to go look at his newly bought piece of land; another says that he has to examine his five yoke of oxen.

Agree 100 % His reflexes were great but his command of the area and set - pieces were about as convincing as Higuain taking peno's this year Quite a few times Ospina was caught in no man's land and bailed out by one of our defenders.

Almost a decade younger than Mathieu, Valencia have landed on their feet with this piece of business, and will surely stand to make a greater profit when the defender comes of age in the near future.

Former Everton striker Kevin Campbell says the Blues have pulled off a «great piece of business» by landing «top - quality» Cenk Tosun from Besiktas.

Although his office found that the 149th Street and 1 train yards were not ideal spots for construction at this time, the report stated that the Concourse Yard «likely represents the greatest potential for mixed - use development of any piece of public land in the borough.»

The call coincides with the announcement by the trust of a new acquisition in north Wales — a lovely piece of wildlife and archaeology - rich land on the Great Orme headland, home to rare butterflies, unique plants and nimble Kashmiri goats.

I never thought we would buy a brand new house but we fell upon a piece of land with only the foundation poured and decided it was a great opportunity for us to customize and put personal touches on our home.

Club Monaco's stuff seems to land right in the middle with some pieces appropriate for conservative offices, some pieces great for more casual places, and lots of beautiful options to choose from overall!

When this record lands on a great idea (which is certainly a regular occurrence), the captivating qualities of Vessel's songcraft and his strength for piecing together textural marvels make up for any confusion along the way.

There were some notable moments — another great speech from Viola Davis, Diego Luna choosing to speak in Spanish while presenting — but before Streep's speech, it looked as though the night would belong to La La Land and The Crown, a comforting period piece about the nobility of the hereditarily privileged.

Juan Antonio Bayona has proven his talent for great visually interesting films with THE ORPHANAGE and THE IMPOSSIBLE (which lead to him landing the WORLD WAR Z sequel), so hopefully this should be quite a unique piece of entertainment.

«There are loads of great resources and lessons plans available, but providing a human resource in the first instance helps get the ball rolling and builds confidence to go out to any piece of land like their backyard, their local park or a bushcare site and to feel comfortable there.

, born there in Russia and reappearing here, in America, in New York, in Brooklyn (which is a Borough), near Coney Island, which is a famous place of magic in the great land of opportunity (which is, of course, America), where anyone can become anything, where a hobo today is tomorrow a businessman in a three - pieces - suit, and a businessman yesterday is later this afternoon a hobo, Vaclav the Magnificent, who shall, without no doubt, be ask to perform his mighty...

I can't believe that someone would cash in their retirement funds to buy a piece of land that produces no income solely based on the «greater fool» theory.

Affordable piece of land where you can build your cabin or house to enjoy a great quality of life.

The Dia Art Foundation is well known for its stewardship of two of the greatest pieces of American land art: Robert Smithson's «Spiral Jetty» in Utah and Walter De Maria's «Lightning Field» in New Mexico.

Inspired by land art greats like Robert Smithson, Jim Denevan and Andy Goldsworthy, Minnesota - based graphic designer, photographer and «landthropologist» Paul Johnson experiments with earth - based materials in his work, but adds a bit of modern stop animation techniques into his pieces, making it more accessible and shareable for the digital age.

So tiny house living is great for nomads, but not for people who want to stay attached to a particular piece of land.

different applications may carry to a greater extent artifact on tardily and deeply, and construe the set you pass on a broad give back every year, you can communicate a wider piece of land of visual communication.

Bangladesh may be the poster - child of global warming's perfect storm — high population density, low - lying land, and an utter lack of funds for mitigation and adaptation — but a great new piece in The Guardian really paints

For some people, traveling to a faraway country to walk on a piece of land once owned by great, great grandparents is a memorable and inspiring experience.

If you have a piece of land and want an affordable place to call home, a mobile or manufactured home is a great option.

I only went on one day but I covered as much land as I could while there, met a lot of people, found a lot of great pieces and felt very inspired by the time I left.