Sentences with phrase «idea of the whole thing»

One of the early ideas of the whole thing was: What happens when two people go to war, and they're both in the right?

Sticking to just one insurance company will give a limited idea of the whole thing.

Not exact matches

To get things started, he had some consulting gigs («major energy companies, I think you can say») as well as a DARPA grant, his 3 - D modeling software, and «a whole bunch of other ideas in the energy space.»

«Sometimes there are pieces of an idea that turn out to be really strong,» says Knapp, «even if the whole thing didn't make sense.»

Just when economic bullying by big corporations threatened the whole idea of independent small business, company builders nationwide did the last thing anyone expected — they turned to one another for help.

Were Mort less mellow, he might respond to Molly's anger by getting angry himself and calling her childish or judgmental or coming up with something even more irrelevant and hurtful to say, like, «The whole idea of taking a honeymoon in Topeka is the stupidest thing I ever heard of.

We must not be defeatist and cry that the whole Church is heading for disaster, but neither should we have the childish idea of a crazy avant - garde that the Church should move ever faster, that what has been achieved is nothing and that everything that is new in the Church is but a modest beginning leading to unheard - of things.

The interesting thing about this whole debate is how our ideas of how we interpret what the Bible says about what hell would be like have changed over time.

I do nt think anyone is saying that people were celebrating Christmas 1500 years ago like they do now, but the whole idea of taking a holiday / seasonal celebration and putting a christian label on it is the same thing as taking something that isnt yours and saying you own it.

my mum died at christmas and in the last 6 or 8 weeks i've been finding things tough and the whole idea of a vision is far too much pressure... i feel for you... i hope you have a good husband as i have a wonderful wife (second time around!)

Had some decent ideas, but the whole «son of god, virgin birth, resurrection from the dead» thing was a little over the top.

A whole new field known as quantum biology has sprung up, based on a true breakthrough - the idea that the total split between the micro world of the quantum and the macro world of everyday things may be a false split.

World: You're getting bogged down in Western philosophical and scientific ideas of defining things by splitting them down to their lowest levels, but then failing to put them together again and see the whole ineteraction of the one body that is the Universe.

Because the idea of being completely wrong half the time kinda goes against the whole omnipotent thing...

NP, I long for change in the church — I have to say I support the idea of finding our liberties in the way do this whole «church thing».

One of the summer's best treats is corn on the cob, and these grilled corn ideas take things to a whole new level.

Somewhere between yelling at my mom (the whole failed appetizer thing was making me particularly grouchy) and stuffing my face with the mediocre appetizer I had created, the idea of a thin roasted piece of delicata that was embedded in a crunchy parmesan crisp popped into my head.

It's one of the healthiest thing you can eat but the whole idea of food that needs 3 weeks before its ready, scares most people from even trying to prepare it.

In fact, my idea of grilling usually involves showing up at someone else's picnic with a plate full of something or other and instructions to throw that something or other on the grill, acting like I've done all the work, while they deal with the whole fire thing.

I didn't came across this kind of posts earlier, but as I see, the whole idea behind it is to introduce people to some of the blogs you love to visit, and to share some of your quirky, personal things.

I even entertained the idea of making a «grawnola,» using raw almond butter and tahini, and dehydrating the whole thing a bit (even though other things like brown rice syrup aren't raw).

In theory, chicken under a brick is a brilliant idea: Put a whole spatchcocked bird flat on the grill, weigh the whole thing down with a couple of foil - wrapped bricks for speedy cooking and maximum surface area for crisping, then grill until the skin is crackling and the meat is juicy.

Yes but it needed to be done, whilst it can be argued whether he would be able to produce the same performances he does now in 4 years time, the whole idea i would presume would be to let the younger midfielders learn from such a talented individual now with the eventual hope that they would be able to surpass or perhaps match his ability, plus its always a good thing to have experienced players of such calibre around the squad, like barca with Xavi he may not be able to perform to the level he was in his heyday, but every once an again produces a moment of magic when you need it on account of the experience.

One of the things I thought was interesting is it kinda backs up the whole idea of drafting one high in the first because alot of them being drafted have produced whether on winning or losing teams but mostly winning.

Speaking of ideas, I've got one for you — how about for one day you put your hate for Wenger aside, and look at this whole thing from a different angle?

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

I understand Spanish internationals tend to want to play in the BBVA so that they get more chance of getting into their national team, but when you have Azpi, Alba and Gaya fighting with you for that spot, and you are 29, with all due respect he should really retire the whole idea that he would become a Spanish team regular and focus on the club side of things.

I've been struggling with the whole «getting rid of things when they could possibly just end up in the dump» idea, and this was helpful.

I have met many a person who has no idea how to think for themselves or make choices independently without looking for the acceptance of others or wanting to please others (this is going into a whole other topic here)... because of the work I have been doing over the years, it was important to me that my daughter be an independent thinker (as much as it drives me crazy at times right now) and so I put into place a variety of things I felt (from various information pools) would serve that purpose.

The peace of mastering a new developmental stage never seemed to last long, but I comforted myself with the idea that we were «leveling up» at this whole parenting thing.

The funny thing is, this whole thing made me realize how attached I had become to the idea of something as a parent, despite the reality that it may not be best right now for my kiddo.

~ I have been here many times and each time have left inspired — full of ideas and things to ponder, with a whole lot of practical materials that I know I will use next year.

The amount of mommy guilt over the awful feelings can be too much sometimes and I wonder if I was crazy to think this whole SAHM thing was a good idea.

Kids Activities Blog loves this idea because it is simple, uses things you already have at home and you could create one or a whole room full of kids could participate in this Halloween crafts for kids.

I love the idea of just doing one simple thing a day, rather than losing a whole weekend to it.

«The whole idea is that these exercises are routine and some people only blow things out of proportion.

Burnham's big idea is «whole - person care» so patients and carers have a single point of contact in the NHS rather than ringing the council for some things and the GP for others.

The kits usually come in cases, so we'll give you a good idea of how big the whole things is.

Hillis: But I think, you know, tying it to back to the whole computer thing, the idea of having conceptual systems that really are well thought out, so they're simple and easy to understand, so you don't have all these configurational problems that happen when you start combining them all together; because then it all of a sudden becomes more like a weather pattern: very unpredictable.

For example, «the whole idea that musical training and language development may be connected came from me talking to a couple of teachers who said they had students who were poor readers and who also struggled with learning to play a musical instrument and with copying musical patterns and wondered if those two things could be connected.»

Rather than ruling out ideas on the basis of the conventional wisdom (i.e., mostly uninformed prejudice), the whole point of the scientific method is to check things out for ourselves — especially when the cost of doing so is modest and the potential rewards are great.

So there's this idea of peak demand for water, like we are familiar with peak demand for electricity at certain times and lower demand at certain times where we can level those things out to make the whole system more efficient.

«It's the whole idea of value - added production: you take something that people would just burn before and then use these enzyme machines to extract sugar from it, which is fed to microbes, which can then make things for us.

Fortunately the same ideas predict very concrete new phenomena, a whole new world of particles that have to be accessible at the LHC and so [we have this] wonderful idea that we've been entranced by for 25 years, and the kind of the thing that Einstein dreamed of, unifying the forces, and now is the time of testing [whether these] ideas have been on the right track; whether nature has, with all these hands, has been teaching us or just teasing us.

But it doesn't have to be just one particle, in fact, but I think the more interesting ideas indicate that it is not just one particle but that's the medium is made out of several things and may be a whole new world of phenomena that will be revealed; we actually have enough resolution and enough discrimination to finally see what this medium we're immersed in is made out of.

So over decades, I had read all sorts of stories about people who had gone out into the wilds and explored the unknown, and I thought that if we could just focus on the central experiences of their lives, I could condense all sorts of stories into just chapter length tales and put a bunch of them together, sort of show the whole arc of the discovery of the idea of evolution and really where we stand today, right up to very recent things like Neanderthal DNA and the discovery of some recent transitional fossils.

The whole program was a good idea for us at the time but the one thing that really stuck with us was drinking a cup of tea at night.

For some people, the idea of heading to a studio can cause a panic attack... But learning from you is a whole different thing.

It turned kind of blonde, but I had to give up on the yolk idea, the whole thing was still too dark, not at all like yours.

I love the idea of lining the whole thing too, especially for spring / summer dresses.