Sentences with phrase «less than their eyes»

However, half of the participants ate more or less than their eyes led them to believe, thanks to a concealed tube that imperceptibly refilled or drained the bowl.

These are no longer the ideal forms disclosed to the eye of the mind, but are the results of removing the eyes of the mind, no less than the eyes of the body, from the phenomena, of reducing all appearances through the force inherent in distance.

Not exact matches

It's a tougher challenge in every way: He's a year older — he'll turn 40 in less than three weeks — and, as the reigning champion, other top runners will be eyeing his every move.

Another statistic that caught my eye was that 36 percent of tweets are retweeted but less than 1 percent receive replies.

By comparison, hiring managers have had «eyes on» candidates for less than three hours total when assessing the average recruit for an entry - to mid-level business or government position.

If both sides, through their eyes and their people's eyes, have concluded that the plaintiff is absolutely going to win this case, and the plaintiff is going to get a lot of money because they're totally on board with everything that has been presented, then that might be a good reason for the defendant to agree to a settlement with the plaintiff for less money than the potential exposure if the jury comes back and finds willful infringement.

«Although less in the public eye than its swanky neighbor, Provence, the Languedoc has just as much to crow about.»

She broached the subject of his business record, suggesting his supposed acumen was less than met the eye.

While declining credit metrics are worth keeping an eye on, Synchrony's stock has fallen so much that shares now trade for less than nine times forward earnings.

Share prices of global automakers — which draw 15 percent to 40 percent of sales from China — reinforce the impression that there's less to Tuesday's announcement than meets the eye.

Recent evidence suggests that there is less than meets the eyes.

In the mature stage of a long expansion, with less spare capacity than would have been the case some years ago, monetary policy needs to keep a close eye on future growth in demand.

But the interesting thing is that in the eyes of many investors, Apple's quarterly iPhone sales numbers seem to matter less now than they have for years — at least relative to how much cash Apple is generating and returning to shareholders through dividends and stock buybacks.

In fact, most American Catholics disagree with some of the Vatican doctrines (birth control, for example); there are Baptist Churches that don't treat women as less than men in God's eye, etc..

The danger of gourmet vegetarianism is there, but often enough one will eat something less palatable than the plate one's eyes and stomach demand.

It's just that there is usually more to than what meets the eye is all, and seldom are that many people interested in what I'm getting at (it's more abstract and less to the point), especially in the «heat of the moment.»

«The well - focused eye may see sharply what it sees, but it studies a lesser reality than the enraptured gaze.

He is not less concerned than the materialist or the scientific humanist for the welfare of men, but more so; for he has glimpsed something of man's value and potentiality in the eyes of God.

This is supposed to be a being who has always existed and always will exist, so what you make a big deal of was less than a blink of the eye in his existence.

Could it be that God has given some people more than others, not so that they can feel extra special, or become puffed up about how great of people they are in God's eyes, or how wonderful their ministries are for the advancement of the Kingdom of God, but so that those to whom God has given more can use what they have to bless others who have been given less, and in so doing, be blessed in other ways in return?

Less desirable in the eyes of her parents than a male child, a girl stayed close to her mother, but her father controlled her life until he relinquished her to another man for marriage.

I had a Catholic priest look me in the eye no less than 3 weeks ago and tell me that birth control give you a 30 % chance to get cervical cancer (which is a straight up lie).

The Southern Baptist branch was based on segregation when it formed, splitting from its parent Baptist Church which apparently could not in theory subjugate individuals to being less than human based on skin, eye, and hair color and features.

In Israel's experience He became more and more hidden from the human eye rather than less.

It turns out that when we let ourselves surrender to the «Time of the Season,» we are less like the animals and flowers of the field than a) like actors playing parts in some two - bit melodrama about low - class Others, or, b) like the starry - eyed Icaruses of the first verse seeking to take one another «to the sun» and «to promised lands.»

Along similar lines, physiologists believe that the human eye is capable of distinguishing among more than six million hues, and yet the fact that we typically use only about a dozen words to describe colors suggests that we see them much less richly than we are capable of doing.3

Update (July 30): Less than six weeks after resigning as the senior pastor of a prominent Orlando - based church because of an affair, Tullian Tchividjian says he has no plans to withdraw from the public eye.

No sin is more or less than any other in the eyes of their minor mountain storm deity.

When I told Dan about some of what has been said on the blogosphere about men who earn less than their wives, he laughed, rolled his eyes a little and said, «It's not emasculating to have a successful wife.

But he still ranks as far less religious than Carson (80 %), Cruz (76 %), and Rubio (70 %) in GOP eyes.

In God's eyes, I reminded myself, the death of each of these nameless people is no less important than my own death or those of my loved ones, or the death of Jesus.

However, the religious being less smart than a teenager from Kansas and her little Scottie (or whatever kind of dog Todo was) have their eyes clenched tightly shut, and refuse to look behind the curtain because they've built their world - views around the existence of OZ, the great, and mighty and terrible.

Following Jesus just might make men appear less than manly in the eyes of the American culture.

Yes Chrisitianity (in its many fractured branches that may or may not seem anything liek one another), has been around for 1400 years, but Judaism has been around for more than twice that, and there are other pagan religions (that while less common are still in practice in some places) that have been around since LONG before Jesus was even a gleam in his Father's eye.

Whether a stone or an electron being attracted to a proton is intrinsically less wonderful than the eye or the bacterial flagellum is less clear.

The centralizing of political authority in the hands of the emperor was stabilizing but if to this end he determined episcopal appointments his eye might be less directed to saintliness than to amenability.

Keep an eye out for a Porterhouse with a sizable tenderloin portion for a cost - effective treat, as Porterhouse will be quite a bit less per pound than filet mignon.

don't take your eyes off the pot as while you may be impatient for it to start browning, the period between the time the butter begins to take on color + the point where it burns is often less than a minute.

I'm also bound to receive a lot less eye - rolling from the Honey than if I happened to casually mention, that, oh by the way, «I'm doing a cleanse...»

Those messy streaks of Nitella frosting is no less than a piece of art in the eyes of a mom, especially if it is done by her children with love

Chicken jerky is less popular than beef jerky for the same reason most people will choose a rib - eye over chicken breast — on its own, chicken doesn't have that much flavor.

Only five ingredients and less than half an hour actual work and you will be rewarded with some of the best cookies I know: Thumbprint Cookies with Jam or Engelsaugen (Angel's Eyes) in German or Ochi de pisica (Cat's Eyes) in Romanian.

And, at a point very, very soon, the billionaire who took less than a decade to build the world's fourth biggest iron ore producer will start eye - balling chief executives of some of Australia's biggest gas users and recommending they put their future supply contracts where their mouths have been.

The silvery flashes that caught my eye were a scattering of no less than 20 grey hairs.

Agriculture may be less than 3 % of Australia's GDP, but to understand its significance only through an economist's eyes is unbelievably naïve and short - sighted.

The technology allows printers, converters and finishers to produce luxurious, eye - catching special effects with variable data personalization and customized short - runs faster and much less expensively than other printing technologies.

Applesauce «should» work well, but it does tend to be more watery than bananas (and less sweet), so I would keep an eye on the consistency and taste test.

I recommend you start off by taking less than you think you're hungry for — remember that your eyes are bigger than your stomach, and you can always go back for seconds.

With Christmas Day less than 10 days away, almost everybody has their eyes on the nearest clock, counting down the hours until they are free from work and able to kick back in an outrageously festive jumper.

Then he walked off, his step a little less springy than it was a year ago, his eyes less willing to lock with those of a stranger.