Sentences with phrase «like foreign lands»

Our old hometowns, once filled with familiarity so entrenched within us we thought it would never leave, can suddenly feel like foreign lands, occupied by a new generation learning to grow into the people God made them.

Year One was all about figuring out blogging and my place in what felt like a foreign land.

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Their costs for capital, labour, land, energy and other resources are subsidized such that they generate huge retained earnings, much of which is being reinvested in foreign real assets like Canada's oilpatch, says U of T's Dobson.

That's right, people are literally paying tour guides to confiscate their phones like grumpy high school teachers and force them to actually appreciate beautiful foreign lands.

I think that really gave me a glimpse of what it must be like for the refugees as well when they arrive in a foreign land or in unknown places, what it's like... that alienation.

China may seem like a very foreign land, but issues such as an aging rural Church and communicating the... More

Like the Jews in Babylon living in a foreign land, Christians are — and always have been — «resident aliens» called to love our neighbors with deeds of service so that those around us will «see [our] good deeds and glorify God» (1 Peter 2:12 NIV).

Do you feel like you are in foreign land, and nobody knows or loves you?

9 By faith he made his home in the promised land like a stranger in a foreign country; he lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

When you feel like you have been abandoned in the wilderness, or have been exiled to a foreign land, read through this Psalm and give thanks to God for the ways He has delivered you in the past.

Fools like me, who cross the sea, and come to foreign lands, ask the sheep, for their beliefs, do you kill on gods command?

We go home at night and escape to foreign lands on Netflix, while the grandest, realest, thickest (like the grass in C.S. Lewis» heaven in The Great Divorce), truest story that has been or ever will be told is a story in which we find ourselves, or — to use theologian Vanhoozer's language — a theatre in which we are not a passive, but participating audience.

It is easy to stand and prophecy that in the future there will be strange new religions, that people will do things foreign to our understanding, and swear that our gods will not be pleased... and be correct... because it is the nature of human beings to change, to modify our beliefs to fit our experience, to seek out new understanding, change the way we dress and do our hair, and unfortunately, it is in our nature to fight over stupid crap like land and religion.

(per household) As nationalized peoples suffering from obesity epidemics and drug dependancies cry about these things to the very leaders who are carrying out these things, those who strive to be like Christ are happy that ENRON stole your money to built electric powerplants providing electricity to millions of decent people in foreign lands who can now provide for their families without government assistance or crooked activities.

There is just nothing quite like a vacation to an exotic foreign land — especially one that immerses visitors in the local culture so they can enjoy the essence of the region in an authentic way.

That's right: 2 car seats, 2 high chairs, 2 different yet equally irritating cries, 2 people who walk like drunken monkeys and fall down constantly, 2 times the poopy diapers and mealtime messes, all treading foreign lands together.

Nigel Farage said mass immigration was making parts of the country appear «unrecognisable» and like «a foreign land» at Ukip's spring conference on Friday.

Review websites like Yelp and TripAdvisor help out - of - towners dodge overpriced tourist traps, but what about travellers seeking a unique, home - cooked meal in a foreign land?

For those who think this looks like another one of these white savior in a foreign land films, the producers previously addressed this by saying the film itself isn't actually that way, and you should see the full film before judging.

Like many in the film distribution business, Mimi Steinbauer has a story — «funniest example ever» — of the ingenious sleight of hand in marketing American movies to foreign lands.

Like Isle of Dogs, Anderson's previous film, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), was an American fantasy of a foreign land.

Mostly in foreign unions like we do in the real world, such as Afghanistan and Iraq where we lose soldiers to random gun - fire, land mines, and suicide bombers.

And yes, like the Range Rover and the Queen there is some foreign DNA in the mix because we shouldn't forget who owns Land Rover these days.

There's more than one way to feel like a stranger in a foreign land.

It seems like a foreign language meant to be spoken in a far off land without an embassy to help explain the culture.

EPubs, MOBI, fixed - layout or reflowable — do you feel like you are lost in a foreign land?

Buying a piece of land, a condo or a home from a foreign real estate developer can feel like a tremendous leap of faith.

Seeing Round Corners (Turner Contemporary, Margate UK, 2016); Objects Do Things, (Centre of Contemporary Art, Poland 2016); Stories in the Dark (Whitstable Biennale, UK, 2016); Doug Fishbone's Leisure Land Golf, (Venice Biennale 2015); Reads Like a Book The Book Lovers (Cricoteka, Poland, 2015); Mirrorcity (Hayward Gallery, London, 2014); The Red Queen (MONA, Tasmania, Australia 2013); Toulouse International Art Festival (Hȏtel - Dieu, Toulouse, France, 2013); Entangled2 Theatre II (Matt's Gallery London 2013); Monocular4 (Quad, Derby, UK 2013); Nowhere Less Now (Artangel commission, Tin Tabernacle, Kilburn, London, 2012); Entangled2 (Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK 2012); Extramission 6 (Gallery TPW, Toronto, 2011); Einladung zur Ausstellung (Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany 2012); A Trip to the Moon, (Bonniers Konsthall, Sweden 2012); Monodrome, Athens Biennale, (Greece 2011); Lofoten International Art Festival, (Norway, 2011); Dis - covery (Salamanca Art Centre, Tasmania, 2011); The Collection (Rugby Art Gallery, 2011); Steps into the Arcane (Kunstmuseum Thurgau, Switzerland 2011); It has to be this way ² (National Gallery of Denmark, 2010 (SMK), Mead Gallery, Warwick, 2010 and BALTIC, Gateshead, 2011); Broadcast commission 3 minute wonder series, Channel 4 (27,28,29,30 Sept 2010 and October 2010); It has to be this way 1.5 (Aspex gallery Portsmouth, 2010); Persistence of Vision (FACT, Liverpool, 2010 and Nikolaj Art Centre Copenhagen 2010 - 2011); It has to be this way, (Matts Gallery, 2009); Altermodern, 4th Tate Triennial, (Tate Britain, 2009); Event Horizon, (Royal Academy of Art, 2008); Swallowing Black Maria, (Smart Project Space, Amsterdam 2007); CinemArt, (The Auditorium, Rome, 2007); Foreign Bodies, (White Box, New York, 2007); The Believers, (touring show in Norway with performances, Stavanger, Førde and Bergen, 2007).

Like weeds, immigrants seek to settle in foreign lands where they are often rejected, and yet they resist the sometimes unfriendly and unfavorable environment as they replant their own roots.

That may seem like a lot to ask — but perhaps only if people repeat the mistake of thinking climate policymaking starts and ends in a conference hall in a foreign land.

Although the law was amended after 2002 to exempt spouses, dependent children and a few others from the excessive demand assessment in recognition of its discriminatory and unfair quality, it remains a barrier to other foreign nationals and their children — those like Parkdale's client, a nanny who had worked long hours, days and years caring for Canadians and now was denied landing in Canada because her son was disabled.

Student travel insurance is also designed for a safe and tension free trip just like any regular travel insurance, but, it is exclusively designed to combat the risks experienced by students travelling to foreign land for higher studies.

Smart options would be features like cashless facility, network hospitals near your campus, claim settlement procedure and past record of insurer — since you will be foreign to a foreign land.

Travel insurance is a bag filled with gifts of advantages like - offering reimbursement during delay or cancellation of flight, in charge of your lost passport, delay of luggage and taking care of your medical expenses on a foreign land.

The prices of houses in cities like Toronto and Vancouver have been high since long before current worries about foreign buyers, he says, stating that zoning and land - use policies have been driving up real estate prices in these cities for more than 50 years by reducing the availability of housing.

Deb of Nomadic Decorator loves décor that can tell a story, especially one that makes you feel like you're in a foreign land.

Just looking at this image we feel like we're on holiday in a foreign land!