Sentences with phrase «like pillar»

However, I did see a light fixture that looked like pillar candles on a suspended tray.

That's the advantage of mortgage investment corporations (MIC) like Pillar, which are tailored to lend mortgages to that type of client, he says.

The towering «Plank Two» is like a pillar, wherein smoothly polished layers of Plexiglas form a work that's almost preposterously methodical in its organization.

Like Pillar's of Eternity, Shadow Run returns, Shadowgate, Project Phoenix, Obduction, Space Venture, Hero - U, the new Ultima game, Tides of Numerra, and so on.

Senran Kagura is rare because the story feels like a pillar to the whole of the game: rip it out, and this whole thing falls on its face.

The AVA robot works by grafting an Android tablet onto a mobile style of robot body that looks a lot like a pillar with a wide wheelbase.

All Elantra Coupes have cloth - like pillar trim made of fibrous tissue and volcanic rock for a premium look, feel and minimal environmental impact.

Ironically, the addition of safety features, like pillar - mounted airbags and active head restraints, often in conjunction with form - over-function styling, has made outward visibility worse.

Ironically, the addition of safety features, like pillar - mounted... Read More

All Accents have cloth - like pillar trim made of fibrous tissue and volcanic rock for a premium look and feel.

Greta Gerwig, the pixie - like pillar of indie film and an indomitable screen presence, recently starred in and co-wrote «Frances Ha» and «Mistress America» with her boyfriend, Noah Baumbach, who direct...

«It's like a pillar of a house.»

The sundial, which uses a vertical object like a pillar or cross that casts a shadow to indicate the time of day, is the earliest known timekeeping device, appearing around 3500 B.C..

«He's like a pillar for us,» teammate Justin Jackson said.

However inapplicable to immediate conditions in this present age some precepts in the New Testament may seem to be, the ethical ideals of the New Testament as a whole have gone ahead of the race like a pillar of fire by night and of cloud by day.

The light part of the yolk floated up and became the heavents while the cold, hard part stayed below to form earth with Pan Gu standing between them like a pillar to keep the separated.

For this application, Dickson created a flexible mold for the cicada - like pillars.

That method works just fine for the stubbier cicada - like pillars, but the finer dragonfly - like pillars tend to break apart when the mold is removed, much like over-cooked cupcakes sticking to the inside of an ungreased muffin tin.

Cell biologists previously didn't know whether the LppA protein propped up the cell wall, like pillars prop up a roof, or whether the outer membrane was tethered to the cell wall.

Before Ken Follett wrote epic, thousand - page bestsellers like Pillars of the Earth, he wrote sleek, taut thrillers like The Big Needles, and sci - fi classics like Capricorn One.

You watched structures that had been in place before your birth collapse like pillars of salt across the vast visible landscape — the farms of the Carolina Piedmont, the factories of the Mahoning Valley, Florida subdivisions, California schools.

Discover caves and hoodoos (ancient, stone - like pillars), and amble along long sandy beaches.

«Having Paradox as a partner, with their expertise in independent games like Pillars of Eternity, lets us put all of our focus on making an incredible game.»

One of the major problems with translating a complicated RPG like Pillars of Eternity to consoles is the control systems are often wholly incompatible with traditional controllers.

The later levels get very difficult, but the levels after that, part of an expansion that first came out on PlayStation devices (this is also out on the Vita) are WAY more mind - bendingly difficult than any of the ones that came before, with respawning enemies and the introduction of a lot of new ways to manipulate stuff like pillars that can totally bake your noodle.

Some games reach the pinnacle of success (like Pillars of Eternity)...

Recent projects like Pillars of Eternity and Tyranny capably recreated the feel of classics like Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, but you could argue they relied a little heavily on nostalgia.

The aforesaid Prison Architect and Grim Dawn sit alongside games like Pillars of Eternity, Shadowrun, and FTL, all of which are extremely enjoyable games that delivered on all or almost all of their promises, and met with solid review scores at a minimum.

Lately, Obsidian Entertainment has been all about the classic computer RPG nostalgia, with games like Pillars of the Earth and Tyranny designed to dredge up fond memories of PC classics like Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale.

The floor exhibits comprise small foundational house - building structures like pillars with protruding beams, roughly cemented plaques, unfinished walls and corrosive metal and concrete tablets.

The house once belonged to artist Antony Dracup, who embarked on a mission to chisel away at the basement to create an arched cave with a vaulted ceiling and church - like pillars.

Not exact matches

And at a time of political uncertainly and rising U.S. government debt, where the long - term viability of pillars of retirement - age financial security like Medicare and Social Security is increasingly in doubt, the urgency of preparing for a long post-career life becomes that much greater.

If you adjust the projections to account for the rising employment rate of people like Levitt, the drop - off in retirees» spending as they age, and the value of fourth - pillar assets, Canadians may well be over-saving for retirement, Vettese adds.

The space blares the communal message in quotes like «Embrace chaos» and «Be bold» painted onto pillars scattered throughout.

More and more employers, like HubSpot and Buffer, are touting transparency as a pillar of their company cultures in order to attract top talent.

InteraXon has also piqued the interest of the likes of Reebok — the sneaker company that has recently instituted mental fitness as a pillar of its brand.

Xi, like every leader since Deng, combines a trinity of roles that embody the three pillars of power in China: party chairman, president, and head of the Central Military Commission.

Types of businesses that run into a problem with this pillar are factoring companies (which the IRS considers to be an investment of capital) or more passive investments like a single real estate property you intend to rent out.

The theme of his speech was the five pillars of Canada's digital strategy: improving Internet connectivity, protecting Canadians from threats like cyberbullying, ensuring Canadian content, economic opportunity and digital government.

You can also invest in super-safe stocks trading below their net cash, like Sovereign Man's Chief Investment Strategist, Tim Staermose, does in his service, The 4th Pillar.

Some of the monks practiced extreme austerities, including those, like St Simeon Stylites (c390 - 459), who lived on the top of a pillar.

Since Jesus Christ founded the Catholic Church and placed good men in charge of it, and because it was the Catholic Church which put the Books of the Bible in the Bible and coined the word «Bible», and because the Bible tells us that the Church is the pillar and foundation of Truth, and because these good men [that you refer to as misguided] are the ones ordained and «sent», [just like Jesus was «sent» by the Father], are at the «helm» of His Church and have the absolute authority to interpret the Bible, I am so inclined to be ever so thankful that Jesus Christ set it all up this way so that the burdens and crosses that I may bear will become as light as the yoke that Jesus Christ promised if we are willing to follow him, and not our will be done but His.

Or, to use a more graphic figure, we may say that the Jacob narrative in its present unified structure is internally supported like a bridge, on two pillars — the accounts of Jacob at Bethel (28:10 ff.)

Martin Luther presented the theology of Sola scriptura that the bible is the sole source to live and understand what Christianity is all about... but the bible itself does not come with a table of contents to prove that it is correct which is why the bible itself says that the CHURCH is the pillar and foundation of truth... remember that the church existed before even the bible was even put together... To understand the bible you cant just rely on your own interpretation like the protestants often say... The truth is always absolute and hence the teachings of the bible HAS to be absolute which is why the church is said to be ONE in nature (in every sense of the word), HOLY, CATHOLIC (Universal in teaching in every corner of the world) and APOSTOLIC (roots dating back to Jesus himself)... Now figure out what is that one church... The church put together the bible and the holy spirit always protected the church against false teachings and 1600 years later came about the teaching of Sola Scriptura... Protestants... look within and see whats wrong with this teaching.

If the recognized pillars of society can not enter the kingdom, they thought, what hope can there be for poor people like us?

Instead of the coo - coo info that Earth sits on pillars and has a dome above it, maybe something like: «The Earth is a tiny round pebble in space and it orbits a giant sun / star, which provides it with energy and light.»

The 5 pillars of Islam have not much to do with rightousness, excepted almsgiving (whereby, I would like to know, if a Muslim would give alms to a poor Christian, or if he would regard his poverty as a curse of Allah?).

Like a sound pillar, sound doctrine can uphold a house of many mansions, more spacious than our triumphant modem «little boxes» sitting on top of featureless, impersonal elevators.

I see Christ in the wilderness shadows, moving from salt pillar to boulder much like the Christ of Hazel Motes in Flannery O'Conner's novel Wise Blood.

The Bible like any other religious book whose adherents worship the text must be brought down from its idolatrous pillar.