Sentences with phrase «little purpose in»

Hobbies do not have relevant applicability most of the times, so they serve little purpose in adding on to the actual worth of the document.

Despite offering the desktop, the Surface and Surface 2 only supported bundled legacy applications and Microsoft's Office suite, leaving the familiar environment with little purpose in Windows RT..

I saw little purpose in taking legal action against Mann for pragmatic reasons, not because I share Judy Curry's view that such language is acceptable.

A whole narrative thread with Michael Stuhlbarg's Hoffstetler serving as a covert spy also serves little purpose in the grand scheme of the film, only really establishing the era's geopolitical stakes.

Mark Addy has better luck as Donald's brother - in - law, but he serves little purpose in the overall plot, unless a scene featuring him urinating in the kitchen sink is meant to be symbolic.

They're all quite complex and interesting in their own right, but they serve little purpose in the story other than to be sounding boards for Brian and Neil.

Cole and Mason, along with their two other chums, Ollie (Shiloh Fernandez) and Squirrel (Alex Shaffer), have little purpose in life and seem content to work as bottom - rung club promoters.

Also, the vulgar dialogue that appears in the novels as well as the film that serve little purpose in moving the story forward, and generate a creepy tone.

This may serve little purpose in the wider scheme of things but it does help guide this site as it tries to cover the Football League to the largest extent possible without knowing the intricacies of everyday life at each of the clubs that participate.

Not exact matches

The AutoStart burette is the little disposable chamber that sits in the line of an IV medical drip for the purposes of injecting medicine into a patient via the drip.

Julie will talk you through this so you'll leave this session with an understanding of how to ensure: Content (big rock and little rocks) has a purpose and is connected to other content Content is rooted in actual customer and competitive data / insights Content is tied to your value propositions through the customer perspective

With Caviar's purpose - built courier and order management apps, delivery is fast; Caviar FastBite, which offers curated meals, can provide delivery in as little as 10 minutes.

But leaving that aside, the Obama administration has actually recently said that purpose of those sanctions is regime change in Iran and they're doing that for domestic reasons because the Republicans have outflanked them a little bit.

Aside from the brief sitting held in the spring with the almost sole purpose of ejecting retired MLA Ken Kowalski from his long - held spot in Speaker's Chair, the newly elected Wildrose Official Opposition has had little opportunity to spar with government ministers in a formal setting.

Many who took Canada up on the offer bought expensive real estate in Vancouver, parked their families there and paid little or no income tax because they continued to work and, ostensibly, reside overseas (at least for tax purposes).

«It should be troubling — to «progressive» Catholics as well as others — that political operatives like John Podesta, who has been associated with Clinton campaigns and administrations for decades, admits that his organization set up (with funding from the Koch Brothers... I mean, George Soros) groups with the purpose of promoting a «revolution» — a «Catholic Spring» — «in which Catholics themselves demand the end of a middle ages dictatorship and the beginning of a little democracy and respect for gender equality in the Catholic church.»

The aspect of life which most stirs my soul is the ability to share in an undertaking, in a reality, more enduring than myself: it is in this spirit and with this purpose in view that I try to perfect myself and to master things a little more.

Probably he found it in his source or received it by tradition and merely transferred it to its present position, touching it up a little for his purpose.

They are so quick to trot out Jesus when he's convenient to their purpose and then shove him back in his little box when he's not.

It is little wonder that in Galatians, Paul emphasizes that Jesus was born under the law, for Jesus» vulnerability to the law is the sign of the power of the One who was to fulfill the whole purpose of the law.

However, cosmetic reforms for counterrevolutionary purposes had little success in winning hearts and minds.

Missionaries were heroic figures in our eyes, and, unlike today, when they often function as little more than ecclesiastical social workers, their animating purpose was to win souls for Christ.

The New Testament describes worshipping God a little differently, as is to be expected in a series of books based around Jesus» purpose to fulfill the law (Matthew 5:17) in a way that reinterpreted it for everyone.

Both groups are too entrenched in their own beliefs & this little sparr fest really serves no other purpose than to raise endorphin levels!

There is immense dishonesty of purpose with very many in the various groups... that is, there is very little... very few..

If the argument here is correct, the two developments result from some of the same causes: The American kind of church - state separation meant no church monopolized religious symbols; courts were called upon to articulate ultimate purpose and justice; and judges felt little ambivalence in doing so.

Asked on the call how his faith had shaped his success as a businessman and his political career, the presidential candidate spoke about «a conviction that life is eternal, that your family is your greatest prize, that ultimately what we accomplish in life is of little significance compared to the interests of the savior Jesus Christ and his purposes.»

«a conviction that life is eternal, that your family is your greatest prize, that ultimately what we accomplish in life is of little significance compared to the interests of the savior Jesus Christ and his purposes.»

Upon her introduction in Iron Man 2, Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow served little to no purpose as a character.

A further problem in Brunner's thought is that his doctrine is bound up with a conception of Providence in which the irrational circumstances of life, that is, our finding ourselves in this time and place and situation, are too simply identified with the inscrutable purposes of God.25 He makes too little room for the notion which is so well stated by Calhoun and which surely belongs in the Christian view of life, that the world is an unfinished world.

In the following centuries there was very little change in the Christian doctrine of Last Things except the emergence of the concept of Purgatory, an intermediate place where souls were thought to undergo suffering for a cleansing or atoning purposIn the following centuries there was very little change in the Christian doctrine of Last Things except the emergence of the concept of Purgatory, an intermediate place where souls were thought to undergo suffering for a cleansing or atoning purposin the Christian doctrine of Last Things except the emergence of the concept of Purgatory, an intermediate place where souls were thought to undergo suffering for a cleansing or atoning purpose.

Suffice to say: self - confessed «nerds» around the world, people perhaps a little like Hazel and Augustus, who don't quite fit in but want a full life and a better future, have found purpose and fellowship through the pioneering leadership of the Green brothers.

That such world was primarily the region of the group's habitat means little for our purpose, except as the limitation added to its mystery when distance beckoned in all directions into the unknown.

from the moronic article — «a conviction that life is eternal, that your family is your greatest prize, that ultimately what we accomplish in life is of little significance compared to the interests of the savior Jesus Christ and his purposes.»

Cobb recognizes that his account goes «a little beyond the confines of description of Whitehead's account in Process and Reality in the direction of systematization, «10 but he is prepared to defend his interpretation in detail.11 What is important for our purposes is the fact that the involvement of God's consequent nature in divine persuasion renders that activity intensely personal.

The individual citizen has little or no choice in the matter when the legislature taxes the citizenry and appropriates a portion of the revenues as subsidies to private organizations for purposes it deems appropriate (and of course it could not properly give any such subsidies to churches).

Commonly one hears little about the demoniacal, notwithstanding that this field, particularly in our time, has a valid claim to be explored, and notwithstanding that the observer, in case he knows how to get a little in rapport with the demon, can, at least occasionally, make use of almost every man for this purpose.

Saint John of the Cross, a Spanish mystic who flourished — or rather who existed, for there was little that suggested flourishing about him — in the sixteenth century, will supply a passage suitable for our purpose.

Can we not be persuaded to believe that specks of consciousness on this little planet can not, in all reasonableness, be thought of as accurate critics of the total purpose behind creation?

Man is a meaning - giving animal; can it be that he is also an animal who is found by meaning — meaning that illuminates his darkness and gives dignity and purpose to his little day in this vast world?

We do have to become as little children — which is in fact what we are, comparatively — before we can begin to appreciate anything of the plan or purpose of the Creator.

Little things like mandatory chapel for members of the House and Senate, prior to starting the business of the say, when the Houses were in session, or Sunday being excluded as a day, for both legislative and executive government purposes, or maybe you'd prefer the Federal holidays that were Holy Days for Christians.

The stewardesses wearing bits of red, white, and blue ribbon twisted in that little loop which has been asked to fill too many purposes in the decade since it was invented by AIDS activists.

We like to think our lives have greater meaning and purpose but once we teach our little rug rats how to make their way in the world our purpose is complete.

The author of the Wisdom of Solomon gave the concept a different turn, not less significant for our purposes, although at first glance one is prone to dismiss him in disappointment, for he adds little to the thought of Proverbs, merely incorporating certain Stoic phraseology into his discussion.

Blanquette de Porc Adapted from Mimi Thorisson - A Kitchen in France Ingredients -2 1/2 pounds boneless pork shoulder, cut into 2 inch cubes -2 small shallots -4 cloves -4 carrots, peeled and cut into chunks -2 leeks, white part only, sliced -2 celery stalks, sliced -1 small onion, sliced -4 garlic cloves, sliced -1 bouquet garni (see note)-1 / 4 cup dry white wine -6 tablespoons butter -1 / 3 cup all purpose flower -8 ounces white mushrooms, sliced - Juice of 1 lemon -2 / 3 cup crème fraîche -2 large egg yolks A handful of chopped fresh parsley (Mimi used veal instead of pork, she used pearl onions which I omitted since I didn't have any on hand, and I added a little more garlic, carrots and celery than the recipe called for.

I have to admit that I do like a little crumble in my cookie and I had a hard time getting that the first 3 - 4 times I made this recipe so (I know it kind of defeats part of the purpose but...) I added 1/2 c. gluten free flour (Trader Joe's brand, rice & potato, I think) today.

The original purpose for going to Austin was for Vida Vegan Con 2015, but we wanted to get in a little early to do a book signing event at BookPeople and spend some time hanging out in this city I'd heard so much about.

In case you feel your mixture has little too much moisture, add a tablespoon of all - purpose flour which will soak up the excess moisture leaving you with a perfect sticky consistency.

In the meantime, since you probably still have some of this soup on hand, you can improve the flavor by doing a sauté of onions and garlic in a little olive oil; add a couple of teaspoons of an all - purpose seasoning blend like Spike and Mrs. Dash, salt and pepper, of course; a minced herb like parsley or cilantro, and maybe even 2 or 3 big handfuls of baby spinach or arugulIn the meantime, since you probably still have some of this soup on hand, you can improve the flavor by doing a sauté of onions and garlic in a little olive oil; add a couple of teaspoons of an all - purpose seasoning blend like Spike and Mrs. Dash, salt and pepper, of course; a minced herb like parsley or cilantro, and maybe even 2 or 3 big handfuls of baby spinach or arugulin a little olive oil; add a couple of teaspoons of an all - purpose seasoning blend like Spike and Mrs. Dash, salt and pepper, of course; a minced herb like parsley or cilantro, and maybe even 2 or 3 big handfuls of baby spinach or arugula.