Sentences with phrase «much as horse»

Boy needs horse as much as horse needs boy, and the film is about the survival impulse and indomitability of spirit on both sides of that equation that will allow for the twilit, wordless, inevitably heartening ending.

Not exact matches

I would love to move to a state with enough land and a warmer climate for my sons to ride their race bikes, my daughter to have the horse she dreams of and me to finally be at peace, I also believe that there should be someone home with the kids no matter what their ages are and as a single Mom with no family support or father involvement being at home for me is even more important, especially now that they are teenagers, There are no more nap times or time outs and the things you worry about during this age are so much more dangerous than falling down and hitting their heads as toddlers.

After all, it is argued, the Romans themselves did not appear to take it seriously (Vespasian's famous deathbed joke, «I think I am becoming a god» seems to indicate as much): it could only be believed by those who were either insane, such as Caligula, who went so far as to sacrifice to himself daily and made his beloved horse a high priest of his cult, or irredeemably barbarian and by implication, stupid, such as the Britons of Colchester who built an enormous temple to the Divine Claudius.

The same is true of horse and horsiness; the early foetus horse is as much and as perfectly horse in essence, in nature, as is the mature winner of the Grand National.

Jackson and Berry are not suggesting that we all need to become farmers, much less farm with horses as Berry does.

As I rode down, she waved me back, talking to the horse in the gentlest, lightest patter, as though nothing much had ever been wrong, really, and, anyway, everything was all right, noAs I rode down, she waved me back, talking to the horse in the gentlest, lightest patter, as though nothing much had ever been wrong, really, and, anyway, everything was all right, noas though nothing much had ever been wrong, really, and, anyway, everything was all right, now.

It is a sport so cruel that its popularity is anything but a credit to those that patronize it, / a number of plump ganders, whose necks are well - greased, are suspended at the regulation height, in much the same manner as rings arranged at ordinary tournaments The «knights» who enlist from the prizes dash out on their horses in courtly fashion and grab each of those down - hanging necks in succession as they pass, the most skillful rider and «puller» winning the prizes.

Much attention is given to ensuring that a horse is in condition to continue; as far as the rider is concerned, you could tie a dead body in the saddle and still get a green light.

Suhr, born and raised in the Santa Clara Valley, took up riding as a girl of seven, much to the chagrin of her father, who frequently exhorted her to «get the horses out of your system.»

People come to see your horse lose as much as they come to see him win.

«It's much like... I guess I might as well say it: Myositis is just like a charley horse.»

We were looking for an animal to characterise Manchester City's deflating title bid, and after a certain amount of brainstorming came up with an animal that has «the mane of a horse, but in all other respects resembles a bull; its horns are curved back in such a manner as to be of no use for fighting, and it is said that because of this it saves itself by running away, meanwhile emitting a trail of dung that sometimes covers a distance of as much as three furlongs, contact with which scorches pursuers like a sort of fire.»

The object of their scrutiny was a strapping, gray 3 - year - old named Holy Bull, who would lace Preakness and Belmont winner Tabasco Cat and about whom there was as much uncertainty as fascination, a deliciously fast horse, perhaps the horse all of racing has been waiting for.

Great that you have a horse... lot's of love and fun there, but much work as well I suspect.

With little more than a quarter mile remaining in the $ 82,575 Remsen stakes last Saturday, a 2 - year - old named Royal Ski was in about as much trouble as a horse can get himself into without actually falling down.

The «Horse» as the account is known, has quite a reputation for being aware of transfer ongoings at the club, but is keen to remain relatively quiet on giving too much away, in fear of jeopardising a deal.

I would say it as really a pretty substantial issue for them since so much of their offense revolves around running and the play action, which is viable if you have the horses for it.

You know as well as I do how much I've relied on the players to draw me into this world, the Arsenal world, and despite the heartbreak (I'm looking at you beardy Cesc, baby Nasri and horse - VP) I wouldn't have it any other way.

Arsenal remain the outsiders in what has become a three horse race for the title but they're giving themselves every chance of lasting the course as I feel this team still has so much more to offer.

With no offers as yet to Valencia for the much - lauded Otamendi, and with Sergio Ramos now settling into his new contract and captain's armband after using us as a stalking horse, it seems we have learned little from chasing the unobtainable until it's too late.

And on a more general note, much as I appreciate a blog that makes a counter-point to some of the insane poppycock spun by high school dropout midwives, getting on a high horse about these issues is not helpful to anyone.

Shop owners in Arlington Heights are waiting to see how much difference a day makes when the Arlington Million, Illinois» premier thoroughbred horse race, is held this Saturday instead of on a Sunday as in previous years.

My parents were vehemently anti-soda (or «pop» as we called it in the midwest), so much so, that my mother, who ran horse shows, instructed the guy who ran the concessions that my brother and I were only to drink milk.

As visitors stroll through the village, they can hear Victorian carolers, enjoy a horse - drawn sleigh ride, meet Father Christmas and Santa Claus, join in a Christmas carol sing - a-long, and much more.

Mr. de Blasio pledged as a candidate to abolish horse - carriages «on day one» of his administration, but the issue did not see much movement until last month.

Capping one of the more bewildering political debacles in recent New York memory, de Blasio's speech was overshadowed — before he so much as delivered a word of it — by the implosion of his widely mocked, ill - supported deal to get horse carriages off New York City streets.

One shadow minister told me this means the team is very much Ed Miliband's, not the result of factional horse - trading, as used to happen in the Blair - Brown years.

Lords reform and boundary changes, our continually slumping economy and a really interesting looking resignation / by - election announcement have kept politicos as much on their toes as a dancing dressage horse!

Characterizing Hinchey as a WHOLE horse is giving him too much credit.

As a stalking horse for the Tory right he will not do too much harm to anyone, except possibly to himself.

As much as Mr. de Blasio wants to pivot to big picture aspirations — implementing his universal prekindergarten expansion and erecting enough cheap housing to offset surging rents — the horse - carriage issue threatens to consume precious media oxygen the liberal mayor needs to reserve for other issueAs much as Mr. de Blasio wants to pivot to big picture aspirations — implementing his universal prekindergarten expansion and erecting enough cheap housing to offset surging rents — the horse - carriage issue threatens to consume precious media oxygen the liberal mayor needs to reserve for other issueas Mr. de Blasio wants to pivot to big picture aspirations — implementing his universal prekindergarten expansion and erecting enough cheap housing to offset surging rents — the horse - carriage issue threatens to consume precious media oxygen the liberal mayor needs to reserve for other issues.

Horses still roam the steppe, much as they did in the days of Genghis Khan, whose horse - powered army carved out the largest contiguous land empire the world has ever known.

In some horses, tumors develop as small bumps under the skin or as scaly lesions that easily can be removed by a veterinarian, but in other horses the problem becomes much more serious.

But as is often the case in the European Union, much political horse - trading was also expected to play a role in the final decision.

As she pondered the nature of this little horse, Louise suddenly remembered seeing, on the walls of the ancient palace in Persepolis, relief carvings of a horse that looked very much like the one she had just found.

African wild dogs (shown) were one of four groups of carnivores that chewed or played with wooden blocks covered with a single molecular ingredient of blood just as much as with blocks coated with real horse blood.

Following the methods of Durand et al. (30) and Cahill et al. (34), and assuming instantaneous admixture, we can estimate that at least 12.9 — 17.8 % of the genomic variation present in domesticated horse genomes, and potentially as much as 29.4 — 60.7 %, could result from such predomestication admixture or postdomestication restocking (SI Appendix, section S2.7.3 and Table S19).

I loved the outdoors and grew up as a tomboy riding horses, helping my dad cut firewood, avoiding the indoor domestic duties as much as possible.

If you have kids, spend as much time horsing around with them as possible.

You can do Halasana, which takes its name from the humble horse - drawn plow it resembles, before or after Sarvangasana, (itself referred to in much more regal fashion as the queen of asanas), but there» «s no reason Halasana can» «t be practiced, with a proper warm - up, all by itself.

Instead, try something eyelet, which still has just as much texture and is quite porous but with a more tame disposition, sort of like a horse vs. a pony.

It's not so much about the horse racing as it is about getting gussied up in a feminine dress and an over the top hat and making an entire day out of a two - minute race.

As we all know, the races are just as much about the glitz and glam as they are about the horse racing, so naturally when The Australian Turf Club was looking to create a unique, interchangeable high heel to match this year's race program, they turned to Lady Gaga «s Aussie - born shoe designer, Kira GoodeAs we all know, the races are just as much about the glitz and glam as they are about the horse racing, so naturally when The Australian Turf Club was looking to create a unique, interchangeable high heel to match this year's race program, they turned to Lady Gaga «s Aussie - born shoe designer, Kira Goodeas much about the glitz and glam as they are about the horse racing, so naturally when The Australian Turf Club was looking to create a unique, interchangeable high heel to match this year's race program, they turned to Lady Gaga «s Aussie - born shoe designer, Kira Goodeas they are about the horse racing, so naturally when The Australian Turf Club was looking to create a unique, interchangeable high heel to match this year's race program, they turned to Lady Gaga «s Aussie - born shoe designer, Kira Goodey.

Horses are my life until I find that one guy who appreciates them and loves them just as much as I do.

I am looking for an educated gentleman who loves horses as much as I do.

Grew up being outdoors as much as possible, camping with my family and our horses.

I love horses an ride as much as I can.

Spend as much time as I can at the barn with my horse.

Busy professional that takes as much time as possible for my passions: training young horses, my teenagers, running and traveling!!

Now, having said all this... if you're dating someone — cougar or otherwise — who judges you based on how much money you have, well, then, as far as I'm concerned, you bet on the wrong horse, anyway.