Sentences with phrase «much at a stand»

Work on the kitchen was pretty much at a stand still for the last part of 2013 until we installed under cabinet lighting.

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But those universities that are left standing, he says, will have to do a much better job at identifying talented students, who can't afford to pay $ 61,000 a year for school.

Whether it's switching to «no till» farming (which stirs up the soil less and requires less fuel), buying GPS - tracking systems to efficiently apply fertilizer or — as the Lambricks do — selling their products at a stand on the side of the road, many growers have already tried squeezing as much profit as they can from their operations.

As much as it's significant to speak for yourself and stand by your point, it's also necessary to avoid pointless arguments at work.

«Shakespeare this ain't, and Gears 3 struggles at times with its forced attempts at heart - string pluckery, but I can forgive it as much; gore - starved guns adorned with toothy chainsaws easily atone for any cheesiness suffered along the way... the Gears 3 story continues with what amounts to a blood - drenched tale of woe, suffering, loss and absolution, cathartica that stands out in harsh relief when framed by the»80s era Schwarzenegger - ness of most of the dialogue.

If Digital Foundry's hypotheticals are accurate, it means Microsoft's souped up Xbox One stands a much better chance of hitting native 4K resolutions at playable frame rates.

I rarely stand in the human cashier line, since buying tickets at the automated kiosks is usually much faster (and makes one feel less like cattle).

Once completed, it will stand at 170 metres and contain the world's most expensive apartment — the 3,300 - square - metre penthouse features a private water slide and infinity pool, and is expected to fetch as much as $ 395 million when it is released next year.

This is a much higher percentage than Italy's, which stood at 12 percent.

Eklund: I've gotten so much, but one that stands out is to take five years to become successful, rather to be good at anything.

Duterte's own ardent assertions about Manila's claims in the South China Sea — he vowed to Jet Ski to Scarborough and plant the Philippine flag there — won him much support, and a reversal now would likely sour his standing at home.

At the same time, the company also decided to make a much more concerted foray into the global children's entertainment market, setting up a stand - alone division in Los Angeles with a mandate to create TV and digital content to work alongside the company's portfolio of toy brands.

While there is much that can be derived from analyzing the roster of speakers and topics addressed at each conference, the noteworthy speech by former Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke stood out.

At first, I thought the campaign bombed which pretty much all the cold call companies I had worked with had thus far, but it stood out to me how wonderful Carrie was to work with.

Not by much mind you — that much can be said at least — but it's still hard to see where bitcoin stands most of the time.

The number who believe this type of false reporting is done on purpose has not changed much from a year ago when it stood at 39 %.

But unlike in the personal computer or server market, where Intel and AMD fought for dominance (more truthfully, AMD tried to at least achieve profitability), or the smartphone market where Qualcomm has taken out competitors ranging from Texas Instruments and Freescale on the application processor side (leaving Apple, Samsung, Broadcom and Mediatek standing), this market has a much wider variety of players known for their embedded processors and microcontroller.

Tom Angell, of the pro-marijuana legalization group Marijuana Majority, said in an email that «while most of our federal gains to date have been through amendments attached to much broader spending bills, I'm hopeful that with the growing number of states changing their laws these stand - alone bills [like Garrett's] will get enough traction to at least finally start getting hearings.»

At its peak, supply exceeded demand by as much as two thousand barrels per day; OECD inventories stood at 368 million barrels above their five - year averagAt its peak, supply exceeded demand by as much as two thousand barrels per day; OECD inventories stood at 368 million barrels above their five - year averagat 368 million barrels above their five - year average.

The minimum transaction rate for each trade stands at 10 dollars which is much lower than other trading platforms.

Let's take a look at how much one person could stand to save by refinancing a $ 40,000 loan with a lower interest rate and shorter term.

Thats is not much, and stands at only 2 % of our average 1,6 kEUR / mo.

The 1930s is the one that stands out to me but even the 1990s decade would have led to a much different experience for the periodic investor had the high returns of the end of the decade occurred at the outset.

Why not make the photograph stand as an idealized representation of the departed, not in a state of decline or debility, but at the pinnacle of physical strength and beauty — even if the face being rendered thereby is a face from thirty or forty years ago, a face much more attractive and cheerful, but one that almost no one still living would recognize?

But these generators do create so much of pollution.Inside sources in the Mescom told Mangalorean.com that there is a standing order to the grid managers and engineers to plug off power to Mangalore at the slightest shortage in the grid, the first to suffer was Mangalore say the official sources.

Its imagistic character means it stands as a corrective to the bias of much constructive theology toward conceptual clarity, often at the price of imagistic richness.11 Although it would be insufficient to rest in new images and to refuse to spell out conceptually their implications in as comprehensive a way as possible, the more critical task is to propose what Dennis Nineham calls a «lively imaginative picture» of the way God and the world as we know it are related (Nineham, 201 - 2).

How much the men and women of our time need to reappropriate this fundamental truth, which stands at the foundation of society, and how important is the witness of married couples for the formation of sound consciences and the building of a civilisation of love!»

Even Chaplin's recently bestowed knighthood — however much deserved and belatedly granted — sat rather awkwardly on a figure whose greatness lay in his portrayal of a tough but tender little tramp who stood at the bottom of the social order, if not quite outside of it, and who in real life had come from the slums of London.

tf: Did you once consider that maybe the reason it appears we speak out more against your god than other gods is because it is your gods believers that seem to be at the center of so much in this world??? I don't see Pagan's standing on street corners or attempting to use their holy books to deny equal rights.

But whether at one time or the other, to speak of Jesus as Lord as to speak of a relationship in which he stood to the community, and was to say therefore as much about the community as about Him.

Much of the damage that has been done to Catholicism in recent decades — by the abuse scandals, by the ongoing horror stories of mid-twentieth century Catholic life in Ireland, by forms of intellectual dissent that empty Catholicism of the patrimony of truth bequeathed to it by the Lord, by the counter-witness of Catholics in public life who fail to stand firm for the dignity of the human person at all stages of life and in all conditions of life — is a matter of self - imposed wounds, which Church authorities have an obligation to address.

I can stand pretty much any genre of music, but at least be clear who and what you are singing about.

Only a blind man can not see we are at end times, third world countries with nuclear arms, a finacial system that is about to collapse, global disasters becoming more prominate, Godlessness that would try to redefine nature, men marrying men, women marrying women, mothers killing their babies rather than loving their babies and those who would mock the only one who could save them, JESUS, all that will hear prepare to stand before him let him be your savior rather than your judge, just a little while not much time is left before this world learns his wrath.

At the end of so much effort, the neck seemed frail, but the head was still lifted up, and the ears stood there, still shaped for attention, soft as they were.

I'm not sure where I stand on the issue of religious symbols at the 9 - 11 memorial, but there is way to much religious rhetoric from our politicians.

all I can think of today is what I saw in yesterday's news, about the former paratrooper turned preacher at an Independent Fundamental Baptist church just outside Ft. Bragg, N.C., that told his congregation they should break their sons» wrists if they catch them doing the «limp wrist», or give him a good punch... and all the kids that have committed suicide because other kids have picked up on messages like this and bullied them till they couldn't stand it anymore... we are the only bible some folks will ever read, and if they get this kind of message, well, who'd want to be with a group of people where you are grudgingly tolerated, if not outright hated, and all this in Jesus» name... it also says that the churches will do just about anything to keep people obedient and unquestioning, so they will continue to give, and so the big donors will continue to give, so that the doors at Monster Megachurch can be kept open, and the lights on... David, this is one of your «less is more» toons here... a minimum of elements that says so much....

At night, I picture God, in his love without condition, standing over us while we sleep, clutching his heart over how beautiful we are, longing for more and better for us, knowing us better than we know ourselves, seeing a bigger picture, longing for a deeper relationship and loving us so much that it takes over the entire story.

However, Black - ish cuts through the noise of countless cookie cutter crime procedurals and sitcoms that could exist in 1994 as much as today (yes, we're looking at you Last Man Standing).

Before there was much speculation on the «nature» of the person and long before any dogmatic statements about that nature were attempted, the members of the community knew that they stood at the great climacteric moment of all history, that in and through the things which had happened among them and of which they were witnesses, God had visited and redeemed his people.

He is properly indignant at this abandonment of long - standing commitments: «In two centuries of national existence no more pusillanimous act was ever contemplated, much less carried forward, by American officials responsible for our relations with international tribunals.»

Perhaps one reason Burke elicits so much interest today is that he knew he stood at the beginning of the modern era while we realize we are at its end.

These are not immune from failure and temptation, of course, but they do stand a much better chance of staying the course and at least they have the intention to stand firm with Christ should the worst happen.

A few hundred yards from the house at Tyniecka 10, stands the Royal Castle of Wawel» a much less ordinary looking place.

But if we look at the beliefs of Jesus and the apostles as they are mirrored in the New Testament, we find that they see themselves as standing not so much at the beginning as at the culmination of a tradition of faith.

Weather you believe or not (I open my eyes every day) so it's not hard to All will stand before the lord on the day of reckoning which man will no doubtedly usher in and those who don't believe or against god will try to wage war on the almighty to no avail, only to be left in ruins... the great Satan (adversary) will be all who oppose god in battle, that serpent of old is still here today, we live in the middle of a brood of vipers and this website is part of the venom aimed at distorting the faithfuls belief as well as a an agonist for those who wish to continue to disbelieve... CNN is anti god To my brothers and sisters who truly live in Christ Peace be with you and never forget your path despite the darkness that is trying to consume you, bring enough oil for your lamps to live in this darkness and bring extra in case of a delay, he will not abandon you... we will not be forgotten Amen To those who don't, I know the myth of Santa and the easterbunny really choked up your insides to find that they were not real, but childhood is over and it was a cruel human joke designed to make it that much harder for you to believe in that which visits you and you can't see, no matter you have life so is it too much to ask for a little belief?

It stood before us; as much as we would let it, as a teacher and guide and as a reminder and rule, indicating when our lives together were at their very best and where they needed to change and improve.

How convenient for man to create something he'll never have to face, while making everyone believe no matter how much abuse they receive at the hands of the man, it'll never be as bad as what will happen to the man when he stand before his maker.

To approach the cross with too much faith, to stand in its shadow with certain confidence of Easter light, is finally to confront no cross at all, only the unrepentant echoes of our religious noise.

At the level of creativity - characterization, Whitehead's system as it now stands has much to offer.

The church was packed and Communion went on a very long time, and at the end everyone sang out «Jesus Christ is risen today,» except for those who never sing, of which Immaculate Conception has few, since so much of the parish is Filipino, Italian, and WASP (in this case standing for White Anglo - Saxon Papist.)