Sentences with phrase «much heavier reading»

Graduate students, they noted, are usually expected to teach and present at conferences, and they typically have much heavier reading loads.

The book is a much heavier read and is full of studies and scientific information, but I think that it is worth every single minute you spend reading it!

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I have so much book research I've been doing and the summer has been so heavy, filled with sorrow in so many ways for so much of the world, that I flat out ran for the escape route in my reading habits.

I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.

To be honest, the book was much heavier on story - telling and narrative than most books I read, but I appreciated the insights and ideas that were behind the stories.

Heavy viewers are much more likely than nonviewers to read the Bible, pray frequently, take the Bible literally, believe «that Jesus Christ will return to earth someday,» report having been «born again,» believe in miracles and favor «speaking in tongues.»

Ive read review that say its too heavy and big, I havent found that to be much of a problem.

The thing is that so many of us read about Bill Telepan in NY, or Alice Waters in Berkeley and God love them, but the reality of this operationally complex and regulation - heavy industry is SO MUCH more complicated than well - meaning parents and concerned citizens ever realize.

I had heavy bleeding and cramps that were so painful I was popping painkillers every four hours and even so I couldn't so much as read a book in bed.

After reading this study about a week ago however, I have experimented with a light - heavy sequence, and at the moment I like this setup very much.

Most of us don't give much thought to the ingredients in the cleaning products we've been using in our homes, but the truth is that many of them are toxin - heavy, filled with harmful chemicals that... [Read More...]

Although I very much enjoy throwbacks and tributes, I haven't touched a video game controller in 3 decades, and of course have not read Ernest Cline's popular novel — the source material that inspired Mr. Spielberg to veer from his recent heavy dramas (the exception being THE BFG).

States should seize the possibilities for more innovative approaches to school improvement posed by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which replaces a law much criticized for its heavy - handed federal role and for focusing schools heavily on teaching for low - level multiple - choice tests in reading and math to the neglect of other subject areas and higher - level skills.

We judge books by their covers and even by how much they weigh (heavy books make poor subway / bus reading).

That said, it still shares many of the downsides if you primarily intend to use it for reading: these tablets are more expensive, bigger, thicker, heavier, and more complicated than e-ink readers, and they have less - readable LCD screens and much worse battery life.

The.5 ounce weight difference isn't much, but given that both tablets are already so much heavier than their E-ink ebook reader counterparts, every little bit may count over marathon reading sessions.

I can read when ever I want and not have to carry a heavy book in my bag, I just grab my iPad and it's so much lighter and I can even read in the dark!

As a device not much larger than my original Kindle (though almost 5 ounces heavier), reading on the device is a joy.

Over in the land of the free (and the home of the brave) Amazon has unleashed its much rumoured ebook lending platform, entitled Kindle Owners» Lending Library.And there's a heavy emphasis on the word «Owners» as you'll actually have to be rocking one... Read more

The Aura HD adds a larger, higher - resolution screen that's better for reading magazines, equations, and other graphically intensive data, but it's a heavier ebook reader and costs as much as a color tablet.

If I were doing really heavy reading on the nook ST, it might go more like 40 - 60 hrs just because it wouldn't spend as much time sleeping before it runs through the battery from reading.

Led by Apple's iPad and including several promised machines based on Google's Android OS, the tablets offer many more functions than e-readers but are heavier, have much shorter battery life and are typically more difficult to read for long periods of time.

After reading some reviews of others I expected this hammock to be much heavier.

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