Sentences with phrase «not on a knife edge»

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Prior to the stunning announcements from Lee and Moran, the GOP bill stood on the knife's edge, with zero votes to spare but not dead yet.

For Karl Barth man always appears to remain on the knife edge between the love of God and the abyss of damnation.24 Reinhold Niebuhr holds that we are redeemed from sin in principle, but whether we are redeemed in fact is not made clear.25 Christ, he says, is our hope, not our possession.26 And again he suggests that only in the moment of prayer can man really love God and his neighbor with the love which Christ has shown to us.27 Emil Brunner comes closer to positive affirmation of the new life of the man to whom the love of God has come with power.

«The really amazing thing is not that life on Earth is balanced on a knife - edge, but that the entire universe is balanced on a knife - edge, and would be total chaos if any of the natural «constants» were off even slightly.

Does anyone have a suggestion for cutting the cake as when I used a slicing knife the cake was so dense that it left jagged edges and was not very attactive on the dessert plate.

So it does appear some information cascades down through the club to some staff who (on that occasion) was happy to share this info in some confidence with my day and I. I am not sure that other «sources» outside on the a management team would have specific info about new signing from outside if the club especially if the deal was on a knife edge or if this source was part in the a management team why would they risk leaking sensitive info unless there was something to gain (money or winning favour)?

of course no team wants to lose but I can guarantee you that the reaction by the Chelski fans after today's results are nowhere near what would have occurred if we shit the bed on opening day... the difference is they have tasted EPL success on more than one occasion recently, they have won the Champions League and they have done it with 3 different managers in the last 12 years with a similar, if not smaller, wage bill than us... in comparison, we have been experiencing our own personal Groundhog Day with nothing to show for it but a few silvery trinkets that would barely wet the appetite of a world - class club... so it's time for Wenger to stop gloating over our week one escape act and make some substantial moves before this window closes or I fear that things will take a horrible turn when the inevitable happens... living on a knife's edge is no way to go through a full season of football and regardless of what side of the argument you fall on, you could feel high levels of toxicity in the air and that was friggin week one... I would much rather someone tried their best and failed, than took half - measures and hoped for the best

With rounded fork and knife edges, you can be assured that baby will not hurt themselves whilst learning to self - feed and the spoon is the perfect size for babies that are ready to take the next step on from being fed by a parent, this is the perfect stainless steel baby cutlery set.

The 2015 general election is not balanced on a knife edge.

Debates on the floor of the House of Commons do not generally win a mass audience, even at moments of high drama — the knife - edge vote that settles great affairs of state.

I recently bought peel and stick contact paper for my new houses kitchen — i have children & it did nt last long so i switched to peel and stick floor laminate - 0094507 style selection luxury vinyl planks can be bought at lowes and home depo a box cost me $ 34 dollars and it covered 45 Sq ft. Very easy to put on just peel the back and stick down, Cut ur edges with an exacto knife and use the contact paper for ur trim.

First up is Light Source & Imagery's 22 - minute «The Making of Norbit», in which Eddie Murphy walks the knife's edge of self - awareness («When I put on these makeups, I get to go to some whole other place... that I couldn't go with [my real face] on»), Thandie Newton hails the movie as a palate cleanser to a string of demanding roles / films (to think Jonathan Demme remade Charade for her when all he had to do was put Eddie Murphy in a fat - suit), and we see nifty demonstrations of how the split - screens were accomplished; turns out that much of the time Murphy is only playing Rasputia from the neck up, a good - natured obese woman filling in for the body.

Or if you're on the knife's edge wondering if you should buy a house, maybe this is a good nugget to think about in terms of not doing it or waiting another year or two to build up your down payment so you don't have to borrow quite as much and it will be more manageable for you.

Pots and pans are on life support — bottoms bulging, handles bent or missing — and not one of my low - end, neglected knives retains enough of an edge to worry a ripe tomato.

The «sharp» knives were not sharp and only one was suitable for sharpening — fortunately there was a a sharpening steel and we were able to keep an edge on the one knife.

However, Arkedo wasn't ready to go down without a fight, and the team's anger from constantly teetering on the knife - edge has now been transferred into their upcoming game.

The Telegraph article added: «Ms Osofsky said the SFO has been on a «knife - edge for years», with a chequered history of success in its prosecutions: «I'm not suggesting corruption is a «lesser» crime, and a healthy prosecuting arm needs to be kept, but a classic SFO prosecution is about individual scalps and even big brand names such as Rolls and Tesco, but the scale of money laundering is much bigger but largely unknown.»

I did not want gobs of paint on the Rockler rail brackets, so I covered them in green Frog tape and then cut along the edge of the brackets with my craft knife.