Sentences with phrase «not unwelcome»

Let's seek the public's recognition by our good works, not our unwelcome solicitations.

It's an interesting placement, but not an unwelcome one, because it keeps our paws out of the frame.

This was a change that, while not unwelcome, did start to create the feeling that the Pokémon games were pandering slightly and becoming less challenging.

The announcement of a Shadow of Colossus remake was an unnecessary, but not unwelcome one.

It's aesthetics are just as basic as its environmental message: unremarkable but not unwelcome.

Given how odd the game's characters are, the relatively straightforward gameplay is a stark but not unwelcome contrast.

This change was completely unexpected, but not unwelcome either.

But, in a bizarre and not unwelcome twist, it's a stylus that doubles up as a speaker phone, as long as you are prepared to hold it against your head.

This emphasis is not unwelcome, for Gibbs is the least remembered of this triumvirate, and despite alcoholism (the occupational hazard for many a New Yorker staffer back then) and periods of despair, he was an indispensible contributor, not only as longtime theatre critic — a beat he detested — but also as a deft satirist.

This seems like an odd trait for a car that's historically been targeted at an older driver, but not an unwelcome one.

What the motor lacks in V8 roar it makes up in a sort of mechanical purr that seems totally out of place, but not unwelcome, on an American SUV.

The entire film is narrated by Kuzco (often in an interruptive but certainly not unwelcome manner), who acknowledges convention, underscores his character flaws, and makes for an amusing, cynical viewing companion.

Last year, we got the surprising but not unwelcome news that Nicolas Winding Refn would be revamping Barbarella for the small screen.

In a strange (but not unwelcome move) for Australian cinema, the cast is headed by an Irishman and an American.

Those expecting more than grunts and violence, with some gratuitous (but not unwelcome) nudity thrown in, should look elsewhere.

On balance, the message McKinnon is trying to communicate is not unwelcome — it's a simple tale of a community rallying together to break the rules and resist pompous authority.

«God's Pocket» will be directed by John Slattery, who you know as «Mad Men»» s silver fox Roger Sterling but who is making the move to directing (having helmed several excellent episodes of the series in which he stars), adapting a Pete Dexter novel about Mickey (Hoffman), whose attempts to move on after the suspicious, and not unwelcome, death of his unstable stepson are frustrated by a local reporter with a hunch.

This sudden adjustment is definitely not unwelcome though, as Mansell has repeatedly displayed a brilliant knack at nailing a film's evocative signature theme, from «Requiem of a Dream» to «The Fountain,» and let's not forget his understated work in «Moon.»

The main flick shows its vintage, and that's not unwelcome — perfection is overrated when you're talking about»70s splatter fare.

The past few days here in DC have been unseasonably cool — not unwelcome, though Saturday I taught two workshops outdoors in the chilly rain, which was pretty bizarre for late June!

«Tony Hall's warm words and promises to share services with S4C are not unwelcome, but in order to secure the future of Welsh language broadcasting his words need to be met with hard cash.

I know handmade gifts can be an intimidating, if not unwelcome, thing.

God is Always - Inviting and All - Accepting and All - Inclusive God is Welcoming and Hospitable God is not exclusionary or exploitive God is not unwelcoming or inhospitable

Though Washington isn't an unwelcome environment for the Lovings and their children, it's still not home.

-- First, the mission, as it should be — to help people first — The Japanese culture isn't unwelcoming of outsiders, but careful... and likes to invite help on their terms (which actually makes some practical sense as well).

Not exact matches

When a new hire arrives to find no one is expecting them, or their workspace is not ready, they may feel unappreciated and unwelcome.

«Regardless of their thought process, it's not great to be in a place and feel unwelcome.»

I'm not sure if she'd like it to be brought up, as it isn't really relevant to her job and as far as I can tell, nobody has given her cause to feel unwelcome or in need of support.

The David Adjaye - designed 130 William takes «out of context» to the next level, but it's not entirely unwelcome

I aim to get at some of the theological underpinnings of that unease in language that may seem unfamiliar or even unwelcome, but it is language that is grounded in important Christian affirmations that seek to understand the child as our equal» one who is a gift and not a product.

After several disparaging comments and unkind words to me personally, and unwelcoming words regarding me and my family as new to the area, we had purchased a home or otherwise would've not renewed our lease.

He was an unwelcomed ambassador of a foreign religion; when I arrived, I was foreign but my faith was not.

Holiness for me was found in the mess and labour of giving birth, in birthday parties and community pools, in the battling sweetness of breastfeeding, in the repetition of cleaning, in the step of faith it took to go back to church again, in the hours of chatting that have to precede the real heart - to - heart talks, in the yelling at my kids sometimes, in the crying in restaurants with broken hearted friends, in the uncomfortable silences at our bible study when we're all weighing whether or not to say what we really think, in the arguments inherent to staying in love with each other, in the unwelcome number on the scale, in the sounding out of vowels during bedtime book reading, in the dust and stink and heat of a tent city in Port au Prince, in the beauty of a soccer game in the Haitian dust, in the listening to someone else's story, in the telling of my own brokenness, in the repentance, in the secret telling and the secret keeping, in the suffering and the mourning, in the late nights tending sick babies, in confronting fears, in the all of a life.

As a conservative with libertarian tendencies, I dabbled with tea - baggery myself but when they found out I was an atheist and not racist, I found myself to be an unwelcome addition to their group.

No matter, as Mulqueen explains: «Telling men they have to wear a jacket and tie may make them feel unwelcome, but that person [he means men] is not in a legally protected class.»

While they have not mandated prayer, they permit the majority to impose unwelcome prayer over a minority.

The unwelcome character of some of these answers does not ensure their objectivity: one can insult oneself, harangue oneself, blame oneself, deny oneself, and still hear no voice but one's own.

Otherwise he will be saddled with the unwelcome conclusion that one can not attribute knowledge to God without accepting the whole Thomistic system.

He got along well with the despised customs officials (whom we probably translate inadequately as «tax collectors,» not to say «publicans») and the equally unwelcome centurion of the Roman army of occupation stationed at Capharnaum, who implored Jesus to heal his boy, pointing out that Jesus could do it by just giving a command without even having to profane himself by entering a gentile house.

We spend all of our time here in Canada tripping over one another trying to be «nice» and not offend, or discrimiate, or harrass, or hurt anyone's feelings, or make them feel unwelcome.

Much as the theme is overlooked or unwelcome, I can not help noticing that the old Federal Council of Churches — type moderate - to - liberal Protestant unity was easier, and thus what we call «mainline» church life was stronger, because cooperating Protestants used Catholicism as a foil.

David, I see here your affirming comments to some but I feel the same has not been afforded my comment, it does make me feel unwelcome.

My taking the risk in being vulnerable and sharing that I have felt unwelcome by you and not listened to was not an issue of not having a thick skin.

It is not right for us to make them feel unwelcome or to suggest that their faith disables them from being loyal Americans.

If this saying is an authentic utterance of Jesus», I can see no honest way to escape the unwelcome conclusion that he expected the full, final, indubitable establishment of God's sovereign power within the lifetime of his contemporaries; and it did not happen.

The freedoms of expression present democratic societies with the unwelcome news that they are in trouble, hut because all societies, like most individuals, are always in some kind of trouble, the news doesn't drive them onto the reefs of destruction.

And when some reject their unwelcomed advances the perfumer gets this pouty hurt look on their face and whine «But I was just trying to help, I don't know how you can stand to smell that way..

The (post) modern academy doesn't want to face the unwelcome truth that Shakespeare's beliefs informed his works because it fears that his beliefs might not be acceptable to the academy.

People don't expect there to be dairy in jam and if someone has a food sensitivity or is vegan then this is an unwelcome surprise.

Clearly, a reboot is a risk — your regulars can feel unwelcome, your new audience might never materialize and you might betray what makes you great chasing something that doesn't quite ring true.