Sentences with phrase «now old hands»

What will make any negotiations spicier is that - thanks to devolution in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and London - the smaller parties are now old hands at coalition politics, and particularly at playing one side off against the other.

Despite his youthful appearance, Alexander is now an old hand at election campaigns.

Not exact matches

Now 82, Rosenthal has handed off most of Raleigh's day - to - day operational responsibilities to his oldest son, Mark, the company's president and CEO, whose boyhood nickname «Markey» lent the Sunset Marquis its name.

Now with five locations in Ontario and two in the U.S., Nehme is an old hand at opening up new shops, and credits her experience building the business in Windsor and London for her successful launches elsewhere.

Now whenever I begin to get frustrated in my cushy, well paid office job I just look at old scars on my hands as a reminder of that past.

But now that he has grown old, he stretches out his hands and someone else fastens a belt around him and takes him where he does not wish to go.

And at the same time, I see our homes and our travels, our tears and our laughter, I see him standing in the room and weeping over tea - towels with never - babies inside, and I see us holding the now - growing - up babies as they learn to walk, and I see him looking at me across our old bed that he built with his own hands and I see us as kids and I see us as lovers and I see us as best friends, and I see us just last night as we staggered through a sleepless night with lanky kids who couldn't sleep well and I think, God, we grew up together.

We announce that our 19 - year - old son has «taken his life into his own hands» (though we may still subsidize him) or that our 20 - year old daughter is now «living on her own.»

Rick the more i think about it we are to live as overcomers not strugglers since the day i decided to turn away from the sin that was controlling my life i never fell back into old sinful patterns not once, was i tempted many many times.The Lord will work in our lives one area at a time he needs us to give him full control so if an area is taking control we do need to hand it to him so he can change us.How do we do it immediately we say Lord you know i am weak but in you i am strong i leaned on him and overcame time and time again.We all have areas of weakness that we struggle in so do nt feel bad.Struggling is us trying to do it in our own strength before this process i was so stubborn i refused to let God help me i wanted to do it in my own strength and so it was a roller coaster ride in my christian walk if the day went well i was on a high if it did nt i would would be down.Not any more now when things do nt go to plan i still thank the Lord and when it goes well i thank the Lord.Because i know that all things work for good to those who love the Lord.The main area he is wanting is our hearts he wants all our heart not only some until we come to that place we will continue to struggle in our faith.The only reason to tell you this is not to boast because of what i have done in myself because i have nothing to boast about but if i did i would brag that Christ has empowered me by his holy spirit to be an overcomer just as he would want you to be.As Christians we are all called to be overcomers more than conquerers.Make a decision today to turn all your hearts to the Lord to acknowledge the areas you are holding onto that are controlling your flesh life hand them to the Lord and walk according to the spirit and not the flesh and he will give you the victory.That can be a reality starting today merry christmas everyone and may the new year be an exciting one as we put all our trust in Christ our Lord and savior.Brentnz

I think most of the Americans are in lost... as most of them do not know who their father is and it is very unfortunate... even if they know who their father is, the mom has children from diff men outside of marriage... and while a child is being raised, watching what his / her parents do to enjoy their life... so things become normal when they grow up... like if you go back early nineteen century, women were not allowed to go to beach without being covered... and now it totally opposite... if you do not have a boyfriend or girlfriend before 15, the parents worries that their teenage has some problem... and lot more can be listed... And then you go to Church, what our children learn from there... they see in front of the Church an old man's statue with long beard standing with extending of both hand... some of the status are blank, white, Spanish and so on... so they are being taught God as an old dude... then you learn from Catholic that you pray to Jesus, Mother Marry, Saints, Death spirit and all these... the poll shows a huge number of young American turns to Atheism or believing there is no God and so on... Its hard to assume where these nations are going with the name of modernization... nothing wrong having scientists discovered the cure of aids or the pics from mars but... we should all think and learn from our previous generations and correct ourselves... also ppl are becoming so much slave of material things...

I have been (as the old blues lyric goes) «fixin'to die» now for more than two years... and perhaps have had too much time on my hands to think and rethink the whole thing.»

Darwin's theory of evolution, on the other hand, now 160 years old, is still by no means proven and its effect on souls has been, and continues to be, horrendous!

So we get to the heart of the issue when for our part we make Whitehead's «actual entities» a «subject of doubt,» and judge them by what seems to us to have been handed on for thought «of old and now and always.»

While I see the personality of God in the Old Testament I can now have a relationship with God and know Him first hand.

At the turn of the century, they handed the Old Testament, now a thoroughly objectivized patient, into the next hundred years.

We need to Stand up NOW We Need to Start the unifying process, so we are taken from hands of those piranas, I feel this in daily life, as 30 year old woman, why is all those man so beyond in arrogance and confidence, Imagine our children when alone in their closeness, not understanding, Prayer shall be heard in hearts of us many, and start the process, we are the ones that will change the planet and the way are in church, schools, daily community....

Trying these right now for my children to decorate as the oldest wants all decorations to be hand made this year.

I just used an old plastic cutter I had on hand, but I now have this set on my wishlist as you get such a variety of sizes and both regular and scalloped in this Double Sided Round Cutter Set.

Rosicky on the other hand does have a very high work - rate and is also a very good player, but he is 33 years old now, we can't play him all the time, his body wouldn't be able to take it.

Exactly — think most of the old hands on here «get» Hafiz now — but still too much troll feeding.

However, since retiring from football in the summer of 2006, the 44 - year - old has gone on to assist Ajax head coach Frank de Boer as his right - hand man at the Eredivisie champions, however, Bergkamp has now admitted that he would like to take up a similar role back in north London.

We are now eleven games unbeaten, and with a five point gap down to Manchester United and a game in hand over City, it looks like we only have to avoid defeat at Old Trafford to secure second place.

Koscienly has passed thirty now, meaning that over the next few years, it's likely his capabilities will fall, whilst Mustafi on the other hand is only 24 years old.

Berizzo also suggested he'd consider the 28 - year - old's future in January, but it may now be that his sacking will hand the player a lifeline and a reason to stay at Sevilla.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

So do I, but now we kind of have to rely on City dropping points, because we're 3 points behind with 1 match in hand — and with our last away match of the season at Old Trafford, chances are pretty low that we will end up with 9p.

I'd play him in midfield with jack he reminds me Micheal Thomas we have bring sead kolosinic back in or even put him right back cause bellerin has being nothing short of disastrous in every way I like him as a man but my god he has not pushed on and I must say Cech looks so old and sluggish like last nite when Hernandez hit cross bar Cech looked so slow reactions gone we need keeper and I think Forster be great for us da guy at Southampton I think ozil will stay he's trying a lot more so would I to get 280 thousand weekly and Sanchez won't go cause not that he wants stay but he's form is very worrying hard take 3 weeks ago I looked at table and said we'll finish above spuds by ten points and in top 4 easily now we're behind them we have no consistency and manager that's just too old I love wenger always will but it's time and I think artery would be great choice for manager he meant be great coach maybe he's the one get Man City so great after all he loves arsenal maybe it's wenger plan go learn from pep and come bk when I leave take over and mersaker as he's no2 arteta and bfg take us forward and hand picked by wenger conspiracy theory begins

With Tiemoue Bakayoko on the verge of joining the Blues though, it remains to be seen whether or not that now gives Matic the green light to move on, although it's added that Chelsea would prefer to sell abroad rather than hand the 28 - year - old to a direct rival.

Right now its a matter of trusting in the old hands while filtering in the new recruits.

With Wayne Rooney and Javier Hernandez the only senior recognised strikers left at the club following the departures of Robin van Persie and Radamel Falcao earlier in the summer, van Gaal hinted that a deal for an unnamed striker was in place [via Guardian Sport] and it now seems he may well have a battle on his hands to bring Llorente to Old Trafford.

Within minutes, in a tunnel beneath what is now the Atlanta Braves» stadium, the 21 - year - old runner was handed a cell phone on which King Hassan II of Morocco was holding for an unlikely new national hero.

Silent Stan has kept Usmanov off the board and before he bought it Usmanov was kept out by the old board who made a pact not to sell their shares and let Arsenal fall into the hands of a majority shareholder who was foreign... Funny cause I thought we now have a shareholder who owns a majority and is foreign.

Now the governing body of the World Cup have decided to take matters into their own hands and if found guilty, the 27 - year - old could be looking at a lengthy international ban.

The old Jets, who are now the Coyotes, won plenty, but all the playoff history this Winnipeg organization had since moving from Atlanta to Manitoba in 2011 was a four - game sweep at the hands of the Ducks in 2015.

Sure, his father had stuck the racket in his hand when he was five, but Chip realized now that he hadn't played only to please his father, though the old man certainly was proud he had.

Now according to reports from the Daily Mirror, Arsenal have been handed a huge cause for concern as Paris Saint - Germain have recently made Alexis» representatives aware of their interest in the player and the French giants will be plotting a # 60 million move to lure the 28 - year - old to the Parc des Princes at the end of the current season.

Samir Nasri has become almost an icon for the Snood, no doubt whoever makes the silly things will be on the phone to his agent right now discussing a possible sponsorship / advertising scheme as the item is clearly going to be a favourite with the youngsters of the world, but if the Gunners don't perform at Old Trafford on Monday night then don't be at all surprised to see Nasri's Snood replaced by Arsene Wenger's hands which, according to my sources, has been all the rage in north London for years now.

Now that we have a real sniff of PL and CL glory, he will want to surround his young players with a few older hands.

Despite missing out, Arsenal are said to have maintained their interest in signing Morata and now according to reports from Spain, revelations can be made that the Gunners have been handed a huge boost in their hopes of finally landing the 24 - year - old.

Although Perez has impressed whenever he has played, the 28 - year - old has not been handed a consistent run of games by manager Arsene Wenger and now the player's agent Rodrigo Fernandez Lovelle has made an admission that the striker wants to leave the Emirates Stadium in search of regular first team football next season.

However, with Gerrard now a year older and teams a year wiser to the lengths Rodgers has gone to to conceal his Captain's weaknesses the time to beginning transitioning Steven may finally be at hand.

On the Attachment Parenting Blog API Speaks, Sarah wrote about the one and only time her now 7 - year - old son was spanked (back when he was 18 months old and by the hand of her mother - in - law) in her post His Only Spank.

Money is a bit tight right now and I didn't have the time to run to the store anyway — so I used some old hand towels to clean the bathroom.

On one hand, I co-sleep exclusively with my now 14 month old daughter and believe in gentle discipline and am also looking into the option of homeschooling; on the other hand I also am a stickler for keeping my childrens vaccines current and using disposable diapers.

When I was pregnant with my oldest (now 4), a friend handed me «Secrets of the Baby Whisperer» along with a ringing endorsement of why this book would save my life as a breastfeeding mom.

And exciting too in the revelation that my children are all old enough now that I can actually leave my wheel out, in my cozy spot, in the living room, without fear of little hands or fingers messing with it too much.

For example, when my 3 year old hits me or his baby sister when I'm nursing her, I might hold his hand gently and say, «You're upset because mama's snuggling up with Maya, and you want me to play with you right now, but we don't hit.

I wanted and needed any and all guidance I could get my exhausted hands on, and that hasn't changed now that my son is a boisterous two - year - old toddler.

More than 65,000 school children annually visit Old Sturbridge Village on field trips, and a majority of school groups augment their visits with hands - on learning in the Village's education building, now named The Country Bank Education Center in honor of the contribution.

I asked for hand - me - down and secondhand baby gear at my baby shower last year (my son is now 11mo old) and wished there was an easier way to keep track of it all and make it feel more official (a lot of my guests weren't so sure about showing up with a pre-owned gift).