Sentences with phrase «of a lifetime spent»

I know that for some segments of the Church the thought of good - Christian - women - in - bikinis jumps your fence because of a lifetime spent labouring under strict modesty rules.

It's funny to think about how much of our lifetime we spend doing different things: Handily, someone has done the research.

Agilent Research Products Division vice president and general manager, Regina Schuck talks about her experiences of a lifetime spent in NMR, including the most significant recent developments, the current challenges and a glimpse into the NMR of the future.

And Rebecca Ferguson and Keala Settle, playing songbirds of distinctly different class strata and mustache capacity, make the most of their supporting roles; in two of the movie's best scenes, each explores the psychic pain of a lifetime spent feeling like the Other in almost every room they enter.

How might we see Uncle Al's cutthroat behavior as «an indictment of a lifetime spent feigning emotions to make a buck» (in the words of one reviewer)?

In flashbacks, narrator Helen unveils the grim details of a lifetime spent dealing with her mother's extreme mental illness, crippling agoraphobia and cruel indifference, leaving Helen feeling resentful, exhausted and ready to snap.

The result of a lifetime spent chasing sunny days — an exclusive selection of boutique beach essentials designed for an endless summer.

After a portion of a lifetime spent playing role - playing games and years working for a publisher that has localized some of Japan's best efforts, it's not surprising that Nick Doerr understands turn - based battles.

Canvases as seemingly varied as his still life Cascos / Helmets (2009), the North African landscape seen in Casbah de Tiout (2008), and the minutely detailed Marruecos triptico / Morocco Triptych (2009) are all imbued with the memories of a lifetime spent across three continents, immersed in diverse cultures, histories, religions, and traditions and finally emphasized through Morocco's vivid hues.

Named aVOID due to the home looking essentially empty — or a void — the tiny house is the product of a lifetime spent living in a small space.

Not exact matches

Dr. Robert Cialdani, who's spent his lifetime researching the «science of influence,» identifies «authority» as one of the six traits most likely to persuade people.

The rule of thumb when it comes to how much you should spend to acquire a new customer is that you shouldn't spend more than 25 % of the lifetime value of that customer.

Balbo is 55, with blond hair and the hearty, weatherworn skin of someone who has spent a lifetime picking through vines.

In Spark's new book, Three Feet From Seven Figures: One - on - One Engagement Techniques to Qualify More Leads at Trade Shows, he explains that each trade show attendee should be seen and treated like one of your top five best customers: a customer who over the course of their lifetime relationship with your business will easily spend over seven figures.

Assuming the average spend per visit at these businesses is around $ 20, the average customer lifetime value of a typical small business is only around $ 50, but for the businesses with the lowest monthly churn rates, it could be 10 times higher -; or $ 200.

«We're honored and grateful that Rupert Murdoch has entrusted us with the future of businesses he spent a lifetime building.»

At worst, it could be ruinous — a lifetime of responsible spending and borrowing wiped out by identity theft and fraud.

And while each of you won't necessarily have that job title in the future, every one of you will need to be entrepreneurial — to have the attitudes, the tools, and the skills that every successful entrepreneur quickly develops and then spends a lifetime of hard work sharpening.

The challenge of CAC is: Spending the right amount to drive new customers to your service without jeopardizing the Lifetime Value (LTV) and revenue from that customer.

The best rule of thumb is to be spending 33 % or less of your customers lifetime value.

As a matter of fact, spending two minutes on the site taught us more than we would ever learn in a lifetime in other brokerage sites.

Time spent in a nursing care facility can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars over one's lifetime.

Over her lifetime as our customer, Chelle has increased her spending from $ 28 in 2005 to $ 2,594 in 2013, representing a CAGR of 76 %.

Over his lifetime as our customer, Dave has increased his spending from $ 35 of domain purchases in 2010 to $ 488 of domains and hosting and presence purchases in 2013, representing a CAGR of 141 %.

Separately, in a statement, Iger praised Murdoch: «We're honored and grateful that Rupert Murdoch has entrusted us with the future of businesses he spent a lifetime building, and we're excited about this extraordinary opportunity to significantly increase our portfolio of well - loved franchises and branded content to greatly enhance our growing direct - to - consumer offerings.»

Don't just think about how much profit they'll bring in on the first sale, consider how much your average customer spends over the lifetime of their relationship with you.

On the first of two appeals to the Ninth Circuit, Judge Rothstein's opinion ran into a three - judge panel headed by the formidable John Noonan, a prolific author and scholar who has spent a lifetime studying common, canon, and natural law.

A stranger approaching you in the street will in a second's glance see you whole, size you up, place you in a way in which you can not and never will, even though you have spent a lifetime with yourself... and therefore ought to know yourself best of all.

Other philanthropists might consider emulating Jacobs» determination to spend his money in his lifetime, rather than entrust it to the unreliable fiduciary virtues of philanthropic professionals.

It is perhaps no surprise that someone who has spent a lifetime opposing the teaching of his own church on so many different issues (to the complete confusion of Protestants such as myself, I hasten to add) should choose to end his life in breaking one last church taboo.

As Kenneth Cragg, an Anglican scholar who has spent a lifetime in the study of Islam, says, «The heart of the Christian revelation is the «event» of Jesus as the Christ, acknowledged as the disclosure in human form of the very nature of God.

He and his fellow Oxford Methodists gave significant portions of their income to succor the poor and spent much time ministering to condemned prisoners (after a lifetime of lavish giving, Wesley died a relatively poor man).

Toynbee's growing concern about the future of humankind led him, after spending a lifetime studying human history, to devote the last book of his career to Mankind and Mother Earth.

Like most, I've spent a lifetime scanning through the pages of Scripture searching to find «my» story: a biblical narrative I could write myself into.

Spend a lifetime lifting people out of the ditch even if it costs you everything and hearts can be freed... that seems to be a generosity that I want to follow, teach, and emulate.

I can see where it would be appealing for a man who has spent a lifetime oppressed to respond to the promise of being able to oppress others to his own greater glory, but do think about where all this is going....

And by heritage, I assume you mean «white, European heritage» since Christianity has spent the better part of it's lifetime expanding into other nations..

The Divinity of the Bible is such that theologians and others with great intelligence could spend a lifetime seeking and being in the presence of God through the Word while at the same time a simple help me Jesus from a broken heart will open the floodgates of blessings.

Most of us have spent a lifetime building up our businesses.

so instead of investigating and spending a lifetime learning and seeeking truths, you find the path of least resistance and mock it.

In Asia, home of two - thirds of the world's bonded slaves, a person may spend an entire lifetime paying off a debt as low as 37 U.S. dollars.

Born with a severe dairy allergy, founder August Vega spent most of her lifetime struggling to find foods that wouldn't make her sick.

This is how SO MANY women (and men) feel, I have spent a lifetime of struggling to feel comfortable with myself and being just that bit too overweight and it is so much energy spent that could be spent getting fit, making the right food decisions, and feeling fab!

And every little rural enclave has its number of wise old owls who have spent a lifetime sipping draft beer and schnapps and are rife with such witticisms as «you greenhorns couldn't hit a bull in the butt with a banjo.

Floyd has more money than he can spend in a lifetime and he's not going to take any fight that doesn't meet all of his criteria.

I was already spending a lifetime thinking of the proper reply to his question, when I saw that you had it taken care of in just a few micro-seconds.

Venerable leader of a most unusual exploring club, Mexico's Pablo Bush Romero has spent a lifetime probing jungle ruins, diving for archaeological treasures in sunken hulks and discovering such ancient underground relics as the Mayan altar on which he kneels at right

And, while the Frenchman is notorious in both keeping his wallet close to his chest when it comes to bringing new players to the club, and being reluctant to spend in the month of January, on this occasion it appears as though he is willing to break the habit of a lifetime in order to land the highly - rated Argentina international.

The thought of children having to suffer with asthma or diabetes for their entire lifetime motivated us to breastfeed and express breast milk despite traveling for work and spending long hours at the office.

I believe that, too, but it's hard to turn off those notions of success I've spent a lifetime absorbing.