Sentences with phrase «of a sure thing as»

We shouldn't be doubting a Star Wars movie because Star Wars is as much of a sure thing as you get in Hollywood.

Meg Ryan in a romantic - comedy is about as much of a sure thing as you can get in Hollywood.

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While the emerging field of neuromarketing seeks to address this issue by peering directly into the brain, there are things we can do easily and cheaply to make sure we're not reacting just to consumers» conscious minds, but to their unconscious as well.

If the balance feels off, be sure to speak up — don't hold things back, because in addition to harming your professional relationship, it can affect aspects of your personal one as well.

Biderman was a relentless publicity hound, publishing a book about marriage, posing for unfortunate pictures, and saying many things he probably wishes he hadn't, such as: «We have done a really great job of making sure our data is kept secret.»

As history has shown, the rapid adoption of more productive and affordable technology is pretty close to a sure thing.

Things you don't need as often (that reference book you're sure you're going to read someday, the shiny shoes you may want for a board meeting) should occupy your workspace's equivalent of the basement.

Think of social media platforms as different malls, where sure, there are things to buy, plenty of shops, but really people are there to hang out and socialize (think high school).

Yet, just months ago, a Jokowi victory appeared almost a sure thing — holding an almost 40 % lead over Prabowo, a candidate not allowed in the U.S. for past human rights violations and who, as the former son - in - law of Suharto, the Indonesian dictator overthrown 16 years ago, is certainly among the nation's entrenched powers.

And if there's one thing that's certain as we move more of our economy to the digital world, we need a way to assure both trustworthiness and a way to make sure it scales with the petabytes of information created weekly.

Simply put, the Rule of One is this: whenever you find yourself believing or acting as though any «one» thing, person, idea, time, formula, or form of value is all - important, it's the surest sign that you are missing the bigger picture and, along with it, the threat or opportunity at your doorstep.

Work - life as a part of living is making sure that I spend time on things I want to do, and I'm passionate about.

Regardless of how things turn out, one thing is sure: Adaptability will be crucial as we learn to navigate our place in this new reality.

The new - product launch, by contrast, is less of a sure thing, as the fine - art world isn't looking for a new transportation case — not even a bombproof one.

On Monday, as Irma weakened over Georgia, Bossert used a White House briefing to offer more hints of an emerging climate resilience policy, while notably avoiding accepting climate change science: «What President Trump is committed to is making sure that federal dollars aren't used to rebuild things that will be in harm's way later or that won't be hardened against the future predictable floods that we see.

Of course, there's no such thing as a sure thing — and buying an existing business is no exception.

«We're still sorting out what role different channels of communication, such as social media, will play, but one thing we know for sure is that technology - enabled communication is going to be key,» he says.

«It's your responsibility as an employer to set your employees up for success, and making sure their values and work ethic is in line with your culture before extending an offer is the very first thing you can do for them and the rest of your workforce.»

One thing is for sure, if I were to have one of these, I would hold on to that wheel when passing a truck or on sharp curves, as some unfortunate person found recently!

If the president, House Republicans, or Fox News tries to use this as a justification for some kind of purge at the FBI, then you can be sure of one thing: They're totally disconnected from the facts.

As we continue to experience the evolution of the social age, one thing we can be sure about is the march of progression will pick up its» steady beat.

Early in the week, the markets had punished the BONDS and EQUITIES as the FOMC MINUTES caused the purveyors of QE3 as a SURE THING to stop, look and listen.

People stopped considering home ownership as a «sure thing» financially, and the percentage of Americans renting increased dramatically.

I'm a borderline perfectionist, especially when it comes to things I am passionate about, so I've been working hard to make sure every step of the pre-opening process goes as planned (which is nearly impossible!).

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

I'm quite sure that attendees will have cameras, as tourists are wont to do and the last thing we need is some people with ill intentions taking photos of military installations.

As it is at the moment, the facts seem to say that the forces of the universe are a naturally occurring thing, but who knows, in a few hundred years our technology my be advanced enough to know for sure either way.

Because here's the thing: even with the «head of the wife» bit (what I'm sure we can agree is the most solid verse to back you up) you are missing the point and mistaking the analogy, meant to illustrate only, as the thing itself.

In a rich country with a weak knowledge of art, this was possibly a laudable goal - though perhaps a little too confident of government's power to legislate things like aesthetics and a little too sure of the nineteenth - century dogmas of man as perfectible and art as universal religion.

In sure if you reexamine your life, there are a bunch of good and miraculous things that have happened to you as well.

As far as leading worship goes, you try and make sure you're worshipping God yourself really, that's the important thing, you need to try and get out of the way of people's connection with GoAs far as leading worship goes, you try and make sure you're worshipping God yourself really, that's the important thing, you need to try and get out of the way of people's connection with Goas leading worship goes, you try and make sure you're worshipping God yourself really, that's the important thing, you need to try and get out of the way of people's connection with God.

Also, I'm sure you mean it as an insult when you say «Xians» instead of Christians, but actually the «X» in things like «X-mas» comes from the Greek letter «chi» (Which is an X) and stands for Christ.

If you think I'm full of it, then read your bible and read the stupid thing in context as I'm sure most of you so - called christians have never bothered to do.

From Agnostic to Islam and I have seen examples in the past... so my humble request to you is not to stop... keep learning or studying the new stuffs... an advice to you when you decide to study or learn about Islam — do not point to the people who does wrong things as wrong doing people are there in everywhere regardless of faith, but look into the scripture and go to someone who has knowledge if you have any question that bothers you but make sure that person is well educated to his community... i ask The Almighty God to open your heart...

God's promised fulfillment includes, among other things, the image of a New Jerusalem where «death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away» (Rev. 21:4) As we begin to engage in the business of genetic co-creation, how can we be sure that our path goes toward this fulfillment rather than toward some irreversible destruction?

One thing I am sure of... that we can learn from the Christians of the past, just as much (if not more) than we can learn from Christians of today.

But Fred — What does it mean to say a prayer has been «answered» if there is never a way to verify it and measure it to make sure it's not the sort of thing that would have happened just as easily without the prayer?

I am reading your newest posts to your oldest.I have never been to bible school but I consider myself in the journey of education concerning the bible.more than any opinions that you have what concerns me most is how «brothers and sisters» through their comments responds to someone who thinks differently from what is perceived as absolutes (not sure if that's the right term) in scripture.I wonder did the apostle believe half the things that are seen as church doctirine today?how did the disciples who did not have the new testament or the ability to read follow Jesus?I appreciate your questioning.In my experience we are too quick to try and fix someone or use the scriptures as a control mechanism and to slow to practise empathy and love..

(iii) you are a complete blowhard who has never studied one subject of university level biology, never been on an archaeological dig, never studied a thing about paleontology, geology, astronomy, linguistics or archaeology, but feel perfectly sure that you know more than the best biologists, archaeologists, paleontologists, doctors, astronomers botanists and linguists in the World because your mommy and daddy taught you some comforting stories from Bronze Age Palestine as a child.

I'm sure that Hitler advised his people the same thing as Jews were being literally railroaded out of existence.

but on a very practical level, as a mom of two young children, I have to ask — What in the world do you do with the kids, who I'm sure would disrupt the whole thing (at least mine would, to be sure)?

I can see how one can look at this idea and look at the following examples in Hebrews 11 as «Because they were sure they would get this reward, they did this thing» but as the author points out in verse 39 that they didn't get what they imagined they would, so if we understand faith as «being sure» it would turn out that it is «being sure» of something and being totally wrong — instead it makes more sense to understand Hebrews 11:1 as saying that «faith is a realization (or actualization)» of our hopes, a realization that the author points out is greater than we could expect and be sure in.

Beside it is not clear if he wrote the book bases Islam & the Quran or basis the Muslims in Asia or Muslims in Europe or America since although Islam is one but the Branch of Islam, the Race, the Customs & Traditions play a tough role in shaping each nation of Islam to look & thinks different from each other... am sure you have the same thing in Christianity as wouldn't think Chinese Christian is exactly like European Christians or European Christians are all the same with out any differences whether Protestants or Catholics or between both branches??

We'll never know but one thing is for sure, the bible presents Elijah as a prophet of the true God and he was allowed to test God, but now we are told testing God is wrong, but I believe that's only because except for Elijah, he's never answered another request.

In taking this sixth step, Christians affirm that the «tendency toward the human and the humane (toward «Christ») in the ultimate nature of things» which has existed since the beginning of time «has become evident and clear only now in the new order of relationships just coming into view» in the Christian community To be sure, «any community which becomes a vehicle in history of more profoundly humane patterns of life» can be a part of this new order, but the events around Jesus have at least a kind of priority as its first clear manifestation.

Sure, any of them could be the real cause, but so could something natural that we just don't happen to understand yet, just as we didn't understand many things a hundred years ago that did turn out to have natural causes that we do understand now.

Sure, as Shifu points out in the video clip above, there are a few things we can control, but in the grand scheme of our life, these few things are so insignificant, they amount to having hardly any control at all.

I'm pretty sure having someone intolerant of other religions as president is the worst thing for america right now.

The scary thing is that, without even so much as tripping over a Bible, I would wager that the average person could tick off a litany of issues and actions they are sure Jesus opposes.

It's easy to put a lot of pressure on yourself to make sure things go as well as they can, and to leave with a warm «well, I'm glad they know Jesus still loves them» feeling, but the reality is, things almost never go that way.