Sentences with phrase «of gnats»

Remind me to keep this short — they have the attention span of gnats apparently.

Great scientists have always attracted the attention of gnats, buzzing around trying to garner some reflected glory by being persistantly irritating.

The population definitely went down, but I think the thing that may have helped the most was installing a 12 V light that got very hot, attracting & then killing a lot of the gnats.

Other screens capture similarly tranquil moments such as airplanes passing through the night sky, and a cloud of gnats hovering in the dusk sunlight.

There were clouds of gnats, golden in the sunlight, odd piles of shipwrecked branches, and smooth lips of stone with their purls and eddies.

Or in this upscale neighborhood, watched various illegal aliens hustle like dung beetles back and forth across the thick St. Augustine lawns through scattershot swarms of gnats.

The First Temperatures The earliest temperature measurements by Derham and others amounted to a sort of religious inquiry: They documented not only the weather, but also the body sizes of gnats and wasps and the dates on which snowdrop flowers bloomed and thrushes began to sing each spring.

With electronics as entertainment, then wonder why they gave the attention spans of gnats at school.

They're the NFL's annoying swarm of gnats pissing off every opponent on the schedule — and they may be the most fun team in the league.

All the same, many of these essays have the air of someone taking a sledgehammer to a swarm of gnats.

The expression is probably an allusion to the story of the plagues of Egypt (Ex 8:19), where Pharaoh's magicians, unable to duplicate the plague of gnats, say, «This is the finger of God.»

From afar it had appeared to him, quite small, gliding over the sand, no bigger than the palm of a child's hand — as a pale, fleeting shadow like a wavering flight of quail over the blue sea before sunrise or a cloud of gnats dancing in the sun at evening or a whirlwind of dust at midday sweeping over the plain.

I believe that while God can control all things, down the tiniest detail such as the flight pattern of a gnat, He usually does not.

The prototype of this behavioral pattern is the legalist of whom Jesus wryly spoke, who filters his wine to get rid of a gnat, but then gulps down a camel (Matt.

While God can control all things, down the tiniest detail such as the flight pattern of a gnat, He usually does not.

After all... we all know Jesus was a WHITE REDNECK with a brain the size of gnat testicles!

Allah disdaineth not to coin the similitude even of a gnat or anything above that.

Whilst I applaud the analysis and time taken to write said article, it is just far too in depth for the average footie fan with the attention span of a gnat.

That left two choices — Chelsea and Spurs — which is bit like being asked to choose between a sandwich made of gnat's piss or donkey semen.

This is my number one tip for photographing your kids: you have to realize that most kids have the attention spans» of a gnat and you may only have mere minutes of cooperation out of them before they're DONE and want nothing to do with your picture taking.

Also present to grace the occasion were some professional bodies including members of GNAT - LAS, the Ghana Red Cross Society as well as the Hairdressers and Beauticians Association of Ghana.

«We wish to state that if by July 14, directives have not been issued for the transfer of funds to various public sector schemes, we will advise ourselves,» said Mr Awotwi Nkansah, Deputy Executive Secretary of GNAT in charge of Labour.

Mr William Abedi Boadu, Central Regional Secretary of GNAT, who expressed these sentiments in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, advised that in the expected transfers, GES should ensure that funds are secured to pay the legitimate entitlements of the affected teachers to bring about a smooth exercise.

Addressing a press conference in Accra, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the GNAT, Johnny Akpakli gave the government up to June 20, 2014 to implement the «other decisions contained in the said communiqué we shall inform our members as to the actions we shall take at the end of June 2014».

Addressing a press conference in Accra, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of the GNAT, Johnny Akpakli gave the government up to...

The president of GNAT, Mr Paul Agyei Boakye, urged the teachers to practise what they had been thought to ensure that the standard of education was improved.

There will be 600 million particle collisions per second, and although the particles themselves are mere specks — less than a million millionth the size of a gnat — their collective energy will be that of an express train.

I have the attention span of a gnat, so it's always nice to have new things to add to my exercise repertoire.

My cute planner hasn't been much motivation and at times I have the attention span of a gnat flitting from one idea to the other until I am completely overwhelmed and decide to hang out on Pinterest for what seems like forever.

A large number of people have the attention span of a gnat, so if you're still reading this, I congratulate you and invite you to pick up your free bag of money at www.

In the short term, though, they have the IQ of a gnat.

I hope you forgive me for getting another little schnauzer he is pure white and we call him the Ghost of Gnat.

Shaking it after the Gnats have emerged will cause Watinga to pop out, and swatting it will trigger a harder version of Gnat Attack.

I have the attention span of a gnat, yet am interested in Mutant Year Zero.

Make sure you've updated Super Mario Maker, then play Hard Mode of Gnat Attack.

Pride comes before a fall, of course, and I was exhausted in the evening, when I had the attention span of a gnat in front of the Picassos and Old Master oils at Frieze Masters.

I suspect that using the soil from outside was the source of our gnat problem.

sorry if this does not make sense, 8 schools in 3 different countries and the attention span of a gnat do not consistent coherence make.

(Note: Because Kev and I each have the attention span of a gnat when it comes to directions, we didn't actually use any plans to build our bed - but if you're lookin» for some rock solid instructions, and wan na cut out all the guesswork, definitely check out Ana's plan!)

I want to wait until the youngest's memory extends beyond that of a gnat.

Not exact matches

The dots of light on the ceiling are actually bioluminescent fungus gnats.»

The calvinists with whom I've dealt strain out a gnat of mystical experiences, then swallow the camel of the sins of unbelief and failure to obey 1 Thess.

The nail is driven home by a typical example of Jesus» trenchant humor (Mt 23:24): «You blind guides, straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!»

«What we have here is a clear case of straining out a gnat to swallow a camel.

A bit of «back of the envelope» math quickly shows that «Noah's Ark» would actually have to have been an armada of ships bigger than the D Day invasion force, manned by thousands and thousands of people — and this is without including the World's 300,000 current species of plants, none of which could walk merrily in twos onto the Ark, nor the 400,000 species of beetles, nor the gnats that live for a few hours, nor for that matter, human beings!

only reason y i say this is because of Santification, once we give our life to the Lord, we streight way (so to speak) begin the process of Santification, this is Christ making us like him, and this Is SUFFERING It does nt happen over night, but for the duration of our time here, as you have said, its sort of like sin being done unto us, and we are handleing it just like Christ did, (with Love) of coarse with the help of the Holy Spirit, This Does NOT feel Good At ALL since our soulful flesh is Corrupt, (but our spirit is saved) This is were your trails and tribulation, your own desire, and All play apart, Now Moment by Moment we choose by our own will, And Jesus helps in these times, as he was tempeted, but without sin, The devil can do nothing but try and decieve the Christian into thinking that he has to work for his salvation as you have said, this thing here is about your Inheritance In Christ, Its gonna be some show nought broke christian in Heaven, because their trying to set of for themseleve trasure on earth, and their is going to be weeping and gnat of teeth, but it wont be, because of their going to Hell, It will be cause they miss out on what they could have had, and it is Devistation, cause they waste so much time, and they wont be able to attend the wedding, supper of the lamb, they wont be, getting the position over city, galacy, ectt... just check it out some of the points i have made, God Bless you!

The US Evangelicals love to «strain at the gnat» of homosexuality, and swallow the camel of ignoring the wounded, the poor, the hungry and the thirsty, the homeless and those in need of clothing, and the sick and incarcerated.

This stingerless insect no bigger than a gnat enters through a little opening at the bottom of the fig and so pollinates it from the inside.

The smell of sin hung foul on them; the mire About their roots was trampled filth of flesh Horrid with rottenness, and splashed with gore Curdling in crimson puddles; where there buzzed And sucked, and settled, creatures of the swamp, Hideous in wing and sting, gnat - clouds and flies, With moths, toads, newts, and snakes red - gulleted; And livid, loathsome worms, writhing in slime Forth from skull - holes and scalps and tumbled bones.57

Pastor, I'm just wondering if you yourself follow ALL the rest of this portion of the Law ie vs 19 or vs 27 regarding cutting the hair at the side of your head, or vs 32 regarding «rising in the presence of elders» or... vs 30 regarding observing the Sabbath — especially after what Our Lord Jesus did in Matt 12 and what He taught in Matt 5 - 7?!? I would suggest that you «do not choke at gnats and swallow camels», and that you prayerfully read what the apostle Paul wrote in 1 Cor 9: 3, 19 - 23 esp vs22 - 23.