Sentences with phrase «of grains of sand on a beach»

«Nature is too complex, they (the authors) say, and depends on too many processes that are poorly understood or little monitored — whether the process is the feedback effects of cloud cover on global warming or the movement of grains of sand on a beach,» the Times article explained.

Not exact matches

I can find relative meaning here on earth in my own life with my family and friends while acknowledging that on a cosmic level my life has far less purpose than a grain of sand has purpose on a beach.

«The nanoparticles behaved like grains of sand being concentrated on a beach by crashing waves,» said Kelly.

His estimated total is far more than all the grains of sand on all of Earth's beaches, yet he says there are probably many more stars out there.

The Top God is infinitely less likely to focus on the particular pair of underwear you are wearing today than you are likely to focus on a particular grain of sand on a beach.

No bigger than grains of salt, they accumulate on the seabed and wash up as sand, often turning beaches gleaming white.

When you take a moonlit stroll on the beach, how often do you think about the tiny grains of sand creeping in between your toes?

«This is one more piece of evidence that nearly all stars have planets, and that potentially habitable planets in our Galaxy are as common as grains of sand on a beach.»

At first I was disappointed - it seemed that the stars just went on and on like grains of sand on the beach.

This microbiome (the population of all the microorganisms and their genetics in the large intestine) consists of more bacteria than stars in the sky and grains of sand on the beaches, and is the hottest topic in the fields of functional medicine, integrative psychiatry and peak performance right now.

To offer a frame of reference for that number, picture all the grains of sand on every beach on earth, multiply that picture by 16, and you may get an impression of how many planets are out there.

Leveraged ETFs account for a mere 3 % of total ETF assets in the US, while inverse ETFs make up another 2 %, a market share that a Morningstar analyst called «a grain of sand on the beach.»

The sand on this beach is a mixture of white sand, small grains of black lava and shells of all sizes.

Each grain of sand on this beach is a piece of white shells that the ocean has been creating for centuries... Miles of white sand along the shore and no one around.

There is always time to get crazy and party up all night long, but there will be poignant moments when you slouch on grains of sand staring out the flaming sunsets of Kuta Beach.

Share the beautiful sunrise, walking hand - in - hand on the nearby beach and admire the first rays reflecting off the still ocean; every shell with its own story, every grain of sand filled with ancient secrets.

In keeping with the themes established by Auguries of Innocence, we're asked to «see a World in a Grain of Sand» of which there are many on this beach, all tainted by oil.

«The subtly mottled gray - and - white surface tones of these prints mirror the fine grains of sand on the beach, which have softly shifted to accommodate the countless impressions of feet that are captured in the photograph -LSB-...] It is the trace of previous inhabitants that injects meaning into [the] picture, however open - ended that meaning might be» (N. Spector, Felix Gonzalez - Torres, exh.

Does this resemble how there is a grain of sand in the concrete in my driveway, ergo... I live on a beach?

There are more strategies to do this than grains of sand on a beach.