Sentences with phrase «of old hand»

We love that the rustic pattern mimics the look of old hand - painted, glazed Italian country ceramics.

«That hue was taken from a scrap of old hand - painted wallpaper we found under about seven other layers we stripped off,» says innkeeper Joanne Oliver.

Painting a landscape on the face of an old hand saw or polishing an extraordinary tree root into an abstract sculpture reflected one's access to free time, materials, the natural world and tradition.»

Something to monitor... However, the current CEO Joe Purcell obviously offers continuity, while the recent NED appointment of old hand Hugh McCullough is also reassuring.]

Apart, they were sure losers, but with the help of an old hand who rehabilitated horses, and an owner that believed in him, they became winners.

Moira fights to survive the horrors of the island with the help of an old hand.

The conservative Jacques Chirac, who plans to run for the third time, has the speech pattern of an old hand.

Lord knows if the new owners will even keep it; blacktop is easier to take care of, and you don't have pieces get kicked up from the tires and chip the paint of an old hand - me - down Mercury Cougar.

Before we started planning this great adventure, I sought the advice of an old hand in the field of Catholic boys» schools, Eric Hester, well known to readers of this journal.

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

When a friend sent me one of her old hands - free bras, it was life - changing!

The discovery of the oldest hand stencils in Indonesia strike a death blow for a Eurocentric and chauvinistic view of human evolution

Disney's recent, splashy re-do of Cinderella is the latest entry in what appears to be an expansive genre to come: live - action, but CGI - driven, retellings of older hand - drawn animated films.

And now look at what its portfolios are invested in with the departure of most of the old hands.

Not exact matches

More than 74 per cent of the 4.3 million BlackBerry devices that landed in user's hands in the quarter were its older BlackBerry 7 models, the financial report showed.

On the other hand, if your partner looks at old love letters often or has kept around more intimate items (like an ex's favorite hoodie or a bottle of cologne / perfume), it could indicate he or she still has feelings.»

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.

But the real issue on pricing is the year - on - year rises on old drugs — the deflection is to talk about new drug prices, but the sleight of hand is on the double digit rises taken every year on the portfolio staples.

On the other hand, a step - in system might attract more older people and women to snowboarding, especially from the ranks of experienced skiers, thus sending the sport's growth rate even higher.

Facebook, on the other hand, is only about a decade old and represents the American economy's shift away from manufacturing goods to the creation of software and ideas.

It was a second - hand piece borrowed from friends whose daughter had outgrown it, and by the time our son was too old for a baby carrier, that ERGObaby had provided nearly five years of regular use.

The plantation mixes centuries - old traditions — most of the work is done by hand — and the latest agricultural methods.

And when I was 12 years old, my father handed me a movie camera, the tool that allowed me to make sense of this world.

On the other hand, it's never wise to bet against the power of 19 - year - old women.

The powerful video portrayed, with frank brutality, the October 2014 death of 17 - year - old Laquan McDonald at the hands of a police officer who shot the teenager 16 times.

Even if you don't have kids, getting older and having the desire for a little more convenience go hand in hand, which means that eventually at least some millennials are going to see the appeal of living in the suburbs.

In his book, Making the Corps, Tom Ricks described putting his life in the hands of a 22 - year - old Marine on a patrol in Somalia.

The most effective use of reverse psychology for parents hoping to push older kids towards wise choices isn't to actively manipulate them towards your desired aim — i.e. by fake nonchalantly asking if perhaps your child would like to give up a sport or AP class - but rather to hand control back to a kid who feels like they're already being pushed toward a particular future.

When you encounter a group of strangers with outstretched hands, your mind turns into a scared 9 - year - old at the school talent show.

A wringer is an old - fashioned hand - cranked tool used to press water out of clothes.

Romney wants voters to set off a brokered convention, where Republican insiders can hand - pick a nominee, bringing up visions of the cigar smoke - filled rooms of old.

Legal issues aside, the tweet could be viewed as a heavy - handed move for a company already under scrutiny after an earlier Medium post by a 25 - year - old employee identifying herself as Talia Jane, who complained of low wages and poor treatment in her customer service role at Yelp food delivery subsidiary Eat24.

Where the old rules left you in control of your brand and destiny, the new rules puts that control in the hands of your customers.

The larger the cart, the more prone you are to spending more, so opt for the hand basket — or even the old - school armful of purchases — if you can.

On the other hand, if you need to work long hours at your current full - time job, you commute 60 miles round - trip, and you have two - year - old triplets, piling a part - time business on top of all those commitments could be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

Last month, the World Drone Prix — organized by the World Organization of Racing Drones and Sheikh Hamdan, crown prince of Dubai — handed out roughly $ 1 million in prizes, including a $ 250,000 grand prize to a 15 - year - old British pilot who bested 100 other competitors at a two - day event in Dubai.

In a world where music makers face an increasingly crowded market due to the likes of YouTube hopefuls and Canadian Idol winners (and losers), it is interesting to see an old hand like Tom Waits show us how to use media for promotion and advocacy in the same breath.

«Our philosophy is, if someone has an old iPod and doesn't want to use it because they have a new one, well, let's put that iPod in the hands of someone who will use it,» Littlehale says.»

«I did not want to wait until I was 67 and a half years old and getting Social Security and having a lot of time on my hands, but not a lot of help, [to travel],» he tells Wharton.

Here's some business advice from a venerable old leader: «He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: But the hand of the diligent maketh rich.»

While owners of Amazon's Fire HD 10 will be able ask Alexa to make calls without using their hands, people who bought older models like the Fire 7 or Fire HD 8 tablets will have to first tap their device's home button.

On the other hand, 69 percent of millennials say it's a good thing for parents to encourage young boys to play with toys and pursue activities normally associated with girls, while older generations don't support such a move as much.

The move is most likely in preparation to hand over control of his sprawling fortune to his son, but the 87 - year - old doesn't have any plans of slowing down just yet.

The retiree and his wife treat visitors the way people used to in the old days: They invite us into their home, insist that we have some noodles, and practically force bags of apples and nuts into our hands before we depart.

Former Canadian Tire CEO Michael Medline has been handed the duty of steering Sobeys onto stronger footing as the grocer struggles to digest its three - year - old $ 5.8 - billion takeover of Canada Safeway.

The officer, Shawn Wilson, claims in the lawsuit filed last week in San Patricio County, that Hitt»... seemed to be trying to cover - up...» an investigation into alleged assault against a 15 - year - old boy at the hands of a Taft official, last year.

Unlike the old days, where information was created, controlled, and distributed by only a handful of parties, failing to reach the masses and disguised in hidden agenda, cryptocurrency and blockchain places information and power back in the hands of the user — allowing or non-traditional (and modern) methods of dissemination.

Talk to anyone my age or older and they wring their hands at the seemingly infinite number of infrastructure challenges in the Middle East.

Sensing an opportunity, I made the move to on the one hand increase passive income by renting out my old house and on the other purchase my ideal San Francisco home for the second half of my life.

«At the end of the day I'm not voting against a bill that is going to take guns out of the hands of 18 - year - olds,» said Rep. Jared Moskowitz, a Democrat from Broward County.