Sentences with phrase «often come upon»

I love the podcast «How I Built This,» and so many of the self - made entrepreneurs interviewed often come upon an opportunity before they're totally prepared.

Clients often come upon collaborative divorce via interest in resolving their divorce without lawyers.

For the earth which drinks in the rain that often comes upon it, and bears herbs useful for those by whom it is cultivated, receives blessing from God; but if it bears thorns and briers, it is rejected and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned.

Not exact matches

We all come upon times when life is extremely challenging, and for entrepreneurs those times can come a little more often.

Into this arena, where such vast information asymmetry exists, come those who seek to prey upon their fellow Americans, selling often high - risk and expensive products.

Difference: atheists that accept evolution, or the theory that all life came from a common ancestor, are more often than not willing to discount that acceptance upon evidence to the contrary.

Chirtians often say, «if we don't get this nation to wake up to its moral depravity, God is going to come in wrathful judgement upon us all!»

There is no doubt that what often makes a sufferer impatient is that he takes upon himself in advance the suffering of a whole lifetime and now quails before what would be lighter to bear if he were to take each day's burden as it comes.

On the other hand, attempts to construct a picture of the historical Jesus have been fraught with personal biases to the extent that Jesus the first century Palestinian often comes out resembling nothing so much as the ideal nineteenth century European liberal or twentieth century American conservative or twenty - first century third world radical, depending upon who is constructing this «historical» picture.

But after this initial preaching of the Gospel and water baptism followed by Spirit baptism, the baptism of the Spirit comes immediately upon a person believing in Jesus for eternal life, whether or not they get water baptized, and most often, this Spirit baptism is no longer accompanied by signs and wonders.

The adjudication of this question in Scripture often takes the form of a rhetorical trial, in which the prophet calls upon the true witnesses to come forward.

Building upon the dramatic metaphor that supplied his title, he showed how the phrase «freedom of religion» often came to mean freedom from religion, and how an American self - understanding that excluded religion also excluded the deepest sources of its identity.

It's true that in seminary one often lacks the time to reflect upon the data overload that comes your way.

Upon his arrival in England in the summer, Salah came with a reputation for being somewhat of an inconsistent finisher, known for scoring spectacular strikes while often missing more presentable chances.

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Divorcing parents often work together to come up with a parenting plan that lays out the agreed - upon rules about visitation, living arrangements, and decision making.

The hidden truth is that once you've done hours upon years of moving and breathing, focusing and chanting, yoga often comes to you.

It came upon me suddenly, I think, as these things * often do, and I waited patiently to see if it would fade.

Every so often, filmmakers come upon a story that has the opportunity to help guide or influence «the conversation» around us.

Mr. Mom is, in parts, hilarious — most often when it's Jack coming to terms with his self - image in a role that he feels is emasculating, rather than in scenes built upon flimsy jokes about his ineptitude as a parent, or in the home environment.

Horror fans, broadly speaking, have come to regard conspicuous gimmicks and ostentatious high concepts with skepticism over the years, as filmmakers — and, more often still, shrewd producers — have exhausted every novelty of form or structure in a bid to seize upon the latest trend.

As nit - picky as that sounds, I have to commend Meyers for getting that big laugh most of the time, even if it comes at the expense of the vital truths about the value of an older woman, which is touched upon often, but never honestly explored.

They often shy away from self - aggrandizement; their training teaches them to position their work within a long tradition of inquiry, where any discovery is built upon what came before.

Traits one is not used to come upon very often nowadays.

When it comes to dealing with book bloggers many have made choices to reduce the number of requests and often this has nothing to do with the author who happens upon their blog, yet many times I've seen authors take it personally like the blogger was against them.

In this case, we find following the law with an occasional prophet where the Spirit comes upon him or her and often leaves the reluctant prophet reeling.

A dog and rat come upon a dead rabbit in the street and, with the shrugging melancholy that often comes with such a sight, wonder about it.

When new dogs come to their home they often exhibit particular traits or characteristics that dominate their personality and in this case they decide upon their own name!

With a New Year upon us, we often spend time reflecting on the past year and look forward to the many exciting possibilities ahead of us in the coming year.

They come into our lives and bring tremendous joy and happiness, and when they leave, they often impart a great sadness upon us.

Adventurers often turn up at low tide to explore some of the hidden islands off the coast which are only accessible at low tide and they also come out during storms to watch some immensely powerful gales and waves crash upon the shore.

We often think of and set goals for ourselves in the year to come to improve upon our current quality of life or just to get our rears in gear.

For example, you'll often come across locked doors that have glowing symbols etched upon them.

This gave us ample time to pontificate about various gaming things, and in my lucid state I came upon what I feel are answers to one of the greatest undying questions in the video game world: Why are Zelda fans so often split?

Croatian artist Mladen Stilinovic's installation comes across like a mini-retrospective, his whip - smart, often tongue - in - cheek drama and politics taking the form of pieces like a pink banner that reads «AN ARTIST WHO CAN NOT SPEAK ENGLISH IS NO ARTIST,» dictionary pages in which the definition of every word is whited out and replaced with the handwritten word «PAIN,» and a manifesto expounding upon the importance of laziness to the artist's practice.

His heavily impastoed paintings, often described as sculptures themselves, came from the pouring of paint from a can, with little planning and constant evolution in the medium upon the canvas.

Throughout a remarkable career that has spanned more than 70 years, she continued to create work that vulnerably explored the way she came into contact with the world, often placing particular emphasis upon the disjunctions between her own self - image and the way she was seen by others — as a woman, as a painter, and as a person living through the dramatic technological and cultural developments that have marked the century of her lifetime.

North Carolina boasts the second most solar energy in the country, but the bulk of it comes from commercial solar farms: rows upon rows of ground - mounted panels, often on leased farmland.

The most likely candidate for that climatic variable force that comes to mind is solar variability (because I can think of no other force that can change or reverse in a different trend often enough, and quick enough to account for the historical climatic record) and the primary and secondary effects associated with this solar variability which I feel are a significant player in glacial / inter-glacial cycles, counter climatic trends when taken into consideration with these factors which are, land / ocean arrangements, mean land elevation, mean magnetic field strength of the earth (magnetic excursions), the mean state of the climate (average global temperature), the initial state of the earth's climate (how close to interglacial - glacial threshold condition it is) the state of random terrestrial (violent volcanic eruption, or a random atmospheric circulation / oceanic pattern that feeds upon itself possibly) / extra terrestrial events (super-nova in vicinity of earth or a random impact) along with Milankovitch Cycles.

As a result of dealing with record companies, promoters, and club owners in Canada and abroad, Palumbo came to appreciate the significant power imbalance that can exist between artists and those they often rely upon to give public expression to their works, so she applied to law school.

«Technologically competent» also requires knowledge of the electronic technology that now produces most of the evidence, and very frequently used types of evidence; for example, these kinds of evidence: (1) records are now the most frequently used kind of evidence but most often come from very complex electronic records management systems; (2) mobile phone tracking evidence because we all carry mobile phones; (3) breathalyzer device readings because they are the basis of more than 95 % of impaired driving cases; and, (4) expert opinion evidence that depends upon data produced by electronic systems and devices.

Often, police officers investigate and determine what happened based on what evidence they come upon.

Despite the current fashion of devaluing the skills and knowledge needed for responsible and competent law practice, the practice of law is in fact an art, a distinguished profession, a sobering responsibility, and a privilege that should only be conferred upon those in society who are properly prepared in every way to shoulder the often times thankless weight and gravity that comes with it.

The truth is, leaving a firm to go work inside the (often smaller) legal department of a company disrupts the growth model law firms have set out for their attorneys, and that their clients have come to rely upon.

Reflect upon how often members of your team come to you with ideas, issues and feedback.

«We're often called upon to pick up a released prisoner who has come out of prison at a late hour after public transport has finished... (or) on a Friday night.

The way an infant or child is settled to sleep at the start of the night often dictates how they re-settle after naturally waking overnight.1 Thus if the last thing a child remembers is being fed, having a pacifier, or being rocked to sleep, upon waking they will call out for a parent to come and feed them, replace their pacifier, or rock them before returning to sleep once more.

Divorcing parents often work together to come up with a parenting plan that lays out the agreed - upon rules about visitation, living arrangements, and decision making.