Sentences with phrase «once served a purpose»

Psuedogenes are remnants of genes that once served a purpose in our genome that they no longer fulfil, because of mutations that have rendered the genes nonfunctional, i.e., they no longer lead to the production of proteins (long chains of amino acids) that once contributed to specific characteristics in ancient ancestors.

We can never change our beliefs and core teachings, but it is good to be open - minded to changing traditions and rules that once served a purpose, but do little to advance the Gospel today.

The perception on both sides seems to be these words and phrases once served a purpose, but don't anymore.

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Although your current job may have once seemed like a good idea, if you now feel as though it's not allowing you to serve a higher purpose — to expand God's Kingdom — then you may have found yourself asking, «Is this what I should be doing?»

Once in a while he tinkers with it, fixes it up, resets it to serve his special purposes, so that the strongest evidence of Christianity's truth is this divine intervention in miracles, but generally the watch runs mechanically by itself.

Once it has served that transitory purpose, we drop it as swiftly as possible as, at best, a metaphor.

Once when he was in Tanganika, two of his assistants ran away with his medicine chest, which served «the primary purpose of treating fever and dysentery».

Once naked or modified diaper - free observation time has served its purpose (to inform you of your babyʼs signals and natural timing, and to inform your baby of what her own elimination feels like, which is what the whole «Part 1, Step 1» was all about), you can decide whether you want to keep doing regular diaper - free time or not, naked or not.

This illuminated clock — admired today mostly for its aesthetics — once served an important purpose to mark the hour as most people did not have watches in the 30's when even home clocks were rare.

The water beads also serve another purpose — once the kids are done with them they can be used in a vase with flowers or purely for decoration purposes.

Once they've served their purpose, and I've always thought that, you know, breasts are for my children first and my husband second.

Most of us probably take for granted the TV stand or the entertainment center - once we build it, it serves its purpose.

Most of us probably take for granted the TV stand or the entertainment center — once we build it, it serves its purpose.

Once they're too old for swaddling, a sleep sack or sleeping bag will serve the same purpose while providing the legs a bit of room to move.

If you don't plan on having any more children, a conventional crib will no longer serve you any purpose once your toddler grows out of it.

Once the national conference lacks the sovereign power, it becomes ineffective and would not serve the desire purpose which it is meant to promote and shall end up in refuse - bin at the end.Nigerians must not allow their intelligence to be played upon anymore by small minded president Jonathan.

«If it serves the intended purpose of educating and sensitizing others to the health challenges we will all eventually face, then once again, Maurice Hinchey is demonstrating the kind of selfless leadership that has inspired many and made him a hero to his friends, colleagues and constituents,» Cahill said.

«With New York government scarred by a shameful parade of scandals, ethics reform is once again at the forefront of this year's legislative session and I call on the Senate and Assembly to include real restrictions on these taxpayer - funded mailings that serve no legitimate governmental purpose,» Singas wrote.

Venoms typically evolve from proteins that once served a different purpose.

«We can make these adhesives out of biodegradable materials, so they decompose once they've served their purpose.

Once again, it seems Darwin got there first, writing in Descent that «the most refined beauty may serve as a sexual charm, and for no other purpose».

With all the excitement about using nanoparticles to deliver medication (drugs), there hasn't been much mention of removing these nanoparticles once they've served their purpose.

Avocado Paleo Ice Cream It's such a smart idea to use avocados in Paleo friendly ice cream because they provide just the right consistency for ice cream, and have so much going on in the way of nutrition that it serves quite a few purposes all at once.

The product combines well with the blood and once in the blood stream, it serves the main purpose of accelerating the rates of fat burning.

Once we get past those initial hurdles, we're left with an honest examination of food: how it makes us feel and what purpose it serves.

I cried for days, and grabbed hold of my very own saying, «Every Relationship Serves a Purpose but is limited» once again.

Are they martyrs, mere pawns used as heavies by the Palestinians and then nudged aside once they had served their purpose?

From the use of the framing device, insertions of historical footage and animated interludes, to the staging and blocking of the murder scenes, everything serves a purpose that helps build a narrative that's at once lucid and unspeakably nightmarish.

All American public schools ought to serve such a purpose, as they once did.

Since this is probably going to be a car that I'll be keeping for a long time, I may invest in a brake upgrade once the factory ones have served their purpose.

The Kia Optima is a respectable car, especially when you consider the fact that the brand was once an econobox supplier of subpar economy cars that did nothing more than serve a purpose, aesthetics be damned.

More often than not version changes contain only minor edits and only seem to serve the purpose of making teachers and students switch to a new standard so that they have to once again buy from the publisher instead of second hand.

I'm not annoyed or surprised — I predicted that once Amazon had its way with the big 5, once indies had served their purpose as a stick with which to threaten trad pubs, it would go back to business as usual, where the lion's share of sales went to trad pubs and Amazon imprints (a variation of trad pub), and indies had to generate far more content and work far harder for a much smaller slice of the pie.

For them once they have used it for that period of time it has served its» purpose and it no longer needed.

We destroy logs once they have served their purpose.

Once the money is invested, annual or quarterly rebalancing serves the purpose of taking advantage of higher rates of growth in particular market sectors.

Now, once you retire, bonds might serve a purpose.

I have a couple different «Savings» that serve different purposes but really helped me out once I established them.

Like the last fable, the chivalrous canine loses his life more than once but is resurrected each time as a different dog, serving a different purpose but with the same memories and personality as before.

And Smithsonian.com used the opportunity to once again vilify «fluffy murderbeasts» (as they've now dubbed domestic cats) and promote Cat Wars (about which the organization seems schizophrenic — eager to embrace it when it serves their purposes but unwilling to admit they played any role in its publication and promotion).

Every direction on the D - Pad even serves a purpose here, and it's kind of overwhelming looking at all the text on the screen before you've even moved your character around, but once you get into the game itself you'll quickly realize why the control system is presented in such a way that's new to point and click adventures.

The story of Horizon Zero Dawn revolves entirely around the predictable premise that these creatures, once built to serve human purposes, have revolted and destroyed the human world.

Once inside the castle, these moves serve a practical purpose, of course; but precisely executing them - choosing the right move and pulling it off at the right moment - is icing on an already tasty cake.

And it did serve a purpose, I was first blown away by Joel and Ellie's struggle through the epidemic America and then as I gradually dived into the uncharted multiplayer territory, I was blown away once again.

They have simply served their purpose as informational publications that capture the mood and spirit of the game when it was once so humble.

Not only does that reduce packaging waste overall, but the larger bag can serve many purposes once the rice has been used up.

The previous version spelled out in no uncertain terms that there would be consequences for releasing the data, it was to be for academic purposes published in the recognised publications, and had to be deleted once it had served its purpose.

«It was at once clear that the sole purpose of the climate scam, as the U.N. saw it, was to serve as a Trojan horse allowing it to achieve its long - held ambition of destroying national sovereignty and transferring all real political power to itself,» he said.

The pesticide — which is sold under several different brand names — is now widely used for agricultural purposes though it once served as a potent neurotoxin in chemical bombs during World War II.

Once again, the task of each driver is to build a policy that serves its intended purpose, one that gives the policy holder the level of protection he or she is looking for.