Sentences with phrase «own great delight»

They took great delight in — and made headlines across the financial press for — charging a fraction of what old - school brokerages had been siphoning from us in sales commissions.

One of my greatest delights of parenting is holding a title out to a child with the words, «I remember loving these books when I was about your age.»

My late husband took great delight in telling me, (and anyone else within earshot) laughingly, of course, that Mark Twain always said that a woman preacher was like a banjo - playing dog: you hardly ever saw one but even if you did, it wasn't very good.

From time to time, individuals and groups will receive fresh inspiration, and experience great delight, as they rediscover in the Bible and elsewhere the cultural treasures of the Christian past.

I completed formal therapy in 1994 and I was baptized again, on purpose and with great delight, in the local church I attended.

Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings... As in obeying the voice of Yahweh?

«One of God's great delights in beholding his universe is, as we may well suppose, to witness the unknown choices and moral developments of free agents, to witness their displays of faith and heroism and spiritual valor, and to watch the unfoldings of vast and various enterprises» (FG 245).

Yes Nathan... the bad guy takes great delight in the fact you don't believe he exists.

The song of mutual admiration ends as the woman reflects on her time apart (her «playtime») with her beloved: «With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste» (S. of S. 2:3).

As to this Morris Markey magazine article, Bill Wilson said: «To our great delight, Morris soon hammered out an article which he titled «Alcoholics and God»» (Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age [New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, 1958], p. 177; see also Dick B., The Golden Text of AA., pp. 70 - 71).

«Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the Lord?

Shouldn't we take great delight in the knowledge that we will be complete, in need of nothing?

But when they are challenged because of their disobedience they respond, to the great delight of every narrator and hearer of the tale throughout the history of Israel, in the competitive key in which the whole story is played: You've asked the impossible!

I believe that this Gardener would take great delight in a small shoot growing out of a formerly dead stump — all the more if that vine had been cut back 40 years before.

Luther took great delight in making the rite as nearly as possible adequate to that which it signified.

Thus, Jonathan «took great delight in David,» foiling King Saul's attempts to arrange for David's death (1 Samuel 19:1).

We've grown up with really healthy attitudes re: the great delight in our sexuality!

Continuing our search for local food, we tried with great delight the Planter's Buffet at Brown Sugar in Bridgetown.

We've picked more than 7 kg (15.5 lbs) last weekend and surely ate at least 1 kg more straight from the bush So since then, our diet mostly consists of blueberries to my great delight.

I am having great delight looking at your recipes.

I used a tin of whole, unpeeled, unroasted Datterini tomatoes (Lidl) that I cut before hand to great delight.

I even found a whole internet site dedicated to spanish recipe, which gave me great delight and thought I really should to share with your readers.

I'm sure he takes great delight in driving me insane on that front.

«2014 was one of the most demanding years in memory of, and has allowed us to produce high quality wines that are offering great delight.

Scented with Cinnamon and glistening with sugar, they are a dieter's worst nightmare and a kid's greatest delight!

Fresh figs are one of summer's great delights.

Another UK based producer of exclusively vegan chocolate, Ethicoco seem to have more of an emphasis on quality not quantity as they have a smaller range than the previous companies listed but they take great delight in telling visitors to their site about the quality of their ingredients.

Maybe I am just being cynical here, but when I hear people that have previously taken great delight in tormenting Arsenal and our manager change their tune and start to say nice things about Arsene Wenger and the club I can not help but question their motives.

Former Real Madrid star Angel Di Maria must have taken great delight in scoring for PSG against Barcelona on Tuesday night.

He had reason for great delight, sure enough.

Sampras took great delight, just as Jordan would have, in clobbering him 6 - 4, 6 - 1.

He has more of his father's fleshy, raffish, cigar - chewing air than any of his brothers, and he takes the greatest delight in the stories about the old days in the First Ward, when Art Sr. and his brother Dan, a terrific athlete who is now a priest (and who is said to have spent some time protecting Chinese nuns with his fists), would become drawn into a three - rounder between the visiting carnival boxer and their friend, Squawker Mullen, and the carnies would holler, «Hey, Rube!»

Woods» next appearance came during the grand opening of the back nine of his Bluejack National course in Montgomery, Texas, where he played five actual holes to the great delight of those who followed him across the abbreviated layout.

There are many people who take great delight in disparaging President and Mrs. Obama, even when it comes to an important issue like this.

So, given the centrality of the birthday treat issue on The Lunch Tray, it was with great delight that I read this message sent to me last week by a friend and TLT reader:

If you partially hide an object such as a favourite soft toy on a low shelf or under a cushion, your little explorer will take great delight in finding it.

Even if your toddler is too young to learn their letters, they will soon be able to recognise the beginning letter of their name, and take great delight in picking it out of the pile of blocks and showing you proudly.

The local photographer took great delight in snapping my MP, a councillor and a park manager seeking sanctuary under a Disney umbrella.

I also play with local Perthshire folk artists and take a great delight in my son Brodie's emerging musical career.

The Labour party in the south - west was last night taking great delight at the end of the Ashdown era.

FRIDAY OLOKOR visited some victims of the killings in some communities in Plateau State and reports that the fear of Fulani herdsmen is the beginning of wisdom To the average Nigerian, Plateau State is a great delight.

To the average Nigerian, Plateau State is a great delight.

In Commons debate after Commons debate, Tories will find great delight reminding the new leader and their front bench team that they too voted for these measures.

And I published it with great delight.

After all, that's one of my greatest delights in life: to continue to expand the depth and breadth of my knowledge and understanding, and then put it to practical use for myself and others.

I would then take great delight — being the smart arse that I am — in saying you are wrong.

These images below selected from the shows of famous brands like Mulberry, Balmain and Marc Jacobs illustrate how the pleated ladies skirts are making a huge comeback (to our greatest delight!).

They live above an old cinema and Del Toro takes great delight in showing light from the projector seeping up through the cracks of their floorboards — a reminder of the way fantasy can seep into real life in positive ways, giving those shut out from the world the strength to be themselves, even in dark times.

There's a great delight in seeing such huge Hollywood stars giving sublime, persona - busting performances in a picture so esoteric.

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