Sentences with phrase «perhaps bringing it to an end»

But then, I imagine there would be an absolute slag - storm from «concerned parents» who would feel it's the cereal's fault that they couldn't stop feeding it to their kids, perhaps bringing it to an end much sooner than its initial run.

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Although estimates vary, Iran might be able to bring 400,000 barrels per day online within a few months, perhaps as much as 700,000 barrels per day by the end of the year, growing to well over 1 million barrels per day sometime in 2016.

Religious people speak of God when human knowledge (perhaps simply because they are too lazy to think) come to an end, or when human resources fall — in fact it is always the deus ex machina that they bring on to the scene, either for the apparent solution of insoluble problems, or as strength in human failure — always, that is to say, exploiting human weakness or human boundaries.11

Ben, perhaps what you are really getting at is that when people try to bring their religious «beliefs» into what ought to be a rational political discussion, either their religious «beliefs», or the rational character of the political discussion, or, unhappily, both, end up on the losing end.

In the end they may very well be brought to the point where they are ready to affiliate themselves, perhaps partially or perhaps completely, with the Christian Church.

A tacit assumption is that PowerPoint computer presentations are merely a means to an end, a value - neutral tool used for innocent, perhaps even noble purposes: enlarging text for the hard of seeing; reducing the demand for and thus the production of printed materials; and bringing younger people, who spend much of their lives in front of screens — TV, computer, cell phone, PDA — into worship.

Perhaps Paul's hope is that things will turn out as they do at the end of the book of Genesis, when Joseph presents himself as a blessing for his jealous brothers in the famous words: «You meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are this day.»

But if innocence itself is brought to the bar and condemned, perhaps to die, then the citizen will say, «whether I do good or whether I do evil is immaterial, for innocence itself is no protection,» and if such an idea as that were to take hold in the mind of the citizen that would be the end of security whatsoever.»

Just like the Gunners it appears that Barca are currently more concerned about seeing certain fringe players leave their squad before the end of the transfer window, perhaps with a view to bringing more in.

as wih just about every season for last 10 years we have a team that is a couple of real quality players short of challenging on three fronts for top honours... so if wenger is willing to get rid of mert flamini arteta diaby and walcott (and possibly gibbs who is begining to really disappoint but perhaps worth another season) and bring in three quality players cb dm and attacker i will change my mind and give him a chance till end of contract... if its another round of bargain basement players with potential and talk of getting in to cl as like a trophy... then yes he needs to go

It is perhaps for the best that these exiles tend to be short - lived: a recent study into the long - term effects of banter deprivation on professional footballers, sponsored by the PFA, had to be brought to a premature end after the players escaped from their holding cells.

And who knows, perhaps the Web - enabled sunlight on Joseph Kony will end with him being brought to justice, finally.

«His son described him as the only candidate who will end the era of stop and frisk and that was a purposeful branding of de Blasio as a reformer and then immediately, as soon as he was the mayor - elect, he announced he was bringing back perhaps the most controversial police commissioner in the city's history,» Trujillo said, referring to de Blasio's early campaign ads with his son, Dante.

If those on the right of the party attacking Corbyn had a greater loyalty to the party than is their hatred of the left then perhaps they'd recognise that Corbyn might just save the party rather than bring it to an end as the protest group they fear.

Professional bioethicists would begin near the end of the debate, when research programmes have, perhaps accidentally, brought penguin populations near to extinction, and the question is whether to open a penguin preservation programme at London Zoo.

Keegan - Michael Key and Jordan Peele recently brought to an end the sketch comedy series that, perhaps together with Amy Schumer and the ladies of «Broad City,» have worked to bring Comedy Central back to some degree of cultural relevance for the first time in a little while.

Perhaps the greatest surprise it offers is that in this summer of wall - to - wall apocalypse (Oblivion, After Earth, This Is the End, Pacific Rim, Elysium, The World's End), the maestro of global mayhem who brought us Independence Day, Godzilla, The Day After Tomorrow, and 2012 has chosen to tone things down with the relatively localized pandemonium of a plot to capture the president.

A better word for «weak» would be «hodgepodge,» as the psychological thriller cum horror «A Cure for Wellness» brings in elements from «Bride of Frankenstein,» «The Phantom of the Opera,» «Hostel 2,» and all the laughable sci - fi pictures of the 1950's wherein the scripts for dystopian civilizations seem often enough to end up with «Perhaps we scientists would be better off if we did not interfere with nature.»

We who love dogs and cats can only hope that this new law will actually bring an end to the indiscriminate killing machine the Norfolk operation has become, perhaps incentivizing its leadership to shut it down completely.

But perhaps the toughest bit was the final day when we reached the end of the rapids and hit the «pea soup» of sediment and tree trunks that the river had brought down the mountains, paddling hard only to move a matter of meters in an hour.

While I can understand that building upon the existing plot of Legacy of Kain could be nigh impossible, especially when trying to bring new fans to the series — the ending of Defiance would give them a fairly clean slate to build a new plot without referencing the past too much — perhaps a bit of fan - service here or there, or an odd remark — but generally, it wouldn't be too much work to take the existing world and make something fresh.

You'll even be given the chance to make a moral choice at the end of each case, deciding when to absolve the guilty party — meaning perhaps speaking on their behalf or even letting them go entirely — or bringing the full force of the law to bear.

This is perhaps due to the recent drop in the value of the peso in relation to the dollar (the currency in which most works were priced), thus leaving collectors awaiting the fair's end to decide on the best set of works to bring home.

But emigre that he was, with a Northern sense of colour and ironic view of life perhaps inherited from his homeland, de Kooning brought a New World brash sensitivity to bear on his personal development from Picasso and Soutine, and perfected a richly hectic sense of colour that does a great deal to accelerate and to assuage the rush to our nerve - endings that the finest painting by de Kooning always detonates.

At the end of the day, perhaps it's not discontent with the lack of meaningful work or work / life balance that will bring change to — or the demise of — the current large firm business model.

It can be very helpful, believe it or not, to get some information about what's going on in your relationship, to get clear about some things on your end, and then bring it back to your relationship so that you can take care of yourself better and perhaps even have a healthier relationship.

REM: You're just over halfway through your term as CREA president — do you have anything in mind that you hope your name is associated with when your term ends, perhaps a perspective you've brought to your presidency from your Nova Scotia home base?