Sentences with phrase «predicament more»

I would liken the predicament more to a Faustian bargain in which humanity has been granted supernatural power through the bounty of divine energy stored in fossil fuels; and after a few generations of blissful consumption, the devil has returned for his due.

Given that the focus was on Anne's back story and less on her current predicament more time was spent within her head than rushing from point A to point B.

Rather it is, first, to understand the truth of our predicament more deeply so that we may better discern how to act, and secondly, to dent the liberals» apparently unshakeable confidence in these foundational assumptions.

«Now just imagine the predicament a more typical couple of more modest means faces in the current market environment.»

Not exact matches

There are more similarities than differences between Bouchard and Harper's current predicament and regardless of the prime minister's actual intentions as to his future, his position has been deteriorating extraordinarily quickly this spring.

Bloomberg Gadfly suggests Anadarko's predicament is illustrative of a broader problem with oil companies of similar size, who are posting disappointing cash flow figures as they drill more and grow larger.

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Although delinquency can lead to default, a more serious predicament, you are delinquent on your student loan as soon as you miss a single payment.

It's a nice predicament to be in with more than enough cash on hand.

There is one thing that gets me through this whole predicament... no it is not praying the Prayer of Jabez, or giving more money or time to someone else.

I have a stepdaughter that has Downs Syndrome, and as much as I fully believe that she is much more developed along the lines of loving her fellow human beings, I am also not convinced that her predicament was ever Plan A.

However, after reading Dr. Al Mohler's excellent reflections on Mrs. Osteen's faux pas («The Osteen Predicament — Mere Happiness Can not Bear the Weight of the Gospel,» Sept. 3), I gave the matter more thought.

Can it not be more widely recognized that we are all in the human predicament together and that the pooling of knowledge and experience might lead to considerably more light being shed on the business of living which faces every one of us.

Even more to the point, what makes you more deserving or better than others in the same predicament who will most certainly never escape?

Momentary flashes of light are better than no light at all, but they serve more as a warning of the traveler's predicament than as a useful guide out of it.

In this way Aristotle avoids the predicament whereby the immanence of the object collapses into a physical qualification of the subject and the transcendence of the object is nothing more than the complete externality of the cause.

Whereas the religious traditions from the Axial Period onwards each arose at one point and then radiated outwards, the global religion (if it comes at all) will probably arise more or less spontaneously out of the common human predicament.

First, I will outline more fully my own sense of our present predicament.

The second reason for the inclusion of all in our predicament is the fact that Christian culture has penetrated other cultures much more than they have penetrated ours.

Phoenician sailors, more deeply religious than the PL, determine who is to blame for the predicament and what to do about it.

Tillich, more philosophically inclined, saw original sin as a result of «man's existential predicament,» our haunting sense of «estrangement» from ourselves, from each other and from the mysterious source of our being.

Walsh is in the happy predicament of having more talent than he can afford because he made the bold move of rebuilding his team at the height of its success following its six - game loss to the Lakers in the 2000 NBA Finals.

I hope I'm wrong but this could be the most damaging win when it comes to transfers... winning 1 game, after about 20 minutes of really good play, is of little consequence in the grand scheme of things... only those with the most selfish of intentions would suggest otherwise... the only reason we're even in this predicament, where were celebrating our first victory of 2018 against a bottom half squad who is managed by possibly the only individual more antiquated than our manager, is because of Wenger's ridiculous mishandling of his contract last year combined with his mishandling of the contracts of our top players this year; a fact that he himself admitted to... so before you get too excited about the possibilities of our current roster don't forget what has happened over the last several years and pray to the gods of football that real quality reinforcements like Auba are on the way, which could have happened years ago for less money and we might have been holding a trophy of some significance, or this brief respite will be followed by the usual mediocrity and stagnation

Arsenal does NOT have a decent backup plan so we are sitting in a predicament where as City, Chelsea etc have suitable backup and this is why they are more consistent during the season.

If you want to pick out players that haven't been good enough then how about: Koscielny, Mustafi, Bellerin, Monreal, Cech, Xhaka, Ramsey, Coquelin, Iwobi, Ozil, Welbeck, and so on... They're the ones that have contributed way more to our currant predicament, not Sanchez.

Liverpool may find themselves in many predicaments this summer but one that's been overlooked due to more pressing issues is the Dejan Lovren and Mamadou Sakho conundrum.

However, Martin Oâ $ ™ Neill is here now and Iâ $ ™ ve never seen the fans more optimistic about the future despite our predicament.

Wenger did repeatedly sympathise last season with Perez's predicament and even admitted that he deserved more playing time but his decision to buy Lacazette — who he also tried to recruit last summer — means that the 28 - year - old is even more unlikely to feature next season.

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I still believe, as I put it in chapter two, that «software», not «hardware» — the long, slow waves of cultural change, not the more obvious technological and economic changes that figure so prominently in public debate and academic social science — hold the key to the British predicament; that our ills form an interdependent system or, in medical language, a «syndrome»; and that they reflect the bewilderment and disorientation of a people who have forgotten the history that shaped them, and who therefore no longer know who they are.

The more radical, the better — Nick Clegg's party needs to meet the scale of its predicament with a proportional response.

Not all farmers are ready to upend their long - standing ways of doing things — or pay — to bring in more pollinators, at least not until the honeybee predicament directly harms them.

The American predicament may be even worse than the graph below suggests because more than a third of the science and engineering doctorates earned at U.S. universities in recent years have gone to foreigners, many of whom return to their homelands after graduation.

This predicament has computer scientists scrambling for new ideas: new devices built using novel physics, new ways of organizing units within computers and even algorithms that use new or existing systems more efficiently.

Bad agriculture, not population growth, he contends, is the continent's main predicament — and in this essay, he describes how more people, employed on ecologically friendly, small - scale farms will be key to African sustainable development.

If you find yourself in a similar predicament, resources are available that can help make psoriasis drugs more affordable.

As I learn more about lectins, this may explain my predicament.

I'm in the same predicament as you, but I'm trying to do the «no screens an hour before bed» now, so that gives me more time for reading.

Quality dressers are SO expensive and even not so great quality dressers usually cost more than I wanted to spend and when I find myself in that predicament (which I much too often do) I turned my search to vintage.

It's also something that shouldn't be taken lightly; wanting more than a friendship can be a frustrating predicament.

Very much into role play, bondage, edging, toys, e-stim, and playful mindgames, predicaments, games and bets that seem to get me more and more in trouble and under your control.

I'm truly hoping to find someone that is in the same unfortunate predicament as i am... there's no more intimacy at home for a very long time now... I've been trying for a very long time to meet someone to have some private enjoyment with

But there is something more distinctly «turn - of - the - century» about Kathy Nicolo's character and predicament in particular.

It bodes well for the future of the franchise that Renner and Weisz share not only a gripping predicament but something more important: chemistry.

It would have been a daring choice to stick with child - rearing as the chief predicament, but more is at work in «Tully,» as Marlo's unique relationship with her night nanny begins to take on a Mary - Poppins - in - Brooklyn sort of vibe.

Beyond Lorraine's remarks about her mother, the film gives very little clue as to how much her predicament is down to Andrea, compared to more general social problems or her own free will and foolishness.

The more he tries to dig himself out of his predicament, the more solidified it seems to become.

Movies which essentially consist of a central character trapped in a difficult predicament can be great (Tom Hardy in Locke), or more likely not so great (Colin Farrell in Phone Booth or Ryan Reynolds in Buried).

Of the bunch, Jennifer Ehle stands out as Maya's colleague Jessica, for while you can see her predicament coming from miles away, writer Mark Boal peppers the lead - up with so many intimate details that having the time to think about what's coming is more effective than the shock value of a surprise.

We know enough about Marlo to get a fix on her predicament (though I could have done with more).