Sentences with phrase «rather common thing»

Pups spend all their energy in a matter of coupla hours and after that a big nap is a rather common thing.

It's a rather common thing to project your own inner conflicts to another person or group of people who have something you're not able to reach yourself.

Not exact matches

Rather, as is common in breakaway situations, the advisor - bloggers wanted to do things their way, according to Brown.

Here are a few common «lack of focus» examples I see amongst founders all the time: — Doing shit that makes them look busy, but doesn't have significant impact — Trying to do too many things instead of one thing really well — Getting things done themselves instead of taking time to build the team — Fundraising when it's not time — Acquiring users when existing ones keep churning — Adding features instead of fixing or removing the ones they have — Having multiple audiences, rather than one very targeted — Paying attention to vanity metrics or too many metrics instead of core KPIs — Following the competition's every move — Obsessing with getting up on TechCrunch (or other press)-- Attending multiple networking events a week

Distance apart, cyberspace is a humanizing device for creating a kind of ersatz office / pub / common room / public square area for those deprived, rather cruelly, of one or more versions of the real thing.

Rather, a complex set of events constitutes what in common sense language would be called a person or a thing.

Steve... I think we're floggin» a dead horse here, but for what it's worth, understand that I'm not trying to convince you to think like I do, rather I wd hope that room wd be made for many theological differences.To think discuss and debate theology is well supported by the New Testament and history, and is perfectly within the bounds of what it means to engage our minds with the subject at hand.Theologians and biblical scholars have done this very thing for centuries, revealing a plethora of opinion on the evolving world of biblical studies.Many capable authors have written and debated the common themes as well as the differences between Paul, John, Jesus, the synoptics, etc..

Within the common tradition, both in its political and ecclesial expressions, authority belongs to agents rather than to «things.»

Despite the often considerable differences in their interests, views, and philosophic temperaments, and despite the rather different course of careers and subsequent influence on the profession of philosophy generally, there remains the common commitment of both to plumbing the depths of the nature of things, while eschewing nonsense, pretense, fad, and fraud in favor of (as Russell himself might have put the matter) that modest but frequently neglected goal of truth.

I suggest focusing on the many things we have in common and building upon that rather then starting an argument.

The «all things in common» and «sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all» is not the beginning point of community, but rather the logical outcome of «They devoted themselves to the apostles» teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayers.»

In this case, we get something like e. e. cummings's famous couplet «I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing / Than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance» — or even, more memorably, Keats's complaint in «Lamia» that «cold philosophy» (Newton's optics) threatens to reduce the rainbow to «the dull catalogue of common things.»

My intent is to let other parents know that no matter how much your child loves baseball (that is the most common thing I hear when I ask my friends why they have their kid playing so much travel ball, «but Blaine, he LOVES baseball»... maybe), many kids will STOP playing earlier rather than later if they are overexposed.

@ Mobella — I would rather they did the common sense thing and sell Sanchez last summer to PSG or another non-PL team.

The conference held a much different vibe to the ones I normally attend, the crowd was younger and it felt more fashion focused rather than the entrepreneurial vibe but one thing was common: the thrill to be amongst fellow bloggers all wanting to learn.

Any attempt to create a new framework for our politics should begin with widening the space in which we can make common cause with people who share our values, rather than harping on about the things that separate us.»

The 100 - plus participants were tasked with looking for things they had in common rather than dwelling on things that would keep them apart.

One thing nearly all successful bodybuilders have in common is that they are lean prior to peak week rather than expecting miracles the last week

Leaving the debate of whether or not certain supplements are effective aside, one thing most successful bodybuilders have in common when it comes to supplements is that they treat supplements as a supplement to an already solid nutrition and exercise plan rather than attempting to use supplements to make up for a lack of a solid nutrition and exercise plan.

It's awesome because you're using shiny steel knives, unsharpened knives, but rather than a piece of wood which is a common training thing.

There are so many types of plants at the lunar flower markets, and many of them have one thing in common — rather than being cut they grow and flower, whether it be in water or planted.

It was pretty groundbreaking stuff at the time, because rather than the prevailing, societally accepted view, which believed that man was at the apex of all things, Darwin put forth this idea that each species followed its own independent course of evolution, but with repeating structures and patterns, common solutions to biological problems appearing again and again.

Although they varied in length, style and shape, the one thing they had in common was that they never showed or revealed the shape of the leg, rather concealing it, lest it be revealed (heaven forbid!)

One of the most common mistakes that is made when it comes to trying to win back love is focusing on everything that went wrong rather than trying to focus on the good things that made the relationship strong in the first place.

Rather than putting pressure on potential mate with all your questions, you can talk about the things that you two have in common.

i rather find someone i have things in common with.

No not every minute of our lives, rather to enjoy the things we have in common...

If it's a conglomeration of Raymond Carver stories reworked into a three - hour movie, then the joining of the stories is probably more as a way of tying things together to economize characters, rather than an attempt at a common thematic goal.

In terms of quantitative texts, there are many things to consider, and the Common Core acknowledges there is no perfect method for examination, rather there are many effective methods.

It is increasingly common to hear that children are more willing and able to reflect on the kinds of things they want technology to do at home — rather than default to entertainment uses exclusively.

So to sidestep that argument DoDEA — the closest thing the U.S. has to a federal school system — will use the phrase «College and Career - Ready Standards» rather than Common Core.

Petrilli says this compromise would be «the worst thing they could do,» because rather than sending a clear signal about the future of the Common Core, lawmakers would send a mixed message.

Rather, they are creating a few common layouts that can be repeated throughout your course to keep things interesting while still ensuring consistent structure.

[Circling back to Common Core,] the problem is the Common Core has been associated with testing rather than the deeper learning it was intended to promote... The Common Core is not a silver bullet, and it's not the only thing kids need for a good education, but it does have the potential if done right to move schools to routinely thinking about critical thinking and problem solving rather than rote memorization.

The particular aspect (now please don't reply that that's the whole thing, and that the Common Core doesn't require numeric precision) of the «attend to precision» Common Core practice that I explained, and gave examples of, has not to do with numeric precision, but rather, with precise symbols and syntax.

The brand focuses on a small amount of real, simple, and pure ingredients rather than the things it leaves out, like artificial flavors and fillers, to avoid common food allergies.

Enemy design is rather varied as the majority of the dozen or so enemies have unique attacks or abilities and vary in size, but have two things in common as they are all capable of creeping up from anywhere even through vents or sewers and look as though they are straight out of the most horrifying of horror films.

It is a rather short game, and can easily be finished within 4 hours or so but can also be replayed which is a common thing among kids and that is who this game is aimed at.

Indian visual art has always been rather eclectic — that's one of the many things they have in common.

By basing the levy on emissions rather than carbon all greenhouse gases stand on a common level, sequestration is strongly encouraged as well as such simple things as capturing methane from oil wells and garbage dumps (that gets built into the cost of disposal).

«By studying Saturn's moon Titan, which although being an icy moon can be considered something like the Solar System's rocky planets, we have discovered rainstorms produced by methane rather than water, and we have found that Titan's meteorology has things in common with Earth's tropics,» said Del Genio.

In my mind its not science that says there is not such thing as fairies, but rather science says there is no evidence for fairies, and common sense says that if there is no evidence for it, it probably does not exist.

The notion that there is such a thing as progress of mankind as a whole was unknown prior to the seventeenth century, developed into a rather common opinion among the eighteenth - century hommes de lettres, and became an almost univerally accepted dogma in the nineteenth....

Another thing these «best of» letters have in common is that they use plain English, rather than jargon or more formal language.

What strikes me again and again in reading such comments is not a wish to look backwards to some non-existent and idealised world when things were supposedly better but rather to hope for sanity and common sense in dealing with the present and future.

I certainly would not be deluded into looking backwards to some non-existent and idealised world when things were supposedly better but rather would hope for sanity and common sense in dealing with the present and future.

Just to mix things up further, the Fourth Circuit has also allowed access, but based on common law principles of access, rather than the First Amendment.

Nursing home abuse is sadly a rather common occurrence; the abuse that elderly people endure may entail many different things including:

Those concerns are heightened when the adoration is not just a one - sided thing in which the object of the celebrity treatment takes no part in it and does not encourage it, but one in which the object rather seems to enjoy and participate in that phenomenon, and / or takes to making general public pronouncements on various issues, which is a common element in modern American celebrity culture.

It's a good thing the Bill was passed though, because rather than having another Morgentaler on assisted dying (i.e. the lack of any statutory guidance), we may have had a hodgepodge of common law decisions created by the courts.