Sentences with phrase «rather than a mate»

Her body may be looking for a protector rather than a mate because it is not fertile.

The gift will not only keep the female busy while the male mates with her, but it can also double as a shield if she sees him as a potential meal rather than a mate.

Not exact matches

And so spouses were workmates, rather than soul mates.

Through human aided evolution (where we choose the mates, rather than the animal choose its mate).

Or perhaps, as some exegetes have argued, Jesus is suggesting a more eschatological success: Simon and his mates will pull the nets for the great apocalyptic catch, they will sit to cull the bad from the good, they will be like the angels or the courtiers of God's kingdom rather than part of the teeming masses to be judged.

You should marry someone with a compatible temperament, similar goals, whose company you enjoy, etc. rather than marry someone with whom sex is superb but is otherwise a poor choice for a life mate.

Individual bees are swayed by this information to the extent that, after inspection of individual localities, worker bees change their preference and dance for the superior place rather than the one they first discovered or that was communicated to them by their mates.

Yerba mate comes from the the evergreen holly rather than the tea plant but is brewed similarly to a tea and traditionally consumed from a gourd with a metal straw.

we could have maybe done better if Alexis had played more with his team mates rather than wanting to steal d Headlines.....

We get ourselves into so many difficult situations because he tries to dribble rather than pass safely to a team mate or even blast it into the crowd if necessary.

I think his problem is confidence rather than match fitness... either that or he wants to join his Welsh mate at Real Madrid...

Rather than get behind his struggling team - mates in a show of unity and support, the Villa forward decided to get a bit of his shopping done, which has angered many supporters.

Laurent Koscielny has said in the past that he prefers to lead by example rather than shout at his team - mates, and our revered goalkeeper can hardly lead a comeback from between the sticks.

The forward, however, had team - mate Ronaldo to thank for his strike, as the Portuguese unselfishly chose to pass in the box, rather than shoot — and Sky Sports pundit Henry was quick to blast Hernandez for not hailing the Portuguese for his final ball.

They'd rather wait for the one time it fails so they can bash You blame the manager for being favourist yet a fellow blogger praising a player he previously bashed is called being two faced You kill Ramsey for a blind pass attempting to enter the opposition final third yet you won't blame Sanchez for turning over the ball in a pointless dribble with three free team mates You kill metersacker for deflecting a shot into his own net but won't touch kos for getting out of the way of a shot he could have sufficiency blocked You claim with no substantial proof that arteta, mert, Ramsey, can not lead arsenal anywhere substantial yet they have each at a point been a massive cause for stability and progress when called upon Even after reading this comment, you will ignore the fact that kos was awful until partnerd with mert, our defensive mid with song leaked more goals than the one with arteta and we've struggled to win without him at least until late last season.

Mate that up with the fact that Arsenal might be able to pay Monaco a fee rather than wages effectively eliminating the income tax and it might just work.

But I think most children would rather Pops not hop a private jet, with a dozen or so mates, fly halfway round the world, and attack and injure fellow athletes and event staff, in a wholly unjustifiable effort, using tactics more suited to misguided teens than nearing thirty years men.

«It is more for the fans, the people who watch the game, [rather than team - mates], because they might think that I'm not fighting anymore.»

@ saveA, mate those people are so deluded, that what happen when you trust blindly in Wenger.Giroud is an average player with no talent whatsoever, he can score, that is job but he should not be near any big team.He plays for Arsenal because he is french and a Wenger favourite.He plays for the french national team because any player playing for a big team is thought as good over there and anyway their team is rather crap and are not nearest than the england team (with the same problem) to win anything.

From my perspective Arsenal have missed many scoring opportunities this season, because players have, due to selfishness or lack of vision / awareness, shot on goal rather than passing to a team mate.

Totally agree with you mate, but we have too meny wengers love childs in this club as a supporter, they rather see Arsenal not win anything than wenger losing his job.theres only hand full of few of us who care abt our great club, wants to see reach its full potential.but them akb ass licker wont let it be.

Spot on mate we are defiantly a very amateur club when it comes to incoming transfers as unlike our rivals who get deals done quickly ours drag on and on, it seems we are yet again shopping in pound land rather than waitrose.

His failure to get a goal or an assist is a combination of bad luck and poor finishing from his team - mates, rather than his own underperformance.

Strong running from Oxlade - Chamberlain set up Welbeck down the right but he chose to try and find a team - mate rather than shoot from a narrow angle and the chance was lost.

I'd rather Bellerin models in his spare time rather than gambles, part takes in sex videos or sleeps with his best mates misses.

@ tony adams Djourou is swiss mate that's why we would rather him than tourre but ade is crap compared to kanu as that lanky bugger had sooooo many tricks and who could ever forget that hat trick against chelscum when kanu scored his 3rd from the most stupid angle.

Free header from 10 yards out and rather than going for goal he tries to direct it to a team - mate.

Ahead of his first season in F1, Jolyon Palmer reckons having his own car rather than driving a team - mate's will allow him to close the gap to Pastor Maldonado..

personally i do nt need to see trophies, dats not my point, but i do want reassurance that wer moving in the right direction and at the moment our movement is all southwards mate like iv said before im not bashing wenger the sales / buys are facts since 03 and id rather do raise my questions and worries here in july rather than others who will be lookin for blood in december

But then along came a bright and sunny Wednesday morning and four potential signings finally come to fruition in the form of Craig Cathcart, Malaury Martin, Elliot Grandin and Ludovic Sylvestre, whom sounds as though he should be putting his symphonic namesake background to good use on the local drum rather than helping his team - mates with locating the ball in Paul Rachubka's goal, although that could be why Holloway has signed the former Barcelona academy player.

I left my last relationship of 11 years because we became room - mates rather than lovers.

Its unfair to infants and unfair to mothers to force them to remove themselves from their infants like nesting eagles to go hunt for food rather than as humans where food can be brought to her by her mate, or by mate substitutes.

He supports the policy position of Paul Giardina, his running mate on the Republican ticket, of utilizing the federal Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water State Revolving Fund to pay for water - quality remediation efforts including replacement of failing septic systems, rather than the community preservation fund.

For daughters, those whose mothers mated with attractive males (lovers) rather than competitive males (fighters) did not suffer from the masculization costs sometimes observed.

The researchers used genotyping to ascertain that mating, rather than just «stickiness» or cell fusion, was occurring, confirming a change from asexual to sexual behavior.

-- thought to be the first demonstration of heritability of an ornament selected through mate choice, rather than fighting, in a large mammal.

Rather than emerging from one small population, the human species likely evolved from a dispersed, complex network of groups that mixed and mated with each other, scientists report online September 20 in Science.

Rather than growing old in each other's arms, drosophila mate with multiple partners, none of whom stick around for a second date.

She adds that it was «clear to me» that the male was engaging in caretaking of his dying partner, although she adds that some of his behaviors — such as emitting alarm calls and trying to mate with her — might have been signs of stress rather than compassion.

«For a species with high mortality like the blue tit, it makes sense to pair with a new mate rather than waiting around,» says Anne Peters at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

In the medium term, the animal uses those calculations to create a plan — a hungry worm, for example, might choose to feed where it is rather than to go off in search of better food or mates.

Researchers have identified a brain pathway that plays an important role in making survival decisions — such as a mouse's decision to flee rather than try to mate when confronted by a cat.

Genome sequencing can create an empirical decision matrix that will allow breeders to selecting mate - pairs based on the unique genetic contribution their offspring will receive, rather than on kinship.

Your biggest challenge is asserting yourself and asking your mate directly for what you need rather than getting quiet or passive - aggressive when you're unhappy.

In the end, you're left with a middle - of - the - road profile that's going to mean that you're still most likely to get paired up with a mate based on whether you both smoke or not rather than based on how likely you both are to share your feelings.

Go with the intention of making a new friend rather than expecting to meet your future mate.

University of Iowa researchers may have come up with the right matchmaking formula for online dating sites: Pair people according to their past interests and online mating success, rather than who they say they're interested in.

«I was looking for my spiritual soul mate, who would enjoy going to church rather than feel I was dragging him along.»

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

Syed counsels young Muslims to be more active in finding their future mates, rather than relying on their parents or matchmakers.