Sentences with phrase «rather than a young woman»

Many other translations, following the translation of the Hebrew Scriptures into Greek known as the Septuagint, speak of a «virgin» rather than a young woman, although the Hebrew word means a young woman and not necessarily a virgin.

Not exact matches

The three women on the stage — Mellody Hobson, President of Ariel Investments; Gisele Ruiz, EVP and COO at Wal - Mart North America; and Wendy Kopp, founder of Teach for America — are young women themselves, although Generation Xers rather than millennials.

College administrators treat students as if they were biologically mature children rather than young men and women.

Wedding rites originally intended for young women passing from their fathers» protection to their husbands» have remained surprisingly unchanged, even though the bride may be self - supporting, a substitute must be found for an absent father, and she may be surrounded by her children rather than her girlish friends.

These words may be of little comfort for the young woman who still struggles to believe that her feminine qualities are valuable to God, or to the young man who has been made to feel shame because he'd rather visit an art museum than watch a cage fight.

Were the young woman warned of the hurtling projectile above her, there would be no violation of natural laws were she to step back rather than forward.

When you see a young woman, addicted to drugs, living on the street, selling her body for the next hit, though you should judge her actions as wrong, be merciful and say, «There, but for the grace of God, go I.» Such an attitude will enable you to help her rather than condemn her.

Young men and women today feel themselves challenged to identify themselves with the community and institution devoted to the service of God rather than with an ideal; the human need of which they are made aware is one that only the community can minister to; the words through which they hear the Word of God addressed to them are likely to be the words of the Church.

When I met sometimes with merry companions, and my heart was ready to sink, I would labor to put on as cheerful a countenance as possible, that they might not distrust anything, and sometimes would begin some discourse with young men or young women on purpose, or propose a merry song, lest the distress of my soul would be discovered, or mistrusted, when at the same time I would then rather have been in a wilderness in exile, than with them or any of their pleasures or enjoyments.

Behold, a young woman shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel» (7:14) Less familiar is its context: Isaiah has been pleading with King Ahaz to put his trust in God's promise to Israel rather than in alliances with strong military powers like Syria.

I would suggest that it's due to an awakening to the real pain that promiscuity and abortion entail; others might say that it's actually based in «rights talk,» that young people identify with aborted children (as of this January 22, anyone under the age of thirty could have been aborted) and see abortion as an attack on their siblings and classmates, rather than a matter of women's self «determination.

Though it is difficult to raise children in what might be called a «gender - neutral environment», part of the antidote to the current gender - laden environments in which children tend now to be raised is this view of the work of the Spirit in giving gifts as the Spirit chooses, which encourages those who are the teachers and guides of the young to observe the emerging qualities of spirit in each child and to bring those qualities to full flower rather than trying to redirect any «alpha» qualities in women or «beta» qualities in men towards any «norm.»

It requires the young man or woman engaging in it to be a minister now, rather than to look forward merely to future ministry.

When a young woman gets pregnant out of wedlock, rather than come around her in love and support, with promises to protect and provide, we more often than not cast her out like a sheep among wolves.

I wish I had been one of those women, a woman who could choose when to stop nursing rather than to have that choice / time forced upon me by my children.I don't think I'll ever quite get over the fact that both of my children self weaned at such a young age.

She has a brilliant work ethic and as an independent young woman, wanted to make her own way in the world, sooner rather than later.

So given the 6 point win for Obama in 2012, it seems that the votes that «put him over the top» as @Affable Geek rightly calls it were the groups he won by decidedly larger chunks (i.e. blacks, Hispanics, Asians, younger voters and women), rather than a specific economic group:

A change in the rules to start smear tests at 25, rather than 20, could be leaving more young women without treatment

I went there in 1974 when I was a young - looking 22 - year - old, and I think they just thought of me as a girl, like their own girls, rather than a woman.

«Methamphetamine use linked to heightened stroke risk in the young: Brain bleed rather than clot most common stroke type; men twice as likely as women to succumb.»

Rather than broadcasting videos of women who look relatable to young girls, we should highlight women who are relatable to girls.

And at some institutions, even though the national pool of young women scientists continues to expand (see lower graph), the numbers are moving down rather than up.

For young, healthy women, detecting abnormalities early may mean the difference between vision problems at 75 years of age rather than 55.

Sure the younger ladies may be able to pull off more out of the box styles with their social groups than we midlife women can, but I would rather be a leader than a follower when it comes to fashion.

Indeed, for men aged 20 - 29, the ideal women is older rather than younger; someone who can teach them the art of romance.5

EliteSingles Partner Psychologist Sam Owen believes that `' the finding that men aged 20 - 29 prefer older women rather than the suspected «younger model» is likely indicative of the change in gender roles in modern society towards more equality between the sexes.

Now, I realize the problem with this is that younger women won't contact me as often, and if I want them, I'm going to have to search for them and email first... rather than what I've been doing for the last 8 months and just letting them come to me.

Men Over 40: Dating Women Advice A rather similar page to the last one, this one deals with advice on over 40 dating, except this time the advice is aimed at men over 40 rather than younger men.

In fact, there are many young women who are interested in this kind of relationship rather than a traditional one, due to the benefits that they can receive.

A growing percentage of women openly admit on picking the company of an older guy on a date, rather than same age or younger and hence showing an interest to become a sugar baby.

Still, more mature women will make this with better acceptance rather than very young ladies, who haven't become mothers yet.

But, an older woman with a younger man is perceived as still being hot stuff - alluring rather than predatory.

There are plenty of reasons why rich single men looking for younger women as dates rather than someone closer to their own age.

Guys aged up to 30 prefer to date women who are older, rather than younger.

Most of the younger women prefer to consider themselves as sugar babies rather than settling with same age or younger guys who may be more immature than them.

While we aren't sure quite how many members here fit that bill exactly, there does seem to be plenty of women in the 35 plus age group signed up rather than on some sites which have a lot of younger members.

To give you peace of mind and more opportunities to meet your perfect match, here at dateinadash our events are organized around age groups, so you are guaranteed to meet men and women who are in your age range rather than hanging around at an event where most people are much younger than you.

Rather than playing like a gross - out sideshow, the movie has viscera - streaked things to say about the terrors of young womanhood, sisterly initiation, French racism, the gruesome traditions of veterinary science, and the uneasy bond between women and gay men.

Garai's incarnation comes off as a silly, supercilious girl rather than an intelligent young woman stuck in her social stereotypes and shallow fantasies of romantic success through an advantageous marriage.

As we watch young African - American characters — and a few young white women, too — mistreated and / or killed in scenes that go on and on and on, it's hard not to wonder whether Bigelow (and the material) would have been better served by not teaming up with her usual (white) screenwriter, Mark Boal (who also wrote The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty), just to bring in the perspective of actual people of color, rather than that of white liberal guilt.

The only real surprise for me is that I expected young Jacob to learn why it's important to talk with women in person rather than online because they're more likely to want to get to know you and maybe even knock boots.

Played for romantic comedy yuks rather than gravid melo - operatic contortions (and distinguishing itself from other products of the UK comedy mill by not featuring any old men and women or young boys naked), the picture follows the plight of shiftless loser, small - time criminal Jimmy (Robert Carlyle) as he steals a lot of money from three circus clowns and returns to his small Scottish burg to reclaim his lost love Shirley (the insufferable, simpering Shirley Henderson) and their daughter Marlene (Finn Atkins) from the clutches of mild - mannered simp Dek (Rhys Ifans).

Rather than just rely on gore and shock value, Raw expertly tells the story of a young woman out on her own for the first time, weaves in themes of sisterhood and looks gorgeous as hell.

Rather than open themselves to the possibility of hurt, disappointment or rejection, young women create a sense of commitment, possession and independence that unsuspectingly can counter their desires for love.

It is the charming vulnerability of the young woman artist, like that of the hesitating model, which is really the subject of Miss Osborne's painting, not the value of the young woman's work or her pride in it: the issue here is, as usual, sexual rather than serious.

But rather than showing recollections of the movement, the film focuses on the intimate memories of a young woman seeking desire and satisfaction in endless melancholia.

Like Peeled Paint's social - consciousness narrative, my series Embrace Your Essence produced in 2015 focused on young women's journeys toward self - love — defining what they find beautiful about themselves, rather than from the opinions of others.

However, on a positive note, a recent poll revealed that most young women would rather talk to a guy at a party with the latest green car than to a guy with a sports car.

However, Kelly Sims Gallagher is not merely a coincidentally handy local Tufts University professor, she has direct connections with the same set of leaked industry memo phrases seen within the growing numbers of California global warming lawsuits — the «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact» strategy phrase and the «older, less - educated males» / «younger, lower - income women» targeting phrases — which are widely repeated elsewhere as proof that the fossil fuel industry «pays skeptic climate scientists to participate in misinformation campaigns» undermining the certainty of catastrophic man - caused global warming (despite those memos being worthless as evidence, but that is another matter).

Far and above all the other so - called evidence used in attempts to show that a sinister industry plot exists is what I term the core evidence: the set of leaked memos from way back in 1991 — supposedly from the Western Fuels Association's «Information Council for the Environment» (ICE) public relations campaign — containing the alleged strategy to «reposition global warming as theory rather than fact» where the targeted audience was «older, less educated males» and «younger, lower income women.»