Sentences with phrase «rather than rock»

Facebook says the study is «nonsense», and it probably is: it's an interesting academic exercise rather than a rock - solid indicator of Facebook's future.

It's silicone rather than rock.

Use pet - safe ice melt rather than rock salt.

And while better suited for mall crawling rather than rock crawling, luxury compact crossovers still get that «off - roader» style, plus AWD when the weather turns sour.

Since then she's created the kind of cult pieces women look to collect rather than rock for a season at a time — think slinky slip dresses and oversized cashmere sweaters.

Artist's conception of the Psyche mission, which would investigate a large unique metallic asteroid called Psyche, which is composed of mostly iron and nickel, rather than rock.

That idea didn't catch on, although it turned out to be political will, rather than rock, that posed the most difficult obstacle: tunnelling operations had just started when the British government pulled the plug in 1975 (see photo).

Impacts exposing subsurface ice deposits and generating hydrothermal activity are one possible explanation for the bright spots and Herschel's water vapor; «cryovolcanoes» that erupt volatiles such as water rather than rock are another.

Rather than rocking your baby until she falls asleep, Parents suggested putting baby into her crib while she's drowsy, but awake.

Despite some initial scepticism from his players, the leaders among his squad — those he describes as «sponges, rather than rocks» — eventually embraced this new data - led approach, taking their performance to a whole new level.

Not exact matches

Rather than soft, gooey orbs, Ackman grumbled, these were rock hard.

Rather than paying to have the rock disposed of, Musk will create «lifesize Lego - like interlocking bricks» which can then be used to create sculptures or buildings.

He stood up to greedy bankers, chastised corporations for sitting on piles of cash rather than investing, cracked wise with the media, and even managed to name - drop Down With Webster, a Canadian rap - rock group of questionable talent, without damaging his cred.

I think they're actually between a rock and a hard place and at some point they're going to have to implement replay protection and then it's going to be clear that it's a contentious hard floor and we're actually talking about an alt coin rather than an upgrade to bitcoin.

I would rather be backed by those rocks than by you — any day, any time, anywhere.

Accompanied — almost drowned out — by the kids» rock band, the words point out the practical value of the recommended behavior, rather than exhorting.

He selected the existing moon - god symbols for his religion, thus the crescent moon rather than cross on flags and ambulances, and the «moon rock» (meteorite?)

Most often, we struggle more with getting the huge rocks and boulders out of the way rather than finding a solid foundation upon which to build.

«Tempting God is disbelief in God, not belief in Him,» he said, citing an incident in the Old Testament in which Moses slapped his staff against a rock to provide water in the desert rather than speak to the rock as God had commanded.

Steve, Rather than concerning yourself with Not hearing the Word of God at the dry cleaners... or at the park... or at the grocery store... or at a rock concert... or at the movies... or lying in my bed..., Frankly it is my expressed opinion that if you are Not that is entirely your own fault, especially in bed, don't you Read the Word?

In this sense God becomes a paradigm of self - actualization rather than an already fully pure and perfected being whose rock - like presence to consciousness could stand only as the frustration of human growth.

«If our faith is based rather on the rock solid Word of God» Then you appear to be capable of a LOT more faith than I am.

Rather than «golden and crusty,» the pre-cooked chickpeas were hard as rocks.

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I don't like criticizing play - calling with the benefit of hindsight, but still, I would have liked to see the Lions pound the rock there and simply try run for a first down rather than try to trick this Seahawks defense that is known for their discipline.

One of the best things about Portugal this summer was precisely the fact that players other than Ronaldo stepped up when needed: We saw rather unlikely figures such as Nani, Ricardo Quaresma and Eder make important attacking interventions; Pepe was a rock at the back; Adrien Silva and William Carvalho were tireless in midfield.

She would scream for hours while I held and rocked her because she knew I was going to put her in her bed rather than my bed.

But, there's no need to stick to traditional guidelines of at least three months» wages if you're not going to be able to afford it; after all, your partner would probably much rather be sure that you're able to eat, rather than having a massive rock on their finger!

The rocking and music settings work very well on this sleeper and tend to help babies go to sleep rather than keeping them awake too much.

Much of the land surrounding the airport is volcanic rock and looks more like the surface of the moon rather than a tropical paradise.

You can for example either use the stroller to rock him to sleep instead of in your arms or put him in his bed or in your bed lying next to him rather than having him in your arms.

The rooms are generally decorated in as homey a way as possible with soft colors and rocking chairs, a shower or bath, and the baby can stay with the mother most of the time, rather than in the nursery.

«Rock star Dave Matthews's infant son, August, is getting an early lesson in environmental protection: He wears reusable cloth diapers rather than the disposable kind.»

It resembles a recliner rather than a traditional rocking chair, bringing style to your nursery.

Rather than slowing down, it keeps rocking even when baby is heavier.

You are able to turn side to side rather than the traditional rocking motion.

I instead have been attempting the cry in my arms (before I even read the article you just sent:)-RRB-, cuddles, nursing sitting up rather than laying down, or just plain rocking, then once DS falls alseep he's gently placed in his cot at the foot of our bed to peacefully sleep for at least the first half of the night.

It has been helpful for me to show him where he will be able to find a clean diaper to help me out when baby is on the changing table, or how to gently rock the bassinet rather than jerking it around.

You've already restricted nursing to the rocking chair, so now the next restriction is that the chair becomes the «bedtime chair» rather than the breastfeeding / boob chair.

Some loyalists are trying to offset it with the fact that Labour staved off defeat in Stoke — as if retaining a rock - solid seat against a carpetbagging, tweed - wearing fantasist counts as some kind of triumph rather than the minimum ask of an opposition party in midterm.

In a press release that went out this morning, Wilson called DiNapoli a «23 - year creature of Albany (who) believes leadership is about issuing press releases, rather than taking action, and clearly doesn't want to rock the boat.»

«So rather than Police brutality, Aso Rock should become transparent about the status of our President's health right now.

Rather than slowly amassing bulk over time, the original members of the asteroid belt rapidly formed into rocks hundreds of kilometers across, researchers propose.

Once he could view the objects from any angle and under varied lighting, Butterfield concluded that their ribbed structure was simply a reflection of fine layers in the rock itself rather than the regular markings of a fossil.

«When we took a closer look, we found that patients with stronger spiritual well - being, more benign images of God (such as perceptions of a benevolent rather than an angry or distant God), or stronger beliefs (such as convictions that a personal God can be called upon for assistance) reported better social health,» said lead author Allen Sherman, PhD, of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in Little Rock.

Space colonizers could even adopt a DIY approach to building materials by baking lunar and Martian regolith — rocks and dirt — into ceramics, rather than transporting heavy supplies like steel and metal.

Virtually all other evidence for human warfare — skeletons with projectile points embedded in them, weapons designed for combat (rather than hunting), paintings and rock drawings of skirmishes, fortifications — is 10,000 years old or less.

This type of climbing has similar potential for ecosystem damage as roped rock climbing, they note, plus a couple of additional ones: Boulderers often clear the ground below of rocks and logs so that they can place crash pads in case of falls, and they may be more likely to trample anything at the top of a boulder or cliff, rather than coming directly down.

Because different noble gases move at various speeds through rock and water, the proportions present revealed that although the gases had come from deep underground, they had arrived directly rather than percolating through layers of rock and water (PNAS, DOI: 10.1073 / pnas.1322107111).

The aftershocks clustered around the periphery of the rupture zone, both on the seaward and landward side of the plate boundary and reflected normal faulting behavior — caused by the bending, extending or stretching of rock — rather than the thrust faulting of the mainshock.