Sentences with phrase «sit for up»

I get up at 5 something most mornings, and I'll sometimes sit for up to an hour while drinking a few cups of coffee in the dark, just thinking about things... mentally turning over plans and examining ideas in a free - form manner.

Mush it into your scalp and out to the ends of your hair and wrap your head with a shower cap or towel; let sit for up to 30 minutes.

Students in New York sit for up to nine hours of Common Core testing, at the end of the school year, plus interim assessments and practice tests.

Put in a spray bottle and squirt on mold and let sit for up to one hour.

Let sit for about 5 minutes (or cover, place in refrigerator, and you could probably let sit for up to one day).

You only need to leave it covered for 10 minutes, but I've let mine sit for up to an hour when time allows.

Cold brew is made by steeping coffee grounds in cold or room - temperature water for an extended period of time (usually for hours, but it can sit for up to days), unlike regular brewed coffee that's heated.

Currently a vacant home will sit for up to two years before it is foreclosed upon.

Cover the bowl and leave to sit for up to 10 minutes in a dark place.

Sprinkle with the blue cheese, figs, and pine nuts, and serve; this can sit for up to 1 hour at room temperature.

Allow to sit for up to an hour so the tomatoes have time to marinate and absorb all the added flavor.

He claims that other plantain chip manufacturers will peel their fruit prior to shipment and the fruit may sit for up to 10 days.

This homemade rosemary no knead bread may seem in contrast to that idea because it's actually quite easy, but the key step that in the bread making process for this recipe is letting the dough sit for up to 24 hours.

You can let it sit for up to 4 hours, so go ahead and marinate, then do your shopping or protest on Washington or whatever, then come back and cook it.

«I can end up sitting for up to 12 hours either seeing patients or writing.

Not exact matches

«We saw a generation of people who normally would have started thinking about investing for the future and getting 401 (k) s set up sit on the sidelines.

I sat standing 1 foot away from somebody who's been in prison for 15 years of his life and I had 60 seconds to open up to him about something that causes me pain in my life while he stares into my eyes I found myself going deeper than I would with even friends or family.

He added: «You have to take responsibility for this as a media company because you are not a passive, sitting there, digital engineer, tightening the digital pipes, with your digital spanner, and not responsible for the flow - through content... you are responsible and you have to step up and take responsibility.

Unfortunately, in today's workplace, it seems more common than ever for businesses to hold numerous meetings and lengthy discussions, leading to anywhere up to 31 hours every month of employees sitting around, being unproductive.

I looked over at business travelers who showed up an hour before the flight, cruised through their no - wait check - in counter, waited in a private club room, sat in comfortable seats, ate gourmet dinners, claimed their bags first, and accrued mega-miles for their travels.

All the empathy, good will and best intentions won't make up for the fact that you're the one in the soup and they're sitting on the sidelines.

«And the risk of having money locked up for almost a year until launch, and up to 18 months after that launch - I've personally made the decision to sit on the sidelines.»

Speaking clearly and standing / sitting up straight are good basic principles of presentation but it's amazing what smiling and having animated body language can do for winning a deal.

The nonprofit organization behind the SAT college entrance exam has teamed up with a Silicon Valley pioneer in online education to make test preparation materials available for free starting Tuesday, a move aimed at making the college admissions race less stressful and more fair.

Not only does physically getting up now and again protect you from the truly horrible health consequences of too much sitting, but taking quick «smoke breaks» (sans cigarette) when you feel your mental energy depleting (for most folks around every 90 minutes seems to be a good rule of thumb) ensures you'll get more done in the long run.

He said it's better to pay five game designers to sit around for a year and think about and discuss, over lattes, the game they are going to design than to ramp up 200 designers and have them create a bad game because you can't stand not shipping something.

«People go through their lives for 20 years trying to go up the chain where they can sit in the same room and talk to Kevin,» Spieth told CNBC in an event in Boston unveiling Beantown's first Under Armour store.

Your chair should have built - in support for the curve in your lower back so you can sit up straight.

She added that much of her time on the show was her «standing up there forever in these terribly uncomfortable and inexpensive five - inch heels just waiting for someone to pick my number so I could go and sit down.»

During the time when he is working, he sets his computer to freeze for 60 seconds every hour, and does sit - ups, push - ups and other tasks during this mini-break.

As an added bonus, these sit - up alternatives for six - pack abs can be safer and even more effective than your usual go - tos, making them great additions to your current routine.

The list of potential directors, chosen by a committee expected to be made up of sitting directors and search - firm consultants, will eventually be available online to assist boards looking for female directors.

In addition to pull - ups and chin - ups, this model is designed for tricep dips, sit - ups, push - ups, and leg raises, though there is no backrest to assist with the leg raises.

You can also use the bar without door mounts for sit - up foot support and other light exercises.

Because when you're sitting in a start - up incubator or a shared tech workspace killing it with your team, and you're all surrounded by other smart, young techies who eat javascript for breakfast, it's a lot like living in an echo chamber lined with mirrors.

When Canada and the EU first sat down to hammer out a trade deal in 2009, the Europeans insisted the provinces be at the table, since many of the topics up for debate — procurement, labour mobility, agriculture — lie within provincial jurisdiction.

If I'm in the African bush and I see a lion sauntering up to me slowly, looking friendly, I'm not going to just sit down and wait for that lion fall asleep in my lap while I stroke its mane.

Health experts have responded by urging office workers to get up more often or even switch to a standing desk, but new research offers another easy way to trim the amount of time you spend sitting each day — opt for standing meetings.

Those who sit back and wait for things to happen for them often end up frustrated, disillusioned, and burned out.

«So I sat down at my teacher's desk and drew up plans for a planter that would give me something to grow vegetables in and herbs.»

Old and new sit comfortably side by side in Querétaro: when parents pick up their kids when school's over, at 1:30 p.m., they'll also pick up freshly made tortillas for comida, the afternoon meal.

Quebecor may want to sit back and wait for someone to consolidate Wind and Mobilicity — whether it's the two firms themselves joining up, U.S. giant Verizon, private equity or some other entity other than Bell, Rogers or Telus, someone is going to snap up the two firms.

And just because you sit behind a news desk or you sit behind any desk and spew off a few facts that somebody else probably looked up for you does not make you any more qualified than anyone else to have these conversations.

They want the perfect feature set, the PR company lined up to do the perfect press release, they want maximum coverage, rave reviews, viral adoption and they want to sit back and then wait for the signups to come roaring in.

Sitting around waiting for your smartphone to ring with news that your start - up will get the funding needed to finally start up?

One morning, after he woke — or maybe he was still up, he can't recall — he sat at the kitchen table and wrote «MyPillow» over and over until he'd sketched the rough logo for a product that didn't exist.

The government is sitting on a proposed bill that will open up new sources of financing for entrepreneurs everywhere.

Plus, time sitting on public transport is time she can use for reading, catching up on work projects, and making phone calls.

You might not need special clothes or long hours («Undertake a commitment to try to sit three times a week for five to 10 minutes to begin with, working up to 20 every day,» Salzberg suggests), but you do need appropriate expectations and a good guide.

As a young programmer, Bill Gates, for instance, was famed for working at his keyboard until he nodded off, still sitting up.