Sentences with phrase «sit upon at»

Field knows how to milk such scenes as when Doris tricks John into re-inflating the exercise ball she is forced to sit upon at her desk for a quick thrill or when she bounces around like a giddy dervish to her first exposure to electronica music.

Misleading, inasmuch as the concept of a hot plate assumes an external heat source capable of maintaining an object sitting upon it at a constant temperature elevated above ambient, where radiation absorbed is equal to radiation emitted.

Not exact matches

Today's Evangelicals leaders need to get back to being preachers of the word like they were called upon to do and leave the judging to the ONLY ONE who has the authority to sit at the right hand of God.

The destruction of the voting assemblies of the eastern cities, which came about as a consequence of their inclusion in the empire, effectively left competition in the practice of benefactions as the only means by which the civic elites could compete for power in their localities; and success in this was dependent upon attaining the patronage of the man who sat at the top of the social pyramid.

But some Bunyan, writing Pilgrim's Progress in a prison where it was so damp that, as he cried, «The moss did verily grow upon mine eyebrows»; some Kernahan, born without arms and legs, but by sheer grit fighting his way up until he sat in the House of Commons; some Henry M. Stanley, born in a workhouse and buried in Westminster Abbey; some Dante, his Beatrice dead, he himself an exile from the city of his love, distilling all his agony into a song that became the «voice of ten silent centuries», or some more obscure and humble life close at hand where handicaps have been mastered, griefs have been built into character, disappointments have been turned into trellises, not left a bare, unsightly thing — such incarnations of fortitude and faith have infectious power.

The extraordinary thing is that while at times we may think that we can sit in judgment upon Jesus, all the while it is really he who judges us.

The Amundsen - Scott South Pole Station sits upon two miles of glacial ice at the bottom of the world.

If Aquinas at least tacitly acknowledges this by making all analogical predications depend upon the clearly literal distinction between Creator and Creature, he can also seem not to acknowledge it by flatly declaring that we can not know of God quid sit, but only an sit or quod sit.

Just like God, we sit around with our arms crossed and a scowl upon our faces at all the sin in other people's lives.

I remember being the one waking up early and wandering down the hall, coming upon him in his work clothes, sitting at the table with his Bible and his notebook or planner, quietly writing down our needs and writing down Scripture to guide his prayers for us.

But such a claim depends upon the arguments that the «Lord» sits at the right hand of God whereas the «son of David» sat upon an earthly throne, i.e. it depends on the argument of Acts 2.34 («For David did not ascend into the heavens; but he himself says, «the Lord said to my Lord, «Sit at my right hand... `» «-RRB-.

Jesus is the one that paid the price for our sins sits at the right hand of the Father and helps all those that call upon His name.

These little rhubarb tarts more or less forced themselves upon me, primarily because it's the cover recipe that glares at me from my nightstand, and because following our first farmers» market trip, my countertop became a holding place (by holding place, I mean they sat there for exactly 1 hour, if that) for two beautiful bunches of rhubarb.

At R'evolution, they let it sit for no less than six months, upon which simple syrup is added to the desired sweetness level and the fruit is strained out.

Duval, once upon a time the top - ranked player in the game, came to Disney as the designated Bubble Boy, sitting squarely at No. 125 on the money list, a mild surprise considering that he nearly won the U.S. Open in June.

Sitting at the Red Rock restaurant in Norman, Okla., during a meal with Mayfield earlier this month, Browns general manager John Dorsey looked upon the landscape outside and quipped, «Here's what we're gonna do: Open up restaurants right here, all lined up, and they're all gonna be food trucks.»

Upon facing Valencia at the weekend, Sevilla sit 4th in the table behind Atletico and Barcelona and just six points from leaders Real Madrid.

Today, from the touchline, he can call upon Casemiro, and it is striking just how many similarities can be drawn between the Real team of today and the first wave of Galacticos that Zizou sat at the heart of, not only dictating play but defining an era; defining a style.

Then, while sitting in the chair at my hairdresser, where much of my reading on popular culture occurs, I stumbled upon an article by Turkish author Elif Shafak in this month's Vogue magazine.

Once upon a time, we sat in a cafe with two other moms and started comparing notes about where we pump at work and where we have pumped.

«Take notice that the appellant being dissatisfied with the decision of the governorship election tribunal for Rivers state, sitting in Abuja, contained in the judgment of the tribunal coram Hon. Justice Suleiman Ambursa (chairman), Hon. Justice Wesley Ibrahim Leha (member) and Hon. Justice Bayo Taiwo (member)(sitting in court no. 23 of the FCT high court dated the 24th of October 2015, doth hereby appeal to the court of appeal upon the grounds set out in paragraph 3 and will at the hearing seek the reliefs set out in paragraph 4,» the statement read.

With the July 11 deadline nearly upon us (tomorrow at midnight is the cut - off, with reports due to the state Board of Elections on the 15th), all the candidates have redoubled their fundraising efforts — even Cuomo, who was sitting on more campaign cash than anyone else ($ 16.1 million) back in January.

Brave men and women have already waged this battle, sitting in defiance of discrimination at lunch counters to insist on service and the fulfillment of the promises of equality that this nation was built upon.»

One woman makes a face upon tasting her beverage, and that grimace is repeated by a number of other generic tea sippers until the final image: Maloney himself sitting at a diner counter with a mug in his hand, saying: «It's clearly time for a change.»

But perhaps the most dated of the technology ads was one that appeared in November 1999: It depicts a man sitting at a computer in a narrow Spanish street, oblivious as the rampaging bulls of Pamplona charge down upon him.

you do not know how longingly I look upon you, You must be he I was seeking, or she I was seeking, (it comes to me, as of a dream,) I am not to speak to you, I am to think of you when I sit alone or wake at night alone, I am to wait, I do not doubt I am to meet you again, I am to see to it that I do not lose you.

Upon investigation, Parker and his colleagues found that in humans, the greatest concentration of biofilms was in the appendix; in rats and baboons, biofilms are concentrated in the cecum, a pouch that sits at the same location.

Steve: It was Newton who said, «If I can see farther, it's because I've stood on the shoulders of giants» and it was, I believe, Gerald Holton, the historian of science, who once commented at a dinner, «We are now privileged to sit side by side with the giants upon whose shoulders we stand».

I spent hours upon hours at a time sitting there staring at a screen.

When a person is stuck sitting at a desk for hours every day for years upon years, the body responds graciously with radiating low back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, or nagging neck pain (just to name off a few conditions).

Here's a list of Frequently Asked Questions to help give you much - needed peace of mind upon knowing the right information sitting at the back of your mind.

Friendly, voluble Treat Williams broke into an infectious grin as he sat down with me to talk about the restored version of 1984's «Once Upon A Time In America» in late September, as the movie was about to play at the New York Film Festival and then see release in a comprehensive Blu - ray package.

There's an observation deck on Icarus II from which the crew members can stare at the sun through a heavily - filtered screen, and at times Boyle invites us to gaze upon this burning star in a similarly awed manner, pulling off some wonderful visual coups such as the sun being reflected off the giant shield which sits at the front of the ship.

Penn said he was sitting two feet away from the filmmaker at the recently concluded Palm Springs International Film Festival when it was remarked upon that Slumdog Millionaire «s Freida Pinto — also present at both events — was very beautiful.

Upon sitting down to indulge in a special dinner, Paul spills the news that he's been offered a better job at an out - of - town firm.

Xenoblade Chronicles» long - awaited sequel is finally upon us and the review scores across the board are all incredibly positive, sitting pretty at a high 85 on Metacritic.

But it's a worthy look at men weighing their lives, recalling their misspent days of youth while sitting upon the precipice of old age.

A worthy look at men weighing their lives, recalling their misspent days of youth while sitting upon the precipice of old age.

Upon the film's release at the end of last year in UK cinemas my fiancé still expressed a desire to watch it, to which I begrudgingly accepted to go and sit down and watch.

If you train a different lens upon all this, however, you realize that you're looking at a badly messed - up system, one that privileges some kids over others, that extends rights to some citizens that others don't have, that invites finagling by both seekers and suppliers of educational services (and countless intermediaries), and that ends up being costlier than it needs to be, not to mention sitting substantially beyond the reach of policymakers seeking to apportion scarce education dollars across multiple legitimate causes, needs, and priorities.

Giroux caricatures the traditional classroom as one where «students sit in rows staring at the back of each others» heads and at the teacher who faces them in symbolic, authoritarian fashion»; «events are governed by a rigid time schedule imposed by a system of bells and reinforced by cues from teachers»; we «glorify the teacher as the expert [and] dispenser of knowledge»; «social relationships... are based upon power relations inextricably linked to the teacher's allotment of grades»; and tracking «alienates students from schooling.»

First shown as a thinly disguised concept at this year's Geneva Motor Show and sitting underneath the recently refreshed QX50, the all - new 2017 Infiniti QX30 is the brand's first attempt at the growing compact crossover segment, already crowded with vehicles like the Audi Q3, BMW X1 and the vehicle the QX30 is based upon, the Mercedes - Benz GLA - Class.

So I came in just to browse around and thought of interest in a Dodge Charger and in doing so I was helped by Travis my salesperson very knowledgeable sat down and talked with me see what I was interested in looking for and again I was only looking my day off so I'm just driving around looking for cars of Interest was not planning on purchasing at this point but after sitting down with Travis he showed me some cars told me some more things I didn't know about the Dodge Charger and upon doing so on our conversation showed me a 2018 Dodge Charger SRT that was in transport to the dealership I have to say i put a deposit down on the car it came in and it's amazing and this is my first purchase of a brand new car thank you to Travis and Jesse very much for all your help and for putting me in my dream car I will definitely recommend you both and also Hudson Valley Dodge Jeep Ram

According to her husband, he arrived home to find her sitting at the kitchen table with a plate of peanuts in front of her, and upon seeing him she stuffed a handful into her mouth and then went into anaphylatic shock.

According to her husband, he arrived home to find her sitting at the kitchen table with a plate of peanuts in front of her, and upon seeing him she stuffed a handful into her mouth and then went into anaphylactic shock.

We all sat at the table, backs straight in the formal wish that there might be real food served upon it.

He grimaced at the sight, approached and sat upon the edge of the bed.

Joan assessed the crowd, lighting upon the most interesting: young men turning white T - shirts into art, pinching the material tight and rubber - banding each section until they looked like porcupines being dipped into huge steaming vats of colored dyes; the young woman with a bird's nest of purple hair sitting at a potter's wheel, slamming down hunks of clay, her hands moving nearly as fast as the wheel, cups, vases, plates, bowls, trays, appearing like magic; the elderly man in a worn blue linen suit, a jaunty straw boater on his head, a smeared palette tight in his hand, painting a mammoth canvas of people on a beach staring out at an ocean where a sailboat bobbed in the distance, though he himself was standing in a mowed field; the handsome young man at an old - fashioned school desk, a manual typewriter in front of him, a stack of paper to the side.

Authors need to understand that I sit at my desk for hours upon hours working on their interior file and cover and if I'm going to have to redo work that I've already spend hours on because of something the author didn't do correctly, then I need to be compensated for my time.

An American women studied medicine at a college in Africa, only to discover upon returning to the US that the school was not accredited and she was not eligible to sit the medical board exams.