Sentences with phrase «stand back at»

I would find it difficult to accept that God wants us to stand back at a safe distance rather than getting as close as we possibly can.

It was the opening shot in a bitter battle between Miller and the Telegraph, but the rest of the press largely stood back at the time.

For most of Keiko Suenobu's Limit, the girls have been contending with both the elements and rifts initially caused by their various social standings back at school.

The truth is, if you've only just joined and are standing back at a distance to observe, what's missing is YOU.

Not exact matches

Standing before two dozen hospital staff, he circles back to the argument he deployed earlier in the day, that «if the Senate did change, we could at least confront the President with some difficult choices.»

According to Gartner, most companies in this space plow an average of 20 % of their revenues back into R&D; Kinaxis's R&D spending stands at 17 %.

Moreover, the post-recession GDP growth rate currently stands at 2.2 %, compared to a 4.4 % average for the previous seven recessions dating back to 1960.

Tesla's sudden change in fortune stands in marked contrast to Fisker Automotive, a competing alternative car company now on the verge of bankruptcy and at the center of controversy over $ 192 million in federal funding that it's unlikely to pay back.

Johnston, welcoming MPs back to work after a month - long delay, opened the speech by noting that «the eyes and ears of Canadians turn toward this Parliament, in trust that those who stand here in their place will relentlessly advance and uphold the ideals that are inclusive, honourable, selfless, smart and caring at every turn without fail.»

Back in October, the panel allocated only 1 % of government funds to such a measure; today the number stands at 14 %.

Initially touted as potential $ 1 - billion - a-year-plus product, Dengvaxia net sales stood at 3 million euros ($ 3.71 million) in 2017 as Sanofi was forced to buy back unused doses.

«Once he joined, we took a step back and looked at the product as it stood,» Systrom reflected on Quora.

Occasionally I see people sitting on the back deck; on those occasions that happens, she's always standing at the limit of her chain, as close to them as she can be.

In just a few months, we have learned that Flynn lied to Mike Pence, Vice President - elect, about obtaining a security clearance for Flynn's son during the presidential transition; that during the same period, as President Obama was imposing sanctions on Russia for election meddling, Flynn communicated with the Russian ambassador about those sanctions, hinting that President Trump would take a softer line, and then lied to Pence about it (and stood by while Pence publicly repeated that lie); that Flynn was not truthful when questioned by the FBI about the same topic; and that Flynn spoke at a gala for RT, the Kremlin - backed propaganda network and received payments from RT, but dissembled about the source of the payments and seems to have failed to follow U.S. regulations about reporting them.

«It stands to reason the eight schools in the official Ivy League account for 10.7 percent of total capital raised and 7 percent of companies - talking undergrad numbers here - to get at least a first round of venture financing, as pedigree accounts for a lot when it comes to backing a first - time entrepreneur,» he wrote.

Here is a look back at the past 24 months in sports championships and why they stand up to any two - year span in North American sports history.

In Asian trade on Thursday, the dollar index stood at 92.508, having slipped back from that four - month high.

At a very high level, I'm investing in ventures where I believe we stand a chance of getting our money back within a timeframe we're willing to wait, getting a return on capital (including financial and impact returns), and investing in someone we trust.

Getting machines to become «superhuman» at certain tasks without feeding them human data has been a long - standing challenge in the AI research community, which is held back when human data is too expensive, too unreliable, or simply unavailable.

Back in ’84 it stood at $ 46,000; today it's above $ 110,000.

Finally, by substituting the historic linear trend above into the IRR term of this equation, and the industry average investment period of 13 years into the c term, we get the following formula, which shows that nominal R&D productivity / ROI currently stands at about 1.2 (i.e., we get only 20 % back on top of our original R&D investment after 13 years), is declining exponentially by about 10 % per year, and will hit 1.0 (zero net return on investment) by 2020:

Now that I've come back to update it on December 31st, 2014, the figure stands at more than $ 15,000,000.

The Fed usually assigns an inflation target, which currently stands at 2 %, and adjusts interest rates, prints money, or buys back debt to reach such a target.

Here at The Atlantic, my esteemed colleague Alexis Madrigal has already weighed in on the debate: According to dozens of guidebooks dating back to the early days of the internet, imho stands for «in my humble opinion.»

VICTORIA — Merran Smith, executive director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to British Columbia's throne speech: «If there was one line that stood out for me today, it was the one about getting B.C. back on track.

«Canada's deficit now stands at a record level on the back of what appears to be strengthening domestic demand.»

One website estimates Bitcoin's death toll stands at 249 and counting, dating back to 2010.

Looking back at the visit, it stands in stark contrast to Modi's recent meetings with leaders of the United States, Germany and France, where we saw both political focus and media attention on climate change and clean energy.

You may be lucky enough to pick a short term top that will make you feel smart for a day or even a week; then suddenly you will be left standing at the station with your hands and money in your pockets, watching as the Gold Rocket Ship takes off and you will not have the courage to jump back in at accelerating new highs.

The Hard Assets Alliance stands out from most dealers in that we do not buy the metal back from our clients, which would put their metal value at the mercy of the dealer.

It's natural to commemorate big anniversaries and look back at historic market events and compare them to where things stand in the present day.

Marketers need to stand back and look at it.

Passing the Standing Stones of Stenness you will stop at the Ring of Brodgar; a huge ceremonial circle of stones dating back almost 5000 years.

Osborne stood his ground on Wednesday, however, insisting there would be no choice but to make extremely tough spending decisions to protect the economy.Cameron backed him and the former Labour chancellor Alistair Darling, at prime minister's questions, saying the financial shock of leaving the EU must not be ignored.

The ovation lasted for several minutes as the brothers returned to their places at the back of the gym, eyes down, faces flush, sitting while each student stood and turned to face them.

after I learn to control my anger, started watching people to figuring out why they do what they do — then I started studying history, and when you stand back and look at humanity and its history, a pattern emerges... and it can make one very cynical.

Only a person without logic could look at God's creation, could look at themselves, could look at the design of male and female and then stand back and say that it was just a big accident of time and chance.

I can remember standing in front of my church (about 60 people at the time) back in 2009 and boldly declaring that God was going to use our church to reach thousands of people for his kingdom in rural communities through a multi-site strategy.

The shirt has a double layer of ruffles on the front, a stand collar and a slight open back with a single button fastening at the back of the neck.

People look at this from the stand point of NOW... the early religious building were built to overwhelm and scare people so as to control them... early religious structure were not for the people to ENTER... they were places where the priest visited to SERVE THE GODS THAT LIVE OR VISITED THERE... AND GET MESSAGES FROM THE SECRET UNSEEN GODS to convey to the people... this goes back even before the great Egyptian temples and gods... way way back into prehistory.

Thanks Gary and Carol, your responses satisfy me that we're very close to being on the same page, maybe standing at nearly the same spot, back to back, defending it from attacks in opposing directions; that is to say we differ more in emphasis than in content.

CAMERON: Looking back at the last 15 years, what are some of the other Church trends that stand out to you?

Our part is to stand back, look at our lives and what we do with our time.

I stand back and look at the Bible tumping Right whose actions scream un-Christian and it is interesting how CNN and its ilk just ignore their behavior, I wonder why — in bed with FOX right?

Jesus, as God's Son, died on the Cross for our sins, then, after 3 days, He arose, He came back to life and is alive forevermore, Rev. 1:18, waiting continually for you to call on Him and accept Him as your Savior, He stands at your heart's door and knocks, seeking to come in, Rev, 3:20.

I do not expect nor wish for their approval, however as they stand on the street corners of America and call me the most vile of names and attempt to marginalize me and my family at the ballot box, I will and have fought back.

But if we stand back a little, and look at the phenomenon as a whole, we can see that all is not confusion.

«The entire picture was very shocking,» said Dr. Amy Barton, then a child abuse pediatrician at Children's Medical Center of Dallas, choking back tears on the stand.

The most popular of these shrine figures is the Virgin of Guadalupe, a dark - skinned (Indian) Mary whose veneration goes back to 1531.45 A basilica in her honor stands now at the place where she first appeared to a humble Indian, Juan Diego; and hundreds of thousands of Mexicans from all over the nation make pilgrimages there on the edge of Mexico City.

He is standing on the beach with Jesus, with the disciples in the boat in front of him and the townsfolk who banished him to the graveyard at his back.