Sentences with phrase «standing off by»

I also tried to talk to those who were standing off by themselves since that was me last year.

Not exact matches

This group includes wafflers who either don't have a lot of confidence in their decision making and hope by putting off choosing others might decide for them, or those who enjoy the feeling of being able to stand in judgment of others without committing to any course of action themselves.

Lately, I've found that even the mission - critical business ideas that make it through my first set of filters have to address another elephant in the room: the question of whether this startup is building something that's going to become a free - standing and independent business or whether it's developing a great feature that is going to be swallowed up, ripped off, or rolled over by one of the big guys in their space in the near future.

AYR, which stands for All Year Round, originated as a part of Bonobos and spun off in 2015 as an independent company led by Jac Cameron, Maggie Winter, and Max Bonbrest.

The stand - off also comes amid a growing campaign by politicians, regulators and courts across Europe to rein in Google's power over the Internet search market and the impact it has on deeply ingrained social norms around personal privacy.

Russian annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, triggering economic sanctions by the European Union and United States and a tense stand - off in the region.

It is likely more modern stand - off weapons like the UK's MBDA Storm Shadow and French SCALP - EG cruise missile along with the new AGM - 158 JASSM - ER (Joint Air - to - Surface Standoff Missile Extended Range) were highly effective in Friday night's strike on Syria by UK, France and the U.S..

Westech stood by its employees even when the price of oil fell to $ 26 a barrel, with Lapp proudly noting that the company did not lay off a single person.

By the end of June, six years after the passage of Dodd - Frank, bank business loans of less than $ 1 million stood at $ 328 billion — not very far off from that 2008 peak.

Protestors, their friends and reporters for various financial media were asked several times by staff and security to step off the building's premises, and stand only on the public street.

Anyway, I stand by my belief that if you are a happy person with a healthy dose of self - esteem, it's hard to tell others to f off once you have f you money.

Get employees off their seats; reduce the sedentariness of office life by providing «active desk» options, such as standing or treadmill desks.

With over half of the team's season tickets sold by brokers the team stands to make a large profit off of the booming business of resale., signalling the beginning of a new era of Canadian baseball business.

Whereas before, the real concern was that there would be a stand - off between Greece and its creditors, and Greece would end up leaving the Eurozone almost by accident.

House prices in London have slipped by 1.5 percent over the past year as a series of adverse political and economic factors have combined to cause an ongoing stand - off between potential buyers and sellers, according to data from Rightmove on Monday.

They stand alone in Canada as having delivered five consecutive balanced budgets and have put our province in the unique position to pay off the government's operating debt by 2021.

The Rev. David L. Norgard, who is openly gay and is chairman of the national church's Standing Commission on Evangelism, says, «I'm thoroughly convinced, and hold it as a point of faith, that in the long run people are turned off by a church that excludes.»

When people do not know where they are in their standing with God, when people are uncertain whether a sin they committed caused God to take away their eternal life or not, it is like the little girl who picks a daisy and one by one, takes off the petals saying with each one, «He loves me — He loves me not.»

Exercising your coping abilities by standing off (perhaps with a counselor's help) and getting an overview of the situation, then deciding on one option, and moving into action, usually makes you feel less helpless.

We are part of a culture that stands by and watches as famine, disease and corrupt governments kill off millions of children who had the misfortune to be born into developing countries.

It's like picking teams for any sport where no one wants to be picked by the Captain who's pants fell around his ankles tripping the whole team up and losing the game last time... the Christians are standing off to the side trying to hide behind the bleachers to avoid getting picked by him and being made to look foolish.

There is no need to shrug and assume that current government - funded schemes of sex education or vague imitations of them are the only way forward: Catholic schools are popular and highly - regarded by the public in general in Britain and in a stand - off between them and officialdom the latter might find it had fewer allies than it imagines.

As we checked in, E and I were hauled in front of a security officer to taste the revolting baby food we were carrying; Hugh's Calpol was unceremoniously confiscated; E had to prise the teddy bear from his hands [the response was what E fondly calls auto - waa] and just in case mother and child were not feeling sufficiently browned off by this stage in the proceedings, I was forced to stand the other side of the security barrier while my baby and hispushchair were searched.

And shall not memory be able to remind him of that time when he sneaked away by underhanded means, in order to avoid a decision; of that time when he gave the matter another turn, in order to please men; of that time that he deserted his post, in order to let the storm pass over; of that time he knuckled under, in order to secure an easing off of his painful position; of that time he sought refuge and association with others — perhaps, as it is called, in order to work all the more effectively for the Good's victory, that is, in order to make his own position a little less difficult than as though at the midnight hour, somewhat terror - stricken, one stood all alone «with heavily loaded weapons at his dangerous post.»

As it stands now, if I make a charitable contribution of $ 500, that reduces my taxable income by $ 500, which gets me back about 25 % of that $ 500, and that's only if I'm better off itemizing than taking standard deduction (I'm not).

I'll recommend it to other people standing at the door of the rooms turned off by the God - language.

They then had to deal with the possibility of being attacked by carnivores, and they came to deal with this threat by running away rather than by standing on their hind legs and trying to fight off the attack with their front feet, as giraffes do, for instance.

a formation is supposed to be in tight unison without standouts other wise it throws off the professionalism of it, so by him standing alone in his own thing we no longer looked professional.

An Anglican priest who married his same sex partner and was struck off has stood by his decision to go... More

° (116) Rev. 18:10 - 13 — «Latin has one theme and that is Rome, the mother of Europe, and the great Babylon, the harlot whose doom is described by the writer of the Apocalypse: «Standing far off... etc. («Place of Classics in Education,» AE 105f).

The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, 16 and saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!

And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, 18 and cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!

Our flocks wander off as we shepherds stand by bewildered by the books people are choosing to read, the films they are lauding and the values they are embracing in the name of Christ.

In The Stand, King's magnum opus — or at least his best book, since he would probably give the magnum - opus nod to his bloated, interminable seven - volume Dark Tower saga — the survivors of a global superflu face off in an apocalyptic battle royale, but the superflu itself is an entirely human creation, a dark thing conjured up by the just - doing - our - job good men in the U.S. military and released into the world by simple human error.

If we claim to be saved, but our hearts are still so unchanged and hard that we stand by while people are hungry, naked, sick, in gaol, or homeless, then it probably isn't too far off the mark to ask what Jesus would have to say about us.

Plump strawberries and ripe raspberries are sitting there on the produce stands even in the dead of winter, but fresh cranberries make their first appearance in October and are usually off the shelves by Christmas.

Visitors can win a holiday for two to the Mediterranean by taking part in 30 % off a new in - store shelf display facia or stand (UK).

That alone is enough to put me off from going out and make me want to stand by the window with a warm cup of tea.

(And the burnt ones actually tasted good the next day, to the delight of my cookie - slighted family who had to stand by while I boxed these up and shipped them off.)

Do this by cutting off and inch or two from each end, and using either end as a base to stand it up.

Foster's split off Treasury as a stand - alone wine company in 2011 after generally poor results running beer and wine businesses side - by - side.

However, I do excel at making the perfect from fridge - to - grill in less than ten minutes, crispy perfect skin and fall off the bone meat in 40 minutes by using the beer butt chicken recipe (indirect grill heat by standing up the chicken on a partially full can).

The state's agriculture and planning ministers on Wednesday announced the changes, triggered by the embarrassing stand - off last year between Murrindindi Shire Council and wagyu beef farmer David Blackmore, when the council in north - eastern Victoria refused to grant him a permit to continue his high - profile farming operation.

Remove the kernels from the corn by slicing off the bottom to make an even surface then stand the corn upright and move your knife down the cob removing the kernels on all sides.

Neither Woolworths nor Coke would comment on whether the stand - off was influenced by other commercial issues, such as Woolworths» trading terms or an ongoing range review.

Turn off the heat and leave to stand for 15 minutes, by which time the mixture should have cooled to about 40ºC.

Mr Spalvins was also scathing about the attempts by Foster's Group to manage such a large stable of wine brands prior to Treasury splitting off as a stand - alone wine company in mid-2011.

Mr Davis finished a 13 - year stint running CCA earlier this year and prior to taking up that role had been the managing director of the wine division run by Foster's Group, which eventually transformed into Treasury when Foster's split it off to be a stand - alone wine company in mid-2011.

The AGM season kicks off in earnest on Tuesday with Telstra and Cochlear, followed by CSL, Treasury Wine Estates, Brambles, Aurizon Holdings, Healthscope, BHP Billiton's London AGM on Thursday and IAG on Friday, after outgoing Myer chairman Paul McClintock became the first victim of AGM season after standing down last week.

By the time the sellout gallery of 40,000 (the gates were locked before Palmer teed off) had finally wandered off at the end of the day and left the Augusta National's green acres looking like a dump heap, Palmer stood 10 strokes under par for the tournament — five better than Bruce Devlin, a young Australian who observed, «The way Arnold is playing, I guess the rest of us are just shooting for second place.»