Sentences with phrase «standing on»

«I understand why, as a landlord, you have to have regulations and have proper inspections,» she said, standing on the back patio of D.C. Reynolds, a Parkview bar and the final stop of the night.

It meant standing on shifting sands, to do such.

Who, after all, after Harvey Weinstein, wants to be seen as anything other than standing on the side of victims and against predatory men?

In a memo posted on Nokia's internal blog earlier this week he told staff that the company was «standing on a burning platform» and that «we're not even fighting [Apple and Google] with the right weapons».

Just as Facebook's changes to its News Feed algorithm can cause huge swings in a website's traffic graphs, Amazon holds a lot of power to dictate exactly how much money others can earn from standing on its shoulders.

Just prior to Mr. Porter's lecture, I had the honour of standing on stage in front of more than 600 business leaders to unveil our new logo, which we have been working on since our Members voted overwhelmingly to change our name back in January.

We're standing on the edge of the chatbot revolution, and I'm reminded of how I felt when those first apps hit the store in 2007.

A copy of bitcoin standing on PC motherboard is seen in this illustration picture, October 26, 2017.

Ten years ago, the world was standing on the brink of the Global Financial Crisis.

Lastly, it's important to keep making loan payments until your deferment or forbearance has been granted, as any missed payments before this point will be counted as delinquent — potentially ruining your effort to stay in good standing on your loans.

It would leave some margin for safety, and a business standing on its own two feet for the first time and management team that wants to prove itself.

«The focus is on teams hitting goals as opposed to standing on other people's heads to get a new title, or something silly like that.

And the expense associated with the president - elect standing on the steps of the Capitol and putting his hand on a Bible comes from taxpayers, not donors; it's managed by a separate congressional planning committee.

Master standing on principle, in danger, for as long as it takes.

In most major U.S. cities, and many around the world, there's an alternative to standing on a street corner flailing an arm for a taxi.

Sir Isaac Newton masterfully deflected credit and admitted the debt he owed others when he said «If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.»

Entrepreneurs who have achieved this level of intellectual agility reach new heights by standing on the shoulders of their network until they can fly.

Twitter promptly seized on the statement, drawing comparisons to an infamous May 2003 speech in which President George W. Bush proudly declared the end of a major US presence in Iraq while standing on an aircraft carrier in front of a banner that said, «Mission Accomplished.»

But there's really no other feeling I've experienced like standing on stage in front of thousands of people who are there to see you, who seem so genuinely thrilled, singing lyrics you wrote in your bedroom years before.

While standing on a mountaintop, you might pause to consider how lucky you are not to be working, then feel elated at your freedom.

When I'm standing on stage, why does Glass give me Tweets?

Someone in a rabbit costume standing on a dock with their back turned to the camera?

Standing on the shore of a lake.

Cahill is now fully responsible for the direction of Kraft's $ 18 billion business, which has been standing on its own the past few years after the company's 2012 spin off of Mondelez (MDLZ).

My father had 10,000 flight hours and was afraid of standing on a chair to change a light bulb.

As Sir Isaac Newton eloquently put it, «If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulder of giants.»

But all that most people saw when they looked at the magazine cover was a fully - clothed boy of about four or five years old standing on a chair to breastfeed.

We might be reduced to doing it the old - fashioned way: standing on the curb and waving our arms in a desperate attempt to attract a driver's attention, like some feral primate without a smartphone.

Some locals will tell you that you can see their whole state by standing on a phone book.

The governor, standing on the steps of the capitol with the Tesla CEO, called Musk «a rare visionary who has the courage to reach beyond and to convert the unthinkable into reality.»

Joan and I are very proud of our children, Holly and Sam, for standing on their own two feet, and happy that we have all remained so close.

Audi's Super Bowl ad features a young girl blazing to a first - place finish in a go - cart race while her father, standing on the sidelines, wonders how he can explain to his daughter why it is that men are paid more than women.

As Murphy had been standing on the floor for more than nine hours, his own young sons, ages 4 and 7, briefly appeared in the Senate gallery.

We've all seen photos on social media of people standing on the rim of the Grand Canyon watching a video of where they are standing.

A young woman I hadn't met was standing on a wide ledge that ran along the side of the hotel just below the windowsill.

I'm standing on Mars.

For eBay, the technology is yet another step forward in the capabilities it built for Minkoff, and before that for Kate Spade, for which the tech giant created an interactive storefront at four Manhattan stores that allowed customers standing on the street to pick merchandise, and place an order.

Standing on the podium was great, but what I really loved was the process of getting to the point where you could stand on that top step.

I opened it a crack and saw a man standing on the steps with grocery bags filled with enough food for a big Thanksgiving dinner.

You might also try mounting your pull - up bar lower or standing on a box.

«I think this place needs more daytime hubs,» he says, standing on a south - facing balcony.

Some stretches include making circular motions with each ankle clockwise and counter-clockwise or standing up in the aisle and bending at the waist to reach for your toes to stretch hamstrings or standing on one leg bending the opposite knee to bring the heel to your buttock and holding for 15 seconds while grabbing onto a seat for balance support.

The best example I can think of in recent years is that of the POM Wonderful bottle which resembles, in large part, a turn - of - the - century barbell standing on one end.

Standing on a stage set up on a high school football field, Rutan and Paul Allen, the multibillionaire Microsoft co-founder who has sunk some $ 25 million into SpaceShipOne, struggled with the kitchen - table - size ceremonial check as some 600 local space fanatics cheered lustily.

Quite possibly, we are standing on the precipice of a virtual reality revolution that will further enhance our personal and work lives in ways we can't yet imagine.

Remember, your next client, deal or referral partner can come from striking up a simple conversation while waiting in line at a store or standing on the subway.

«I was standing on wooden crates looking out at hundreds of people and all of a sudden, I was like, «Man, we better make this work,»» says Raider.

We had trepidations at first, not wanting people to think that we were standing on our soapbox.

Sonnekalb says when people play The Mars 2030 Experience they will be seeing the team's best efforts to re-create what it would look like if someone was actually standing on Mars today.

This is not the time to have such a large number of women standing on the economic sidelines.