Sentences with phrase «standing on the branch»

Even though the mustard seed is so small when it is planted in the ground, it grows into a tree large enough for birds to stand on its branches and to make their nests in it.

He was above her, standing on a branch some thirty feet away, grinning.

Not exact matches

There's a 25 - horsepower engine, commercial grade «deck» you can stand on if needed, and a roll - bar you can lower to fit under tree branches if needed.

While his standing among troops has likely been burnished by some of his policies — like boosting spending and reducing executive - branch input in battlefield decision - making — he has faced public criticism on some initiatives, like raising the budget and expanding US involvement in Afghanistan.

But as matters now stand, the government attack on the Branch Davidians is among the most blatant and costly instances of state persecution of religion in American history.

His reflections on these issues culminate in chapter 11, where the theme of Israel's apistia arises once again in Paul's metaphor about the olive branches broken off the tree: «They were broken off because of their apistia, but you [gentiles] stand only through pistas... But even these, if they do not persist in apistia, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again.»

He maintains that it simply stands for the power of the Court, as a coequal branch of government, to act on its own interpretation of the Constitution in deciding what it can and can not do.

A few words of caution: deep - frying is cooking with a vat of very hot (350 to 375 degrees F.) oil, so be sure the stand is very sturdy and placed on a level surface away from overhanging branches.

They are abundant in the Mediterranean and in Bulgaria, and growing up, I loved how I could find a mulberry tree on a random street, and all I had to do was stand up on my tippy toes, and grab a handful of fruit, from the low - hanging, berry - laden tree branches.

«This was a bustling place in the middle of the 19th Century, «said Gerald W. Adelmann, president of the Canal Corridor Association, as he stood on the banks at the confluence of Bubbly Creek and the South Branch.

Cradleboards were used during periods when the infant's mother had to travel or otherwise be mobile for work... The cradleboard could be carried on the mother's back... The cradleboard can also be stood up against a large tree or rock if the infant is small, or hung from a pole (as inside an Iroquois longhouse), or even hung from a sturdy tree branch...

Have progress had their own branch meetings to deselect sitting MPs, have they stood against the candidate, have they controls of council, that break the law, on rate capping?

«All branches of the federal government should stand on the side of the citizens they were created to serve.

Co-convener Patrick Harvie, when quizzed on why his party was standing just three candidates in Scotland, said: «Our local branches make their own decisions and most of our local branches have decided they've put their energy, time and money into the local election campaigns this year and they're not in a position to run in every constituency.

By 1960 it was announced that the old branch would be demolished to make way for a new structure on the same site The present building now stands at 2010 South Park.

I would have thought that if I put myself up in Essex to stand the local Ukip branches would reject me on the basis that I wasn't one of them.

The spider attaches a line of silk to the tree branch she is standing on, by the side of a river, and bungee - jumps into space.

Take our ancestor Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), who stood less than four feet tall, swung from tree branches, and ran easily along the ground on two feet more than 3 million years ago.

Except for what my eyes can tell me as I stare intently through the fog of my safety glasses at both my boot and the saw ripping through the branch on which that boot is standing, I have no way of distinguishing between the two.

He then stood on the box, lifted his trunk and easily pulled down the branch.

Foerder explained that in one smooth motion, the clever elephant rolled the box directly to the branch and stood on the box to get the food.

Sure you all probably use a cake stand here and there, but I think we did a pretty good job of branching out on that one.

It's branches are gorgeous and I would love to display this one on a stand in the corner of my living room!

More wood (grape wood branch here) and warm tones (similar tray here) on the other night stand along with a nice arrangement to give us spring to think about right around the corner.

You could argue that JEETLY is excluding women over the height of 5» 3 but we needed to take a stand for petite women and focus on fulfilling the needs of the under - served customer in fashion before we branch out to other sizes.

The three pillars on the flag stand for the three branches of government: the Courts, Legislative and Executive, and above the pillars is an arch which represents the constitution.

With the Republicans taking a tough line, that may leave the President with no option but to stand by the most partisan of his friends in the legislative branch, who are hoping to put congressional Republicans on that electrified Social Security rail.

Then she imagined the trees as they would soon look in the full blaze of autumn color — and then afterward, in winter, as a field of bare - branched giants standing on a blanket of white.

She tied her bow to the thin nylon rope that hung from the stand, then climbed to the platform, stepping and pulling her way up by the metal pegs set into the trunk, careful not to catch her pack on branches.

For example, WAMU had a branch right next to the WFC I worked at, and not only were they unprofessional (slacks and polo shirts sitting on chairs compared to our suits standing up all day... I envied that then), it also took me over an hour to set up a free checking account... and the banker I was with couldn't speak decent English.

Some are made to keep squirrels out when needed, can hold two or more types of food and can be put on a stand, hung from a branch or attached to a porch railing.

Be ready to stop and wait for the local Menjangan deer to enjoy a drink or nibble at the young leaves on the low hanging branches, they are quite shy so you need to stand still.

Not only does this add to the rainforest enjoyment, you can stand on tree tops and spot the howler monkeys swinging from branches.

For your first few hours you'll probably meander through Drangleic via the interconnected paths that branch off from the safe haven of hub town Majula, unaware of where to go next or what to do yet you'll press on, slowly uncovering new routes and methods of dispatching the numerous enemies that stand in your way until you're standing face to face with a fallen giant who then proceeds to tear off his arm and bludgeon you with it.

The stand - out title for me has always been the last game released for the NES, Castlevania III, with it's branching story paths and ability to swap characters with distinctive move sets, giving the player genuine choices on how to approach the various levels.

A crude chair made of sheetrock, pants hung inside out on tree branches, a wall built of plywood and cardboard all stand in for their absent owners.

A variety of willow, its trunk is less than a foot thick and stands only a dozen feet, but its leaves hang on limp branches that hang around it like a billowing hoop skirt.

It stands entirely apart from all other branches in attempting to do thermodynamics on the basis of a simplistic radiative algebra that does not even recognize the significance of the density of the atmosphere in setting the surface temperature.

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Common law, as the body of law made by judges, 7 stands in contrast to and on equal footing with statutes which are adopted through the legislative process, and regulations which are promulgated by the executive branch.

But the legislature and the executive might not stand in the same relation to these principles; indeed, the same branch might interact with them very differently depending on the issue at hand.

Our Standing Committees advise the Alberta Branch on overarching issues, while our Section Committees deal with topics that cross several areas of legal practice.

One is indoors all day working on code, the other is flinging ropes around braches, using chainsaws at 10 meters high and cutting branches that could easily crush a small car let alone an unsuspecting afternoon jogger who didn't see the stand clear signs posted around the work area.

Sitting on a Loowatt loo feels no different to sitting on my toilet at home in New York City — except when I look up there's no roof, just a man standing in a mango tree, shaking the branches to release the fruit.

«L» here stands for the Lemon Meringue Pie in question, «R» is for the code branch that the build originates from, «W» indicates the third quarter of the year, and, finally, the number 50 are the days going into the quarter, which would peg the LRW50 release happening on August 19th, while «D» is the fourth edition for that same day.

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All along the branches of the trees the snow was piled like feathers, and it lay in mounds along the top of the rail fence, and stood up in great, white balls on top of the gate - posts.»

Confession: We've almost trimmed our tree branches like this on accident while trying to get the tree to fit in our tree stand, but never on purpose.

My one and a half year old pulled it down on top of himself, the stand broke, there is a huge hole where branches fell off, and the star on top is bent and leaning to the right!

Do you still honour the tradition of having a tree, but can't stand the hassle of bringing a forest indoors and slaving away for hours on a stepladder reaching those high branches?