Sentences with phrase «stature by»

The Naxos label also has gained stature by pioneering groundbreaking projects like the American Classics series.

Meanwhile, the NYT itself this week characterized its survival strategy as built around its resiliency, shoring up its stature by filling in voids left by cutbacks at other newspapers.

During its history, Kurimanzutto has achieved international stature by following that anti-model.

The rise of these stripped - back fares pits the traditional carriers against low - cost counterparts such as Norwegian and WOW air, two airlines growing in stature by offering cheap seats to long - haul destinations.

As every owner of a small dog knows, these mighty mites may be small in stature by not in their willingness to stand up to much larger dogs and even people.

Vikander makes a point of revealing Lara's vulnerabilities and belies her tiny stature by being pretty convincing as an ass - kicking action heroine.

Cleverly, the film amps up Pitt's hero stature by populating the cast with emerging and unknown actors rather than the usual rota of reliable and recognisable character actors.

The science ministry will gain in stature by absorbing the Natural Science Foundation of China, the nation's main source of peer - reviewed science funding.

The world amateur hockey championships, to be held at Colorado Springs next month, have been sadly diminished in stature by the withdrawal of the Soviet Union in protest against the refusal of NATO's allied travel council to grant visas to the East German hockey team.

The head of the passenger dummy also bottomed out the airbag against the dashboard, owing to insufficient inflation of the airbag and inadequate restraint for larger statures by the front passenger seatbelt load - limiter.

Not exact matches

Based on his clients» experiences, Farrior says an artist with the stature of Nelly probably takes home 18 % of the revenue generated by a song.

Now who of Cohn's stature, someone who by definition has nothing to gain by taking the job, will be willing to succeed him?

«The stature of the prophet of mercy and humanitarianism is greater and more lofty than to be harmed by cartoons that are unrestrained by decency and civilised standards,» it said.

Monarch CEOs are driven by an elusive quest for an immortal, lasting legacy, as well as for the heroic stature that comes with the position.

The company delivered remarkable results over its storied history, evidenced by its stature as the only original component of the Dow Jones industrial average still on the list.

He would repeat the trick as a teenager, playing in a professional league against grown men; even when he made it to the NHL, his stature and physical tools were dwarfed by his opponents.

THE Gingko mineral sands deposit continues to grow in stature month by month — attracting the attention of the majors.

Tip: Like Buffett, you can find a course or certificate program offered by your local community college to improve your professional stature and enhance your earning power.

The speculation of a disruption to the industry was fueled by the stature of the three companies» billionaire chief executives: Amazon's Jeff Bezos, who already has radically changed the retail industry; Warren Buffett, the famed investor who also oversees dozens of companies under Berkshire's umbrella; and Jamie Dimon, whose JPMorgan Chase is the nation's largest bank with $ 2.5 trillion in assets.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich still harbors hopes of emerging as a consensus candidate after multiple ballots but he lacks stature with national Republicans annoyed that he is still in the race, and he is deeply distrusted by ideological conservatives.

Antwerp and other cities of the Low Countries gained that peculiar stature pretty much by inventing the modern diamond industry.

By making his particularly cogent and compelling bullish arguments for gold, and given his stature, credibility and connections, Rickards is a God send to the price riggers.

«Under your leadership, may America's stature continue to be measured above all by its concern for the poor, the outcast and those in need who, like Lazarus, stand before our door.

It is by repudiating situations in which spirit power is said to dwell miraculously that true human stature emerges.

«What, then, is baser than haughtiness, which, by overreaching itself, removes itself from the stature of true eminence?

The Catholic understands this concept of the solitary conscience very well, provided it is not contaminated by modern individualism which diminishes man's stature and is, indeed, no longer regarded as his permanent inheritance.

He climbed the tree in the hope that he would see this acclaimed healer and that the man of Nazareth, respected as he was by the folk that Zacchaeus preyed upon, would also see him and affirm the stature he had earned by climbing.

Drawn from learning that is both vast and profound, the rich details and frequently exciting flashes of insight provided by this work confirm the stature of Robert Jenson among contemporary theologians» a stature that, it seems to this foreign observer, is not sufficiently recognized in American theology.

No doubt each of them was commissioned by editors ignorant of the existence of the other projects — editors aware that no significant full biography of Eliot had appeared since Gordon Haight's authoritative volume of 1968, and that her ever — increasing stature in the pantheon of English writers certainly merited renewed biographical activity.

They are «dimly conscious» in two senses: (1) as experiences, they do not normally rise to the stature of conscious centers competing for control of the organism, but they have appetitions and aversions in their own right so that it seems appropriate to label them «dimly conscious»; (2) they are perceived only dimly by the members of the regnant society, i.e., the regnant society has these particular occasions as dim, vaguely felt, negative «scars» on the data of what is clearly perceived in full consciousness.

Rather, at this time in history when many Jews are recognizing Jesus as their messiah, the Church should make room for them, remember her own Jewish heritage, and reach out in friendship to all Jews in hope of the messiah's «recognition by «all Israel»» and the day when «the people of God [will] achieve «the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ»» (CCC 674, Eph.

He was a man of small stature and had climbed the tree so that he could see Jesus as he passed by.

Like so much that is written by people of his stature, it is brilliant but unreliable, indeed fundamentally unsound.

The Christian of the future will not feel himself reduced in stature or oppressed by his bishop.

In this view our size or stature is measured by the strength of our linear power.

The same St. Paul who admonishes us to grow into the stature of Christ insists again and again that we are «saved by faith» and not «by works»; which is to say that our final peace is not the moral peace of having become what Christ defines as our true nature but is the religious peace of knowing that a divine mercy accepts our loyalty to Christ despite our continued betrayal of him.

Yet the writer depicts him as so «small of stature» that he has to climb up a tree to see Jesus pass by!

It is our faith that the fundamental change wrought in the individual by regeneration is a dynamic process which by growth in grace moves toward «mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.»

It surely detracts from man's spiritual stature as a free moral agent, to suggest that every misuse of his freedom is caused by something outside himself.

Sophocles finally portrayed a greatness of such superhuman stature that it was vindicated by the gods themselves, but only after a lifetime of suffering.

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds [c] and teachers, [d] 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, [e] to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

The tears that flow from this man's sons are bitter and with much consolations gathering in their togetherness as wasted nuptials being leveraged by time's undoing stature.

In performing an act that is traditionally limited to God, as Job 9:8 indicates, Jesus by his use of «I AM» reveals the identity and destiny of the new humanity, that community of «life - giving spirits» that is willed by God to be transformed into the image and stature of the risen Lord.

11And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherdsc and teachers, d 12to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, e to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.

Luther could not control it, and he was no longer by any means the only reformer of stature.

The tears that flow from this man's sons are bitter and with much consolations gathering in their togetherness as wasted nuptials being leveraged upon by time's undoing stature.

This study, in which scholars of greatest stature participated — men like Friedrich Max Müller, Nathan Söderblom, Rudolf Otto, Tor Andrae, Alfred Loisy, Gerardus van der Leeuw, Raffaele Pettazzoni — has given us a host of insights by which centuries - old prejudices have been removed.

Moses is reduced to somewhat unflattering stature in an action, interestingly enough, that is not authorized by the Word.

It is unfortunate that a country of this stature, who rules the world, from the skies like a god, and lacks comprehensive leadership to deal with these pressing issues... where are the Presidents akin to our late leaders that took the initiative and got things done, America has become a cold, hostile place to live, We lack the sense of unity that made us what we are... There are hundreds of thousand unemployed, Why can't the government promote an agency akin to the peace corps, that utilizes the young folks sitting on their a $ $ and make them earn their unemployment check by working in this storm zone, to rehabilitate and get these folks back on their feet... it would promote a culture of selflessness and charity and would without a question cause a paradigm shift in the minds of our youth, This is what makes a nation great!

At - Tin sura 95: In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful By the fig and the olive, (1) By Mount Sinai, (2) And by this land made safe; (3) Surely We created man of the best stature (4) Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low, (5) Save those who believe and do good works, and theirs is a reward unfailinBy the fig and the olive, (1) By Mount Sinai, (2) And by this land made safe; (3) Surely We created man of the best stature (4) Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low, (5) Save those who believe and do good works, and theirs is a reward unfailinBy Mount Sinai, (2) And by this land made safe; (3) Surely We created man of the best stature (4) Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low, (5) Save those who believe and do good works, and theirs is a reward unfailinby this land made safe; (3) Surely We created man of the best stature (4) Then we reduced him to the lowest of the low, (5) Save those who believe and do good works, and theirs is a reward unfailing.