Sentences with phrase «than a hand holding»

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But I felt calmer than expected, and I realized at the end of the test that I had actually been holding my cadaver's hand, which was somewhat horrifying but strangely comforting.

Plus, every VC is working with more than a handful of startups at any given time, so we simply don't have the bandwidth to hold a founder's hand on a day - to - day basis.

The Deed: Chicago «Fires on Every Floor»: In this behind - the - scenes look, host Sean Conlon discusses the whirlwind that was Berta, a glamorous rookie flipper more prone to taking beach vacations than taking hold of her house flipping project, and all of the disasters her hands - off approach created.

The Times article cited a study published in the journal Psychological Science, which found that when happily married women held their spouses» hand while they received mild electric shocks, the parts of their brain associated with pain were less active than when they weren't holding their spouse's hand.

As a CEO, it's important to know when to step back and ensure the team works together to figure things out, rather than hold everyone's hands as they sort through their differences.

If you're looking for someone to hold your hand while you're crossing the chasm, it's more than reassuring to be guided and supported by Microsoft, a company that's already there with its legacy customer base.

«Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?»

An exchange that used to house more than 5,000 traders shouting out their business now is a mostly docile habitat in which those still left on the floor quietly tap out orders on hand - held computers and barely make a peep at swift changes in market activity.

This customer needs their hands held more than ever during the pilot program.

The gameplay proper centers on capturing gyms scattered around the world, but to even try their hand at that, players have to have leveled their monsters quite a bit — most gyms I've checked out are held by monsters of over 1,000 combat power, which I haven't managed to build up over more than a month of casual but fairly consistent play.

The Google Nexus 7, for example, is easier to read and type on than a full - size iPad, and you can hold it in one hand and enter data with another.

In just 10 years time, we have more people connected to the internet via a hand held computing device than existed on earth in 1900.

For individuals who want more hand - holding from a human life form than just digital zeros and ones, Betterment now offers the Premium tier.

The National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts predicts that over the next 18 months more than 1 million privately held businesses will change hands.

A millennial whose holdings consist of 54 $ TSLA shares plus some crypto dominates the call, while Musk gives the back of his hand to analysts, who might have asked about why negative working capital more than doubled to - $ 2.3 B. https://t.co/C7G5Gtr5vA

On the other hand, if the yield on stocks rises over your holding period, your actual return will be even less than the yield - to - maturity you bargained for.

The very first time that I held the R41 I was expecting it to weigh more than 3 ounces because it feels extremely hefty in my hands.

The study focused on gross cash holdings rather than subtracting their debt in an effort to simplify comparisons over time and identify how much money companies have to hand.

KFYP, on the other hand, casts a much wider net, holding more than 150 firms (versus 25 for KWEB) that operate in a more balanced mix of industries.

The minister added the initiative last year - the first event ever held - put more than # 10,000 into the hands of local schools.

You cut through the modern politics and hand waving and what you have is that for at LEAST 200 years and probably more (longer than we've been around as a country) Christians were «held in contempt» to the point that for about 10 of those years several emperors pursued active policies of extermination (that's what the «actually persecuting» statement refers to - think holocaust type policies) that included some of the worst type of tortures known to humanity.

I used to play «Raise your hands with Jan» trying to hold my hands up longer than her..

He's never happier than when his hands are wrapped up in my hair, and I hold him quiet, but it helped me to see that that wasn't just snuggling, it was how he knew he was loved.

I'm not expecting anyone to hold my hand along the way, but sure is better when others point the way rather than pound.

You likely deny evolution and global warming for no other reason than it makes you uncomfortable and hold science to the impossibly high standard of having to explain every conceivable mystery about the natural World before you will accept it, but some moron at a pulpit doing magic hand signals of a Sundaymorning is enough to convince you he is communicating with some sky - god and turning grocery store bread and wine into flesh and blood.

He pulled up his legs into a fetal position and floated, listening to the roar of the waters that sounded like a thousand hands clapping, «the hands that heal; the hands that hold; the hands we desire because they are better than desire.»

But my legacy is not how big a ministry Chris Caine builds or how many people she speaks to, but it's how effective I am in handing over the baton of faith and making sure I don't hold onto some things longer than I should — that I don't drop some things in the middle of the exchange zone.

Quizzed over whether he would attend any UK state dinner held in Donald Trump's honour, Archbishop Welby said he would not shun the event, adding «the odds are, it would be unlikely I'd do more than shake hands with him.»

But I'm also a «side - writer», meaning that I hold my hand to the left of the line I'm writing (rather than above or below).

It's easier cling to our beliefs than to hold them with open hands.

Rick the more i think about it we are to live as overcomers not strugglers since the day i decided to turn away from the sin that was controlling my life i never fell back into old sinful patterns not once, was i tempted many many times.The Lord will work in our lives one area at a time he needs us to give him full control so if an area is taking control we do need to hand it to him so he can change us.How do we do it immediately we say Lord you know i am weak but in you i am strong i leaned on him and overcame time and time again.We all have areas of weakness that we struggle in so do nt feel bad.Struggling is us trying to do it in our own strength before this process i was so stubborn i refused to let God help me i wanted to do it in my own strength and so it was a roller coaster ride in my christian walk if the day went well i was on a high if it did nt i would would be down.Not any more now when things do nt go to plan i still thank the Lord and when it goes well i thank the Lord.Because i know that all things work for good to those who love the Lord.The main area he is wanting is our hearts he wants all our heart not only some until we come to that place we will continue to struggle in our faith.The only reason to tell you this is not to boast because of what i have done in myself because i have nothing to boast about but if i did i would brag that Christ has empowered me by his holy spirit to be an overcomer just as he would want you to be.As Christians we are all called to be overcomers more than conquerers.Make a decision today to turn all your hearts to the Lord to acknowledge the areas you are holding onto that are controlling your flesh life hand them to the Lord and walk according to the spirit and not the flesh and he will give you the victory.That can be a reality starting today merry christmas everyone and may the new year be an exciting one as we put all our trust in Christ our Lord and savior.Brentnz

Glamour handed out «Women of the Year» awards and Lynch stole the headlines, although she shared honors with, among others, Twyla Tharp, Ellen DeGeneres, Jessica Lange and Shoshana Johnson, the African - American woman POW shown as a captive by Iraqi television and held for two weeks longer than Lynch.

On the other hand, if the nuclear force were substantially weaker than what it actually is, then the complex atoms needed for biology could not hold together.

Happily, continuing education opportunities for ministers are increasing by leaps and bounds, even though far too many of them still are more hortatory and «hand - holding» than they should be.

You have offended him infinitely more than ever a stubborn rebel did his prince; and yet it is nothing but his hand that holds you from falling into the fire every moment.

Any other god, including Allah, Muhammad, Buddha, Baal, or whoever, is no more God than the pencil I hold in my hand.

Others had only just fallen, and seemed rather sleeping than dead, but there they lay, for none had time to bury them, brave fellows, every one, friend and foe alike, while I held in my unworthy hands the God of Battles, their Creator and their Judge, and prayed to Him to give rest to their souls.

More conservative theologians, on the other hand, believed that his constant criticisms of Bibelglaube (faith in the Bible rather than the one to whom the Bible witnesses), «credo - Credo» (intellectual assent to the tenets of the Creed) and faith as a bloss Fürwahrhalten etner Lehre (a mere holding of certain doctrines to be true) risked throwing the baby out with the bath water.

If we are going to fulfill our obligations, we have to be willing to get our hands dirty and not hold ourselves on some higher moral plateau than everyone else.

[69] Ernst Haeckel claimed that Negroes have stronger and more freely movable toes than any other race which is evidence that Negroes are connected to apes because when apes stop climbing in trees they hold on to the trees with their toes, Haeckel compared Negroes to «four - handed» apes.

Updike has given his readers a glimpse of the human on the boundary between earth and heaven — a little lower than the angels, held in God's hand.

But now since God has taken my salvation out of my hands into his, making it depend on his choice and not mine, and has promised to save me, not by my own work or exertion, but by his grace and mercy, I am assured and certain that he is faithful and will not lie to me... if we do less than we should or do it badly, he does not hold it against us.

Then after keeping the new bible out of the people hands claiming it was to important for any peasant to read or hold, they effectively usurped the mediator position between the people and God and started raking in the cash that position offers, for on one hand, what shows your faith more than giving of your money, and on the other hand, whats God going to do with all this coin?

I can honestly say that while holding my deer rifle or my revolver in my hands I do not require more than 5 rounds to defend myself from 99 % of all events that would affect my family.

I really struggled to photograph these — I picked up a super cheap collapsible reflector from Amazon that's helping to fight the awful British glum lighting that we are currently blessed with — which was great but holding a crumpet steady in one hand, a remote in another, and a reflector between your knees to get the perfect shot of crumpet - y goodness was less than enjoyable.

I use a hand held mandolin, and put it on the second thickest setting, a little less than ⅛» thick.

Eaten with a fork and knife rather than held between one's hands, the sandwich takes on a civilized air and encourages the diner to slow down and enjoy the meal, to be in the moment with one's company and to savor the food.

A real full spiralizer is so much better than those cheap hand - held ones.

Add the water drained from the can of chickpeas into a large bowl and use an electric hand - held or stand mixer to whisk for approximately 5 minutes until it's more than doubled in size, white and foamy.

Groans, growls and gnashing of teeth follow as the itemized bill, the computation of which would tax a mainframe computer and which totaled slightly less than the latest contract for a fully - loaded Boeing 777, was delivered by yet another gloved hand holding yet another gilded platter.