Sentences with phrase «than a shell»

When the passion for worship and service is gone, the church loses its soul and is no more than a shell of former life.

Unfortunately, the actual product being sold is little more than a shell for this fighting engine.

Perhaps a silky or shiny material or something a little more fun than a shell or the sweater shown.

A resounding 84 % of the over four thousand travellers surveyed stated that they would rather go without than shell out more.

Unfortunately, the actual product being sold is little more than a shell for this fighting engine.

Nothing I saw last night suggested that the car is anything more than a shell.

If you have the time and patience it's definitely worth shelling your own pistachios... they taste so much better than the shelled ones you can buy.

The goal, after all, is not to have animals «saved» from PETA's needles only to be given the needle down the road (or displace others who are then put to death) as that would be nothing more than a shell game, a classic case of out of the frying pan and into the fire.

Surely, this seems like a better deal than shelling out 15 bucks, maybe more if IMAX is involved, to see a bloated blockbuster.

To Susan K: It sounds like you were using sunflower seeds with the shell left on, they are less popular than the shelled ones but cheaper and sometimes salted, it's time consuming to shell them so they tend to be eaten as a leisurely snack, a bit like pistachio nuts.

Tbh it'll be hard pressed to have less content than shell of thieves.

It is more important to understand the riskiness of the assets, than the shell in which the assets are held.

I made Lasagna and Italian Beef and hot wings and all kind of other goodies for Christmas dinner... my son about had a come apart because I didn't make ham and made mac and cheese with noodles other than shell noodles... gee!

Isaacson does admirable work bringing Jobs's story to life, particularly those passages that take place outside Apple's walls — at Pixar, where Jobs failed to recognize the company's enormous potential as a filmmaking studio rather than a shell containing potentially valuable technologies, or at NeXT, foundering until Apple swooped in and bought it up.

These have a better flavor and brighter green color than shelled pistachios.

Often the soakers of AI2's are smaller than the shell, so if they are not in right it's possible for them to shift, causing the urine to miss them.

There's nothing more disappointing than shelling out big bucks for a styling tool, then only getting a few years of use out of it.

For the workhorse in your life, however, you could do a lot worse than shelling out for a set.

louder than a shell suit with shoulder pads, although weirdly I'm sure it's also a very similar font to the one used on a 430 Scuderia's bright yellow rev - counter...

In fact, after a particularly intense gunfight (of which there are many), you may notice the ground is littered more with severed limbs than shell casings.

It's certainly better value than shelling out for the new PS4 version.

According to Dr. Will Howard of the Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre in Hobart, shells of one species of foraminifera (Globigerina bulloides) are 30 to 35 percent thinner than shells formed prior to the industrial period.

Having a policy for the belongings you keep in your Georgia apartment or house is the most responsible way to protect your financial security; it is much easier saving a little extra cash each month to put into renters insurance than shelling out thousands if your possessions are stolen or damaged.

While the S4 Mini may look the part of a shrunk - down Galaxy S4, the similarities don't run any deeper than the shell and skin.

Well, for me, making the switch to another wireless carrier might be an easier option than shelling out $ 649 for a Google Pixel phone and I am confident that this will be the case for many others unless Google steps in with more budget devices that are compatible with Project Fi.

The Gram's full - metal body is made of nano carbon magnesium that LG says is tougher than the shell of conventional laptops.

This type of dance is nothing more than a shell company, forget about anyone telling you you have limited liability, I'd suggest asking an attorney, but that usually goes over here like the sound of passing gas in church.

Okay, so lots of buyers will get a finance deal rather than shell out the whole lot in one hit, but whichever way you cut it, that amount of money will buy you an exceptional new drivers» car, as Jethro Bovingdon's group test has highlighted.

The concept behind Parker's Screening Room targets consumers who have grown accustomed to staying at home to view the growing amount of available streaming content rather than shelling out for a trip to their local movie theater.

«The premier could have made this budget about tax fairness, but she chose to just tinker around the edges of the MSP tax, which amounts to little more than a shell game,» said New Democrat leader John Horgan.

However, it is cheaper than shelling out $ 649 for brand new DROID RAZR MAXX.

The story offered up is weak and little more than a shell for the player to run around and shoot some more Nazis or Communists or Zombies or whatever enemy the latest slew of games presents.

Subscriptions to both (even assuming a lifetime membership to AAII) are a much better deal than shelling out 0.8 % to 1.6 % of assets under management to a financial advisor (most of whom underperform the market).

So rather than shelling out for a pill that promises to be a cure - all, snack on a parfait.

Now I have a psp, and the greatest thing about that gadget was the fact I could rip a dvd, and convert it and watch it on my psp on the go, the quality wasnt the best, but it was better than shelling out 20 bucks for a umd movie, when i already had the dvd.

Before Torres, Liverpool were nothing more than a shell of the team they are today.

While I applaud the bipartisan attempt to do something about that ugly «D» grade blighting our roads, in truth the bill is little more than a shell game — you could even call it smoke and mirrors — to shuffle funds around until a little spills into the highway - funding pool.

Known for building tanks and nuclear submarines, General Dynamics has been focusing its funds on investing in R&D, repurchasing stock, and kicking back steady dividends to shareholders rather than shelling out on big acquisitions.

Rather than shelling out for individual shares in many different companies — a risky move for most investors, anyway — consider purchasing lower - cost funds such as ETFs, or exchange - traded funds, that often mirror indexes (like the S&P 500).