Sentences with phrase «than struggling against»

PORTLAND, Ore. — Native American fishermen in Alaska have long said that seal pups go with the wind rather than struggle against it.

Rather than struggle against the limitations of time, he works within the time constraints that his choice of paint and method proffer.

Not exact matches

By exchanging loans for equity that would be worth little if the companies already are struggling to pay off debts, banks would be required to sharply bump up the amount of capital they set aside against such equity holdings, which are considered more risky than loans.

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«He who believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do...» — these «greater works» being the struggle against hunger, misery, sickness, social injustice; that is, revolution.

Does the change in me represent anything more than this: that the practical relevance, the struggle and the confessional character of my theological teaching have become visible to many, and now for the first time to most, against the background of a time which has taken shape at the hands of National Socialism?.

However, the secularist «hatred» against those who struggle with and those who fail in adapting to the changing rules is no more tolerant, or forgiving than they want the Christians become.

Even in boards of missions there were some suggestions that the real struggle was of the higher religions against the rising tide of secularism and atheism, rather than conversion from one religion to another.

(We monks struggle more against numb Catholics here than we care to.)

Yes, victory is now possible, for greater is He that is in us than He that is in the world, but this does not mean that the struggle against the flesh is gone.

Human affliction, especially the monstrous inhumanity of man to man, was to them a practical, rather than a theoretical, problem; it represented not only a conflict of ideas but a conflict of individual and class interests, a struggle for justice in personal character or social organization against selfishness, ill will, and inequity.

Jeremy good message and quite relevant for today God is still looking at our hearts and motives for serving him or are we serving our own agenda as Jonah was.He did nt feel compassionate towards his enemies and who could blame him they had cruelly killed many Jews it was a question of life or death to his own people.The Jewish nation was no more deserving of Gods grace than the other nations that is revealed by sending Jonah to preach a message of hope and life.Ultimately God calls all by faith in him and is willing to be merciful to all nations and peoples that do not not deserve it just like us it is by grace that we all are forgiven.I am pleased that God is sovereign and knows whats best he is merciful to us.Our human nature is that it is better to kill our enemies before they can kill us and that is essentially Jonahs message that is why he struggled to be obedient to Gods will.Gods message is to forgive those that trespass against us and show mercy.Its complicated and it is natural to protect ourselves and our families from those who would seek to destroy them but ultimately its about trusting God with everything easier said than done.If it comes to a choice we will have to trust God and ask for his strength because we cant do it in ours.As Christ laid down his life for us are we ready to lay our lives and the lives of our families as a sacrifice for him.To me that is where the story of Jonah is leading to we have the choice to fight our enemies or to love them as God loves them.brentnz

This harm consists in the irreversible scrambling of three things: genealogies, by substituting «parenting» for fatherhood and motherhood; the status of the child, who would go from being a subject to being an object to which others have a right; and sexual identity, which rather than being a natural given would have to give way to orientation as an individual expression, in the name of the struggle against inequality, perverted into the elimination of differences.

The church knows this well enough, with its everlasting inner struggle of the acute religion of the few against the chronic religion of the many, indurated into an obstructiveness worse than that which irreligion opposes to the movings of the Spirit.

Having said that we are even struggling against none top 6 team and can't win more than 2 or 3 in a row.

Two of our wins have come against teams really struggling in Stoke and Newcastle, while our goal return compared to the amount of possession and chances created is less than impressive.

At first, the offense struggled against the New York Giants, with quarterback Sam Bradford throwing an interception, dropping a fumble and going three - and - out more times than the home crowd liked during the first half.

The right - hander pitched an absolute gem last time out against Cleveland, but it's worth noting he struggled on the road this year, posting an ERA (6.48) more than twice what he produced at home.

That's what I don't get though, Campbell is smaller than Walcott, played only half a season in England, yet he doesn't struggle against Stoke's physical play.

His top - seeded Spartans were in a tougher than expected game against tiny Long Island University, and Green had struggled in the first half.

The fact is, if you had bothered to look at the match reports of both of the above games, WBA struggled against Arsenal more than it did against the other two.

Arsenal had a stronger squad than that against the likes of Olympiakos, Zagreb, West Ham, Norwich, Chelsea, etc, and we really struggled in those games and many more.

With Arsenal now on a run of seven straight wins in a row with Middlesbrough next in line for a beating, it was always going to hard for Arsene Wenger to drop anyone with the team playing so well, but Le Prof made four changes for last nights match against Ludgorets, and perhaps this team was even stronger than the one that struggled to maintain the pace against Swansea on Saturday.

We struggle against Leicester and Southampton, what makes you think we'll be better than Barca??

We shouldnt put all the blame on him, we struggle to score a goal on open play against West Brom we have bigger problem than just Mike Dean philosophy / self sustain those are an academy and 2nd division standard not a bigger club like Arsenal we cant even beat top 5 any more

The team is a lot stronger than the one that was at Everton last time and confidence is higher (even though we struggled against Besiktas).

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) It took longer than the Lightning wanted, but the NHL's top team finally prevailed against a struggling Atlantic Division foe.

One of the most noticeable things about the way Arsenal struggled against Borussia Dortmund on Tuesday night, and there were plenty of them, was that we looked like we had much less energy than the Germans.

In general I think Chelsea's defence would struggle more against pace than a target man, like I said just my opinion.

The options available to Arsene Wenger when selecting his Arsenal line up for today's game against Sunderland at the Emirates stadium are smaller than they have been all season and with three key players in Alexis Sanchez, Santi Cazorla and Francis Coquelin being on the injury list and after the Gunners» recent struggles in the league, what should have been an easy three points is now looking like a tough and pressure filled match.

After a dominating performance in Week 1, Team Delts SO (Brandon Barthel) came back down to earth in Week 2 as they struggled to get it going on offense against their fellow housemates, netting almost 30 fewer points than their total from Week 1.

Team Evans Scholar SO struggled to stop anything on defense however in this game, giving up more points than their average of 51.5 points against per game this year.

The larger than life ex-Liverpool and Southampton defender struggled with a battle against his belly throughout his career.

Florida is really struggling in the half court tonight, against a bigger, stronger Tennessee team that is daring it to drive into the teeth of its defense rather than shoot over it.

The play calling in those situations will come under scrutiny, as it should, but the offensive line also struggled to create any holes against a defense that is better in the front than it has been in recent years.

I remain convinced that you learn much more from a loss than a success, so this is why I struggle to accept the attitude of those who automatically cheer against Juve.

Harry meanwhile, having triumphantly routed the prosecution at his trial, inexplicably failing to substitute the struggling centre back William Gallas against Chelsea at Wembley seeing Spurs slip away in the concluding games of the season, architect of those superb displays against Milan in the European Cup, he remains as a supreme wheeler dealer, much though he hates the description, immensely wiser, shrewder and more worldly wise than he ever claimed to be in court, I feel he would always be happier at club level.

They were using their shift in formation — caused partly by an apparent late injury to Nabil Dirar that forced Benjamin Mendy into the lineup — to create more high pressure on Juventus than Monaco enjoyed in the first leg, but they struggled to get anything out of that pressure thanks to Juventus» back line responding magnificently, despite some early struggles from Gianluigi Buffon against crosses.

The Belgian announced himself on the scene with an emphatic hat - trick in the Capital One Cup against Southampton earlier this season, and although he struggled for a goalscoring threat in south London this afternoon, he proved that he has a lot more to his game than what first meets the eye, constantly dropping off and putting himself about a hardy Palace rearguard.

I'm sure Bolton manager Owen Coyle doesn't have time for sob stories about what could have been had some dubious decision gone their way and what not, but there was a real sense of injustice last Sunday as Bolton, who did more than merely hold their own against one of England's most successful clubs, were beaten by a then struggling Liverpool with the aid of some poor officiating.

Against the likes of Zenit's Hulk, he struggled and Slutsky will know this better than anybody.

A late goal at the Bridge ensured points were shared against a struggling West Ham side, and as result Champions League qualification seems no more than a pipe dream.

Unemployment is rising dramatically and most people will soon be struggling more against impoverishment than armed attack.

For the US, the fight against al - Qaeda in the Yemen is more important than the internal struggles for power in the country.

When the Cleveland Cavaliers struggled and fought and eventually emerged triumphant against the Golden State Warriors to win the NBA championship yesterday, they did more than win a title: They ended what has been called a curse.

The rich, he wrote, «never form a body which has manners and regulations of its own,» and prefer to retreat into private life than to «engage in an often unequal struggle against the poorest of their fellow citizens.»

One of the reasons we seem to be trapped in the pages of fiction — in which a 200 - 1 outsider has become leader of HM Opposition, appointing a Shadow Chancellor who has praised the IRA's «armed struggle» and cheerfully advocates the overthrow of capitalism, and a minister for agriculture who is against the farming of animals — is that the ascent of Jeremy Corbyn is easier to explain in retrospect than it was to see coming.

The reason we do not, I believe, is because it would have cost more energy than it was worth when our aging process evolved long ago, when our hunter - gatherer ancestors faced a constant struggle against hunger.

Such behaviors had flummoxed no less an authority than Charles Darwin: How could cooperation and other selfless behavior arise if natural selection was all about individuals competing against each other in the struggle to survive?

And if you are still mulling over its swagger twist, there is no better incarnation of it than Gucci's numbers in the guise of a scintillating tube dress and a warm green - orange outerwear to struggle against the brass monkey weather soon.