Sentences with phrase «than the comfort of»

With the size of the error, he and even Sir Alex should be somewhat thankful that the Glazers seem to be loyal and decent people, as if the same mistake was made at the noisy neighbors, those directors might not be so lucky, and find themselves sat behind the goal rather than the comforts of the directors» box.

Nothing is more important than the comfort of your child.

During Pregnancy, nothing else matters than the comfort of the mother.

When we wear / carry a baby, we are providing more than the comfort of the sound of our heartbeat and voice and the touch and warmth of our body.

Many years ago I read a quote from a writer that said something to the effect that there is no better feeling to carry you through the day than the comfort of knowing there's a good book waiting on your night table.

Sport models are stiffer, while the S line setup is the hardest of all — save for the performance - oriented S3 Cabriolet, which has been designed primarily with fast cornering, rather than the comfort of its occupants, in mind.

Toni presents Turn Summer Reading into Summer Writing Inspiration posted at Duolit, saying, «On the beach, by the lake, or in your home, few things are more enjoyable on warm summer days than the comfort of a great read.

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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.

And that makes sense, because what's more comforting than a casserole jam packed with potatoes, multiple kinds of cheese and some other crunchy ingredients like potatoes or corn flakes to give it some crispiness?

«Parents who respond to their children's emotions in a comforting manner have kids who are more socially well - adjusted than do parents who either tell their kids they are overreacting or who punish their kids for getting upset,» child psychologist Nancy Eisenberg of Arizona State University said in an interview.

Better to risk failing by taking action than resting behind the comfort of your words.

Think about it: Wouldn't you rather Mom and Dad be safe and in the comfort of their own home rather than in an expensive institution with revolving care?

Craft beer lovers can take comfort: The Brewers Association reports that there are now more than 4,000 active breweries in the U.S., so Big Beer buyouts can't possibly match the pace of new businesses.

Out of those 1,000 or so, well more than half are held at minimum - security levels — often privately managed «Club Feds» that are about two steps down the comfort ladder from Motel 6.

They provide all of us with a sense of purpose and hope; moral validation that we are needed and part of something bigger than ourselves; comfort that we are not alone and a community is looking out for us; mentorship, guidance and personal development; a safety net; values, cultural norms and accountability; social gatherings, rituals and a way to meet new people; and a way to pass time.

And obviously it's much harder to find the right words in real time than it is to pick them from a computerized list in the comfort of my own home.

This boat's many luxurious amenities will almost make you forget you're traveling by sea, rather than lounging in the comfort of your own home.

Being known as the father of modern economics used to entitle him to greater respect than he now gets in some quarters, where his «invisible hand» is portrayed as more sinister than comforting, and the self - interest that drives the butcher, brewer and baker to prepare our dinner gives the food a bitter taste.

The new bottle is squatter than the older, taller style on another assembly line, with a smaller dispenser and a label explaining that this version of Comfort brand fabric conditioner is good for 38 washes, rather than the 33 of the last - generation package.

ZERØGRAND with Stitchlite ™ is less expensive than the average high - quality dress shoe, while offering the looks of classic wingtip oxford, and the comfort and feel of sneakers.

When you're running around like a crazy person, nothing is more comforting than putting something important in the hands of someone for whom you have 100 % confidence it will be handled well.

After more than 50 years of isolation, the one - time tourist mecca has become a creature - comfort desert.

The crowd was huge and diverse: more than 10,000 people came to light candles and hear messages of comfort, mourning and defiance.

Chang says in Ugly Delicious that Dominos is really more of a food distribution business than a restaurant (even though he says their pizza is comfort food for him that he enjoys eating it).

The shareholders of Citigroup who are still nursing stock losses of 85 percent from the bank's pre-crash days aren't going to be too comforted by reading about Rubin's musings about existentialism in coffee shops around Harvard when he should have been cramming for finance courses that might have led to his questioning the more than $ 1 trillion bucks that Citigroup held off its balance sheet in the leadup to its crash.

Mr Joyce says: «We've added a very high level of comfort in each of the cabins and a lower seat count than most of our competitors.

This is cold comfort for the more than 40 % of unemployed workers who do not qualify for EI benefits, and for those seeking skills training funded through the EI program.

Due to technological advances in computing, working remotely is more widely accepted than it was 5 - 10 years ago; and it's not uncommon for entrepreneurs to start and manage entire empires from the comfort of their homes.

Commissioner Kara Stein said it could «provide investors a false sense of comfort that we, at the Commission, have done something more than we have».

For those investors, comfort and avoidance of short - term frustration may be more important than expected returns or risk management.

So many would prefer to do things in the comfort of their own home rather than venture outside and into a brick and mortar store, or even talk on the phone for that matter.

It's a comforting thing to see that supply and demand are having a larger impact on the price than the talking heads of OPEC.

Those put into question your belief in the characteristics of the god, perhaps even the existence of the god itself, but it is still more comforting to assume something more powerful than yourself has your best interests in mind vs. the idea that we are left to our own devices — especially when you are surrounded by people that agree with and reinforce that idea and shun you when you do not agree with it.

Today, the California - native, who's married (he's a doctor), makes music in the comfort of her own home, and by the sound of it — Paper Skin is her latest independent offering and is available at her website and on iTunes — the very talented Kendall Payne is closer to being herself than ever before.

I find comfort in anyone who realizes that there is something bigger than them regaurdless of there religion so long as they are not an extremist from any back ground.

Is it possible that the message of comfort for those devastated by the faltering world economy will be nothing more than trite and meaningless words if not accompanied by a biblical response where we, the church, become the Good News, the economic expression of God in flesh?

It was heartening to learn that in the end, that most people chose to talk about what was was truly important to them... family, rather than wasting the last minutes of their lives discussing the comforting fantasies, but fantasies nonetheless, of god, jesus, heaven, etc..

What could be more comforting to modern consciousness than to discover that «ultimate concern» and «sin» are essential and unavoidable characteristics of the human condition?

So, you have no basis to call anything «bad», other than your own definitions of personal comfort.

Given that only 18 percent of American adults say they're more active in organized religion today than they were ten years ago, while 32 percent said they're less active, perhaps religious leaders should take some comfort in the data here.

Socrates, the model of a philosopher, is more than merely unintentionally poor: Indifferent to his own comforts, conversing with rich and poor alike, he exhibits a self - sufficiency that calls into question any necessity for wealth.

If you have no other standard than the dictates of your own comfort, then so what?

Religion of all kinds have wrought more misery than the fabricated comfort its adherents espouse.

We settle for the comfort and pleasure of the lesser goods in life rather than pursue the Greatest Good, which is a transformational relationship with God.

Even back during my most fundamentalist / evangelical / pentecostal years I felt that, rather than being for the purpose of entreating God to intervene in circumstances or change others, prayer was a way to draw strength, comfort, courage, and wisdom for dealing with those circumstances.

Are you open - minded enough to consider the possibility that there is no God and that you've just been convincing yourself of something that isn't true because it's more comforting than the alternative?

Filling in what we don't know with demons and angels has no good for people other than comfort born of ignorance.

I guess the aggrieved individual or pack may suspect that the questioner has raised some valid issues and without any basis other than someone expressed a doubt or belief that threatened to take them outside of their psychological comfort zone, the complaint would not be taken seriously by the offending honest lover / seeker after reality / truth.

Religion no longer serves a useful purpose, other than to perhaps give some measure of comfort to the dying that there's somehow more after «lights - out».

But if an atheist's answers are less than comforting under the looming threat of death, covering them with sham religious ornamentation will not make them more comforting, although it might make them less honest.