Sentences with phrase «than the sights of»

There are few more universally terrifying images, it seems, than the sight of a dorsal fin (or worse, multiple fins) cutting a circle in the rolling surface of saltwater.

It struck me, as I watched dozens of ticket holders get turned away from the oversubscribed event, that there was perhaps no better symbol of the speculative mania we've been witnessing in recent weeks than the sight of 70 would - be attendees sadly zip up their rain jackets, reverse course, and trudge home from an event that, not so long ago, would have been attended by few people.

Other than the sights of «god» on a piece of toast or otherwise, while it'd be great for something when life ends, there just isn't, other than the hope while one is living, because once dead, you never knew you were alive...

Pope Benedict has indicated clearly that he believes we should receive Communion with great reverence, preferably kneeling - but no more powerful message about that could be given than the sight of John Paul, frail and in obvious pain in his illness and old age, struggling out of his chair and on to his knees to receive his Saviour.

The people who fly just for the fun of it thrill to many pleasant vistas, none any more uplifting than the sight of bumper - to - bumper traffic clogging the highways far below or the lengthy queues at the big commercial airports (opposite).

Nothing is more thrilling than the sight of chili at the beginning of the tailgate.

And well to top all that, very few things give me more pleasure than the sight of a distraught John Terry.

There is nothing as pure and serene than the sight of a mom nursing her baby to sleep.

Mothers of infants know extremely well, there is nothing more lovely than the sight of a sleeping baby.

Nothing delights Liberal Democrat members more than the sight of Lord Ashdown striding purposely through the melee of their party conference.

There are few things funnier or more touching than the sight of a performer's image slipping down around his knees while he tries to yank it into place before anyone notices he is only human.

As photographed in a perpetual golden hour by Darius Khondji, nothing could be more romantic than the sight of spiffy English and American characters frolicking on the French Riviera in the pre-Depression 1920s.

There are few better Christmas film images than the sight of Rooney Mara in a Santa Claus hat.

But you know what's funnier than the sight of her TV sister Laurie Metcalf in that dumb pink hat and matching «Nasty Woman» T - shirt on the first episode of the «Roseanne» reboot?

There is nothing more frightening to a feline than the sight of a cat carrier — except maybe thunder, fireworks and being left alone.

«Time will tell if the recent few gray whale occurrences in the Atlantic become something more than the sighting of a lifetime.»

Rail at Center of Stimulus Package China's high speed rail build - out is at the front and center of its stimulus spending, in large part out of fear: little is more intimidating to Beijing's leaders than the sight of thousands of unemployed workers.

My closet has more coats than winter has days and nothing interrupts my train of thought faster than the sight of a jewel toned hidden platform pump.

To me, there is nothing that is more beautiful or comforting this time of year than the sight of those leaves with my mountains in the background.

Not exact matches

-- Ratmir Timashev, CEO of Veeam, a data center backup company founded in 2006 that now employs more than 1,500 employees around the world and brings in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, with its sights on reaching $ 1 billion in revenue in the next five years.

Rather than panic, Wojcicki reverted to her Wall Street analyst self, gathering vast amounts of information, certain a solution was hiding in plain sight.

Even as shameless and short - sighted as most brokers and underwriters are, they're finding that the numbers just won't stand up and they're having to go back to their investors and talk about «public» valuations that may be less than the last couple of rounds of capital injections.

-- Ratmir Timashev, CEO of Veeam, a data center backup company founded in 2006 which now employs more than 1,500 employees around the world and brings in hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue, with its sights on reaching $ 1 billion in revenue in the next five years.

Two of these senses, sight and hearing, are under more control during the naming process than the other three.

Refocusing our sights on precision health won't be easy — because it involves achieving something more elusive even than a technological leap or a breakthrough in biological understanding: It demands a wholesale re-thinking: We have to convince and train people to be proactive instead of reactive when it comes to their own health.

«Shoppers have much more than gifts in their line of sight.»

In fact, more important to your business's future than having a 30 - page, coil - bound plan to distribute is the business planning process that you undertake on a regular basis to hopefully keep your ship headed in the right direction without losing sight of your long - term destination.

The GGSC suggests a practice adopted from Buddhist meditation and now backed up by science: «treating thoughts, whether negative or positive, more like smells, sights, tastes and sounds: things that arrive in your awareness, rather than things that constitute the essence of who you are.

Tim Cook urged Massachusetts Institute of Technology's class of 2017 to use their minds, hands, and heart to build something bigger than themselves, and to never lose sight of their humanity.

«A more balanced news feed might lead to less «engagement,» but Facebook, with a market capitalization of more than $ 300 billion and no competitor in sight, can afford this,» wrote Tufekci, an associate professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

However, even if your initial marketing message will focus on why your offering is better than doing things the old way, don't lose sight of your new market competitors.

The sight of each side talking seriously remained a more positive development than the discouraging rhetoric and gamesmanship that followed.

Plus, the color green occupies more of the human spectrum of sight than other colors.

«The administration's short - sighted decision to implement new tariffs is meant to fulfill a campaign promise rather than support robust, pro-growth trade policy,» said Thom Dammrich, President of the National Marine Manufacturers Association.

From the mission statement, though, it would seem that Fitbit has its sights set on being more than just a peddler of tech products.

However, despite this pick up in appetite and improved performance more recently, it is important that investors do not lose sight of the fact that EM equities have still lagged developed markets by more than 50 % over the last five years.

Thanks in part to these efforts, in our most recent GFI staff survey, more than 70 % of GFI employees reported being able to focus on short - term objectives without losing sight of long - term goals all or most of the time.

Prentice seemed to get caught up in the argument and in the process may have lost sight of the fact that his goal was to keep the PCs and undecided members of the audience with him, rather than to clobber Notley.

With the overall market off more than 5 percent for the day, the 1.64 percent decline of the Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEArca: XLU) is a sight for sore eyes.

As earnings for next year are often within sight and can be estimated with some confidence (though this certainly varies among firms), calculating the price - to - earnings ratio, in our opinion, is of far greater importance than worrying about whether a firm will beat or miss earnings in its next fiscal year.

That is having the hubris to make the claim that there are groups and categories more sinful in the sight of the Lord than any group that includes me.

evolveddna — yes I extend human dignity to all — and don't feel any human being is less precious than any other in the sight of God

When the apostles had been asked by the government to no longer preach anything about Christ, Peter and John responded by saying «Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we can not but speak of what we have seen and heard (Acts 4:19 - 20).»

The examples go on and on, but the principle is the same: when we see a need that we could meet, and we refuse to meet it, even on good theological grounds, we have lost sight of the heart of God, and have made theology more important than people.

But it is no more a cop - out than a blind person believing in the concept of «color» because the sighted person tells them it exists, and they are willing to accept it «on faith.»

It is written that God would rather have lost one of His sheep and found it again, then to never have lost Him at all, Meaning It is very easy in this world now more than ever to lose sight of God and your faith, we all sin even the most devote christian, But coming back to our faith and our christian ways after losing it is something that brings God joy..

No sooner had we left the church porch than we caught the eye of a young man walking quickly, by himself, hesitating at the sight of us.

With electronic culture, he suggests, the resonance of sound has become the dominant mode of communication and conveyor of truth, rather than sight (as in reading books to discern ideas).

I feel that the religious excitement that is supposed to come to people who meditate on the flame of a single dark candle in an otherwise dark room was no greater than the pleasure I felt when I looked down a gun - sight and become very close to my own mind and consciousness.

After their return, the priests had a much stronger influence than before, and the great ideals of the prophets were in large measure lost sight of.