Sentences with phrase «than those poor little»

But isn't it odd to think that you may be no more free at your propensity than those poor little sheep at theirs?

If you open your ears for something other than the poor little midwives» wails, you might come to a different conclusion.

Not exact matches

First - time home buyers with little credit history or a poor credit profile might consider applying for an FHA mortgage rather than a conventional loan.

«In the field of common stocks, a little bit of a great many can never be more than a poor substitute for a few of the outstanding» Phil Fisher

I have gotten rambling a little here but my question to you your thoughts on this statement: «If money or rather the established institution that is the world market, is the reason that throughout at leastthe past few decades, than it would be right to take from those who have much much more than they need and give to those who are at least the poorest of the world, those in need.»

It's interesting that poor people seem to get the tactics of Jesus a little better than people who have resources because they know that you have to take care of each other if you're gonna make it in this world.

The sheer economics of the situation suggests that drastic improvement in the lives of the world's poor can be made by using resources that amount to little more than the crumbs on our tables.

In the space of time available to him, of course, Mr. Clinton could offer little more than a hasty outline of this proposal, but he did manage to make clear that what he was referring to was some sort of system whereby American high school (and, as it was to turn out, also college) graduates would exchange some years of service, either as policemen, environmental workers, or offerers of some form of assistance to poor children, in exchange for the government's subsequently paying their college tuition» a kind of GI Bill for non-GIs.

Congress has about 50/50 chance of passing farm bill in 2013 The chances of the U.S. Congress passing a five - year farm bill by year's end are a little better than 50/50 given the gridlock over food stamps for the poor, a top farm policy expert said on Monday...

What they don't get is that the poor folks are probably eating better than the rich guy eating a packaged hot dogs and little debbie.

Stoke — WIN, LOSE or DRAW On one hand, we have a terrible record at the Britannia, but on the other hand, Stoke have been poor this season, and seem a little softer than usual.

And we deserved it, we were a little better than Man U on the day - but we shouldn't get over-excited this is a very poor Man U team - we still have lots of work to do -

Both teams have had a poor start to the campaign, Chelsea worse so than us but if it is the opinion of the author that simply because we are 3 points ahead of the champions after 4 games in that «there is little reason to think it will change any time soon» then I think he is misguided.

And while I would not say that he has been poor at it this season, because the stats tell you that he is passing and creating chances more often than any other player in the Premier League, the little magician has not had quite the same influence for us.

Maybe with the inevitable spate of poor results and capitulations and a reminder for the gold fish supporters with their 10 sec memory of how little a s # it Satan Kroenke and his board care for the club, other than what money they can make from it, it will be less than 730!

He looks like a guy who can lift a dressing room and whilst we can all lament the terrible away form and poor defence we've had all season, it's hard not to see somebody like that coming in and being a little more jovial as a good thing, so I'm hopeful that he and Mkhi's arrival can have more than the obvious impact on the pitch.

Poor little Manchester United are considering expanding Old Trafford so that they can increase their rip - off seating potential to more than 80,000 fans because they don't currently make enough money!

The Ox did a little more chasing than others, but he was still poor too, whilst Iwobi looked anonymous again.

Simon Mignolet — 5.5 Poor with his kicking as usual, and had little to do other than pick Aguero's strike out of the net when he was beaten (by an excellent shot) from distance.

It would have been better to start the same team that beat the Chavs, than as the poor little lambs begin to flag through tiredness to replace them with the second string.

You can thump your chest and roar your bs «alpha male wan na be» roar all you like, but in reality land of USA and Earth 2016, pulling yourself up by your own boot straps is something rich people tell poor people to keep them hoping that maybe, just maybe, someday if I try hard enough... It's little more than a ploy to keep the masses from rebelling.

There's not much worse than when your baby has a rash on his or her poor little bum.

It took me less than two seconds of looking at the child to realize his mother had put him down on hot asphalt without shoes on, and his «fit» was actually cries of pain as he danced around trying to keep his poor little feet off the asphalt while trying to push past his mommy to get back into the car.

The poor little man was so unsettled he wouldn't even sleep longer than half an hour when he was on me (needless to say he didn't sleep in the cot at all these few days....

«Although well intentioned, the last Government received very little for their money in terms of social mobility and a reduction in the gap between the rich and the poor, and they have further fuelled a culture of benefit dependency in which children grow up seeing parents and grandparents who have never worked as their role models, in which people are better off living apart than living together, and in which there is no incentive to work because of the fear of becoming worse off.

With non-departmental expenditure rising more than expected because of the economy's poor performance, and large chunks of Whitehall spending on foreign aid, schools and the NHS ringfenced, the chancellor has little choice but to confront politically sensitive areas like defence and the police to achieve the savings.

Most casinos today are little more than «slot barns» preying on the poor and vulnerable, just like the bookmaker in Queens was doing in the 1930s.

For years, this little - known Long Island - based firm has reaped influence in Albany, quietly donating more than $ 10 million in campaign contributions, and in return benefiting from construction tax perks that critics charge help the company's bottom line far more than house the poor.

Schwartz continued, «Cuomo has no true record in support of affordable housing, has done little to promote green energy or tax equity, and is more at home cavorting with Republican millionaires than with poor people.

So poor is the condition of many native woodlands that 19th - century plantations of Scots pine, with their young self - seeded offspring, are often of greater conservation value: «These self - sown pine woods tend to have a much more varied structure and condition than the genuinely native pinewoods, which generally have no structural diversity and consist of mature trees with little or no regeneration,» say MacKenzie and Callander.

While some parts of the south are almost as developed and wealthy as Western Europe, conditions in the drought - stricken northeast are little better than in the poorest regions of Asia and Africa.

Long periods of housework combined with too much or too little sleep — that is fewer than seven or more than eight hours of sleep, respectively — was associated with poor health among elderly women, whereas in men the same was associated with good health.»

The authors note that with a median length of a physician visit of less than 15 minutes, there is little time to address the root causes of many chronic diseases, such as poor nutrition and physical inactivity.

developing country A relatively poor nation with little industry and a lower standard of living than industrial countries, such as the United States, Germany and Japan.

There are other factors that can influence a lesser - than - ideal output of human growth hormone, like improper sleeping habits and little to no regular physical exertion or exercise, as well as poor nutrition.

And then poor on some store - bought salsa and maybe some defrosted (pre-chopped) broccoli, you will have a great whole food meal that came together with nothing more than opening containers and a little zapping in the microwave.

Thankfully the snow was less than 6 ″ or my poor little duck boots would have been buried!

Poor Gleeson is game, but Thomas is little more than a punching bag.

Although more than 46 million Americans are poor, the issue has gotten little attention in the presidential race.

However, rather than getting us to invest in these stock characters, the vast majority of the opening hour is ineffectual, with the film continuously hampered by a poor script that does little to add layers to its cast of players.

Poor Amanda Peet, who has shown in several films that she has the requisite skill and presence to lead an ensemble, is left with little other than screaming and crying.

Overall, it seems as if HELLBENDERS bites off a little bit more than it can chew with a poor quality EXPENDABLES-esque Horror - Comedy, that is intended capitalise on current, modern trends in the film industry.

The poor performances and very little gore will more than likely leave horror fans wanting more.

And poor Jonathan Banks gets little more than a couple of scenes, which seems absurd coming off of his recent fiery performance in Mudbound.

What is here amounts to little more than fairly routine «ghost in the building» horror, with not much in the way of scares due to some poor plotting, as well as the fact that Kevin Bacon just isn't all that scary no matter what he looks or doesn't look like.

So basically, «Empire Records» is little more than a poor man's «Clerks», but an entertaining one.

Curriculum and content matter — and for no one more than poor kids who get too little of that knowledge and vocabulary at home.

If I use only the percentage of students eligible for FREE lunch, then the student characteristics from charter high schools would constitute an «AB» demographic profile: Less poor than students in public high schools located in an average «A» community and a little more poor than students in public high schools located in an average «B» community.

In declaring Connecticut's school funding system unconstitutional, Hartford Superior Court Judge Thomas Moukawsher pronounced universally glowing teacher evaluations «uselessly perfect» and called the state's poor school rating system «little more than cotton candy in a rainstorm.»

For far too many families, especially poor families, charters are the only alternative to neighborhood public schools that are little more than a public embarrassment.