Sentences with phrase «working at the pleasure»

After all, the County Executive has approved and appointed each and every one of those administrators and they work at his pleasure.

In the pre-election period the Maude agenda to radically reshape Whitehall promised much - but it has taken almost half this Parliament to gain traction with its basic idea - that elected politicians should be running the show and civil servants are there to work at the pleasure of the administration they «serve»

Your agent is not working at the pleasure of this broker, more the other way around.

Not exact matches

When AMC began work on a massive 24 - screen multiplex at Walt Disney World Resort's Pleasure Island in 1997 — now renamed Disney Springs — the park had one stipulation: If AMC wanted the 24 screens, it also had to take on the existing two - screen theater in Celebration.

I had the pleasure of working with Conrad during his time at Curtin while working on Virtual Observer.

Take time to read books for pleasure, not just for work, and while you're at it, do some writing, too.

Everyone I have met during my time at DocuSign has been kind, considerate, and generally happy people, which makes it a pleasure to come into work each day.»

If you can find a way to delay gratification a bit, you'll not only be able to keep your days filled with hard work, but you'll also be able to truly enjoy the small pleasures in life, a little at a time.

Young engineering graduates could now live in an urban environment, get work done on the commute, and enjoy the pleasures of city life at night and on the weekends.

There are many pleasures in this story about investment banks pitching activism preparedness so I guess we might as well start with the cheapest of them, 1 which is that people who work at investment banks sometimes use words funny:

We, at the Global Opportunity Network would like to thank all participants at our Opportunity Lab last week in New York City — it was a pleasure working with you and thanks for all the great input on how to address five global risks with global opportunities!

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I'm cooped up in my house working from 6 am — 10 am every morning, so it's a pleasure when real human beings reach out to see if I can take a look at a problem.

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As carnal, embodied creatures, our desire to eat meat works in us at a more elemental level than desires for cognitive pleasures.

Paul said something similar when he wrote to the Christians in Philippi, «Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for [God's] good pleasure» (PWork out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for God is at work in you, both to will and to work for [God's] good pleasure» (Pwork in you, both to will and to work for [God's] good pleasure» (Pwork for [God's] good pleasure» (Phil.

As a Canadian, it is a pleasure to know that if I need medical attention I will be covered and that my benefits at work cover anything I may need... not the least of which may be contraceptives (and in my case they would not be for the prevention of pregnancy but for maintaining health).

It is a distinct pleasure to respond to the critique of Father Eric C. Meyer, who was the first Catholic theologian to respond seriously to my work, and who in many ways knows my own position, or, at least my route to it, better than I do myself.

Both sons are prodicals what God is teaching us through the parable is revealing the intents of our hearts there sinful.The younger son wanted the worldly pleasures that was where his heart was at at least he is honest.The older brothers heart was no better because it was all about him it wasnt out of love for his father that he stayed on the farm but that by his works he would gain all that his father had.If he loved his father he would have known how his father would have responded to his brother and he himself would also have been happy to have seen his brother alive again.In the back of his mind he is worried that he may lose more of his inheritance and feels threatened and that is why he responds in the way he does.His heart hasnt changed at all even though his brother has come back from the dead.

The parables disclose with what pleasure and tolerance he surveyed the broad scene of human activity: the merchant seeking pearls; the farmer sowing his fields; the real - estate man trying to buy a piece of land in which he had secret reason to believe a treasure lay buried; the dishonest secretary, who had been given notice, making friends against the evil day among his employer's debtors by reducing their obligations; the five young women sleeping with lamps burning while the bridegroom tarried and unable to attend the marriage because their sisters who had had foresight enough to bring additional oil refused to lend them any; the rich man whose guests for dinner all made excuses; the man comfortably in bed with his children who gets up at midnight to help his importunate neighbor only because he despairs of getting rid of him otherwise; the king who is out to capture a city; the man who built his house upon the sand and lost it in the first storm of wind and rain; the queer employer who pays all of his men the same wage whether they have worked the whole day or a single hour; the great lord who going to a distant land entrusts his property to his three servants and judges them by the success of their investments when he returns; the shepherd whose sheep falls into a ditch; the woman with ten pieces of silver who, losing one, lights the candle and sweeps diligently till she finds it, and makes the finding of it the occasion of a celebration in which all of her neighbors are invited to share — and how long such a list might be!

The message of this book is that significant lowering of the walls usually is possible, if a couple is willing to work at developing the potential for joy, pleasure, and creativity in their marriage.

According to Netzer, «criticism of legal gambling smacks of nannying ordinary working and retired folks: We the affluent, who would not dream of playing numbers whether legal or illegal, long shots on the races or for jackpots at slot machines, don't want you, the unwashed, to enjoy your simple pleasures.»

As always, it's a pleasure to work with the folks at KOL Foods to promote their mission of healthy, moral and green eating.

One of the pleasures of working at the Windsor Court is being able to see and sometimes meet your idols.

I had the pleasure of meeting Laura a few weeks ago at our blogger retreat after having admired her work for some time.

I wouldn't get much pleasure working at the dump.

Asked if he was at Russia vs Mexico for work or pleasure: «Arsene Wenger called me, asked me to watch Golovin again.

Welbeck adding to Alexis's pressing game / work ethic and adding to the English core and Wenger has given a chance to Coquelin who has been a revelation at DM when he could've spunked 30M on Carvalho last summer and we would've never had the pleasure of seeing Coquelin flourish.

I had the pleasure of working with him one day and started picking his brain on the big four coming out of that draft — at the time it was Seth Jones, Barkov, Nathan MacKinnon, and Drouin if I remember correctly, although I may have one or two of those guys mixed up.

It has been a real pleasure to work with you over the course of my time at JUST EAT.

The first time may or may not be good for her, but with a little work (or pleasure depending on how you look at it) it all gets better.

I've had the pleasure of working with Melissa at PEPS as she delivered numerous facilitation skills trainings for our Volunteer Group Leaders.

This past month at BOND, we had the pleasure of working with this sponsor, a small business based here in the United States.

Three to four days a week I have the pleasure of snuggling with my precious nephew while his mama and daddy are at work.

School nutrition professionals make it a pleasure for all of us at Winston; to be able to work with these people, it makes a job more than just a nine - to - five drudge to get through the day.»

It was a pleasure to work with The Perfect Push Rue was available for us at all sorts of hours to help with questions and advice.

The Scotsman is «on a suicide mission»; he takes «considerable pleasure» in phoning The Times editor John Witherow to chastise its «anti-Scottish bias»; he's incredulous when the Sunday Post splashes on his hotel expenses («it would be possible to meet company CEOs or international dignitaries at the local Holiday Inn, but I'm not sure how well that would work for Scotland's benefit») and records with relish his attempt to offer a young Telegraph journalist «a packet of liquorice allsorts for good attendance at every press event».

Paul understood how God makes a way when there seems to be no way when he wrote, «It is God who is at work in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.»

Luckily we have extraordinary elected officials in the state of New York and we have extraordinary County Executives who I have had the pleasure to work with through these storms and I would like to at this time recognize Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, Nassau County Executive Ed Mangano, Oneida County Executive Anthony Picente for really working above and beyond the call of duty and doing extraordinary work for the people of their counties, thank you gentlemen.

This has been a true community driven project and it has been my pleasure to work with the County Executive and the Black Rock Canal Park Steering Committee to make this project a reality, and look forward to future phases at this jewel on Buffalo's waterfront.»

Work and pensions secretary David Gauke spoke in similar code when he told a fringe yesterday: «We all serve at the pleasure of the prime minister.»

Those include a pleasure boat cruise on the Hudson with PEF members who work at the Department of Health, a picnic in the Albany area for Information Technology workers and a trip with other union leaders to the State Fair near Syracuse.

In the summer of 1994, I had the pleasure of spending 2 months at CERN, attending student lectures in the morning and working with an experimental group for the rest of the time.

The folks at Lelo, the sex toy retailer, did the hard work of polling 2,200 people across 21 countries about their big Os, asking questions such as how often they reach the pleasure peak, the position that makes it easiest to do so, and how loud they are when they pass the finish line.

With you in control of the action, you can take your time enjoying G - spot pleasure and work your way to an O at your own speed.

It's a pleasure to work with somebody who is so good at his job: After nearly 11 years, I still look forward to every training session.»

But I also recently found myself without weekend leftovers on a Tuesday, so I layered the ingredients for this lentil shepherd's pie into the slow cooker before I left for work in the morning and when I came home at the end of the day, cold and tired as usual, what a pleasure it was to arrive home to a warm, ready, and nourishing meal.

Even at work, I've had the pleasure of meeting great New Yorkers living a Paleo lifestyle.

«At the Ceres Community Project, Rob had an inspired commitment to healthy, nourishing foods and he was a pleasure to work with.»

I had the pleasure of meeting Gary on two occasions last year through Tom Dayspring, we really appreciate your work at HDL, please keep it coming.