Sentence examples for ancient expressions from inspiring English sources

Ancient expressions like "full moon," "half-moon," "last-quarter-moon" continued to be used but were really only figures of speech: how could we call "full" a shape that was all cracks and holes and that always seemed on the point of crashing down on our heads in a shower of rubble?

Ka/Ks in rac1ab is similar to rac1b, the corresponding TSGD paralog of rac1aa and rac1ab; however, it is significantly greater in rac1aa, and it is rac1ab that is overexpressed in all tissues in all species compared with rac1aa, although at the same expression level than other GTPases and its ohnolog rac1b, probably reflecting the ancient expression level.

JERUSALEM — With Hebrew phrases, testaments to Israel's ancient roots, expressions of deep admiration and displays of empathy, President Obama has captured the hearts of many here over the past two days, appearing to erase years of skepticism and wariness overnight.

Ethiopia represents one of the church's most ancient national expressions.

On the one hand, Runx orthologues of nematode, sea urchin, amphioxus and mammals (Runx3) are expressed in the gut [ 52- 55], suggesting an ancient endodermal expression inherited from the urbilateria.

"Time flies" is an ancient metaphorical expression.

In Greece "we have no word for it except for the ancient Greek expression 'to guide the soul'.

Once, when the irate Liverpool manager, Bob Paisley, threatened to take Ellis outside and "part your hair" (an ancient County Durham expression denoting a sound thrashing), Ellis reached into his top pocket, pulled out a comb and said: "There you are, Bob.

P-Orridge was initially concerned that there would be a conceptual clash in the process of bringing these ancient modes of expression into the present.

Our results suggest a more ancient origin for Hoxd expression in the distal aspect of the fin buds and in the cloaca.

"The ancient Greeks used the expression 'to honor Pan' to mean male homosexual activity," Ivry reminds us.