Sentence examples for temporary master from inspiring English sources

Though in my mind I am the temporary master of Nature red in tooth and claw, and gray in slime and goo, I will not win.

This legal concept developed in Roman law and found significant application in the determination of the property interests between a slave held under a usus fructus (Latin: "use and enjoyment") bond and a temporary master.

It sounds earnest: in fact it's fantastically entertaining, full of incidents that would be too far-fetched for the wildest farce: endless animals get dumped on the director to babysit, for instance, including a 6ft iguana which paces the apartment restlessly, as unhappy to be cooped up as his temporary master.

In 1811, the Hall of the Caryatids finally opened in the Musée Napoléon with a temporary display of master works, leaving more than half the boxes unopened.

These challenges of identity formation go along with identity crises that are normal and temporary phenomena in mastering age-related developmental tasks in adolescence [ 6].

We'll meet Wayward Plants, masters of temporary conceptual gardens.

What was meant to be temporary work to support my master's degree had become a full-time job, and in five years I had moved from being a kitchen porter to a shift leader and stand-in manager.

Immediate conditions, such as the brutality of an overseer or master or a temporary lapse of supervision, often precipitated slave flight, but willingness to undertake such a form of rebellion against the system was usually determined by such factors as the accessibility of refuge or the ability to blend in with the free population (some societies marked slaves to inhibit such blending).

In addition to Atchugarry's large-scale works in Carrara marble, the foundation displays temporary exhibits of other modernist masters (most recently a Le Corbusier retrospective).

Their discussions have mainly been with their batting coach, Mark Ramprakash, an admirable technician, and their temporary batting consultant, Mahela Jayawardene, a master of slow, turning pitches.

The field is now a temporary feature marked for construction under the original master plan for the area.