Sentences with phrase «certainly stepping up»

Samsung is certainly stepping up in the build quality department once more with the A series lineup, and while the Galaxy A3 is not a flagship, it's a very solid smartphone overall.

Certainly stepping up litigation offers plenty of possibilities for the movement.

The La Liga title race is going down to the wire but the elite players of Spain's top tier are certainly stepping up to make it a worthy contest.

It's certainly a step up from being a junkie, but it's far from freedom from addiction.

In comparison to Front Defense, Front Defense: Heroes is certainly a step up, offering a far more dynamic experience than its single - player sibling, it's just not quite the standout experience it could've been.

The contrast can be a little bit wanting at times, with the deepest shadows occasionally looking a tad gray, but the overall image quality here is quite nice and certainly a step up from the streaming presentation.

The last two Best Picture winners («Spotlight» and «Moonlight») were rather mediocre films, so having a decent film win is certainly a step up.

Bearing in mind that the SsangYong Tivoli is a cheap car to buy, the interior is surprisingly good quality — certainly a step up from the other models in SsangYong's range.

While the Bose system is certainly a step up from the standard 10 - speaker system, it falls a little short of finely detailed audiophile quality.

This new device is certainly a step up from the WIFI model released a few months ago.

If anything the control options for the most part actually improves the game, it certainly steps up from Mario and Sonic's last winter options.

This mode is certainly a step up from the aimless wandering at first, but doesn't introduce enough new mechanics between missions to create variety.

From the trailer (which goes out of its way to acknowledge that the original Shaq - Fu sucked), A Legend Reborn is certainly a step up, from a production standpoint.

UFC 3's artificial intelligence is certainly a step up from the previous two games.

While it's certainly a step up, there are still plenty of awkward visual moments partly due to the fact the maximum resolution is only 640x480.

Sen and Nussbaum is certainly a step up in the discourse, and could be six or seven topics for Dr. Curry's salon, given the number of people who persist in making assertions about development economics and the lesser developed world, generally without foundation.

Booth and his lean team of five lawyers have certainly stepped up: supporting more than # 2bn worth of property trading at The Crown Estate in the last two years, overhauling its offshore wind portfolio, devolving its operations in Scotland and restructuring the entity, which is governed by an Act of Parliament.

The life insurance companies have certainly stepped up to the plate with this one.

It's certainly a step up from the Fitbit Force that was recalled for causing skin allergies and never saw its promised smartwatch functionality, though a few more rashes have been reported.

It's certainly a step up from the Lumia 630 and 635 as well as the 5XX series, and it has a few things that put it ahead of the similarly - priced BLU Win HD LTE.

Samsung took a different direction last year and went from a metal frame and plastic to a new metal and glass design — certainly a step up, but oh that fragile glass can be a disaster if dropped.

The pace at which cheaper variants of phones have been able to catch up and provide the same or similar features compared to higher end phones has certainly stepped up, though.

Not exact matches

«I am today more interested also to encourage other donors to step up to the plate and to finance neutral humanitarian organizations and operations more generously and this certainly is true for some Europeans states, Gulf states as well as other important countries,» Maurer added.

In real terms, while the display certainly is nice to look at — and a giant step up over the grainy screen of LG's other recent effort, the bendable Flex — it's not that much better looking than its competitors.

The Switch isn't as powerful as the Xbox One or the PlayStation 4; it's certainly not as powerful as the PlayStation 4 Pro or the Xbox One X, each of which is capable of powering 4K gaming, the next step up after HD.

Trump's decision was certainly a positive step in raising awareness and could potentially free up grant money from various federal agencies.

As it turned out, only nine Courtenay - Comox votes — quite possibly from the very people we spoke with on those door steps, and almost certainly from some of those first - time voters we signed - up — currently make up the difference between another Christy Clark Big Money majority and the chance for a fresh start in B.C. politics.

It certainly did warm us up on a sub-zero Minnesota evening (and we did each cooling step out on the porch, rather than heating up our fridge).

A buy from Bolton, it was always going to be a big step up from a relegated Championship side, however Holding has proven in his opening games that he certainly has a lot of talent to show.

Arsenal's approach is certainly the more spectacular and high profile, throwing talented youngsters into high profile situations and forcing them to step up will get you praised by neutrals and pundits.

The legendary striker certainly knew how to step up on the big stage — take a look at the Stamford Bridge hero's amazing highlights...

In turn, there are certainly positive signs that he is capable of making the step up, but it's quite the gamble for Barcelona at this stage as there are no guarantees that he can deliver consistently if Iniesta chooses to move on.

I certainly hope so and Arsene Wenger needs to know that his usual «oh there is nobody out there» line will not wash after the PSG and Sweden star stepped up his apparent courtship of the Gunners this week.

The player has stepped up when the team needed him and I certainly hope to see him getting more opportunities in the future.

Certainly hope Dos Anjos is focused on the fight in front of him and doesn't look past Covington — but Colby is facing a huge step up in competition to say the least!

I am perhaps Reus greatest admirer but if bringing him in is not possible as I feel may be the case Pedro is certainly IMO, a step up into the real class we aspire to.

He would be a step up on Giroud, but I do nt think he'd be as good as Costa, certainly not Aguero.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

Sessegnon has certainly shown plenty of promise in the early stages of his career, but time will tell as to whether or not he's ready for the immediate step up and if Fulham are prepared to let him go.

However, the most serious interest is believed to come from Liverpool, who would certainly represent a step up from OL.

It remains to be seen whether or not either Spurs or Liverpool can prise him away from the King Power Stadium, but it would certainly be a difficult one for him to turn down making that next step up and joining a club challenging for honours year in and year out.

While we have players who step into top draw (Rambo certainly has potential to be) then we can be great on a given day but we need to invest to get our number of talents in that top bracket up.

If he steps up his performance alteast 50 % this season, we certainly will have solved 50 % of our problems.

I am not saying that Lacazette will be successful with every penalty attempt (no one is perfect), but he certainly looks confident when he steps up.

He certainly seems to have made some impression in his short time here with the appointment of his backroom team being particularly well received, and the stepping up of the training sessions being very evident on videos released, to replace the usual jokey crossbar challenge and other joviality that came before.

Injuries have certainly been a mitigating factor and Danny Rose was again missing for both legs against Gent — the defeat in Monaco was the first time Harry Kane, Hugo Lloris and Mousa Dembele had started together in the Champions League and Spurs were still without Toby Alderweireld and Erik Lamela — but too few of the fit players stepped up.

United certainly need players to step up in the closing weeks of the campaign - a challenge few expect Zlatan Ibrahimovic to shirk.

(Fat Frank will certainly start up a fight)... Maybe we are missing some sort of «enforcer», not a dirty player but an imposing figure who can step in when tacles start flying and respond in some shape, way or form.

If Blackburn are to make the step up from relegation candidates to European contenders then Steve Kean's men simply must score more goals, and with far more regularity, certainly at home.

Due to become the youngest boss in the history of the Bundesliga when he steps into the shoes of current caretaker, Huub Stevens, in six months» time, the 28 - year - old Nagelsmann certainly has a good reputation on the German circuit, delivering the goods with Hoffenheim's youth team — leading them to the national title in 2014 and the runners - up spot last season — recently reported to be on a short - list for a role at the Bayern Munich academy and known to be very close to present - day Dortmund coach, Thomas Tuchel.