Sentences with phrase «absence of a few of»

Despite a few performance hiccups we encountered and the absence of a few of the more fun console perks or events, Injustice 2 on PC is a much better port than the first game or Mortal Kombat X. And a good thing too, because Injustice 2 is a superb fighting game.

Not exact matches

In the absence of decisive, quick action to tackle this slow - motion crisis, the best - case scenario for the next few years is that America becomes a much riskier place to do business.

It came up when I asked a few wealthy VCs at a recent dinner how they would short bitcoin given the current absence of derivatives and other common trading strategies.

Investors will be noting the absence of derivatives in the ETF version and over the first few weeks of trading the influence of these hybrid investment tools will become evident.

I saw the Manchester Community College catalog of credit - free courses a few months ago and noticed an absence of courses on entrepreneurism.

There were a couple of markets that launched during my absence so I've been having a look into them, I'm currently running initial automated scans and will look further into each within the next few days.

Yet as the past few years have shown, predictions of rising interest rates have consistently proved premature, largely due to a general absence of inflationary pressures, resulting in a dovish tilt to monetary policy among the main central banks.

More than a few pundits have recently bemoaned the absence of breakthroughs or excitement in the observations of the Constitution's bicentennial.

You made it back to the lakeside up north, and had taken a few days getting things squared away with the family, which had remained unenchanted during your impulsive leave of absence.

In the absence of social control, as M. A. Oommen has metaphorically stated, capital turned the entire world into a global casino, where the few rich play snake and ladder with the lives of the millions of poor and the marginalized.

This happens every now and again, so I promised them that in future I will advise any absences extending beyond a few minutes.That kind of attention negates any thoughts of leaving this address, whilst earthly active.

On the one side is elite capitalism, in which a few families or individuals own a large percentage of the wealth, there is a consequent absence of a large middle class, and control of the economic system is by the elite.

Their life would be morally discrete from the life of other men, and there is no saying, in the absence of positive experience of an authentic kind — for there are few active examples in our scriptures, and the Buddhistic examples are legendary, --(As where the future Buddha, incarnated as a hare, jumps into the fire to cook himself for a meal for a beggar — having previously shaken himself three times, so that none of the insects in his fur should perish with him.)

The absence of action against evil would be consistent with the existence of an evil or at least an uncaring god, which is not impossible, but few people believe in such a god.

Like few before him, Graham had a knack for tying salvation to emotional need, putting language to that universally felt need of some vague sense of absence.

I've been following the Paleo diet for a few weeks now and one of the hardest things I'm having to adjust to is the absence of pasta.

United will surely give Mourinho at least another season to try and wrestle the Premier League trophy back after a long absence, but by then it's doubtful if Ronaldo would fit into their plans anyway as he surely enters the final few years of his career.

Tony Blake was conspicuous in his absence, one of the few students who had entered in the fall of 1989 and were not getting their degree.

For all the attendant mythology Nicklaus versus Palmer petered out after a few years and was characterized by the absence of memorable showdowns.

Still, the absence of Gibbs could mean another star for Spanish youngster Hector Bellerin, who has made a few unexpected appearances in the first - team this season as a host of big names have been out of key fixtures.

The Czech Republic is one of a few first - team players that has not travelled on the club's pre-season tour of Singapore and his absence was explained by Gunners manager Arsene Wenger as the squad arrived in Southeast Asia on Monday afternoon:

However, sadly because of the route Chamberlain has taken in the past by losing his consistency of form quite quickly after an absence from the team sheet for a few weeks, I think we risk seeing a completely different Chamberlain on return to club football.

We have actually coped relatively well in the absence of several key players (Coquelin, cazorla, Sanchez and a few others)..

While I would love for Arsenal to get some good luck in the FA cup this weekend and the Premier League match against Southampton a few days later, I would happily settle for the absence of any bad luck for the Gunners.

Very few individual defensive players are capable of moving the line, but the absence of several starters justifies the line move.

I don't see why Ramsey automatically starts every game, we have a few noticeable absences HB, SC, which is also part of the problem but we also have faster, more accurate people than Ramey is at the moment.

It was in d final few games when formation was changed that Ramsey began to play well... his poor form for most of d season was why we missed Cazorla n felt Wilshere's absence gravely.

The Arsenal winger Henrik Mhkitaryan is definitely out of action for the next few weeks, and his absence will give Arsene Wenger a headache on who to play in his place for the Gunners League games, but who could replace him out n the wing?

An Under - 20 international for France, the centre - back is now a regular for Guinea as well as a key player for his club, for whom he has played at left - back as well as through the middle over the last few weeks to cover for absences caused by international call - ups during the African Cup of Nations.

Stalwart Veteran striker Jefferson Farfan was discarded after the fifth round, but came back for the final few rounds, and stepped up well to cover the absence of Paolo Guerrero in the play - offs.

Manuel Pellegrini's side will know the importance of winning this game, and despite the absence of a few key players, City have enough depth to be able to overcome Leicester at the Etihad.

Without doubt, there is a lack of balance in the squad with the absence of defensive midfielders and a few paper swords in the form of Diaby, Rosicky & Squid, but far and large this squad is one that can «compete».

There are few more glamorous locations than Paris and few clubs in the world capable of matching PSG's huge spending power, but Ligue 1's low international profile — coupled with the absence of European football at Parc des Princes in the second half of the season — has frustrated the club's efforts to attract the kind of players who generate global interest.

It is true that the absence of Michail Antonio left few viable attacking options and it was a case of a return for a rusty Andy Carroll whether he was ready or not.

It's also been interesting to note the complete absence of any mention of the damage done in the stadium on Sunday, compared to the publicity given in the press, to a few Arsenal fans tearing down what were described to me as a few «cardboardy posters» at White Hart Lane.

The absence of two of Ancelotti's preferred front three hasn't cost Madrid in the past few weeks due to the stunning form of on - loan Manchester United striker Javier Hernandez.

While genuine giant - killings have been few and far between, the absence of the Premier League's leading duo − Manchester City and Manchester United − is a massive turn up for the books in itself.

There are a few exceptions: If you're in the highest paid 10 percent of wage earners at your company and your manager can show that your absence would cause substantial economic harm to the organization, you can be denied «restoration,» which is the guarantee that you can return to the same or an equivalent job.

Furthermore, it is now clear that all kinds of crying (i.e. fussing, crying and inconsolable crying) is prolonged, that this prolongation occurs only in the first few months, and that inconsolable crying is almost unique to the first few months of life.3, 40 The «unpredictability» of the crying, and of the caregiver's ability or inability to soothe the infant is most likely due to the facts that (1) the infant cry in the first few months is a reflection of the organization of its behavioural states (crying, awake alert, sleeping), rather than an intentional «signal,» 14 (2) that behavioural state changes occur in «steps» rather than due to increases or decreases in arousal7, 41 and (3) infants are resistant to behavioural state change unless they are in a transitional phase in which they are «ready» to change state.7 Finally, there is now good evidence that the proportion of infants that have evidence of organic disease to explain their crying is less than 5 %.8, 42,43 In the absence of other compromise, infants with «colic» have as good an outcome as infants without «colic.»

There are a few exceptions: Your employer isn't required to keep your job open for you if you're in the highest - paid 10 percent of wage earners at your company and your employer can show that your absence would cause substantial economic harm to the organization.

Lastly, from the bottom of my heart, thank you to each of you who left such sweet comments during my absence the past few weeks.

Although a few reports of late onset GBS in infants whose mothers also expressed GBS in their breastmilk are described in the literature, with the standard medical treatment of breastmilk as just some infectious bodily fluid, no studies are to be found specifically comparing overall GBS infections in infants to presence or absence of exclusive human milk feeding.

The absence of comparison subjects from these hospitals, which may have had fewer resources for managing complicated clinical situations, may have biased the analysis against the home birth group.

These are just a few examples of where breakfast - in - the - classroom has become a tool for administrators and educators to address food insecurity, disciplinary issues, tardies and absences, and trips to the school nurse — and that's on top of improved academic outcomes for students who eat school breakfast!

Since your child has only been experiencing these symptoms for a few days, it may well be that she is simply going through a brief upset related to your absence which will quickly pass as she adjusts to the return of your normal routine.

the absence of any serious Ministerial accountability for their decisions (12), meaning that few Ministers ever stay around long enough to be held accountable for policies they enacted;

For those of us in the know, the absence is puzzling: why have so few candidates used low - cost online ads to list - build among oil spill newsreaders (after all, BP is doing it)?

BTW, Riche will be taking a leave of absence from CITI over the next few months to run a Congressional campaign in Alaska — an awesome opportunity.

Despite the absence of a special session, there are still a number of major issues that will reach their conclusion in the next few days.

It was gathered that the absence of the President and other national party leaders was not unconnected with the leadership crisis that had been rocking the party in the past few months.