Sentences with phrase «actually distracting yourself from»

Trying to stay quiet can actually distract you from the task at hand.

«That is one of the developments in our politics that is most unpleasant, we can't take criticism, we can't take news that is positive about somebody we don't like, and so we have a lot of insults on social media and actually distracts from the issues and instead of dealing mainly with the issues, people rather take the route of trading insults.»

But that new information and communications technologies aren't all - powerful or irrelevant doesn't mean that they do not matter — or that their sometimes exaggerated positive sides actually distract us from recognizing their more nefarious aspects, as people like Morozov sometimes come close to arguing, as pointed out by Zeynep Tufekci in her thoughtful review of his book.

Merlino says the researchers learned that some of the things that graphic artists might put into a diagram to make it jazzy — such as lots of colors — actually distract from learning.

I've also found that when I act like I'm feeling better than I am I can actually distract myself from the symptoms for a bit and get some shit done.

There are also articles about obstacles to greater progress: a study reveals that teacher expectations impact students» likelihood of completing college and are often lower for black students than for their white counterparts, even after accounting for students» academic and demographic backgrounds; and a look at how allowing laptop use in the classroom actually distracts from student learning.

It has led to a lot of arguments about decadal noise that do nothing to address the long view, and actually distract from it.

But the psychic energy it takes to spend money actually distracts us from what matters to us.

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The truth of the matter is that our brains, from a fundamental development perspective, actually can't do it, which is why we become so distracted.

These elements seem like you're establishing credibility, but actually you're distracting from your real mission.

Here, that's used to convince a volunteer that a magician predicted which card he'd choose from a deck — the magician distracts the subject, then convinces him that events unfolded differently than they actually did.

Premier Clark has an opportunity to turn away from the perpetual campaigning that has distracted her during her first term and to pay more attention to actually governing.

Sorry if I'm distracting from your explanation of what the cultural practice of biblical adoption actually was like.

It was so good that my non-vegetarian, cornbread - averse husband actually loved it, citing it «tasted like it had meat in it» and «all the other stuff going on distracted him from the «cornmealiness» of it.»

Just more dead cat talk that distracts from wenger's failure to upgrade by getting rid of average players who we all know can't deliver trophies even in a weak year... And EPL and cl were both that last year... Walcott Campbell Gibbs ox and mert should all have gone by now... Draxler Rodriguez subotic (there are better though) could have come in as all are actually available with a net spend of very little... Then focus on goal scorer and splash the cash... Would still go for for the borrusia guy but if wenger shows no intent nothing will happen

I guess cuteness can be very distracting, but you can actually hear the foaming sound coming from her invisible pants and it just keeps going!

But if you want your child to behave in the store, they need to actually learn how to behave instead of being distracted from the task at hand.

Where it's hard sometimes because they're distractable, they can use you as a pit stop; but the other thing is that you can actually distract them away from something that you're ready to do at that point.

And the «worse» part brings up the downside — the Twitter discussion is so interesting and fast - moving that it can distract the audience from what the speakers are actually saying.

This constitutional balancing act has pros as well as cons, not least the fact it distracts attention from what the Scottish government's proposition would actually be should another referendum be held.

Is it likely to change, say, the amount of paperwork I'm supposed to fill out and the difficulties and complexities of it, which I often find end up distracting me from the nitty gritty of finding clients and actually completing the contracts themselves.

It distracts children from actually doing what they're supposed to be doing,» Glydsea says.

It is the Labour Government that people are fed up with, the «it's only Gordon Brown's personality that's the problem» line is actually a Labour myth designed to distract attention from the deep unpopularity of Labour's policies and actions.

I'm actually wearing it backwards since the front has some cut - outs look and I didn't want to distract from the boho vibes I am going for.

Bold prints and patterns should attract attention but if they are too busy you might actually be distracting from your real assets.

For example, if you're top heavy, flares distract from that... if you're bottom heavy, flares can actually help to «mask» that, if you're apple shaped (or pregnant!)

If her attention wavers from what she is looking at then it may well reveal that she is actually listening intently to what you are saying and hearing that you are about to leave is enough to distract her.

You never know when you're going to offend someone, not to mention excessive use of profanity when making that crucial first impression can distract a guy from what you're actually saying.

Yes I like this game, but yes, going into «The Angry Birds Movie,» I was definitely not letting that distract me from whether or not it works as a film; However, to answer that, it actually does.

The camera is both overactive and acknowledged in the film, a choice made by Penn that actually detracts from the story that he is trying to tell by distracting us from the players telling it.

-- Features several new monsters — Subtle improvements and embellishments — 1080 native — Rextextured rather than rebuilt in HD — Improved loading times — 50 % more content than Tri — Most of the new content comes from the upper levels of the game like the G class quests — New monster: Brachydios — Brachydios is like a cross between a poisonous rhino and an extraordinarily aggressive, volcanic T - Rex — Brachydios enjoys slobbering explosive neon - green saliva all over its stumpy arms and then pile - driving you into the ground with them, leaving a residue of slime wherever it treads — Brachydios will go into rage mode after you hit him a few times and the green nodes on his head start to glow read — Expanded monster stamina system in Ultimate — Can more easily see when a monster is weakened or hurt — Monsters tire out more visibly — AI companions Cha - Cha and Kayumba can be used in single - player — Cha - Cha and Kayumba sing stat - boosting songs and have the odd stab at a monster during battle — The two are mainly used to distract the monster's attention — GamePad shows map — Mess around with your inventory on the GamePad as well — Target button in both versions lets you actually lock on to monsters

Ordinarily I would have thought that idea to be relatively distracting from the plot but in this case it really works and actually enhances the experience, when you consider how the first third of the film is written and performed.

Piling on the offenses, Showtime suffers from a few distracting plotholes, an obviously tacked - on prologue meant to elicit a Kindergarten Cop-esque brand of «isn't it funny to scare children with a terrifying actor,» and a score by Alan Silvestri that actually approximates the feel of hammers to the brainpan.

Instead of actually fulfilling the oh - my - God - this - is - awesome momentum set up right from the opening sequence (a delightful 5 minute short film in its own right) by hunkering down and making the story, ultimately, work, he relies almost entirely on smoke and mirrors: throwing whiz - bang - eveything - but - the - kitchen - sink - razzle - dazzle to keep us distracted.

Similarly, in an especially clever touch, Akhtar trots out the old Bollywood cliché of a surprise superstar cameo in a way that actually serves, rather than distracts from, the plot.

Thankfully there's no Rihanna song distracting from the movie, instead we get some impressive footage from this upcoming space adventure that looks like it may actually be much better than Into Darkness.

That the resulting film is excellent viewing distracts from how challenging this adaptation about an orphan, a dreamcatching giant, his violent brethren and the Queen of England must have actually been to bring to life....

The actor is so magnetic that he distracts from whose work we are actually watching.

Less Than Zero is a mixed bag, slick and energetic with a very popular soundtrack, but all of its strengths are mere bells and whistles that actually distract for the personal story that should have been front and center from the get - go.

Such frivolous charges are intended to distract from what TCS policies actually do: provide taxpayers with an incentive to help low - and middle - income families choose schools that work for their kids.

The emphasis on the performance differences may actually be counterproductive and may distract us from the real underlying issues.

So, why not distract the student from their off - topic SMSing and replace the use of this device with something that actually relates to the class and engages them?

There are concerns that concentrating on personality testing could distract teachers from actually teaching.

There's just too much that distracts me from enjoying the drive, which even in this front - drive form is actually quite nice.

While there was some data from the Center for Teaching through Children's Books that seemed to show children actually learn less and retain less content and demonstrate a lower level of comprehension when reading an enhanced ebook app (there's simply too much distracting content that takes away from the story line), Russell Hampton, president of Disney Publishing Worldwide, countered that argument with the explanation that e-readers are engaging reluctant and disinterested readers in higher numbers than ever before.

Always be mindful of the colors you are using, and whether they will actually distract your readers attention away from the content.

That anyone who has access to a keyboard can suddenly become an author is a curse; that readers pick up and read a lot of the produced drivel is a curse; that these same readers and authors do not recognize the difference between, for example, your and you're is a curse; that readers are more interested in being distracted from reading than from actually reading is a curse.

This app provides the cat lover with actual videos of how to distract cats from unwanted behavior like attacking baby birds, to litter training, to actually doing tricks.

In short, dominance theory is a counterproductive construct that distracts from the functional relationship between behavior, and the environment, which actually causes and explains behaviors.

While the game isn't technically brilliant combat can actually look rather pretty, so when you combine that with how solid the gunplay feels what you've got is satisfying third - person mayhem that succeeds in distracting you from its issues by using lots of shiny lights and pretty colors.