Sentences with phrase «alacrity for»

On education, Michael Gove's alacrity for supply - side reforms has taken shape in a comprehensive programme of Academisation of secondary schools and some primary schools.

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knows it has problems and will address them with alacrity, I can't help but wonder: when will someone finally be held accountable for this kind of subpar performance?»

When I look at the truly horrendous numbers from United Parcel today, when I read once again about how McDonald's knows it has problems and will address them with alacrity, I can't help but wonder: when will someone finally be held accountable for this kind of subpar performance?»

And it seemed to me that I found a perfect willingness, quietness, and alacrity of soul in consenting that it should be so, if it were most for the glory of God, so that there was no hesitation, doubt, or darkness in my mind.

This was a dream job for life and the 60 year old Arsene embraced the sustainable model with alacrity and elan.

The stewards leapt onto the Grosjean accident with all the alacrity of a sloth (native to Brazil) on its lunchbreak and finally dished out a penalty when he was least expecting it, much to the amusement of anyone who was waiting for it to be relayed over team radio.

That Ed Balls didn't even receive a sign - off on last week's much derided VAT poster, and the alacrity with which his team were keen to let the world know this fact, speaks volumes for the dysfunction in Labour's campaign machine.

Some chimps use rocks to crack nuts, others fish for termites with blades of grass and a gorilla has been seen gauging the depth of water with the equivalent of a dipstick, but no animal wields tools with quite the alacrity of the New Caledonian crow.

For your unit that is definitely completely about media intake, the fire will dwell or die depending on its perceived alacrity.

It changes up with alacrity and each gear engages crisply if you change at the correct moment, but ignore the prompts from the head - up display and wait right to the redline, and you'll be left waiting for the next gear as the engine stumbles into a soft - limiter.

You shouldn't be too disappointed if you opt for the non-AMG SLs though, as both SL 400 and SL 500 offer strong performance and, if not quite as sharp as the AMGs, fulfil the role of grand tourer with alacrity.

The alacrity of the direction changes is just what you'd expect from such a short wheelbase, and for the most part belies the fact that the engine in front of you weighs 100 kg more than the one in the V8.

In contrast to the standard issue CLS, the CLS63's seven - speed transmission ditches a torque converter for a wet startup clutch, and shifts occur smoothly and swiftly, with extra alacrity and added steering stiffness when you click from «C» (comfort) to «S» (sport), S +, or M (manual.)

It sheds forward momentum with the same alacrity, with an as - tested 60 - 0 mph distance of 116 feet, not bad for the high - riding cat.

At least the extra length and weight haven't dimmed the driving experience which, for such a large and heavy car with a new emphasis on keeping the boss in the back happy, is capable of unlikely feats of acceleration and A-to-B alacrity when called upon.

Don't go thinking these are lead - tipped arrows, because they steer with surprising alacrity and precision, but retarding the speed of both these big five - door performance cars for any corner on any racetrack requires careful attention.

The forthcoming Focus RS and Volkswagen's Golf R both have gobs more power and torque, albeit at a slightly higher starting price, but then so does the cheaper Focus ST.. The JCW has size on its side, though, and the resulting power to weight ratio makes for a city car that can squirt out of bends and away from stoplights with as much alacrity as far more powerful sports cars — up to a certain speed.

Even high - rise pickup trucks vacate the left lane with alacrity (means «quickly,» for you truck owners) when they spot this silver Charger's crosshairs grille in the mirror.

Maass Aurelius has sized up our current Rubicon with the alacrity and charm for which we all like him.

But somehow while rats and mice enjoy a reputation for staying within a fairly circumscribed area and making their way back home with alacrity, once hamsters depart slightly from their familiar surroundings they inevitably become distracted and wander aimlessly.

«A broad spectrum of the community responded generously and with alacrity and enthusiasm to this once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to make the KMA a vital resource for the study, preservation, and promotion of Beauford Delaney's work.»

These elements demonstrate the alacrity with which Richter had perfected the use of the «squeegee» as a tool for painting: adapted from the wipers used by window cleaners, it was only in the mid-1980s that the artist began to apply paint with them.

The alacrity with which they threw over the Abstract Expressionists for the Pop artists is a perfect example.

Replace conditional «house arrest» sentences with three - year mandatory minimum jail terms and you can bet that my clientele will be visiting their banks for that loan with frequency and alacrity.

But, as Bruce McEwen recently noted in a posting entitled IBM Watson & Machine Learning, in discussing how IBM Watson may affect the practice of law, «For once it would behoove us to respond with alacrity and nimbleness in place of denial, resentment, and behind - the - lines guerrilla resistance.»

Four and half months would be too long in the vast majority of cases, said Mr Justice Mann in Harrison v Hockey and another [2007] All ER (D) 336 (Mar), and four weeks has previously been held to be without the alacrity called for.

Apart from the pettiness, there are real issues here for the elderly and disabled who may not be able to meet the expectations of airport security martinets with proper alacrity.

The task force has given the law society an excellent blueprint for doing just that, openly expressing some uncomfortable facts about the bar admission process and all but demanding that the profession's governing body respond with alacrity.

And because Verizon is suggesting that for some folks, this is the only internet connection they're likely to need and, so, can cancel their cable or DSL, chances of Rogers, our only 3G source at the moment, bringing this in with any alacrity approach zero.

Your morning coffee bullies your mental faculties into motion just enough to spend your shower wondering how you got this — dead tired — your body a little squishier than you remembered — and questioning whether you'll ever wake feeling refreshed, with the kind of alacrity and ready - for - anything pep you vaguely remember from your youth.