Sentences with phrase «almost as boring»

«Nebraska is almost as boring as Iowa was,» my mom said.

In «Tracking Untraceable,» writer Allison Burnett outs himself as a closet psychopath when he admits that if there were a site like the one portrayed in the movie, he would visit it, while the audio commentary track with director Gregory Hoblit is almost as boring as the film itself.

It's almost as boring as a laundry list.

One, we can certainly do better than Albany Capital Center, which is almost as boring as a Sunday in Utica.

Such accusations are almost as boring as they are predictable, but their prevalence is in itself quite remarkable, as is their ability to silence dissent.

College basketball is very good, but professional basketball is almost as boring as baseball (at any level).

Not exact matches

He wears, as he almost always does, a navy T - shirt that bears the logo of Zappos.com, the online shoe retailer he helped start in 1999, that he has run as CEO since 2000, and that he sold to Amazon.com for $ 1.2 billion in 2009.

Almost without exception, exemplars are scrappy young businesses whose brands were born on the same clean sheets of paper as their products were, whose history is measured in months or years rather than decades, and whose founders still show up for work in the morning.

A recent Kauffman study found that people who come to the United States are almost twice as likely to be entrepreneurs versus native - born Americans.

And he is seen as unlikely to move forward with a special immigration rule for foreign - born entrepreneurs, who founded almost 45 % of startups in 2012.

«If you are a conservative talk show host, which I am, if you don't accept that it's likely Hillary Clinton has taken part in multiple murders, or that Barack Obama is a Muslim extremist sympathizer who was probably born outside this country — if you don't accept those two things, it's almost as if you're a sellout.

As recently as six years ago, when Wadhwa would ask his foreign - born students whether they planned to stay in the United States, almost all would raise their handAs recently as six years ago, when Wadhwa would ask his foreign - born students whether they planned to stay in the United States, almost all would raise their handas six years ago, when Wadhwa would ask his foreign - born students whether they planned to stay in the United States, almost all would raise their hands.

As the wettest storm on record in US history bore down in the last days of August — dropping five feet of rain in some areas — completely inundating Houston, killing more than 70 people, and damaging almost 200,000 homes, at least five prisons on the east coast of Texas were evacuated.

The Boring Company was founded by Elon Musk almost as a result of Twitter banter with his followers, with the billionaire entrepreneur stating that an underground tunnel system is key to solving traffic problems.

Millennials (born 1980 - 2000): Ask anybody who is retired for advice on saving (or, for that matter, ask anybody who is 10 years from retirement with woefully underfunded investment accounts) and the answer will be almost unanimous: Think about and save for retirement finances as early as possible!

Sounding subdued, almost bored by his own predictions, he speaks about advances toward the Model 3 rollout, as well as a new vehicle, the Model Y, scheduled for 2019.

Almost all that was original and beautiful or serviceable in the intellectual and spiritual life of primitive man inevitably died as soon as it was born.»

Somehow both old as the hills and joyful as the sun, his greatest lie is the one he seems (almost) to believe: «My lord, I was born about three of the clock in the afternoon, with a white head and something a round belly.»

It is almost as though, while communism is dying (as a political system) throughout most of the world, the seeds of corruption it planted here in the U.S. have germinated and borne bitter fruit.

Our choice of two — J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and Flannery O'Connor's The Violent Bear It Away — is therefore somewhat arbitrary, but not entirely, for so much has been written about such novels as The Brothers Karamazov and The Sound and the Fury, and the stories of Alyosha and Dilsey are such perfect illustrations of the parabolic way, that they are almost too easy.

After God drowned almost the whole human race in the flood, including babies, infants, etc., murdering the first - born in Egypt just to make a point, citing the Bible as rationale to ban abortion is irrational.

Let us speak of a whole life of sufferings or of some person whom nature, from the very outset, as we humans are tempted to say, wronged, someone who from birth was singled out by useless suffering: a burden to others; almost a burden to himself; and yes, what is worse, to be almost a born objection to the goodness of Providence.

If this Jewish history is true (and we have no good reason to believe otherwise), then almost everybody — including David's own father and brothers — believed that David was born as a result of adultery, which is why David writes, «I was brought forth in iniquity; and in sin my mother conceived me.»

A slight and passing familiarity with Thomas» system, usually acquired secondhand and enforced as a party line, was almost bound to breed that kind of contempt that comes from bored students who know a little but not enough.

Communication happens only a couple of times a year with a six - month lag, lots of reminiscing, frequent stops to sigh or shed a tear as she gazes on their wedding photo prominently displayed, talking about him until her friends can almost bear no more...

When you consider how thrilling and deeply moving the Bible really is, it is almost an accomplishment to make it as boring as modern editions do.

When you consider how thrilling and deeply moving the Bible really is — with timeless scenes of love, passion, war, and betrayal — it is almost an accomplishment to make it seem as boring as most modern editions do.

While Peter almost certainly visited Rome for what looks like a brief period of time, if there was any city that represented or epitomized his authority in a special way, it would not be Rome, the place of his murder, but Jerusalem, in which the Church was born, or perhaps better yet Antioch, in which he long served as a local leader.

It almost seems like a baiting technique: were you bored and and wanting to create a lively discussion as well as a beautiful image?!! I really do enjoy your material so much, and find it refreshingly honest and sincere.

As time goes buy the kind defenders of free will over their rejection to «dead» here and colossians 2:13 tend to resort to a familiar defense, that of labeling it a Calvinist viewpoint and that its almost a cultist view point to hold.Very sad yet very much the defense of many christians.Dead may i suggest is dead, the inability to respond, does not mean that prior to being saved one could not read scripture but because of this spiritual deadness its not profitabel / meaningful - we just can not continue to revise the meaning of dead to fit a view point - because natural man has not been born again this deadness (spiritually) shows itself as «none seek after God», in this condition they are» slaves to sin» and the spiritual things of God (the bible) is «folly / foolishness» even the gospel is judged by natural man as «folly / foolishness «(1 cor.1: 18) Please stop with this weak / common defense called Calvinism - many believers are truly turned off by such a defense.We must not forget the man's «free will» is what took the whole human race down in the garden; i would hope we can rise above our love affair with the human wilAs time goes buy the kind defenders of free will over their rejection to «dead» here and colossians 2:13 tend to resort to a familiar defense, that of labeling it a Calvinist viewpoint and that its almost a cultist view point to hold.Very sad yet very much the defense of many christians.Dead may i suggest is dead, the inability to respond, does not mean that prior to being saved one could not read scripture but because of this spiritual deadness its not profitabel / meaningful - we just can not continue to revise the meaning of dead to fit a view point - because natural man has not been born again this deadness (spiritually) shows itself as «none seek after God», in this condition they are» slaves to sin» and the spiritual things of God (the bible) is «folly / foolishness» even the gospel is judged by natural man as «folly / foolishness «(1 cor.1: 18) Please stop with this weak / common defense called Calvinism - many believers are truly turned off by such a defense.We must not forget the man's «free will» is what took the whole human race down in the garden; i would hope we can rise above our love affair with the human wilas «none seek after God», in this condition they are» slaves to sin» and the spiritual things of God (the bible) is «folly / foolishness» even the gospel is judged by natural man as «folly / foolishness «(1 cor.1: 18) Please stop with this weak / common defense called Calvinism - many believers are truly turned off by such a defense.We must not forget the man's «free will» is what took the whole human race down in the garden; i would hope we can rise above our love affair with the human wilas «folly / foolishness «(1 cor.1: 18) Please stop with this weak / common defense called Calvinism - many believers are truly turned off by such a defense.We must not forget the man's «free will» is what took the whole human race down in the garden; i would hope we can rise above our love affair with the human will.

I've found, for example, that despite the lip - service paid to Israel's need for Western aliyah — the immigration of Jews from the West — many native - born Israelis resent these newcomers almost as much as they do Palestinians.

The Sunday school, then, was an institution without which the church of Jesus Christ could get along for almost 1,800 years, just as it got along without the denomination, the competitive parish, the broad - based missionary movement, the conjured revival — all of them institutions born in the century of industrial - era inventions, between about 1740 and 1840.

By now I am almost fully pledged vegetarian (I still eat fish sometimes though, but that need decreases) As a former meat eater I enjoyed Golabki, Flaki and Pierogies, both are polish cuisines because even though I was born in Germany, half my heritage (specific: my mother) comes from Poland and I grew up with traditional polish cuisine, which still counts as comfort food to me (Omg I need to mention I tried so often to make Bigos Vegetarian without sacraficing the taste, but it's still a challange) Bu talso my other half of heritage come from Hungary, I also enjoy traditional Hungarian food like Langos and Palacsinta (so good) Basically I've been brought up with no fear from anything new, I have no prejudices, try everything I can and enjoy home cooked meals made with local basic ingridients the mosAs a former meat eater I enjoyed Golabki, Flaki and Pierogies, both are polish cuisines because even though I was born in Germany, half my heritage (specific: my mother) comes from Poland and I grew up with traditional polish cuisine, which still counts as comfort food to me (Omg I need to mention I tried so often to make Bigos Vegetarian without sacraficing the taste, but it's still a challange) Bu talso my other half of heritage come from Hungary, I also enjoy traditional Hungarian food like Langos and Palacsinta (so good) Basically I've been brought up with no fear from anything new, I have no prejudices, try everything I can and enjoy home cooked meals made with local basic ingridients the mosas comfort food to me (Omg I need to mention I tried so often to make Bigos Vegetarian without sacraficing the taste, but it's still a challange) Bu talso my other half of heritage come from Hungary, I also enjoy traditional Hungarian food like Langos and Palacsinta (so good) Basically I've been brought up with no fear from anything new, I have no prejudices, try everything I can and enjoy home cooked meals made with local basic ingridients the most!

I had to create a fun recipe for St. Patricks day, seeing as how I was almost born on that day and green is my absolute favorite color.

And lo and behold, 1o years later, here I am, my fourth year living in Buenos Aires, speaking and thinking in Spanish almost as fluently as if I'd been born in Argentina, living in the same country with Juan, the one I moved out of Singapore for.

What is really unnerving and will go as a dark age for AFC in years to come is how this man took one of the richest teams in the world by ramsom... completely inexplicable how we are subject to take this mediocrity for another 2 years or as long as Le Fraud decides he will stay as he thinks is his born birth right...... Legacy??? a man who lost his self respect this way has no right to claim a Legacy not even for what he accomplished almost a generation ago... of course and also inexplicably he still has supports from some Fans.....

The young gelding dropped out of nowhere to win the Derby, at odds of almost 13 - 1, and two weeks later — when he sailed to a 9 3/4 length victory in the Preakness Stakes — he became the newest «people's horse,» bearing upon his ample back every dreamer who ever saw himself as owning a Triple Crown winner.

Sometimes the hatred of sheepmen for coyotes, bears and mountain lions seems to go so far beyond the dimensions of reality as to be almost pathological in origin.

Almost all of the team at the time were born within the sound of Bow Bells, whereas Geoff was born, as all the football programmes of the time will tell you, in Ashton - under - Lyne, Lancashire.

As it turned out, my baby was born 10 weeks early and I had to pump ever few hours with almost no supply... for FIVE weeks, the only reason we made it through was because of online friends and their pushiness: — RRB - Weirdly enough, when I did meet with the lactation consultant in the NICU, I knew more than HER about some of the tricks!

When my son was born (he's almost 10 now), I was working full - time as a State Environmental Compliance Inspector.

• 8 out of 10 people (80 %) think fathers should feel as able as mothers to ask for flexible working • 8 out of 10 women (80 %) and more than 6 out of 10 men (62 %) agree that fathers are as good as mothers at caring for children • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 42 % strongly, that society values a child's relationship with its mother more than it values a child's relationship with its father • Almost 6 out of 10 (59 %) agree with the statement that society assumes mothers are good for children, fathers have to prove it • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that there should be a zero tolerance approach if fathers do not take on their parenting responsibilities • Almost 7 out of 10 (67 %) agree that dads should be encouraged to spend time in school reading with their child • 7 out of 10 (70 %) agree, 50 % strongly, that dads should be able to stay overnight with their partner in hospital when their baby is born.

It is almost as if breastfeeding takes the infant out of poverty for those few vital months in order to give the child a fairer start in life and compensate for the injustices of the world into which it was born.»

Late preterm infants are usually healthier than babies born earlier, and they're almost as likely to survive as full - term babies.

One of the last things she mentioned (almost as an after thought) was how she did not leave the house with me for SIX WEEKS after I was born!!!

my daughter is almost 9 months and she has been nursing sense she was born but she took a bottle until about 2 months old a binky as well then one day she stopped taking them and would only nurse and the only way i could get her to sleep is if im laying next to her and she is nursing and she will wake up and cry and i have to give her the boob to put her back to sleep i do nt know what to do to get her to sleep on her own i have tried binkys all kinds and bottles and sippys and she does nt want any of them she screams till i give her my boob.

And as almost every parent can attest, children are born with the ability to produce this sound, almost as if it's something encoded into their DNA.

In fact, if one considered just three factors (maternal education, maternal prenatal alcohol or tobacco, and marital status) one could predict to a high degree postneonatal mortality: children born to unmarried women with lower education and evidence of prenatal drug use had a postneonatal mortality of about 30 per 1000 live births (similar to Ivory Coast); children born to women with none of these risk factors had a postneonatal mortality of about 2 per 1000 live births (similar to Norway); that is, children in this latter category almost never die despite evidence from PRAMS surveys that they are as likely to co-sleep with their parents.

We are in the same situation as the parent who asked the question, but I am more concerned with how to keep my almost 2 year old son asleep when our new born wakes up in the night.

Val Velasques: I think for me, in much respect going back on the last, you know, almost 11 months is that I think the baby, the new born, you know, is happy as long as she's close to you or he's close to you and nursing.