Sentences with phrase «as petty»

If we were always laser - focused on safety, these objections would melt away as petty, and we could secure our industry against predators based on goodwill alone.

Do not forget to indicate to the association or the authorities in charge that we really do not mind the neighbors having a little fun, because you do not want to be perceived as a petty complainer.

Another factor, as petty as it may sound, is the weather.

Through counseling, we work together to uncover and address the core issues beneath relationship challenges, such as petty arguing.

Despite the fact my ex wife kept the house brilliantly, cooked beautifully and was the most discilined and effective wife a man could desire, and despite the fact she and I were from similar cultures and backgrounds, we never found common ground, we never resolved stupid issues around things as petty as the toothpaste tube or chores to be done.

Apart from this twice weekly meeting which everyone, including all the staff, attended, other counselling groups were held for boys with special problems, such as the petty pilferers and the sexual offenders.

Airing grievances can mark you as petty, immature, or difficult.

The majority of people that attended were in their twenties or thirties with records such as petty theft, writing bad checks, and drug possession.

You will be seen as petty, or even worse, as a risky hire.

If you get heated and emotional, you'll come off as a petty or slandering.

We are vulnerable not just because of the increasing sophistication of hackers, who are today as likely to be well - funded criminal organizations or governments as petty thieves or amateurs out for the thrill of defacing a Web site.

As petty as the «iPhone 7s» naming quibbles are, a real argument could be made for calling this device iCamera 8.

Even at $ 649 to start, $ 50 more than the 3T's launch price, I think the OnePlus 5 is a good device, but if the fact that OnePlus is asking more for a device that doesn't successfully address the pitfalls of its predecessor strikes you as petty, then I wouldn't hold it against you.

It is an intervention program for 13 specific non-violent, misdemeanor infractions, such as petty theft under $ 300, trespassing, vandalism, alcohol use and disruption of campus.

5 of them were arrested and are charged with racketeering, grand theft as well as petty theft.

«We represent people who have been charged with a DUI or other minor crimes such as petty theft, minor drug possession, and other misdemeanors.»

I hope that this comment will not be seen as petty carping but it goes back to the argument I made a week or so ago: we have to consider more carefully than we do (or have done) what good writing (or good research) is.

In Cook County, a traffic violation can be judged as a petty offense, misdemeanor, or felony, punishable by the following degrees of sentencing:

Defaming an employee of the body that one seeks to «denormalize» is not necessary to success, however, and can come across as petty — not to mention be actionable.

as petty soldiers who simply do the bidding of generals.

Or does it show up the authors as petty - minded, unscientific egocentrics snivelling because somebody else is gaining all the publicity?

Ultimately, «research» of this kind will bring the academy down with it, because drawing attention to, and publishing Lewandowsky's work means demonstrating to the world the fact that quite often, academic researchers are as petty - minded, «idologically - motivated», and pig ignorant as the worst of online commentary.

al as I see the discussions about it as petty squabbling and as just more of the same ol same ol identity politics on both sides.

No, it would just be seen as petty, and Nature would say (rightly) that the AJC article was a review paper and not intended as a serious prediction.

, also known as We Petty Bourgeois!.

They preferred «reality» to abstraction, but they were wary of figurative art, which they regarded as petty - bourgeois or socialist realism.

Over the years, however, some games just haven't struck gold; they've been overshadowed by more popular fare that shares the store shelf or are even passed over due to something as petty as unimpressive box art or an unusual premise.

Henry, by all accounts, is a bit of a do - nothing who spends his free time as a petty troublemaker with a penchant for alcohol and chasing after Bianka, a local barmaid.

In a world where people created gods very much in their own image the deities are just as petty, jealous, vindictive and violent as their human worshipers.

Danny Carter started his life as a petty criminal, living from score to score with his friend Evan.

Donna Moore, whose son, Joshua, 17, left the Noble system after repeated disciplinary incidents, sees the... policies as petty and subjective.

Russell Crowe, as the petty policeman, Javert, struggles mightily with the high notes, and it's a wonder that nobody thought to change the key to any of his songs.

It could be because he's getting the best reviews of his career for his role as a petty thief sporting a hearty batch of grandiose delusions in Josh and Benny Safdie's aptly titled grind - house actioner Good Time.

Confronting unresolved romantic feelings toward her ex-flame Jack (William Mapother), who went on to marry close friend Zoey (Ione Skye), Valinda is forced to face down her current reality, which includes the possibility of starting a family with uptight husband Will (Tate Donovan), who wishes his wife would stop letting what he views as petty teenage nostalgia rule her daily life.

Gulven strips and hugs Lena in a scene that amusingly addresses the lengths siblings will go to in order to express their comfort with each other's sex and sense of boundaries, and in Lena and her sister Frédérique's (Marina Foïs) irrational contempt for Gulven's kooky girlfriend we understand the sisters not so much as petty, hypocritical women, but as sad creatures incapable of allowing themselves the simple pleasures of life.

«Human Is,» with Bryan Cranston (who also executive - produces the show) as a petty and vindictive soldier who supposedly dies fighting aliens, only to return and raise questions about his personality, features courtroom speechifying straight from one of Jean - Luc Picard's more on - the - nose monologues.

Robert Pattinson slays it as a petty hood on a downward spiral in the Safdie brothers» ace crime thriller.

However, as petty squabbles break out amid the different factions of the ensemble, and the conductor berates his musicians, the meeting descends into anarchy and vandalism.

Does it start with his time as a petty criminal?

If Walsh and Bowen didn't provide enough laughs as petty background characters, McCarthy's feature is also lifted by a very funny supporting cast including Maya Rudolph as Deanna's blunt best friend, Saturday Night Live's Heidi Gardner as a creepy roommate and Jessie Ennis and Gillian Jacobs (both of whom showcased their dry humor on Netflix's Love) as Maddie's sorority sisters.

«The Red Pill» is a documentary that tries to showcase men as victims of the Feminist revolution, but it comes off as petty and short sighted.

As portrayed in a powerhouse performance by Bruno Ganz, Hitler comes across as a petty, demented figure who spews bile as he rants and raves.

Jackie Chan stars as a petty criminal who gets tangled up in organized crime in «Jackie Chan in Shinjuku Incident.»

Willem Dafoe, as Petty, the local bar owner and fight promoter, is hustling and squirrely and still, somehow, sympathetic.

It is a story about friendship as well as petty crime.

Synopsis: Unemployed young Irishman Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day - Lewis) gets by as a petty thief in 1970s Belfast.

All we can hope is that our beloved Taylor is still in there somewhere, and that the rest of the album isn't quite as petty as this single is shaping out to be.

As for Darwin, Wolfe presents the greatest biologist in history as a petty thief who stole credit for the theory of evolution by natural selection from Alfred Russell Wallace, who was (Wolfe alleges) screwed over by the British gentlemen's club conspirators who rigged the system to give Darwin credit for priority.

The Minority Spokesperson on Finance, Dr. Athony Akoto Osei, has described as petty, President Mahama's request for the disclosure of the cost of the cedi redenomination exercise undertaken in 2007 by the then NPP administration.

«To say that the state does not have a housing plan is as petty as it is false,» the spokesman said.