Sentences with phrase «at distracting us from»

Was Cameron's unusual intervention a Lynton Crosby-esque «dead cat» aimed at distracting from the NHS blows landed by Corbyn, or just a case of the PM trying to channel his inner Les Dawson / Donald Trump?

They may be really good at distracting us from our boredom or anxiety.

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Perhaps a bit of bizarre is just what HTC needs to distract us, at least temporarily, from the smartphone giants.

She also says that her work at Facebook helped distract her from her grief and encouraged the new graduates to «live as if you had eleven days left.»

Foosball, a Ping - Pong table and popcorn machines serve to distract employees from the work at hand.

Just like physical exercise, creative stimulation engages and focuses our minds on the task at hand — and distracts us from feelings of stress and anxiety.

«I'll be working to protect my new colleagues at the DNC from the attackers who would prefer to keep us distracted from our mission of getting Democrats across the nation elected.

The issue here is not so much the technology itself, but rather the opportunity to think and imagine it is distracting us from — beginning at an early age.

Set a timer if you need to, and take advantage of productivity tools (try Google Chrome extension Strict Workflow) that block you from visiting distracting websites (we're looking at you, Facebook).

Meanwhile, researchers have also cast doubt on the long - term efficacy of «forced fun» at work, finding that required levity can lead to an array of bad outcomes such as burnout among employees, and that these cheerful work cultures often serve to distract workers from excessive control or poor conditions elsewhere in the business.

He continued, «Maybe you're just distracted from watching porn at the office again.»

Advertising is designed to distract away from the consumer's task at hand, while context seeks to match it.

Investors, meanwhile, aren't thrilled with Tesla's plan to pay US$ 2.6 billion for solar panel installer SolarCity, run by Musk's cousin, lest it distract Musk from the missions at hand.

Like stage magicians, such economists distract their audience's attention from the topic at hand in this case, the tendency for privatizations to turn control over to financial managers and foreign owners to somewhere that they can distract the audience's attention from the «invisible hand» of corruption and political manipulation.

It seemed like The Eiffel Tower or Paris» finest restaurants werent enough to distract them from a brilliant idea trapped under the grey clouds, because next thing you know, these two «uber» kids were already brainstorming, thinking about ways to solve this global issue of finding cars at the right place, on the right time.

You can forgive investors for wishing the war lasted another 2 weeks — at least long enough to distract from what may be a disappointing earnings season.

While the crowd certainly included Albertans who are frustrated and angry at the economy and the government, the bizarre program and assortment of weird fringe groups distracted from any anti-carbon tax message they hoped to send.

I used to scoff at the idea of a single entity that was in the evil business, thinking those people weak of mind as to need one bogeyman to distract from their own weaknesses.

Long lists of human rights, while they may sometimes be well intended, only obfuscate the question and distract us from the work at hand.

You are doing a disservice to your own community by denegrating Potter at the expense of distracting from the message and social awareness that he has generated.

This issue on religion is nonsense and is only intended to distract from the real crisis at - hand.

I suspect that such sentiment accounts for much of the theologically naive approval of Dr. Benke's participation within LCMS circles, but it distracts us from the real issues, from the life or death question which we must finally face: How does a Christian presence distinguish itself from the false gods at such an event?

of counseling, but focusing on them at this point distracts the process from the crucial issue — B.'s reaching out for help.

(At that time the right complained that he was merely trying to distract the American public from his impeachment with boogeyman stories about terrorists.)

Prayer requires a strenuous attempt at detachment from our distracting world of dollars, demands, the telephone, mail, friends and extended family.

In the third century stress fell on defining action as ascetical practice, as «acts» ultimately directed at oneself to purify one of all engagements with the everyday world that distract from pure contemplation.

At times your memory of questions raised and arguments engaged in seminary may distract you from the church's mission and purpose.

The light lemon and olive oil dressing is perfect with these delicate blooms as the flavour is so incredible that you don't want to distract from it at all.

We mustn't allow ourselves distracted from the business at our hands.

The fear of their three point shooting distracts you from the cutters, and all of their key players are great at finding cutters for very easy baskets.

With the Merseyside club in the middle of the race for the Premier League top four, fans will be hoping that none of this distracts one of their best players from the task at hand.

They were sitting really attentively for the whole match, at the beginning they were distracted by the way that one of Naomi's boots was still flashing from her entrance but not the other, but they were definitely into it.

Let the coaches determine which players will fitting in at a particular match.the ideas that we should play these and that is the responsibility of the team managers not distracted critics who doesn't want to see any good thing from d club please.

Therefore the Gunners should not distract their thoughts & attentions from the business at hand by wayward thinking, but concentrate fully on wrestling Chelsea down to a 3 counts call to collect all the 3 points price and go home with them to Emirates Stadium.

It's more that nothing distracts him from the business at hand, which for the past couple of years has been learning to hit the bejesus out of a baseball.

His greater value is in his positioning though: he's good at making himself available for a pass from the defenders (which is particularly useful with Holgate, who is brave on the ball but also has a tendency to play the first pass he sees, so having Schneiderlin as a simple option makes it less likely he gives it away cheaply) although more useful at distracting opposition players, moving wider to drag them away from the middle and opening up passing lanes for the defenders to pass into the feet of Rooney and Sigurdsson, or playing one - twos with Gueye so the Senegalese has space on the ball and can turn, face play and stride forward without immediate pressure.

With so much talk surrounding what's happening on the pitch, we've been a bit distracted with what might be happening off it... Embed from Getty Images He may be unbeaten since the second game of the season, but Arsene Wenger's future at the Gunners is far from sorted... however, reports in Italy state the club could have the answer.

Asked if Costa has been distracted by interest from China, Costa added: «I think the player wants to stay at Chelsea.

But what I have noticed on numerous occasions in my practice is that the intensity of the college application process distracts family members from confronting the ultimate issue that is facing them at this juncture in their evolution — the feelings of loss and grief that accompany the departure of a child.

Only two contractions right before my babies head crowned were intense enough to distract me from my bliss at which time my Doula looked me straight in the eyes and simply said «look at me» as she took a deep breath and I followed her cue.

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

Also all the singing and noise seemed to distract him from the task at hand and I would have to turn it off until he was done then turn it on to do the potty dance.

If you see that or your kids grades are dropping because they are distracted with their phone, that phone needs to be taken away from them until their grades come up, as well as, charge in your room at night.

Most said it did a great job blocking out distracting noises at night including partners» snoring and disruptive sounds coming from outside.

At the minute I'm distracting him with plate, spoon and expressing milk which he drinks from open cup while we're eating.

Utilizing breathing exercises I had practiced for labor and staring up at the ceiling as I ran through songs in my head trying to distract myself from the anxiety that clawed at my throat as she suckled at my breast.

I feel like if your baby is latched on really well and they're not easily distracted at the breast teething or teeth in out of self shouldn't necessarily prevent breastfeeding from going well — you should be able to continue.

However, older babies can be hungry too — around 5 months most babies become so easily distracted from feeds during the day when there is so much to look at in the big exciting world around that they get into a «reverse cycling» feeding pattern — taking short feeds during the day and «tanking up» during the night.

At this early stage, play time can easily distract her from remembering to use the big girl potty before it's too late.

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.