Sentences with phrase «building up to something»

The Saints Row games also released way more expansions and DLC than most franchises but it was all worth it if it was building up to something that looks and sounds this epic.

It makes sense, I suppose but his presence feels as though it was toned down and as though he was building up to something that simply never reached its full potential.

It felt like I was building up to something.

The story thus far is simply building up to something greater — something more significant.

Joining the Air Force gives him some much - needed discipline, and he's convinced that his life is building up to something of worth.

It is building up to something, but what exactly that would be isn't quite clear.

Still, it's a De Palma film, which means a good visual energy and a heavy dose of titillation, and this does keep the attention while the film is building up to something.

But the British helmer, who directed the last four Potter movies, turned out to have been building up to something more special, and «Deathly Hallows Pt. 2» is a stellar end to the franchise.

With a promising start, the film seemed building up to something real good, only to completely fall apart in the final third.

And I remind myself that these steps are building up to something worthwhile.»

Moreover, because of the deliberate and emphatic nature of the listing (and because this is such a familiar format), the audience for the debate could tell Bentsen was building up to something.

«The growth rate (of non-energy exports) persistently was less than what we thought should happen and it's gradually building up to something that we have to acknowledge, and we have to say, «Either it comes back someday after firm creation kicks in more strongly» or something,» Poloz said.

Or you might trying a potty training chart - with progressive build up to a something he really desires i.e. 5 or 10 or whatever you decide successful trip to the potty on his own will getting him a lunch out, or a new toy or something like that.

This lack of profundity is what keeps The Good Girl from being a good film, because for all the well - drawn characters, good performances, and entertaining interaction, by the end you realize that the film was nothing but build up to something that never really seems to develop.

Not exact matches

Lately, I've found that even the mission - critical business ideas that make it through my first set of filters have to address another elephant in the room: the question of whether this startup is building something that's going to become a free - standing and independent business or whether it's developing a great feature that is going to be swallowed up, ripped off, or rolled over by one of the big guys in their space in the near future.

For example, start out with an innocuous question like asking someone the last time they did something and build up to a more significant query, such as how they would handle a difficult situation.

This frees me up to think and focus on the tasks that I know will take up most of my time, like building a team of amazing people who are smart, thoughtful and motivated to achieve something.

In each case, they used the opportunity to build something from the ground up and make an outsize impact.

When you take the time to read the latest article or, even better, spend some time casually catching up with a team member over a cup of coffee or lunch, you may not be scratching something off the to - do list, but you're building relationships, learning something interesting, discovering something you likely would not have found out otherwise... and, most important, helping to build the foundation for long - term success.»

Musk acknowledges that the kind of person he is after — someone who has a start - up mindset but understands how to build hundreds of thousands of automobiles — may not exist, which could force him into the CEO role — something he says he has no interest in doing.

«The reality of a lot of this is, when you're building something like Facebook that is unprecedented in the world, there are going to be things that you mess up.»

Making the time to ask people what they think about something, or how to do it, goes a long way towards building that bond between employees and employers that helps everyone get through the inevitable ups and downs of working together.

The fact that they've given up their Tuesday night to listen to Westergren suggests that he has built something unique.

I look at how traditional entertainment games help us build up certain powers, and we can occasionally use them to do something that matters.

I signed up because 1) the ad hooked me because I think America is falling apart at the seams, and 2) I am approaching retirement in a few short years and need to hustle to build something that I can live on.

They built popular products, scaled up quickly, then dared governments to do something about their blatant violations of numerous laws or their opportunistic use of outdated regulations.

Not only does a bias for action actually end up producing something, but building anything at all is infinitely superior to going through instructional materials or participating in the deluge of information that is the modern interwebs.

Do you think it is necessary to have a diversified portfolio when starting out or do you think diversification is something you can ignore for a while you build up your portfolio?

Then again, building up a nice passive income stream opens up the opportunities to do something fulfilling.

In continuing to reinforce and develop its inspiring purpose, Zappos motivates its people not just to get up in the morning and come to work with fewer grumbles — but to build something great.

They say it shows that venture capitalists, desperate to invest in the next Facebook or LinkedIn, are blindly throwing money at start - ups that have not shown they can build something useful, much less a business that can provide decent returns on investment.

The deeper I look into myself the more clearly I become aware of this psychological truth: that no man would lift his little finger to attempt the smallest task unless he were spurred on by a more or less obscure conviction that in some infinitesimally tiny way he is contributing, at least indirectly, to the building up of something permanent — in other words, to your own work, Lord.

They fail to capture what a church actually is: real live actual humans, showing up day after day, year after year, building something durable and lovely over time, together, with prayer and forgiveness and love.»

It also makes me think of those who are respected for their spiritual consistency and as a result have something to offer in helping the others to be built up.

here is something you want see on CNN's RB, Marilyn Manson concert was canceled in Moscow to to christian extremist attacking gone of his band - mates and threaten to blow up the building

Do you build up inner resentment quietly when asked to do something unreasonable by someone from denominational headquarters, instead of taking the risk of being honest and open and saying no?

It has become something I must do so that I can maintain everything I have built up to this point.

that is the word... if we all took on the importance of our own relationship with God and actually did something about it by steping outside of the little boxes that we make or the walls that have been built up between us, we could all take off the plastic masks and realize that most of the important work for a Christian is what secretly goes on in the relationship between the believer and God... a lot of the pretence and lies would not be able to survive the truth that would be sweeping through the minds and hearts of believers.

What he possibly might end up doing is building a focal point for Americans to focus their anger or retribution if something happens.

i hear you david... i'm currently in a ministry where i love the kids but not the other stuff that comes with it... i connect with people but the capacity i work in has me in a building 8 - 9 hours a day... drained, pissed, angry, and fighting to believe that God makes a damn bit of sense having do something i really do nt wan na do... yep, that about sums it up for me... peace

Something of the same rhythm continues after the Fall, with God's judgment a critical addition, with God tearing down in order to build up.

Perhaps if the dictator of your theocracy would step up and do something to stop your priests from raping children the folks at the Empire State Building would be more inclined to honor one of the few truly decent persons to march upon the world stage in your name of late, or ever for that matter.

And if you add the possibility of the pattern jumping in space and in time, and if some of the patterns you build up resonate, you are beginning to get something which Rupert Sheldrake wants.

And when we don't have something scheduled, one of the 4 kids is sick or we need to catch up on house stuff (big things like putting the radon pump in or building the chicken coop before the chicks need to move outside).

Now that I've saved you some serious buckaroos, I hope you will build up that rainy day fund and treat yourself to something nice.

Cooking for one, I don't generally build up enough dirty dishes to fill it, since I like to hand wash my pots and pans, before I need something that's been sitting in it for the past 5 days.

They get to start something from scratch and build it entirely themselves from the ground up.

Basically it's a giant blueprint for building your perfect slider.I settled on these because we all know I luv a good not meat burger and I figured you all need something in case your vegetarian friend says yes to the rsvp and shows up and doesn't like potato salad (u can actually send them away if they don't like potato salad it's a law).

Not true — he has been messing about in team matters — he made Wenger sell Nasri to Citeh — something we do know, and there is ample evidence to suggest that the build up of reserves has been demanded by Kroenke to provide collateral for his Rams move.

Building the player up to be something he is not.