Sentences with phrase «by fits and starts»

Until the last years of his life, Willem de Kooning's painterly gesture became, by fits and starts, ever more splashy and uninhibited.

She has, by fits and starts, started to really look at the people around her, and thereby to grow into who she is becoming.

The twin jets — each nearly 1.5 trillion kilometers long — have distinct gaps, revealing that the star is growing by fits and starts.

But men at whiles are sober, And think by fits and starts.

It is very easy to be religious by fits and starts, and to keep up our feelings by artificial stimulants; but regularity seems to trammel us, and we become impatient.

Not exact matches

Rather than adopting the «make a to - do list and start working your way through it» approach to productivity, start each day by looking through your task lineup and then choose only as many items as you can fit on a 3 inch - by - 3 inch Post-it note.

I always start by asking questions and listening to make sure Zenefits is a good fit for their needs, which allows me to really tailor the conversation to what matters most.»

Start by understanding the student loan options available, including federal and private student loans, and take the time to understand how each option fits your school funding needs.

How employers fit into the picture Employers, then, play a big role in addressing the challenges and can start by being open to their employees» needs, says Duncan.

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I believe we can start by accepting as much of Him as we understand, but I believe that continuous obedience toward Him and contact with Him will steadily convince us that shallow, humanistic interpretations of Him do not fit the facts....

The teacher's approach to such problems might start from three assumptions: (a) the teacher should be concerned with how science fits into the larger framework of life, and the student should raise questions about the meaning of what he studies and its relation to other fields; (b) controversial questions can be treated, not in a spirit of indoctrination, but with an emphasis on asking questions and helping students think through assumptions and implications; an effort should be made to present viewpoints other than one's own as fairly as possible, respecting the integrity of the student by avoiding undue imposition of the lecturer's beliefs; (c) presuppositions inevitably enter the classroom presentation of many subjects, so that a viewpoint frankly and explicitly recognized may be less dangerous than one which is hidden and assumed not to exist.

The fit - out of the 2500sqft premises starts this month and is due to be complete — with the brewery fully operational — by July.

The fit - out of the 2500sqft premises starts this month and is due to be complete — with the brewery fully operational — by the summer.

At the start of the season it was because he was not fit after coming back late from the Euro 2016 tournament in which he and his teammates from Les Bleus took a heavy blow by losing the final to unfancied Portugal.

«Manchester United's second - half display in coming from behind will only have strengthened Klopp's resolve to attack and he will be boosted by the fact that Mohamed Salah is set to be fit to start,» he notes in his report on the Everton game on Monday morning.

Three Arsenal players — Debuchy, Giroud and Ozil — look set to be out of action until the turn of the year, at least, which means that Wenger has been handed a serious kick up his backside, with a small squad at the start of the season further shortened by this injury pileup that also sees Ramsey, Arteta, Diaby, Monreal and Sanogo not yet fit to return.

Don't be fooled by all that rubbish i guarantee come sun costa will be fit to start and remy and drogba will also be available mark my words!!

The boss also revealed that our long term absentee Theo Walcott is actually fit to play and by saying that, I think that Wenger is seriously considering throwing the speed merchant on from the start against his former club.

As reported by Sky Sports, the Tottenham manager did not soon too confident about his star player being fit enough to start, but how much of an edge would it give us and would Arsene Wenger and the lads be able to take full advantage?

Ramsey has been at Arsenal for ten years now, and after recovering from the awful double leg - break caused by Ryan Shawcross in 2010 he fought his way back to fitness and when fit he is always in contention for a starting spot.

That will naturally involve work in the transfer market, and he could decide to start by offloading individuals that he doesn't believe will fit in with his plans.

I was more confident about beating Barcelona at the Emirates, with Koscielny and Gabriel in the team, but it now looks highly unlikely that they will both start and even by some miracle, if they were rushed back for this game, I doubt that they would both be 100 % fit.

However this doesn't necessary calls for signing in that department when considering ospina starts the season and we have a fit and steady backline now shield by coqulan.

Perez gets brought on for the last 8 minutes, would've scored a goal, had it not been hand balled away by a hull defender, looked more dangerous and committed than Walcott did in 70 minutes, changed the complexion of the game and he wasn't fit to start that game????? You don't need to a physio to tell that, you just need a pair of eyes.

He has played 13 games for Hull City this season so even though Hayden has not started for them since they were beaten by Man City in the League cup at the start of December, he should be match fit and ready to step in should Arsene Wenger need to call on him.

My question is in order for a rumour to be a legitimate rumour does said rumour have to have been started by a fit and proper person such as a newspaper reporter or agent or blog writer, or can any old Tom, Dick or Harry start one?

The game was already over by half time and Wenger can start thinking about calming the players down and keeping them fit for the big game against Chelsea on Wednesday...

I hope he puts THE ARSENAL first against psg and not making sure a player starts by changing d team to fit dem..

Not only does Wenger really like the combination of Coquelin and Cazorla in the middle, as proved by him starting them over Xhaka when all were fit, but the combative Frenchman and the sublime Spaniard have not been away on international duty so should be that bit fresher.

Providing all the players are fit and feel energised, most good managers would repay the players after a good performance by starting them exactly the same.

We all know that a fully fit and inform Olivier Giroud who is at the top of his game for Arsenal won't be dropped from starting by Le Prof in any Arsenal's game he should be started.

Wilshere needs another manager to improve... I have a lot of time for him but he stands around too much waiting for ball whereas before he used to hunt for the ball... but whatever happens we are 6 players short of a quality team... years of penny pinching and over indulging crap players by a clueless manager who is a legend in his own mind... people go on about guardiolas spending in the summer but the team we are now watching play the best football in epl history only has 2 new additions from last year Emerson and walker... I guess mendy would start if fit... we have 2 new players too but we are further behind than ever!!

Its going to be quite difficult to get a starting place, by the time he his healed and fit, with the competition for places at the moment, some players will start wishing that our injury curse continues, look at it, Coquelin would have been gone by now if Arsenal had not suffered from injury problems in November

It's either we're starting a season with just one fit defender (then using other makeshift players to augment the defence for a number of games; and by the time the real defenders are back and fit, the season is all but over for us), or we start a season without a recognisable striker (after losing our striker to injury, knowing he would return 6 weeks or more into the campaign), or we commence a season without any true DM (well, it's like that dm position isn't ever going to be sorted out).

Wallace will start at centre - back, and with Ricardo Carvalho absent, is likely to be joined by either a fit - again Andrea Raggi or Tunisia international Aymen Abdennour

By New Years, All our defenders will be fit and Wenger will say we don't need any defenders then 1st February our defenders will start getting injured again and Wenger will complain about bad luck with injuries to our defenders.

Theo Walcott looks to be unavailable again after missing the midweek Champions League game in Paris with a knee injury and the manager suggested in his press conference reported by The Mirror that the reason he has not been starting Olivier Giroud in the centre forward position is that the big Frenchman is not fit and has been slowly reaching match readiness.

With no disrespect to Chamberlain, he has been in and out of the Arsenal side and, when the big names are fit and ready to play, it's very tough for the 21 - year old to get starting berths in what is a decent Arsenal squad, embellished by names like Ozil, Walcott, Sanchez and Ramsey.

i think we will make fourth spot this season if we get to keep Sanchez that is if Sanchez starts to play like he did yesterday, i think because lack of squad depth the likes of Spuds, Liverpool and possibly Chelsea will start to drop points in Feb by losing first team players to injury after busy Christmas scheduled and busy CL scheduled, we on the other hand should be topping the group on Thursday night football playing with mixture of youth and bench players hopefully leaving our first team rested and fit, February we have three big games Everton home, Spuds away and City home, hopefully we do well

That's the position where Philippe Coutinho made his first start (although, as a righty who likes to cut infield, he's an awkward fit on the right side and is unlikely to stay there), and it's likely where Dembélé will play, unencumbered by having to also make attacking off - ball runs.

All we needed was a striker, a proper goalscorer with a bit of pace, he did nt need to be a 40m man, Shane Long was bought for 5.5, and before you start slating the calibre of Long, a proven goalscorer with different sides in the prem, just remember that Wenger went and signed kalstrom, 5 years too late and a benchwarmer in the russian league, and not only that but Kalstrom injured himself in Dubai last week and failed his medical with a back injury and they still pushed the medical through and by the time he is fit Rambo will only be two games away.

Blind's intelligent football brain and well - documented versatility means Van Gaal has been able to surprise everyone by seemingly converting him into a capable partner for Chris Smalling — based on his recent form, he may well keep Phil Jones and Marcos Rojo out of the starting lineup if he and Smalling can remain fit.

The $ 40m Argentine dazzled — with 29 goals in all competitions — but only in fits and starts, quick bursts of brilliance being offset by long periods of frustration which at times proved costly.

A player Stoke are desperate to keep fit is Trinidad & Tabago striker Kenwyn Jones, who became the club's record signing in the summer and has already gone some way to shedding the pounds by scoring in all but one of the games he's started for the club in the Premier League — 3 in total, all from his head.

To conclude, Klopp need not surrender his philosophies to accommodate Liverpool's best players into one starting XI, he only needs to put them in positions they are fairly comfortable with, and that way the team as a unit can succeed; with Benteke as the focal point of the attack, but Sturridge and Firmino also expected to chip in with a decent goal contribution, whilst Coutinho, Henderson (when fit) and Firmino can all provide a creative aspect to outweigh any creative spark lost by not having Coutinho at the very middle of the attacking midfielders.

By following a few basic nutritional guidelines and finding ways to fit exercise into your daily life, you can create your own «life plan» and start moving toward your weight - loss and health goals.

Whether you want to pursue a new career that fits better with your future lifestyle as a parent by doing an MSW online, or you want to get an MBA and start your own business, there are loads of options that you can study for at home.

The problem I see is that direct entry midwives in the United States will often attend home births that do not fit these criteria; while insisting that home birth is at least as safe as hospital birth, many will attend twin births, breech births, births after 41 weeks, births of women who have pre-existing or pregnancy - induced disease, births after two or more previous caesarean sections, and births of women whose labor has been jump - started rather than begun spontaneously (whether by herbs, prolonged nipple stimulation, the breaking of her water, or illicit use of medications).

You know, we are asking them to combine that role of being a breastfeeding mother, alongside being a lover and a sexual partner and you know, when two or three months have gone by and you are struggling to combine those two roles and your partner is struggling with that, it's inevitable that some people are going to start thinking about giving up breastfeeding and certainly for asking those mothers to get to six months and a year, that's a long time to struggle with those two roles and struggle trying to make those two roles fit together.