Sentences with phrase «disappointing run of»

The end result is an effort that falls right in line with Egoyan's passable yet disappointing run of recent films, which is a shame, certainly, given that the movie admittedly does possess a notable number of positive attributes.

Despite this, it has to be said, the film falls in line with a disappointing run of recent films from Eastwood including J Edgar and Hereafter.

According to critics who saw the film at its Cannes premiere last month, Pixar is back in fine form after the relatively disappointing run of Cars 2, Brave and Monsters University.

The end result is an effort that falls right in line with Egoyan's passable yet disappointing run of recent films...

United sent out a message last weekend with their 7 - 1 drubbing of Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford, that if anyone presents them with an opportunity, as Chelsea did by heading to St James» on the back of a disappointing run of form, then they won't just snap it up they'll do so with aplomb.

But it was no success story and when he returned to Villa two months later it proved to be his only goal in a disappointing run of 11 games.

Owen Coyle, though, firmly believes his side are capable of ending their dismal run against the Londoner's on Monday despite the fact his team will tackle one of the strongest teams in Europe, albeit on a bit of a downer themselves, on the back of a disappointing run of form.

Liverpool's busy run of seven games in 22 days comes to an end against Newcastle on Sunday, and Jürgen Klopp's men have a chance to end what has been a disappointing run of results on a high note, when they travel to Newcastle to face former manager Rafa Benítez, and former midfield maestro Jonjo Shelvey.

A disappointing run of results for Claude Puel's Foxes meanwhile has allowed Burnley to make seventh place — which may yield a Europa League spot — their own in recent weeks while also bringing an end to knockout runs in both the FA and Carabao cup at the quarter - final stage.

Rooney has endured an up - and - down season, having begun the campaign amid heavy criticism and a disappointing run of form, which saw him net just two goals in 15 Premier League games.

Despite Manchester United going unbeaten since October, they have failed to move higher than sixth in the Premier League due to their disappointing run of drawn games where they failed to do enough to claim maximum points.

After a disappointing run of results that did not wholly reflect Liverpool's performances, over September, this win was a welcome one.

But just as that result was followed by a disappointing run of results for Arsenal, Cazorla has yet to score again and has been largely disappointing.

Nintendo has struggled in the gaming console market, following a disappointing run of its Wii U console, which sold only about 13.36 million units as of September 2016 since its launch in late 2012.

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But there was cause for caution too: Disappointing British manufacturing and consumer lending figures added to Europe's recent run of poor data, worries about Iran's nuclear deal simmered in oil markets, and Wall Street was waiting for Apple's results following recent whispers of weak iPhone demand.

Whatever the reason, they get the «engines of change» up and running — which gets their team excited — but when push comes to shove, no actions are taken, and their entire team ends up disappointed in the process.

The chairman of one of Dubai's best - known family - owned conglomerates is not considering investing in European banks again following a disappointing run as a stakeholder of Barclays.

«At a time when we are moving forward as a company, a charge of this magnitude from a legacy insurance portfolio in run - off for more than a decade is deeply disappointing,» GE CEO John Flannery said in a release Tuesday.

That might seem unfair to judge the company and its flagship conference on a single flopped product, but the fate of Glass is just the most high - profile in a long list of disappeared or disappointing products ranging from Google Reader to Google Wave to the Nexus Q and Android Wear — a platform that still exists, but I usually forget to wear my devices that run it.

Newly elected Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D - Nev., the nation's first Latina senator, called Trump's lack of Latino appointments, «beyond disappointing,» especially after he ran «a divisive campaign that often demonized the Latino community.»

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

The July housing data has been somewhat disappointing, but you must keep in mind that the pricing information runs about a month behind all of the other data.

At a time when we are moving forward as a company, a charge of this magnitude from a legacy insurance portfolio in run - off for more than a decade is deeply disappointing.»

The big negative incentive, of course, is that if the BOJ wastes its firepower by easing when things are generally going in an inflationary direction is that ultimately it will have to disappoint by running out of bonds to buy once GPIF and Japan Post have sufficiently reduced holdings.

Yamarone says the lack of consumer spending power explains why GDP growth has been running in a range of 1.5 % to 2.5 %, which he believes is disappointing at this stage of the recovery.

«Global general insurer QBE disappointed again with another earnings downgrade, just when confidence was rebuilding in management's ability to return the previous market darling into the status of a well - run business, delivering consistent and good - quality earnings growth,» Morningstar analyst David Ellis said.

The cut follows a run of disappointing data on exports, industrial...

«Presidential candidate Donald Trump came in at # 82, while «running for president» came in at # 84, referring to the withdrawal of candidates Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina from the race after disappointing results in New Hampshire,» wrote Smith.»

He is the only God whom it is safe to worship, in the sense that He and He alone, as the final Meaning of things, and their ultimate Source, can be given adoration without in the long run disappointing and frustrating His worshipers, without bringing them, indeed, to self - destruction.

This was also fantastic as leftovers and even after eating it for several meals in a row I was disappointed when I ran out of it!

This particular Greek chicken & spinach risotto Thermomix recipe didn't disappoint and it's now definitely in the running for my top 5 Thermomix risottos of all times.

But in the past few weeks the sector took a fresh round of hits when franchise group Aussie Farmers collapsed, RFG announced an $ 88 million loss and flagged up to 200 franchise - run stores would close, while pizza giant Domino's reported disappointing results on the back of franchisees complaining about a brutal business model, and Caltex announced it was ditching its franchise model days before a damning report was released by the workplace regulator that found 76 per cent of its franchised stores had payroll compliance breaches that included underpaying workers.

It's so easy to put together and I happily ate this 4 consecutive days for lunch at work and not only didn't get sick of it, but was disappointed when it ran out.

I'd never run out of varieties, I'd never be disappointed, and dinner would never run late.»

A good second half of the season and possibly even another day at Wembley or an extended run in Europe would be great, of course, and could set us up for a proper go at the title next year, but would it be enough to compensate for the disappointing start we have endured this time?

I'm frustrated at the way the club is being run and disappointed at our result against Liverpool, however I wouldn't say I'm in a state of panic about what is going to happen to Arsenal this season.

For Team Massel, they will leave a bit disappointed, but they have plenty to be proud of from their initial run in the Flag Football League.

However, their lack of clinical edge in front of goal coupled with Leicester's proficiency resulted in a disappointing night for Jurgen Klopp and his men as their cup run came to an end.

There has never been such a thing as an easy game in football, but the most disappointing aspect to the fact that Arsenal are so far behind Leicester at the Premier League summit is that, aside from the trip to Manchester City at the end of this month, our run - in is against teams at the bottom of the table.

Despite adding Michy Batshuayi to the group, it appears as though Conte wants Costa at his disposal this season, and with Atleti now seemingly out of the running to sign their former star, the former Juventus and Italy boss has got his wish and will look to get the best out of the striker after a disappointing campaign last time out.

I was so disappointed that Arsenal did not go for the jugular today and take advantage of the poor run of form that our local rivals Tottenham have been suffering with.

Although the Gunners arguably looked out of the running by November, their recent improvement in form coupled with some disappointing results for Jose Mourinho's side have sparked some hope of a late turnaround.

Everton have struggled to cope with the added demands of playing in the Europa League on top of their normal domestic fixture - list, with a poor run of results since the turn of the year leaving them in a disappointing thirteenth place in the top flight table.

American track fans got disappointing news when Britain's Brian Hewson, one of five who have run the mile in less than four minutes, regretfully notified the AAU that he won't be able to compete in the U.S. next month because of a strained leg muscle, though he may possibly arrive for the wind - up of the indoor season in March.

Usually after a disappointing defeat the Gunners go on a winning run, so we have to hope that Giroud has now found his scoring boots again and fills them with goals against QPR tomorrow night, and of course Man United next Monday.

With no midweek game for the Gunners to have to deal with this week, the inquest goes on among the Arsenal faithful about the recent run of disappointing results.

I actually do feel the team plays better without Wilshere and Ozil in the starting line up, i expect a victory i hope i am not disappointed, i actually expect arsenal to secure 6 points from the two up coming games in the champions leagues, while starting a good run of games in The epl.

The truth is that even when Jack has had a run of games in recent years this has often been during one of the team's too frequent bad spells and he has usually been rusty, playing quite well but with disappointing outcomes.

Their run of wins was brought to an end by a disappointing 0 - 0 draw with the league's bottom side QPR.

Following the disappointing elimination from the Champions League at the hands of Roma, keeping their amazing run in La Liga going while juggling injuries and lack of fitness was a difficult task for Valverde.