Sentences with phrase «done precious little»

In this respect, your commentary is exactly correct, namely, that we have done precious little to understand the true impact of our inherent conflict in how we govern our profession — namely, that it's in the interests of lawyers to make more money and in the interests of the public to pay less.

He said: «The government has known for a long while that there's a paucity of sponsors in the north east and they have done precious little so far.

(Funnier on the female side are Byrne in a solid comic performance — something she's done precious little of — and Kristen Bell in a brief but pitch - perfect advertisement for the latest Sarah Marshall project.)

He has done precious little right and useful in the last ten years as our «manager», so who in their right minds would expect him to start now.

Another famous Manchester United flop, Juan Sebastian Veron won the title in 2002/03 but did precious little to contribute to the victory.

It was a share of the spoils in Stadio Paolo Mazza that does precious little for either team, as SPAL and Chievo Verona, both remain in danger.

Liverpool dominated possession in the first half but did precious little with it.

Inter's problem is that they have a heinously incomplete squad which is bereft of players that know how to score goals, and Spalletti can do precious little about that between now and 20 May.

Another possibility is that even those who believe in it do precious little project - based learning because it's nearly impossible to do well.

Although selecting sport mode speeds up the stroke rate, it does precious little to improve the sluggish ramp performance, a drawback the XC40 shares with its contenders.

A teaser video is all that the company has revealed for now and that does precious little to satiate our curiosity.

Unfortunately, pick carefully and do some research ahead of time, as Shadowrun Returns does precious little to prepare players for the consequences of their decisions.

It will do precious little to bring down the cost of almost all litigation because it can do nothing about the stages, steps, and other delays and costs inherent in the system.

Not exact matches

It's Facebook's turn this week, leaders think, and next week it could be us — but there's precious little we can do in a crisis except to keep our heads down and wait until public attention moves on to someone else.

Eventually everyone finds there is precious little time to do all of both.

For example, some time back HFT was blamed for higher volatility in the cattle market, even though such trading represents a smaller fraction of cattle trading than it does for other contracts, and especially since there is precious little in the way of a theoretical argument that would support such a connection.

Precious metals seem to have little potential to outperform in 2017 unless the world really does come to an end.

I personally do not wish to waste what little precious time I have here on Earth focused on things that are none of my business, or finding ways to justify or criticize someone else's choices when they really don't affect me personally.

Tell me, little Unborn Child, what did the Creator say?Did He wrap you in His love, and wipe your tears away?You hover on the edge of time.I see your faceless form.You laugh whenever children play, Oh, God, for you I mourn!He sent His only Precious Sonto teach us all «the Way.»

You don't have to be a parent or have a large family to appreciate the various noises that emanate from a full home: The laughter erupting from the most recent funny word uttered by a precious little one who is still learning to talk.

I don't have grace yet for leaving because, well, I haven't left yet... I do know that I have grace right here, right now in this moment with a feverish, fussy toddler breathing her precious little puke breath onto me.

These Precious little ones don't get many things that they get to keep for just themselves!

Thinking that you are always right and everyone else is wrong will indeed hurt your ability to interact with and love on your neighbors — but don't blame a wrong spirit on theology; there is precious little possibility that you could think and feel like that about yourself when it comes to theology and NOT think and feel like that in pretty much all situations with other folks.

When God's Spirit lives in a person, He wants to shape our lives so dramatically and powerfully that He makes every little thing we do precious and eternal.

Maybe if you did believe (which I think there is something somewhere inside of your little soul of yours that does believe cause you wouldn't be here otherwise) you wouldn't be so hateful or your life wouldn't be so empty that you need to find a void filler by spending your precious time in this blog.

Some of it has to do with where I'm located and not a lot of access to those, but some of it is also that I have 6 kids and homeschool and have precious little time left over.

While «Why We Must Withdraw From Iraq» registers an opinion about what is happening and is likely to happen in Iraq, it has precious little to do with just - war thinking, rigorous or otherwise.

it is one thing to turn one's back on god over some disappointment, a love interest that didn't pan out, the loss of a job, but it is quite another to turn their backs on their precious little ones who are quite impressionable and bursting with youthful optimism and potential.

With all windows and doors opened and a new pot of oil, we tried again, this time doing a little batter fry - test before wasting another precious pepper.

We all know the price of food has precious little to do with what farmers are paid, but if sufficient quantity and moderate price can't be achieved with our current organic practices, what must we learn and adopt to make it happen?

I've been doing little cooking and baking lately, so to avoid buying ingredients that will eventually take up precious space in Tupperware containers full of my pantry items.

I did, though, find the whiskey a little strong (30 ml of Jack Daniels — all I have other than my precious Caol Ila (a deliciously strong single malt) and I wasn't about to cook with that!).

Further compounding the difficulty is Elliott has precious little seat - time on the Virginia short track (Martinsville doesn't have an Xfinity date) and rain washed away much of Friday practice.

It may leave precious little time to do something with chervil, but life is about choices, right?

Some fans treatment of Iwobi has been shocking in the extreme and u nustifiable.He is a very talented young player who is still learning his trade.He lacks composure in the business end of the pitch but he has the potential to be a fine box to box midfielder.The fact that Arsenal continue to ship goals has precious little to do with Iwobi.In this connection the fault lies with our experienced players like Cech, Mustafi and last but not least Xhaka.It's time for fans to get behind Iwobi who, despite his failings gives 100 % every match.

Debeuchy and Mustafi are bang average players who cost this club around # 47m They are examples of incompetence in the transfer market as they have virtually no sell on value and contribute precious little to the team when they do play.

Everyone is trying hard doing their best, yes even Ozil Giroud + Wilshere but there is precious little «end product» from the Arsenal «way».

There's precious little fame, to say nothing of riches, in ride and tie, but that doesn't dismay Tom Johnson

Cuadrado has not done enough since joining the club from Fiorentina in the winter, while Willian remains something of an enigma, keeping his place in the Chelsea starting lineup despite offering precious little in the way of end product in the final third.

Couldn't have done much for the goals and afforded precious little protection by his woeful defenders.

Chelsea did work hard in that game but got precious little for it.

The more I parent, the more I realize some things our precious little bundles of joy do are mind - bogglingly unavoidable.

Before I did so - stitching onto two shirts of precious linen, I wanted to try out the applique on a quick little project.

I do caution my Grand kids to not post photos of their babies naked laying on their tummies on a blanket because of getting into trouble too, but really, what Mom doesn't want that precious picture of their little ones in that pose?

Not a single day goes by that I don't think about my precious little one.

Birth families don't have to wonder how their precious little ones are and adoptees don't have to wonder about their first families.»

This is easier said than done because many parents can not stand seeing their precious little ones crying because of skin irritation.

don't you love how fathers will just go along with anything for their precious little daughters I remember trading my old car in (I was 25) and I felt bad because I grew attached, and I told my dad and he goes, don't worry probably some nice old man will buy it and he will take a good care of it.

As baby grows the cushion insert can be taken out of the baby seat and put in the stroller to protect your little one's precious head during bumpy rides.The adjustable handle can be customized for height and comfort regardless of which... MORE parent is doing the pushing.

Here in D.C., many positive changes have been made to the menu in the last year, but precious little has been done in the way of involving parents or the community in those changes, or in educating children about why they should be eating something other than their beloved chicken nuggets and tater tots.