Sentences with phrase «dreadful timing for»

It was dreadful timing for that type of money to enter the game just as we had to tighten up with finances.

The idea that working two days a week in the City is compatible with being a constituency MP and a Shadow Cabinet minister during a truly dreadful time for the economy is nothing more than ill - disguised greed.

Not exact matches

He has a presentiment of the dreadful event, that a jealous criticism will many a time let him feel the birch; he trembles at the still more dreadful thought that one or another enterprising scribe, a gulper of paragraphs, who to rescue learning is always willing to do with other peoples» writings what Trop «to save appearances» magnanimously resolved to do, though it were «the destruction of the human race» — that is, he will slice the author into paragraphs, and will do it with the same inflexibility as the man who in the interest of the science of punctuation divided his discourse by counting the words, so that there were fifty words for a period and thirty - five for a semicolon.

Surrounded by all these books, the years that I have spent studying theology and learning Latin, Greek and Hebrew suddenly seem like the most dreadful waste of time and now I am determined to make up for it.

How Talbot bounces back from his first dreadful performance in some time will be key for the Oilers.

For the umpteenth time since Louis van Gaal took over at Old Trafford, Manchester United looked truly dreadful in their midweek Champions League game and despite the fact that they are currently above us in the table, I just can not imagine that a team this dull and devoid of quality could win the league.

Our side come into the match with Sutton on a dreadful run of form, having lost three of our last four in all competitions, having conceded 10 goals in the mean time, and with the fans evidently turning on Arsene Wenger currently, the team may lack the support for Monday's encounter.

He admitted as much two days after a dreadful performance last week (four points, three rebounds) in a 106 - 97 loss at Sacramento: «This past week or so I came to realize that for the first time in my career I had let burnout affect me,» he said.

As for West Ham, it only gets worse for Slaven Bilic as they looked dreadful at the back, and the jeers at full - time in an emptied - out London Stadium told the story as far as supporters are concerned as they continue to sit just above the relegation zone after 11 games.

Min 15 Shaw first used his arms then tripped wilshere in the penalty area — nothing given, Min 50 McNair crippled Wilshere with a dreadful challenge, not even called a foul let alone the red card it deserved, Min 55 Fellaini (clearly offside) interferes with play by pushing Gibbs into Szcz — both offences ignored as Dean allowed the United goal to stand, and lastly late into time added on Di Maria having collapsed as if shot was helped to his feet by Chambers who is then elbowed for his trouble needless to say Dean who was right by the incident saw nothing and failed in his duty to send off the United Player for violent conduct.

I believe you can trace the resurrection of Spurs back to that dreadful day in Oct 2008 when we drew 4 - 4 at THOF; for the first time in an epoch, we let them off the hook, we gave them the belief that it was possible to get something from a lost cause playing against a better team.

Last time out they drew 0 - 0 with rock - bottom Wigan − the second consecutive game (tenth overall) in which they had failed to find the back of the net, a dreadful result that was compounded by the news Darren Bent had picked up a serious injury that would sideline the club's leading scorer for the remainder of the term.

Liverpool have been fortunate at times this season — take the Swansea fixture for instance, with a penalty and a dreadful squandered chance in the dying seconds was responsible for Liverpool taking the three points home.

I returned to work full - time for four dreadful months after maternity leave.

Dave had a dreadful time at PMQ's last week, and EdM knocked him for 6.

It was pretty dreadful and left zero time or space in my brain for fun.

After hearing that dreadful no countless times, I slowly started to fear for my future.

Based on a video game with no story or characters to speak of, from a time before many of his fans were born, it sounds like a dreadful basis for a movie.

Now this sounds pretty sweet no doubt but I'm afraid to say the entire idea is let down with the most dreadful looking sequences you'll have seen for some time.

Penny Dreadful is presented in comic form for the first time!

His lauded material has been written for the screen by three time Oscar - nominated screenwriter John Logan, whose incredible filmography includes: «Gladiator,» «The Aviator,» «Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,» «Rango,» «Hugo,» «Skyfall» and the upcoming James Bond sequel «Spectre,» (and he has also recently dabbled in television, writing the Showtime series «Penny Dreadful «-RRB-.

But they all make great efforts to look right for their world - part of the anticipatory pleasure of an Anderson film is what dreadful costumes he will get his team to submit themselves to this time.

It was hard to avoid seeing chunks of this film, and being reminded of just how dreadful it really waA lazy, dull comedy about two best friends (Ryan Reynolds and Jason Bateman) trading bodies, The Change - Up goes for the dumb joke over the interesting choice every time.

The hit Showtime television series Penny Dreadful is presented in comics for the first time!

For fans of the series, the nostalgic elements will satisfy their every craving, for those just checking it out for the first time, this is a near dreadful slFor fans of the series, the nostalgic elements will satisfy their every craving, for those just checking it out for the first time, this is a near dreadful slfor those just checking it out for the first time, this is a near dreadful slfor the first time, this is a near dreadful slog.

«It's a very busy time for the industry here in Ireland, we have quite a few major productions including Penny Dreadful in Ardmore, Vikings in Ashford Studios, also in Wicklow, and the new series of Ripper Street in Clancy Barracks in Dublin,» he says.

Jeff Bridges does his Rooster Cogburn shtick for the third time running in the Obi - Wan mentor role, while Julianne Moore hams it up with a dreadful performance that, while not quite as terrible as recent Oscar winner Eddie Redmayne in «Jupiter Ascending,» is hardly flattering.

When they started the PDK box they said that they would NOT fit paddles and that they would continue with the stupid buttons that they had with the Tiptronic which for anyone who at the time had driven an M3 or M5 with an SMG it was dreadful.

Whilst it's by no means a dreadful transmission, we would have preferred the CX - 9's auto to be a bit smoother and responsive when changing gear — though the latter category can at least be improved by engaging the «Mazda Sport Mode» feature, which speeds up the gear changes and makes the transmission less susceptible to holding onto one gear for a longer period of time.

This had the feel of all those photographs from American magazines, the kind Yitzhak had peeled through while sitting in a white - walled sanitorium somewhere west of London, with nurses who smelled of rosewater and bleach, and who never once showed an excess of pity for all those dreadful things that had happened but instead very kindly — very sternly — said it was a good time to be on the mend, time to push on, it wasn't much good thinking about anyway, and weren't the photographs of America quite lovely?

Switching to a stylus, and none is included, improves matters slightly but if you've ever used a touchscreen for any significant length of time before, that haunting sense of dreadful compromise will never leave.

Great for homes with more than one cat, you can say goodbye to the dreadful chore of cleaning up your kitty's litter box all the time.

After a dreadful series of terror attacks the New York Times investigated insurance coverage for this summer's travelers.

I then walked up to Gwyn's fog gate for the last time, cast Flash Sweat, rocked my Lightning Spear +5 and stepped through that dreadful white light.

Having an elevator in a tower, for example, has, by itself proven to have a reasonable return on investment for several owners and OEMs, allowing for a safe, fast, and efficient way to eliminate the dreadful 80 - to 140 - meter climb several times a day plus a potential bonus climb when something is forgotten up - or down - tower.

But the New York Times has published a number of series of pieces repeating dubious attacks on climate science and climate scientists — including a couple of dreadful ones the front page — for which they have been roundly criticized:

In what was dreadful news for long - time fans of Cyanogen's work in the custom Android - based ROM space, the group announced five months ago that it was beginning a partnership with Microsoft, which included pre-installing many of the Redmond company's consumer - facing apps on its mobile OS.

Meetings for the sake of having a meeting are a dreadful waste of time: - /