Sentences with phrase «exercise in missed opportunities»

With not much happening of interest in the story, and a director that seems to want to practice his technique more than further the film's plot, what we're left with is an exercise in missed opportunities and squandered performances.

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As we hear the (ominous for some, joyous for others) sound of the door slamming shut on the Dream Act, Christians in America are left to wonder if this is a missed opportunity or the exercise of justice.

Any security officer who misses Sunday's window of opportunity to exercise his franchise in the second round of special voting will not be allowed to vote on December 7, the Electoral Commission has explained.

A hilarious and occasionally heartbreaking tale of lost youth crossed with a wonderfully over-the-top genre exercise, «The World's End» plays very much to its creators» strengths, deftly intertwining male menopause and the apocalypse as it follows a quintet of old friends reliving the key missed opportunity of their teen years — downing 12 pints in 12 pubs in their small town's «golden mile» of public houses.

We have found that a smaller number increases the chances that everybody is actively participating in the learning exercise, while still providing important collaborative opportunities that would be missed by working alone.