Sentences with phrase «fly in the ointment»

The only fly in the ointment for Lambo's junior supercar is that its rivals have also evolved, and while at launch the Gallardo easily had the firepower to see off, say, the 394bhp Ferrari 360 Modena, today it faces much stiffer competition in the shape of the 562bhp 458 Italia, not to mention the 616bhp McLaren MP4 - 12C.
Perhaps the only fly in the ointment for the digital rights groups that intervened before the Court is the Court's seemingly uncritical endorsement of geographic and group profiling.
The only fly in the ointment here is the highly optimistic pricing that the automaker has set.
The big fly in the ointment for Harper's master plan for economic growth comes from the countries that will supposedly be buying all of the bitumen that will be mined in northern Alberta.
One potential fly in the ointment, in terms of reported earnings going forward, relates to deferred tax assets (DTAs).
The one minor fly in this ointment in this analysis is that far more candidates stand in seats with media interest, like those of the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, so it's proportionately less likely for those people to retain their seats.
The only fly in the ointment when it comes to Sport ownership is the car's relatively high CO2 output.
We will concede that it is probably not good if all those gold timers are actually bullish — especially as there really is a big fly in the ointment from our perspective.
If this product sounds too good to be true, there is one small fly in the ointment, so to speak.
We're kind of forgetting one very possible fly in the ointment here.
Closer examination, however, revealed a few Jurassic - size flies in the ointment.
FM5 is the sole fly in the ointment, struggling to shake complaints about limited content and gaudy microtransactions.
It's the only time we felt anything as artificial as a cinematic point being made, and it's a tiny fly in the ointment.
The only fly in the ointment appears if you take the GRMN to its very limits — if you manage to force its suspension into full compression, it becomes very firm indeed at the end of its travel and this can unsettle it slightly.
The main fly in the ointment seems to be Facebook; looking at ads, FB appear to have drastically moved the goalposts, so one can not get any kind of reach doing a low budget $ 5 - 10 campaign any more..
The only fly in my ointment right now (well, aside from the fact I'm still recovering this darn flu) is....
The other fly in the ointment is the pricing of games.
Another troublesome fly in the ointment is this: Warhol's abstract paintings were mostly a flop — banal retreads of earlier classic images of Campbell's soup cans, Marilyn Monroe, flowers and more.
But one little fly in the ointment about «following the money»: don't you think the oil and coal lobbies have pockets one HELL of a lot deeper than environmental organizations supported by well intentioned college profs, high school teachers and housewives??
Nottingham Forest The Tricky Trees may be routinely sweeping aside the opposition with the sort of free - flowing football any neutral fan would be happy to pay good money to see (or at least they were until Saturday's defeat by — of all teams — Derby), but there's a potential fly in the ointment: the thinness of their squad, particularly by comparison with their main promotion rivals ourselves and West Brom.
The only fly in the ointment here is smartphone integration, because while Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are available, they're a # 300 option.
There is one big fly in the ointment that could yet see Mata move to Atletico Madrid.
The only fly in the ointment from a technical perspective is that performance can become sluggish in handheld mode when there are a lot of units on - screen at once; animations become choppy and inputs become ever - so - slightly delayed, but it's not a common occurrence and doesn't impact your overall enjoyment (we also imagine it will be dealt with in a future update).
Clio has great economy, low emissions and cheap insurance; high depreciation is the only real fly in the ointment
The infotainment system is the only fly in the ointment as it's not very intuitive to use.
But there's a fly in the ointment in states» individual action on cybersecurity — the prospect of a patchwork of different laws governing something, the Internet, that knows no geographical borders.
In other words, players are not a fly in the ointment.
Predictably, there are flies in the ointment.
When it comes to all of this metals / miners / commodities bullishness there's just one «fly in the ointment» — the U.S. Dollar.
Just another fly in the ointment of this blog with the biggest fly being the ridiculous word filter.
The fly in the ointment is they then demand that we remove skepticism from them.
He said simply they'd always be with us, Astounding one with such nerve, cold foresight - All generated in jig - time - no fuss, He had sized our worlds up, had them down pat, Left no fly in the ointment to discuss; Those who'd have given him his coat and hat» And the high road to....
And almost always there is a fly in the ointment once Laws are in place.
No need to be a fly in the ointment now do we?
The one fly in the ointment is that the Academy reforms look like requiring the permission of the Local Bishop, who after all determines the applicability of the label «Catholic» to a school.
There are one or two flies in the ointment, however, such as an evident lack of synthesis, and a tendency towards repetition of both content and style.
The only way un-righteous domination, by those who would force their religion on others, has been changed over the years is by those people or risked speaking out and pointing out the flies in the ointment of religion, and thank God for them.
The fly in the ointment for Ferrari and Mercedes could be Red Bull.
Cleveland could be the fly in the ointment with the No. 1 and No. 4 picks, but genetic freak running back Saquon Barkley could work his way past the NC State pass rusher; while the Browns have a well - stocked defensive line, tailback (and playmaker in general) is a position of need.
Secondly, Wenger does deserve a touchline ban and a fine, I agree a 3 match ban would suffice, the only fly in the ointment is, there are reports coming out that Wenger called the ref» «a cheat», if this is the case they will come down on him like a ton of bricks, expect a 10 match ban and fine.
Saturday's dramatic comeback at Manchester City left things looking rosy in the Manchester United camp — but the Mirror reports that there could be soon be a fly in the ointment.
Nottingham Forest The Tricky Trees may be routinely sweeping aside the opposition with the sort of free - flowing football any neutral fan would be happy to pay good money to see (or at least they were until Saturday's defeat by — of all teams — Derby), but there's a potential fly in the ointment: the thinness of...
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