Sentences with phrase «for taking our eyes off»

You almost couldn't blame OU for taking their eye off the ball.

Parents are reprimanded for taking their eyes off their kid for one second, especially if that child gets in trouble.

According to one strategist Tuesday night, Democrats believe Paul is still vulnerable for taking his eye off the ball in order to run for president.

That is the price we pay as a House for taking our eyes off the small print.

Well, I'm not making the case for taking our eyes off the prize (proficiency in the subject, good test scores, high promotion and graduation rates, and so on).

Not exact matches

Piazza del Popolo It's said to be one of the best people - watching spots in the city (which, for Rome, says a lot)-- that is, if you can take your eyes off the 17th - century churches and Egyptian obelisk, among other sights.

«Being a female in an all - male shop, I kind of got these eyes on me when I had to take time off for child care purposes.»

«They really took their eye off the ball in terms of how to be special for the customer,» says Steve Dennis, president of SageBerry Consulting and a former Sears and Neiman Marcus executive.

Few can afford to take their eyes off the business for that long.

The biggest risk for most business owners is that they'll be so busy running their companies they'll take their eye off the road — and end up in a head - on financial collision before they ever knew what hit them.

But Dunne is not taking his eye off the ball even though «ignition» (that is, producing more energy from the fusion process than it takes to create the process) could be the game changer for the world's energy supply.

I took my eye off this space completely when I joined a startup in 2012 and had no free time for side projects anymore.

For investors like you, the lesson of Blackberry is that you can never take your eye off a stock you own.

If not for the impact of Hurricane Harvey, the top line would have climbed a bit instead of fallen, but investors probably couldn't take their eyes off of occupancy rates that slid 1.3 % compared to the same period last year.

All eyes are said to be off Greece now and taking focus on the likelihood for the Fed moving forward with policy normalization.

And, keep in mind, we are all human and prone to slip if we take our eyes off of Him for a moment, which we all do at times.

Folks: take your eyes off of religion: place them completely on Jesus for real.

John now expresses what he believes is important for his readers to learn as he leads us to take our eyes off «heaven» and bring them down to «earth.»

But seriously, if people like him would take the courage and time to step away from it for a while their minds, hearts and eyes would open up and the world and humanity would really be much better off.

For us to take comfort in money or success is to take our eyes off the matter at hand.

Perhaps it is because I just take my eyes, at least for a moment, off of my troubles.

He had had pneumonia off and on since the spring, along with chronic anemia, nausea, pain and an eye infection for which he was taking IV medication once or twice a day.

don't take your eyes off the pot as while you may be impatient for it to start browning, the period between the time the butter begins to take on color + the point where it burns is often less than a minute.

Awesome idea to use Yoghurt even in the frosting!They look so rich and luscious, I can't take my eyes off that frosting:) Great clicks as well!I'll definitely be trying this for sure my friend:)

Came here for the birthday cake smoothie... but can't take my eyes off the peanut butter chocolate cupcakes!

The design of the machine is so appealing that you will not be able to take your eyes off it for a second.

I recommend you start off by taking less than you think you're hungry for — remember that your eyes are bigger than your stomach, and you can always go back for seconds.

And also concentrate on the game 100 % not taking their minds and eyes off Chelsea during the playing of the game for 90 minutes plus of the game.

It has got to the level that the only trophy we can imagine is fa cup when some clubs will never take their eyes off champions league and their respective leagues, where is the improvement for 12 years?

It would be very easy for the Arsenal players to take their eyes off the ball this weekend, but it is absolutely vital that the Gunners do not become complacent and that we make sure that all three points are going to stay in north London after the visit of Aston Villa in the Premier League clash on Sunday.

Have to use eye drops for a few weeks and, because I have a lot of heavy lifting for a job, taking 3 weeks off from work.

Berardi has the ability to play literally anywhere in attack, boasting attributes of a winger in terms of crossing and set piece taking ability, coupled with attacking midfielder attributes in killer through balls and topped off by a striker's intuitive nature, eye for goal and ariel presence; this hybrid footballer is exactly what Arsenal need.

Nicklaus took his eyes off the monitor for just a second, and the next thing he saw on it was Watson looking like a man with an incurable itch, and a mighty roar was filling the air.

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

I play as a DMF, although i'm tall i find it stressing to mark a biig man, but in all honesty, pacey forwards are the most difficult to mark u can't take ur eyes off them for a split - second.....

McGrone got beat in coverage when he took his eye off the receiver who was his responsibility for a moment.

I love the fact that every single birth is completely different but they have one thing in common: after baby is born, mum and dad can not take their eyes off bub for even a second no matter what is going on around them.

A stroller, with a nice and secure 5 - point harness, doubles as a nice and secure place to jail your little Houdini so you can actually take your eyes off them for one second.

Since we can't keep our eyes glued on them all the time, you can take measures and baby proof various danger zones around the house for your own peace of mind in case your curious explorer manages to escape your watchful eye and wander off.

Now that Alex is crawling (yup, already), I don't really get much opportunity to blog as often as I would like as I can't take my eyes off him for a single second.

However, the passenger's seat side allows the driver to check back occasionally without taking his or her eyes off the road for too long.

For small children, the sun still gets in their eyes and the maclaren sun shade just doesn't look that good and isn't that practical to put on and take off.

It might seem completely harmless to have both hands off the baby, especially if you've got your eyes on her; however, all it takes is a split second for a baby to make any type of movement and roll right off the changing table.

Within Bangladesh, there is a feeling that if breastfeeding campaigners take their eye off the ball for even a moment, the formula companies will quickly gain ground.

Autism has them wanting to play destructively (to themselves and to the toys [and my house]-RRB- so I can't afford to take my eyes off them for any more than a minute or two.

There's nothing for it but to basically never take your eyes off them until they get to an... [Read more]

I suspect Hannan in particular has taken himself off - air during the campaign, presumably under pressure from Dave's people - he is too much the poster - boy for the Barmy Right for them to want him in the public eye too much.

Last year I did a bit of campaigning for him to be properly honoured, coining the inevitable catchphrase «Knight to see you, to see you Knight» but this year I took my eye off the ball.

We were off, leaving the smooth border road to take a rocky dirt track up into the hills for my first meeting, away from prying eyes.

Is this another winning issue for Democrats or just another sad sideshow to take our eyes off all the real problems NY has?