Sentences with phrase «from underachieving»

Three years ago, Eggsy (Taron Egerton) made an appealing journey from underachieving hooligan to dapper super-spy.

Despite Tulsa's huge win over CMU, the league is running second - to - last in the rankings above, and even with an interim coach, it wouldn't have reflected well for a 10.5 - point favorite to lose to an also - ran from the underachieving SEC.

Not exact matches

The perennially underachieving Texas Rangers went from declaring bankruptcy last May to signing a 20 - year, US$ 1.6 - billion contract with Fox Sports Southwest in September, the largest deal ever made by a Major League Baseball club with an independent regional sports network.

Think a savvier Elle Woods who underachieved after graduating from Harvard and fell back to Earth in rural Pennsylvania.

Richmond owns a career scoring average of 22.2 points and a gold medal from the 1996 Olympics, but his career has been tainted by his time with the underachieving Wizards.

To summarise maybe complacently is deep rooted within our club right from the board, through to the management and to the fan base that are happy to settle for the stability of a reliable underachieving management regime rather than run the gauntlet of change and with that change bringing new blood which poses an element of risk.

How is two points from the top and a great shot a winning the double underachieving.

And beyond that, we've got an intriguing mix of styles, from the high - pressing, hyperactive scampering of Jurgen Klopp and Pochettino, through the possession fetishisation of Pep Guardiola (we assume) and Arsene Wenger, and onto whatever pragmatic flavors Jose Mourinho and (perhaps) Antonio Conte manage to squeeze out of their underachieving squads.

To summarise, maybe complacentcy is deep rooted within our club right from the Board, through to the management and to the fan base that are happy to settle for the stability of a reliable underachieving management regime rather than run the gauntlet of change and with that change bringing new blood which poses an element of risk.

Arsenal were left facing the facts yesterday that once again they have finished a season having massively underachieved from what is expected of them and on this occasion they couldn't even achieve the consistent top four slot that they've held down for the past twenty years.

There was talk of European glory matches, new star strikers wearing the Claret and Blue, and even a few whispers of adding a few pieces and maybe, just maybe, sneaking up a snatching the 4th spot away from the likes of an aging Manchester City team or an underachieving Arsenal team.

Fine post providing great perspective for those who feel we have underachieved of late and that the trophy glut from 98 to 04 was «normal service».

Thailand international Chappuis joins from Suphanburi, where he has spent the last three years, hoping to enjoy the success that eluded him at the ambitious but underachieving War Elephant.

And this season, despite some promise, the team has once again underachieved, with the threat of «challenges» in the economics of the club from Chairman Ed Balls if the team fails to gain promotion this season.

The young fellow, an underachieving high school student, suffers from a severe lack of self - esteem, thanks to the relentless tormenting his classmates have poured upon him because they consider him a nerd.

This teen comedy from Savage Steve Holland stars Corey Parker as an underachieving high schooler who hatches a crazy plot with valedictorian Lara Flynn Boyle to gain acceptance into a prestigious university.

Alexander Payne will be returning to the road (where he's had plenty of prior success in About Schmidt and Sideways) with this dramedy about an alcoholic father and his underachieving son traveling from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska to cash in what the father believes is a million - dollar winning ticket from Publisher's Clearing House.

Thankfully UTV's DVD and most especially Blu - ray meticulously capture the audiovisual splendor as it appeared on the big screen, and the underachieving financial returns at cinemas have not prevented the studio from including an informative making - of documentary on both editions.

The projects range from training and developing effective teaching strategies, to additional support for underachieving pupils.

And striking research from Sport England showed that underachieving young people who take part in sport see a 29 per cent increase in numeracy skills and a 12 - 16 per cent rise in other transferable skills.

Teachers surveyed also felt that it was important to provide coding lessons for children from economically disadvantaged backgrounds (71 per cent) and to provide extra teaching support for underachieving children in this subject (65 per cent).

In one of the poorest boroughs of London, children from traditionally underachieving demographics exceed national expectations, and have done so for many years.

To paraphrase this piece from the Associated Press, civil rights groups fear these waivers are dimming the spotlight on traditionally - underachieving student groups:

The Minster Junior School fell from «outstanding» in 2010 to the bottom grade four years later because «too many pupils significantly underachieved», but it remains with Southwark Diocese.

As a result of a differentiated literacy program and specific interventions, the percentage of underachieving students in the primary literacy program meeting grade - level literacy benchmarks rose from 55 percent in 2000 to 80 percent in 2003 (Evanston / Skokie School District 65, 2004).

Ofsted dropped the school from a grade three to a four last year, because pupils were underachieving and misbehaving, and some senior positions remained vacant.

But the dumpy looking, underachieving, midsize T100 pickup was Toyota's Edsel, a mistake from the start.

It may be the most downtrodden, underachieving brand in the United States, but that isn't stopping Isuzu from trying aggressively to sign up new dealers, says Automotive News.

Not only is the underachieving tee made from 69 percent pre-consumer recycled cotton, but it also has a net zero carbon footprint.

Developed a yearlong study table in which underachieving players, and any other students within the school, could get tutoring assistance from National Honor Society members and other high achieving students.

With support for the learning disability from teachers and parents, a child who is underachieving can start to do well at school again.