Sentences with phrase «generally up to the mark»

Not exact matches

The shadow communities secretary, Andrew Gwynne, told the Guardian last week that the polls had been «incredibly unhelpful» to Labour because they raised expectations when the last time the councils had been up for election four years ago the result was generally regarded as a high - water mark for the party.

«The Government's Draft Legislative Programme certainly suggests that we should see a more positive and joined - up approach to the needs of business generally and the shipping sector» claims Mark Brownrigg, director - general of the Chamber of Shipping.

He winds up faulting constructivists not for their ideas, with which he is generally sympathetic, but for their lack of radical fervor, as «their work is marked by a flirtation with but never full commitment to» the cause of revolution.

Generally, the sites buy distressed hotel room inventory (unsold rooms) at a discount, then mark the rate up to the average online travel agency price, and take that spread.

Generally speaking the friendly AI of your three squadmates is solid, allowing you to leave them to their own devices without worrying about them getting in trouble, but occasionally they'll refuse to move from spots, won't line up sync - shots, which lets you mark four targets and take them all down simultaneously, or will sometimes go sprinting past guards while somehow still being in full camouflage mode and not getting spotted.

Generally the script is humorous — the boss name inspired by the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise will be immediately recognisable to kids of the»90s — and it hits its marks by playing up to its crazy approach, like a fan - fiction written when high on sugar sherbet.

The manufacturers (sony, microsoft, nintendo) generally sell the console at a minimal profit, or even at a loss and get the stores to not mark up the consoles too high, they make most of their money on the games.

Generally, I choose marks that have the ability to behave as stock signage — meaning that they act as a sign but remain unattached to a singular definition — such as a dash or an «x.» They are very flexible, and can conjure up associations without delivering one precise read.»

Effective March 11, 2010, the Trade - marks Office will generally grant an applicant one (1) extension of time of up to a maximum of six (6) months to file a response to an examiner's report, if the request is justified.