Sentences with phrase «given anything close to it»

Line delivery is almost painfully dry at points, and the actors who are genuinely giving it their best shot are scarcely given anything close to the screen time necessary to do a good job.

The problem is we had a team, that didn't even try, and it is now a regular thing to see our players not giving anything close to 100 %.

Not exact matches

So if I walked into a shop and asked for something nude I was given something, but it wasn't anything close to being my nude.

Given the magnitude of this decline, it is very unlikely that we will see anything close to pre-recession levels of small - business lending next year.

There's no telling whether it will happen to Cisco after Tuesday's close, but given the breathless hope of investors that John Chambers will say something, anything positive, I wouldn't rule out a short - term pop.

«Creation» seems to magically conform to whatever seems closest to it, not so much in mainstream science, but anything some reputable scientist might have said that might serve to give the idea a bit of cover.

As the plate got closer to me, I took out my wallet, thinking that I had to put some money in the plate, but the man who invited me whispered to me that I didn't have to give anything since this was my first time.

Being reconciled to God, giving to your neighbors and forgiving your enemies, living at peace because everyone's needs are met — is there anything that feels closer to heaven?

If you read anything that is written by spiritual leaders on Lent, you would have found out that typically, one gives up something as a sacrifice (and something that I would have a hard time doing), to bring one's self closer to God.

But if I'm the Bulls, there's no way in hell I'm giving Wade anything close to his $ 23 million salary.

The Everton fans are already close to open rebellion and so the last thing we want is to give them anything top shout about.

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To his credit, he got out of it without giving up anything else, but also it's 4 - 0 Yankees and Houston only has nine outs left to close that gaTo his credit, he got out of it without giving up anything else, but also it's 4 - 0 Yankees and Houston only has nine outs left to close that gato close that gap.

The detention of several powerful Saudi figures and members of clergy, can not only be seen in terms of domestic reforms and consolidation of power intended by Mohammed bin Salman, but also as giving him more room to manoeuvre in developing closer ties with Israel, given the hostility Saudi regime would have faced from actors that are anything but pro-Israel.

Last time I saw this guy, he was in my neighborhood criticizing the «unaccountable MTA» for closing the second of two token booths at PPW, perhaps in exchange for support from the TWU, without having anything intelligent about what the heck the MTA is supposed to do given the situation it has been put in.

Given how close Percoco and Cuomo have been for years, Albany insiders are finding it hard to believe the former would have done anything the latter didn't know about, even though the governor was quick to throw his ex-right hand under the bus.

The researchers reason that since each detector's setting is determined by sources that have had no communication or shared history since the beginning of the universe, it would be virtually impossible for these detectors to «conspire» with anything in their shared past to give a biased measurement; the experimental setup could therefore close the «free will» loophole.

Even if I fail at everything or being a «remarkable» person, I will know for sure, that once I'm gone, I can go in peace knowing that I have always loved unconditionally, I have always given without expecting anything in return, I have always listened even when it was hard to find any peace in my own loud mess of thoughts, I have always had a shoulder to cry on and «bed to spare» when my closest people needed one.

We were all brought to each other for a reason, but sometimes it's just as simple as to have somebody of an open heart and warm look in the eyes to give us strength to fight and go through anything, anytime, on any given day, year... Fuel up from each other and you'll see how good it feels to lay your trust onto your closest people.

Gardening, drawing, taking long walks, hanging our with a close friend, working out or pretty much anything that gives you joy is a great starting point on your path to healing.

im a closet cross dresser so ts behind closed doors but on the inside ill be what ever it is your looking for love to give and recieve oral im a total bottom and will do anything your mind desires give it a shot you might like it

I have no interest in misrepresenting myself, but when given the choice between «Jewish» (with the added option of «not important to me,» «somewhat important to me,» and «very important to me») and «Agnostic, very important to me,» I had to go with Jewish, because the other one just doesn't communicate anything close to, «I don't personally care what religion you are since I think this God stuff is possibly not a thing, but due to cultural complications and common ground preferences, I will almost certainly not date you unless you are Jewish.»

It may give off the vibe of something closer to an enhanced port of the first game than anything else, but deep down

Be aware of a definite mean streak which runs through the movie as well as a complete lack of humor (or anything close to that emotion), despite the fact that Azaria (who voices about a dozen characters on «The Simpsons» TV show) does his best with what little he is given.

That the best McKittrick can come up with is a genital - flashing plot device and the usual restaurant clichés — annoying customers, non-English speaking customers, the old «spit in the mashed potato» routine and other such uninspired twists — is disappointing given he has evidently spent years working in the industry, if his tribute to his former colleagues in the closing credits is anything to go by.

Writer / director Harris Doran doesn't give Angie anything close to a happy Hollywood ending.

Best line: Pretty much anything uttered by M. Emmet Walsh, but if forced to pick, I'd have to go with his closing death - cackle, «Well, ma'am, if I see him, I'll sure give him the message.»

However, when the movie plays so close to the original text, always rushing to the next grand musical number, it doesn't give itself enough time to quite give Emma Watson anything else to do but be that love interest.

Unfortunately, the large majority of the cash went toward Tim and Eric living a lifestyle of Hollywood excess, complete with plastic surgeries, stylists, an expensive life coach (Zach Galifianakis) who has magical powers for no reason except that there's no reason for him to have magical powers, and piercings (The movie gives us a long look in close and medium shots of Eric getting a genital piercing (using, we assume and hope, a prosthetic), which is the first of a few reasons why the MPAA's decision to give this an R rating is a bigger point of offense than anything in the movie, especially considering the ratings board's tendency to overreact to naughty words).

Also, you tend to oppose every effort to give anything to the poorer students or schools, yet you incessantly expect the achievement gap closed.

I never give a 5 star to anything but this car is pretty close.

From James Scott Bell's wry and wise opening keynote to Tayari Jones «heartfelt closer, the conference gave authors a weekend of stability in an industry that feels anything but stable on most other days.

The credit companies like Experian and Equifax only report what's given to them, so it's easy for them to add new accounts but they won't remove anything unless you ask (which is why you can see old closed credit card, student loans, etc on your credit report).

But given today's low interest rates (recently about 2.3 % for 10 - year Treasuries) and relatively rich stock valuations (Yale finance professor Robert Shiller's cyclically adjusted P / E ratio for the stock market recently stood at 29.2 vs. an average of 16.7 since 1900), it would seem to strain credulity to expect anything close to the annualized returns of close to the annualized return of 10 % for stocks and 5 % for bonds over the past 90 years or so, let alone the dizzying gains the market has generated from its post-financial crisis lows.

Given these starting conditions, the likelihood of achieving anything close to a 5 % real return seems quite slim, 9 creating a considerable need for alternative solutions.

Given that share price movements in anything but the long - term are essentially random, having a «target» price seems to me to be somewhat too close to what goes on inside a casino.

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This inspiration phase is great for lists like our Vacation Ideas Near the Beach, Snowy Adventures, or National Parks in the US — basically anything that isn't destination specific, but will give you ideas and bring you closer to making a decision about where you want to visit next.

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No I'd never buy another EA game again if they try anything close to what they did with Battlefront 2 and no I don't give a shit if you do nt believe me.

Anything that brings couples closer together is a truly wonderful thing, and these controller undergarments are... no, no, I'm sorry, I just can't get past the fact that these controllers could give rise (no pun intended) to a very... let's say «intriguing»... sequel to Wii Sports.

There weren't many on - stage demos at this year's Sony keynote - in fact, Days Gone and Spider - Man were the only ones to get anything close to a proper gameplay showing - but that doesn't mean Activision and Sledgehammer Games were going to give us nothing but a logo and a blubby monologue about the cost of war.

Given its bias against anything too close to late Modernism, Minimalism, or the art of today, the retrospective banishes his very last work, the Cubi, except for one tower gallery and a single piece in the rotunda.

She and I agreed that, if anything, folks should be far more concerned about the tropics in a warming climate, given how many regions are close to physical limits for heat now and other factors, like fragmentation of rain forests and pollution impacts on reefs, are adding stress.

«I'm prepared to accept whatever result they produce, even if it proves my premise wrong... the method isn't the madness that we've seen from NOAA, NCDC, GISS, and CRU... That lack of strings attached to funding, plus the broad mix of people involved especially those who have previous experience in handling large data sets gives me greater confidence in the result being closer to a bona fide ground truth than anything we've seen yet.

2) The fractal nature of the earth's surface means that averaging anything over that surface will give different answers based on how far apart your measurements are taken — and the answers will not converge to a single «correct» answer the closer together you make them.

It seems to look relatively close to the RCS chronology — which is unsurprising given the source data is the same and shouldn't be taken as an endorsement of this chronology as being correct or anything like that — it still imposes a one size fits all age profile which some initial testing suggests is a restriction that can be rejected (statistically speaking).

May I give my personal opinion about Judith Curry: from my point of view, the way she expresses her concerns about climate science is very close to the ideal scientific attitude, trying to be balanced and free from ideological a priori (this doesn't mean of course that she is always right, although I did not notice anything wrong in what she said).

Given that you have at no time ever attempted to add anything constructive to the topic that I had hoped to discuss with Brian, I can only determine that your only interest on life is insulting people and closing down debate.