Sentences with phrase «given lacklustre»

Given the lacklustre local fundamental backdrop, listed property funds are increasingly looking elsewhere to generate better returns.
It was a pretty simple minigame, but it quickly became the best thing about that 2008 release — unsurprising given the lacklustre multiplayer and average campaign.
And given the lacklustre interface design of the reader - series and the clumsy software that comes with it I have great doubts that this will happen.
Only Amazon knows for sure and they aren't saying... but it seems that they are suddenly placing more value in the monies brought in by Prime subscriptions than those coming from hardware sales (which seems wise, given their lacklustre results).
That Civic retained its bestseller status, but given its lacklustre makeover and how good its competitors were getting, it was hard to see why.
Few Spurs players will emerge from the embers of this doomed Champions League campaign with their reputations enhanced given the lacklustre nature of their individual and collective performances.

Not exact matches

The lacklustre sales are part of the background to an ongoing dispute between the company, known for drastic cost - cutting measures at the chains it acquires, and the Great White North Franchisee Association, which formed in March 2017 to give voice to frustrated restaurant owners.
As a result, the Bank of Canada's current stance to leave interest rates unchanged given its concerns about the country's lacklustre economic growth could be an important catalyst for preferred share performance going forward — especially when combined with the U.S. Federal Reserve's projections for multiple rate hikes this year.
However, Dusan Tadic gave the Saints the lead in the 21st minute, with the home side facing their own battle to avoid relegation this season and very much looking up for the challenge on Saturday against a lacklustre Chelsea side.
His positioning was all over the place, he looked lacklustre in his attempts to keep the ball and ultimately he gave the ball away more times during his short cameo appearance, than most players over the 90 minutes.
It compliments a dish really well and often looks like it's the star but without everything else around it to give it the support it requires, it's kind of lacklustre.
As Charlie Nicholas says, Arsenal are slightly on the backfoot already this season given we already find ourselves five points behind the league leaders after three games, but we will undoubtedly catchup and once we do, it's then important that we don't drop anymore points due to lacklustre performances.
I feel for you im a red member so sporadically see games, I refuse to give the club / puma any of my money for a new kit, etc I am sick to the stomach of our lacklustre half hearted performances at the moment, and long for my beloved team I remember to return.
Ozil has come under fire in the press and from fans due to his lacklustre displays, and deteriorating performances in recent months, and German footballing legend Michael Ballack has tried to give his international counterpart some words of advice.
Whether the players have given up on Wenger or not, That gives them no right to be cheating the paying fans with their dismal, diabolical, lacklustre performances.
Minutes later though the task got tougher as some lacklustre defending and a huge deflection off Koscielny gave Herrera a goal to make it 3 - 1.
But we can't now given our lack of depth due to a lacklustre transfer window...
This will no doubt go down as a classic United victory, and Mourinho has given some indication of how he fired up his players after such a lacklustre start with so many mistakes.
Undoubtedly the team has looked unorganized and lacklustre at times, and played poorly, particularly in New York, Foxborough and during the first - half in Columbus, but is that so surprising given all the changes?
Ozil has been in fine form recently, while Alexis Sanchez has looked a little lacklustre and not as sharp or committed as we have come to expect from the Chilean wizard, giving the ball away over 30 times in our last two games where we have dropped five points.
With the strikers in lacklustre form, Everton may well need their shining light to shine once more if they're to record only their second set of back - to - back wins for the season — Although, with Birmingham in dire form away from home and having not won an away fixture in the Premiership since March, they may not be a better time for the forwards to get in amongst the goals and really give the whole offensive department a real lift.
The squad was given 2 days of rest following their win on Saturday which stretched their lead to 7 points with a lacklustre Barcelona only managing a draw.
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Despite his lacklustre form, Hazard's ability gave feeling that Chelsea were in with a chance of coming from behind to beat PSG, but the 25 - year - old created just one chance before being subbed off in the second half.
Some were saying that Bolton didn't play that bad against Arsenal at the weekend, which is true to a certain extent, but their poor start to game and their lacklustre showing in the middle of the park gave us a completely different after - viewing in that we felt Bolton massively underperformed, although there were big signs that the Owen Coyle affect is already taken place at The Reebok.
Given that the main reason the Tories opted for him was his reputation as «winner», Cameron led a surprisingly lacklustre campaign.
«At the 2005 election, we and our readers believed Labour had many failings but gave them one last chance over a lacklustre Tory party.
Given Miliband's frequently lacklustre displays in the Commons, it's clear the longer form of address suits him better.
«While other factors can influence the outcome during any given rainy season, this slowly varying «background» favours lacklustre long rains.»
However, given that the US wind energy industry's second quarter is always lacklustre, the focus this quarter is less on how much was installed than on how much is about to be installed.
A buyer with strong premium branding credentials and experience with scaling brands globally in underpenetrated international markets (particularly China which is experiencing an activewear awakening), could see value in acquiring the business for what is likely to be an attractive price, given its recent lacklustre performance.
There isn't even an opportunity to crack some skulls, as the Red Skull himself plays a brief scripted cameo, giving way to other lacklustre character steroetypes to flesh out the basic «evil guys take over the world» style storyline.
While we wonder what shape the film will take, given the expansive nature of the source material, we are itching for a decent Lincoln movie, especially after the lacklustre «The Conspirator.»
It's just a shame that he's made to shoulder the film's myriad shortcomings solo, so lacklustre is the support from Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy and Downton's Michelle Dockery, who along with 12 Years a Slave star Lupita Nyong» o isn't given a great deal to do as an idle air stewardess.
It was all fairly... lacklustre really; and yet I still had to laugh at just how hard they tried to steer this in a different direction to the previous two, to give it a bit more gravitas.
Another multi-generational feature of GT - R models has been a lacklustre cabin, but Nissan has worked hard to give the updated GT - R an interior worthy of its price tag.
Initial praise for the all - new Cruze gave way to the usual bleats about lacklustre performance seen in GM's small cars.
Four - wheel drive is only available on the diesel (probably for the best given the petrol's already lacklustre efficiency), but the difference is even larger.
With a luxurious interior and a self - developed 204bhp 1.8 - litre turbocharged petrol engine, it might just give Dongfeng's lacklustre own brand offerings a boost.
We all know it's difficult enough to create a bestselling novel, but if your cover is lacklustre and unappealing then you're sabotaging your hard work by not giving your book the opportunity to make the impact that it deserves.
As a result, the Bank of Canada's current stance to leave interest rates unchanged given its concerns about the country's lacklustre economic growth could be an important catalyst for preferred share performance going forward — especially when combined with the U.S. Federal Reserve's projections for multiple rate hikes this year.
It may not give the highest returns at times when the Indian markets are in a huge upswing and global markets are lacklustre.
On normal difficulty, these felt more like showcases than strategy - too hard to lose against a lacklustre enemy showing, and more an opportunity to breed a few of my favourite units and give them names.
Rather, the protagonist of Nikolai and the story is a little lacklustre but given the price, it's still an enjoyable experience on the PS4 that allows gamers to experience another part of the bigger Assassin's Creed mythology.
Originality being important with Edge falls flat when they give a very lacklustre, obvious and blatantly boring New Super Mario Bros. 2 a seven.
Unwanted and unasked for, Secret of Mana does the bare minimum you'd expect from a remake, and when you consider the original's beloved status, the fact that it's been given such a lacklustre treatment is stupefying.
Given how severe fan backlash was and how lacklustre sales have been, it's no wonder the series is taking a complete 180 with its trip back to WWII later this year.
Colour us surprised, given how utterly lacklustre the original PS4 launch title was.
It has given me ideas for one of our lacklustre decks.
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