Sentences with phrase «handful of occasions»

And on the handful of occasions where the Obama administration did draw legal scrutiny, the investigations did not block out the sun because they were not part of a decades - long legacy of ethical missteps.

From the handful of occasions on which I interacted with Wiesel, I recall the eagerness and warmth with which he endeavored to put the company at ease, as if he were a celebrity forever loyal to the precocious, shy small town boy he once was.

Ozil is a luxury player who very rarely turns up for Arsenal when he's most needed.The rest of the team has to be on song in order for him to make any impression.Which judging from the previous Season is only likely to happen on a handful of occasions.

And on a handful of occasions during the 2012 - 13 season, Branescu was included in the match - day squad for the Italian champions, although obviously never seeing any kind of action with the likes of Gigi Buffon and Marco Storari firmly entrenched as the top two goalkeepers at the club.

I had only babysat for other people on a handful of occasions, and neither of my older sisters had children.

On the handful of occasions she joined us, she slept on the other side of my husband, meaning he was between the two girls.

«On only a handful of occasions over this period has public spending fallen in real terms — once in the mid-1970s, again in the mid and late - 1980s and in the mid-1990s,» according to a Commons briefing note.

The governor himself, on a handful of occasions first of all, took the rather unprecedented step of going and visiting with the majority conferences of both the Senate and the Assembly and having long conversations with them, number one.

Wilens explains, «Someone may report on a survey that they misused stimulants on «a handful of occasions» and have never been diagnosed with a substance - use disorder.

It's such a «me» outfit and I feel like I could sport it for a handful of occasions: wine tasting, a summer BBQ, a friend's birthday party, brunch... endless options.

While riding on Rambi and bowling through enemies is fun, he only shows up on a handful of occasions, leaving you wanting more out of him, as well as a return of more Animal Buddies such as Enguarde or my man Squitter (or for Retro Studios to develop some Animal Buddies of their own).

The humor is actually a bit better, and I found myself amused on a handful of occasions at the parodies and pop culture references that are sprinkled throughout the film.

While at first glance you'd think it was a racing game, the actual action of driving your car is only really important in a handful of occasions (most notably winning races, picking up hitchhikers and deciding which route to take).

There are a handful of occasions when Spielberg lays the uplift on a bit thick, John Williams's score swelling like a bladder, but for the most part the movie is lively and full of wit.

The three classes that used the dedicated room the least during the year, on only a handful of occasions, scored 41 per cent proficiency.

While riding on Rambi and bowling through enemies is fun, he only shows up on a handful of occasions, leaving you wanting more out of him, as well as a return of more Animal Buddies such as Enguarde or my man Squitter (or for Retro Studios to develop some Animal Buddies of their own).

As some of you may now know, my experience with the Halo franchise is extremely limited, basically consisting of me trying out the multiplayer on a handful of occasions.

There were standout moments of gaming genius in there, and a handful of occasions that sent our smash - o - meter off the scale, but if you can put up with these then you're in for 20 - odd hours of richly atmospheric gameplay.

We aren't particularly close and have only met on a handful of occasions, so the context of our conversation wasn't centered around catching up on family events or hashing out political opinions.

Leidy Churchman: «The Meal of the Lion» Murray Guy 453 W. 17th St., through June 6 On a handful of occasions over 20 years of teaching, I've walked into a student's studio and had to catch my breath at the kind of raw, sheer talent I felt, at the same time thinking that since there's almost nothing I could say to this artist to improve his or her game, I fell almost instantly into listening as carefully as I could, learning things I never knew I needed to know until I was told them.

Lord Saville sat in the top court on only a handful of occasions during his 11 years as chair of the Bloody Sunday Inquiry, so the court is effectively estopped from arguing that it can not operate with one less than the statutory maximum of justices.

In the first five years after Dunsmuir was decided, Australian courts referred to the decision on only a handful of occasions, and each of those references was to point out contrasts between the Australian and Canadian positions on reasonableness review and deference (see SZOOR [8]- [9]; SZMDS [28]; Mastwyk [18]; Sanding [229]- [230]-RRB-.