Sentences with phrase «hold up to my expectations»

I just received my Zoe stroller and I am hoping it holds up to my expectations.

Estee Lauder is a well - know and impressive brand, and this lightweight summer foundation is holding up to the expectations that accompany the name.

Even the look of the film holds up to the expectations of today's effects - driven industry, with Stan Winston's practical creature effects outdoing the likes of Stephen Sommers» SFX - happy «Van Helsing.»

It has been a while since I owned a Ford and I hope this one holds up to my expectations.

Destiny is one of the most talked about titles of 2014, but does it hold up to expectations or fall flat?

The video game industry was about to see a new standard for 3D games, and Nintendo soon realized that Star Fox 2, released on older hardware, would be held up to the expectations and standards of the 3D games on the new machines.

Intel's Optane Memory didn't quite hold up to our expectations, especially considering the low cost of SATA SSDs, and the limited compatibility with all but the newest Intel processors and chipsets, although it's a huge improvement over just using an HDD, something we don't recommend in a new system.

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Young adult workers might buck the expectation that they prefer texting to talking, but millennials do hold up one stereotype: They crave hand - holding in the workplace.

This tool uses the present value of bond portfolios, adjusted for interest rate and inflation expectations, to show current retirees how much in retirement savings they need today to account for every $ 1 they need in the future, assuming they hold a portfolio made up entirely of investment - grade bonds and longer - term Treasurys.

Our financials held up against their financials show no «pie in the sky» anomalies; indeed we have applied conservative adjustments to core objections reflecting the very real expectation that it will take us a few years to fully optimize our own marketing model.

Those stocks would get crushed, we're buying stocks that are have huge cash flows, people have low expectations for them that's why we're getting them so cheap and so we know pay for high expectations in the long book, so when the low — bad news comes in, we didn't pay for high expectations so our longs tend to hold up better, our shorts are getting killed, great spreads and bad markets.

And even if temporal help is the most absurd and unreasonable of all expectations, yet one would sooner whip up his superstitious imagination to hope for it than to lay hold on the Eternal.

Needless to say, in the weeks leading up to Pope Benedict XVI's recent pilgrimage to Great Britain I had little expectation that my English kin would hold anything other than a dim view of the entire affair as being another example of religion wasting money, cloggingtraffic in central London, and no doubt also harming the environment.

«We're both vegans and we come at this from a vegan perspective [many vegans have found dairy the hardest thing to give up] and we wanted more nutritious, cleaner label vegan products that are not held together with a bunch of starches and gums and stablizers, and from all the vegans that we talked with, this totally meets their expectations.

It don't matter if it was 3 or 300 its our job as the fans to hold that old fart accountable to the club and fans expectations» we should have the best of everything we have awesome stadium pots of cash the ability as a club to go further if the right set up in place.

I have heard many Arsenal fans call for Arsene Wenger to leave the club this season, as well as seeing the banners being held up for all to see during the live matches, and I cant help but think that these fans have expectations beyond some realities.

We really need to hold our nerve and deal with the expectation of winning games against so - called lesser teams and then we need to step up and cope with the pressure or the games against the big boys.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

He has not been living up to expectations since he was brought in on loan from Chelsea and there are rumblings of some locker room issues, but the club held on for a tough victory last week with him on the field.

I quickly realized that my expectations were lofty and unrealistic, and living up to them was a waste of valuable energy better spent holding down my toddler so I could put on his shoes.

Some, like New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul (R), are living up to long - held expectations for making noise once in high office.

«The Bank is therefore caught between hiking rates to anchor inflation expectations, or leaving rates on hold to help prop up a fragile economy which faces the ramping - up of government spending cuts in coming months,» Markit's chief economist Chris Williamson said.

Hold that space for you to show up as your highest self and I promise you, your 2015 will be far beyond your expectations.

Those with perfectionistic concerns, meanwhile, «believe others hold lofty expectations for them, and feel incapable of living up to the perfection they perceive others demand.»

You guys know how much I love my J. Crew Lady Day Coat (it's held up fantastically well after three years of wear) so I hope the chateau parka lives up to my expectations!

It does contain some interesting features to try and keep the gamer engaged, but depending on expectations of the gamer will equal out to whether that engagement holds up.

It's a legitimate concern, and one I share... the experience of attending a private school in the nation's capital could bring benefits that might not show up until years later: exposure to a new peer group that holds higher expectations in terms of college - going and the like; access to a network of families that opens up opportunities; a religious education that provides meaning, perhaps a stronger grounding in both purpose and character, and that leads to personal growth.

She holds high expectations for him, and she lets him know that she thinks he is capable of living up to those expectations.

«There was a feeling that in order for students to be competitive and successful, we really needed to ratchet up the rigor of those standards and ensure we were holding students to at least the level of expectation in other states and other countries,» Martinez said at a November State Board of Education hearing.

But I can also imagine that the experience of attending a private school in the nation's capital could bring benefits that might not show up until years later: exposure to a new peer group that holds higher expectations in terms of college - going and the like; access to a network of families that opens up opportunities; a religious education that provides meaning, perhaps a stronger grounding in both purpose and character, and that leads to personal growth.

At the time, they described the challenge this way: «Rapid technological innovations, new forms of ownership, and changing social expectations on the part of both producers and consumers make it difficult for any of us holding a job to live up to the values of the domain, the values of society, and our own system of values.»

I was passionate and caring but I didn't know how to effectively plan lessons nor did I know how to set up all the systems necessary to create a safe learning environment where students feel cared for and held to high expectations.

Summed up to start, I believe JManga could never have held on long term (though credit where credit's due for the time they did last) for a number of reasons, but ultimately JManga was, simply put, offering scanlations to readers with the expectation of being paid for it.

This would suggest that investors have confidence that the Central Bank is able to orchestrate some near - term inflation, which the Fed hopes might motivate consumers and businesses to ramp up their spending, while holding long - term inflation expectations in check.

At the moment, I am continuing to hold core fixed - income positions that I have owned for quite a while with the expectation that adjustments will be needed to lighten up on credit or duration in the future.

There are parts of the game that surpass the expectations I had for the game which make me want to pick it up again and again but there are also many, many flaws and problems which severely hold it back from being a good game.

And while Warhammer Online was, in my opinion, a solid product, it certainly failed to live up to the extremely high expectations held by both the development team and the players.

Destiny had growing expectations each time a new announcement made its way to the websites and blogs of the world — does the game hold up to these highly set standards or does Destiny misstep and end before the franchise actually gets going?

So not only does it have to live up to my high expectations of what horror games need to be, but I believe that it holds the fate of Survival Horror games, which are a dying breed, in its hands.

With Project Cafe sounding like their attempt to catch up with gaming expectations and some of the great franchise titles that Nintendo hold under lock and key, you can bet that with the right combination of games and a release date, Nintendo will likely clean house this year.

For publishers to release on a Nintendo system, the licensing fee was used as a sort of guarantee that the publisher was serious enough to hold up to quality expectations.

And if it is, you'll have a good time if the games library meets your expectations, because the Switch is super cool, has a ton of potential, makes up for a lot of Wii U fails, is fun and impressive to hold as a mobile device, and yes of course, Breath of the Wild really is that good on it!

To put it plainly, the graphics in the first Deadliest Warrior game don't exactly live up to the expectations held for the Xbox 360, and surely not for the PS3 with some bland, and in some places blocky graphicTo put it plainly, the graphics in the first Deadliest Warrior game don't exactly live up to the expectations held for the Xbox 360, and surely not for the PS3 with some bland, and in some places blocky graphicto the expectations held for the Xbox 360, and surely not for the PS3 with some bland, and in some places blocky graphics.

The employment judge held that he did not, on the bases that the contracts sought to be «joined» were of a different nature, it was more by chance that he ended up with a permanent contract with the same employer and the he had had no expectation of continuity in July 2008 (unlike the claimant in Ford where there had been a pattern of re-hiring after the summer break).

The Chasm Group, LLC and Chasm Institute, LLC (San Bruno, CA) 1997 — 2008 Business Operations Manager • Managed all daily operational tasks for leading multi-million dollar high - tech market strategy consultancy, while providing executive administration to C - level executives and venture capital partners • Developed and managed the firm's annual budget, proposing and implementing expense cuts, producing monthly reports and financial statements, and coordinating with CPA firm for accurate and timely filings • Oversaw all client relationship management efforts while cultivating new business efforts from concept to implementation, providing high - quality service in sales efforts while utilizing new lead tracking system • Negotiated and managed all contracts, stock grants, and financing arrangements, working closely with outside counsel to draft legal documents and resolve LLC - and proprietary - related issues • Led three office space build - outs and two office relocations, managing all aspects of each process under aggressive timeline and budget expectations • Reduced firm telecom expenses by 22 % by streamlining IT objectives, including migration to VOIP phone system, software / hardware purchases, domain renewals, and outsourced technical support • Directed all phases of staff recruitment while creating and implementing all HR policies and programs, including comprehensive employee benefits plans • Supervised multiple administrative staff members, conducted performance appraisals and wage / salary surveys in comparison to incentive program guidelines, and maintained HR files in accordance with legal mandates • Produced all out - going client invoices in an accurate and timely fashion to increase, cash flow and reduce aging receivables, providing consistent attention to overhead costs and vendor arrangements • Administered all company insurance policies, including E&O, general liability, bonds, partner life and disability, conducting annual benefits reviews and employee / company insurance audits • Obtained necessary certificates for consulting contracts while processing federal, state, and local business reporting requirements to maintain licenses and incorporation status • Directed all marketing efforts and oversaw logistical aspects of national educational workshop series, utilizing sponsorship arrangements to offset production costs • Transformed «brochure» website into a dynamic tool to better illustrate company opportunities through relevant case studies, as well as maintaining all other promotional media, including press kits and video Association of California School Administrators (Burlingame, CA) 1993 — 1997 Issues and Planning Committee Coordinator • Executed all phases of event planning and implementation for a membership - driven organization including 23 state committees, 5 task forces, 6 strategic planning conferences, and a conference of 1,500 attendees • Focused on facility evaluations, bid requests, site visits, contract negotiations, and all pre - and post-conference planning processes • Produced statistical and financial reports, including budget projections and cost monitoring for developmental training efforts • Oversaw all participant - level responsibilities, including inquiries, eligibility, registration, correspondence, and billing statements • Managed all legal professional standards calls for Northern California regions, including the processing of attorney authorizations, the preparation of legal assistance letters, and liens on cause of action • Served as second point of contact for computer inquiries and troubleshooting efforts as well as provided back - up executive administrative support for Executive Director, Committee Chairs, and the State Superintendent of Public Instruction • Held responsibility for software installation and hardware configuration while performing weekly AS / 400 backup and report generation

In preparing for starting school, health and community professionals can help support and encourage families to attend information nights and transition sessions held by their school, set up meetings or phone calls and share information about their child and their previous environment, get to know school processes, expectations and communication procedures; and speak with school staff regarding concerns and possible support strategies.

«No variables, it is held, have more far - reaching effects on personality development than have a child's experiences within his family: for, starting during the first months of his relations with his mother figure, and extending through the years of childhood and adolescence in his relations with both parents, he builds up working models of how attachment figures are likely to behave towards him in any of a variety of situations; and on those models are based all his expectations, and therefore all his plans for the rest of his life.»

Despite the expectation that necessity retail would hold up better in a recession, regional mall REITs have produced better returns than shopping centers, according to SNL Financial.

Demand continues to hold up nicely, and our expectation is that this will continue to be the case.