Sentences with phrase «instead of a big deal»

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In his feature published today on the Canadian - made sports drink Biosteel, John Lorinc recounts how Biosteel — unable to secure endorsements from big - name NHL players because of pre-existing sponsorship deals with giant competitor Gatorade — is making inroads with promising up - and - comers instead:

Now, in the IMS Health case, a big part of explaining why investors might take such a deal is that it offered a nice premium over the recent stock price and they might have been comparing IMS Health to pharmaceutical companies (IMS Health's customers) instead of pharmaceutical services companies (IMS Health's peers).

The only changes I made were using Himalayan pink salt instead of sea salt (no big deal there) and I used raw cacao nibs in place of the chocolate chips.

He left Sunday's start with a blister, which is admittedly not a big deal in the long run, but Hill has had his share of legitimate, career - altering injuries that kept him from breaking out like this as a starter until he was in his mid-30s already — it doesn't take much imagination to come up with a scenario where the A's tried to get too much and ended up getting nothing instead.

Instead, we can search through a long list of New England deals that shipped established talent out of town either before a big raise was due or a contract standoff could ensue.

In the grand scheme a Chelsea draw is not a big deal — 2 Chelsea draws instead of a loss and a draw is.

Ask yourself why Ferguson was happy to allow the likes of David Beckham, Ruud Van Nistelrooy, Jaap Stam and Cristiano Ronaldo to leave the club, when seemingly their intentions to do so were not motivated by greed, yet a young upstart tells the club «I want an obscene wage like the players at Man City, if you don't give it to me then I am off» and for some reason rather than choosing to cash in on a player who appears to not know the meaning of the word «loyalty» (just ask Everton supporters), instead hands the player the biggest deal in the club's rich history.

I heard Kevin Harvick talking about this and it got me wondering: Can you explain why it's a big deal that NASCAR issues penalties midweek instead of right after the race?

What's the big deal here??? I'd rather u do an article on Roy, I mean mad man roy instead of sissy Maureen.

So we assume that if we don't want our kids to be racist, and instead want them to know that people are people, we should just not talk about it, because talking about it makes a big deal out of it.

Even being in late labor, my grandma wanted to get out of there and take her chances at home instead of with the nonchalant midwives that just watched a woman die like it was no big deal.

In truth, what I'm most worried about is not deep fryers, since schools may not want to invest in equipment they only just got rid of a few years ago, but instead the clear message coming from the TDA, through Mr. Miller's public statements, that junk food is not a big deal.

You might be furious at your spells because he chose to go to the work meeting instead of attending one baseball game where that might not seem like a big deal and you would just fight about it and fight about it if you understand that their dad didn't show to one of the most important games and they cried about every night for a week.

If you see your son squeezing the stress ball while watching TV instead of munching on his nails, point out the good behavior and make a big deal about it.

And even though she was dealing with some downright big / scary / ugly feelings, the two of you will leave the experience feeling closer to one another instead of mad / angry / frustrated and further apart.

Although, my biggest beef usually comes with other people trying to discipline my kids or dealing with the problems instead of me.

Instead of making a big deal out of it, try to stay calm, matter - of - fact and neutral.

But instead of a big green «new deal» to boost employment and growth, the EU's 27 leaders offer a recycling of $ 20 billion and a mish - mash of policies and goals that have peppered EU statements on employment for the last two decades or more to little effect.

Some of Connecticut's largest labor unions, displeased that Democrats voted for a budget deal that cuts spending instead of raising taxes on the rich, are boycotting the party's big fundraising dinner this week.

If they happen to choose fries instead of fruit or veggies we don't make a big deal — it's a «special» thing for us to go out.

Sometimes I'll wind up with an 18 hour fast instead of 16, but, again, this is really no big deal.

It seemed like such a big mistake to me but it wasn't that big of a deal to her lol I'm no longer at that job, but I found the most important thing when making a mistake is to own up to it & learn from it instead of dwelling on it.

Accessories aren't as big of a deal, and I may have even worn nude heels instead if I would have known that.

Written by Lauryn Kahn and directed by Alex Richanbach, the movie centers on Jacobs as «a woman who goes on a business trip to Spain to close a big deal, but instead finds herself on a wild ride of partying and clubbing, where she falls in love with a world famous DJ and realizes there is more to life than showing up to a job she hates.»

That he's in the ER instead of surgery [he's allegedly the best heart transplant surgeon around] isn't really that big a deal — except for the fact that it would probably never happen.

Instead of turning Henry in and thwarting his escape plans, Carol decides to make a deal with him: she will help him make a getaway if he will help her with one big heist.

«Learning and Change Networks are addressing the three big agenda items of schooling improvement - blended learning and cultural responsiveness as a whole - instead of creating projects that deal with those agendas separately, as so often happens.»

I paid a refundable deposit of $ 500.00 on January 8 2015 so they would hold a car and transfer it from the Rockville dealerships which would not of been a big deal going to Rockville instead of Silver Spring so I could look at it.

The sunglass holder, no big deal, but the shifter now covered in rubber instead of leather is a cheap move.

But there are a few things regarding the software that bug me and I am trying to decide whether or not they are really that big of deal: 1) I like that I can adjust the lighting level on my Kindle while still looking at the text of the book that I am reading; 2) I like that on the Kindle the dictionary doesn't take me to a separate screen but instead is superimposed over what I am reading.

In March of last year, Barry made big news by turning down a $ 500K advance from St. Martins / Macmillan to instead make a profit - sharing deal with Amazon.

Brenna turned down a $ 120,000 three - book deal with one of the Big Five and instead chose to self - publish her newest, the ironically - named At Any Price.

It was a big deal when they started offering a phone number you could call for help, instead of just pointing you toward a FAQ.

If the Kindle were 1 ″ instead of 0.33 ″ it wouldn't be that big a deal.

MJ: My guess is that since we're self - publishing In Maps & Legends now, the big difference is all the publishing and PR work we have to do as creators, instead of just writing and illustrating it and submitting it to various publishers and letting them deal with all that (and having them take their cut of the money as well).

They should just waited to release the tablet with having 4G on - board instead of rushing to get the tablet in stores so that they could be named having the first tablet with Android 3.0 but waiting for Flash isn't too much of a big deal because you don't have to send your tablet back to the manufacture just to get it installed.

Additionally, these bigger deals aren't paid in three installments as laid out above, but instead are broken down even further into four installments, with the final fourth paid out on the publication of the paperback.

They have up - front fees instead of taking a cut as smashwords does, so on balance smashwords will be a better deal for lower - sellers, while bookbaby will be better for big - sellers.

This is kind of a big deal, especially for those that don't have a Kindle device and instead just use the iOS app.

Many of these communities don't offer a great deal of employment opportunities, instead they rely on their big city neighbour for that.

If it isn't that big of a deal, you will pass it up and save money instead.

Instead, you should always go outside with him and make a very big deal out of it anytime he goes to the bathroom outside.

If the primary concern is to take care of the animal, then why is is such a big deal if I do it at home instead of paying someone else to do it.

One of the biggest mistakes I see people make with their dogs is to avoid dealing with Manners at all; they instead just put the dog in a crate, laundry room, garage, kennel or back yard.

One of the biggest draws for visiting Las Palmas is the splendid beaches on offer but we'll deal with those a little bit later and instead focus on some sights away from the beautiful coast.

This may not seem like a big deal, but it finally gives those in the lead a chance to make some offensive moves (as in attacking with bananas, not calling their mum a prick or anything) instead of having to defend all the time.

And even if you should die in a battle against them, it's no big deal, because you now can retry them right away instead of having to start from the last save point, which are still rather far away from each other.

Instead of dying you'd just lose a few gems which isn't a big deal since only a minority of players who bought Epic Yarn cared about their highscore.

That was a big deal, because Magloire was in [power] instead of Papa Doc.

Instead, climate change is an issue that will be dealt with through peak moments of big change and flat - lines of political morass.