Sentences with phrase «interesting than boring»

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Rather than boring old colours or basic designs, anyone wanting something more interesting could simply stick their fingers into one of these inkjet - printer - like devices for a few seconds.

Nothing is more boring than following the bandwagon, and interesting people are intent on forging their own paths.

The insight that we all talk about more boring things in person than online is interesting, but what good is it to you as a business owner?

(The actual «most popular» list would be pretty boring, Google says, because it wouldn't change much: We search for generic stuff like «weather» and «Google» year after year, although I'm convinced that this list is more interesting than the search engine is letting on).

Sullivan uses only two computer - based services — automatic payroll and a «sweep» account that invests excess funds in an interest - bearing account at the end of each business day — and those services are better described as mid-tech than high - tech.

Money market accounts are interest - bearing deposit accounts that typically pay higher rates than your average savings account.

Borrowings under our credit facility bear interest at a per annum rate equal to, at our option, either (a) for LIBOR loans, LIBOR (but not less than 1.0 %) or (b) for ABR loans, the highest of (i) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5 %, (ii) the prime rate, or (iii) one month LIBOR plus 1.0 %, plus a margin ranging from 3.25 % to 3.75 % for LIBOR loans and 2.25 % to 2.75 % for ABR Loans, depending on our leverage ratio and on certain factors relating to this offering.

Borrowings under the refinanced Term Loan bear interest at a rate equal to, at our option, either (a) LIBOR (not less than 1.0 %) plus 3.0 % per annum or (b) 2.0 % per annum plus the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5 %, (ii) the Prime Rate, or (iii) one - month LIBOR plus 1.0 %.

This may or may not be smart given the 15 % capital gains, but it seems to work better than putting it in 0.01 % interest bearing bank account.

Borrowings under our credit facility bear interest at a per annum rate equal to, at our option, either (a) for LIBOR loans, LIBOR (but not less than 1.0 % for the term loan only) or (b) for ABR loans, the highest of (i) the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5 %, (ii) the prime rate, or (iii) one month LIBOR plus 1.0 %, plus a margin ranging from 3.25 % to 3.75 % for LIBOR loans and 2.25 % to 2.75 % for ABR Loans, depending on our leverage ratio and on certain factors relating to this offering.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Borrowings under the refinanced Credit Facility bear interest at a rate equal to, at our option, either (a) LIBOR (not less than 1.0 % for the Term Loan only) plus 3.75 % per annum or (b) 2.75 % per annum plus the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5 %, (ii) the Prime Rate, or (iii) one - month LIBOR plus 1.0 %.

The interest rate was revised such that borrowings under the refinanced Term Loan bear interest at a rate equal to, at our option, either (a) LIBOR (not less than 1.0 %) plus 3.0 % per annum or (b) 2.0 % per annum plus the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.5 %, (ii) the Prime Rate, or (iii) one - month LIBOR plus 1.0 %.

Noble Bitcoin was born out of a feeling shared by co-founders Charles Thorngren and Collin Plume that the advisors in their industry were becoming less honest and more interested in lining their own pockets than providing clients with real value.

This is not unlike the dilemma facing many retirees and other individual investors: holding ultra-safe interest - bearing investments is wise past a certain age; yet when yields are lower than the inflation rate, this strategy erodes buying power and undermines long - term financial security.

The man who is wholly taken up with the demands of everyday living or whose sole interest is in the outward appearances of things seldom gains more than a glimpse, at best, of this second phase in our sense - perceptions, that in which the world, having entered into us, then withdraws from us and bears us away with it: he can have only a very dim awareness of that aureole, thrilling and inundating our being, through which is disclosed to us at every point of contact the unique essence of the universe.

The purpose of the Roman census was for taxation, and the Romans were interested in where the people lived and worked, not where they were born (which they could have found out by simply asking rather than causing thousands of people to travel).

Have you never felt a twinge of doubt when all those glamorous but corrupt celebrities — courtesans and congressmen — whose sins are so much more interesting than yours, manage to get born again just as their scandals are cresting in the media?

So when David expressed an interest in sipping on this savory, collagen - filled, belly - soothing and nutrient - rich soup, I wanted it to be better than any boring chicken stock he has ever had — or that I have ever made.

The calls from various players on other teams started pouring in early last week, each of them bearing a request that stemmed less from self - interest than from a sort of football humanitarianism.

It's all a bit boring and predictable and in my eyes is nothing more than a ploy to generate some interest and sell newspapers during a quiet news week.

When our third was born, she was 5 and was definitely more interested but still mostly preferred to «mother» her dolls, carrying them around in doll slings and such, than her real live baby brother.

But even with this renewed interest, fewer than 1 percent of babies in the United States are born at home.

«The business of being born» promotes the benefits of midwife - led home birth arguing that obstetrics is a money making business engaging in practices that are business enhancing rather than being in the best interests of the health and wellbeing of women [11].

Rather than put up a long (boring) video news release, we broke out the interesting clips (soundbites and graphics) and embedded them in a page interspersed with text that leads people through the issue (automobile fuel economy standards).

Loeb and his Harvard colleague at the time, Argentine - born astrophysicist Matias Zaldarriaga, caught the interest of the observational community when they explained how 21 - centimeter cosmology could provide a more detailed picture of the universe than ever before.

«This is an interesting and important study, both because of its size and because of the use of objective measurements of blood - borne fatty acids known to depend to a large extent on eating habits, rather than relying on data from dietary questionnaires.

I would rather read someone like him, often wrong but often interesting, than many a correct but boring blogger.

Another benefit of variable cyclic training is that it is much more interesting and has lower drop - out rates than long boring steady state cardio programs.

I have no interest in a gym membership I'll eventually get bored with using, so I purchased a good exercise mat (the thick gymnastic type rather than the flimsy yoga type, because fat chicks just need more padding under them when exercising!)

The neckline is so much more interesting than the standard Grecian or boring strapless.

Another way to avoid «looking boring» is stop being so boring, but also, just choosing more interesting ballet flats than the drab shape - color - material type.

This is not a good, want to come out from boring and meaningless life than join online black teen dating sites and make life more interesting and enjoyable that never before.

Vest, 60, defended his plan, saying that it was born less of business interests than a personal crusade against violence.

It is phenomenon for most men treat their girlfriend like a trophy when dating, whether she is a rich woman or not.They take these women as their glorious, to show off to their friends.If you're dating a rich woman and you find that you're bored or that you're more interested in what your friends have to say about the rich woman you're dating rather than what your rich woman has to say... It's not going to go well.

If his last memory of you is a quick «what's up» or a really interesting conversation, rather than some boring dragged on rambling, he's more likely to want to text you often.

Some lesbians find general dating websites boring and uncouth, full of users more interested in exchanging crass invites than a witty repartee.

Generally people do stop dating after being in a relationship for a while, there is no reason to, however it tends to happenbecause people end up doing the same things over and over again which ends up being more boring than just staying at home.Here are a few basic rules to keep dating interesting:

«Bear in mind that likeability is more attractive than academic achievement and that a profile that appears genuine is more likely to generate interest.»

In some instances, they may feel as if their lives are too boring to be interesting to someone who is younger than them.

whilst significantly better and more interesting than rockstars gta iv i still got bored half way through, but i liked being a badass in a trench coat so it gets a six

Their friendship takes off with minimal effort (or much interest) from Duncan as Owen seems very eager to take him under his wing for no reason other than he is bored.

But where Natural Born Killers is interesting, well - acted and provocative, The Doom Generation is just flat out nasty, eye - rollingly boring and SO badly acted I actually kept getting up to go to the bathroom just because peeing was more engaging a phenomenon than sitting in front of this train wreck of a movie.

This is one film that only relies on jump scares to scare you, and time and time again you find yourself more bored than enjoying yourself due to the fact that it is a poorly constructed horror film that doesn't offer anything remarkable for genre fans looking for something really interesting to watch.

Scarlett Johansson's role as a show dog / love interest called Nutmeg, who bears a strange resemblance in grooming and deportment to Lee Remick, is off to the side — more so than Greta Gerwig's feisty, thatch - haired student protester, busy speaking truth to power on mainland Japan while being, a little inexplicably, white.

De Palma has often been criticized for being more interested in how to stage a scene more so than he is in the content of it, and that feeling certainly bears true here.

Nonetheless I was slightly more interested in Snowden than bored.

Playing (and I do mean playing) a bored TWA pilot recruited by the CIA, Cruise, whom I have always thought was a far more interesting actor than his reputation allows, nails the thrill and naivety of a family man who can't say no.

An interesting set - up and a great performance from Ethan Hawke can't save this film from being nothing more than a boring home invasion flick that doesn't offer anything new or original to its audience.

A man born and raised in slavery, Stephen turns out to be smarter than any of his masters, but unfortunately his role of servitude has made him use his strengths against his own interests.