Sentences with phrase «is an awkward number»

The filling makes enough for 14 pies but that's an awkward number so I recommend making 12 pies and then pouring the remaining filling into two ramekins or some kind of glass that you can enjoy right away.

Granted, current combined membership of 17 teams is an awkward number (Utah State would probably be up for a move if given the opportunity), but considering Hawaii and East Carolina (or Fresno State and Marshall) would not be playing each other very often, this is not as much of a geographical nightmare as one would think.

A party of three or five or any other odd number can seem to be a awkward number on Valentine's Day and although Valentine's is mostly thought of as a day for love birds, it can also be a time for family and friends to express their love and affection for one another in special ways.

Not exact matches

Bezos» presence would be awkward, obviously, given how aggressive his Washington Post has been in its reporting on Trump and how many times the reality show star turned President - elect has attacked Amazon on a number of issues.

In the end, it is numbers rather than names that best capture Adidas's awkward run with the NBA: $ 400 million and 96 %.

Their appearance before Congress comes at an awkward and difficult time for the company, which is under fire from its shareholders and facing a number of ongoing government investigations into drug pricing and distribution, accounting and disclosures, and antitrust matters.

Science is but a butt - headed nincompoopie of awkward relativisms inabilities to see the Cosmos as being full of untold numbers of celestial universes

Obviously, he is then in an awkward relationship with the institution, and there are a number of ways that can be handled.

While there is no way around requiring your employees to be at a singular packaging station all day, there are a number of ways to reduce the stress, awkward posturing, and heavy lifting that could easily lead to employee injuries.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

Oh this is awkward... RT @spencerhawes00: Hey @blakegriffin32 you know 32 is my number you wan na arm wrestle for it or...

Oh this is awkward... RT @spencerhawes00: Hey @blakegriffin32 you know 32 is my number you wan na arm wrestle for it or something?

United fans have been impressed by the Ivorian's assertiveness at the back, with his high number of fouls suffered during his final season with Villarreal underlining how awkward an opponent he can be for attackers who try to wrestle with him and gain an advantage.

I know he felt bad for me, and it was a lovely gesture of understanding, but it is awkward to ask for a number.

What he calls his lapses into «party political tribal thinking» are actually just anarchic outbursts likely to make cabinet meetings more awkward than exiting Number 10 with a bicycle and a sense of entitlement.

Judging from the firestorm of criticism, «The Heroes of CRISPR» falls short on a number of issues, beginning with this awkward money - tinged paradox: If the CRISPR story (and science in general) is such a beautiful ensemble activity, why is there only one name on the Broad Institute's patent?

It's the only foundation that matches my skin tone perfectly (I'm number 30 «Porcelain», in the summer I also use 35 «Vanilla»), it's very hard for me to find a foundation that matches my fair skin tone without having awkward pink undertones and Matte Velvet + takes the cake.

I'm hoping I can wear this everywhere — from work get togethers to weddings and everything in between — because the true test of an awesome outfit is that you can rock it just about anywhere -LCB- maybe minus a backpacking trip... that might get a little awkward after a few miles... -RCB- Also, you may have noticed that this little number was a little wrinkled by the time I got to this photoshoot, oops!

You can avoid a number of awkward situations by being upfront and honest about your standards with your date.

It's perfectly normal to talk about your job with a first date, but bringing numbers into the equation could make things a little awkward.

... last year's launch was deliberately «soft» so the company was not left in the awkward position of having lots of members of one sex signed - up without a sufficient number of the opposite sex to provide enough suitable matches.

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Socially awkward Michael Burry (Christian Bale) is nearly autistic but brilliant with numbers; angry - guy Mark Baum (Steve Carell) applies his Talmudic erudition to Wall Street and sees a house of cards waiting to tumble; Jared Vennett (Ryan Gosling) calmly lays plans to profit from the bubble once it bursts; and newbie investors Charlie Geller (John Magaro) and Jamie Shipley (Finn Wittrock) get onboard, essentially betting that the housing market would fail.

Yet another rite of passage for a number of actors is that awkward experience between the release of your breakout role, which is then sometimes followed up by other films that were filmed before your breakout role but were released after you hit it big.

It's no «Princess Bride» or «Shrek,» but Hathaway's sweet and spunky performance and the energetic musical numbers help overcome awkward direction and leaden humor, at least for its target teen and tween audience.

Sutter is a swaggering charmer who, after getting dumped by his girlfriend, goes on a bender and wakes up on the lawn of his opposite number, a socially awkward nerd named Aimee who becomes his tutor, friend and girlfriend.

Glusman can have sex in an impressive number of increasingly awkward settings and positions — stairways, hallways, the edge of a bathtub, almost everywhere except a bed with clean sheets — but he can't make an audience feel the pain he's expressing.

Unlike the slick suits and killer sheen of Oliver Stone's Wall Street, this is a world of chaos and disorder filled with misfits who understand numbers more than people; from Christian Bale's Michael Burry, a socially awkward heavy - metal enthusiast who dreams up the credit default swaps that enable him to «short» the housing market, to Steve Carell's bereaved and fractured Mark Baum (a character inspired by the real - life Steve Eisman) who balances moral outrage and repressed self - loathing as he swims with sharks in the cesspool of the financial market.

It's sometimes awkward but often charming, with an appealing messiness about the production numbers.

As a thought exercise, consider this awkward bit of calculus: If counseling out some number of unruly, disruptive or hard to teach low - income students enables a school — any school — to bring 25, 50 or even 100 times that number of other students to levels of achievement that «regular» schools have historically proven unable to equal, are you OK with that?

I've a number of issues with this system: My biggest gripe is with the awkward three - tier menu system on every screen that is confusing to use, poorly organized and makes even the large 8.4 - inch display seem cramped and cluttered.

Ideally, the story in the book is so good that readers will forgive or miss completely awkward margins, wandering page numbers, and the occasional header in strange places.

This question is difficult to answer for a number of reasons, partly because it's awkward to talk about money.

However, the parent would need to give me sensitive information, such as the child's social security number, which is awkward to ask others to share.

Awkward or not, though, it's a fact: the number of cats testing positive for rabies in the U.S. declined for the second year in a row.

I changed the sand only about 12 hours ago, so the number of turds you see were all produced in one night (awkward topic, I know >.

Downside is breakfast area is way too small for the number of diners making it an awkward experience.

There was significant miscommunication to the staff and chef regarding the number of guests and our departure date which was quite awkward.

That's the exact number of people who can play Ascendancy, a slightly awkward player count.

While I don't think it's as great as it could have been, the press really did a number with this one, I mean, it's kinda of sad seeing many not getting it and also not distinguishing between something feeling awkward versus something than doesn't work.

The physics are a little awkward to say the least, while the AI is brutal, even on the easier difficulties; we lost count of the number of times we breathed on another rider and fell off, likewise, the padded guidance posts helping you navigate around the track feel like brick walls if you touch or land on one.

On your turn you move any number of Vikings on or off the longship, the only rule of note being that the ship can only hold three Vikings and / or livestock at any given time, otherwise things will just become awkward.

Whilst the design is very consumer friendly, it is still slightly bulky, awkward to wear and requires a number of cables and connections to work.

When I stopped by the Marianne Boesky Gallery on an exceedingly chilly Saturday afternoon, just one day after the opening of John Waters» Beverly Hills John exhibition — the raunchy filmmaker's been featured in a number of solo shows across the country since 2000 — the place was packed with an awkward mix of tourists and people who seemed to be in the know.

Part of a generation of artists whose work evolved in the East Village scene during the late 1970s and early 1980s, Parrino's work has been positioned in a number of awkward niches, none of which has been sufficiently accommodating to his iconoclastic stance.

It's awkward, but I think we have to sit with this discomfort rather than plunge into the gloom of the scientific projections that obscure the light or bask in the optimistic glow of future possibilities without remembered how hard the numbers make it.

But if you make it part of your intake, it will not feel that awkward — it's just like asking for their phone number.

Until now, Facebook's profile pages were delineated by an awkward string of letters and numbers.

MacEwen believes that big firms have «avoided the really difficult, awkward conversations» about reducing partner numbers, but that those conversations are necessary because «that's where the money is.»

Based on personal experience, a certain number of people find reading books on a computer screen to be awkward so even if a user does find the eBook in the library catalogue, he or she may not wish to use it.