Sentences with phrase «just cobbled»

In addition to criticisms of the quality of e-books being self published, meanwhile, there have also been complaints about an increase in e-book «spam» in the Amazon Kindle store, including books that are clearly just cobbled together from bits and pieces of public domain titles or even copyrighted works (Reuters reported recently that there are DVD instruction manuals that tell users how to write and publish dozens of e-books a day without having to write anything).

But it is real, and it isn't just a cobbled - together job patched up with lead filler.

(We considered just cobbling together enough tables and chairs from friends to accommodate everyone, but ultimately decided to save ourselves some work and just rent them.)

We don't just cobble together vans using whatever's around.

Mixed - use developments require more than just cobbling together living space with retail.

Not exact matches

Such reviews come as other holding companies appear just as adept as Sorrell's WPP once was at cobbling together solutions that span networks.

But try as I might, I just can't believe that the Five Books of Moses were written by J, E, P and D — the four main authors whose oral traditions, biblical scholars say, were cobbled together to make the Torah.

As Christians, we must ask ourselves: When we create, are we truly engaging in an act of worship that mirrors that which the living God has created, or are we just mimicking the things that which society has cobbled together?

Baking in a skillet gives this fruity dessert a golden, cobbled finish that just begs for a dollop of whipped cream.

He needed just 70 seconds to drive his team 77 yards and take a 27 - 24 lead, but he was too masterful; his clutch drive left the home team with 56 seconds to cobble together a game - winning counterstrike.

There's still time to cobble together a respectable season — Arkansas has just the one conference loss — but it won't be easy.

The wheels can lock and swivel to allow for use over cobbles and gravel as well as smooth surfaces meaning it isn't just a one trick (tiny!)

The writing was on the wall for the chief secretary to the Treasury, who even with help from some tactical voting unionists just wasn't able to cobble together anything like the support he needed to stay in Westminster.

It is the main way that a candidate can be found in the time available who just might be able cobble together the necessary 33 nominees.

They are systems built specifically for campaigns, something cobbled together built for private industry is just not going to work as well for your unique needs.

And, of course, it was no secret that he wanted to be leader himself, but just couldn't cobble together enough votes to take the post, thanks largely to the racial politics of the conference.

Just under 300,000 in population, predominantly white, rural and lower income, the 46th Senate district cobbled together farming communities, depressed industrial towns and affluent Albany suburbs.

If Amedore is able to win, Republicans could cobble together 32 votes by just co-opting Felder, avoiding the need for them to convince the I.D.C. to complete their break with the regular Democrats by formally supporting them.

You can't just go around cobbling together non conservative MP's and declaring them a progressive majority?

But Kaminsky is the first Democrat to hold his seat in three decades (it belonged to Skelos from 1985 until 2015), and his departure could deliver it back to the GOP just as his party looks to cobble together a slim Senate majority.

We need changes which have been properly thought through and which are fair and sensible, not something cobbled together by leaders of the main parties to just win them the next election.

These exercises are not just randomly cobbled together or picked out of the ether.

Now I just need to drop like 8 pounds before I can pull this off Oh, that and live somewhere without cobble stones.

Stewart's direction is fine as well, but it's just that the material, specifically the plot, is stale, with elements cobbled together from several well - known movie sources.

Some of the narrative towards the end is also cobbled together in a jarring manner (a few characters get written out of the movie surprisingly earlier than expected), but again, it's just hard to get to up in arms about it; the movie is so damn infectiously uproarious.

It's harsh to criticize a movie that's not even out of production yet, but when you have a virtual stable of writers (a total of five credited), a director who seems more interested in technology than storytelling, and a cast of big name talent who may just be dropping by for a paycheck, it starts to feel as if this is all just being cobbled together to make a few bucks.

The core tenets of Tales are still here, and since the fast - paced, action - packed battle system remains strong, it never feels like that much of a chore to cobble together the necessary cash to unlock the next story mission — but it also just feels so unnecessary.

Who should win: As invisible as a newspaper editor's work and just as invaluable, Tom McArdle's careful cobbling together of Spotlight deserves more attention.

This powerpoint was cobbled together from various source material to spell out some of the events of WW2 and also to help those who just needed the bare bone facts... Great resource if you are studying Dr Korzaks example with WJEC

But just like he did at the Cobble Beach Concours 2014, McLeese is keeping the make and model of one star car in the exhibit a surprise.

For years, some of us have wondered just how to explain an automotive naming contest there that came up with «Tiguan», improbably cobbled together from the German animal names for «tiger» and «iguana».

«I knew some basic HTML and CSS, and I'd just learnt how to build responsive websites, so I cobbled together a prototype responsive site showing how the reading experience — the typography, the layout, the white space, hierarchy, etc. — could reflow and adapt to suit different screen sizes.

First, the brown, churning water - the circle of our river around us; inside that, the quilt squares of our fields, which were turned dirt, newly planted seeds, the bright green carpet of a field just beginning to come to life, fences mended or falling down into the soft new grass, humped haystacks, our cattle herd, our sheep herd, our goats, bare birch trees pointing straight into the heavens; and in the center, in the heart, our cobbled and dirt streets, our red - tiled and gray - shingled roofs radiating out from the town square with its statue of a long - dead war hero in the middle.

This was just a book about tactics they'd read about, or others had shared, cobbled together in a book.

Just imagine a beautiful romantic photograph or video of you coming down the cobble stoned village esplanade in a carriage drawn by a white horse with the palm tree swaying in the background beside the azure ocean shores, how fabulous!

Palm Cove is the archetype of tropical seaside Villages with tall coconut palms lining the cobble - stoned main street, with an exotic island paradise floating just off shore and with a ribbon of sun - burnt golden sand that greets the gentle lapping of the Coral Ocean.

Palm Cove is often referred to as the jewel in the crown of Cairns, as it is a small beachfront village with cobble stoned streets, palm fringed beaches with all the major hotels and resorts just a few steps away.

Dublin is great for variety too — it's not all just pubs and cobbled streets!

Casual sneakers: Rough terrain and cobbled streets — like in Scotland — don't allow for many fashionable shoe options, but don't resort to exclusive athletic attire just yet!

Its attractive narrow cobbled streets are enclosed by defensive walls and towers but I stay in the Hotel San Martin, just outside.

The city is characterised by its cobbled streets, timber balconies and ancient buildings and is just a short stroll from the holiday resort of Los Cancajos.

Situated in a spacious cobbled courtyard just off the Royal Mile which is only..

Set on the edge of the cobbled Old Port neighborhood, this opened - in - 2003 hotel offers upscale (if somewhat corporate) accommodations just steps from some of the city's best bars, restaurants, and shopping.

Make sure you've drank your fix of coca tea (to combat the affects of altitude) for breakfast and you're wearing some sturdy shoes (those cobbles are slippery; flip - flops just ain't gonna cut it) before you attempt the climb.

Situated on the northern coast of Tenerife, the town has an iconic black sand beach just 500m from the hotel, cobbled streets and a quaint harbour.

Just a short cobbled walk from Rome's Colosseum, their latest opening is Generator Rome.

From here, the Grand - Place is just a couple of minutes walk away, along cobbled lanes.

Don't miss Albufeira's charming old town, and the traditional fisherman's cottages and pretty cobbled streets are just waiting to be explored.

With cobble stone roads, cute narrow little buildings and stunning museums and churches, it just feels like somewhere you can just go and relax.

Donkeys pull carts laden with goods through cobbled streets, just as they once did in medieval times.