Sentences with phrase «just ups the ante»

A female - only island just ups the ante.

I have always made pasta alia e olio with greens, garlic and hot pepper, but this just upped the ante.

Co-parenting is a really hard job, and when you are co-parenting with a narcissist it just ups the ante.

«If you're inconsistent, the baby learns to hold out — she'll just up the ante and cry twice as long tomorrow night,» says Deborah Givan, M.D., director of the Children's Sleep Disorders Center at Riley Hospital for Children, in Indianapolis.

It's going to be a hard sell in the Senate's Republican majority, but that may just up the ante for deal - making on legislation for the rest of the session, which is scheduled to end June 16.

You could have a few surprises ready throughout the evening, this will just up the ante for all dates to come.

«I think that [Dolby] Atmos just ups the ante to that experience.

GM has just upped the ante in Europe's battle for top hot hatch honors by releasing details of its new Opel - Vauxhall Hot 2012 Astra VXR, which goes on sale next year and is set to become one of the most powerful cars in its class and the fastest production Astra yet.

Ematic has just upped the ante with a device costing $ 119.95.

Harper Seeks Injunction in Dispute with Open Road — HarperCollins has just upped the ante in their lawsuit against Open Road, filing for a permanent injunction to block the publication of the digital version of Julie of the Wolves, as well as monetary damages for «willful infringement» of HarperCollins» alleged... more >

Two airlines, Southwest and Delta, have just upped the ante by slashing prices and adding service to the Caribbean paradise that is Belize.

They do however act as a great way of just upping the ante and continuing to raise the level of insanity that the game is running at.

I have been looking forward to it since and this just ups the ante!

Ubisoft has just upped the ante when it comes to pack - in items for a video game's collector's edition with the reveal of

Thus Copenhagen just upped the ante, saying it will introduce measures to reduce CO2 emissions before the 2009 UN Climate Conference (to be held in Copenhagen), and is aiming for CO2 neutrality more than two decades earlier, by 2025.

Not exact matches

«But it seems to be fitness that just about everybody wants to focus on,» says Bardai, a trained yoga instructor who committed to doing two running sessions last week — a goal she met — and has upped the ante for this week to three runs and a yoga class.

Waymo, started as Google's self - driving program, seems to be upping the ante just as a rival is struggling.

And for a company with a safety record as tarnished as Kinder Morgan's, the financial downside of a spill — including a $ 500 million cash fund just to ante up for the Trans Mountain game — may prove to be one of the deciding factors that sours Kinder Morgan on the long - term prospects for the pipeline.

Upping the ante just slightly, Layton made sure to be photographed shaking Mr. Cleary's hand and smiling wide.

Clearly, we don't ante up to just any deal, but it is very useful to think of the first round as the ante.

(Send me a line, I can afford to buy some shares, but a lot of you have more money, just ante up.)

Just when it seemed like the moment could not get any bigger or better, they kept upping the ante.

Not only did my husband decide to shoot dangerous, flaming fireworks out of one of the most sensitive orifices of his body, but he decided to up the Darwin Awards ante by seeing just how many he could fit up there.

For example earlier this week I threw a couple handfuls of the fresh baby spinach into some store - bought marinara sauce (I like the «Organics» brand or «Newman's Own», just to up the nutritional ante since I didn't make it this time.

Last, but not least, upping the ante on convenience, this mattress also fits into most Graco brand Pack in Plays so you can feel a little better knowing that when your baby who is just learning to stand inevitably plops down, that she's going to be met with a cloud - like cushioning.

Climbing and Balancing One of the things toddlers love to do is take their new walking skills and up the ante just a bit... (more)

Instead only giving You just 6 months of programs we wanted to up the ante and give you over 7 Months of Kettlbell Fat Loss Programs.

Not just any soup — I upped the ante with -LSB-...]

You are so accommodating on the no nut recipes (THANK YOU) so I just thought I'd up the ante with no seed thing since lots of folks who can't do nuts also can't do seeds well.

I * just * finished mine in the nick of time, so I don't think I'll try to up the ante.

In this image, just a wreath is used to up the ante.

I do like that she upped the ante just a bit with the metallic sandal.

Lovely the only thing I would change is to pair it with some form of heeled shoes, just to up the glam / formal ante just a tad but that's a personal preference.

By the time Louis winds up at a forced labor camp, also run by The Bird, the film feels like it's just spinning its wheels and upping the ante of his mental and physical suffering until the eventual Allied victory.

And I suspect that, based on the exciting cliffhanger ending of this film, Mockingjay is just going to keep upping the ante.

The Just Cause series is known for giving players a chaotic sandbox that has consistently upped the ante with each new entry.

But this beautiful intense break of sorts from the chatter, Costa pouding at the piano, ups the romantic ante just before the downward «turn back, girl!

This bold storytelling gambit works because Wheatley and his collaborators (notably co - screenwriter / editor Amy Jump) have finely crafted the drama to continually up the ante, revealing just enough about who these characters are and what they're really up to.

As well as teasing a possible X-Force movie and hoping to up the ante from Deadpool, it sounds like Leitch just misses the mark on this one when it comes to some critics» professional opinion.

Last time around they had just a Nintendo DS to contend with, but now that every phone under the sun can at least play Angry Birds Sony will have to up the ante if they want to stay relevant.

More than just taking the baton, though, they've also upped the ante, pushing each situation to an absurd level.

Lawrence knows how to carry out the fact that author Suzanne Collins has upped the ante and raised the stakes not just for Katniss, but for all of our characters.

That theatricality extends to the freaks running around the city as well, but although «Election Year» ups the ante in the carnage and costume departments, the bad guys just aren't as memorable.

We're just coming off the debut of the M2 Competition and now BMW has upped the ante with the M5 Competition.

With Opel having upped the ante in just about every department, creating a sportier, premium looking car with an upmarket interior, the Regal has also moved up the luxury ladder in a move that should have happened years ago.

After a luke warm reception to the FRC on 1999 and 2000 (roughly accounting for just 10 % of production) Chevrolet upped the ante in 2001.

Aware that in order to become the world's biggest automaker by 2018 they have to be more than just a niche player in the U.S., the Germans are struggling to up the ante with new or refreshed products such as the 2015 Jetta.

An available quattro ® all - wheel drive model ups the ante of acceleration, zipping from 0 - 60 mph in just 5.8 seconds thanks to a more robust 220 hp of power and 258 lb - ft of torque.

And just last week, we upped the ante on Civic sportiness and style with the launch of the all - new 2016 Civic Coupe.

«Lexus was one of the first to come out with a real solid certified program,» said Mike McGrath at McGrath Lexus in Westmont, Ill. «They just took a leadership role and upped the ante.»