Sentences with phrase «keeping score rather»

Of course, there is a risk to the relationship if partners become overly focused on keeping score rather than what is best for the relationship.

Will be easier for the fans in attendance to keep score rather than the confusing scoring methods of last years game.

Not exact matches

I have owned and rented, now with some financial assets growing in a dividend growth portfolio, I'd rather have the freedom of going anywhere I want and not have to worry about a broken pipe, all I have to worry about is paying my rent to my landlord, who will have a hard time raising rents, when my credit score is 800 and I am a great tenant who pays on time, He will DO ANYTHING to keep me, ah the power of renting... lol.

We are not to try to even the score when we are wronged; rather, we are to refuse to keep going the endless cycle of crime, revenge, more crime, more revenge.

Strikers score, defenders defend, midfield keep the ball and work hard Would rather have a striker who will gurantee goals than one who will run the whole pitch and be ineffective in the opposition box

... what happened to Ivan and Wenger putting a buy - back clause in his contract when they sold him to Bremen (Madrid, Barcelona and Juve do this)... mate i think you should also add the likes of Debuchy, Gibbs, Jenkinson, Walcott cos if you can keep this dudes and not send them on loan, rather give them new contracts then this guy should have been given ample opportunity in the first team... Bayern only acted wisely cos they know the young lad who scored 11 gaols in 27 bundesliga appearances is more like the future of the German squad and since Sanchez» weekly pay is just too much for a German club to pay Gnabry can offer them something close to it (Sanchez any day though)

There could be a case to argue if incorrect refereeing decisions kept going against you (as they did with West Ham last season) that you have been the victim of misfortune; but if it is simply your players not being able to do there job effectively (e.g. by converting goal - scoring opportunities) then this is a reflection of ability or coaching rather than luck.

Considering Bolton haven't kept a clean sheet in league competition at The Reebok since the opening day of the season and Blackpool's rather bizarre pattern of scoring and not scoring in alternating away fixtures — Scoring in one away fixture one week before firing blanks in their very next away match — we should be in for an entertaining affair what with the Tangerines playing out a 0 - 0 draw at Upton Park in their last away encscoring and not scoring in alternating away fixtures — Scoring in one away fixture one week before firing blanks in their very next away match — we should be in for an entertaining affair what with the Tangerines playing out a 0 - 0 draw at Upton Park in their last away encscoring in alternating away fixtures — Scoring in one away fixture one week before firing blanks in their very next away match — we should be in for an entertaining affair what with the Tangerines playing out a 0 - 0 draw at Upton Park in their last away encScoring in one away fixture one week before firing blanks in their very next away match — we should be in for an entertaining affair what with the Tangerines playing out a 0 - 0 draw at Upton Park in their last away encounter.

And then, rather than keeping the pressure on the white king, Sebastian went for the easy score: he captured a white pawn with his queen.

And yet, for all of its wealth in terms of performances, cinematography, scoring, and period, the one inescapable quality lacking that keeps True Grit a good film with great moments, rather than a purely great one, is the muted emotional punch.

It is exciting to see at first but gets repetitive rather quickly and unless you want to keep a high score, it doesn't serve much purpose here.

But it all feels rather hollow as those scores are kept hidden away in the credits screen.

In keeping with the current international style, Denis's film is much slower and rather more obscure and somber than Ozu ever was The sense of light playfulness in Ozu, helped by the jazzy scores in so many of his films, is almost entirely missing here, but that's OK, I guess.

When we administer these exams, we attempt to keep the testing conditions consistent for all students so that we can be sure that differences in scores are due to differences in knowledge and abilities rather than other unrelated factors.

If you've kept even a vague note of Hethel's relentless stream of new - ish products over the last few years, you'll know the score: it's a more powerful, even more focused version of an already powerful and rather focused car.

Using balance transfers, you can keep low balances on a handful of cards rather than a high balance on one card, which should help your credit score.

You need to keep an eye on these habits and events to ensure that you protect your credit score and increase it, rather than bring it down.

If you want to increase your FICO score, you should be keeping your cards open for as long as possible anyway (e.g, you should always downgrade rather than cancel).

While we may not like the credit score, it's to our advantage to keep it in good standing so we can use lenders to our advantage rather than the other way around.

I would much rather be debt - free than keep my credit score hovering in the 820 range.

But when our dogs become aggressive about keeping hold of their bones or toys or bed, the first thing we must do is not to see the issue as one of our dog engaging in «point scoring» with ulterior motives of longer term control of his human pack, but rather as one of safety for ourselves.

Personally, I can't count the number of times I've replayed every course, rather it be to beat a friends high score or just grab the collectibles, I found reasons to continue to keep playing the courses over again.

In fact, it has a few rather glaring errors that keep the game from garnering that coveted perfect score.

However, keep in mind that attempting to open a new credit card account in order to receive more overall credit and therefore reduce your utilization rate will likely hurt your score rather than help it, so avoid doing so.

A relationship is like a partnership, so rather than keeping score, partners should sit down together and work out a plan on things like chores or bills, and who does or pays what.

And as long as couples don't take keeping score too seriously, but rather use the app as a shared new and challenging experience, their relationships will benefit — especially if some of the rewards couples work toward are fun things they do together (date night!).