Sentences with phrase «lack of anything better»

Many birds become overweight because they are either bored and eat as a result of a lack of anything better to do or because they are confined in too small an area to get enough physical exercise.

Larry usually will fall silent and take his seat for lack of anything better to do.

Similarly, Calendar Girls, in which the great Helen Mirren, Julie Walters and a host of equally estimable British actresses bare their breasts for charity, is being heralded as a female version of The Full Monty, in which a gaggle of unemployed Sheffield steelworkers dropped their pants for lack of anything better to do.

Between the Oscar nominations, Sundance, leftover films from the previous year going into wide release, and the lack of anything good to see otherwise in theaters, January can always feel a bit stop - start in the movie world.

Not exact matches

In short, the candidate doesn't push the blame on others, or the situation, or the economy, or a lack of... well, a lack of anything external.

I suppose lack of brain power and a healthy dose of hate due to being a scared little baby of anything you don't understand is handed down through generations as well.

Sorry, it would be better for atheists to have NO symbol to represent the lack of anything invisible and unprovable that would need a symbol to remind people of its alleged existence.

Calvinists sometimes quote from Romans 7 as a text which teaches Total Depravity and total inability, for Paul seems to describe a lack of ability to do anything good (Romans 7:15, 19, 24), and refers to being captive and enslaved to sin (Romans 7:14, 23).

If one needs to proclaim his or her way better than any other's, it does nothing to prove value to his or her lack of belief in anything bigger than he or she.

But this says nothing about their ability or lack of ability to do anything good, let alone their ability or lack of ability to believe in Jesus for eternal life.

to each their own, though the things she listed are not what christianity is supposed to be about, for lack of a better word anyone who believes in christ is christian, you can think the bible is delicious edible nom nom nom food or toilet paper and not believe anything more but still believe in christ and the teachings of love and still be considered a christian.

Everyone whos been there knows this means a LOT of chocolate, be it just for the lack of time to prepare anything better... since i eat this most mornings (and i find the time for it, miracuously) my craving for chocolate has almost entirely gone.

Well, as is customary for me when I attempt to (somewhat) follow a recipe, the substitutions, additions, and lack of measuring anything render it quite different than the original.

Thursday: I was lacking inspiration for breakfast, and for want of anything better, I threw together some left over cooked rice, vegetables and some frozen shrimp meat to cook up a breakfast version of shrimp fried rice.

Lastly perhaps he has also seen what Sanchez and Ozil have been seeing and being the reason for stalling their contract, which is a lack of ambition from the people upstairs and a lack of belief that this team and club in it's shot - term has a chance at achieving anything better than that being offered at Chelsea.

Arsenal is impostor, pretending to be good, it's a shame no good Players can achieve anything in this Club at the moment, I'm so sorry for Players like Sanchez, Coquelin and koscieny, but so Obvious lack of fighting spirit and winning mentality in Wenger is affecting this Club and it's not changing any moment.

Wenger is far from perfect but little things like that build up and a lack of top CF is an issue, an issue the board have not helped with and if anything they have hindered it by doing what they think was best and not what the clubs manager wanted.

for me i am jst so shocked that arsenal have a set style to dominate and when they are dominated by munich or barca (games you expect to be chasing shadows) there is just no plan B — they do nt hold there shape they do nt do anythign urgent if anything solidified my want for wenger to go was Wednesdays performance — another year gone and no progress made also the lack of depth — ozil needs to be dropped but who replaces him??? — we cant replace him so we just keep playing him and hope he comes good again

Let's get real here.It is very unlikely that ANY professional player will ever say anything derogatory about a teammate that has just left the club.If Jack had said about Coq - «Grew up playing with him in the Youth Team and have fond memories of a player they though he had very limited ability he always gave his all.Very surprised and disappointed the club never invested in a World Class defensive midfielder that we have quite obviously been lacking for a number of seasons and would no doubt have improved the defensive weakness we have shown over a number of seasons» we would have echoed his thoughts entirely.If he had said about Theo - «A player who should have been so much better than he ended up being.He had everything needed to be a prolific player for our club but I can understand the fans frustrations with his continued lack - lustre performances and total lack of a football brain.I think this is best explained by the managers preference to play a player of such limited ability as Alex Iwobi in front of Theo pretty much says it all» we again would have all nodded our agreement.Although Jack never mentioned Alexis Sanchez I would imagine something along the lines of «If the Manager had not persisted with players with such limited ability such as Francis and Theo and instead bought the world class players needed into the club then Sanchez would still most likely be here.The fans must wonder what the hell goes on at the club as they pay fortunes for the privalage of following our club but it seems the millions generated ends up purchasing a new Texas Ranch for the Owner or in a yearly renumeration of # 9million pounds to our manager».

hope you are right on giroud but walcott lacks the brains and ability to be anything other than average at best... and the fact that wengers misplaced faith in the man is probably one of the reasons we never went for griezman after the last world cup is grounds enough for wanting to see the back of him asap

It is not as if he costs us a lot or upsets the dressing room by whinging about lack of playing time, so why it be a good idea to do anything but retain the services of our combative Frenchman.

«At the moment, no one can say anything about him because talking well about him also shows a slight lack of respect to the players that are here and this Real Madrid side has a lot of people of quality.»

Banter is all very well, but they just showed how pathetic they were trying to make fun out of Wilshere's injury, almost anything goes in football, but that shows a total lack of class — if that doesn't inspire us to crush them, nothing will, and it will show what a serious problem in team spirit we really have.

Anything less than four will have a better than expected feel about it but I fear it will be worse, particularly with the lack of character and leadership on the field.

Showed some good directness in attack, but like Sterling, lacked the composure to make anything of his opportunities to impress in advanced positions.

(not a good thing to say... like saying its S L O W) I just worry that since some of these CPMs seem to lack judgement that they would present it as if they can do anything the hospital can do and a card is no substitute for experience.

I don't know whether to upvote this for good points, or downvote it for the formatting and lack of anything to support it.

Indeed, Jerry Goldfeder, an election law guru, went on Inside City Hall night as well, explaining the lack of anything in state law compelling the board to count votes by hand on Election Day.

According to him, even though, admittedly Akufo - Addo has the «best ideas» he lacks the mental finesse to deliver as he possess the traits of a spectator with fine footballing ideas, but can not do anything when put on the field of play.

Based on lack of prosecution, I don't think anything is known to be provably illegal (not a conclusive proof, admittedly, but a good indicator.

However, I wouldn't change anything unless you have a good reason (e.g. lack of equipment, some type of mobility restriction, etc.).

With an absolute lack of anything matte, which is a boon for women with dry skin, Laura Mercier Candleglow Soft luminous Foundation is a lightweight, sheer foundation that has provided the best dewy look we've seen in recent times.

Aaargh this post was so bad for me I'm sooooooo craving a twix now hahah:) I heard about Too Faced before but I have not anything from them, maybe I will now because those packages look - with lack of a better word - delicious!!!

Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I often get «praised» (for the lack of a better word) for having a full time job on top of Pink Champagne Problems.

THE LOOK dress, suede moto jacket, sandals (sold out; similar here, flat version here), handbag, celine sunglasses Not to toot my own horn or anything, but I often get «praised» (for the lack of a better word)...

Most of the women look for rich men in various millionaire dating sites to ensure their future is well catered for, and they won't lack anything.

If there is anything I didn't like about the film, it's Cameron's lack of realism when dealing with the roles of children, especially Jonathan Lipnicki's (Stuart Little, The Little Vampire) character as the boy that Maguire forms a bond with, as he's too unrealistic in demeanor and too strange looking to buy as a real kid, and for that matter the same goes for Tyson Tidwell's (Suarez, The Ladykillers) demeanor (son of Rod) as well.

I appreciate that this was done to cover up a lack of budget (if 125 million can ever be called a «lack») but it's frustrating that we never get a good look at anything.

This is a movie in dire need of a better script, because not only does it lack personality, but it's too complicated for its own ogod — a tangled mess of half - baked ideas and telegraphed plot twists that never properly explains anything.

Be aware of a definite mean streak which runs through the movie as well as a complete lack of humor (or anything close to that emotion), despite the fact that Azaria (who voices about a dozen characters on «The Simpsons» TV show) does his best with what little he is given.

Grids initial weakness is the lack of cars in the game, with less then 50 cars I think there will be a good number of people that might be a bit put off by the lack of cars, but like the countless press releases for Grid said this game was more about racing then anything else.

With the lack of anything new, I wish it would have been a bit cheaper, but all in good time.

A smattering of funny moments and a lack of anything truly detestable make it a comedy about a journey probably best to be enjoyed while on a journey yourself.

On the strength (or lack thereof) of Tomb Raider (2.0), Norwegian filmmaker Roar Uthaug (The Wave) and Vikander would have been better served by anything but another derivative, unengaging Batman / Bruce Wayne - inspired origin story.

As so often happens when a big name franchise is used as a comeback vehicle for a star on the decline, the lack of success kills the momentum of both, as «Richie Rich» and Culkin have been mostly dormant since its release, only occasionally making a minor comeback to remind us of the good times, but not nearly enough to want to see anything more than we have to.

With a notably better movie just simple steps away — one with better editing (anything other than that dreadful flash - back / flash - forward), a lack of inexplicably useless alterations to Zamp's true tale and some actual storytelling prowess — Unbroken is an undeniable failure, most of all for its wasted potential.

Unfortunately, thanks to mostly uninspired gags and homages to sci - fi flicks of yore, and the lack of any flesh to anything, it's not terribly good either.

(The smashing of the televisions has a nice, mushy sound but the dialogue, for good or ill, lacks anything resembling arty distortion.)

There is some lack of anything creative or interesting regarding the characters but it all evens out to looking pretty good.

At full bore, the car hustles well enough, but it lacks the passing confidence deserving of a luxury badge, and the droning, here - it - comes CVT sounds anything but refined.