Sentences with phrase «lack of character in»

There's no lack of character in this dining room; a piece of modern art pulls together a mix of elements, from a classic limestone fireplace and chequerboard - painted flooring to retro furniture and an eccentric antler chandelier.

A friend and I were bemoaning this sad state of affairs just the other day, grousing about what seems to be an epidemic lack of character in much of modern society, when it occurred to me that I work for an organization that's chock - a-block with outstanding role models.

If you've decried the lack of character in modern sports car, you had better order your 4C today.

As reported by The Mirror, Wilshere has defended his team mates and insisted that there is no lack of character in the Gunners dressing room.

We are always hearing a lot about character in the football world, but too often in the past it has been the lack of character in the Arsenal team that has been the subject of discussion for the football media.

Couldn't believe it when he was named captain, just goes to show the lack of characters in the squad.

Not exact matches

Beyond her age, she also lacks the spark of Superman's girlfriend, intent on blending in with the rest of the cast as a side character rather than taking any initiative.

DEHAAN: Well, it «s a lack of the typical spring characters which refinery maintenance in the switch to summer gasoline are usually what dominate our discussion this time of year.

They also have ideas that don't pan out, and an overall lack of cohesion — the main characters seem sequestered in separate story lines that don't really mesh.

It would be more interesting to talk about the president losing control of his own spins in ways that reveal (as Carl is more insistent that I am) his deep inauthenticity or lack of character.

Despite their lack of historical knowledge — and, equally, because of it — they, more than the characters in the Bible, are our true cultural ancestors.

The second way in which reason is absent from the future is not only its lack of knowledge, but the object's unfinished character.

I use «lack of proof as an excuse» not to believe in leprechauns, why should it be any different for the mythical character you call «god»??

A first teenage decision to try drink is almost always due to a lack of independence or character (much more so in the case of drugs); and hence it shows a lack of fortitude.

None of these characters, whether they were atheist or not, killed in the name of a lack of belief in a god.

The exploratory character of paper is evident in its lack of sharp focus.

In fact, most understand that leaders who lead by trying to control everyone instead of trusting their character and wisdom to win people over are leaders who lack character and wisdom — which is precisely why they try to control others.

The presence of unmitigated pride, ambition, and hypocrisy indicates the lack of genuineness in the character of the basic experience and of those who stand for it.

The Church for him is something like the uniformed units in God's array, the point at which the inner character of man's divinized life is manifested in tangible historical and sociological form or, rather, in which it is most clearly manifested because, to the enlightened gaze of faith, grace does not entirely lack visible embodiment even outside the Church.

Perhaps the real reason is that the literature itself is of a character which is lacking, at least, in popular interest.

Meanwhile, Rand's philosophy shines through in the words of Wall Street character Gordon Gekko: «The point is ladies and gentlemen that greed, for lack of a better word, is good.»

If we discount the unfairness and ill fortune of external circumstance which doubtless are involved in this lame finish of many good beginnings, we still have left a large amount of inability to see life through which must be due to lack of character.

Many of the ancient myths, like our dreams, are marked by the complexity of the plot and sub-plots, the lack of consistency in the characters and their actions, and the introduction, without warning, of further players in the cosmic drama.

The objective unity of the world, even though the experience of it may be difficult to reconstruct, is not of a character more lacking in evidence than the concretion of the world in actual, perishing occasions.

In making his movie, he deliberately took advantage of the lack of this framework, and a different set of communicative expectations, namely, the expectation that his characters were real people, dense but not utterly unlikable.

Wenger doesn't sign player's with character hence the lack of leader's in the team.

strategy???????? B **** S *** the truth is that in this man deluded mind and his gigantic ego adding senility and arrogance of a has been he wanted to teach Sanchez a lesson how he could beat Fool without him but of course it backfired and the lesson was all the way around...... Sanchez showed that unfortunately for us the Fans our team lacks everything we are no better than a mid table team no leadership, lack of character, clueless all this on top that our Manager lost it.....

Finally this squad has shown over the years to lack character and fighting spirit resulting in an ever predictable amount of dropped points against small teams and an inability to deal with pressure.

Wenger want to make the impossible possible in his dream, and he will come back and say we give it all against Barcelona but we lack character in front of goal, now we need a quick response against Everton.

But the undeclared war of today has created for students an agonizing set of alternatives, and their agony has in turn given their characters a depth and judiciousness that we lacked utterly.

The blame is as mentioned by op, the lack of another defensively dominant character in the midfield, mixed with incompetence in the end product.

For those Heisman voters who believe autograph / memorabilia sales prove a player's lack of character and make him undeserving of such a haughty award like the Heisman, that suspension and the drop in overall stats would probably disqualify him from the running.

And fans should realize not all games can be won, especially when you're top of the table going away to Anfield, I remember City being thrashed 4 - 1 by them in the first half of the season so really, complaining about us having a lack of character because our players were fatigued doesn't make sense.

Arsene would never do that and look, this is not about money, nor about the owner, not the board either, it's just pure lack of character from the man in charge.

OF COURSE HIS NONSENSE IS COUNTER PRODUCTIVE, I DO AGREE but in BELLERIN and Iwobi, I SEE A DISTINCT LACK OF CHARACTER (as with Walcott and others now mercifully gone) whereas in such as Ramsey (when still young) I see loads of character and gutOF COURSE HIS NONSENSE IS COUNTER PRODUCTIVE, I DO AGREE but in BELLERIN and Iwobi, I SEE A DISTINCT LACK OF CHARACTER (as with Walcott and others now mercifully gone) whereas in such as Ramsey (when still young) I see loads of character and gutOF CHARACTER (as with Walcott and others now mercifully gone) whereas in such as Ramsey (when still young) I see loads of character CHARACTER (as with Walcott and others now mercifully gone) whereas in such as Ramsey (when still young) I see loads of character and gutof character character and guts.

Injuries has always played some part in our seasons imploding January / February every year... but more than the injury jinx the factor most responsible for that habitual and almost inevitable implosion is our lack of character, grit and mental fortitude to deal with pressure....

A few days ago I posted a comment on here and noted how AFC always seem to lose ground and our way once the heat is on... how we lack the mental strength and character to deal with pressure of maintaining a lead once we are top of the table and how we ALWAYS crumble when it matter most... i also noted how we ALWAYS seem to regain our mojo soon as we are out of contention for every important competition, when we go on some amazing winning streak, just in time to snatch the 4th place trophy... as is the norm on here and many other AFC fans forum i got member jumped down my throat, talking about negative fans, talking about new players we have and how that problem was a thing of the past....

But in my long life experience, I firmly believe character - or rather LACK of character — is imbued in the individual.

But in their true character (or lack of), none of them gave Wenger any credit for being the first to raise the issue and neither did they apologise or show any remorse for ridiculing him when he prophetically raised it.

Simeone prepares his team to go out full of character and belief, and Atleti will not be lacking in any of that on Saturday, having got the better of Real in the league this season.

Aly Cissokho — 6.5 Solid down the left in defence, showed a bit of character today which has been lacking in his recent performances.

That strength of character had been sorely lacking in the past couple of months.

The men received equal treatment from Field, although the lack of interest that Hugh Dancy's character Luke Brandon shows in what he wears presented the costume designer with interesting challenges.

There can be some differences in treatment between somebody who has multiple affairs and who is a sex addict from somebody who has multiple affairs say a serial cheater who has, doesn't really have an addictive profile is more a character problem opportunistic lacks alot of ability being pathic.

While it displayed her favorite characters in vibrant colors, it lacked many of the features you need in a lunch box.

If a baby «lacks water» because of his birth date, a character representing water in his name would make up for that shortcoming.

He argues that toxic stress and instability on one end of the spectrum vs. overprotectiveness and lack of opportunities to overcome adversity on the opposite can lead to a deficit in developing the character traits «especially likely to predict life satisfaction and high achievement.»

Maybe I was right not to take out the yearly licence to practice as a private legal practitioner since 2006, particularly because of charlatans of the nature of Okudzeto Ablakwa and his likes now admitted to practice in the legal profession for lack of prior challenge to character.

These contentious episodes brought on by Trump's own statements have led to open denouncements of his campaign by prominent Republicans including: Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman, Senators Mitch McConnell, Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, Mark Kirk, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, and fifty senior GOP national security officials who warned in a signed letter that Trump «lacks the character, values, and experience» to be president and «would put at risk our country's national security and well - being.»

Actually quite a lot, and Douglas Hurd and Edward Young have written a wonderful reassessment of the great politician and showman in Disraeli: Or, The Two Lives (Weidenfeld & Nicolson # 20) in which they explore the paradoxes at the centre of his character, and how his exotic personality and ability to dazzle his contemporaries overcame his lack of principles, indebtedness and disloyalty.