Sentences with phrase «lack of seriousness in»

Now as in the 19th century, amateurism and lack of real commitment as well as snobbery and emphasis on chic on the part of women in their artistic «hobbies,» feeds the contempt of the successful, professionally committed man who is engaged in «real» work and can, with a certain justice, point to his wife's lack of seriousness in her artistic activities.

A superficial and cliché - ridden work, the film's most fatal weakness is its complete lack of seriousness in dealing with the historical and social forces that gave rise to Shining Path.

Inyang - Eyen, who commended the cordial business relationship between the state government and other construction companies operating in the state, lamented that Julius Berger has demonstrated lack of seriousness in executing terms of contracts awarded to them which is frustrating the effort of government.

One of its main mistakes was its lack of seriousness in competing against Android and Apple touch - screen devices.

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In the first case, it may be interpreted as a demonstration of a disinterest and lack of seriousness.

Though renowned for his wit, he never lost sight of the seriousness of his role or lacked paternal vigilance in exercising it.

Benedict's own later theological conservatism owed less to any kind of ideology, I think, than to his allergic reaction to what he saw as a lack of intellectual robustness and spiritual seriousness in the seminaries where he taught.

In all seriousness, the lack of response to centuries of desperate prayers is deafening.

If he had found a lot to admire in the Italian way of life there was plenty to criticise in the Christian life - style here: casual priests, wheeling and dealing for preferment on a scale which beggared the German scene, prostitutes, a general lack of seriousness.

This is lack of seriousness, that for i want Wenger simple to retire bec has has no drive in him.

«I don't have time to unpick all the nonsense in this report, but the Bruges Group's claims on trade give a general flavour of its fundamental lack of seriousness.

Chair of the committee Tim Yeo MP said: «Coming in the wake of the Stern Review, the PBR's lack of boldness raises major doubts as to the Treasury's seriousness about implementing Stern's recommendations on domestic policy.

Behaviour that suggests excessive frivolity, or a lack of seriousness, in the face of dramatically altered political conditions will be punished by voters.

Length of Time Because of the lack of seriousness and commitment between people who are dating, the length of time that two people will be dating each French young man living in the Philippines with my ladyboy girlfriend.

Everything here is cloaked in an air of self - seriousness that only serves to highlight the film's lack of inspiration.

While Thompson's portrayal is better on the playful side of this heedless warrior, the actress lacks seriousness for Valkyrie in dealing with a painful past and a lost cause.

In a more ambitious (and decidedly less commercial) effort like The Hours and Times, the lack of sex can be defended as a central part of the film's seriousness and modesty, justified both by history (the real - life relationship between Brian Epstein and John Lennon) and by the film's status as an «open» narrative leaving a great deal to the viewer's imagination.

Much of the plot is a rehash of the origin story we saw in the 2002's Tobey Maguire film but this strong cast imbues it with a freshness and seriousness that Maguire's sometimes cartoonish film lacked.

And like your boss in a costume wig, the Evoque convertible benefits from a refreshing lack of self - seriousness.

Though the story of the first game felt laughable in its seriousness, the lack of narrative hooks to the sequel feel mildly demotivating at the same time.

Peter Saul: There's always going to be some unhappy realisation the artist has to face up to, in my case a severe lack of seriousness.

«For various reasons — lack of maturity, perhaps, or lack of seriousness on the part of the students — my influence here was less important than it has been in New York.»

Kevin is one the clearest most specific most prolific public outreach communicators in the arena talking about the seriousness and the lack of action to make evidence based changes to address the climate change energy use problems.

If you guys in the climate science «community» had only a tiny bit of courage, you would have openly criticized the actions of Michael Mann, and you would have openly denounced the lack of seriousness of the review process in journals like Nature.

Correction to previous post -» I keep urging our Australian conservatives, who continue giving climate science denial and obstructionism their imprimatur of respectability and legitimacy whilst simultaneously declaring their confidence in mainstream climate science to ditch that position; is this a taste of what we will get when we do get a conservative government; public declarations of commitment to international agreements that gloss over a complete lack of understanding of it's seriousness?»

I keep urging our Australian conservatives, who continue giving climate science denial and obstructionism their imprimatur of respectability and legitimacy whilst simultaneously declaring their confidence in mainstream climate science; is this a taste of what we will get when we do get a conservative government; public declarations of commitment to international agreements that gloss over a complete lack of understanding of it's seriousness?

Quite frankly, I find his comment that «No thought was given to your earlier statement or comments» illustrates the lack of seriousness that he and the others on the Committee played in considering my input during the preparation of the Statement.

Such policies are needed now because we've gone so far, so fast — we are at 397 ppm of CO2 in the atmosphere when scientists say we use return to a safe level of 350ppm — and our pollution mitigation and climate adaptation strategies are lacking in rigor, seriousness, and imagination.

It is, however, a measure of their fundamental lack of seriousness that when there really are important uncertainties (i.e. the likelihood that climate sensitivity is higher than generally thought), they ignore them in favour of making the same repetitive uninteresting and incorrect claims they always make.

In sentencing him to 18 months of unsupervised probation, the judge said the seriousness of the offense was mitigated by Finneran's lack of evil motive, absence of racial animus, long career in public service, community service and exemplary private lifIn sentencing him to 18 months of unsupervised probation, the judge said the seriousness of the offense was mitigated by Finneran's lack of evil motive, absence of racial animus, long career in public service, community service and exemplary private lifin public service, community service and exemplary private life.

Make sure your email address is appropriate — the likes of [email protected] will easily make hiring managers shake their heads in disbelief over your lack of seriousness and judgment.

As you do not work in a creative industry, resist any impulse to embellish your resume with fonts, spacing, or illustrations, as any of these tend to project a lack of seriousness.