Sentences with phrase «leaves much desired»

I checked the Beemers and was not impressed at all, their dealer experience leaves much desired.

Not exact matches

As far as any substantive discussion of small businesses goes, the last GOP debate in mid-September left much to be desired, though altering the tax code and adopting a flat tax system, which affects businesses of all sizes, were hot topics.

The principles the group is fighting for are noble ones, but the tools they employ leave much to be desired.

His work leaves him with little time for socializing, not that he has much desire for it.

It feels sluggish at times, most notably when downloading content and running graphics - heavy games, and its single, rear - facing speaker leaves much to be desired.

Consequently, the pool of talent created at the local community, school and university levels, leaves much to be desired both in terms of size and quality,» said Arun Navaratna, senior economist at Australia New Zealand Bank (ANZ).

The company's Wii U console has proven to be a failure, software sales have been disappointing, and on mobile, the company's earlier forays have left much to be desired.

Last are those who get wrapped up in the wishes, hopes, dreams, and «making people happy» mindset, and eventually they find themselves having invested so much time at Disney, that at some point, they no longer have the desire to leave.

«The rise of in - house, hybrid models and independent trading desks demonstrates that the original trading model left much to be desired.

Several technology companies — senseFly, DroneDeploy, Skycatch — have developed software for this growing market, but the products often leave much to be desired, says Tomislav Žigo, director of virtual design and construction at Clayco, a Chicago firm that uses drones on its job sites.

Narration leaves much to be desired - very robotic and distracting to listen to making it difficult to extract key takeaways from the audio version alone.

But traditional money transfer options can leave much to be desired due to complex, time - consuming and expensive requirements.

Financial institutions are trying to protect customers from fraud, but their efforts often leave much to be desired with respect to the customer experience

The best investment strategy for you will depend on the value of your assets, how much income you have from other sources, your monthly expenses, your goals for retirement, your desire for leaving an estate, and more.

Michael, your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries... and your theology leaves much to be desired.

Although many of us find in Whitehead's philosophical achievement a system nearly unparalleled for its balance, intricacy, and tight coherence, it can not be gainsaid that many of his books leave much to be desired with respect to the order of presentation.

Whitehead left much to be desired in his order of presentation.

Bishops, etc should spend more time and effort assuring the safety and well being of those who fall under the supervision of wayward priests, their stewardship over the last 30 years leaves much to be desired.

In the process of exploring these issues, Sampson finds that the standard Enlightenment storyline leaves much to be desired.

Professor Steve Odin's «A Metaphysics of Cumulative Penetration: Process Theory and Hua - yen Buddhism» (PS 11:65 - 82), is a highly stimulating and challenging essay not only for Whiteheadian and Buddhist studies, but also for its comparative value.1 He has presented a searching analysis of Whiteheadian metaphysics of cumulative penetration, but his treatment of Buddhism in general and Hua - yen in particular in terms of that metaphysics leaves much to be desired, thereby marring the comparative nature of the whole essay.

$ 22.95 It has become a commonplace that the state of our political culture leaves much to be desired.

We'll also see that his approach to evangelism left much to be desired.

Actual entities in the world are far from perfect, and their present and immediate future prospects may leave much to be desired hence «the best for that impasse» may not be great; indeed, it may be chaff and it may get burnt.

While some of her assumptions, descriptions, context, and sources leave much to be desired, I think it helpful to quote the following from Dr. Cathy Burns's title:

However, we fear that his account of pacifism still leaves much to be desired.

As an informative definition, however, this expression of simultaneity in terms of co-presence leaves much to be desired.

The desire to leave somewhere else is insufficient in as much as a myriad of other nations will take refugees from oppressive regimes the world over.

Hawking has a high IQ, but he leaves much to be desired as a theologian and philosopher.

It is an ambiguous business at best, and the work of the panel during the first four years has left much to be desired.

With notable exceptions the quality and numbers of the indigenous clergy left much to be desired.

Television certainly offers the potential for social and political impact by religious broadcasters who seek to use it in that way, and yet, the example set by broadcasters in the 1980 election year left much to be desired in the eyes of many Christian leaders and adherents.

Although the moral and intellectual tone of many left much to be desired, in the course of the nineteenth century under the inspiration of clerical headmasters marked improvement was seen.

Your logical skills leave much to be desired.

Your bible leaves much to be desired in regards to morality; condoning slavery among other things, yeah, that's a great «untouchable» moral standard, isn't it?

He left the pods in the room for a week, and the chipotles were closer to the desired tan - brown color, but the pods still had too much moisture in them.

I made the recipe as written and they leave much to be desired.

His ball control, distribution and positioning to intercept balls left much to be desired.

But his defense really leaves so much to be desired.

And aside from Tim Hardaway, rookie Frank Ntilikina — who didn't play in Summer League — second - rounder Damyean Dotson, and second - year guard Ron Baker, the Knicks» roster leaves much to be desired.

Penn State comes into Saturday's matchup with a strong defense and a passing attack that leaves much to be desired.

Which in turn left me with a huge desire to read and learn more outside of school than what the curriculum taught me I was far ahead in my American and British lit class due to video games although my teacher thought it was due to reading so much.

While it is unclear as to how much truth is behind Sanchez's reported desire to leave and secure a fresh challenge elsewhere, it certainly isn't positive news heading into the summer from an Arsenal perspective.

But, his debut performance left much to be desired and was widely criticized for the loss.

wenegr is in the twilight years of his arsenal career now he might or might not see out the full term of his contract, i would image he wont give up but if he do nt get a big prize this season or next his desire might dwindle even more the board have seen what a shambles man united have gone through and the expense of failure, if they do nt get the next appointment right the board is trying to give themselves as much time to identify a replacement and in the correct time unless wenger leaves at short notice, i think if he had won the c / l all thought years ago we would be looking at a different story i think he would have left at the end if that contract as he would be at the peak of his powers and could of gone anywhere he like across europe, but he didn't win and here we are now, i respect the man for what he has done for us and english football a modern day herbert chapmen he is but even old chappy had his end of and era and wenger will have his end its just how will it play out hopefully a winner

Since the Spaniard succumbed to injury poor old Per Mertesacker took up the slack as designated vice-captain, but his performances since then have left much to be desired.

Auro had some beautifully flashy moves but I thought he did nt do an amazing job performing his positional role, his defensive play leaves much to be desired and he got sucked inside instead of operating on the the wing like Morrow.

He does not bomb forward as much as Ramsey does (with his desire to score), which leaves Arsenal's defense suspect to a counter attack.

Hoopers performance leaves much to be desired, I know he's a rook but he's had 4 weeks to adjust and that turnover shit can not be afforded to translate into the regular season..

While their defence left plenty to be desired in the first leg and will need to be much better this time round, they will be confident that they have the goals in their line - up to turn the tie around and dump Guardiola and City out of the Champions League on Wednesday night.

Meanwhile, Fabio Borini could also be allowed to leave as his sale would provided some much desired funds for transfers.