Sentences with phrase «lesser mettle»

But journalists of lesser mettle were easily fooled or simply too caught up in the quotidian pressures of meeting deadlines.

With 73 corners and nearly 1,000 feet of elevation changes over 12.9 miles the «Green Hell» can chew up and spit out a car of lesser mettle in just one lap.

Not exact matches

Wenger last won the premier league when most of our squad were at school his status amongst them is far less than it was with the lies of Pires and Henry etc al He's lost his touch lost his mettle and he doesn't have the respect of the players any more The board keep him on because he spends next to nothing and makes them a fortune Its time he went and the board changed tact but I really doubt it will happen anytime soon

For a test of this transfer's mettle, check out chapter 10, «Intolerance»: Light sources fixed (lamps) and in flux (the cloud - covered sun) interact on the sea green walls of Sister Aloysius's office, never to band or to produce anything less than the million subtly different shades you'd see in real life — and these colours have a vividness that is achieved without sacrificing Meryl Streep's Grim Reaper - like complexion.

Under the CX - 9's sleek exterior is an interior with the mettle to impress consumers who expect nothing less than spaciousness, functionality and premium content from every SUV on their shopping lists.