Sentences with phrase «little affection for»

Even the Obama - era Environmental Protection Agency, which harbored little affection for the energy industry, concluded that fracking is «unlikely to generate sufficient pressure to drive fluids into shallow drinking water zones.»

Feeling a little a affection for Arusha?

She also must testify before a hostile U.S. House subcommittee April 1, which we know from GM's financial bailout hearings, holds little affection for the auto industry.

«Either whole swathes of the curriculum will remain uncovered or teachers will skim the surface, leaving pupils with little remembered useful knowledge of Britain and very little affection for the subject of history.»

There is little affection for Cameron on the Tory benches.

I know some of the administrators involved in this case, and have more than a little affection for the place, generally.

Not exact matches

Poorly measured, conferring little corporate glory and mired in office politics, customers» affection is taken for granted — or, worse, considered unimportant — by too many companies.

It was vocational as the time spent working the land developed their affection and admiration for God's creation, because, according to G.K. Chesterton, «nature is a sister, and even a younger sister: a little, dancing sister, to be laughed at as well as loved.»

Neither shall we rightly understand Christ if we play down the deity and imply that when we call Him divine we mean little more by the word than does the young man who uses this word for the lady of his affections.

Serious efforts should likewise be made to secure for foreign service in government and commerce men and women who are capable and dedicated, who will inspire confidence, respect, and affection in the people among whom they sojourn, and who will identify sympathetically with these people in attitudes and way of life rather than create little outposts of the home country in a foreign land.

The celebratory chocolate cake will be made with great affection here, but not for a little while.

For me, food represents love and affection - I cook my family nice things because I love them, my Mum did the same for me as a child for the same reason - could you be feeling a little overwhelmed because you are missing the affection that food used to represeFor me, food represents love and affection - I cook my family nice things because I love them, my Mum did the same for me as a child for the same reason - could you be feeling a little overwhelmed because you are missing the affection that food used to represefor me as a child for the same reason - could you be feeling a little overwhelmed because you are missing the affection that food used to represefor the same reason - could you be feeling a little overwhelmed because you are missing the affection that food used to represent?

While most new fathers expect the baby to become the main priority in the family, many are stunned at how little wifely attention or affection is left over for them.

Whoever is on your parenting team - a spouse, partner, your parents, or a community of close friends - it's so important for you to demonstrate love and affection for your little one.

It makes parents want to shower their baby with love and affection and to protect and care for their little one.

Be sure to try a few tips below but sometimes there's just nothing we can do for little ones with Colic and showing them love and affection through the crying may be all we can do.

I refuse to be ashamed for loving my children and giving them affection when they are little and need me most, and posts like yours are such a boost in a world of parenting «advice» which goes against almost every instinct I have.

Inspte of the lingering admiration for Mugabe, there is little public affection for 52 - year - old Grace, a former government typist who started having an affair with Mugabe in the early 1990s as his first wife, Sally, was dying of cancer.

It could look like an attempt to exploit the downturn to extend his mandate, a dangerous act when people feel little real affection for any party... So talk of a snap February 2009 poll is wide of the mark... he knows the bounce will probably end soon.

I'm even happy to publicly share my affection for the little knit that could — and should — be taken seriously.

since the weather today is finally starting to feel a little like fall, i thought it quite apropos to discuss my affections for autumnal dressing - in particular my love affair with all things plaid.

Hi I am Cindy and I am looking for my best friend I am Honest, Trustworthy, Sincere, Playful, Romantic, and a little funny I love to give and receive affection, I love sports, My Favorite thing to do is cook for my man and snuggle on the couch and relax I also like to bowl, play pool, go fishing,...

Be that as it may, it shouldn't prevent you from hunting further down the affection for your life, paying little respect to whether he or she possesses a bicycle or not.

Hence, little shows of affection such as opening the car door for her and helping her take off her coat will not make you a less of a man.

Or if «love» sounds too off - putting, for a little affection, for a little attentiveness to our partners, given they are human beings and not just sex objects.»

For a premise with such lurid possibilities, Lars and the Real Girl is actually a sweet little comedy of romantic delusion and communal affection...

Thus, an inter-species war of attrition ensues for the affections of Bea, who's given little to do beyond be oblivious and fragrant.

(35) For Jodorowsky, the film drew upon his own childhood memories of the circus, and his «terrible» relationship with his mother, who allegedly tried to live through him and with whom he had little physical affection; characters with dominating or pseudo-incestual maternal relationships have figured into virtually all of his earlier films.

With business affairs to attend to, an opium addicted wife (Lindsay Duncan), and four children of his own, Sir Thomas has little time or affection for Fanny.

When the part is played as a joke, Foxx is fine as Stacks, but he seems distant as the character's affection for his ward grows (It's a little strange that Annie's connection to Stacks» driver, played by Adewale Akinnuoye - Agbaje, feels more genuine).

«I'm just a little Arab looking for a little affection,» he tells her.

Though ostensibly built on characters and plots from the old TV series, it has very little to do with the show and everything to do with Burton's affection for the ghoulish and the goofy, especially when they come wrapped together.

Watching a drill - armed Big Daddy get jealous of Sackboy for capturing the Little Sister's affection is absolutely adorable.

His plan works — a little too well — and the two become rivals for the affections of a reporter (Zellweger) who's determined to dig up dirt on Krasinski.

As for Karen, the one character who does deserve a little sympathy and affection, what happens to her is depicted with such callous insensitivity, such depraved indifference, her plight isn't so much terrifying as it is unforgivable, her last scene a torturous test of endurance that's disgusting.

It's quite impossible for me to separate the movie from it's ink and paper sibling, which has been the object of my geeky affections since my little brother brought it to my attention a few years back (right around volume 4), but quite frankly, judging by a majority of the reviews, at least a passing familiarity with the comic and video game culture is apparently essential to actually getting the point.

John Connolly, played by Joel Edgerton (Warrior, Exodus), grew up on the same streets as Bulger and wasn't really corrupted by money but instead by a little brother like affection and admiration that he held for the gangster.

Though there's little denying that Trump's affection for the uneducated is not in vain, it's compelling to consider that the liberal elite's complete inability to relate to the same had something to do with the fall of our empire.

At home, things are no better; Reed's mother and stepfather demonstrate little affection or affinity for him.

It's a style suited to these characters, who long for love but display little affection toward each other.

None the less, many of us were, in the years to come, to form an affection for the little ship which no ocean liner could ever have inspired.

My Little Monster is a quasi-romance story about a loner who inadvertently becomes the object of affection for a trouble - maker in her class.

Mike's a little keener then I am on the death of print, a technology I still have some affection for and suspect has greater reserves of use then is generally expected these days, though in a much less popular form than right now (except maybe for your mass, mass - market cheap titles!)

In return for a little affection and attention, these remarkable animals reward their new owners with a love and loyalty unmatched anywhere.

I stroked his head for a little while and he wouldn't stop jumping up at me, begging me for more affection.

For now, this little survivor is having a ball soaking in all of the affection he's been receiving after spending the beginning of his life toiling through the inhumane conditions of a Midwestern commercial breeding facility.

We loved this little guy more than you can imagine, but giving love to a pup that is starving for affection is what we need to do.

He digs at his bed, tips over his food dish when he wants a broccoli treat, and occasionally gives a little nip at Stuart when they are competing for our affection.

It is good when our cats show us a little affection, but separation anxiety in cats can mean misery for both you and your pet.

Giving you the option to work together or against one another, to compete for the affections of one monster or spread yourself out across the herd, Monster Prom's local multiplayer forces you to actively communicate with other players through little minigames, and fosters debates to keep you engaged with other players.