Sentences with phrase «little less attention»

As my daughter's high school graduation date approaches, I have been paying a little less attention to the messages that come from the school.

Perhaps you should do something about the stick up your butt, and pay a little less attention to theirs.

Not exact matches

Maybe if you «quoted» others a little less and yourself paid a little more attention, you would have noticed, all by yourself, that nothing that happens has any inherent meaning, other than the one we give it.

We touched on this a little bit Friday, when several of you encouraged me to focus less attention on deconstructing fundamentalism and more attention on moving forward in the reconstruction process — good suggestions for bringing more life and focus to the blog.

Eventually enough people will come to their senses and will pay more attention to objective evidence - based research and not the simple little fairy tales in religious texts that made sense back when humans were far less educated.

There is little doubt that children receive less parental attention and that there are negative social consequences.

Many have previously profited from this, as such is the magic of the little Argentine, that other superstars can play with less attention placed on them by the opposition defenders.

During these two years, your little one will go from taking a few tentative steps to running, jumping, and moving with increased coordination; from using a handful of words to having a broad vocabulary (and talking up a storm); and from being able to focus for three minutes or less to having an increased attention span that opens the door to all kinds of new toddler activities.

The signs are many and varied — everyone is that little less patient and quicker to snap, small things become big problems in the blink of an eye, the girls seem to be constantly vying for my attention, the TV is on more often then usual, and these are just a few of the signs!

Once a deal is reached, Paterson will become a 100 percent certified lame duck with very little power and even less ability to command attention from his bully pulpit.

Those responsible for health statistics in low - and medium - income countries «are often found in the darkest, farthest corners of the health ministry,» where they get little attention and even less money, said Henk Bekedam, director of health sector development at WHO's Western Pacific Region in Manila.

Until now, little attention has been paid to African rainforests, where ground measurements are even sparser than in the Amazon and where droughts are less severe but last longer.

Having come from a broken family, where she received little love and attention from her mother and even less from her father, Ashley wanted more than anything to be loved by a man.

That means more fat and calories, less chewing, quicker eating, little attention paid and as a consequence — much more of a chance that you'll eventually be significantly overweight or obese — all because of that regular soap, hospital drama, DVD or criminal series you just can't live without.

«If I were to tell you that your shower and bath products could be putting you at risk for less - than - optimal skin and eye health, immune and endocrine function, would you pay a little more attention to your products» ingredients?

You will find that a little less color on the lower lip, and more color on the upper lip, detract attention from the fullness of your lower lip.

which meant a lot more cooking, and a lot less writing about it, a few little vacations in the mix, and the backyard needed some love and attention.

In addition to body changes, drastically less free time and money to spend on shopping, curating clothes, and paying attention to fashion trends, and increased likelihood of kid staining, stretching clothes, theres also the fact that you basically put your entire wardrobe on ice for a year or more due to pregnancy and nursing, so it doesn't really get the gradual updating over time that people normally do, so the little wardrobe details like how pants or sweaters fit or which boots you have will just be a little more behind the fashion curve.

But if you don't like a little bit of char, pay more attention to the soup and less to the Real Housewives.

While the spareness and seriousness of the film are to be admired, and Gibson makes for a sympathetic protagonist, there is little here that we have not seen before (even if it may have been set after), and even less that rivets the attention.

This makes «the findings» a little less satisfying if you've been paying attention to news headlines and with each victory it feels like it's giving itself a pat on the back.

Worse yet, there's so little inspiration, and even less attention to detail, to this newest incarnation of Bond's iconography that it becomes difficult to parse the genuinely intriguing stuff from the grisly humdrum of it all.

That split can lead to some controversy (as it did already this year with the characterization of Get Out as a comedy), but it also means that comedies and musicals, which get much less prestigious awards attention than their dramatic cousins, can get a little love, too.

While such a sensitive psychological approach has the potential to delve deep, the treatment lacks the dramatic thrill of a traditional endangerment story, offering rich parts for Saoirse Ronan and Cynthia Nixon, but precious little access to their inner thoughts — and less to grab the attention of general audiences.

Very little holds together and even less holds your attention.

Anniversaries, TV shows, movies, documentaries and even little old publishers with good intentions and limited funds can draw people's attention to the wealth of truly classic literature available in individual slices for less than a cup of coffee, but it takes a co-ordinated and sustained effort, based on nothing more or less than a belief in the inherent worth, to individuals, to society and, especially, to children and young people, of great books and of the power of reading.

Even school districts that devote tremendous time and energy to designing the intended curriculum often pay little attention to the implemented curriculum (what teachers actually teach) and even less to the attained curriculum (what students learn)(Marzano, 2003).

Regardless, it's a fun car to toss around, drive with a little more attention to the powertrain and less to the radio.

In addition to the standard tip boxes and sidebars you'll see throughout the book, I've included special Aspirin - Free Workflow sidebars to call extra attention to pointers that will make your production work a little less stressful and more efficient.

The bonus of attacking just a little bit every day is that you'll consistently know what kind of feedback you're getting from which outlets, which will let you know which may need more or less of your attention.

Anyone who loves beautiful, honest writing — or tales about families or coming - of - age stories — will find themselves smitten by Cooper's descriptions of an exotic other time and the price we have to pay for paying too little attention to those less fortunate than ourselves.

The second major threat is the one less talked about and probably could use a little more attention is inflation, that long term killer that slowly eats away at our gains.

I was right — institutional buyers wanted in and the oversubcription rights were massively «bid» while a little less than half the normal subscription rights were exercised (hefty losses for those pour souls, can't understand why you would own a stock like this and pay no attention to what's going on).

So these problems are left to fester for decades, and the result is usually having less than half of the retirement paycheck than the plan could have provided with just a little common sense attention paid to it.

Alarmingly, pet owners who responded to the survey believed that older pets require less medical attention than younger animals, and that indoor pets need very little veterinary care because they are less exposed to environmental threat.

Sadly, hamsters are in fact one of the best home companions and they are clean little animals requiring much less attention than many other pets, so in the event of them getting penalized for such cause may seem truly unfair.

- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Director's Cut is an improvement to a game that was in little real need of attention, though its primary issue, the boss fights have been dramatically improved, while the second screen support and all the less significant improvements do their part in further augmenting what is already a modern videogame classic.

A lesser known fact is that, while some of his colleagues sold their first pieces at that show, Damien didn't actually sell anything, nor did his work get any specific attention (allegedly, this was because the artist was too busy organizing the show, which left little time for him to work on his own art).

Although trying to eliminate those steps should have little impact on the US temperature trend (much less the global trend), it seems a good idea to do so and I'd like to thank you for bringing this oversight to our attention.

However, remarkably little has been said or written about the people who will feel the impact most — the poor rural people of developing countries — and even less attention has been given to how they can contribute to slowing its advance.

In his brief post entitled «Clash of Courts: Senior Superior Court judges are suing Québec over its provincial court's jurisdiction; other provinces will be affected if they succeed,» Leonid Sirota focused his readers» attention on a law suit brought by the Chief Justice, Senior Associate Chief Justice, and Associate Chief Justice of Quebec's Superior Court (on behalf of all of the judges of that court), against the provincial government, noting that it has received little attention outside of Quebec, and certainly much less than it should.

A birth injury case may be a little less daunting if you know what to expect when you file a claim and how a birth injury lawyer can help you through the process while you continue to focus your time and attention on your baby.

To make up for it, a proximity / occupancy sensor ensures that if someone walks past, it jumps to attention and figures out whether it should start working, but it's a little less precise.

This means they approach the document with a little less care and technical attention.

In this day and age with technology and instant communication at our finger tips, people pay less attention to details and the little things that create a final product.

Furthermore, to date research on the effects of parental psychological problems on emotion socialization focused mainly on parents» internalizing symptoms, such as depressed mood and (to a lesser extent) anxiety, while little attention has been given to the potential negative consequences of parents» externalizing symptoms like outbursts of anger and impulsive behavior.

Do you want a countertop that stands out and demands attention, or something that looks great but is a little less obvious?

Go for more room and less clutter to really draw attention to her new interests, and get rid of the little girl stuff.

The size of floorboards can really affect a room's mood too — really thin boards give more contrast to a room so you need very little else; wide boards bring less attention to the floor.