Sentences with phrase «little sense at»

The game developed by Jonathan Blow and Thekla manages to feel familiar and alien at the same time, with a unique atmosphere that unnerves the player with its constant contrast between beautiful locations and complicated puzzles, a situation that seems to make very little sense at first glance.

While created with good intentions, these laws ignore the critical importance of teachers and make little sense at a time when most workers want the flexibility to change jobs several times during their careers.

«These field tests simply make good sense, and expanding them to include both subjects for most students makes even better sense — in contrast to «double testing» students, which makes little sense at all.»

Directed by committee (including Corman, Francis Ford Coppola, and Monte Hellman among others), the film makes little sense at times, but one watches to revel in the atmosphere created and of course, Karloff's presence.

I could understand the reasons for the others (outside of Alex Wood for a 30 year old minor leaguer) but those two made very little sense at the time.

So the Bills called a timeout, which made very little sense at the time.

Not exact matches

Musk, proponent of hurtling people at 1,000 kilometres per hour through tubes powered by air pressure, has little time for common sense.

Whatever the supposed rationale, in reality it made little sense for Si to have his own employees airing the company's dirty laundry, spoiling its surprises, starting feuds between its executives, pestering them at parties.

In a sense, this is simply an effort to peel the consumer onion a little more and get tighter and tighter views, but at the moment no one is even thinking about looking at the customer through this new lens.

But since then the Fed has done little beyond generate a strong sense of déjà vu: At press time, Fed policymakers were strongly hinting they would implement another December rate hike.

However, as I've experienced myself, if you have the right temperament and you don't mind a little instability at times, you may make even more money and enjoy a greater sense of freedom and control over how much time you devote to work.

«The idea that you would deny protection for 50,000 people because there are a few bad apples who wouldn't be eligible for Temporary Protected Status in the first place, makes little to no sense,» Tom Jawetz, the vice president of immigration policy at the Center for American Progress, a liberal research organization told NBC News.

Ideas to make your company more friendly to a broader range of talent can appear «radical» at first, but given a little thought, they turn out to be just good sense.

But somewhere in the heat of battle, when there seemed little to lose, when doing whatever it took felt more heroic than sticking to your guns, for one unfortunate moment at the 11th hour, it made all the sense in the world to ask, «Is this a prime minister?»

The setup makes as little sense as Cineplex's useless mobile app, which also lets you buy tickets on your phone that you then have to print out at a kiosk at the theatre.

There is a sense that one should try and use all the tools at one's disposal, and that means fiscal tools, monetary tools, tools for intervention in financial institutions, and that there is more risk of doing too little than there is of doing too much.

''... read Bogle's new Little Book of Common Sense Investingand you'll see how easy it is to beat the Alpha Hunters at their own game!»

So just give us a sense on — I mean if you don't mind revisiting it specifically on this promotion of how that average ticket at Olive Garden can go up given the fact that you and the customers seem to both agree that it has gotten a little bit expensive.

If those terms make you a little uncomfortable, or if buying just makes more sense in regard to the pieces of restaurant equipment you need, take a look at getting a small business loan.

The inflation that Obamanomic is causing will be greater than the interest rate payed on the bonds so there's really little sense in buying them at this time.

Well, you have to look at the market context that your trade setup has formed in and use some common sense and discretion... not every little level you find is significant.

Of course they are going to «struggle» in the sense that they are males with a sex drive, and they will notice beautiful women and be attracted to them, but there's no need to condition my little boys to notice every time a woman is dressed «immodestly,» as I was as a child, pointing out «inappropriately dressed» women at the beach in bikinis, or drawing attention to every hint of cleavage, bare midriffs or even tight pants.

Although Wise Blood is chock full of the sort of «large and startling figures» that O'Connor relished, there is a sense in which Motes's journey hits the reader a little too close to home, challenging our sensibilities about who God is and how God is at work in our lives.

This now completely benign deity may still evoke a sense of wonder, but little awe and less mystery, and no fear of the Lord at all.

When 33 - year - old dentist Andy Davies experienced a sense of neck strain and some headaches while at work in 2011, he though little of it but went to get checked by his doctor.

They understand at least the theory of a congregation being a cohesive community — the «body of Christ» in New Testament terms — even if they have little sense of what they must let go of to contribute to the shape of this community.

I couldn't help but chuckle a little at God's sense of humor.

Now my investigation may have in one sense added little to Boers» contention that at Mt. 25:31 - 46 the Christian confession is «confronted and interpreted by worldly acts» (6:73).

I just feel at the end of my tether longing for a little warmth, for a sense of belonging, trying to let the things that hurt me fall off like water on a ducks back.

So woodpe.ckers are gods doing but somehow cancer is our fault... logically that makes so little sense... or none at all.

Just as John Wesley is often credited with preventing a revolution in England at the time of the French Revolution because he had the working classes sitting in church when they could have been revolting, Britain's faithful and God - fearing serving class had little sense of the potential of social mobility (although this is explored when one of the footmen is accepted as a trainee chef at The Ritz).

I believe that little children can have faith; I believe that when a parent gazes at a child or grandchild — I did this morning with my fourmonth - old grandson; we just had a bit of eye contact and smiling at each other — there's a wonderful sense of love which passes between them, which is pre-articulate.

Universal Algebra, in precisely this sense, is a poor framework for mathematics insofar as it unites spatial manifolds and symbolic logic by introducing the common notion of an algebraic manifold (Whitehead's terminology) or a semi-group (current standard terminology), an object with very little structure or intrinsic interest.9 In this case, generalization comes at the expense of abstract sterility.

To continue to summarise: as priests we need to explain to the little ones of God that God has not «done this to me» nor «sent this to me» in any direct, personal sense at all.

So many questions, but we don't get to choose the word of the year (The runner - up is «nostalgia» which also seems just about as old as time itself, but at least it's entered sort of a boom season, so that makes a little more sense).

The positive moral value that emerged from this conviction was a sense of joyous confidence, that transformed the little community from a mood of passive waiting to urgency in witness, fidelity in mutual service, and at least relative steadfastness in the Christian virtues.

While at times community colleges have been criticized for a lack of academic rigor, there can be little question that they have made formal education more readily accessible to larger segments of our population, and fostered a sense that education is an ongoing, lifelong process.

So the job has been left to a rather odd assortment of men, amateurs either at the game or the faith, who have tried with very little success to make sense of matters too deep for them.

From my own peculiar point of vantage I sense that many Christians may be missing something — a message hidden in Scripture, in the words of the church fathers, and in the deliberations at Vatican II — without which our attempts at interfaith dialogue will be of little or no avail.

When, little more than a century ago, Man first discovered the abyss of time that lies behind him, and therefore the abyss that lies ahead, his first feeling was a tremendous hope, a sense of wonderment at the progress our fathers had made.

Whenever wherewithal shapes the moral terrain and chooses the terms of compassion toward the «less fortunate,» we might at least have the good sense to be a little embarrassed — do what we think is best, but do it kneeling.

I felt the same in the beginning and was shocked at how little I knew about hormones and my cycle in general, or that I should even be paying attention to PMS symptoms in the first place?!! It makes sense that cramps, bloating and hormonal acne are cry - out signs from our bodies, but we are so conditioned to think these symptoms are normal and to be expected, which is far from the truth... and that's exactly why we're here.

Since then, my frustration has faded somewhat, and I've come to terms with the fact that perhaps they weren't the end of the world, they just weren't the thing I was looking for: they were more of a limp white bread bun — the kind so easily purchased at a store under any generic brand, it made little sense to eek them out at home — and I wanted something a little more moist and rich.

It makes no sense — after spending a little less than 48 hours in California, he'll have to fly all night to be back at work in Cincinnati by 9 a.m. — but Woods just has to get back and kick it with his home boys, to transport to Fresno the glory he has wrought, to try it out, like buying a new hat and hurrying home to see it in the bedroom mirror.

If we start this season with those two in our starting 11 it will be a clear sign from this organization that nothing has changed and that we will never get it right until both Kroenke and Wenger are gone... neither one of these players should still be with our club at this point because they represent the settling half - measures that have plagued this team for a number of years... this is what I call the «no man's land» of the soccer world, where teams don't have enough talented young players, unlike a Monaco or Dortmund, because they have lost the plot from an organizational standpoint... they are so reliant on one individual to run the whole operation that their once relevant scouting department has become so antiquated that it can no longer find those hidden gems it once had... furthermore, when you leave all decision - making to a manager who despises any dissenting opinions, your management team becomes little more than a stagnant group of «yes men» and no new ideas emerge... so instead of developing a team with the qualities necessary to excel in a particular system, you continually make half - brain purchases year after year to stifle dissent from the ticket - buying public, then try desperately to finagle together a lineup regardless of what would make positional sense... have you ever heard of a team who plays players out of position so often... of course not because that manager would likely be fired and never work for a team of any consequence ever again

If you think United are only going to fight for top 4 that's naive, and to say Di Maria is a big loss just makes no sense at all as he contributed little last season.

At first it made a little sense after 9 years of nothing, but to say that after losing in the «captial one - not so much champions league cup» is ridiculous.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though

Given the A's are rebuilding — and they've officially used that word now, even — it makes little sense for them to hold on to a player who has hit his way into an being an All - Star when his contract is up at the end of the year.

This is an incredibly difficult question to answer for a variety of reasons, most importantly because over the years our once vaunted «beautiful» style of play has become a shadow of it's former self, only to be replaced by a less than stellar «plug and play» mentality where players play out of position and adjustments / substitutions are rarely forthcoming before the 75th minute... if you look at our current players, very few would make sense in the traditional Wengerian system... at present, we don't have the personnel to move the ball quickly from deep - lying position, efficient one touch midfielders that can make the necessary through balls or the disciplined and pacey forwards to stretch defences into wide positions, without the aid of the backs coming up into the final 3rd, so that we can attack the defensive lanes in the same clinical fashion we did years ago... on this current squad, we have only 1 central defender on staf, Mustafi, who seems to have any prowess in the offensive zone or who can even pass two zones through so that we can advance play quickly out of our own end (I have seen some inklings that suggest Holding might have some offensive qualities but too early to tell)... unfortunately Mustafi has a tendency to get himself in trouble when he gets overly aggressive on the ball... from our backs out wide, we've seen pace from the likes of Bellerin and Gibbs and the spirited albeit offensively stunted play of Monreal, but none of these players possess the skill - set required in the offensive zone for the new Wenger scheme which requires deft touches, timely runs to the baseline and consistent crossing, especially when Giroud was playing and his ratio of scored goals per clear chances was relatively low (better last year though)... obviously I like Bellerin's future prospects, as you can't teach pace, but I do worry that he regressed last season, which was obvious to Wenger because there was no way he would have used Ox as the right side wing - back so often knowing that Barcelona could come calling in the off - season, if he thought otherwise... as for our midfielders, not a single one, minus the more confident Xhaka I watched played for the Swiss national team a couple years ago, who truly makes sense under the traditional Wenger model... Ramsey holds onto the ball too long, gives the ball away cheaply far too often and abandons his defensive responsibilities on a regular basis (doesn't score enough recently to justify): that being said, I've always thought he does possess a little something special, unfortunately he thinks so too... Xhaka is a little too slow to ever boss the midfield and he tends to telegraph his one true strength, his long ball play: although I must admit he did get a bit better during some points in the latter part of last season... it always made me wonder why whenever he played with Coq Wenger always seemed to play Francis in a more advanced role on the pitch... as for Coq, he is way too reckless at the wrong times and has exhibited little offensive prowess yet finds himself in and around the box far too often... let's face it Wenger was ready to throw him in the trash heap when injuries forced him to use Francis and then he had the nerve to act like this was all part of a bigger Wenger constructed plan... he like Ramsey, Xhaka and Elneny don't offer the skills necessary to satisfy the quick transitory nature of our old offensive scheme or the stout defensive mindset needed to protect the defensive zone so that our offensive players can remain aggressive in the final third... on the front end, we have Ozil, a player of immense skill but stunted by his physical demeanor that tends to offend, the fact that he's been played out of position far too many times since arriving and that the players in front of him, minus Sanchez, make little to no sense considering what he has to offer (especially Giroud); just think about the quick counter-attack offence in Real or the space and protection he receives in the German National team's midfield, where teams couldn't afford to focus too heavily on one individual... this player was a passing «specialist» long before he arrived in North London, so only an arrogant or ignorant individual would try to reinvent the wheel and / or not surround such a talent with the necessary components... in regards to Ox, Walcott and Welbeck, although they all possess serious talents I see them in large part as headless chickens who are on the injury table too much, lack the necessary first - touch and / or lack the finishing flair to warrant their inclusion in a regular starting eleven; I would say that, of the 3, Ox showed the most upside once we went to a back 3, but even he became a bit too consumed by his pending contract talks before the season ended and that concerned me a bit... if I had to choose one of those 3 players to stay on it would be Ox due to his potential as a plausible alternative to Bellerin in that wing - back position should we continue to use that formation... in Sanchez, we get one of the most committed skill players we've seen on this squad for some years but that could all change soon, if it hasn't already of course... strangely enough, even he doesn't make sense given the constructs of the original Wenger offensive model because he holds onto the ball too long and he will give the ball up a little too often in the offensive zone... a fact that is largely forgotten due to his infectious energy and the fact that the numbers he has achieved seem to justify the means... finally, and in many ways most crucially, Giroud, there is nothing about this team or the offensive system that Wenger has traditionally employed that would even suggest such a player would make sense as a starter... too slow, too inefficient and way too easily dispossessed... once again, I think he has some special skills and, at times, has showed some world - class qualities but he's lack of mobility is an albatross around the necks of our offence... so when you ask who would be our best starting 11, I don't have a clue because of the 5 or 6 players that truly deserve a place in this side, 1 just arrived, 3 aren't under contract beyond 2018 and the other was just sold to Juve... man, this is theraputic because following this team is like an addiction to heroin without the benefits