Sentences with phrase «lower the bar by»

Wenger has lowered the bar by saying 4th is a trophy.

From this position lower the bar by bending your hips, till the plates touch (or almost touch the floor) and you feel a full stretch in your hams.

Keeping your upper arms absolutely stationary and perpendicular to the floor (parallel to each other), lower the bar by bending your elbows, but without changing their position.

Begin to lower the bar by bending at the hips.

Let's acknowledge, too, that they're a low bar by which to judge real genius, cinematic or otherwise.

Sen. Alexander proposes to lower that bar by allowing states to establish standards aligned to the entrance requirements of any college within their borders — regardless of its rigor — without federal oversight or approval.

The driver can also raise and lower the bar by a switch on the console.

Not exact matches

In general, the bar for a speech by a candidate's spouse is set appropriately low.

«Stocks correctly recognized this low bar a few weeks ago and have rallied sharply into earnings season,» strategists led by Michael J. Wilson wrote in a client note.

By giving Gears of War 3 such a high average score, reviewers are setting the bar low for what a great game should be and are doing a disservice to an industry that is struggling to be taken seriously by the mainstreaBy giving Gears of War 3 such a high average score, reviewers are setting the bar low for what a great game should be and are doing a disservice to an industry that is struggling to be taken seriously by the mainstreaby the mainstream.

Too many entrepreneurs make the mistake of combating impostor syndrome by purposefully lowering the bar for themselves.

But given all the delays and challenges endured by Falcon Heavy, Musk has understandably set the bar low for success.

If marketing success is measured by the quantity of marketing - qualified leads produced, the bar to create such a lead will be set as low as possible.

«There are new innovative products provided by hotels and multiple new restaurants and bars openings especially in Athens and Thessaloniki, so with the euro also at an 11 - year low this is definitely the ideal time to visit Greece.»

(Never mind that the earnings are actually in line with the original June predictions, or that they've lowballed guidance for next quarter — if anyone noticed that, they wouldn't be able to move to the next round by lowering the December bar, which is currently set at 13 % growth.)

This low bar exposes the publisher not just to enforcement by state agencies, but also to private causes of action.

Unfortunately, the bar has been set so low by others in the industry that real estate investors have come to expect poor service and poor communication.

Overall global gold demand fell to its lowest first - quarter level since 2008, driven by a slump in demand for gold bars and exchange - traded funds...

In her latest book, The Death and Life of the Great American School System, she charges that the state reading and math tests mandated by the No Child Left Behind Act lower the bar, produce inconsistent results, lack content, promote cheating, and encourage teachers to waste time on test - taking strategies.

God's Not Dead 3, the third movie in a franchise that's enjoyed financial success in the past, opened to a measly $ 2 million last weekend, finishing below the low bar set by Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas, one of the biggest commercial and critical flops in history.

Why is the «evidence» for god bar always set so low by religious people?

If instead of dropping to the lowest common denominator in our behavior, we each personally raise the bar to where Jesus set it, imagine how many trees of life would be planted, watered by streams of living water, providing shade and Heavenly fruit for the whole world to enjoy.

Andaz Wall Street, located in the heart of Lower Manhattan, is delighted to announce the opening of their new signature restaurant, Andaz Kitchen & Bar, helmed by the hotel's new Italian - born Executive Chef Pietro Consorti.

Sweets from friends: Chocolate Pecan Pie Bars -LCB- Low Carb -RCB- by All Day I Dream About Food Shoofly Pie Bars by Cupcake Project Peppermint Crumble Bars by Something Swanky

-LSB-...] Lemons are a great sweet treat, justify your dessert by making low fat lemon bars or lemon and poppyseed muffins.

Excellent protein bar, impressed by the much lower sugar content than others on the market!

However, by lowering the bar regarding «shade,» it can have the effect of removing some incentives to truly improve habitat.

By: Lara Ingredients 2 cups coconut milk 2/3 cup chia seeds 1 tbsp matcha powder 1/2 tsp vanilla extract Square bars for decoration Instructions Place coconut milk, matcha powder and vanilla extract into a saucepan, and warm over low heat for 3 to 5 minutes.

Made my own dark chocolate chips by buying a high cacao / low sugar chocolate bar (avoid Godiva and Ghiradelli... they had soy lecithin, a GMO emulsifier, last time I checked)

Step # 6: Make chocolate sauce by mixing all the ingredients together over low heat and allow it to cool before pouring it on the bars.

This man has done for Arsenal more than any other living creature (bar Chapman but since I was not born I can only tell by the stories) on the face of this earth and you have the audacity to actually Stoke him when the team (which shares the blame) hit the low point.

Taking over for a legend is never easy, but Beamer did Fuente one final favor by lowering the bar a little bit.

there is no doubting that Arsene has helped to provide us with some incredible footballing moments in the formative years of his managerial career at Arsenal, but that certainly doesn't and shouldn't mean that he has earned the right to decide when and how he should leave this club... there have been numerous managers at each of the biggest clubs in Europe throughout the last decade who have waged far more successful campaigns than ours yet somehow and someway each were given their walking papers because they failed to meet the standards laid out by the hierarchy of their respective clubs... of course that doesn't mean that clubs should simply follow the lead of others, especially if clubs of note have become too reactionary when it comes to issues of termination, for whatever reasons, but there should be some logical discourse when it comes to the setting of parameters for a changing of the guard... in the case of Arsenal, this sort of discourse was largely stifled when the higher - ups devised their sinister plan on the eve of our move to the Emirates... by giving Wenger a free pass due to supposed financial constraints he, unwittingly or not, set the bar too low... it reminds me of a landlord who says he will only rent to «professional people» to maintain a certain standard then does a complete about face when the market is lean and vacancies are up... for those who rented under the original mandate they of course feel cheated but there is little they can do, except move on, especially if the landlord clearly cares more about profitability than keeping their word... unfortunately for the lifelong fans of a football club it's not so easy to switch allegiances and frankly why should they, in most cases we have been around far longer than them... so how does one deal with such an untenable situation... do you simply shut - up and hope for the best, do you place the best interests of those with only self - serving agendas above the collective and pray that karma eventually catches up with them, do you run away with your tail between your legs and only return when things have ultimately changed, do you keep trying to find silver linings to justify your very existence, do you lower your expectations by convincing yourself it could be worse or do you stand up for what you believe in by holding people accountable for their actions, especially when every fiber of your being tells you that something is rotten in the state of Denmark

Taking over for a legend is never easy, but Beamer did Fuente one final favor by lowering the bar.

You start by doing one rep, and every time you lower the bar to touch your chest your partners each remove a 10 pound plate from their respective sides.

Being better off than we thought we would be at the start of season halway through is not enough for a huge club like us that has the resources we have.Fair enough standards have been lowered, by Wenger and the board by the way, but Im pretty sure you wont have gooners fans in a bar saying in five years; «remember the season we thought wed struggle for fourth but we were top in January?»

@strontium Since I always try to default to F1 and FIA people being pretty smart and pretty professional, once you remove all the negative armchair fan rhetoric that is, I would suggest that the reason the fins are just reduced and the t bars are gone but for a much smaller lower gearbox wing according to Lowe, is that going by what Brawn has talked about they don't want to make knee - jerk decisions that will only continue to help the bigger teams who have the resources to adapt more quickly, and harm the lesser teams that can not.

Im intrigued because the idea being sold by the manager is that we have been bridging the gap, but if intelligent fans such as yourself set such a low bar for players replacing proven quality the calibre of Eduardo and Adebayour, then when do we see the fruits of our labour, when do we ask more of him?

The Anti-Rebound bar increases stability during a vehicle crash by lowering rebound rotation by 40 %.

But even if Cheetos squeak by on some low - bar nutrition standard, do we really want our kids eating Cheetos and Queso for lunch?

We'll have kids who aren't interested in learning and we'll deal with them by writing IEPs (or whatever they're called) to lower the bar so that our dumbbells can maybe crawl over it.We'll have administrators lie and cheat their way to better test scores to get people like Bloomberg off their backs.

A Lower East Side bar with a recent history of stabbings, assaults, and sales to intoxicated patrons had its liquor license suspended by the state.

There is still time, but this mailer — first reported by Politico and prepared in the name of «The Committee To Save The Erie County Republican Party» in New York (but never sent)-- has set a mighty low bar.

Or consider JB Priestley's account of travelling out of London in 1933 along the Great Western road and confronting the endless, low - density exurbia of ribbon sprawl: «We might suddenly have rolled into California... This is the England of arterial and by - pass roads, of filling stations and factories that look like exhibition buildings, of giant cinemas and dance - halls and cafes, bungalows with tiny garages, cocktail bars, Woolworths, motor - coaches, wireless, hiking, factory girls looking like actresses, grey - hound racing and dirt tracks, swimming pools, and everything given away for cigarette coupons.»

Tenants of an Upper West Side mixed - income building allege the landlord is discriminating against the elderly by barring low - income residents from using the property's on - site gym.

Despite breaking the low bar set by Morrison in the primary, Donnally's candidacy was no threat to Berman's Senate hopes.

The bill backed by Schneiderman would set the bar for prosecution of landlords lower, such as removing the need that physical injury of a tenant must be proven.

BTW, I'd be the last person to lower the bar to let lazy students slide by.

Appellate Court Judge Patrick H. NeMoyer on Thursday stayed a temporary restraining order issued earlier in the week by a lower court that barred Gov. Andrew Cuomo from vetoing a bill that would keep Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center operating in West Seneca.

Given the low bar set by John Mahama, I can understand why Nana Addo is earning massive praise for these achievements, but as they say, the devil is always in the details.