Sentences with phrase «make anything close to»

But not one of them — not the HTC One, the Nokia Lumia 1020, the Moto X or the LG G2 — has been able to make anything close to a dent in the American smartphone market.

If you make anything close to six figures, you would need twice the amount of coverage.

it has to be the way you want it and no one else has taste but you, and if it isnt well were gunna sit and complain and not do anything about it, complain without having knowlege of some of the hard choices that go into this, complain even though we cant make anything close to it if we tried (talking about programing).

I don't make anything close to that much money in a year.

I've spoken to an author who made it to the top 1.8 % for a good 2 months (if I remember right) and he didn't make anything close to 4 figures.

I didn't make anything close to a fair attempt at traditional publishing first.

The game never tries to really create a huge tournament system or really make anything close to what resembles anything we see on TV.

It doesn't make me anything close to ready to deliver babies.

We had to add another cup of flour to make anything close to the consistency of pancake batter.

Not exact matches

Adami noted Visa is trading at close to 26 times forward earnings, which makes it expensive enough that anything less than stellar reports «get the stock whacked.»

He's shocked to discover that most shoeshine guys, for example, pocket only a dollar out of the price of the shine, relying on tips to make the job anything close to viable.

Adam Seifer, co-founder and former CEO of Fotolog.com, one of the oldest and most popular photo sharing sites on the net, said: «I frequently find myself trying to convince partners, advisees, etc., that one of the biggest risks a start - up has is to not launch anything at all — to get so caught up in talking about what you're going to launch and so fixated on details that it feels like you're making progress when instead what you're really doing is moving asymptotically closer to something that doesn't ultimately matter as much as you think it does.»

This is more of a general housekeeping note than anything else, but before you start a new business, you'll want to make sure the existing one is formally closed.

Some of the good theological quotes did make it into the closing scene but no sooner had the credits started to roll than viewers were assaulted by «There's A Place For Us» by Carrie Underwood about «faith» and «love» and the line «we can be the kings and queens of anything if we believe» to make sure viewers walked out feeling good about themselves.

Too many theological and literalistic hoops to jump through to make them jive with anything coming close to reality.

Ask the Muslims who every day draw antisemite caricatures and in daily newspapers in Egypt and make horrible movies against Jews and Israel in Turky.But this hypocrits are affended when they get the same treetment.I personaly dislike the muslim faith and this is a politicaly correct statement.If I could freely speak out... (youtube for instance don't do anything to Holocaust deniers... but if you write anything bad about Moslims they automaticaly warn you and even close your account... hypocrits... cowerds)

«Properly practiced» meaning with the mind closed to anything that will make you question your faith.

I know, let's just close the schools down — all together — and move quicker to third world status; because, 1) It's a burden on the economy as we, clearly, don't have the money to continue educating future generations; and 2) It doesn't appear they're learning anything anyway, except how to harass little children and make their lives as miserable as possible for writing on their desks.

Most people who make ignorant comments like you haven't read anything even close to Bible scripture.

What Peter said to his Lord comes as close to bedrock as anything I know, and comes nearer to stating my bare belief than the more elaborate affirmations I make week after week.

We've been stuck with this dingbat in MN 6 for several years now and she has NEVER authored anything that made it even close to the floor of the House.

people think things are rough now, wait and see how the extremists of american religions make life that much harder for all those that had to fight through the years to get anything close to equal rights.

But as the post also makes clear, Lewis himself never wrote anything even close to these words.

As I said, you make your own point far better — there are far too many closed minded idiots (like you) that don't learn anything about what they're trying to talk about, but instead see the world only through their own experiences — discounting all others.

He described the «hand of God» reference as a «bad taste joke», adding: «These are light - hearted remarks made to a close colleague, it doesn't mean anything.

Im from jville Florida but i live in Phoenix Az and this is the closest to Jenkins bbg sauce lve made this sauce alot.my neice and nephews wont eat anything else on their pig ribs..

Also I didn't have a perfectly straight pan and they still turned out wonderfully, if anything the caramel closer to the edge was a little more shallow and made for perfect testing pieces...;) * Trolley, Did you ensure your cider was reduced to 1/2 -1 / 3 C?

No matter what they put on the table you can easily top it and make some fresh salsa that is close to anything you have eaten in a restaurant or from a jar.

But his position for the third will cause the most concern, Ospina seemingly in the worst possible position and failing to cover a shot from one corner of the penalty box to the post on the diagonal, the shot not even curled or that hardly struck — if anything that Ferreira - Carrasco hit it with his right leg should have caused it to travel closer to Ospina, yet he was unable to make contact.

the thing is for that goal the defence did what they could do, tried to close down the shot, they had no gaps to make anything happen... it was a pot shot and the blame would have to go on Cech for that one... the only thing I could think that could have been done differently is Gabriel taking out Adebayor earlier

If wenger wants to push on and make a statement to rivals he needs to find a quality attacking option that improves on Walcott ox and Campbell... Don't believe this is difficult but wenger couldn't see the problem last summer and with 10 days to window closing don't think he will do anything....

And not to mention, we are actually close to making a significant signing — but it appears that doesn't count for anything.

OZIL is a Maestro, in American terms much closer to you he is our Quarterback, he is not here to tackle, make runs or anything else, he is there to create and that he has done to perfection.....

I was thinking maybe someone like Nate or Tony who have nasty submission game from their back can do something and catch him in a submission, but the thing is Khabib dismantles you when he takes you down, the guy at the bottom is often trapped, not being able to even move both his legs or hands, making it close to impossible to do anything meaningful.

Here football leagues make the most money on TV deals, then it depends on the market in each country, Volleyball is popular in many countries across Europe (Russia, Italy, Poland,...) and in in Asia, specially Iran, but then here in the UK they suck at anything close to that (e.g. Volleyball, Basketball, Handball) hence no coverage,... Rugby & Cricket make good money on TV deals, and the usual motorsport stuff (Formula 1, MOTO GP, WRC etc), and other content that is popular worldwide, like Tennis and all, but barely anything is on ppv, apart from a few boxing fights once in a blue moon.

If we lose to ManC again tomorrow I bet he'll say «It was close, but the official made a mistake and it changed the game and made us lose» but «We showed great mental strength» and «Anything is possible in football, so we can still make top - 4 an even go on to win the league»

use your head, do you really think the situation surrounding Messi and Barcelona was anything like the one created at Arsenal... apples to oranges when comparing the clubs or the situation surrounding the players involved... slow your roll buddy because you are in way over your head... stick to making generic comments about people moaning, but make sure you don't change your tune if the window closes, nothing changes and things implode before Xmas... my comments are carefully considered and I never flip - flop on a weekly basis regardless of a win, tie or loss... furthermore, if you don't like to read honest opinions about the club you pertain to follow, stick to getting your info from the club owned and operated site

And based on how he has played in his first season with Juve, it's not like Sandro has done anything to make that transfer fee look like it is wasted money or anything close to it.

Petr Cech, who has been underworked all afternoon, was belatedly called into action on the hour mark to make a sprawling stop to deny Christian Benteke — but he couldn't do anything to keep out Luka Milivojevic's close - range volley in the closing stages.

Having a baby who puts everything (and I mean everything) in his mouth right now, I've been thinking more and more about the toy recalls and decided to take a closer look at the toys we have to see exactly where they were made and to make sure we don't own anything that's included in the recalls.

we do what we are conditioned to do from media, are parents are peers, you need to make your own opinions your own beliefs and not grab close to everyone else's because you are unable to much of anything but blindly follow.

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The down - side to ELBs is the same as a plus for someone else — the lids aren't water - tight, making them easy for kids to open and close on their own (unlike Ziploc, Glad, Laptop Lunches, Goodbyn, Tupperware, ECOLunchbox, or anything with those tension snaps on the sides.)

Or questions like this... If Gordon Brown, the UK's foremost expert on raising taxes (though little else), can't raise anything even close to the 4.6 billion the Lib Dems claim in their manifesto to be able to find through «anti avoidance measures», what makes Saint Vince think he can do so?

Unlike your scenario, however, Lieberman didn't get anything, other than (in my opinion), making the bill closer to John McCain's healthcare proposal when he was running against Obama.

The more money an entity makes, the more likely they can hire creative accountants and the less likely they are to paying anything close to the listed tax rates.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Mohammed Shehu said, «we have detailed all officers and men to make sure that no one goes even close to or into the venue with anything that will be considered as a weapon.»

When it's fully closed up your little ones can use this table for a number of different tasks because it has a flat side that can be used to write, draw or anything else you want, which makes it a great water table for older kids.

Surprisingly, a hot bath might make it harder for you to drift off: Doing anything that raises your body temperature too close to bedtime may actually hinder you from falling asleep, because your body needs to cool to a certain temperature in order to reach a sound slumber, says J. Todd Arnedt, PhD, director of the University of Michigan Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program.

Hot water opens the hair cuticle making it more susceptible to damage and cold water closes the cuticle (I never do this because I can not stand anything cold).