Sentences with phrase «making frivolous»

I haven't been making any frivolous purchases lately, with my predicament and all, but I redecorated a little since last Fall's posting, using things I already had.

This holds true for small things, like making a frivolous purchase when you'd both agreed to stick strictly to a budget for the month, and also for big secrets, like infidelity.

We also need legislative reform to discourage parties from making frivolous arguments because they think they can get away with it.

In the decision, The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court held that a fee award entered against a party for making frivolous arguments and conducting an arbitration in bad faith must be vacated.

Sampson then related five particularly egregious acts the judge had identified: (1) misconstruing the record; (2) making frivolous or «stretch» arguments; (3) using slang; (4) criticizing a very recent written opinion; and (5) quoting at length.

Under the Rules of Procedure, courts may penalize or sanction a party or counsel for improper behavior, such as making frivolous claims.

As I said above, if the credit bureau thinks you're making a frivolous complaint, they'll shut you down without even looking into the matter.

The only exception is if they think you're making a frivolous dispute.

A piece of fluff about a ditzy girl with superpowers, drawn in an awkward Toriyama - Katsura hybrid style (it's hard to tell if the girl is supposed to be 7 or 14), it also includes a 6 - page conversation / interview between Toriyama and Katsura, in which they basically explain that Toriyama likes making frivolous manga and Katsura likes emo stuff (Katsura: «I found out during this project that Toriyama intentionally avoids creating a plot.

In making their frivolous claims, the NPP engaged in deliberate fabrication, distortion of public records, deceit of public officials in a desperate attempt to create a make - believe stories to undermine our constitutional democracy.

I have already published my councillor expenses on my website for some time and I have been critical of those politicians making frivolous claims.

James Martin, SJ to appear opposite me in the confessional, I would be tempted to make this frivolous admission — and if his agenda prevails in the Church, I will have reason to make it.

The film's undoing is that by setting the action in India, as opposed to a fictional India - inspired location, it makes frivolous use of the country and its customs.

That way, you can't be tempted to make that frivolous purchase with your savings funds.

That word was not intended to make frivolous what Heartland does — in general, or certainly at our annual benefit dinner.

DO N'T MAKE FRIVOLOUS ALLEGATIONS OF CAUSE OR COUNTERCLAIMS The Supreme Court of Canada awarded Mr. Wallace additional damages because his employer, United Grain Growers, made frivolous allegations of cause, presumably to dissuade him from proceeding.

Additionally, during pretrial procedures, attorneys shall not make frivolous discovery requests or fail to take reasonable steps to comply with legally proper discovery requests by an opposing party.

It is likely that you will not make frivolous claims is what this tends to indicate.

In addition, the lawsuit seeks to show how Shipping & Transit makes frivolous claims of infringement in order to extract nuisance value settlements.

Not exact matches

And while journalists scrutinize the oil, finance and agricultural industries, tourism is generally considered a pleasant, frivolous pursuit — an aspirational hobby relegated to a newspaper's Travel pages, where breezy first - person narratives are written with a journalistic looseness that wouldn't make it past the editors in the Sports or Arts sections.

His portal, FundFindr, was not geared towards consumers funding frivolous food projects — instead, it's a more serious endeavour, aimed at helping entrepreneurs make pitches to investors.

«This is a frivolous and blatant, politically - motivated complaint that makes a mockery of the Federal Election Commission process,» the Tillis campaign said in a statement, adding it «never employed foreign workers or improperly coordinated with outside groups.»

Now, more than ever, moving some money out of your home country makes sense; if you keep all your wealth within one nation, particularly the nation in which you reside, you're at the utter mercy of that nation's exchange controls, tax confiscation, frivolous litigation, and bureaucratic extortion.

It makes its claim not on man» s frivolous desire for pleasure but on his will.

They only make themselves and their cause appear frivolous by claiming that military force is immoral and futile, and, at the same time, wanting to have a political say in how such force is to be employed.

It makes my spirit sick to see the way they use those signs to say things so shallow, and frivolous, cheapening the God to whom they are supposed to be witnesses....

Christ the Key By Kathryn Tanner Cambridge, 309 pages, $ 29.99 Far too much of what is published under the name of theology these days has about it the air of the frivolous» but such a complaint can not be made about the work of Kathryn Tanner.

Suppressed memories... for 47 years... sounds to me like a frivolous lawsuit, some person who sees a way to make a quick buck in a bad economy.

I hope somebody out there enjoys reading my thoughts (even if it's just to laugh at them), but more than that, I hope they make somebody think; yes, I do have far to much time on my hands tonight, but if I hadn't been writing this, I'd be doing some other writing exercise, so this was not really a frivolous pursuit.

The popularity of the preternatural beings didn't make it into the courtroom and on Thursday the court dismissed the case, saying it was «frivolous.»

Be kale my heart may be a frivolous salute to their swirling green beauty that I'm in love with this week, but kale rolls made a few days ago turned out to be a worthy testimonial.

That Mattos is able to coax the depth of flavors he does from just a few simple ingredients makes other chefs» overwrought dishes seem frivolous and indulgent.

Holding (# 2m) was excellent and makes Chambers (# 16m) look a frivolous buy.

If someone were to ask me why I'm involved in social media, I would probably say that there are two reasons: One is to connect with other people, which means making friends, learning from others, and having conversations (both meaningful and frivolous).

This may seem frivolous to some, but to me it makes me feel good and keeps me up on trends and fashion.

Home is where you spend most of your hours, but for many people, making your home feel cozy and lovely can seem frivolous or overwhelming.

Imagine the converse: if he were active on Twitter, Republicans would no doubt try to spin it to make him look frivolous and immature.

Schneiderman like Spitzer before him was a grandstander trying to make a name for himself with many many many frivolous lawsuits.

A vote on whether to make a sitting MP fight his seat again should take place when local electors want it, assuming they can gather enough signatures (most systems that allow for recall votes set high enough thresholds to deter frivolous campaigns).

«Clean Tech's suit consists of baseless, frivolous allegations by a disgruntled bidder who failed to make good on key provisions of the RFP and ignored our good - faith attempts to work with them,» said Amy Varghese, spokeswoman for the Empire State Development agency.

Describing the allegations as frivolous, the police helmsman in the suit also wants the court to make an order stopping the committee from inviting him, sitting, conducting any hearing on the allegation, discussing or making any report in respect of the planned investigation pending the determination of his suit.

Clinton made some stupid mistakes, but in context they seem almost frivolous compared to the things Rump does every day of his life, on purpose... Jesus!

The sections, he said, were made to ensure speedy and efficient justice delivery and prevent «malicious delays and stalling of criminal cases by parties employing frivolous and time - wasting tactics to impede the course of justice.»

«These are baseless and frivolous allegations by a disgruntled bidder who frankly wasn't competent enough to make good on the part of the project they did win,» Cuomo administration spokeswoman Amy Varghese said Saturday.

Universities, though, worry that laws aimed at curtailing frivolous patent suits will make it harder for the institutions to enforce their own patent rights.

While I always loved fiction, as a child I thought of it as frivolous, pure make - believe.

But DO NOT make the mistake of thinking that the things in your life that are painful (I can practically guarantee that they exist) are frivolous, insignificant or unimportant.

Something fun, something inspiring, something real that can genuinely help you in your own everyday life, whether it's with a more «frivolous» pursuit — like finding the perfect pair of jeans — or a more serious pursuit, like taking the first (or next) step in making a very big dream or goal come to fruition.

If it's a destination wedding and you are combining the trip with another holiday — or you happen to have a great capsule wardrobe and haven't made the mistake of buying something frivolous (doh!)

I try to steer clear of frivolous spending on any of the Hallmark and retail - perpetuated holidays, but I do love an excuse to get dressed up and with my new commitment to date nights maybe this year Nick and I will actually make a point to celebrate.