Sentences with phrase «minor miracles»

But PLEAC groups do manage some minor miracles.

To persuade the Congress of the pragmatically inclined United States to establish a strong organization to support fundamental research would seem to be one of the minor miracles... When talking matters over with some of these [people on Capitol Hill], it was well to avoid the word fundamental and to use basic instead.

This DLC pack needs to work minor miracles in order to breath new life into a game that is beginning, as every game does, to lose momentum.

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Simply put, charter - school teachers and administrators are making minor miracles every day in this state and opening doors to a better future for countless Arizona children.

She points to signs that might be commonplace in some schools but are minor miracles here: children naming math as their favorite subject, or discussing the many books they've read in their free time.

Barring minor miracles, and an unlikely volte - face from both Jackson and the Tolkien estate over the writer's other fantasy works, this will be the last time we hear the pitter patter of tiny Hobbit feet down the local multiplex, a prospect that will drive some to despair, but fill others with relief.

Which is why the first two Thor movies now seem both a chore to rewatch and at the same time minor miracles that they are watchable at all.

«I could go on and on about the minor miracles that I have personally witnessed as a result of friends taking colloidal silver.»

Every year I meet people who have performed minor miracles on seemingly routine jobs.

Overview: The standard has been raised at Bolton Wanderers thanks in no small part to manager Owen Coyle, with the 45 - year - old performing minor miracles during his first full season in charge.

While Ireland appeared to be performing minor miracles by competing with the big boys of international football, some pundits (primarily Dunphy) believed the creative players were being made redundant by the use of the long ball.

Even these two - litre minor miracles were discarded because of the risk of contamination.

«But it was a bit of a minor miracle that a bunch of people who have never done this before were able to arrange wholesale manufacturing for a new device and get it shipped from China.»

Since customers are buying furniture and appliances with longevity in mind, getting them to visit a Leon's store on the regular would take a minor miracle.

Changing people's minds about a 66 - year - old brand is a minor miracle.

Given all this, not to mention the fact that a series of attempts at mega-regionalism had all failed, it is something of a minor miracle that the TPP negotiations finally reached a conclusion, which they did in October 2016.

For those who HAVE had periods lasting two weeks, debilitating cramps and depression, taking a pill a day to have something resembling normalcy is a minor miracle.

The book itself is a minor miracle in that these questions are considered succinctly without any superficiality or smart - Alec answers.

And it will take a minor miracle to divert the child from criminality and, eventually, prison.»

It sounded lowbrow and disgusting, but instead it was a minor miracle: tart, slightly sweet and salty with umami flavor from the Maggi and funk from the Clamato.

My grocery store just started carrying artichoke hearts (a minor miracle), so I'm so excited to have new recipes to use them in!

Giroud knows his near the exit door barring some minor miracle so he'll be trying his absolute best to either get a good move or to be kept at Arsenal.

«It would take a minor miracle not to miss some games,» deputy commissioner Russ Granik says of the season that was scheduled to start on Nov. 3.

Last year's team was 84 - 78, and they were outscored by a bunch, so even getting there was a minor miracle.

it will take a minor miracle for it to happen.

Considering that the German international has not even started training yet, you'd have to say that it would take a minor miracle for him to be fit enough to start the Cup final, which leaves young Rob Holding and the Gunners» forgotten captain Per Mertesacker as the only two recognised central defenders, with Nacho Monreal being an alternative option.

So yes Klopp has to perform a minor miracle to get his side ready in time for Arsenal but he is Jurgen Klopp so we can't underestimate him.

And assuming the Gunners do not manager to pull off a minor miracle and claw back the 11 point deficit to Leicester over the next couple of months, there will be huge pressure on the boss to address thee reasons for yet another failure in a season when it all looked set for us.

He acknowledged the fact Real have to challenge for the biggest prizes, set some priorities, used his emphatic career to manage some huge egos at the club and if he wins it it will be a minor miracle in terms of shifting fortunes!

Anything above that is a minor miracle.

It would take a minor miracle for Arsenal to finish this latest round of EPL games on top of the Premier League race, well it would need Manchester United to win their derby game with Man City while we beat Everton, and if our rivals draw we would need to put seven past the Toffees to go above City on goal difference.

The goals started to come, 25 in 66 games, a minor miracle in the Italian third division.

Arsenal surely have to win the competition now to ensure they can get back into next season's Champions League as it would take a minor miracle for them to break into the top four now.

So while we still need a minor miracle, there are signs that Chelsea could really struggle to get over the line, especially as they still have to play Arsenal, Man United and Liverpool, while the last two mentioned also play each other this weekend.

The fact that they're as good as they are right now is a minor miracle.

I am not writing Arsenal out of the race for the Premier League title this season just yet, well not completely anyhow but I reckon it would take some kind of minor miracle for it to be Arsene Wenger and the Gunners who lifted the EPL trophy next May.

The table suggests that West Brom require a minor miracle to survive this term.

Bayern Munich don't seem the sort of side to approach any game unprofessionally, so we'll need a minor miracle (and a 3 - goal victory margin) to stand any chance whatsoever.

On a cold, snowy / slushy Saturday lunchtime, Arsenal laboured to a 2 - 0 victory that will have hardly inspired any of us to think that some kind of minor miracle will take place between now and May.

He is only conceding 0.83 goals per game this season, which is a minor miracle when you consider the United defence.

Last week's 3 - 1 victory at The Hawthorns over West Brom was their fifth in a row domestically, the last four of which were by a clear two - goal margin, with the only real negative to come out of the Spurs camp being their almost certain elimination from the UEFA Europa League, after Thursday's 2 - 1 reverse at home to PAOK Saloniki left them needing a minor miracle to qualify.

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True — the lack of transparency is frustrating and now it just seems like short of a minor miracle she'll undergo a TOL she really doesn't want.

It's a minor miracle that, seemingly, no - one has been left wandering the streets of the constituency looking for the café, especially as the numbers only go up to 574.

Which, given the bleak economic news underpinning it, is something of a minor miracle.

It probably seems like a minor miracle that anyone around Ed Miliband is still keeping their heads.

The best the Democrats could hope for at this point is a minor miracle that pulls Johnson out of the soup.

«With less than two weeks until Election Day, it's going to take more than a minor miracle by the Paladino campaign to turn the gubernatorial race around,» Greenberg said in a statement.

I still think of it as a minor miracle that I was taken on, without interview, on the basis of a CV and references.