Sentences with phrase «misses the mark for»

He has decidedly mixed feelings about the book and ends with this: «In the end, Chafets» effort misses the mark for the same reason that Jewish opining about Evangelicals is misguided: the limits of seeing the evangelical world merely through the lens of Jewish - Christian and / or Israeli / American relations.

Sometimes films with extremely high scores on the critical aggregator often miss the mark for the majority of audiences.

Sorry they missed the mark for you Envee.

I must have missed the mark for spring cleaning and I'm doing it now in the fall.

I've never had any issues ordering from eShakti but this skirt sorely missed the mark for me.

If you missed the mark for getting mobile dating right first time... think ahead.

Though «A Serious Man» is generating some Oscar buzz, I'm afraid this is one that clearly falls into the category of appealing to critics and film elitists but completely misses the mark for the general viewing public (that said, a Best Actor nod for Michael Stuhlbarg would not be undeserved).

As teachers know, the year - level curriculum seriously misses the mark for many students, either because its expectations are too low or too high.

When a school thoroughly misses the mark for academic performance, it isn't fulfilling its charter.

It really just shows Cadillac missed the mark for their smaller performance cars XLR and ATS - V.

Heins frankly admitted that RIM has an «uphill battle» in the US after missing the mark for the past couple of years.

A lot of the comments regarding stations and measurements miss the mark for this post.

Vizio's 2016 M - Series 4K UHD display offered incredible performance for the money, but the company's updated SmartCast interface — which traded the bulk of its on - board user interface and streaming apps for Chromecast - based streaming via a somewhat glitchy tablet — missed the mark for many (ourselves included).

Some key quotes from the article... Traditional leadership development programs have missed the mark for years, as they tried to make leaders into someone different.

Not exact matches

Mark it as a missed opportunity for the Republican nominee to soften an image now drawing record disapproval ratings from voters.

While the $ 1.5 million potential prize makes for a splashy headline, it's another glaring example of how companies miss the mark on marketing and customer loyalty efforts.

Nike - endorsed elite runner Eliud Kipchoge has run the world's fastest marathon time but missed finishing under the two - hour mark by only 26 seconds — a gap of just one second per mile for the distance of the race.

Getting dressed for work as a woman can be difficult; it takes longer to do than the guy who can throw on a suit, and most of the options available are missing the mark between flattering and «cute.»

Teams or individuals that missed their marks may not be a fit for the rapid pace and delivery demands of an agile team.

While the spot's execution makes for a powerful video, it seems to miss the mark as a marketing tactic.

While some oddly - colored buns may miss the mark, the focus on flavored bread for burgers is an interesting trend — if we can call it that.

Taco Bell tried to come for McDonald's iconic apple pie and missed the mark.

And while you might be able to get by without reading GE's footnotes, miss the footnotes for a penny stock, and your portfolio might miss its mark.

Mark Leiser, a law professor who writes a tech law column for The Drum, says he was denied boarding on an Easyjet flight after he tweeted critical remarks about the airline (he said that a delayed flight had caused a soldier on his flight to miss a connection and that Easyjet had refused to help).

Cerner missed its own expectations for revenue in the first quarter as it took hits from a delayed Veterans Affairs Department EHR system contract and an unpredictable market.The VA electronic health record system contract has been sitting in limbo for months and will likely be delayed until the second half of the year, according to Cerner Chief Financial Officer Mark Naughten.

Far more often than not, entrepreneurs miss the mark when it comes to writing headlines for their content.

China currently accounts for half of the US non-oil trade deficit and, while Trump's initial tariff tantrum missed the mark on curtailing this deficit, it's likely that subsequent tariffs will directly target China.

Victoria — New Democrat spokesperson for aboriginal relations and reconciliation, Scott Fraser, and New Democrat spokesperson for women, Maurine Karagianis, join the province's first female First Nations MLA, Melanie Mark in welcoming today's announcement from the federal government regarding the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women.

It was particularly bad for the value managers, 88 % of whom missed the mark.

We won't attack anyone for missing the mark, but we will pray for you because we know that you have someone to answer to who you should fear.

That said, I currently believe we are still born a sinner (missing mark of Gods glory, fallen state, lacking life and inheritance from God) with the promise of salvation already solved and available for us to receive.

It has missed the mark in that «The church is the church only when it exists for others.

But God partly misses the mark, for Abram now for the first time is weighed down with a concern for his childlessness, a concern which his encounter with death has now made acute.

The passage in Romans you are referring to uses a word for sin (the most commonly used word for sin) that literally means «to miss the mark».

Matthew and Luke, in copying Mark, have left out «for all the nations,» missing the point.

I see God as the Patron, and the issue of talents as an allegorical way of expressing activity for the Kingdom of God using familiar social realities (but in keeping with Mark 4:10 - 12, 24 and Matthew 13:11 - 16, the peasants may have taken it too literally and thus missed the whole point — thinking that the unprofitable servant is the hero when he's really not).

For example, one of the birds that gobbles seed in Mark 4 flies off to «rescue» a missed line and add it to the text.

For me this phrase just means that we should value, respect, cherish and love each human inherently because they are fellow human beings regardless of any labels we wish to put on them and that it is helpful and constructive to distinguish people's «mark - missing» behaviour from their inherent value as a human being i.e. «I think what Donald Trump said about banning all Muslims from the United States of America is stupid» and NOT «Donald Trump is stupid».

For example, the word we translate as «sinner» denotes an Israelite who, though trying to do as he ought, «misses the mark» (see Josh.

As an American Muslim who has worked overseas for the sake of peace, who has siblings (also Muslim) serving in the American Armed Forces, and who doesn't embrace ignorance, intolerance, or blind hatred from any race, religion, or creed, I feel that some of you are missing the mark as fellow human beings.

The original Greek word for sin is hamartano, meaning, to miss the mark.

Often times, as in my case, the religious community is a substitue for our broken families of origin.Idolized leave it to beaver believers... what results, ineviable, is people do what people do... display their confusion and pathological leanings to miss the mark... Finally, after a slow painful death to my / our illusions, we can give up being perfect in favoure of a peace that passes all understanding and give a big jucicy kiss to the abusuridy of our naccasistic culture while finding ways to celebrate our ONENESS....

Mark also misses the point when he praises Martin Luther and his wife Katherine because «they set in motion a model for Christian faith and maturity through marriage, sex, and children, rather than through singleness and celibacy,» a position that wholly discounts the apostle Paul's high praise for celibacy in 1 and 2 Corinthians.

At every Sunday morning worship, we confess that we have missed the mark set for us in Jesus Christ, and we are assured of God's pardon and power to go back out and try again with renewed strength.

The more significant problem many of us (evangelical Christians) have with Mark's book is that it a) lacks wisdom, b) employs a faulty system for determining if something is useful, c) has a terrible view of women, and d) misses the point.

We all miss the mark and sin yet God provides hope, forgiveness for each of us.

However, not one person has succeeded in this (for all fall short of the glory of God), as we are mired in carnality (sin aka «missing the mark of choosing spirituality») to this day.

Media Statement 27 August, 2015 New Jamie Oliver program misses the mark on global and local health issues Responding to Jamie Oliver's television program «Jamie's Sugar Rush,» which calls for a «sugar tax» to address sugar consumption and its impact on health, Geoff Parker, Australian Beverages Council CEO, states: «Jamie Oliver's program incorrectly claims that -LSB-...]

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

It would be interesting to see their marks for cavani, high because of the goal and scoring positions he got in to, or very low for missing so many chances.