Sentences with phrase «more frivolous»

But I remember one particular season early in our married life where we simply didn't have money for what I thought were more frivolous extras, so I told him that he didn't need to bring me flowers.

«Some brokers feel that if you settle a claim, even if it's frivolous, you encourage more frivolous lawsuits,» says Drayna.

One of the more frivolous features introduced into Android with Ice Cream Sandwich, was the Face Unlock.

«Such massive windfalls for patent holders will encourage more frivolous lawsuits.»

The front loading of costs on the claimant might deter some of the more frivolous or vexatious claims.

The Court also rejected as «exaggerated» the suggestion that its ruling will encourage more frivolous habeas defenses (as well as noting that this is a statutory problem for Congress if it is really a problem at all).

On the solicitor side, it leads to desperate fee cutting leading to corner cutting and incompetence (assuredly not mitigated, but worsened, by the evil of title insurance), while on the barrister side it leads to churning and dragging out, often unreasonably, of files and engaging in ever more frivolous law suits.

But now, more frivolous lawsuits are just what is needed!

On a more frivolous note, Matti Virtanen (# 24) asked me, «Who is Monckton?».

In past times, consumers could get a mortgage, vacation property, autos or boats, even more frivolous items with an even less than average credit rating...

(Some programs could be described as more frivolous expenditures including degrees in the arts or fashion, for example — the fields that have drawn the most scrutiny.)

Prioritize your goals by order of necessity, start with the most pressing need above other, perhaps more frivolous ones — the first of which should be your daily finances

Among some of the more frivolous options available (a # 1295 carbonfibre engine cover perhaps most superficial) there is a pleasing amount of practical options, including an interior ski hatch, a host of different roof boxes and a rubber loadspace liner.

Lina Wolff's 2016 novel, «Bret Easton Ellis and the Other Dogs,» also covered similar frustrations in the literary world, but where these take the form of scathing and witty reprisals, Miller takes a more frivolous tack and laughs at the absurdity of it all.

But then, the two engage in a proper conversation, alluding along the way to at least one deleted scene we don't get on the disc (oh, bother) and more frivolous topics, like the problem with getaway drivers.

In the end, The Imitation Game simply can not live up to the inherent drama of the story it's trying to tell, coming across as far more frivolous and pedantic than it should have been.

This sub-category of documentary were once considered more frivolous and less serious, but have recently begun to win Oscar attention with titles such as Exit through the Gift Shop, Man on Wire, and even Wim Wenders» Pina and Salt of the Earth.

The EliteSingles approach: The vast majority of Tinder users are aged between 18 and 30, and relationships formed through the app are infamous for being of a more frivolous nature.

I'm not afraid to stand out anymore, so I dress more frivolous en colourful.

In the winter, I tend to invest in a handful of classic, lifelong coats, knitwear and boots and wear them to death, whereas once it warms up I like to be a bit more frivolous, looking to the high street and vintage stores for carefree, throw - on pieces that can get covered in sand, mud and grass stains and I don't really care.

Aside from the obvious military applications, the team envisages more frivolous uses.

West Ham United were a little more frivolous in their efforts to come out of the relegation zone and could only manage a draw with Everton at Upton Park.

The irony is its the AKB types that are more frivolous with their support, completely absent in humiliating defeats and terrible management, but out with the trumpets when a good performance and result comes along.

i just used leek insted of onion as had none at hand, but next time round will be more frivolous at the ingriendents choice;) keep up the good recipe job:D daria

And people joke about the police - magistrate more than they joke about the Pope, not because the police - magistrate is a more frivolous subject, but, on the contrary, because the police - magistrate is a more serious subject than the Pope.

And the more fervent you become, the more frivolous and life - restricting are the rules you must obey.

But plenty of students are using their funds for more frivolous costs, as well.

«We have turned down offers to do women's jackets that include more frivolous details or design features.

Not exact matches

Young readers tend to learn more about the world, even when the reading is of a frivolous nature.

«We're more likely to be frivolous with it than with our paychecks.»

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.

We are confident that our membership in the LOT Network has already protected us from frivolous lawsuits, and we look forward to it being even more powerful and protective as hundreds of new like - minded companies join.

The best investors know that unnecessary speeding causes unnecessary equity dilution but even more importantly they know that founders who spend money on frivolous things wastes precious resources that may determine the difference between life or death for the business.

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.

-- or a small trading commission ends up being the thing that stands between the kind of frivolous transacting that undoubtedly destroys more value than it creates.

In A Handful of Dust, Waugh treats adultery as something ugly and frivolous» more an expression of anomie than of lust.

3 Generous, life - giving spousal love is the antidote to hedonism and immaturity: parents gladly give up frivolous pursuits and selfishness for the intensely more meaningful work of loving and educating their children.

In my 11 years of ministry, no other topic has brought more mockery and frivolous joking.

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.

In other words, to avoid frivolous RFRA claims, Congress may need to preclude otherwise justifiable religious exercise concerns by severely limiting the availability of both religious and nonreligious - based exemptions and accommodations, potentially resulting in more draconian legislative drafting.

Since having kids, my life certainly is more predictable and less frivolous.

«The NRA's lawsuit is a futile and desperate attempt to advance its dangerous agenda to sell more guns,» Cuomo said in a statement, calling the suit «frivolous.»

Wasting any more money on frivolous lawsuits?

There's also a little more than $ 3 million to reduce Law Department «frivolous» lawsuits.

The Local Government Association released the details of what it judged to be the more bizarre topics English local authorities had been asked about to warn that frivolous requests wasted their resources.

«We shouldn't be harassing business and property owners with frivolous violations to bring in more revenue,» she said.

Bichotte's campaign referred questions to her attorney, Aaron Maslow, who called the lawsuit frivolous because he says his client has lived in the district and in the state for more than five years.

And it's not a frivolous question because we think a lot about things like cloud seeding, obviously, for the sake of farmers who they may want to be trying to get more rain for their crops.

«This amounts to nothing more than a frivolous and harassing lawsuit going after a lawful business.»

I feel like fashion often gets a bad reputation as being shallow or frivolous, when in actuality there is so much more to fashion than simply looking cute.