Sentences with phrase «muster as»

kansas City's restored Union Station may have a tough time passing muster as a true urban entertainment center.

«And we recognized that the resources we could muster as an unaffiliated independent were pretty limited in comparison with some of the big names we compete with.»

In fact, if you look at his original list of irrational beliefs, well, I think he called them irrational ideas in those days, some of them wouldn't pass muster as irrational beliefs now, more like, sort of, distorted influences.

Some scholars had certainly doubted whether the British ban could pass muster as compliant (see Eric Barendt, Freedom of Speech (2005), pp 484 — 86 and Helen Fenwick and Gavin Phillipson, Media Freedom under the Human Rights Act (2006), pp 1012 — 36).

Doc has said cogently that alarmism does not pass muster as science.

There surely must have been something he wrote in those 35 comments (totalling 6,361 words) that passes muster as a UV comment.

Although it might not past muster as a museum survey of the same subject, «Structures» nicely complements local collections.

It's shocking stuff, certainly one of the most glitchy mainstream releases of this hardware generation, and the sort of thing that would barely pass muster as a low budget game from 2002.

There are no recruitment queues for armies; instead a realistic model is used whereby you can muster as many men as you have available.

Fortnite at full frame - rate also passes muster as a premium experience on all consoles too - 60 fps is 60 fps, after all - although small dips in performance occur a little more often on the base Xbox One across a general run of play.

A breeder passes USDA muster as long as the dog has food, water and enough space to turn around.

Not only that, but in addition to having to qualify for the mortgage yourself, the homeowners» association where you're buying a condo has to pass muster as well.

(Thankfully, I have recently passed muster as an editor and not been labeled a shark.

Does it pass muster as an SAV?

Certainly, no subject requires elementary school students to master as many skills and muster as much creativity as writing does.

First - time writer - director Courtney Moorehead Balaker does more skillful work showing the resolve that Keener's unassuming heroine has to muster as the case finally lands in US Supreme Court.

has just enough visual panache — a grimy 35 mm aesthetic with occasional splotches of bright pink — combined with its ensemble of abundance to pass muster as termite art.

The Hawaiians — recently released on Blu - ray by Twilight Time — relies on its characters to help it pass muster as a piece of filmmaking.

Unfortunately for debutant director Luke Scott — son of Sir Ridley — he is unable to muster as such with Morgan; rather dipping a toe into frustratingly tepid water as opposed to diving in head - first.

It's unacceptable these days to see the framerate just about crawl to a halt in every cut - scene shown between levels, and it's certainly unacceptable to charge full retail for what would barely pass muster as an XBL or PSN release.

The film is never manages to muster as much sheer fun as it thinks it does, but it is watchable on a superficial level.

«It didn't even pass muster as pasta!

One early post noted: «Oftentimes what is served barely passes muster as something edible.»

McFarlane clearly doesn't pass muster as a good Christian in Jane's book.

Not exact matches

As it stands, for now, the trolls will continue to plague startups and big companies alike unless Congress musters the will to pass proposed laws to undercut their business model.

And the other is that Facebook writes a blog post trying to explain the changes in as diplomatic a tone as it can muster.

The former CIA director was speaking on a flying visit to the region, where he had earlier in the day met with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh and stressed the need for unity among Gulf allies as Washington aims to muster support for new sanctions against Iran to curb its missile program.

You have to hope he feels as youthful as he looks: He will need all the energy he can muster.

Since the Department of Labor finalized its fiduciary rule (now in limbo) last year, annuity sales have fallen dramatically as brokerage firms and advisors anticipate that the products may not pass muster under a tighter regulatory standard.

For example, if you dislike invoicing, then viewing it as an isolated task will make it hard to muster the energy to do it.

«Microsoft is unable to connect with the new generation of users,» wrote Global Equities analyst Trip Chowdhry in a 2010 research note to his clients, about as damning a sentence as you can muster for a technology company.

As Celenza reckoned, if players were prepared to ante up $ 300 for a composite stick that would break after a few games, they'd pay $ 60 for a sports drink formula that passed muster with both the doping regulators and serious conditioning coaches.

A strong statement, yes, and one particularly welcome by a LGBT community that, while on the rise in recent years, needs as many icons as it can muster.

«For it to pass muster from a tax standpoint, it needs to be charged an interest rate that is reasonable or it's possible that the IRS would interpret that as a gift,» she says.

In fact, direct access to Google's cutting - edge mobile services may be the Droid Pro's most persuasive selling point: As of late 2010, the Android Market application storefront was home to well over 80,000 apps, while rival BlackBerry App World mustered only about 10,000.

Though it's not a perfect treatment, Eli Lilly's solanezumab — a drug 15 years in the making — will pass muster in clinical tests and be well on its way to FDA approval, as a therapy for mild Alzheimer's, by year's end.

In 2001, for example, the Senate could not muster the 60 - vote super-majority necessary to pass the Bush tax cuts so it passed the legislation instead as a reconciliation bill with 58 yea votes.

Maryland Democrat Alec Ross celebrated April 20, the informal national holiday for marijuana aficionados, by releasing a video featuring as many weed puns as he could muster in 30 - seconds.

Addressing that, as much as whatever package of tax incentives he might muster, could be key to a successful application.

But I continue to expect that as well, given the creativity they've had to muster merely to keep earnings positive up to this point.»

Munster believes the buy would make it past regulator muster, as Walmart alone would still carry a larger share of the retail market than the potential Amazon and Target merger.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on his first trip to the Middle East as America's top diplomat, sought to muster support Sunday for a more robust international response to what U.S. officials see as a growing threat emanating from Iran.

The boss of ASX - listed MotorCycle Holdings will stump up as much cash as he can muster to be part of the fundraising for a $ 123 million purchase.

Big cap stocks lagged on the day, as the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average could only muster small 0.4 % and 0.1 % advances, respectively.

Federer's occasional mistake would not matter as Monfils double faulted at key points, hit lazy and pointless drop shots, and couldn't muster the force, energy, or focus that had sent his forehands and serves screaming past the Swiss.

Even as she weakened steadily, she always mustered the strength to smile and tell me, my siblings and her grandchildren that she loved us.

I live in them for as long as I possibly can, hanging on to any shred of belief I can muster.

Try as you might, you can not muster the desire to spend time with them.

And this, as brief as it is, is only the most pitiful and briefest summary of the Gospel that I can muster.

These are tough times for the Church, and in such fairness to the task force as can honestly be mustered, we should grant that major blunders can be expected.