Sentences with phrase «n't exactly»

As for Owning Mahowny, the movie wasn't exactly a box office hit, but it did garner impressive reviews, which shouldn't surprise anyone considering its protagonist was played by one of the greatest actors of our time.

British politicians aren't exactly known as paragons of good decision - making right now, so Canadian regulators and the federal government may want to do the opposite of anything that's happening over there.

This isn't exactly a new philosophy.

With an immigration showdown looming between House Republicans and President Barack Obama, start - ups and entrepreneurs aren't exactly elated by recent executive actions.

The Canadian banking sector isn't exactly hurting.

Doesn't exactly scream sexy.

Pickens County, located against the southern edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northern Georgia, isn't exactly a tourist hot spot, especially with metropolitan Atlanta only about an hour's drive away.

But associating with Sears and J.C. Penney wasn't exactly going to class up the brand, and the retailers already served a similar demographic to Avon.

This isn't exactly rocket science: making sure that your newest employee can do their job sounds about as basic a business rule as you can imagine.

The original Apple Watch, which the company announced three years ago, wasn't exactly a dud, but it never became the breakout hit that many had predicted.

«Health expected to follow predictable pattern» isn't exactly a sexy headline, but it would be the more correct one.

It's seen worse days, but the automotive sector, often considered one of the barometers of a healthy economy, isn't exactly booming either.

One of Genworth Financial's main business lines is mortgage insurance, so you can guess that the recent real estate collapse wasn't exactly great for their bottom line.

This, of course, isn't exactly a revolutionary principle.

But then, Apple isn't exactly suffering a crisis of shareholder confidence.

Things didn't exactly work out that way.

But finding the right product wasn't easy - after all, Owen Allen's image doesn't exactly lend itself to wax lips and scary costumes.

Yes, midnight on a Friday isn't exactly early, and there are many that don't have the opportunity (or desire) to stay up that late to pre-order an iPhone.

The idea of enlisting outsiders to find vulnerabilities isn't exactly new — Google's (GOOG) «bug bounty» program pays independent researchers who find security flaws in its products.

We should acknowledge that Ft. Wayne, Indiana, where Arnold lives — while I'm sure it's a lovely place — isn't exactly a high - cost area.

While I love flying first class, I don't exactly want to pay for it.

But even though diners can get away without tipping, they aren't exactly getting a cheaper meal.

Over its relatively short lifetime, Slack hasn't exactly been at a loss for venture funding.

And some of the Justices» statements weren't exactly reassuring.

You want to have a can - do attitude about work, but maybe 2017 wasn't exactly a shining example of finding a balance between accepting every dictum from on high and coming across as rude, difficult, or just slightly coffee - deprived in these situations.

Arnold had chosen a college major — finance — that led to good job prospects, although his initial salary didn't exactly leave him a lot of room to live large.

It wasn't exactly a superheist, but it does nothing to assuage forfeiture critics or Bitcoin adherents, many of whom embrace the currency precisely because they lack faith in the integrity of governments.

«The Hateful Eight» isn't a comeback for Westerns (which didn't exactly die), but it's the most thoughtful entry in ages.

In some, it wasn't exactly clear who was doing the foreclosing:

But Beijing isn't exactly Marin County.

It hasn't exactly been a quiet year for Canada's most prestigious manufacturer.

Sundararajan, author of the book The Sharing Economy, said the company's fraught relationship with its contracted drivers hasn't exactly helped.

After all, huffing, puffing and sweating don't exactly jibe with making phone calls or doing computer work.

Tanking is obviously an inexact science, and has much more to do with lineup construction and the allocation of playing time than anything else — players are professional athletes, and convincing them to lose on purpose to bring younger, cheaper new talent to their franchise isn't exactly a great sell.

So, a $ 30 stand that does next - to - nothing isn't exactly surprising coming from the Apple store, but it's serves as a reminder that many accessories made for Apple products are often pricey and / or unnecessary.

It mostly comes from a place of shared, earnest excitement, which isn't exactly common.

Don't let the illusion of perceived influence fool you into trusting a leader who isn't exactly everything she claims to be, and don't fall into the same trap yourself.

Yondu wasn't exactly the most likeable person, but in «Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Otherwise, you're suddenly more of a slave to your career than you ever were before — and isn't that exactly the trap you wanted to escape?

Sarcasm, as we all know, might be occasionally hilarious (and often a pretty great way to vent your annoyance with the world), but it doesn't exactly seem like a surefire strategy to build alliances and get ahead at work.

• Here's the rub: To start, the only carrier to sell the U11 will be Sprint, whose network isn't exactly robust next to the other big carriers in the US.

If it is, it should mean more good news to come for a company that hasn't exactly had a surplus of it in recent years.

The old joke is that Android is for poor people, and while that's not wrong, allowing more people to own a good smartphone isn't exactly a bad thing.

As Hurricane Harvey has reminded us, flood water and power outages don't exactly make it easy to clean clothes.

The Disney attraction includes animatronic versions of all of the past presidents.The Trump addition was officially revealed Tuesday, and Twitter users were quick to point out that the robot isn't exactly the best representation of the President, reports NPR.

A world of looming economic insecurity, ecological disaster, and even nuclear war doesn't exactly seem like the type of place that would invite those responsible for steering the fate of humanity (i.e. all of us adults) to kick back and goof off awhile.

For all the bluster from Hyperloop Tech, HTT isn't exactly a slouch.

Since the average Prussian died decades before that, Bismarck wasn't exactly promising the moon.

And although measuring innovation isn't exactly cut - and - dried, some metrics can point you in the right direction.

Green snake logo and glowing keyboard are playful, but don't exactly scream «adult office professional.»