Sentences with phrase «necessary evil»

Chances are, you are all too aware that record - keeping is a tedious but necessary evil in the legal profession.

Also, for the person working in rescue, having to make some decisions based on paper is a difficult but often necessary evil.

I see press trips as a somewhat necessary evil.

It's easy for law students to think of the articles they write for law review as necessary evils, grown - up book reports that demonstrate their research and writing ability to potential employers and justify the prestige - grab of law review.

It's one of those little necessary evils of parenting: choosing the best booster seat for your child.

If fairs are part of the new necessary evil for small galleries to stay afloat, this one offers a good concentrated roundup of artists and exhibitors: nonprofit institutions, alternative spaces along with a few commercial galleries that might be barely paying their bills.

Compare those sentiments with the words written 40 years later by Craig Marshall, an Earth Liberation Front activist, from his Oregon jail cell (where he was serving a five - year term for setting fire to logging trucks): «There are necessary evils if we want to be effective in our struggles, such as the use of petro - fuels in igniting huge bonfires in which we can watch corporations go bankrupt.

(That's a seemingly necessary evil when delving into this heady subject, though the aesthetic flatness offers a critical remove.)

Many ministers see such activities as burdensome necessary evils which must be tolerated.

Because remittances are so large, the big companies are just necessary evils in the early adoption phase.

Alternative fee arrangements are still considered necessary evils, rarely embraced but reluctantly accepted upon client demands.

Grammar lessons aren't necessary evils.

Middlemen, (especially with too much control) are at best necessary evil, and at worst, will destroy the entire business.

What was once viewed as an overwhelming, yet necessary evil has now transformed into a highly regarded method for lead capture, communication, and engagement with the hungry buyers and motivated sellers of today.

In a 1995 article in the New Republic, she asks for «an abortion - rights movement willing publicly to mourn the evil» necessary evil though it may be» that is abortion.»

'' [The middle class] sees money as a never - ending necessary evil that must be endured as part of life.

Apparently this concept stinks of compromise, settling, and accepting necessary evils.

I can probably go back and forth on that one, but one thing everyone agrees on is that stripping is a totally necessary evil in the event of yeast, or any other bacterial infection that shows up via poop.

The identical twins who earned perfect test scores College entrance exams, the SAT and the ACT, are dreaded but necessary evils for high school students trying to get ahead.

Yet traditional methods of teaching have done little to drive mental engagement among students, with many subjects like mathematics and science terminally regarded as two of the blandest necessary evils of the curriculum.

Even when they were later hired as full time law firm employees, techs were (and in some firms still are) considered rather dimmed witted necessary evils, with lower status than secretaries, and nowhere near the status of a paralegal.

It's the ugly truth, but us socially awkward dorks just have to accept the fact that small talk and socializing are extremely necessary evils.

• Leader dominated, with those in charge taking 70 percent of the talk time • Results focused, with a common theme being how far short the team is falling from their target • Information based, with team members sharing in detail what they did last week and what they will do this week • A necessary evil

For epicurean travelers, the «cocktails» from an airplane's beverages cart are a watery but necessary evil for surviving long - haul international flights.

At best, lawyers rise to the level of necessary evil in most potential clients» minds.

Many people see writing a business plan as a «necessary evil» required to attract financing or investors.

For many professionals, sitting is a necessary evil.

For some, it's a necessary evil — part and parcel with owning a business.

In the visual, Engineering and Manufacturing form the upper triangle, which Jack views as a «necessary evil» in business.

They view it as a «necessary evil» of the business.

Budget cuts may be a necessary evil in uncertain economic times.

The time reps waste locating, updating and delivering sales content is typically regarded as a necessary evil, when in reality it could be costing your company opportunities and revenue.

I realize that they're a necessary evil, but you need to be very careful that you're not saying things or doing things (even worse) to «prove» something to these people because (a) it's never enough to satisfy them in any case and they won't believe you anyway; and (b) it's a fool's errand to waste your time trying to impress people whose livelihood is much more about finding the warts and shortcomings in your story than in celebrating your successes.

At worse, travel is a necessary evil to keep your business growing.

Whether you are a master negotiator or think negotiation is a necessary evil, one thing holds constant — if you don't understand the basic components of an offer to buy a business, you'll be at a disadvantage.

So, failure is a given and a necessary evil that everyone needs to get comfortable with.

It will affect whether the buyer avoids you, sees you as a necessary evil — or, alternatively, draws on your help.

Sometimes, crunch time is a necessary evil, but employers should be a little humble about it.

«Electric cars were made for people who thought that driving was a necessary evil,» says Martin Eberhard, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors.

For many people, traveling during the holiday season is a necessary evil.

Many companies see training as a necessary evil.

Just breathe deeply, remember why you entered the entrepreneurial arena in the first place, and try to view closing costs as part of the necessary evil of borrowing money.

Conference calls tend to be a necessary evil for many of us, dragging out conversations that could be better covered in another medium.

Leaders who view their sales team as a necessary evil aren't setting their companies up to succeed.

The latest generation of startup CEOs disdain the short - termism of quarterly earnings reports; they see going public as a necessary evil to be avoided as long as possible.