Sentences with phrase «not constructive»

5) Cleary the Listing Agent created an adversarial situation with his seller by presenting the original offer 25 % below asking, as would be apparent to experienced agents, in a manner that was not constructive.

This can turn into something that an old mentor of mine referred to as «R&R: Review and Regret» — not a constructive use of anyone's time.

The debate is not constructive now because on the one hand we lack evidence and on the other hand the green fingertips of mammon are already massaging and warping the dialogue.

All great stuff, and some of the criticism justified, but it is not constructive in seeking to ensure access to justice for consumers in Europe or here.

As to knowledge, California courts consider only actual — not constructive — knowledge.

It is not constructive, it is not interesting, and it is not new.

I do have an issue with critique that is for the most part not constructive — and that is what I tend to associate your blog and pubic opines (such as on the BBC) with.

The answers to these questions are out there for those who are willing to spend more than a few hours on Google searches, and it is not constructive to give presentations on subjects without first doing such basic research.

I just think that the way you're going about is not constructive to the goal you're pursuing; quite to the contrary.

You are marginally interesting, but this is not constructive engagement, so you are a marginal case given our existing moderation policy.

It is not constructive to charge environmentalists as being anti-capitalist.

Their tone is one of hostility and disdain, not constructive concern, and that tone is slowly creeping into the mainstream conversation.

Here is where we hear such statements as «If only I had taken the cat to the vet a week ago... Not put the dog in the yard at that time of day...» Whether true or false, such reactions do little to relieve the anger and are not constructive.

«If only I'd...» Whether true or false, our recriminations and fears do little to relieve our anger, and generally are not constructive.

@Walter: Your comments were not constructive nor helpful.

Ultimately you can terminate the mediation process if you feel that it is not serving your interests, that you are not being respected, or that the discussions are not constructive or likely to result in a good agreement for you.

When we make policy in terms of who among us wrests the power to impose a narrow version of the «right» answer, what we get is a new round of arguing and resistance — not the constructive change students need.

When the union is outright supporting candidates that are clearly a slap at us as reformers and doing a lot of messaging that's anti-reform, that's not constructive.

I honestly believe stakeholders want to solve these issues, but their approaches are often not constructive.

«What is not constructive is destructive.»

The incorporation of social media in eLearning course design has also opened new e-ways towards social learning, keeping «behaviorism» somewhere at the far end of the corridor, a scapegoat to blame for whatever we, as» eLearning experts», find not constructive enough.

It can be harder than you might think to discern between the two: Not all constructive criticism is delivered gently and not all destructive criticism is delivered harshly.

«The people who get lots of grants are by and large brilliant people doing really good work,» says Ross McKinney, chief scientific officer for the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C. «We'd really like to see the details because we could change the incentives in ways that are not constructive if we are not careful.»

But it is a parasitic one and not constructive or additive to the habitats.

«Secretary Kerry's speech was not constructive and compounds last week's bad decision to allow the UN Security Council resolution to pass,» Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said in a statement on Thursday.

«While our goal was to provide an opportunity to learn and share, based on review of the initial October 10 meeting, the Commissioner concluded the outcome was not constructive for those taking the time to attend,» the PTA's Facebook announcement read.

I was only saying that we are, thank God, a democracy, and when our leaders pit group against group, it's not constructive.»

A separate PTA statement said King had informed it that the outcome of Thursday's meeting «was not constructive to those taking the time to attend.»

different policies could yield the demanded result but how is debatable thus it is not constructive

It's not constructive and is an attempt at censorship.

Wenger out is not constructive at all.

But if it is not constructive, why make fun of another club on their forum?

It's not constructive.

But constantly posting «Wenger Out» to any article is not constructive at all.

Even here on JustArsenal we have seen many examples of fan - on - fan abse, and this is really not a constructive ay to sort out our internal problems.

The second is the kind of criticism that you just have to find a way to ignore, because it brings you down and it's not constructive.

Both of these questions are initially ones for a historical, not a constructive, theology.

The aim of the meeting was to have a constructive dialogue between science and religion, to which Weinberg says: «I am all in favor of a dialogue between science and religion, but not a constructive dialogue.

I think you would agree that the kind seen in the cartoon above are not constructive.

But, either way, the sarcastic shots at many men who honestly just want to see God work in the lives of people and who pour their lives into people as pastors and leaders is not constructive.

That is not constructive BL, and I have known admirable people of that faith.

Still, oversold conditions don't produce reliable buying opportunities when the Market Climate is not constructive or favorable.

They are not constructive and it's no wonder why so many women fear choosing politics as a career,» said Calgary - Bow MLA Deborah Drever on the floor of Alberta's Legislative Assembly yesterday.

«We don't know how big it is, but we know it's not constructive,» Tal says of purely speculative foreign investment.

«We don't know how big it is, but we know it's not constructive,» Tal said of what amounts to speculation.

«There wasn't constructive challenge in the system.

But it could show that «we're learning that pressuring children to achieve potty training isn't constructive,» says Andrea McCoy, MD, an associate professor of pediatrics at Temple University.

Don't give a minute of thought to what others are doing or saying if it isn't constructive.

But talking smack about someone who chooses to do it isn't constructive.

A friend received a 1 star review yesterday and I told her not to worry about it, that not everyone is going to like what we write and the review was constructive and informative and just his personal opinion, but when she got another 1 star review this morning she was frantic, so I went and looked at the review and then checked other reviews from that person and found that their other reviews had typo's and weren't constructive at all.