Sentences with phrase «not getting to grips with»

No wonder 80 per cent of councils are not getting to grips with the big society agenda.

We obviously haven't got to grips with this alternative playing style, but the results this weekend were lucky for us after such a bad loss.

Instead of stemming the tide of HTAFC chances, the home side couldn't get to grips with the set - piece scenarios; Mathias Zanka the next man to beat his marker and head towards goal, but this time the central defender had to watch his effort whistle agonisingly wide of the target.

«We felt Liverpool would be happier than us with a point but we started slowly and did not get to grips with the game,» said Coleman.

That man Quaner was proving to be a tremendous thorn in Watford's side, and the hosts just couldn't get to grips with the German's pace and power down the right.

There has been plenty of chopping and changing in every area of the pitch; defensively they lack cohesion, the midfield isn't getting to grips with games while up front, Didier Drogba and Fernando Torres continue to fluff their lines.

Totally agree with trying as many as you can before you buy - I ended up buying a couple of different ones — just couldn't get to grips with some of them.

But somehow I couldn't get to grips with it while adjusting as a first time mother too.

However I just could not get to grips with the unfolding and this really bugged me.

Shinichi Mochizuki tried to prove a long - standing pure maths problem in 2012, but now complains people can't get to grips with his 500 - page work

The only funny scene was Ralph Fiennes trying to get one of his actors to say a line which he couldn't get to grips with.

It's also a xDrive20d, but with an M Sport package that includes more aggressive styling, exclusive Melbourne Red paint, 19 - inch M alloys and a fat M steering wheel that I still can't get to grips with, pun intended.

You see, as much as I tried I just couldn't get to grips with the controls or the difficulty level, but for others this will quite probably be a neat little title that will be a joy to master.

I couldn't get to grips with its speed and -LSB-...]

Many disliked the new cast and couldn't get to grips with the parrying, fair enough, but to my eyes Third Strike is not only the greatest Street Fighter, but also the greatest fighting game made up to now, and the standard by which the long - term success of Street Fighter IV shall be judged.

Asked whether he has «distorted the market by being such an influential buyer,» Saatchi says, «I have been asked this question before and I still haven't got to grips with it.

«Because I hadn't got to grips with painting yet.»

Following her first few lessons, Maisie, who is watched by 6.6 million fans worldwide each week, also revealed she is «really pleased that she can do it», as she couldn't ride a bike as a kid and was worried she might not get to grips with driving.

Not exact matches

For example, an experienced media sales person selling to property developers may not find it as easy to get to grips with banks and financial institutions, or a B2B company that expand from the automotive industry to transportation logistics, may find their sales professionals struggling to understand what goes on.

You can't have gotten from where you were — gripped by anxiety, tiny with fear — to come through to freedom, for God's sake.

It takes a long time before we really get to grips with this and begin to understand it, because not only does it seem incredible and thoroughly demeaning to us, but it's yet another shock to our system to discover that not only are we not the centre of the Universe and we're not made by anything, but we started out as some kind of slime and got to where we are via being a monkey.

walking on water coming back from the dead, who on earth does God think he is expecting us to believe all this, my head is in turmoil trying to get to grips with all this, it just doesn't make any sense at all, its sheer madness, Oh how I long for the peace that surpasses all understanding and yet he offers that too.

Long ago, when I realized I was going to have to come to some kind of grips with this idea of a Higher Power if I was going to have much hope of getting and staying sober (my way really hadn't worked very well), I did.

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I'm sure lots of you have come across Headspace before, but incase you haven't — it's an incredible app that helps you get to grips with meditation.

I was a great baker before becoming vegan and I am yet to fully get to grips with vegan baking, how will it not be dry?

I also wanted a nice shiny top and as I still haven't really got to grips with tempering chocolate properly, this seemed a good way of achieving it.

After our fall trip plans fell through the other day, I had come to grips with not getting to leave town once more.

My purpose in writing this celiac and grain free eBook was to help the many people struggling with body issues that they just can not get a grip on.

On the other hand it's not like he's the only rookie struggling to get to grips with the 2017 Formula 1 cars, and considering who his teammate is, not being able to beat him is hardly the worst thing in the world.

Although Schumacher won the championship and never finished lower than second all year, anyone else who drove the B194 couldn't seem to get to grips with it.

I would take Tuchel fully accepting that like Klopp and Pep and other foreign managers he would likely need time to get to grips with the PL but I rather finish 12th with Tuchel than 6th with Wenger because with Tuchel I would believe we are building and on the way up and with Wenger that is not the case IMO.

It'll be the first time Smith has raced a car with a paddle - shift gearbox and he's anticipating some issues getting to grips it, but how can anyone assume that this won't be resolved given that the 76 - year - old brings vast experience, and will definitely be hoping to teach a few of the younger drivers (including Ferrari juniors Marcus Armstrong and Robert Shwartzman) some tricks.

They'd be a difficult bunch to get to grips with, so I hope it's not just a case of two arriving for the two that will finally leave.

I'm struggling to get to grips with RVP this season, on a weekly basis I look at him for my fantasy football team and think «nah he can't keep this up» and what does he do.

However, as noted by The Daily Mail, he hasn't quite got to grips with life in the city just yet as he had his car towed away after parking where he shouldn't have.

Formula E isn't the easiest series to get to grips with for a rookie, what with all the challenges of driving an electric car and managing the battery usage.

I do think the position is not really the issue, it is getting to grips with his new teammates.

«Whatever views there may be as to whether it was right or not to give him a new contract, the board and the manager need to get to grips now with recognising the extent of the ill - feeling that exists and urgently look at ways of building bridges with many supporters.

Regarding Newcastle, we can beat them, NO PROBLEm Why arw we getting worried CSK, are a good team and we will have to play well to get a result so we know that and have time to hone our boys to do the business Let Nelson and willock have a run and Nketiah a full run wenger you got ta give them the time or you will lose them Nelson is already upset with you do nt let it get a grip or you wont have a team for the next seasons

Arsenal fans need to get a grip, if they're not bouncing on the ceiling they're face down on the floor with their head in the gutter.

Unless the State gets to grips with the fact that middle - ranking workers can't find a place to live in this country, there will be higher and higher wage demands.

I like LVG but I can't take to his philosophy, he just can't seem to get to grips with the English games, will we see a different set up against Yeovil?

The worry is that over the last year he has shown that he is no longer a streaky player but a footballer that may never again be able to raise his game to affect contests that can't otherwise be dragged down into the sort of disjointed slugger-fest he can actually get to grips with.

Ramsey: probably the player that raised his game the least today and as for playing in trainers for most of it, sliding all over the place and loosing possession cheaply, that was not good; he finally changed his boots and got a bit more to grips with things.

Sir Alex strung a team together on Monday which while it did finish the game strongly and ended up winning in what appeared a domineering manner, in actual fact United struggled to get to grips in the first hour or so — sharing possession with Spurs, who were missing several of their key men, while I don't remember Brad Friedel in the Tottenham goal having to make a save of note, with the exception of Tom Cleverely's low - drilled effort early on.

It was also the fourth time they hadn't managed to get on the score sheet, with Van Der Vaart the closest to scoring in a game Tottenham struggled to get to grips with.

Tighter woven fabrics, like hemp, will not work with the snappi fastener - it can not get a grip of the cloth diaper to secure it around baby.

Don't be afraid to ask for help if you need it, after all, you and your partner are in this together and it's important to get to grips with working as a team now to help you get off to a great start when your baby arrives.

If there is anyone out there who finds their baby playing with sex toys, GET A GRIP!!!!! I can't even imagine what else that baby finds that could be hazardous and not as embarrassing to admit.