Sentences with phrase «not larks»

For some children getting out of bed, eating their breakfast and getting dressed is about all they are capable of especially if they are not larks.

But its not all larks and laughs.

Second, I wanted ownership to know that it wasn't a lark for me, that I wasn't going to say, «O.K., see you later,» after a couple years.

Resurrecting a Neanderthal strikes Church as a constructive project, not a lark.

Not exact matches

Maybe you've always had the sense that your personal daily rhythms don't really fit into either the stereotypical «lark» or «night owl» pattern.

«He accepts that he was wrong in straying across that boundary, but the circumstances demonstrate, the emails and documents, that this wasn't Mr. Bonney on a lark.

In Jean Anouilh's play «The Lark,» the inquisitor declares in effect that the thing which made Joan of Arc dangerous was not that she had visions, but that she had dared to trust in herself as a human being.

I wonder if these wishes aren't too big — after all, it's hard to transform a night owl into a chipper morning lark.

You have to feel sorry for John Barnes, he really hasn't taken to this whole managerial lark half as well as he did to bombing down the wing.

I mean, if it weren't for George, playing in America would just be a bloody lark, wouldn't it?»

And what a shallow game this media lark is when not only his extreme behaviour is excused, but th -LRB-...)

But that isn't good enough if their goal of survival is to be achieved this season, and you do get the feeling that Blackpool will only have one shot at this Premier League lark so get it spot on they must.

Isn't it great when something in this parenting lark turns out easier than you expected?

I highly recommend Lark Adventurewear and can't wait to expand my baby's wardrobe with more of their pieces.

When not working on Lark, She can be found experimenting in the kitchen or on a hiking trail with her husband, son, and dog Bodie.

This parenting lark doesn't seem to get easier it's just that the challenges are different — less avout sleep deprivation than attitude - induced mental torture — and I don't think I could juggle all the challenges of all the children at all the ages at the same time.

«Can't say enough wonderful things about Lark... with chilly mornings, very warm days, and breezy nights, the bodysuit is perfect for layering without a sweaty uncomfortable baby!»

I've been very fortunate in that bedtimes weren't stressful for my girl; now she's 11 it's quite a different matter — she's a night owl and I'm a lark so we're pretty incompatible!

«Poor grades tied to class times that don't match our biological clocks: Schedules of night owls, morning larks and daytime finches may predict their educational outcomes..»

Emcee Miller called Pressman «older than Moses,» and Pressman's former intern, p.r. pro Lark - Marie Anton, lovingly joked, «The party is at Gabriel's so Gabe wouldn't forget where to show up.

As for the SDP thing, never understood this democracy lark, the public had a democratic right to vote for someone other than labour, as now they didn't like what labour stood for, and they did!!

McLaughlin agreed: «Lark Street from Madison Avenue to State Street should not be treated differently than Lark Street from Livingston Avenue to Clinton Avenue.»

«My interest is in effectively teaching the science,» Lark says, explaining that understanding or learning about something and accepting it are not the same thing.

To separate the owls from the larks from the finches, and gain a more accurate alertness profile, the researchers tracked students» activity levels on days that they did not attend a class.

After sorting the students into «night owls,» «daytime finches» and «morning larks» — based on their activities on days they were not in class — researchers compared their class times to their academic outcomes.

«Poor grades tied to class times that don't match our biological clocks: Schedules of night owls, morning larks and daytime finches may predict their educational outcomes..»

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If you're not a morning lark, the thought of hitting the gym as soon as you roll out of bed sound be about as appealing as a root canal.

This small «Lark» duffle bag from Phillip Lim has unbelievably gorgeous pebbled leather, I can't stop feeling it.

I know some people think that blogging is a lark, and while that might be true for amateurs like me, I don't think it's remotely accurate for professional bloggers.

But as a short - term lark, it's goofy, doesn't take itself too seriously, and certainly feels well - calibrated to a very particular appetite that's uniquely suited to pay cable.

The feature - length debut of writer / director Jeff Baena (co-writer of David O. Russell's oddball «I Heart Huckabees»), «Life After Beth» can't seem to decide if it wants to be a lark or if it wants to resonate, and wavers between both tones uneasily.

It was obviously thrown together as a lark, and the results, while not exactly comedy genius, are reasonably entertaining.

Given how good Smith can be with actors, it's a surprise he didn't make good on the promise of his premise and turn this into a full - blooded comic - horror lark.

Even Carter Burwell's elegiac score and a biblical starkness settling over the proceedings can't shake the sense that it's a bit of a mannered, if endlessly entertaining, lark.

Walking a fine line between charming lark and smirking goof, Ti West's «In a Valley of Violence» is a Western homage that has its heart in the genre, but not so much in the story.

While an enjoyable lark filled with a number of giddily enjoyable moments, this adaptation of Henry Fielding's novel is oftentimes a fairly uneven and scattershot affair with extended sequences that frankly do not work particularly well.

Kelly Marcel While the show only lasted a season, Fox's dinosaur drama «Terra Nova» provided a hell of a calling card for British writer Kelly Marcel, especially considering that she wasn't involved with the show past the pilot, and that she only wrote it as a lark for her father («Hawk The Slayer» scribe Terry Marcel).

It's a lark, not a deep satire, and that's fine.

Dominic Cooke's On Chesil Beach, adapted from a dour novella by Ian McEwan, transforms cultural myth into hard fact, framing the marriage bed as not a venue for bawdy larks, but face - clawing torment.

We're talking comradely psychic gratification of the permanently available sort, stuff that being a dedicated club member alone — say, an Edsel Ranger Ranger or a regular Studebaker Lark Jamboree attendee — just couldn't possibly offer.

Readers were not left in a lark because Scholastic offered refunds on most content purchased.

Not to leave stores in a lark most major publishers are offering digital downloads if you buy the physical version in your local comic shop.

We did not go there on a lark, but instead had a mission!

Thanks for sharing, Lark I hadn't seen any of these before — no idea where I've been hiding, but I've had a very lazy week Lexxie @ (un) Conventional Bookviews recently posted... Sunday and Weekly Wrap - up # 87

Sixteen - year - old Gwenevere Lark is determined not only to Qualify but to rescue her entire family.

Not that I actually need one, but my want is pretty strong right now, Lark Lexxie @ (un) Conventional Bookviews recently posted... #COYER Back to Basics

Written by Greg Rucka Art and Letters by Michael Lark Colors by Santi Arcas With amazing collaborations on Gotham Central, Punisher, and Daredevil under their belts, I was convinced Greg Rucka and Michael Lark couldn't do anything together that would possibly disappoint me.

Okay, sure, it says — there may be one writer out there who's doing quite well at this whole indie writing lark, but don't you go getting any ideas.

For nonfiction projects, it's not at all unusual for publishers to expect authors to provide all illustrations, charts, graphs, etc. (I'd also expect that many of Lark's projects are packaged.)