Sentences with phrase «not lived up to their reputation»

Recently, classic defensive stocks such as consumer staples and utilities have not lived up to their reputation.

Recently, classic defensive stocks such as consumer staples and utilities have not lived up to their reputation.

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This matters because Canada has already spent nearly three decades burnishing a nasty reputation as a place that doesn't live up to its climate change commitments.

While the Feather «Popular» doesn't quite live up to the company's reputation for excellence, this really has more to do with how excellent their other products are than anything.

By not showing this sensitivity I believe they are living up to their «reputation» rather than trying to repair it.

And in the rush of life, in trade and commerce from morning to night, there is no such scruple about whether a person wholly wills the Good, just so that in his business he is keen, not to say a «thief,» just so that he saves and piles up money, just so that he has a good reputation and by good fortune manages to avoid slander (for whether he actually is guilty or not is here of little importance, for neither he nor the world has time to look into that.

The Red Devils, lived up to their recent reputation of not playing to their full potential in the first half, and duly...

The Red Devils, lived up to their recent reputation of not playing to their full potential in the first half, and duly paid the price after the opening goal well worked by Blackburn Rovers as the combination of Danny Graham and Marvin Emnes managed to unlock the visitors» back four to score the first goal that United conceded in six games in all competitions.

So, as today marks the birthday of former Manchester City player Jack Rodwell, we've put together a list of players who arrived at City with a big reputation but unfortunately didn't live up to their potential:

One goal in his first season in the capital did not do his reputation any favours as he failed to live up to his hefty price tag with twenty goals in three and a half years at the club.

The commission itself is receiving a new look also this morning after City & State noted in its morning email that SAGE members met quietly in Albany with little public notice or fanfare — adding to the growing reputation that administration isn't living up to its transparency claims.

Unfortunately, Agave doesn't live up to its new found reputation as a healthy food.

British universities have climbed up world reputation rankings, according to the latest table published by Times Higher Education (THE), with At first glance, all asteroids look the same and don't get much attention unless one destroys modern life in a movie.

It has a beautiful user interface with lots of useful features such as chat, identity verification which is necessary to ensure that individuals don't fake their identity, and an intuitive messaging system that lives up to the reputation of Cupid Media, the company behind www.ukrainedate.com.

The end result is a compelling, thoroughly quotable piece of work that generally lives up to its reputation as a modern classic, and it's certainly not a stretch to label it the most effective big - screen translation of a Mamet stage play.

Unfortunately, I don't feel this game lives up to the reputation of the past three in the series.

The film explores the downside of fame, an artist's constant struggle to live up to his own reputation, sacrifices made, and roads not taken.

While the amount of different consumable and craftable materials might seem overwhelming at first, Astera doesn't seem to live up to Monster Hunter's reputation as incomprehensible.

Two exceptional lawyers with a romantic history step into a dangerous web of secrets and lies, and when evidence points to a possible British Secret Service cover up, it's not just their reputations, but their lives that are at stake.

With his TV and film career starting up only a couple years after James Franco made it big with the Spider - Man movies, it's no surprise that Dave was not only afraid of living up to his brother's reputation, but also he didn't want to get any special treatment because of the familial relationship.

The fact that the movie was written by William Goldman (based on his novel, «Heat,» which was previously adapted into a 1986 film starring Burt Reynolds) surely played a part in attracting that quality of talent, but sadly, it doesn't live up to Goldman's reputation.

Rather, although Toyota's current add campaign tha this is not «boring» is essentially true, as is also true of its vehicles, The Highlander is better known to get the job done, and in this, it lives up to its reputation.

Whether not some funky paint options, a standard body kit and a range of available in - house performance parts from TRD are enough to live up to Scion's reputation for being youthful and offbeat is up for discussion, but there's no debating that the brand needs fresh product badly.

The child protection score of 77 percent is unexceptional and does not live up to the self - acclaimed «family vehicle» reputation.

As if the «evil empire» of book selling hasn't done enough to live up to the reputation that its critics have put forth, a new interview in the Financial Times with Waterstones» CEO James Daunt describes how Amazon is causing unemployment rates to skyrocket, especially in terms of high street booksellers.

They most definately do not live up to their name nor reputation compared to a year ago, since Author Solutions came into the picture their company had turned worse.

PandaWill for example doesn't have the greatest reputation when it comes to build quality and these random, super cheap electronics from virtual unknowns tend to not live up to the hype, AKA, is crap.

He definitely lived up to his mother's previous reputation and did very well in the show ring despite not gaining the major needed to finish, through no fault of his.

Although we had Ridgebacks in the past, living up to their reputation of having a calm disposition, not jumping up at people and barking little, Sango did not show much of these qualities yet.

In our experience it didn't live up to the party island reputation, which we were very glad about.

Not all store credit cards live up to this bad reputation.

Crysis 2 might not maintain its predecessor's open design, but it does live up to its reputation as the highest - fidelity gaming experience anywhere — and this time without necessarily bringing your PC to its knees.

The Souls series has built its reputation around difficulty, and the sequel certainly lives up to this, but it doesn't always achieve difficulty in the right ways.

Square Enix CEO Yoichi Wada won't sign off on a Final Fantasy VII remake until he's sure current games live up to the brand's reputation.

Boring shock tactics; Striving for shock value through vulgarity, some contenders for this year's Turner Prize have missed the point, writes Aidan Dunne The Irish Times; November 8, 2003; 700 + words The Turner Prize celebrates its 20th birthday with... didn't win the prize - but Jake and Dinos Chapman have tried to live up to their reputation... integral part of most of Jake and Dinos Chapman's work to date, it was on the cards...

Strong words, and true ones too, but Gleick himself has failed to live up to them — and his actions have hurt not just his own professional reputation but the cause of climate science as well.

This matters because Canada has already spent nearly three decades burnishing a nasty reputation as a place that doesn't live up to its climate change commitments.

Since the idea of a tiny home community is still relatively new in terms of residential housing options, this is the time to make sure that stigma doesn't take roots in the form of real - life situations where tiny home communities are actually living up to that reputation.

While it's attractive, the Vivomove HR's fitness features don't live up to Garmin's reputation.

Let us hope that the record labels don't live up to their usual reputation and help Apple get this one ironed out in time for Tuesday!

When push comes to shove, you won't be able to live up to the expectation... you risk tarnishing your reputation by boasting inflated claims.