Sentences with phrase «not well briefed»

He was either not smart enough or not well briefed enough to be able to demonstrate quite how misleading Cameron was being.

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And as the EIA points out, this brief wholesale price drop hasn't been matched by overall drops in California's consumer electric rates, which remain well above average.

On Monday, at a breakfast briefing with journalists before he took to the stage at Advertising Week Europe — Brittin said the annual ad industry event gave Google a «good opportunity to say first and foremost, sorry, this should not happen, and we need to do better.»

Wouldn't all that time on planes and in briefings be better spent digging through tax returns or talking to disgruntled civil servants elsewhere?

I love Techstars Demo Days for many reasons, not the least of which is the amazing community that gathers to hear the brief, well - rehearsed pitches from the various start - ups who have spent months planning for this big event.

Anyone not already immunized should get a flu shot despite the lateness of the season, because «some protection is better than none,» one of the officials told a news briefing.

A manager writes a brief thanks to staff, followed by a long diatribe against the traditional Thanksgiving meal: «I just wanted to make sure you know that eating meat isn't good for you.

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When we can't make it, we will think of Lent» and possibly other disciplines as well» as a brief but necessarily failed resolution to do something impossible.

My piece was not a «lament,» but essentially a defense of Pope Benedict (as was my brief follow - up here) against just the type of over-the-top criticisms cited elsewhere in Allen's article, even as I raised one respectful question about the pope's prudential decision not to meet with leading dissidents — a legitimate, good - faith debate among sincere Catholics.

Kierkegaard's own brief preface to Purity of Heart Is to Will One Thing does little more than begin this process, and tempts me to suggest that one who is not familiar with other works of Kierkegaard, will find himself still better prepared for immersion in this address if he turns immediately to Section Twelve and reads from that point to the end.

One might very well read his protest not as a brief for atheism, but as a kind of demythologized Gnostic manifesto, an accusation flung in the face of the demiurge.

The reports in Matthew and Mark (variants of the same) differ in some points from Luke's, and John does not report the hearing.20 At best we are at a disadvantage in having no more than a very brief précis, in Greek, of proceedings conducted in Hebrew, which may have been quite lengthy.

And so, it was perhaps not the best time for reports to emerge that Petraeus had blamed Israeli intransigence toward the Palestinians for endangering the lives of American servicemen in the Middle East — at a reported Pentagon briefing early in March and again in congressional testimony on March 16.

This brief summary of his writing might suggest that his earlier stuff is better, but that's not necessarily the case: Coetzee is neither a lock - brained ideologue nor a decadent literary tinkerer.

Huckabee needs to come across as solid, well briefed, and reformist - but - not - radical on economic policy.

It's another terrific achievement in a relatively brief career full of them, but for Williams, it's not enough to simply be good.

In case his conclusion is not clearly in mind, he will commit all the blunders of a guide who does not know where he is going if the conclusion is well in mind, beginning sermon preparation with the introduction will produce an introduction that has the conclusion in it, destroying all anticipation, and being in fact a brief digest of the whole message.

Some of the poets have been far from good, but greatness and beauty could not pass by without their seeing them, and they have known infallibly that greatness and beauty never passed so near as in the brief life and tragic death of Jesus of Nazareth.

While Peter almost certainly visited Rome for what looks like a brief period of time, if there was any city that represented or epitomized his authority in a special way, it would not be Rome, the place of his murder, but Jerusalem, in which the Church was born, or perhaps better yet Antioch, in which he long served as a local leader.

There has been no shortage of good copy for newspapers this year, but back in the early summer, somewhere between the General Election, and before terrorist horrors in Tunisia, there was a brief few days when not much seemed to be happening.

I do not want to end this brief survey of modes of biblical discourse without saying something about the lyric genre best exemplified by the Psalms.

What a strange pulsation there is to human life: as night comes on, active scenes are in a few hours deserted; not a soul is in sight except the occasional watchman or late reveller, and whole cities lie silent — cities of the dead, it might well seem, except that with the turn of the earth and the dawn of new day they revive to another brief and hectic activity.

Spalatin thought he had better be in possession of the precise details of Luther's actual pedigree, and Luther obliged with brief biographical data, but was upset again: «This does not frighten me at all, but it blows up the sails of my heart with an incredible wind.»

Later, however, he came to be the famous orator's devoted friend, and his explanation of the change was brief and simple: whenever a man did Beecher an ill turn, Beecher was not happy until he had done the offender a good turn.

I haven't had the chance to celebrate it in the US during my brief stint in New York — sadly I was gone well before November — but I have celebrated Canadian Thanksgiving on a couple of occasions, most recently at my friend Julia's.

Chef also got to voice a brief line in the film as well... sorry can't recall which character.

Despite a brief peep over the 6,000 - points mark, the ASX hasn't even come close to bettering its all - time high of 6828 points in November 20...

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If done right it really is the best way to give yourself a brief respite from the winter blues (even if you're lucky enough to live someplace that doesn't have winter).

Apart from a brief revival during the BMW - era (and with Pastor Maldonado's win, obviously) thing haven't got much better since.

A brief skid to start the season should help quiet any talk of 70 wins, and it's for the better that they don't get caught up in chasing win totals or other regular - season ephemera.

Luckily it was well away from the racing (fe) line so it didn't get harmed, but it was enough for the race director to paws for thought and call a brief yellow flag before it finally got meow - t of the way.

Van Gaal has opted to use the 3 -5-2 system that was so effectively employed by his Netherlands side at the World Cup since he took over at Old Trafford, with Red Devils stars Daley Blind and Robin Van Persie thriving particularly in the 5 - 1 victory over Spain, but it has not been quite as effective in the Premier League and United's best winning run this season actually came in the midst of a brief switch to a 4 -4-2 diamond system.

I hope I'm wrong but this could be the most damaging win when it comes to transfers... winning 1 game, after about 20 minutes of really good play, is of little consequence in the grand scheme of things... only those with the most selfish of intentions would suggest otherwise... the only reason we're even in this predicament, where were celebrating our first victory of 2018 against a bottom half squad who is managed by possibly the only individual more antiquated than our manager, is because of Wenger's ridiculous mishandling of his contract last year combined with his mishandling of the contracts of our top players this year; a fact that he himself admitted to... so before you get too excited about the possibilities of our current roster don't forget what has happened over the last several years and pray to the gods of football that real quality reinforcements like Auba are on the way, which could have happened years ago for less money and we might have been holding a trophy of some significance, or this brief respite will be followed by the usual mediocrity and stagnation

For a brief moment tonight, however, it didn't look like it would be all that straightforward, and we run you through the good, the bad, and the weird below...

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

But after a brief sub appearance in our win over Stoke and not featuring against Man City, Ozil impressed away to Brighton in the FA cup, scoring a good goal to help us to progress.

Felipe Massa, returning from a very, very brief F1 retirement, and David Coulthard made it to the semi-finals, although Massa wasn't best pleased after a penalty for touching the wall cost him his chance of fighting for a spot in the final.

After a brief stint in the top 10, things aren't looking good for Dale Jr..

In Wood v. Goretti (not a legal case brief), I saw CG really outplay 5 - star QG and 4 - star DCR (no disrespect to either player), he also was Phila POY, so I knew he'd be a very good Nova player.

Here is a brief rundown how tiebreakers work — 1) Head to Head matchups, 2) The overall win - loss record of a team (if you advanced out of pool play in Volleyball it's a W, if not it's a L) are taken and whoever has the better record gets the nod, 3) if still tied somehow, strength of schedule will be used by adding up the points in the Standings for each team's opponents during the season.

He then saw the scoreboard, which bore the news that Gibson had just broken Sandy Koufax's World Series record, and for one brief shining moment, with the Cardinals» 4 - 0 win all but assured, Bob Gibson... well, he did not exactly smile, but, in McCarver's words, «He looked less fierce.»

If he was all that good he wouldn't be approaching mid twenties with a career that is lots of loans and a brief stint at Everton where they paid lots for him by their standards so have to protect their asset

Another nut job... I don't watch highlights... A below par man city were comfortable winners against a shapeless team with no ability to control the game from the middle but enjoyed a brief revival when the other nut job paid around 8m for his managerial services decided he might try one of his best attacking options instead of the flapping teenager he put on from the start....

He'll take to the press conference briefing room this morning to talk about the game tomorrow night and whilst he'll no doubt talk up the importance of a reaction from the players in the adverse weather conditions, I'd be stunned if somebody doesn't mention his position, ask about whether he'll stay beyond this season, as well as why the team isn't performing.

Rovers currently occupy 18th place, the first of three relegation spots, but victory on Saturday at home to 17th placed Wigan Athletic would guarantee Blackburn's stint in the bottom three would be a brief one, while even a draw would stand them in good stead of escaping the drop zone, although victory is somewhat imperative considering fixtures as golden as this, against a team in close proximity and a fixture they would highly rate their chances in, don't come around too often.

Not for good, of course, just for a brief respite as he attempts to lead Egypt to glory in the African Cup of Nations, which runs from mid-January to mid February, meaning Salah could miss as many as five league matches.

New FI briefing calls for more action to get men into childcare jobs The Fatherhood Institute is calling on the UK government to do more to require careers advisers to proactively encourage boys and men into childcare work — as well as supporting girls and women into careers that are not considered traditionally «female».

In brief, they are less expensive over time (since they are reusable); they are better for the environment (they don't end up in landfills); and they may be healthier for baby (they are free of potentially harmful chemicals).