Sentences with phrase «of a muddle for»

The structure of the club in terms of footballing direction, scouting, coaching, fitness, youth development and training facilities are way behind other Premier League clubs and leaves the impression of muddling for the sake of survival rather than with any loftier ambitions.
This summer has been a bit of a muddle for the Boo Roo and Tigger Too household, with a mixture of renovation plans that haven't really gone to plan (more on that in a different... View Post

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«Food is both the culprit and the treatment for a big part of our lack of energy, muddled thinking, and mid-afternoon drowsy eyes,» she writes, before offering advice on how to modify your diet to keep your mind and body on an even keel throughout the day.
Sales have been muddled in recent years and the company is in the process of remaking itself just a few years after it acquired private - label manufacturer Ralcorp for nearly $ 5 billion in early 2013.
While Crawford's plan ultimately received the approval of an overwhelming majority of noteholders, some investors accused his committee of muddling the process for ordinary people who had put their savings into the commercial paper.
As long as foreign investors aren't provided with a clear process, and as long as they are unable to take controlling interests in Canadian firms, these muddled rules will likely continue to increase the cost of attracting capital for Canadian resource companies.
Meanwhile, with the NFL still muddling through a string of scandals and legal failures (and in a season that is on track to have more penalty flags than ever before), look for a rise in interest in alternative football options like the new China American Football league, in which NFL veteran - turned - ESPN analyst Ron Jaworski is a principal investor.
Next up was a system that streamlines the notoriously inefficient process of pumping and storing breastmilk, which new moms have muddled through for years.
The outpouring of almost comically muddled explanations of and forecasts for the Chinese growth miracle has been an especially egregious example of the way well - intentioned economic analysis has led to, or at least encouraged, worse outcomes.
Action: Use multiple browsers and / or browser containers Who is this for: People who don't want to stop using social media entirely How difficult is it: Some effort to not get in a muddle Tell me more: Using different browsers for different online activities can be a good way of separating portions of your browsing activity.
And for all the muddle, the one thing that seems clear is that the risks to the economy and particularly the labor market — which is generating solid job growth and even some wage gains (for which we should all give Chair Yellen and the Fed serious credit)-- remain «asymmetric:» there's a greater risk of needlessly slowing non-inflationary growth than there is of inflation accelerating.
As far as the market in general is concerned, this argues for unexciting long - term returns, possibly a «muddle - through» trading range for quite a number of years to come.
It is no big secret that the terminology in the cryptocurrency world is a bit muddled, and for someone peering in from the outside, this vast array of vocabulary can seem a bit daunting.
Some of these problems can be solved with better co-operation, and «muddle through» solutions can be found for others.
If Mr Jean hopes to make the Wildrose party the party of choice for all conservatives, including progressive conservatives, he'll have to do better than float a muddled vision that pussy foots around social issues.
I could no longer hear, for example, a song like «Blowin» in the Wind» with the same sort of innocence that muddled the Biblical and Historicist hopes together.
Were he up for tenure, and were he to appear before me, I would not approve someone of such shoddy scholarship, and muddled and arrogant thinking.
Now, this is one of the clearest verses in the Bible on salvation, but for some reason, a lot of people have muddled and confused this passage over the years to say something it does not.
As for such cases as that of Ben Jonson's «conversion and reconversion,» the muddle is all in the mind of Miola.
After all, Christians worshiped Jesus for several centuries before any of them thought to argue that God created the world out of nothing, and Augustine found the «books of the Platonists» so convincing mainly because the Manichaeans made such a muddle of their version of materialism.
George Orwell, in his famous essay on Dickens, saw in this philosophical and moral muddle not a weakness but a strength, a generosity of spirit, an openness to the irreducible complexity of mankind's moral situation, an immunity to what he called «the smelly little orthodoxies that are now contending for our souls.»
The combination of small and middling nations curtailing national sovereignty to enhance their own sense of importance and of NGOs using the idea of civil society to undermine political accountability makes for a fine muddle in trying to understand what is going on.
What happens not in «normal» times, when maybe America can muddle along, but in a time of great economic crisis, or in a time of war when the youth of another generation are asked to risk their lives for their country?
Still, if you clammer for more sources I'll provide another... though your mind is clearly so muddled with arrogance and your heart so full of contempt rather than love... it will likely have no chance of penetrating your thick skull.
According to Weigel, the call for gratuitousness is «clotted and muddled», carrying the danger of «a confused sentimentality».
The protagonist of Humboldt's Gift, Charlie Citrine, is a successful playwright and biographer who returns to the Chicago of his boyhood; muddles about in the urban scene while trying to straighten out a marital problem; leaves for Spain with a large friend, Renata; is deserted by her; returns to America to bury his old friend Von Humboldt Fleisher; and receives his bequest.
Even so, the twenty - seven speeches collected in We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama, edited by E. J. Dionne Jr. and Joy - Ann Reid, are neither better nor worse, for the most part, than any other American politician's speeches: often muddled, consistently unmemorable, and boring.
but / and / or / also / maybe / for sure God requires that we acknowledge our insufficiency and need of him to muddle through.
According to this line of thought, the remedy to the subjectivist muddle is for the churches to preach better sermons — which is mainly suggested to mean the preaching of more doctrinally - substantive sermons.
It is for this reason I want to challenge us to employ three practices that will put us on track to steward the timeless message of the gospel during the muddled times we inhabit.
We habitually muddle together this creative advance, which we experience and know as the perpetual transition of nature into novelty, with the single time - series which we naturally employ for measurement.
Mother Mary McKillop founded schools for settler families in 19th century Australia and New Zealand... it wasn't just the heat and hardships in rural New South Wales, it was problems with the Bishop, muddles over funding, complications about the status of her Order...
We also don't eat meat so it's been a challenge, but it looks like most of your recipes don't contain any of these — even the oats (although I realise some do) I get so fedup with people telling me he needs to eat meat just because he's allergic to all of these things and I've been muddling along but generally struggle with yummy meals to suit the whole family — these look like heaven, I'm so excited to start trying these — have a huge list for the health food shop now Thanks Ella!
Muddled in the Vitamix with fruits for a hint of sweetness, it's a pink potion to take you from lethargic to livened - up in just a few swigs.
Muddle lightly for a subtle hint of rosemary; muddle harder for more a prominent fMuddle lightly for a subtle hint of rosemary; muddle harder for more a prominent fmuddle harder for more a prominent flavor.
Muddle orange zest with sugar, cover, and then let sit for a minimum of an hour.
For each cocktail, muddle 1 piece of orange, a small handful mint sprigs, 1 oz.
Vigorously muddle 1/2 tablespoon fresh thyme, 1/2 tablespoon fresh rosemary, juice of 1/2 lemon, 2 ounces Zoladkowa vodka and a dash of Angostura bitters in a large glass for 2 - 3 minutes.
Mix Bulleit Bourbon Whiskey with Clover Honey syrup and muddled blackberries with a hint of lime juice for a fresh take the strong, deep taste of whiskey.
Setting up a Cointreau Rickey Bar for guests — This is a great, interactive way for your guests to enjoy their cocktail experience — all you need is Cointreau, lime, soda and a beautiful arrangement of your favorite fresh ingredients to muddle in.
Tanking is getting rid of every older player making any kind of money and muddling through for a few years with a bunch of heralded rookies, has - beens, and never - will - bes until those prospects pan out and then payroll is spent on complimentary pieces to supplement a young, dynamic core.
Every reason to believe we would have muddled through the last 20 years in Tottenham or Newcastle or Villa mode, use up and dispose of 10 managers in the search for the Holy Grail of an occasional cup and a Europa League finish.
Muddling our way to the top 4 for the last number of years has suited the manager and the board.
English football's relationship with the ball - playing central defender is an interesting one: it (if we may for a moment reduce such a complex muddle of thought and action to a singular entity) loves them in theory, it sanctifies them when they're Bobby Moore, but it doesn't entirely trust them, and it certainly doesn't have time for them in the early formative years, when all that ball playing seems to detract from the serious business of stopping goals.
Well inside this figure you can go progging for lobsters at Silver Seas, a place that puts on floor shows complete with donkeys, chickens, goats and an impresario named Lord Composer who votes under the cognomen of Roy Muddle.
A couple of times he got muddled up with Mustafi but nothing to persuade Wenger to change his centre back's for mid-week.
I am all for raising awareness that the hazards of childbirth are not yet something that can be ignored and forgotten — but I get irritated when the problems of affluent countries get muddled up with the plight of less fortunate women, where the suffering is mind boggling, and there doesn't seem to be much political will to do anything about it.
All we can expect, I'm afraid, from the N.F.L. and its players are, at best, the same mixed, muddled and contradictory «Do as I say, not as I do» messages that Morey tried to sell us this week along with a subtle and often not - so - subtle reinforcement of exactly the kind of play through pain, take it like a man, macho culture that is such an integral part of the N.F.L.'s culture and, frankly, for its mass appeal.
If you're lucky enough to already hang out with a group of people who are in synch with you in terms of life plans and stages, you can glide right into Mom - Friendshipland on your silken sails none the worse for the wear; the rest of us, however, have to muddle along the best we can.
Breastfeeding and pacifiers: for breastfeeding families, the decisions how, when or if to use a pacifier can be a bit muddled by cultural mores that are often at odds with the nursing habits of human infants and the physiology of establishing and maintaining a milk supply.
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