Sentences with phrase «of embarrassment to»

Facebook can be a basis of court applications, a place to mine material for cross-examination and a great source of embarrassment to litigants.

Regardless of the embarrassment to Peter Gleick and the organizations with which he is associated, this was a real and important service.

Making it past the first wave of knuckle sandwiches is worth the effort, however, with matches swiftly turning from painfully brief episodes of embarrassment to deeply tactical and rewarding fights.

It's plagued with other visual problems, and quite frankly is something of an embarrassment to Croteam in this regard.

Not a good policy, and, quite frankly, a bit of an embarrassment to the state of Utah.»

Representative Litvack is exactly right: «Not a good policy, and, quite frankly, a bit of an embarrassment to the state of Utah.»

Sentences that seem witty and wonderful turn out, when I go back through and read them again, to be so pedestrian I would die of embarrassment to have anyone else read them.

Mattie, still tying her robe, ran down the steps thinking stupidly, as she later reflected, only of the embarrassment to this woman, whom to tell the truth she had respected more than loved, and picking up and pressing back upon her the heavy silver, as if this was not something Roscoe should be doing, nor her husband, John Jameson, neither.

Liv Tyler plays Lucy, a 19 - year - old virgin - yes, a source of embarrassment to her, too - who visits friends of her recently deceased mother to uncover the identity of her real father.

Not content with his job as a bouncer at a local Beantown bar and a bit of an embarrassment to his accomplished family, Doug Glatt (Seann William Scott) dreams of the kind of success enjoyed by minor league hockey goon Ross Rhea (Liev Schreiber).

They can polish the site up and make it less of an embarrassment to the experience that should be «internet dating,» and then put it to bed.

Gaze at the plethora of Pisa - rabilia on sale to sightseers and you would never guess that until the 19th century the leaning bell tower was an acute source of embarrassment to those living in its vicinity.

He added that her poor attendance record in Albany became a source of embarrassment to the Bronx delegation.

While Labour's membership surges and its popularity grows among the young, the Conservatives» membership is a cause of some embarrassment to the party.

He believes the consumption of these hard drugs, informs the weird behavior of some pastors in recent times which has become a source of embarrassment to the upright ones who are committed to pursue the calling of Jesus Christ.

Yet, it didn't take long for the trauma of embarrassment to return.

The unqualified, complete humanity of Jesus early became a source of embarrassment to the church.

Yet there are a good many biblical themes that the concept of divine persuasion can appropriate and illuminate, particularly themes which are a source of embarrassment to exponents of classical omnipotence.

The very existence of life, mind, and consciousness was a kind of embarrassment to the mechanical view.

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While private equity has not suffered the embarrassment of the hedge fund industry, which has trailed the market since the start of 2009, the evidence suggests that PE now provides outsize rewards only to its managers.

Compared to the challenges faced by China's old guard, the new team's problems can best be described as an embarrassment of riches.

Legally, of course, guys like Ghomeshi and Rice often have a «morals clause» written into their contracts — clauses that permit their employers to terminate them if they cause substantial embarrassment to the organization.

Issac Boltansky, an analyst at Compass Point, said in a note to clients to Tuesday that the near - term embarrassment of the healthcare failure will give way to a renewed push for tax reform.

Taking chances comes with the risk of embarrassment, but without the risk you're not going to be noticed.

«Our sense is that the political embarrassment of health care failing will serve as a driver for the GOP to redouble its efforts to enact tax relief in this Congress.»

Whether it be embarrassment, anxiety, fear or any other negative emotion, you can use the psychology of pain to your advantage.

That caused plenty of public outrage and embarrassment, so Congress passed a bill authorizing the AMT to start in 1970.

I only hope you do not take this opportunity to present yourself as being the founder of Seventh Generation... It just isn't so and can only lead to embarrassment for both of us.»

In addition to the usual dangers of an expanding waistline and the next - day embarrassment of, ahem, excessive festivity, holiday party season presents special challenges to the more introverted portion of the population.

«On a general level, there can be practical barriers to pursuit of a criminal case, such as the victim company's fear of embarrassment, reputational damage, or the perceived risk — real or not — that their trade secrets will be exposed in a court proceeding,» said Brooke French, shareholder at law firm Carlton Fields.

These outfits have been largely hoisted on their own financial petards and now they can't figure out a way to get their deals out the door and sell their story to the public suckers without the embarrassment of a downward valuation when the underwriters actually start writing the deal book; and (3) They're already a dead dog, living on borrowed time.

So in practice, if you are young software developer or entrepreneur in San Francisco, you can choose to work at a start - up that will have a more than 50 percent chance of going out of business in the next 18 months without risking the embarrassment of running out of money and having to move back in with your parents.

A funny thing happened on Oct. 20 (a.k.a. Axe Wednesday), when U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne moved to save his nation, a long - time centre of global finance, from the embarrassment of losing its triple - A credit rating.

After that embarrassment, Sunbeam shares fell from $ 52 to $ 7 in just six months — a loss of $ 3.8 billion in market cap.

It's One Wipe Charlies promise men a clean and comfortable wiping experience without the embarrassment or shame of using wipes marketed to babies.

«While [Ivy's] words appear anodyne and reflect the judicious position and celebration of America's history of peaceful transitions of power articulated by both President Obama and Hillary Clinton, they are an embarrassment to those of us who feel that the Trump presidency represents a clear and present danger to many values that are fundamental to both our nation and our profession,» reads Sorkin's message.

«It's an embarrassment to gamers and if it truly represented all gamers I would pull the iPads out of my kids» hands this instant.»

But in many cases, the growth rate of a start - up is directly proportional to the entrepreneur's tolerance for embarrassment.

Andrew Heyward, president of CBS News at the time of the scandal, told the Times, «It takes people responsible for the worst embarrassment in the history of CBS News, and what was at the time a grievous blow to the credibility of a proud news organization, and turns them into martyrs and heroes.

«It's an embarrassment: coffee stains on walls (and countertops and desks), overflowing compost bins, abandoned drafts of stories and layouts (full of highly confidential content), day - old, half - eaten food, and, yes, I'm going to say it, action figures.

Citing an FBI source, conservative site Newsmax is reporting that the Obama administration delayed the resignation of General Petraeus until after the election to avoid embarrassment.

She has also helped me evade detection by grabbing me and kissing me, in public, in a fashion that causes passerby's to feel embarrassment at the thought of staring and by creating emotional scenes that cause the curious to momentarily forget what they were looking for.

Add to this truth the lightning fast and obviously very public nature of social media and mistakes become nearly inevitable — and potentially disastrous, as many companies have already found out to their great embarrassment.

France's Prime Minster said the images of Air France executives with torn clothes are an embarrassment to the country.

By their recent actions, however, both firms seem to be tacitly admitting that they suffer from an embarrassment of riches.

With no sign of grain and oilseed prices falling, farmers have an embarrassment of choices to make in the coming years over what crops to grow.

It might almost be enough to erase the embarrassment of its other big 2013 launch, the Fry Burger, which was basically just a burger stuffed with some French fries.

Many more victims never even report their losses, due to embarrassment or fear of retribution.

I'm used to watching TV shows and movies on the iPad Mini's comparatively tiny 7 - inch screen, so the additional visual real estate was almost an embarrassment of riches.

The bid for a Canadian technology company by a Chinese company is sure to be a cause for concern and perhaps embarrassment for the government of Stephen Harper.