Sentences with phrase «of little ability»

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When little Tommy has the ability to pop in contact lenses to play in a virtual world and doesn't come out of his room for a month, that generation of parents will express the same type of concern their parents did about spending time on Snapchat.

But, because they're totally consumed in the process of keeping themselves fed every day, they have little interest or ability to look or think ahead — and virtually no appetite for changing the status quo.

This is what it's like to have 12 weeks of leave after having a baby, if you're lucky enough to even have a job that offers it: You begin figuring out child care almost right away; the irony that you barely know how to take care of this little person and now must somehow assess someone else's ability to do so does not escape you.

The agency's targeted and graduated approach to regulation could help scare away fraudsters, while preserving the positive features of the technology, particularly its ability to raise funds globally with little friction and few fees.

It's easy to see why the fur of these little animals is so popular: Prized for its softness and water absorption, badger hair seems purpose - built for shaving brushes owing to its great feel and ability to quickly work soaps and creams into a velvety lather without a lot of effort.

The picture is misleading — this little robot is only about an inch wide, and has the ability to propel itself forward, change direction, and solve puzzles with the help of its owner.

So what's the ideal mix of control freak tendencies and ability to do a little of a lot of things?

The ability to discover the new and unknown got a little better with the introduction of social networks.

«Knowledge, ability, experience are of little avail in reaching high success if courtesy is lacking.

«Pausing to take a little bit of time to reflect on those contributions that we make every day even once a week is enough to strengthen our ability to focus and to invest effort in what otherwise might be a difficult and stressful job.»

Third - party tech companies would have little, if any, ability to repackage the content of the pay - TV providers» apps.

But the deal also marks yet another small but significant step towards greater regulation of Airbnb, Uber, and other companies in the so - called sharing economy, whose competitive advantage arguably hinges on its ability to operate with little oversight.

In a study funded by NASA, David Dinges, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and a team of researchers found that letting astronauts sleep for as little as fifteen minutes markedly improved their cognitive performance, even when the nap didn't lead to an increase in alertness or the ability to pay more attention to a boring task.

As inevitably strange situations and new sensations came and went at my reunion (because reunions are kind of wonderfully odd), I couldn't escape constant little reminders of how the new technologies we've so quickly become immersed in, are playing a role not only in our need but also our ability to be connected.

While I have infinite understanding, I have little sympathy because one of the best tests of someone's executive skill is their ability to control their time and set their priorities.

The mere number of security - holders gives little clue to the size of their individual holdings or to their actual ability to have a voice in the management.

In other words, liquidity is the ability to do what you need to do when you need to do it with, most of all, little fuss.

The fallout is yet another example of Trump's ability to bring the self - proclaimed high - minded down to his more «everyman» level, which tends to have little effect on Trump and a lasting impact on the high - minded.

The target is a medium term one, so there's a little bit of flexibility over the short term, and I think experience shows that in trying to do economic policy and trying to control inflation there really isn't an ability to fine tune these things over very short periods of time, you have to take a more medium term perspective.

Shoving people into positions of power at Federal agencies that were created to protect the public interest based on little more than Trump's gut instinct that his picks will show him the requisite personal loyalty that he demands is undermining the Federal government's ability to do its job.

Burnie Burns, cofounder of Austin - based Rooster Teeth, a production company with 300 - plus staffers that produced the made - for - YouTube sci - fi comedy Lazer Team and its upcoming sequel, still remembers being dumbstruck almost a decade ago, when Rooster Teeth consisted of little more than a handful of friends, by what the service offered: «They completely changed the game in terms of the ability to monetize video with pre-roll advertising.

When China was underinvested, investments were nearly always productive, and so the ability to ignore budget constraints and hide the costs of nonproductive investment in the form of rising debt had little effect on the GDP data — or, to put it differently, rising debt did not reflect a rising debt burden.

Our standard transmitter is a clever little module (20 mm x 32 mm) with the ability to interface with a huge range of sensors and devices.

Broker - dealers have little appetite for inventory, thereby reducing the ability of markets to facilitate normal risk transfer.

Well, it has very little to do with their writing abilities and everything to do with the presentation of their content.

There are plenty of solid options for a dividend growth investor and the ability to invest with as little as $ 10 per transaction with NO transaction costs is pretty awesome.

There is a widening gap between individuals who have benefited from the policies of governments and those who have seen little relief, and that gap is particularly wide in autocratic countries where people have inadequate ability to change those policies or to voice their political opposition.

Companies of consumer staples are able to increase their prices a little faster but competition usually limits the ability and neither sector is a good hedge against inflation.

Because of that, content creation itself has very little to do with the winners in these niches — the victor often has manipulated (or used extreme creativity, depending on who you ask) their way into 95 % percent of their link profile that probably had nothing to do with their on - page content — beside its reciprocal ability to fund link building effort.

It appears that in the absence of annuitized wealth, retirees have little confidence in their ability to decumulate effectively.

I believe god is love, I think we have little ability to understand much beyond that at this point and those who would define and codify god are arrogant fools doing harm in this world, I believe that the absence of love in anything is proof that it doesn't come from god, fire and brimstone does not come from god, unconditional love and acceptance does.

The aspect of life which most stirs my soul is the ability to share in an undertaking, in a reality, more enduring than myself: it is in this spirit and with this purpose in view that I try to perfect myself and to master things a little more.

Some sympathy has to go to the teachers who usually have to teach in overcrowded and very mixed abilities of students and little ability or limited latitude to discipline.

The novel's greatest service to our current conversation is its ability to humanize Muhammad to millions of people who may know little or nothing about him.

Often the people of whom I am most proud are persons whose ability and strength are such that they had little need of me.

You are so narrow minded, intransigent (look it up in the dictionary), and without any ability to think outside of your little «box» called the bible.

Given the latest medical data concerning the distinct characteristics of the fetus and its ability to survive outside the womb at a startlingly early age, it is little wonder that in the past few years several of the denominations that once took a more open position on abortion have retreated somewhat: the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is now studying the issue; in a 1980 statement on social principles, the UMC moved to a more qualified position; the Episcopal Church and the recently formed Evangelical Lutheran Church in America seem to be in the process of toning down their earlier positions (or those of a predecessor body) The Lutherans defeated a resolution in their 1989 Assembly which would have been consistent with the liberal position of the LCA predecessor body, and a 1988 Lutheran - Episcopal dialogue report refers to the fetus as «embryonic humanity» with claims on society.

Too hard to replicate; too many unanswered questions; to little ability to predict the results of future experiments.

Instead we perceive a much larger and more diverse assortment of individual heavy drinkers who have little in common except that (1) they drink a lot, (2) they tend to have many more problems in life than nondrinkers or moderate drinkers, and (3) they show a puzzlingly inconsistent ability to manage their drinking» (p. 99).

This charge was prominent in the Atomic Energy Commission's statements and decision, but was given little weight by the Personnel Security Board (the Gray Board), which after extensive hearings found «no indication of disloyalty... and eloquent and convincing testimony to his deep devotion to his country» and «a high degree of discretion reflecting an unusual ability to keep to himself vital secrets.

It lacks the ability to sustain because when one camps out on Sunday, there's little space for the reality of loss and pain.

In a situation where I imagined only desperation, there exists an inexplicable hope — an uncanny ability to value not only the basics, but even the little extravagances of life.

The ability of general assemblies to explore faith and faithfulness is further weakened by their composition: They are little more than biennial gatherings of strangers.

It is true that none of the capacities and abilities noted above is much encouraged by a fast - changing society which displays little toleration or appreciation for careful thinking and reflection, not to mention decent art and music.

Our ability to speak meaningfully about God has little to do with our ability to verify the existence of some being to which we might attach the name «God.»

Survival needs would seem to require no more than a little arithmetic, some elementary Euclidean geometry and the ability to make certain kinds of simple logical association.

The available research indicates that religious television programs demonstrate little ability to stimulate formation of a relationship between viewers and a church where a previous relationship did not exist.

If evangelical programs are intended to reach the nonbelievers and the unconvinced, there is little evidence of these programs» ability to get out where the nonbelievers are.

I can't believe that we were ever worried about Paloma's ability to swim — it's as if she all of a sudden became a little fish and grew gills and fins.

He was a bit hesitant about her ability to follow instructions, discipline etc. but he decided to give her the benefit of the doubt after Sharon sang praises about Little One.