Sentences with phrase «of living up to»

However, the Challenger hasn't quite been capable of living up to its name and rivaling its newly revived pony competition.

I guess it's the burden of living up to the extraordinary legacies they left behind.

Though we haven't actually driven the front - wheel - drive version, we're willing to bet that the Edge Sport is much more capable of living up to its name when equipped with the optional all - wheel - drive system for this high - powered turbo V - 6.

At Sherwood Forest, part of living up to our «Einstein Way» is to not only provide natural academic supports for students on multiple levels, but also to provide targeted instruction to our large population of English Language Learners.

She holds high expectations for him, and she lets him know that she thinks he is capable of living up to those expectations.

Only then will we have hope of living up to the aspirations embodied in the No Child Left Behind Act.

The title sums it up: schools need more money to cover the «hidden» costs of living up to the expectations set by exit exams.

And considering the pressure of living up to Sondheim's legacy and doing his Broadway musical justice, you can't blame the film's cast for being stressed — especially Anna Kendrick, who performed an updated version of «On the Steps of the Palace.»

The former takes to alcohol to deal with the pressure of living up to his father's expectations; the latter's a showboat and a hothead who's easily distracted by the fairer sex.

OTTTD (or «Over The Top Tower Defence») does a pretty good job of living up to its title.

The only thing resolved in her mind is that she prefers her father's thirst for adventure to her mother's way of living up to societal expectations.

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.

You can hear the pressure of living up to Williams in his work.

With only passion and determination to keep him going, will Andrew pursue his career as a drummer or be taken down by the pressure of living up to Professor Fletcher's high standards?

Brady is especially good, conjuring the grit and grimace of living up to a western code that a friend expresses over a campfire: «It's all the same to a cowboy — you ride through the pain.»

Whilst for me, as an orphan, that might be the confusion of living up to what I think my parents would have wanted me to find in a partner, or the reality that my parents will never be at my wedding, for a single parent, the idea of «Family» and dating means a very different thing.

So walk into your kitchen with calm intention and only prepare what you really want to prepare, without the pressure of living up to anyone's expectations, not even your own.

I am 60 years old and have tried numerous facial creams over the years, none of them living up to their hype.

Those with perfectionistic concerns, meanwhile, «believe others hold lofty expectations for them, and feel incapable of living up to the perfection they perceive others demand.»

The Long Life Family Study (LLFS) reported that the odds of living up to the top fifth percentile were two times higher for women who had their last child past the age of 33 years than for those who had their last child before the age of 29.

The union accused Iain Duncan Smith of living up to his own description of the «quiet man» as junior work and pensions minister, Maria Miller, announced to MPs that approximately 1,700 vulnerable and disabled workers could be consigned to the dole queue.

Instead of living up to his campaign promises you seem intent to work along side of him to, «Make America Hate Again.»

What's more, Costa doesn't have the big - game experience of Cazorla, and, whilst the Brazilian is still only 23, it would not be wise to thrust him straight into the Premier League as a starter, with the pressure of living up to Cazorla's magic.

And while admitting he faces a challenge of living up to high expectations, Newton is adamant he has the talent at his disposal to do just that.

Maybe the move back to North London has finally taken the pressure of living up to the standards at Liverpool off his shoulders.

They may be able to hand him a blank check, but given how far behind AZ is at this point, he will likely not even make a small chance of living up to it.

And we will be challenged by King's dream to continue the work of living up to our highest values and deepest convictions.

Population grew rapidly until industrialization brought standards of living up to a certain threshold.

My church, though not perfect, does better job than most of living up to the proverb, «It takes a village to raise a child.»

It has done so since 1896, and that gives it more than 120 years of living up to that promise.

It faces the challenge of living up to the faith of guys like Iridium's Matt Desch, who's counting on SpaceX to put nearly seventy satellites into orbit over the next five years.

In a small hearing room packed with British and Canadian press, Carney answered four hours of questions on subjects ranging from quantitative easing to the intricacies of flexible inflation rates to whether he was actually capable of living up to his «rock star image.»

This proposal completely exposes their incapability of living up to their political commitments and ideology.

Alibaba faces the challenge of living up to the high expectations of investors and analysts after its IPO in September, but its shares have increased by more than 20 % since then, and its $ 285 billion market cap exceeds that of Walmart by about $ 30 billion.

Praising good work is Teambuilding 101 but, practically speaking, few of us live up to the ideal.

«We had already worked for three (general contractors), and every single one of them lived up to their word until Donald Trump came to Atlantic City,» Friel says.

Like the part about women - blaming and shaming combined with the pastor digging up offenses from the past, referencing an emotional distance he feels from us as we leave, citing his own pastoral involvement and authority in the decisions of our lives up to this point, threatening to talk to the pastor of the church we're visiting to share his «concerns,» and suggesting that I'm just a weak mess of emotions and that's why I can't handle the life - sucking horror that has become sundays at this church.

Only one even sort of live up to what they claimed.

Gennaro said he intended to highlight differences between Governor Andrew Cuomo's «very nice - sounding and very responsible» sounding statements about fracking and the state agencies» sometime - incongruous actions: «It's nice when elected officials make statements like that because then you can thank them for their statements, for their good - sounding statements, and ask the agencies that answer to the governor to sort of live up to the governor's good rhetoric on this.

Days later, I learned he'd been cheating on me, and I ended our six - year relationship — the best of my life up to that point — with a two - line email.

«Women cited improvement in quality of life up to two years postpartum, so the prolonged reduction in violence is especially important to this study,» says Sharps.

She could still remember recent events outside her own life, and she could tell Andelman details of her life up to 2004.

However, not all of them live up to their claim.

Neither of these lives up to the hype, though I recognize that will be a distinctly minority opinion.

The film boasts a lot of talent, and most of them live up to their billing.

Not exact matches

Research shows your brain's internal clock runs more slowly as you age — which means the pace of life appears to speed up.

Chinese researchers recently unveiled miniature kidneys comprised of cells printed from a hydrogel material, which live for up to four months.

«It took me a long time to be as brave in my personal life as I was in my professional life... to be brave in love means opening yourself up to the possibility of heartbreak.»

The San Francisco company has been ramping up its efforts in the world of live streaming, kicking off a deal in September with the NFL to stream 10 Thursday night games to Twitter users via the web, mobile apps and streaming devices like the Apple TV.

Dating app Bumble also had a pop - up at SXSW, which allowed visitors to walk through real - life manifestations of the app's three platforms: Bumble Bizz, Bumble BFF and Bumble Date.