Sentences with phrase «of ordinary performance»

And after one year of ordinary performance in all respects, she picked herself up and transferred to a university at the other end of the country, just about as far from her family as it was possible to go.

At worst, this tyranny of unrealistic standards can cause the only child to be intolerant of ordinary performance, unforgiving of mistakes, being extremely hard on himself or herself when it comes to matters of achievement.

Not exact matches

Ordinary metrics such as calls per day and minutes per call are a decent starting point, but they alone are not comprehensive enough to paint a complete picture of the skills of any particular sales rep.. So, consider incorporating lesser - used metrics into your performance tracking, such as voicemail - return rate, dial - to - opportunity percentage and dials - to - appointments ratio.

We eliminate these acquisition - related expenses from adjusted EBITDA and adjusted net income to provide management and investors a tool for comparing on a period - to - period basis our operating performance in the ordinary course of operations.

In the ordinary course of business, HP may provide certain clients with subsidiary performance guarantees and / or financial performance guarantees, which may be backed by standby letters of credit or surety bonds.

This will tend to understate the performance of the taxable account in circumstances where long - term capital gains and qualified dividends, which are currently taxed at lower rates than ordinary income, are a component of investment returns, as is the case for investments with significant equity holdings.

Such a state is not attained by the ordinary performance of religious duties.

All the elements were in place for one of those larger than ordinary mortals» performances, but the gambit seems to have fallen flat.

A miracle is the performance of a supernatural deed which is related to the claim of the right to prophesy, a deed which ordinary people can not perform.

Our ordinary, pre-revelational images of God are often little more than expressions and legitimations of those powers before whom we act out our heroic performances in an effort to gain the significance for which we crave.

But anyone who watched the Pacers this season knows this kind of performance is not out of the ordinary.

, debuchy was france 1st choice before he came to us.why is theo walcot under performing?look at bellerin, the guy is going backward, he is not the type of player we new 2 seasons ago, his performance against beryan when we defeated them 2 1 at emirate the same player couldnt track down ordinary richalison.we keep blaming this players, though some are average but ARSENE WENGER does nt develop players, the dressing room is lost, our players are mentally weak, everything we do is outdated, wenger needs to go, our fans in london are not doing enough to make these people know what we fans are going through, i fear for nelson too, cos that guy is exceptional, but soon fans will start condemning him, and its not his fault, how do you expect him to develop when hes being played out of position?WENGER MUST GO!!

So far he's produced the odd flash of skill in very ordinary performances.

Having sat on the bench in the previous two tournaments, Kahn displayed extraordinary mental strength to bounce back from the 5 - 1 drubbing at the hands of England in the qualifiers and turn in a formidable performance to lead an otherwise ordinary German side all the way to the final.

At one of his public engagements President Mahama noted that events of the last few months had demonstrated more vividly and vindicated the assertion by the founder in 2008 that «Ghana is larger than all of us, and the NDC's victory is the victory of ordinary and truthful Ghanaians guided by the proven history and performance of a Social Democratic Party and Government.»

Or it could be that the analytic portions of the brain are like a high performance car: They require more maintenance in old age than an ordinary model.

Like Ex Machina, it's a study of ordinary people trying to make sense of an extraordinary situation, driven by thoughtful performances and stark, striking images.

It deals with a very ordinary emergency with deftness of touch, and the power of a singular performance.

The film holding that performance is nothing out of the ordinary, but it's diverting in a breezy way.

With pitch - perfect performances by James Ransone (The Wire and Tangerine), Natasha Lyonne (Orange is the New Black, American Pie and Slums of Beverly Hills), Alex Karpovsky (HBO's Girls) and a keen eye for the ordinary, Ross takes a slice of Midwestern life and crafts yet another wondrous film from it.

But the allure of a posthumous performance that clearly factored into the strong showings of The Dark Knight and Michael Jackson's This Is It didn't draw the masses to this musical drama, which had an ordinary run in fairly wide release.

DVD Extras The Special Edition includes an audio commentary, live Tina Turner performance of the theme song, a making of featurette, a made for TV feature on the entire Bond series, TV spots and trailers - pretty good but nothing out of the ordinary

Elsewhere, the wonderful Donald Sutherland gave huis finest performance since «Ordinary People» in «Without Limits,» portraying the coach of famous runner Steve Prefontaine, bringing real dignity to the part.

A great performance from Emily Blunt makes this well - staged story of FBI operations in the US - Mexico drugs war a cut above the ordinary

Nikki Baughan: Following in the footsteps of Sarah Gavron's similarly themed Suffragette in its focus on an ordinary woman whose domestic discord opens her eyes to wider issues, this Swiss drama features a brilliant central performance from Marie Leuenberger.

Again, he brings out unbelievable performances from a cast of non-professional actors, portraying ordinary people living in the margins of society.

It examines the reasons for choosing different business forms and then the reasons for changing them (including sole traders, LTD and PLCs, mutuals and the public sector); the role of shareholders and their reasons for investment (including market capitalisation, dividends and ordinary shares); the key influences on share prices and why these are important for a company; and finally the effect of ownership on mission, objectives, decisions and performance.

It was, in short, a pretty ordinary day — except that earlier in the week when the Minnesota Department of Education rolled out its new school performance rating system, the five - year - old Hiawatha suddenly became the state's most successful school.

Last summer, as he opened a convening of education organizations which had responded to a call for innovative designs to assess student and school performance, he reflected on the important role of ordinary citizens and organizations in civil society had to helping educational institutions advance their democratic goals.

LOS ANGELES, California — Ten seconds and a quick stab of the throttle reveal that the 2017 BMW M760i xDrive is no ordinary M Performance car with a small handful of performance add - ons and some carbon fiberPerformance car with a small handful of performance add - ons and some carbon fiberperformance add - ons and some carbon fiber appliques.

And finally there's the driving experience, which is made up of shocking straight - line performance and a cornering attitude that feels as high stakes as any hyperactive, twitchy «ordinary» supercar you care to name.

SUVs match or exceed the performance and capabilities of ordinary automobiles in many ways.

Whether it's a high - performance racing version of a more ordinary car or an exclusive design that shares nothing with its siblings, the effect of a star car on sales of the bread - and - butter models is getting more attention than it has in past years.

If you are looking to add a significant amount of additional muscle, both aesthetically and performance wise, perhaps a Mercedes Benz GL dressed up with Carlsson's RS - Kit is just what you are looking for to set you apart from ordinary GL drivers.

At the rear is a pair of 3 - inch (76 mm) chrome exhaust outlets, which caps a performance dual - exhaust system made of high - grade stainless steel that will maintain a lustrous appearance longer than ordinary stainless.

First of all, let's get one thing straight: a «sleeper» is a car that looks ordinary and offers no clues about how quick it is — no aggressive design cues or performance division badges.

It is a fundamentally good car that offers decent performance, excellent fuel economy and, for Subaru, something out of the ordinary: fairly normal styling.

The new package from JE Design adds a bit of that attitude from the race car to the ordinary lion's performance and styling.

Until that date, Motoring says we'll be in the dark about its performance and technical specifications, but the website believes the Australian - market version of the aggressive mid-size pickup will be fitted with a new, turbocharged 2.0 - liter diesel four - cylinder capable of greater output than the ordinary Ranger's 200 - hp / 350 - lb - ft 3.2 - liter diesel I5.

In investments, ordinary linear dependence between asset classes describes 2 asset classes where the performance of one can be derived from the other using a linear relationship.

In Uncovering Hedge Fund Skill from the Portfolio Holdings They Hide, a paper to be published in the upcoming Journal of Finance (or see a February 2012 version on the SSRN), authors Vikas Agarwal, Wei Jiang, Yuehua Tang, and Baozhong Yang ask whether confidential holdings exhibit superior performance to holdings disclosed on a 13F in the ordinary course.

Portfolio Turnover Risk: The Fund's high portfolio turnover will increase its transaction costs and may result in increased realization of net short - term capital gains (which are taxable to shareholders as ordinary income when distributed to them), higher taxable distributions and lower after - tax performance.

High portfolio turnover also may result in increased realization of net short - term capital gains (which are taxable to shareholders as ordinary income when distributed to them), higher taxable distributions and lower the Fund's after - tax performance.

From inside tips on travel dates, out - of - the - ordinary accommodation, sourcing high performance equipment, booking snow school lessons and setting up three - mountain guided experiences, the SB3 team has visitors covered.

- 61 % drop in its annual net profit - net profit during the fiscal year was 16.5 billion yen ($ 149 million), down from 41.8 billion yen a year earlier - Nintendo expected a profit of 17 billion yen - operating profit of 32.9 billion yen, with an expectation from Nintendo of 33 billion, compared to 25 billion yen a year earlier - amiibo sales continued to maintain momentum and showed strong performance globally - amiibo figures sold 24.7 million and amiibo cards sold 28.9 million - sales of DLC increased and total download sales reached 43.9 billion yen - net sales were 504.4 billion yen (of which overseas sales were 368.9 billion yen or 73.1 % of the total sales)- operating income was 32.8 billion yen - exchange losses totaled 18.3 billion yen - ordinary income was 28.7 billion yen and profit attributable to owners of parent was 16.5 billion yen - projections for fiscal year ending March 31, 2017 are net sales of 500.0 billion yen, an operating income of 45.0 billion yen, an ordinary income of 45.0 billion yen and profit attributable to owners of parent of 35.0 billion yen - Nintendo expects to sell 800k Wii U and 5 million 3DS in fiscal year 2016

But with Berlin - based media artist Nils Völker's latest exhibition, Bits and Pieces, the gallery becomes a space of «poetic performance» through a choreographed dance of what the artist calls «ordinary objects.»

The Judson Dance Theatre was a collective of choreographers and performance artists — Trisha Brown, Lucinda Childs, Philip Corner, David Gordon, Deborah Hay, Meredith Monk, Steve Paxton, Yvonne Rainer, Carolee Schneemann, and James Waring — who championed movements based on ordinary gestures and rejected the narrative ostentation of traditional dance.

One thinks of the ordinary folding chairs already lined up as a memorial in Bryant Park, behind the New York Public Library, only to suggest a distressingly unresponsive audience to the viewer's own awkward performance.

From the use of religious aesthetics to durational public performances, her works push the performative moment into a public sphere often intervening and juxtaposing next to the private lives of ordinary Cambodians.

This performance is about searching through the ordinary for new processes of becoming.»