Sentences with phrase «of putting it off»

Secondly, so much of modern liturgy has been «feminised» and the introduction of female altar servers has sometimes had the effect of putting off boys from service at the altar.

And though it was but a small thing in the eye of man, yet a wonderful confusion it brought among all professors and priests: but, blessed be the Lord, many came to see the vanity of that custom of putting off hats to men, and felt the weight of Truth's testimony against it.»

Difficult & complicated recipes just sort of put me off!

They are both pretty similar, but my grandmother's cozonac recipe requires such a long and vigorous kneading that it kind of puts me off baking it.

But they do have a way of putting off people, including Avener, who said, «We're at opposite ends of the spectrum.

Getting into the habit of completing homework at regularly scheduled times will also help your child form a habit of completing homework, avoiding potential battles of putting off work until the last minute.

After a couple of weeks of putting it off, I pulled out the instructions and washed all of the parts.

They finally got sick of me putting it off, came in and broke it and I had her about two hours later.

I thought of putting it off a day or so, then O thought of the years that had already passed (not regrettably).

«People make jokes about commissions as a way of putting off dealing with important problems, but this one will serve both political and policy ends that are urgent, and will have a wide and attentive audience,» said Larry Levy, a political analyst who leads the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University.

But none of that put off Tory grandee Nicholas Soames from meeting up with the president of Zimbabwe last week.

A classic example consists of putting off saving for retirement until later in life.

And I find that even I, you know, knowing what I know academically about these things, even [I] don't want to be vulnerable, I kind of put it off, and then I have remind myself how beneficial it is, how much I would get out of that, out of being closer, not being right necessarily, but being closer to my wife or closer to my children or [closer] to my elderly parents.

But the extreme distressed style of mine put me off — I felt like so much distressing on a stretch jean looked a little inexpensive, and inexpensive these jeans are not.

Instead of putting them off, get out there and get stuck in.

If you're going to try this out, don't let the initial feeling of it put you off - give it a chance!

I was kind of put off for a long time on the style, but nope i am loving the easy going style.

I finally got a slow cooker a few months ago after years of putting it off.

The lippies and their colours are really stunning Laura but thanks so much for being honest about the scent and differing texture and formula - a bit of a put off!

So the thought that I could only wear the OTKs during cold months kind of put me off from buying them... but they were just too cute not to buy!

However don't make the mistake of putting off telling them until further down the line.

As it happens we managed to meet up with four different women over the course of six months, so they really didn't need to do this to us in the first place, and it could of put us off and they would have lost a customer instead of gaining one, so I really don't understand why they do this.

If that's actually the case, no problem, but otherwise you run the risk of putting off potential prospects who are actually seeking relationships.

«Lewyn Davis», however, ran the risk of putting me off the brothers altogether.

Mike, I didn't get around to mentioning it in the podcast, but yes — it's also probably the only film I've seen where I was actually amused by the fart jokes instead of put off.

Setting a precedent among states, Massachusetts will give its schools the option of putting off the new Common Core assessments, planned for spring 2015, for a year.

Are you tired of putting off your dream of becoming a published author because you just don't know how to write a book?

Then when you're mortgage - free, you need to have the discipline to change gears: after decades of putting it off, you will need to suddenly embrace investing.

One way to increase the chances of putting off retirement is to pay for a degree (either fully or partially), and student loans are becoming an increasingly heavy burden for parents.

Deal with your debt now instead of putting it off until later.

How many of us put off trimming our dog's nails until the inevitable veterinary check - up comes around and the veterinarian must do it?

Not being at all athletic sort of puts you off a little bit.

At one time, there was a wrestler in a KKK outfit which kind of put me off the whole deal.

If there's one thing to love about this compilation, it's that it's not afraid of putting off kids and grandmothers with a bit of good old - fashioned video gaming - remembering that they liked it well enough 30 years ago.

Demon Lorad Ghirahim will sort of put off his pursuit of Link to aid the Hyrule Warriors.

It's all you've got left and I've no doubt that it's doing a great job of putting off potential members from your crackpot movement.

«Exxon's goal of putting off as long as possible any investigation into the critically important question of whether Exxon broke the law and deceived consumers and investors about the role of its products in causing climate change.»

Most of us put off making that big decision for a number of reasons... we fear making the wrong decision, we feel we don't (yet) have enough information, we fear that we may be making the decision for the wrong reasons or we fear offending the feelings of those that are near to us by our choice (that may conflict with their views of what you should do).

Procrastinators, beware of putting off shopping for car insurance.

Case Study: Life Insurance at 52 (The Cost of Putting Off Life Insurance for One Year) We once had a 52 - year - old client who decided to delay his application a few months, waiting to apply until after he turned 53.

Instead of putting off the job search until after the New Year, why not get a leg up on the competition?

In divorce, you don't have the luxury of putting off making decisions for a year.

Put Money Aside Maintenance isn't free, unfortunately, and one common cause of putting off what needs to be done is a lack of money when it needs doing.

That last line is such great advice... give yourself a break when it comes to the little regrets, and try to live without the big ones... The example you gave about a visiting a dying man instead of putting it off — very good advice.

«We were looking a couple of houses and the lingering smell of dog was a bit of a put off.

Cleaning the house can be a tedious and tiresome task, which may be the reason many of us put it off.

Instead of putting off cleaning until «later» we incorporated cleaning routines into our day to day schedules and it made life much easier.

I tried to watch, but was kind of put off by her overly cutesy manner, particularly since she's not 20.

Not exact matches

In 2015, less than a year after retiring as CEO of convenience store giant Alimentation Couche - Tard, the executive chairman, along with his three co-founders, put forward a resolution to extend their time - limited voting control — the group holds 22 % of the company's equity — to ward off any future takeover attempts.

Ticking off every demand the New Democrats put on their long list — from giving motorists a break on their insurance to delaying and eliminating some corporate tax breaks — the Liberals have thrown down the gauntlet and put the party that holds the balance of power between a rock and a hard place.