Sentences with phrase «offers precious little»

So overall the butterfly's shell offers precious little protection from their main predators.

It's not like the new additions don't ensure a decent array of variety among fighting styles, though the entire bottom row of unlockable characters is disappointing — it both spits in the face of the fact that modern beat -»em - ups simply shouldn't have unlockable fighters and offers precious little to suggest that any of the aforementioned absentees wouldn't have filled those gaps better.

But the book offers us precious little of new information on how to profit in an uncertain environment.

Neeson, likewise, offers precious little credibility here, though Texas native Wilson (Bottle Rocket, co-writer of Rushmore) provides a nice reality check as he fills Russ Tamblyn's old shoes from the Wise outing.

Cuadrado has not done enough since joining the club from Fiorentina in the winter, while Willian remains something of an enigma, keeping his place in the Chelsea starting lineup despite offering precious little in the way of end product in the final third.

Apart from a short spell they'd offered precious little and we had been by far the better of the two sides.

Sub-plots about Elle's marriage to boyfriend Emmett (Luke Wilson) and her pet dog's blossoming homosexuality offer precious little respite from the hollow messages about self - belief and being nice to animals.

As can be seen from the scattering of states into all parts of Figure 4, the data offer precious little support for the theory.

The goal, they say, is to help customers «discover their next great read,» but a look at the actual lists reveals that they offer precious little «discovery.»

No big surprises here, these are still stocks to avoid, to sell, or even to short: We have our usual selection of junior resource no - hopers, a couple of ridiculously over-valued bank stocks (even Baldy Noonan can't seem to warn some people off the «eejit trade»), my long standing bete - noire Greencore Group (GNC: LN), and a couple of biotech / medical device stocks which appear wildly over-valued (and offer precious little data to argue otherwise).

And when it comes to experiencing (and mastering) such emotions, we are all alone... Unfortunately, seeking advice from other investors may offer precious little help.

Not sure now that they're owned by privately held Mars and aren't required to release this information, but one thing I can say for sure is that the world's largest chain of veterinary hospitals offered us precious little this year.

And all too often, dedicated training programmes aimed specifically at online work focus primarily on the very basic mechanics of online practice, offering precious little engagement with the actual therapeutic process which may unfold between client and online therapist over a period of weeks, months, or even years.

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Because some of them historically taken on very little debt and have offered increased dividends, royalty companies may be an attractive option for precious metals investors.

Whilst the 24 year old has been a flop since moving to Merseyside over the summer but there seems little to be gained by offering the # 16m signing to another club on a temporary deal, not when Rodgers has precious few effective attacking options of note.

For too long we have accepted an unbalanced parenting leave system which offers families precious little choice over how to share the responsibility for earning and caring when they have children.

Your baby steadily gains weight Whilst nothing can prepare you for the early arrival of your baby and the alien, clinical environment in which you have to spend the early days, we hope this small guide offers you a little help in giving your precious child the best start you can offer.

-- advice on getting your precious little ones to sleep through the night based on my experience, Positive Discipline advice, and my favorite books that offered advice that I've seen work.

Whilst nothing can prepare you for the early arrival of your baby and the alien, clinical environment in which you have to spend the early days, we hope this small guide offers you a little insight & help in giving your precious child the best start you can offer.

While many Capitol reporters have embraced social media and enjoy offering television and radio commentary on their work and on the political scene, Precious does little self - promoting, and is only a recent Twitter recruit, @TomPreciousALB.)

There is precious little research to indicate how long a football player should be sidelined in order to let his brain recover, though, and Smith's experiments don't offer much comfort.

The script is well paced, offering its audience precious little opportunity to relent from the action and the performances (even though they're dubbed, as was the norm for Italian cinema back then) are naturalistic and believable.

While such a sensitive psychological approach has the potential to delve deep, the treatment lacks the dramatic thrill of a traditional endangerment story, offering rich parts for Saoirse Ronan and Cynthia Nixon, but precious little access to their inner thoughts — and less to grab the attention of general audiences.

In the real world the tape measure shows there is precious little difference between any of the cars tested and the Escape offers similar luggage volumes to its competitors.

To be fair, we do get to see much of what is on offer in the Giulietta, admittedly in quick - cut shots with precious little of the Giulietta as a whole on view.

And sometimes the only exposure: There's precious little access to European distressed assets for private investors right now, but alternative managers offer the chance to get in on the ground floor for what's to come...

And be wary of cloud mining — of course, there are legitimate hosts out there, but many have precious little incentive to share / rent out / finance their mining resources, so what's on offer could be a scam.

While the visuals offer a nice retro look with a consistent theme, there is precious little variety, while the actual layout is different every time, the levels all have the same look to them.

Unfortunately, MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies only hits upon one of these factors — the playable character bit — leaving this Warriors - lite spin - off from the Hyperdimension Neptunia series with precious little to offer anyone who dares to give it a go.

In other words, the best new features Android has to offer have precious little to do with Android itself.