Sentences with phrase «on unattainable»

Another character, Vic, is central to the book: he appears as an awkward adolescent fixated on unattainable older girls, as a young man coping with the legacy of his father's alcoholism and abandonment, and as a middle - aged man unable to come to terms with his past.

The heroes adored by modern society are not beacons of moral self - righteousness who stand on unattainable peaks of principles and practices.

Not exact matches

An appearance on the show seemed an unattainable goal.

A sharp increase of 6 percent from the year prior, a 20 percent mortgage down payment on a home of that value would mean saving nearly $ 42,000, a price tag unattainable for most first - time home buyers.

There is a growing sense that the world is demand short — that the real interest rates necessary to equate investment and saving at full employment are very low and may be often unattainable given the bounds on nominal interest rate reductions.

President Donald Trump on Monday will offer a budget plan that falls far short of eliminating the government's deficit over 10 years, conceding that huge tax cuts and new spending increases make this goal unattainable, three people familiar with the...

Internet - based commerce empowers consumers on every corner to build small businesses, trade in goods and services, and harness previously unattainable educational opportunities.

For both sensibilities, perfection is unattainable, man's reach will exceed his grasp, and utopia can never be achieved on earth.

On this conception, goodness is achieved not by aspiring to an unattainable ideal but by creating social conditions that remove all occasion for sin.

The amount of money he needs to make the land purchase isn't much by North American standards, although virtually unattainable on his meager salary.

A focus on clean label and simple ingredients has boosted the number of introductions in the category, and new technology in frozen foods has given processors an opportunity to capitalize on «fresh» claims that were previously unattainable.

Or pages filled with unattainable goals based on an eating philosophy that leaves you feeling hungry and deprived.

Because you can never tell, Burnley could decide to be greedy by pursuing an unattainable glory at the Ems on Saturday.

Another thing, I feel that he has his eye on a few certain players, which are unattainable at the moment, but is making due with the payers he has, hoping to secure that top 4 finish until the time comes when he can get his «dream team» together.

Potter, off - camera for most of his third round, came oh so close on Saturday at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am to what used to be an almost unattainable score.

Messi's men now hold a quite astonishing sixteen point lead over rivals Madrid in the Primera Division this season and perhaps their deadly accuracy from outside the box under new boss Tito Vilanova has been the main reason why they're able to hold on to such an unattainable lead at the top of the table.

For families on a strict budget, some foam mattresses may be financially unattainable.

These unrealistic and unattainable portrayals of beauty can wreak havoc on your teen's body image if you're not careful.

But painting a one - sided picture of breastfeeding as an ideal gold standard gift means many mothers think it's an unattainable ideal — on a par with never eating sugar or using silk diapers — rather than the biological norm, something that is simply meant to happen.

A successful player makes synergist gains: «clever players will spot a move on one board that will trigger realignments on other boards, enabling them to achieve unattainable objectives» (Putnam, 1988, 434).

However, unlike traditional surveys where we have to rely on a sample precisely because analysing the universe is unattainable, when we talk about social media, the entire universe is in principle available, at least the universe referring to public posts.

Moving around the Region and observing the people as well as communicating with residents on issues, show how they yearn to see their lives improved by those who profess love to them, but it is apparent their hopes may continue to be unattainable as Ghana as a whole continues to battle for proper planning and policy implementation.

Commenting on the appointment she said «As a result of this Government's policies, owning a home is an unattainable dream for so many youngsters, and for countless people even having somewhere stable and affordable to call home is impossible».

The document outlines services that will just not fit on the West Coast Main line today and explains why punctuality targets on over-stretched main lines will be unattainable.

Michael Gove and Boris Johnson have made their most pointed attacks to date on David Cameron, telling him to accept his pledge to cut immigration below 100,000 a year is unattainable within the European Union.

«Considering that two - thirds of the U.S. federal government hasn't even signed off on the Clean Power Plan and 13 states have already pledged to fight it, our international partners should proceed with caution before entering into a binding, unattainable deal.»

If cultural elements are addressed, it is through a limited focus on «body image» work, which often invokes the significance of the media in perpetuating unattainable images of the body.

This 2 - degree [Celsius, or 3.6 - degree Fahrenheit] change that everybody talks about [as a limit on warming], which is probably unattainable, has some serious ramifications for oceans.

«We're on the verge of a transformation of our science capabilities that is simply unattainable today.

«I suppose it means that 2 °C isn't quite as unattainable as it was previously thought to be, but I'm not exactly holding my breath on climate negotiations,» says Annan.

Sleep deprivation also accounts for Charles A. Lindbergh's sensed presence during his transatlantic flight to Paris: «The fuselage behind me becomes filled with ghostly presences — vaguely outlined forms, transparent, moving, riding weightless with me in the plane... conversing and advising on my flight, discussing problems of my navigation, reassuring me, giving me messages of importance unattainable in ordinary life.»

On Instagram, the #handstand looks effortless, sweat-less, and much of the time, unattainable.

They work because they prey on your emotions, your fears and society's unbelievable and unattainable standards of beauty.

Her positivity and emphasis on loving yourself and letting go of unrealistic expectations and virtually unattainable standards is always so motivating and calming.

Fashion week has become this crazy time where brands invest so much time and money to put on these shows that showcase somewhat unattainable standards.

Ernest's unrequited yet relatable pining for the glamorous, unattainable Marlene Dietrich just narrowly missed out on the # 2 spot - it came third, with 13 % of the vote, showing that even the love that comes from friendship can have its own romance.

In the real world, you see pretty girls and hunky men on magazine covers who are largely unattainable.»

Included amongst them were Robert Iscove's Boys and Girls, which cast the actor as a college student, and Amy Heckerling's Loser, in which Biggs again set foot on a college campus to play a social misfit in love with an unattainable girl (Pie co-star Mena Suvari).

Sleeping With Other People instead shows the damaging relationship Lainey (Brie) carries on with the ever - unattainable Matt (Adam Scott), from its college beginnings to present day, throughout which Matt seriously mistreats her.

By concentrating on the physical toll of Joan's psychological ordeal, Dreyer translates the unattainable and resolute piety of Joan the saint into the accessible language of compassion for the pain and suffering of Joan the human, achieving a coexistent and symbiotic relationship between the metaphysical and the corporeal that Dreyer defines as realized mysticism.

But we compromise such «behavior modification» when those on the ground view the targets as unattainable.

The real trick will be to make sure this is done in a way that doesn't over-face children or place too much focus on roles that, although aspirational, may well or feel unattainable to some young people and only serve to further disconnect them from their education.

The waivers free states from federal requirements that all students score proficient on state math and reading exams by 2014, a goal many view as unattainable.

The law requires all students to be proficient on those tests by 2014, which many consider an unattainable goal.

Since the ultimate goal of NCLB, that 100 percent of students would be proficient on state tests by 2014, was widely acknowledged as unattainable, more and more schools were failing to make AYP as we approached that deadline.

Built on a segment - first closed box unibody frame that combines the strength of a ladder frame with the many advantages of a unibody design, the Ridgeline adds refinement, handling performance, innovative In - Bed Trunk ™ and packaging previously unattainable with a traditional body - on - frame truck design.

I've given up on chasing the seemingly unattainable.

Every occupation was another rung up the ladder on his way West - where life would be better and opportunity, money, safety, and security were not crazy, unattainable dreams.

However, when publicity began to take a negative turn, focusing on bad trips, psychotic breaks, flashbacks and suicides, the drugs became illegal and largely unattainable — until now.

To ensure that a book displays absolutely perfectly on all devices has become a magic trick, almost... something that is almost unattainable for certain books, because there are too few control mechanisms in the eBook format themselves.