Sentences with phrase «part of an hour»

This doesn't come as a shock to someone who just spent the better part of an hour trying to convince Comcast (CMSA)-RRB- that $ 180 is way too much to pay for too many bad TV channels; often - unreliable broadband; and downright terrible phone service.

Musk's comments on AI only took up a small part of the hour - long exchange.

Following his presentation at a conference in early April, Gundlach held forth in the lobby as advisor after advisor — oblivious to or uninterested in the subsequent presenters on stage — asked for his insight for the better part of an hour.

In this case, an email provider maybe could allow a certain number of online hours every month to subscribers and part of those hours could include Facebook or any other site.

As part of his hours - long Senate testimony today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to assure lawmakers that he didn't fire Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey for his political views.

The mud was thick and the wheels were so deeply sunk that it took him the best part of an hour, helping to pull the cart out.

For the better part of an hour, a band played praise songs, and we were encouraged to sing, even dance.

I love the flaky pastry, the gooey chocolate... the way I can drag it out to last a good part of an hour.

It takes the good part of an hour to fully cook these oats, but I do hope you find it's worth the time to try it.

I suspect it could be one of those scenarios where it takes me the better part of an hour to craft a sentiment that basically communicates the following.

Two titles changed hands, there were some surprise returns and the world champion wrestled for the better part of an hour in two back - to - back classic matches.

Stern then spent the worst part of an hour explaining why he and the owners may find it necessary to sacrifice next season to a work stoppage.

Don't sell the Greek giants short: they were able to hold off Bayern Munich's overpowering scoring offence for the better part of an hour before the dam finally broke.

Last week's 2 - 1 reverse at Sunderland condemned them to their ninth defeat of the season, this despite leading for the best part of an hour only to concede twice in the closing stages.

Last week's 3 - 1 loss to Blackburn was a new low for the Dutchman and his clan, who, despite boasting a numerical advantage for the best part of an hour, failed to overhaul the Premier League's then bottom side.

If I have spent the better part of an hour doing that, I am not surrendering to anyone.

So I found a job that allowed flex time and for me to work part of my hours at home when my husband was working, so we had the flexibility to care for our daughter's health issues.

Miner and Mahoney spent a big part of the hour - long chat at the Palace Theater debating the wisdom of providing tax breaks to the Destiny USA mall, which now seeks a 20 - year tax abatement to build a hotel.

In the second part of this hour, we talk about the Teachout campaign with WXXI's Michelle Faust and Conor Skelding from Capital New York.

The amendment was part of hours of action on a GOP - backed $ 55 billion transportation and housing bill that Democrats attacked as an example of badly misplaced priorities.

His final State of the State address in 2006, a 6,000 - word affair that kept Albany's denizens away from other temptations for the better part of an hour, was widely advertised as a preview of a Pataki presidential campaign in 2008.

The brothers have already spent the better part of an hour here absorbed in this activity.

I have spent the best part of this hour trying to figure out how to connect two atoms to a molecule and I still have no clue.

I spent the better part of an hour on Google and Google Scholar looking for some confirmation but came up empty.

I love the flaky pastry, the gooey chocolate... the way I can drag it out to last a good part of an hour.

I'm actually pretty eager to add a piece to my own collection and finally settled on the crevice ring (gold - plated, moonstone) after spending the better part of an hour winnowing down my choices!

The cast came out of the «Date Gate» at the end of the show, standing on 48th Street for the best part of an hour signing autographs and taking photos.

For the best part of an hour, Into The Night is a very well - crafted, light - hearted comedy about suburban life and the unexpected.

I had hoped to do a First Five of Trion Worlds» free - to - play voxel - powered MMO, but with my login queue time hovering around an 50 minutes for the better part of an hour, my blocky adventure shall have to wait.

After waiting to log in for the better part of an hour I finally got five minutes with free - to - play voxel building MMO, Trove.

«Parts of this hour - long film might have been conceived by Powell himself — particularly those parts which place him in dark - humored proximity to projected images from his own work.

What makes the speech so effective is that Bing is soft - spoken for the better part of an hour; finally seeing him explode is equal parts cathartic and painful.

For his remake, Scorsese adds the best part of an hour, largely failing to cohesively fuse narrative concerns with the Oedipally - ridden weight of his loftier thematic ideals.

These clear plastic rings fit around Fraction Circles to show the relationships among fractions, decimals, and percents (1/4 = 0.25 = 25 %); to demonstrate the equivalence of minutes and fractional parts of an hour (15 minutes = 1/4 hour); and to express fractional parts of a circle in degrees (1/4 of a circle = 90 & deg;).

For the better part of an hour, delegates were told how UFT President Michael Mulgrew is fighting this evaluation battle for us and how Unity is giving its all to protect teachers from the evil machinations of Mayor Bloomberg.

True to her stated preference for group work and cooperative learning, in all but two of the lessons observed, Cheri had students working together for at least part of the hour.

Tirelessly, for the better part of an hour, he worked diligently with a group of almost 30 students, engaging in a problem - solving task intended to help students grapple with combining like terms in an algebraic expression.

Performing the same calculations in excel can easily take the best part of an hour.

Many important trends and statistics were covered, with pit bulls, feral cats, and breeders also part of the hour.

Having spent the best part of an hour soaking up the tranquility of our beautiful surroundings, we decided it was probably time to hit the road.

I spent the best part of an hour picking out well - known landmarks, such as the Louvre and Notre Dame, from the picturesque landscape and taking a fabulous collection of photographs to share with my family and friends.

That's the best part of an hour spent in the thrilling - but - demanding company of Belgium's premium circuit.

It doesn't prove anything to me when a developer gives an enemy I'm facing a body that absorbs every bullet I throw at it for the better part of an hour or the ability to drop me in a single shot.

Later, there are the grand towering Elder Dragons that'll knock you this way and that as you whittle away at their generous pools of health on hunts that sap up the best part of an hour, all before you pick yourself up from the forest floor, dust yourself off and, like a kid stepping off a rollercoaster, say to yourself let's do that again.

It took me the better part of an hour just to get my Mii right.

The reveal trailer was part of an hour - long livestream that gave fans an in - depth look at what the games offer.

Had Persona 3 included such a feature I probably wouldn't have given up after losing the better part of an hour's progress to an ill - timed random battle.

These guys will kick your ass if you're not prepared — coming back with the right equipment, the right mindset, and most importantly experience through failure will often see you come out on top, after massive battles that will often take up the better part of an hour... maybe a little less if you've brought some friends with you.

«Haile King Rubie: Speaking Colors» After spending the better part of an hour studying the paintings of Haile King Rubie at his first solo show, «Speaking Colors» (July 27 - August 17, 2017) at the newly opened Clara Frances Gallery in Harlem, I was struck by the depth of feeling that Rubie was able to paint into each of his canvases.

The experts at the bird rescue center anticipate having to handle hundreds of birds at a time, repeating a process that, again, takes the better part of an hour to clean each one.