Sentences with phrase «poor relation»

The two employees were dismissed for disrupting work at the institute, which has had poor relations with labor for several years.

This lower wellbeing does not simply reflect children's negative perceptions of family life, but extends outside the family to include lower enjoyment of school, and poorer relations with teachers and peers.

Architecture, usually art's poor relation in the RA's priorities, will, thanks to a donation by Lloyd Dorfman, founder of Travelex, have its own gallery.

We can not afford to have antipodean universities seen as poor relations.

These figures are to an extent the result of a continuation of the history of poor relations between Indigenous people and the police, which are confrontational and which may be linked to the visibility of Aboriginal people in public spaces.

John Prescott says spin culture is responsible for poor relations between political parties and the media.

Four other poor relations play for the Bears, an uninspiring collection of talent equally blessed and cursed by inspiring last names.

Scratch, or homemade, pudding — pastry cream's luscious, but spoonable poor relation — is worth the extra few minutes it takes to make; there's no doubt.

The two countries have had poor relations since a two - year border war, which...

The governor's comments underscore the continuing poor relations between the two branches of government in recent weeks.

I was lamenting the fact that an African American official has such poor relations with folks who are from the same cultural background as he, that he needs the intervention of someone from another race in order to connect with communities of color...» Mueller accuses Bryan of using bullying tactics.

In part because of its extremely poor relations with other booksellers, and in part because it's not a priority, Amazon can't do much to get its authors» titles into those physical stores.

Ever since more flashy, multi-function tablets became mainstream — prompted by the launch of Apple's iPad in 2010 — black - and - white e-readers with their matt e-ink screens have come to be seen as poor relations.

A new Belgian study looked into the causes of age discrimination and found that children with poor relations with their grandparents were significantly more ageist than those who had happy relationships with their grandparents.

According to one Russian analyst, poor relations between Russia and the West are behind the accusation.

Sally Gaze, a rural rector who chairs the national Fresh Expressions rural round table, wrote in a recent article: «Rural Christians can sometimes feel that they are the poor relation compared to larger urban and suburban churches.

Even though Arsenal finished as runners up to the Premier League champions Leicester City last season and thereby have an automatic place in the coveted group phase of the Champions League this season, while Chelsea had such a poor campaign that they did not even manage to scrape into the poor relation that is the Europa League, do not expect us to be favourites to win any transfer battle between the two clubs.

Any reasons why the poor relations evolved..

When it comes to defense, they «re the poor relations who will pay the piper.

«I won it twice at Arsenal, the last of which gave us the double in 1998 — and none of us saw it as a poor relation.

The National Hunt Festival started in 1910, and for decades it was just a country meet, a sort of poor relation to racing.

The poor relation now seem to run the roost in the city.

Arsène Wenger has told José Mourinho that he has spent the duration of his 21 years at Arsenal as a poor relation of the Premier League's financial el -LRB-...)

Furthermore, the school food workforce is often overlooked within schools, and seen by many as a «poor relation» of the wider catering trade.

Reservists are not «the army's poor relations,» railed Liberal Democrat committee member Nick Harvey.

Hidden away in the coalition's Programme for Government two years ago was the pledge to «restore rights to non-violent protest» — an agenda which was always the poor relation to the civil liberties big hitters, like establishing a commission on a British Bill of Rights.

Meanwhile David Cameron has said he regards Wales as the «poor relation» under Barnett.

Historically, mental health services have always been the poor relation within the NHS.

In 1981 poor relations between police and black immigrants in the area eventually boiled over into disorder in which 280 police officers and 45 members of the public were injured.

In a tweet, Trump blamed Congress for the nation's «all - time» poor relations with Russia (the Cuban Missile Crisis may rank up there, too).

It gets worse, although, winningly, she does say: «If I were a gay couple I would feel like a poor relation.»

For too long motorcycles have lagged behind clean technologies and have become the poor relations in relation to green incentives such as zero road tax say the BMF, this will now give us an opportunity to prove a motorcycle's green credentials to a sceptical audience.

Devolution has given Scotland a voice within the union, Mr Blair wrote, while its recent economic success has dispelled any suggestion it is the «poor relation» north of the border.

While there's no apparent effort to force him out, Johnson may be sick of the gig and ready to be replaced after nearly 25 years on the job — and after a torrent of criticism of his low conviction rate and his poor relations with the NYPD for declining to prosecute cases that arise from certain types of stop and frisks, sources told the News.

Norman Lamb says historic chance for mental health to lose «poor relation» status will be lost if Conservatives fail to provide multibillion - pound boost by 2020

Significant recent progress to improve mental health will stall, and a «historic opportunity» to ditch its status as the «poor relation» of physical ailments will be lost, if ministers do not put more than the promised # 8bn extra into the NHS by 2020, Norman Lamb said.

«ADHD predicts poor relations with peers, but do poor relations with peers affect symptoms of ADHD, forming, in effect, a vicious cycle?»

It's like the poor relation that nobody pays attention to.

He has poor relations with women and can barely take care of himself, let alone the housecat he accidentally frees after a particularly strange conversation with Troy Nelson (Starl Sands).

Sitcom director James Griffiths's feature debut takes its cue from the energy and visual humour of Edgar Wright but - though his film zips along and is further enlivened by its dance sequences, including a bizarre and entertaining car park dance - off - visually it feels highly derivative, like a poor relation of the aforementioned's Cornetto trilogy.

As the film opens, she is in a relationship with a suit who clearly doesn't love her, a job she's too honest for, and saddled with wealthy friends who look at her as a poor relation.