Sentences with phrase «precious little said»

In the final weeks of the official Vote Leave campaign, there was precious little said about «global Britain» and much more about immigration and «taking back control».

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«Our research into the proportion of senior business roles held by women has revealed precious little movement over the past decade,» said Francesca Lagerberg, global leader, tax services and Europe, Grant Thornton, in a statement.

LionlyLamb: Your piece of non-sense is a perfect example of spouting forth a lot and saying precious little -

Though many people equate energy conservation with personal hardship — and the truth is that it often means sacrificing a little of one's precious time — there can be definite health benefits from, say, riding a bicycle or staying off the elevator and taking the stairs instead.

It took a real effort on my part to keep calling myself to the truths of my faith, which says that however he was behaving, in God's eyes he was just as precious as my little girl, and that's a hard thing to accept when you're having to deal with the loss of somebody that's so dear to you.

I would even venture to say that there is precious little on this green earth that comes close to the silky, creamy goodness of this culinary delight.

Fred Couples, the hottest player on the PGA Tour, has precious little to say, but his smooth stroke speaks volumes

There's precious little fame, to say nothing of riches, in ride and tie, but that doesn't dismay Tom Johnson

This is easier said than done because many parents can not stand seeing their precious little ones crying because of skin irritation.

You have awfully strong opinions about which women are qualified to be good mothers, but have precious little to say about the fathers» role.

I knew the newborn checklist items moms want more than anything — namely adorable, precious little baby outfits from fancy stores, and the more pieces said outfit entailed, the better.

«My daughter was so precious with her cousin and she loved having a nursing partner,» Delancy says, adding that, despite the cuteness, nursing two at once got a little hectic.

Sleep for every family is a precious commodity but with me up at 4.30 am every morning to go to work life was beginning to feel a little hard to say the least.

If you look at your baby, giving you every feeding cue in the book but say, «Sorry honey, it hasn't been 3 hours yet, your just going to half to wait» your little bundle is going to start screaming it's precious little head off!

Even if it's just a funny thing my daughter says during bath time, or her sister's sleepy but happy face when I go in to get her up in the morning, these little moments are precious to me.

Shadow chancellor Ed Balls said the talks had come up with «precious little» and called the outcome «pitiful».

Commenting on The Budget delivered this afternoon by Chancellor, George Osborne MP, Adrian Coles, Director General of the BSA said: «Although we are not surprised, given how well trailed the content of this budget has been, we are disappointed that there is precious little in it for ordinary savers and aspiring borrowers.

Rob Trotta (R - Fort Salonga), whose district includes the hamlet, says the grant — part of a $ 7.5 million countywide economic stimulus package proposed by County Executive Steve Bellone and approved by the county legislature — is a waste of money at a time when the county has precious little to spend.

McDonough understands she has a lot of work to do and precious little time with which to do it, but says she's qualified and energized.

«They basically anointed one person without even speaking with me,» said Love, whose platform includes progressive policy priorities like Medicare For All, though his campaign bank account includes precious little money.

There is precious little evidence that equipping school staff with body - mounted video kit will help tackle disruptive students, says teacher Tom Bennett

There is little doubt of the bombardment, he says, but it may have brought in other substances, like water, not precious metals.

«We know precious little about how this happens,» says Prof. Dietmar Schmitz, a researcher at the Cluster of Excellence NeuroCure at the Charité — Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Site Speaker for the DZNE in Berlin.

But archaeologists have uncovered precious little evidence that the civilization practiced widespread animal domestication, which might have been needed to sustain such a big population, says Ashley Sharpe, an archaeologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama City.

(For the record, Moore has publicly distanced himself from the film, saying it bears precious little resemblance to his original creation.)

I'm not ashamed to say that I have precious little PC experience, so coming to 1999's Planescape threw me for a loop.

With nothing witty to say, the creative team have little option than to go for progressively louder, cruder and sillier, all the while trying very hard to preserve the precious PG - 13 rating that it barely keeps.

However, we know precious little about the game itself - but that's about to change, according to Sega's PR and social media guru Aaron Webber, who said this during a recent...

Only W. Earl Brown (as Whitey's go - to hitman John Martorano), Jesse Plemons (as his driver and confidante Kevin Weeks) and Rory Cochrane (as his closest friend Stephen Flemmi) are memorable, the latter particularly so even though he actually has precious little to do and even less to say.

He said: «The government has known for a long while that there's a paucity of sponsors in the north east and they have done precious little so far.

Someone said its vanity or just having all that horsepower in your life, despite being able to use precious little of it.

Lexus has said precious little about the LF - C2 concept other than confirming that it's a convertible and that it will be revealed in L.A. on November 19.

There's something to be said about a fast German coupe roaming through empty hills at speeds considered nearly impudent; the Audi S5 hustled — glided, really — along undulating Hill Country roads, across curves drawn like ribbons and fresh asphalt unsullied by traffic; past ranches and grassland and precious little society in between.

That said, as with all but the longest - wheelbase three - row SUVs, once you put people in all those chairs, there's precious little room for their luggage behind them.

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.»

KING OF THE COURT We've all said it — especially harried parents torn between workplace and home, with precious little time to themselves: «If only I had the time to practice, I could get really good at (fill in the blank).»

posted at Deborah Jay, saying, «Passive marketing is my favourite type because it only takes a small amount of my precious time, and continues to work long - term with very little attention.

«We will problably never forget the screams of two precious little girls, ages two and four, as two gunshots ran out a few feet from where they had been playing with their dog just moments earlier,» said neighbors George and Rhonda Travis in a written statement.

Indeed, it's safe to say there will be precious little time devoted to the «best available scientific evidence.»

«I dream, stitch by stitch, that my sweater will get each precious little dog adopted,» Aki said.

He told us it looked very grim for our little guy.When I went home I walked over to a picture of JESUS that my mother had given me before she died.I had always wanted it as a child growing up, it was the only thing I wanted of my mothers.This picture of Jesus, his eyes would follow you where ever you were in that room.I looked at Jesus and I said a prayer.I asked him to please tell me what to do, help my precious little puppy.Please save his life.It is hard to describe the feeling that came over me that moment.I knew then what I had to do.I had to remove the mother from the nursery and raise the temperature.Now the puppy and I were on our own.I knew this puppy had to fight and I had never hand fed a puppy before.This last vet told me I had to tube feed this puppy.

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.

Since Sissy has her parents wrapped around her little paw, of course they said yes, and now precious poodle girl Fifi is Sissy's best friend.

Being somewhat limited in my freedom to be entertained as a kid, for many years of my life, gaming served as a diverse means of escape for me away from the trappings of a mostly mundane, repetitive life, at the end of the school day I would often think to myself «alright... so what are some of the good things that I have to look forward to when I get home...», one of the first things that I would do as soon as I got home after school was play FINAL FANTASY on PlayStation, I would eagerly walk home as quickly as I could just so that I could continue playing from the part where I had last left off the day before, as pathetic as this may come across, I can confidently say that many of the happiest moments that I have had in my life have been while being utterly enthralled by the developments in the games, I think that reminiscing about aspects of a video game with great fondness is a hallmark of an impactful form of entertainment, I would often be so «in the zone» while playing that anything aside from what was taking place on the screen would become completely null and void in my mind to the point where I forget that I was playing a video game, even though I did not live the events of the game, I can emphatise with them as if I had, that is the sort of impact that the emotional depth of the story, the characters, the music, the design and the overall world of the series have had on me, what appeals the most to me is that FINAL FANTASY allows us the luxury of divorcing ourselves of our current reality to assume that of a world of fantasy for a precious moment in time, which is a sentiment that makes me wish that our world as whole had a little more «FINAL FANTASY» within it so as to make us all want to wake up as soon as possible to enjoy another day

In the catalogue interview, the artist has said of her painting, «It's an immersive process with precious little logical planning, but plenty of magic, rumination and deviation.»

Everything is changing constantly, but I thought if I can identify six or eight really precious things — people, cultures, places — and go out using the best filmmaker that I can possibly convince to come along, to savor these places as they are while we can — create little time capsules to say when Olivia was 11 this was what the Galapagos looked like.

«There is precious little evidence that climate change has much to do with CO2 levels in the atmosphere,» Happer said.

There's precious little evidence of substantial human settlement before say 14 or 15k years ago.

Let me put it another way: Little in life is as precious as the freedom to say and do things with people you love that you would not say or do if someone else were present.

«If they invest their emotions in their new place, it helps them let go of their precious home a little bit more,» she said.