Sentences with phrase «quite hit the mark»

So what we always want to encourage children to do is to strive for their personal best and begin to be able to evaluate when they're not quite hitting that mark, and know that it motivates them intrinsically to push beyond that plateau and reach for something that's a little harder and a little less attainable.

And without resources and expertise available early, many candidates who might actually have a shot if given a chance never quite hit the mark.

But Stephan's talk helped me understand why redesigning corporations did not quite hit the mark as the solution: You don't start with the corporation and ask how to redesign it.

The funny thing about resolutions to me, is that, no matter how much you feel like you've accomplished in a particular year, it's easy to still feel like you didn't quite hit the mark.

It's one thing to bask in praise, but quite another to accept you haven't quite hit the mark and ask for outside opinions.

The filmmakers have described «Band of Robbers» as fan fiction, and that feels about right: They don't quite hit the mark, but it's fun to watch them trying.

Emma Thompson's turn as Professor Trelawney didn't quite hit the mark, especially in comparison to the excellent role played by Kenneth Branagh in HP2.

Quick - paced, quippy dialogue aims for screwball sass and sizzle, but doesn't quite hit the mark.

There are the occasional performance wobbles and some scenes that don't quite hit the mark intended, but these are minor quibbles in what is otherwise an incredibly moving début.

There's no way to get around it, while the film is funny overall there are points where it does quite hit the mark, but it's to be expected from any comedy.

Her character seems out of place, never quite hitting the mark.

That it intends to be a thriller and doesn't quite hit its mark is unfortunate, but as a drama it works, while clever interaction between component pieces at script level means each weaves into an overall narrative that may surprise.

Even with such modest goals, Luketic and the writers don't quite hit every mark.

Taken as a whole, Gemini is a decent little thriller that's been spruced up by a very impressive Instagram filter; but it's all in service of a genre exercise that never quite hits its mark.

However, I have to admit that the film doesn't quite hit the mark in that regard.

The big problem is that there is so much going on in the film that nothing seems to quite hit the mark.

Maybe in the future, with some tweaks and new content, NBA Playgrounds can blossom into something great, but for now, it doesn't quite hit the mark.

Track 29 (1988), scripted by Dennis Potter, brought Roeg back to America, but the satiric shots at mommy love and the medical profession never quite hit their mark.

This is an ambitious film that doesn't quite hit the mark, but can be applauded for it's effort.

Similar to Terrence Malick's The New World but thankfully a little more accessible, River Queen is another beautiful film from Vincent Ward that doesn't quite hit the mark.

«It doesn't quite hit the mark, you revise, you reassess, you go at it again.

I used the results to figure out next steps and to revisit a topic that didn't quite hit the mark.

So below, we remember five times that the latest 911 hasn't quite hit the mark.

Tesla might explain that this is because the Model S is a sports saloon, but it doesn't quite hit the mark here either.

There's only so far you can go with self - editing, and critique groups sometimes don't quite hit the mark.

Its NOOK e-readers never managed to beat back competition from the ever - strong Amazon, and the move into NOOK tablets, based on Android, never quite hit the mark, either — a position that only seemed to get worse over time.

While none of the e-readers on the market quite hit the mark at the moment, things will change.

You'll also want to avoid new, hyped - up technology that doesn't quite hit its mark.

Maybe in the future, with some tweaks and new content, NBA Playgrounds can blossom into something great, but for now, it doesn't quite hit the mark.

Despite some promising First Person Shooter ventures that never really quite hit the mark on the Vita such as Burning Skies and Black Ops Declassified, the handheld is still waiting for the killer... Read more

As discussed on the podcast, 2014 has been a relatively disappointing year with a number of titles not quite hitting the mark as they should have, but there have still been quite a few games that have tickled our fancies this year.

Unfortunately, the multiplayer side of things doesn't quite hit its mark.

There have been some fantastic games released this year, and some that didn't quite hit the mark.

From what I've played of it, there have been numerous improvements from its condition at launch, making it more MMO - like and more Skyrim-esque, but it still doesn't quite hit the mark of either.

Man, I was excited about this VR game but it didn't quite hit the mark.

If you're not quite hitting your marks, the offending body parts will light up with a red outline, making it easier to adjust as is necessary.

One thing is clear though, overall they just haven't quite hit the mark.

Controls are sluggish, unresponsive, and further hobbled by sometimes glitchy animations that don't quite hit their mark.

While it didn't quite hit the mark in its execution, the main campaign is a fun if fairly short experience, with the co-op providing some lasting appeal.

Challenging enough, without quite hitting the mark of the latter.

One thing that doesn't quite hit the mark is the commentary.

They captured the world of sonic well at first and decided to go a different way with it after that didn't quite hit the mark.

Soul Sacrifice doesn't quite hit the mark as being the must - have game for the Vita.

Sure, there are likely a handful of audiophiles out there who enjoy an occasional evening indulging in multiplayer raids in Destiny 2 or going for the Chicken Dinner in Playerunknown's Battlegrounds, and there have been several headsets in the past aimed at this crowd, but frankly, they never quite hit the mark for us.

However, we aren't convinced it quite hits the mark as the «ultimate fitness superwatch» - but it does successfully bridge the gap between a standard activity tracker and a sportswatch.

Learning from that experience, the Samsung executive says that Tizen devices — which he anticipates could account for as much as 15 percent of Samsung's mobile shipments per year — will be aimed at «a few countries where we can do well,» i.e. markets where Android doesn't quite hit the mark with some consumers.

Google certainly has a great design but when you talk about flagships, Pixel 2 XL doesn't quite hit the mark, giving flagship appeal to viewers.

A well - written, professional cover letter will be much more effective than an attempt to be humorous or «quirky» that doesn't quite hit the mark.

We expect this meeting to go smoothly and happily, but it is entirely possible that we have not quite hit the mark of the best accounting resume you were expecting.

Not exact matches

There is some truth in this, but you are quite shy of hitting the mark as well.