Sentences with phrase «quite make the grade»

Afobe was at Arsenal since the age of nine, accompanying Jack Wilshere through the ranks, but a couple of serious injuries meant that he never quite made the grade at the club.

Craig Eastmond joined the Gunners at just 11 years old and was part of the Arsenal team that did the Youth Cup and Premier League Academy double in 2008 - 09, but as with many of our starlets never quite made the grade in the Premier League.

Whilst he was no stranger to the Premier League, having joined Jose Mourinho's Chelsea in 2014, he didn't quite make the grade and was shipped off to Roma.

She didn't quite make the grade but she's a mutant who can read minds.

Those needing a coupe with a usable rear seat will find the A5 doesn't quite make the grade.

Here are two Del Rey Manga titles that try to fit into the Comeuppance Theater genre, but just don't quite make the grade.

If you're a novice, or if your first dog doesn't quite make the grade, remember that the professional handler and top breeder also once started at the bottom.

This is particularly the case with working gun dogs, where a breeder will sometimes train several pups from the same litter, keep the best competition prospect, and sell those that don't quite make the grade for competing.

My AirPort Express worked fine, but as a day - to - day router, it didn't quite make the grade, so I swapped it out.

However, some smart contracts currently circulating aren't quite making the grade — with vulnerabilities exposing millions of dollars worth of Ethereum to potential theft.

Not exact matches

Croesus Mining NL has intersected a new high - grade gold mineralisation zone at its Fort William deposit at Binduli, where spectacular hits have been made at quite shallow depths of less than 80 metres.

This depends upon there being a brain, an arrangement of cells in a particular part of the body which by reason of its peculiar coordination makes the given routing able to «know» in a distinctively human manner — quite different from, although certainly continuous with, the sort of «knowing» that is possible for the higher grades of animal life.

Sanogo had quite a reputation intact when he arrived at Arsenal but he is yet to prove that he is capable of making the grade at the club.

Issues such as why so many African Caribbean boys get lost, confused or never quite seem to make the grade or realise their potential, will be discussed, as well as the risk and enabling factors that distract or empower black boys to underachievement or success.

It is quite large in comparison to others but has also been made from medical - grade silicone.

The head is made from high - grade ABS plastic, not as durable as brass, but still quite good.

It frustrates me that movies and TV shows that depict doctors and lawyers are made to look quite authentic, but when it comes to physics or chemistry, Hollywood seems not to have made it past the third grade!»

Taunted by their classmates since grade school and never quite able to escape the culturally suffocating confines of their homogenized Midwestern hometown, a pair of small - town misfits make a break for the big city in this comedy from director Lorene Machado.

Some people who get high grades will make a big effort and move up through the pack and we need to acknowledge that, but we also know that there are students in our schools who can do quite well without stretching themselves — they coast in some cases.

By the time I receive each piece (to mark and grade), the students have made an enormous effort and it is often quite overwhelming how highly they achieve, simply because this project is for a real purpose.

Splashed with the Nexus and Asus logos, the Google Nexus 7 tablet is not quite an Apple - grade thing of beauty, but the dotted rear makes it feel almost leather - bound, rather than encased in plastic, as it actually is.

As one of the few companies that makes a «human grade» dog food we realize that you may have quite a few questions prior to switching your dog.

It's time for the spotlight though and with the scientific advances in military - grade rubber a model could be made quite effectively and economically.

If you don't quite make it on your first try, we will give you as many chances if you need to make the grade you want.