Sentences with phrase «rather boring place»

It is 1989, Rae Earl is 17 and lives in Stamford, Lincolnshire, a rather boring place where nothing ever happens or changes, at least in Rae's opinion.

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Interestingly enough, despite music and a birth pool, when my baby had decels and I was afraid she'd be born blue and needing expert neonatal resuscitation, my living room was suddenly a rather uncomfortable place to be.

Cobedding of twins and other infants of multiple gestation is a frequent practice, both in the hospital setting and at home.174 However, the benefits of cobedding twins and higher - order multiples have not been established.175, — , 177 Twins and higher - order multiples are often born prematurely and with low birth weight, so they are at increased risk of SIDS.101, 102 Furthermore, there is increased potential for overheating and rebreathing while cobedding, and size discordance might increase the risk of accidental suffocation.176 Most cobedded twins are placed on their sides rather than supine.174 Finally, cobedding of twins and higher - order multiples in the hospital setting might encourage parents to continue this practice at home.176 Because the evidence for the benefits of cobedding twins and higher - order multiples is not compelling and because of the increased risk of SIDS and suffocation, the AAP believes that it is prudent to provide separate sleep areas for these infants to decrease the risk of SIDS and accidental suffocation.

If I were the minister, I would rather have been all over the place talking about how bad things were and how long it would take to fix them and ask people to bear with me and make sacrifices and demonstrate the sacrifices that the government too was making by asking every ministry to turn off appliances at certain times, etc..

And for those who feel talk of dragons has no place in the field of science, Gee has this elegant rebuttal: «Science is not about the known, for that is boring... All science that is enjoyable and worthwhile, rather than routine or directed in pursuit of some unconnected goal, starts when a person of vision looks outwards beyond the wall of what is known and asks the question «What if?

Your actions will often result in police, army, and ninja bears coming to the island to stop your rampage, but they're rather ineffective and unchallenging foes - although I guess that it's to be expected that the army of a teddy bear village in a place called Perfection Island wouldn't be of Black Ops caliber.

I still find myself questioning how in the world they got together in the first place or rather why she pursued the boring, accountant - like Damon so aggressively.

The lack of combat means you will be basically running from one place to the next and it can get boring rather quickly.

Since its inception, I've regarded Race to the Top (RTT) as an important and valuable idea, but I also spent much of last fall and winter arguing that the administration's program design was not equal to the weight it was being asked to bear (what with its murky criteria for judge selection, ambiguous scoring system, focus on promises and grant - writing rather than accomplishment, and the remarkable emphasis that Secretary Duncan placed on union «buy - in» in round one).

While the exterior of the outgoing model was rather bland and boring, the cabin was actually a nice place to spend time in.

Rather than bringing readers to the brutality of war, we bear witness to the separation of a family from its roots, placing us inside the heart of one particular family.

Tim and I usually grow bored of places rather quickly.

Going back to the open - world setting and even though it's nice to have such a large environment to run riot in, it doesn't take long to notice that the world is a rather repetitive and boring place.

The Scottish painter was born in Grangemouth, «a rather miserable place», in 1920, the son of an artist father and pianist mother.

Rather it was a place that reflected the idiosyncrasies of its founders, the German - born art dealer Heiner Friedrich; Mr. Friedrich's wife, Philippa de Menil; and their associate, Helen Winkler.

It is a first time a curator, rather than an artist or a museum director, has topped the ranking and the placing sees a meteoric rise from 35th place last year for the Swiss - born Obrist.

Maybe the defining tap root of indigenous peoples all over the world is not really born out of space or time, but rather it is this act of deeply loving the place you have come down in.

Perhaps because the image we associate most often with a changing climate is not the devastation left by a flood in our own state but rather a polar bear perched on a chunk of melting ice or an African farmer bearing silent witness to the impacts of a disaster that's taken place on the other side of the world.

No, lack of evidence isn't evidence on the pro - comet / asteroid side either... However, a nanon - diamond - bearing layer in the right place is rather good evidence itself unless one can come up w / a way for gradual, common sedimentological process to concentrate nano - diamonds in certain layers by chance immediately at an extinction & abrupt climate - change horizon.

It's important to bear in mind that you are being assessed against a set of objective criteria rather than competing for roles with the other graduates present — it is possible that everyone present at your assessment centre could be offered a graduate scheme place.