Sentences with phrase «run into the ground as»

Super Monkey Ball is a series that started out promising, but has been run into the ground as the genre became increasingly crowded.

Not exact matches

Lokai, a lifestyle brand that began by selling bracelets, ran into a speed bump just as a huge partnership with Charity Water was getting off the ground.

As Lindzon writes, «Jason has taken a few weeks away from running Mahalo into the ground to write «The Case Against Apple - in Five Parts.»

You hear wisecracks about founders letting «the inmates run the asylum» in the name of equality or democracy and that, as a result, those businesses are headed right into the ground.

Bracingly honest, the post is entitled «How I ran my startup into ground, in 4 easy steps, and so can you,» and, just as you'd expect, it relates the miscalculations that led to her start - up's early demise.

It's tempting to look at Linamar as a family business that escaped an all - too - common fate: The first generation builds it up; the second generation runs it into the ground.

Such a hypothesis, in our opinion, does much to explain the incongruity of a declining gold price while fundamentals for paper currency, and the US dollar in particular, obviously deteriorate; while demand for physical gold has exceeded new mine supply for several years running; and while above - ground 400 - ounce.999 gold bars located in London, New York, and other financial capitals (in cohabitation with speculative trading activity in paper markets) have steadily dwindled and disappeared into Asian financial centers reformulated as.9999 kilo bars.

Notice how the avatars aren't utilized on this site Scotty, as was used on the other site you ran into the ground.

As I've written, Darwinism quickly runs into nasty problems even at the ground level of life» the one we can examine in greatest detail.

The mills hum gently as they do their job; a «whoosh» announces the ground grain is being sucked up a pipe to run through a sifter before the finished flour pours down into a barrel.

I feel for him completely, he's easily good enough as rotation in our first 11 — nobody can sit here and tell me he wouldn't have been better off in a number of games than Ozil / Cazorla who are run into the ground.

I mean, I know that I'd run any team I touched straight into the ground, but did you realize that Mariners catchers hit.159 /.205 /.259 as a group last year?

We would have been far better off bringing on Debuchy or Gab (for Joel who ran himself into the ground) into RB and pushing Hector a little further up as a RW.

As for Giroud, for all my curses at him missing goals, he is excellent, and unless we forget, he was on fire until he was run into the ground last season.

I love AW, but no - one brings up the fact that this manager plays the same players every game until they suffer injury, he runs them into the «ground» as we say in N.A... only then he brings in players from the bench but by that time, the injured player is out for 6 months, costing us the a trophy or two.

Akpom Maybe but Iwobi could be the gem u hope for as a quality forward coming through our Academy into the 1st team, and hes hit the ground running also.

Can't see the point in running Cazorla Sanchez Ozil Monreal Mertz Kos Ospina Giroud and Coquelin into the ground as we need them fresh for the Cup final.

As I had traversed the ground before the match I had run into Liam Brady, who the first time I saw him immediately looked a certainty to make it big.

The Catalan embraced Aguero in a bear hug as he left the pitch having ran himself into the ground in Sunday's 1 - 0 win over Chelsea, which edged City to within four wins of the Premier League title.

Milk is an ideal breeding ground for bacteria that can cause infections such as tummy bugs (gastroenteritis), so it is essential to wash and then sterilise feeding equipment before use: • Wash equipment well using bottle and teat brushes in hot soapy water and then rinse thoroughly • Turn teats inside out and wash well, running water through the hole to make sure all old milk is removed Put the washed bottles and teats into your sterilising unit and follow the instructions.

You've often talked about the valuable lessons you learned while running HP into the ground during your tenure as CEO.

But as time goes by, my advice to anybody who gets into this business is to learn as much as you can as quickly as you can and hit the ground running, because as time goes by it does get more difficult to do the job.

Hydro - fracking is not just about drilling into the ground, but running hugely powerful diesel engines to create the necessary pressure to fracture the underground shale as well as fleets of heavy duty trucks criss - crossing rural and scenic roads carrying heavy equipement and toxic by - products, including uranium.

«We would hope that instead of simply asking the developers to stop their plans to build the mosque that you ask your running - mate to do his job as overseer of all registered charities in the state and look into the funding sources of the Cordoba Initiative at Ground Zero.»

He ran DSCC into the ground, gambled to elect members who would vote for him as leader, and it all finally caught up with him.

This is almost as bad for farmers as drought, since the rain falls on parched ground with extra force, and much of it runs off without soaking into the ground, and it causes damage to boot by washing away soil and plants.

As you ground down through the back foot, feel a lift that runs up the back leg, across the belly and chest, and up into the arms.

Doing as many pushups as you can before collapsing into a heap on the ground may encourage muscle growth and also can be dangerous on the long - run.

I can relate to your story as a person who tends to overdo it; I think that even if we're not suffering from full on adrenal fatigue, we can hit a healthy balance with a lot less effort than we think... and in our 50's, it's easier to run ourselves into the ground than when we were in our 30's!

I got these Chelsea boots last Christmas as a gift, but I am definitely planning on repurchasing whenever I run them into the ground.

I think when you do find the perfect something and you know you're going to run into into the ground wearing it, it's worth whatever price tag as oppose to settling for something that «eh» and on sale.

► A police car flashes lights and a voice on a bullhorn tells a man to stop walking in a park as another man fires a gun into the ground and runs; he is shot at by police, he jumps a border crossing gate, and surrenders to soldiers that point rifles at him (we later hear that the other man was killed).

In an extended sequence a 30 - foot long wolf and a huge gorilla begin destroying a major city as people evacuate by bus and on foot; the animals toss several vehicles off the road, into walls, and demolish a bus and several skyscrapers as we hear crashing metal (no one is in any of the smashed cars or the bus); the wolf jumps into the air and bites a helicopter in half as men and women run through the streets, screaming and the wolf extends flying - squirrel type wings and slides from a building to the ground.

Upon transforming into Super Sonic, the famous blue hedgehog moves even faster — so much faster that he hovers above the ground as he runs.

Disney almost ran its famed animation unit into the ground around the turn of the century with cheap sequels to classic films such as Pocahontas, The Little Mermaid and even Dumbo, leaving its reputation as a creative force in tatters.

He's still an alcoholic and a drug addict, but now he gets to flaunt his detrimental behavior by running his company into the ground and prominently displaying a portrait of him having sex with a tiger for all to see as they enter his mansion.

As Above, So Below didn't come from the increasingly lackluster Blumhouse Production field that's taken successes like Insidious and Paranormal Activity and run them into the ground repeatedly but it may as well have since it follows the same strand of small promise followed by major turn into the uninteresting and laughably absurAs Above, So Below didn't come from the increasingly lackluster Blumhouse Production field that's taken successes like Insidious and Paranormal Activity and run them into the ground repeatedly but it may as well have since it follows the same strand of small promise followed by major turn into the uninteresting and laughably absuras well have since it follows the same strand of small promise followed by major turn into the uninteresting and laughably absurd.

Instead, the off button is flicked on the whole body horror aspect with such flagrant disregard for anything that had come before it that there is no hope of tonal consistency, no dream for quality as the movie runs itself into the ground.

Doc would be correct, of course, and as the plot of Thomas Pynchon's potboiler pastiche Inherent Vice grinds into high gear, he'll run afoul of several alive - folks - thought - dead, mysterious cults, more mysterious cartels, crazy drugs, loaded guns, subversives, countersubversives, obscure nautical laws, a band of dentists gone bad, and, worst of all, he will witness firsthand the slow strangulation of a certain dream of free living at the hands of nefarious historical forces.

«We haven't run into particular [technical] issues [with development], and we are building Red Dead Redemption 2 as a new game from the ground up for the first time for the new generation of consoles.»

School grounds should be inspected for potential hazards such as: • Verandah poles outside doorways, in thoroughfares or in situations where students are unlikely to see them, especially while running; • Steps and changes in level which are poorly proportioned, difficult to see or lack handrails; • Fencing, gates and railings which students climb and which have structural problems, sharp protrusions, splinters or other hazards; • Trip hazards at ground level — protruding drainage pit covers, irregular paving, cracks or tree roots in thoroughfares, broken off post or other remnants of old structures; • Loose gravely surfaces on slopes and where students run; • Slippery patches which may stay damp in winter; • Rocks which students can fall onto or throw around; • Embankments which students can slip down or which have protruding sharp objects; • Blind corners in busy areas; taps and hoses which are positioned where students play or walk; window glass at low levels through which students could fall; • Holes, cracks or exposed irrigation fixtures in ovals; • Trees or shrubs with poisonous parts, sharp spikes or thorns or branches at eye level; • Splinters and deteriorating timbers in seats, retaining edges and other wooden constructions; • sSeds or other areas with hazardous chemicals or machinery to which students have access; rubbish skips which students can climb into or around, or which place students at risk when trucks enter the school; • Areas within the site used for car parking when students are present; and, • Sporting equipment such as goal posts or basketball rings which have structural or other design or maintenance problems.

The only winter - related issue we ran into was some aggressive brake grinding as a result of accumulated rust after the M2 sat for about five days during a nasty sleet storm.

As I was driving, a deer ran into the side of the car and fell onto the ground.

Other than these few issues our car has been great so far, and I hope to run it into the ground over the next 10 years, as I plan to put about 300K plus miles on it before I retire it.

As a result he ran it into the ground by not paying our bills.

As a result he ran it into the ground.

Also, as it is confined to a smaller area and lifted up off the ground, your dog can not run off and hide behind the sofa, escape upstairs or flee out into the garden with you in hot pursuit.

It seems to be a problem for the enemy A.I. as well, who in several instances I discovered had ground to nearly a complete halt once the initial resources had run out rather than attempting to expand into new territory.

She can hack into quadrupedal contraptions to use them as handy steeds, riding them like horses to cover ground faster, or to run rings around slower - moving mechs.

As you can now run around a whole mound of rock (or whatever the material is) within a matter of minutes, gravity comes heavily into play, making sure you stay with your feet firmly on the ground, even if you're upside - down on the screen.