Sentences with phrase «seems out of step»

Seen from the other side of the culture wars, his work, which had been neglected for many years, no longer seems out of step or heretical.

However, CVTs can also induce unexpected sounds from the engine, letting it wind up in manner that seems out of step with the way you are applying acceleration.

While in the past there may have been few alternatives to the professional judgment model's input - based approach, today it seems out of step with the spirit of standards - based reform.

On its face, Phi Delta Kappa's finding seems out of step with American politics.

If style is about self - expression, what is it about these outfits that seems out of step with your current experience of yourself?

The composition seems out of step with the company's recent new hires, including Angela Ahrendts, former CEO of Burberry.

While a $ 10,000 personal fine might seem out of step with the massive amount of money PlexCoin took from investors, the news agency reports that the judge ordered the maximum fines allowed by law for an individual and a corporation.

There are many puzzles about contemporary liberalism: its inconsistencies and hypocrisies, its vehement commitments that seem out of step with liberalism's own professed principles.

«These negotiated benefits, especially for unused sick time, seem out of step in a 21st century economy and will not sit well with city taxpayers,» said Dick Dadey, executive director of the Citizens Union.

They also knew that its approach to increasing the number of minority scientists seemed out of step with the Bush Administration's public opposition to affirmative action and with the arguments it had filed with the court.

The overblown cartoonish delivery of his lines seemed out of step with the rest of the film, and often killed any scene in which he was a major component.

Trucks seem out of step with other vehicles when it comes to prices.

Wall Street analysts employed in the research departments of broker / dealers and as money managers running mutual funds seem out of step with the rest of the world when it comes to corporate valuations.

And some of the definitions seem out of step with advances in the last several decades.

Particular characteristics of certain of the commercially published law journals indexed in CLJC have recently puzzled me: the practices of these journals seem out of step with today's norms for distributing metadata and content of scholarly and professional articles.

Not exact matches

«Somehow, we didn't get hit with a tidal wave of selling that many expected... despite all the sturm und drang about little Rocket Man in North Korea or the sheer impotence of Congress or Trump's tweets that often seem, let's say, out of step with folks like Washington, Jefferson [and] Lincoln, to name three of our more presidential presidents,» the «Mad Money» host said.

They like the idea of differentiation, but when it comes down to taking action, they can't seem to step out on a limb.

It's important to note that the steps I'm about to lay out, as to how we accomplished increasing our online sales by more than 500 percent in 60 days, may seem basic for those of you that have companies with departments or divisions built around social media and / or online customer acquisition.

It's to Etsy's credit that they seem to recognize that U.S. policy in this area is shamefully out of step with the rest of the world.

2) the stair counter doesn't work well — gets very confused when I get on an elevator (I live on the 30th floor of my building and sometimes just taking the elevator up in the morning after a run gives me my full 10 story step goal) 3) the heart rate monitor doesn't seem particularly accurate 4) the sleep tracker doesn't do a good job of figuring out when I go to sleep and when I wake up.

Utilizing the «factor» test laid out in 506 (c), it seems that «reasonable steps to verify» for a member of a legitimate angel group would be less than that of a random person on the street, which is seemingly who the safe harbors appear to be designed for.

Retaining continuity with Carney seemed to be a big thing for Poloz when he was first stepping into the job (to the detriment of Canadian monpol, in my opinion — the tightening bias should've been out the door waaaaaay sooner), but he's been his own man for the vast majority of his time at the helm.

The constitutionality of massive U.S. high - tech spying programs seems likely to be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court before long, unless Congress steps in to clarify surveillance laws that appear hopelessly out of date.

Stepping out into the hot and humid Delhi night, everything looked the same but there was certainly a sense of change in the air: everyone from taxi drivers, to business people and politicians seem to feel a new confidence that India can now move forward.

Stepping out into the hot and humid Delhi night, everything looked the same but there was certainly a sense of change in the air: everyone from taxi drivers, to business people and politicians seem to feel a new confidence...

The expectation that the rest of the world will fall into step when the Federal Reserve Board (Fed) raises or lowers rates seems to have flown out the window.

Most recently, though, on January 7, 2017, in a speech at the American Finance Association, you seemed to step out of that centrally casted character, almost coming across as an iron fist in a velvet glove: «The bottom line is that there has not been an excessive buildup of leverage, maturity transformation, or broadly unsustainable asset prices... Overall, I do not see leveraged finance markets as posing undue financial stability risks.

But perhaps more powerful was the general fear of being out of step with a rising power that seemed to have history on its side.

While some of those adventures have initially seemed intimidating, stepping out in faith to take part in them has made for the most rewarding times in my life.

Hope amidst suffering, hope when men know only defeat and despair, hope when death seems to smother out the shoots of life springing from the hearts of men, hope for our society, our world, our city, our schools, courts, prisons, legislatures, hope for our children, for our elderly, hope for all the millions of men and women over the face of this globe who simply want to live out their lives as free human beings not trampled down and stepped on by the overlords of this world.

As the organization grew, Johnson felt a hunger to step out and share his story with people who are uncertain, or ex-Christ-followers, struggling with belief in an age where evangelicalism seems to have given up its core values in the name of bringing alleged child molester, Roy Moore, into the Senate.

It seemed powerful to me somehow — the image of a pregnant woman preaching about the Incarnation — and i got to thinking of all the women I needed to see in my life in order to step out into freedom and the post grew out of that.

Obviously, God is not silent and is not inactive during these waiting periods, but this outline of events is simply to show that God's plan of redemption does seem to occur in small steps spread out over long lengths of time.

In a number of ways, his work remains out of fashion, but it is striking that at least four of his interests now seem much more in step with the times.

Now since we stepped down and out of a Sunday Morning congregation the whole Sunday morning program seems so pointless.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

If he were to move on, following the likes of Fabregas and Bellerin in moving to north London seems the natural next step, with Wenger known for getting the best out of top young players.

Kubica was probably hoping that reemerging as a reserve driver would allow him to step out from the shadow of his injuries and start a new chapter in Formula One, and seems disappointed this hasn't been the case so far.

And while Swoopes seems to be improving, he'll need to step further out of his comfort zone against the aggressive Bears.

But to what seems like the majority of fans out there now, Arsenal are certainly not in a crisis, and people need to step down their criticism.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

Particularly considering when the club splashed out $ 40m to sign him, as per BBC Sport, it seemed like a very risky decision as the 29 - year - old hadn't shown a great deal to suggest that he was capable of making that kind of step up in class.

Take a step back and look at the facts again, because Arsene Wenger seems to be suggesting that we only see this, and the seven years of crashing out of the Champions League before the quarter - final stage, as failure because we are told as much by the football pundits on TV and the journalists in the press.

It seemed to me that he was strong enough to devour just about anything, and I stepped out of his reach toward the middle of the track.

It seems that sacking managers every month or so has finally worn the 75 - year - old out, though, as he has announced that he will step down imminently following a 15 - year spell in charge of the club.

Break your efforts down into smaller steps when things seem like they are getting out of your control.

And I often find that taking that first small step up out of the pit — eating at the table instead of hunched over a plate on the sofa; snuggling with the kids instead of pushing them away; walking instead of doughnut - imbibing — seems to give me the energy to make an even better choice the next day, and the next day, and the next.

They may become very upset if a step is skipped or something is out of order and they likely seem very anxious a lot of the time.

It looks like it will be left up to the techers to point out that the feelings of rage that Fed Up seems inclined to create are useless unless they lead to the step - by - step actions that might actually reduce obesity.

The tension inherent in the Tea Parties is that politics requires compromise, but that every compromise is a step down the road to being «just another politician» — something that Tea Partiers would seem to reject out of hand.