Sentences with phrase «short of a sure thing»

One consultant aptly termed this phenomenon the «MBA syndrome,» in which, under the guise of strategic planning, management becomes cautious and is not willing to gamble on anything short of a sure thing.

Not exact matches

And, while in some cases, there's nothing wrong with a two - way street, when that's the only way you build your network, it's a sure thing that one day you'll wake up at the short end of the stick.

i agre with Dave and then some - christians (and other folks who are serious in their beliefs too) are comical, believing and praying to someone who can't be seen, can't be proven... (this is from the point of view of an empiricist, who is able to measure things) Christians (well, me for sure) are hypocrits - believing in fantastic ideals and guaranteed to continualy fall short - that is a fairly comical notion, but nonetheless, one I enjoy to continue to strive for - setting high ideals and striving towards them.

a few of my grandchildren deciced they wanted to spend the weekend and while doing so decided to look for something they themselve could make for themand grandma for lunch while i was out doing things in the garden, so to make a long story short when asked if they could make lunch i said sure but no cooking on the stove.thinking that would save them geyying hurt in any way.i half exoecte beanut butter and jelly or ham and chesse sandwiches and chips or something but what got was This wonderful Taco Pizza., I always keep taco meat made up i the freezer along with all the other things in which to make easy fast dishes for them needless to say i was delighted and surprized., when i askes how they did it I was told thats for us to know and you to enjoy.well I did and i think that if a 14,10 and very very smart 3 yr old can make this its simply wonderful.thank you and it took some work but i bribed the 10 yr old into telling my where he found it thank goodness the computer has history, lol, and bookmarking.its something every mother or grandmother should try to make with their little taco lovers.thank you From a grandmother

disliking the press is one thing... many are really stupid for sure and just selling copy... but its his attitude to the fans that is so irksome... other managers state honestly we are short here or weak there, need to strengthen in this or that department etc... it has been obvious to people as stupid as robby savage and michael own that we lack quality up front and steel in the middle of defence... fans have been saying same for years now... but wenger refuses to acknowledge and say hes working on it... respect mourinho for being straight forward on these matters

«You can not look too far ahead, the only thing we can do as a backroom staff is make sure the squad is fresh and ready to go because we don't want to be in a position where we are short of players with niggly injuries and players coming back from internationals.»

One thing is for sure: the way he galvanised a squad containing so many foreign imports in such a short space of time was nothing short of admirable, as was the way he conducted himself throughout his 18 - month tenure at Vicarage Road.

«AV is a little short of proportional representation» Interviewed on Channel 4 News, Nick Clegg told Jon Snow the government was bringing two things together: giving people a say on whether they want a different electoral system, and secondly, making sure that your vote is worth the same value, wherever you live.

At the end of August, the DCCC was $ 15 million short of the money it's expecting to receive from its members, and it's no sure thing it will have the money to fund its ambitious plans for this fall, which include spending $ 48 million on independent advertising for various Democratic congressional candidates.

But one thing's for sure, the discovery means rewriting textbooks to add salamanders to a short list of organisms, including coral and bacteria, that form symbiotic relationships with plants.

I'm sure we all have a section of our closet dedicated to dresses, from maxi to short, to flared to slim, wearing a dress is one of my favourite things about being a woman and collecting them is a passion of mine.

If pretty pastel buildings aren't you thing (and I'm not sure why that would be), this short street has tons of character and is a nice escape from the hoards of tourists and bloggers trying to take photos (#guilty).

One thing is for sure — there is not a short list of great recipes, DIY, crafts, and tips on last week's Happiness is Homemade!

Sure, Lady Gaga cranked the insanity up just about as high as it would go in a barely - there embellished bolero and short shorts capped off by thigh - high boots, but the majority of attendees kept things relatively low - key.

I'm sure many of you are off work today on vacation, so I'll keep things short and sweet.

Whether heels and ultra-glamorous dresses, shorts and sandals or jeans and a shirt are part of your go - to wardrobe, make sure your profile reflects the things you love.

I'm sure that if I started a new game from scratch, I'd be able to whip through things in a much shorter period of time, but I don't think I did so bad.

The key thing is to make sure the engine gets a chance to warm up properly over the course of the journey - lots of short journeys in cold weather will be bad for the engine as the wear will be proportionally higher.

Sure those things will be ironed out as production matures, but it didn't inspire confidence in a vehicle that did some individual things really well, but as a whole fell short of being as convincing a package as its sibling, the Chevrolet Equinox.

The most difficult thing about the process for me so far has been finding the right matches for my book — I sure set myself a challenge starting with a collection of short stories, and Westerns at that.

Sure, I've read some of these short stories recently, but the best thing

As a Massachusetts Realtor that has been doing quite a few successful short sales, one of the things I like to make sure of when I meet a potential client that is looking to do a short sale is to give them a complete understanding of how they work.

That's just a small illustration of everything that's wrong with the financial media (& so many of its devotees): Obsessing over short - term investment horizons & performance, masking & mistaking ignorance with confidence, being ruled by fear & greed, running with the herd chasing hot new fads & stocks, and always always looking for the slick salesman, the shortcut, the sure thing...

Now, in addition to ultra-modern cars that not only drive you but also tell you the weather and traffic conditions and even dial the phone for you, we have phones that do all the things that cars don't, including doing the family shopping, turning your lights on and off and anything else you want, short of walking the dog — although I'm sure someone is working on that right now.

To do the whole thing takes about six days — make sure to book campsites along the way — but if that sounds a bit too energetic there are plenty of short walks you can do for a half day or as an overnight adventure.

This is a good tip, the only thing I would add is to make sure to check out the various low cost carriers (FlyBe, Easyjet, Ryanair, etc.) on some of these short haul routes as they can be even cheaper and more convenient.

On the subject of what happens next for Steam Direct, the blog notes that things could be more hectic in the short term, saying: «We aren't quite sure whether there will be a lot more new submissions, just a bit more, or even fewer.

I was 100 % sure that it won't be as good as the first Xenoblade which was a masterpiece, I just knew it from watching a few trailers, lot's of things was off to me personally, the characters, the dialogues, the story, the art, the voice overs even the Japanese wasn't as good as the first one, the first XC had an amazing story, superb voice overs, magnificent soundtrack, dialogues full of impact that even adults can take seriously in short it was the complete opposite of XC2 were the dialogues remind a generic shonen anime from the dozen we get every year, & the most important for me the first one was full of emotion just watching a single story trailer & I said to myself back then that I must get this game, I wan na play it & experience the story, well when I watch a trailer from XC2 I don't feel like that in the slightest, that said it all.

Sure, you can play with one hand, and that's a fine thing for simplicity's sake, but the enjoyment of Mario on on mobile is a short - lived one.

I'll miss your Tweets for sure, but understand completely how something like Twitter can begin to consume your time, energy, and life giving short shrift to those things that are truly of greatest importance.

Sure atm CO2 can be modelled as exp + const or quad + const, or indeed a thousand other things in view of the very short record with minimal curvature of the reliable data that we have to work on.

Additionally, many times a police officer is short on time, has 10 minutes to write up the whole thing and get out of there as opposed to our private investigators who can take hours and hours and make sure they get it right.

And then I think finally, the last way that I'm really excited about and not sure if Dennis, you're going to be involved in this or not, but I know something that I definitely want to do during this year is to put together some type of tech news roundup that we do, whether it's on our own, whether it's with our friends at Legal Talk Network or however that winds up happening, I definitely want to go out there and do something more, a different kind of a podcast that's a shorter form, something that gives us slightly different set of information than we give on this podcast but it still is sharing things that lawyers need to hear about technology.

The reality is that Ben Franklin's adage about the only sure things in life being death and taxes falls short — within a big enough group of people, all kinds of other bad things happen, too.

It is unclear how other courts would rule on this, but two things are for sure: 1) a reputable NY court determined that you must intend to flee the scene in order to be convicted and 2) being mentally disturbed — even for a short period of time — might be enough to get your hit and run ticket dismissed on appeal.

One thing we know for sure is that the world has changed in some fundamental ways thanks to the power of the web and of social media like Twitter: since anyone can be a publisher or a journalist — even for a short time — with the push of a button, we now have an unprecedented ability to see and hear what is happening in places like Tahrir Square in Egypt or Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.

In short, Android already backs up the most important things by default, but be sure to enable Photo Uploads so you have a backup copy of your pictures!

In short, like any other thing, make sure to not have any kind of spelling or grammatical errors.

Applying for a job is a serious thing and you have to make sure that you do not fall short of anything.

There are a lot of things that can help including a short break, a talk with the Mediator in a private, confidential session — the Mediator is there to listen and make sure you are comfortable with the process.

Now I note that you said today that there's been great improvement over a short period of time, and I'm sure there has been, but you know it's interesting to me, and again I will say this because I come from a country myself where there is a disadvantaged community and a lot of government programs et cetera, it's of serious concern the extent of the dramatic inequalities that are still being experienced by these population groups when they represent only, you know, no more than 2 % of the population of a highly developed, industrialised state, and I just, it makes me wonder about things like the effectiveness of the programs, monitoring, benchmarking, what are the standards, is anybody watching this to see whether or not they really are designed to meet the disadvantages that are real in the communities, you know the real history of systemic discrimination, institutional racism?

Sure, but only in the short run of things as some of us experienced when the GST came in.

One thing's for sure, an awful lot happened in a very short period of time.

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As a Massachusetts Realtor that has been doing quite a few successful short sales, one of the things I like to make sure of when...

As a Massachusetts Realtor that has been doing quite a few successful short sales, one of the things I like to make sure of when I meet a potential client that is looking to do a short sale is to give them a complete understanding of how they work.

I'm sure it will be an explosion of pink and purple frilly things in just a few short years!