Sentences with phrase «short of its aims»

They'd fallen one goal short of their aim, but it didn't matter anyway.

It has been another whirlwind season in the Premier League this year but which clubs have exceeded expectations and who has fallen short of their aims?

We might think that any system that attempts to establish obligations once and for all in a set of rules is bound to fall short of its aims.

But that's still 0.2 % short of our aim.

Unfortunately, extreme harvest rates targeting one - pound and 1.25 - pound lobsters have led to a situation in which size limits fall short of their aim to increase reproductive output.

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Those have included fewer sales events and the departure from many department stores like weak Macy's locations, even if that hurts sales in the short term; the aim is to protect profit margins and stave off the cheapening of the brand.

Short - sellers aim to profit by selling borrowed shares in the hope of buying them back later at a lower price.

On Thursday night, Cabinet members reportedly reached an agreement that Britain should aim for «ambitious managed divergence, «but this phrase fell short of answering the aforementioned questions and more.

«[Some] projects aim to edit the genome of citrus trees using CRISPR — Cas9 to make them more resistant to the pest, or engineer trees to express defense genes or short RNA molecules that prevent disease transmission.

«What that means in short is that he understands the back - end workings of the business well enough that he could rebuild them himself (well, almost), and he also cold calls customers and says things to journalists aimed to warm consumers» hearts, such as: «On Valentine's Day in Chicago, we had every driver give every woman who got in the car a rose.

While aiming for a high credit score is a worthy goal, sometimes a lower credit score in the short term as a result of consolidating debt may be worth the sacrifice to save money on interest payments and pay off your debt faster.

To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long - term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data.

As an industry content leader, Participant annually produces up to six narrative feature films, five documentary films, three episodic television series, and more than 40 hours of digital short form programming, through its digital subsidiary SoulPancake — all aimed at entertainment that inspires social awareness and engaging audiences to participate in positive social change.

«Bitcoin price staged a strong rally to break past the short - term channel top and aim for the longer - term resistance... Buyers are taking control of bitcoin price action... Moving averages are in line with the 4 - hour bullish channel support at $ 610, adding to its strength as a floor.

If you're asking who goes on a vacation at the last minute (as I did), it's actually aimed at those looking for short - notice weekend getaways, for the time when you just need to get out of town quickly.

The disintegration of the news business — and, especially, of newspapers, which continue to produce most of the journalism aimed at holding government and other powerful institutions to account — has been nothing short of breathtaking.

We aim to potentially take advantage of some of those short - term dislocations.

SoFi is often identified as a company aimed at millennials, and its alternative method of assessing borrowers does make it easier for applicants with shorter credit histories and higher debts to qualify.

A cohort of «property flippers» emerged whose aim was to buy and sell in a short period of time as property prices rose (and definitely sell before they fell).

By shorting a variety of Treasury futures, the fund aims to achieve a net - zero portfolio duration, hence «eliminating» — or at least greatly minimizing — interest - rate risk.

For another example, if a large speculator who was very bearish on oil aggressively short - sold the December - 2016 oil contract, driving its price down from $ 64 to $ 60, it would create an opportunity for other traders to lock - in a profit by selling physical oil and buying the December - 2016 futures with the aim of eventually replacing what they had sold by exercising the futures contracts.

These countries may want to contemplate Chilean - style capital controls (price - based aimed at short - term flows) and to moderate the pace of financial liberalisation, to keep in step with the pace of development of financial infrastructure.

The Fund will typically aim to hold equal values of Long and Short positions across two portfolios.

By heavily shorting a variety of Treasury futures, the fund aims to achieve net -5 portfolio duration.

In short, should it aim to be a single community, or should it model itself as a community of communities?

And it's unlike any other book I've ever written, for in addition to the memoir, it includes original poetry, short stories, soliloquies, and even a short screenplay — all aimed at capturing the wonder and beauty of Scripture, while honoring the best in biblical scholarship and acknowledging the challenges of its most difficult passages.

With his assumption of a Hegelian metaphysics to explain the self - annihilation of God, he has also adopted a finalism; in short, the dialectical process aims at an end: God as all in all.

Such short - term therapy aims not at deep underlying problems, but at helping the person do things that will improve his chances of achieving productive sobriety — things such as accepting the fact that he is an alcoholic, learning how to face and handle his fears and resentments constructively, changing his ways of relating so that the guilt - isolation - anger spiral is not triggered so often.

While a power of positive thinking theology is appealing to those whose primary aim is a comfortable life, it falls far short when death hangs over you in the form of a sword!

Other groups accept the fact that the short - term volunteer mission trips are likely to remain popular, and aim to reach the volunteers with a deeper form of the gospel.

The growth counseling approach uses action - oriented crisis counseling methods which aim at helping the couple: (1) activate their own latent coping resources quickly by providing a short - term supportive relationship, (2) understand the parts of their problem and their action options in each, and (3) begin immediately taking actions which will improve their relationship.

By the effects of his intelligence and efficacity in the universe, which our minds try to grasp, however, we are led to aim our minds in a certain direction, like arrows that are bound to fall short.

In short, the ideal aims entertained by God are the means by which the universe and all the actual occasions in it are guided by God to «the ideal strength of beauty» (CNT 180) which he envisions for them all as a harmonious whole.

Kurzweil saw these two «arch culprits» aiming at a secularization of Jewish life, an enterprise he saw as nothing short of «demonic.»

As a result, there was even a short - lived British organisation called the Wayside Cross Society, aiming to promote their erection both as memorials and places of prayer.

In short, genetic change is random with regard to any aims of my soul which might «trickle down.»

But even the most complex order of life can be analyzed ultimately into the relationships among short - lived occasions with subjective aims.

If a definition like this one guides our aims, there will be no end to our efforts to reshape those who fall short of complete well - being.

Aiming to highlight the advantages of meat - free eating, it will include 140 stalls, talks, cookery demos, workshops, arts and crafts, short films, five all - day bars and music in the evenings.

Its aim is to address the on - going skills shortage, helping to tackle short and long - term recruitment needs through its educational outreach programme, including its upcoming STEMs day at the Manchester Science Museum on the 15th November as part of the museum's Robots Exhibition.

We have achieved much in the last year, which has been a consolidation and advancement of projects and aims that we collectively started some 4 short years ago.

But overall my aim wasn't to contradict what you said - all i am trying to say is that we don't know for sure whether we did actually discuss Griezmann with Athletico and we never will (Wenger is very secretive in transfers) but I am sure that he is trying to bring that kind of top top player and time and again we are falling short!

Palace were aiming to join a select group of teams to claim four consecutive wins at Anfield, but Frank De Boer's men fell short.

Looks to be the same old Wenger / Gazidis, always stopping short of what we should be aiming for.

I see us aiming to be more like that Bayern team of four years ago rather than being a tika taka.We look like we can mix it up if needed, this team can play long ball, short passes, and soak up pressure better than before.

If chelski pull off pogba and stones transfers then us and man u have no chance of challenging for tittle be a 2 horse race with them and city who have also done great business and will prob sign at least 1 more top player we just cant compete with either financially so afraid its going to be the usual top 4 finish were be aiming for nowhere near competing for honours at least 3 world class players short of being able to do so!!

The station's programming is aimed at the kind of person who is apt to liken a golf course to a cathedral; to opine, straight - faced, «Golf isn't a game, it's a way of life» — the kind of person, in short, whom I would crawl out a bathroom window to escape at a cocktail party.

The Loons» training staff worked with Danladi on his core strength with the aim of reducing the load placed on his hamstrings, but back spasms sidelined the forward for a short while last season.

Cardiff City have been guilty of this for a number of years: both off the pitch — simply to keep the club running — and on it, when each season has see renewed hope that it might finally bring promotion; so players have been brought in on short - term deals with the aim of finally pushing us over that particular line.

Of course, in the shorter term Antonio Conte is simply aiming to win another trophy at Stamford Bridge, adding a line to his CV before his likely summer job - hunt.