Sentences with phrase «short on ambition»

While it sets a historic precedent, it also falls short on ambition; current oil and gas extraction permits could run for another 25 years.

This exhibition moves through a hundred years of history without fuss and proves that Victoria Miro, now aged 72, is certainly not short on ambition.

ZombiU is a game that isn't short on ambition, but stumbles in execution.

Whether it's the socially enabled online mode, the deadly new «Survive It» challenges, or the mammoth mountains modeled after NASA satellite maps, the new SSX is hardly short on ambition.

Not exact matches

So if this news is correct then Sanchez will be playing for Arsenal next season, which is clearly good news but it could turn out to be good only in the short term, because if we fail to match his ambition then he will be able to leave on a free next summer and the thought is that it would be to our Premier League rivals Chelsea.

Wenger motivates the team, Alexis doesn't seem short of motivation so maybe we have to also consider the attitude of the individual players as well, maybe a bit of a clear out is needed to get players who are mentally motivated as well to match the team and managers ambition... This will require transfers and Silent Stan has final say on profit... I mean players.

If a player feels their ambition is being ignored when they try to be vocal then they can threaten to not sign a new contract and use that as leverage... Not like players of that quality will be short on suitors is it?

Further, it's unclear at this stage as to whether Benteke would be interested in a move to West Brom, as although they'll want to build on their 14th - place finish last season and he will be given significant playing time, it would be a step down in terms of ambition in the short - term.

The Arsenal boss concluded that the rigors of the Champions League would make all of Leicester City's other football matches more difficult to play — especially given that Leicester are devoted to aggressive counter-attacking rather than focusing on possession — but stopped short of guaranteeing the team would fail to reach their ambitions for the Premier League in the 2016 - 17 season.

Weir returned to Everton in 2012 where he took up a coaching role but he later moved on to advance his managerial ambitions, taking up a short - lived managerial position at Sheffield United before moving into a coaching position at Brentford.

DiNapoli's words underscore the most recurring criticism of the governor's executive budget since he unveiled it, which has been that it is long on ambition and short on explanation of how his broad - brush plans would be paid for.

«Although we must manage expectations and keep ambitions in check for Bali, we can not fall short of delivering on a credible basket of issues that would signal your confidence that the rest of the Doha agenda can be addressed in due course.»

Young researchers on short - term contracts in particular view the law as the last — or at least the latest — blow to their professional ambitions at the hands of the Italian academic research system.

Long on ambition but short on sensitivity, the detectors have seen more than half a century of innovation and improvements to isolate them from the slightest disturbances.

He wears shorts and sandals to work, puts his feet up on his desk, and has a breeziness that masks intensity and ambition.

It's been common knowledge that NASA has wanted to send astronauts to Mars within the next two decades, but those proposals have been long on ambition and short on details — until now, as the US space agency has unveiled its five - step plan to send humans to the Red Planet.

While these are all great things, hinging your ambitions and personal satisfaction on these external factors will keep you motivated only for a short while.

After a pretty nice run of non-New York based films, his love letter to Rome falls short... not from lack of ambition, but rather from a feeling that these stories have been on his «to do» list for too many years.

Ang Lee displays a deft touch in directing this film, neither lingering too long on the wondrous outdoor settings that symbolised for me the unbounded passion Ennis and Jack feel, nor too short on the claustrophobic, run - down, without - ambition lives they lead when not together on Brokeback Mountain.

In the short term, though, her ambition is to see a good school place on offer for every child.

Writer ~ Articles to feed the bank ~ short stories, poems and novel writing to feed my dreams ~ working on draft 3 of a novel to feed my ambition

Perfect for explorers long on ambition but short on time, this 11 day expedition brings you to important sites of Norway's ancient... Read More

For travellers long on ambition but short on time, this extensive and compact journey up the East Coast of Queensland is nothing short of ideal.

When BRAVOCOMPANY first started, the team was short on resources and experience but full of ambition and passion for what they were doing.

Grinding also typically produces loot of some kind, which can be sold at the Bazaar for weapons and stat - improving hats and other similar trinkets; and players can also work on short - term and long - term goals (called Ambitions).

Perhaps because of the incandescence of the YBAs in the 1990s, British art in the 1980s often gets short thrift in terms of column inches in histories of modern and contemporary art, but — as Ikon's new show on the decade should demonstrate — it was a period of free - wheeling experimentation, in which figurative painting made a comeback, the variety of abstract styles increased, installation art grew in ambition and cut - and - paste appropriation prevailed.

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Prior to his government service he was Senior Fellow and Director of International Climate Policy at the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., where he advised the Center's founder John Podesta, and worked primarily on comparative mitigation ambition, transparency, climate finance, and mitigation of short - lived climate pollutants.

However, these pledges fall short of the Paris Agreement's goals and rely on a ratchet mechanism to increase ambition over time.

A recent report by CDP in partnership with We Mean Business found that although the large majority of companies have set targets to reduce emissions, in many cases the level of ambition and time horizon fall short of what is needed for business to deliver on the goals of the Paris Agreement.

These included an encouraging proposal from AOSIS, the Alliance of Small Island States, to immediately focus the short - term ambition agenda on international support for scaled - up renewable and energy - efficiency deployment.

Indeed, Jet.com's ambitions and positioning have in some ways far outstripped what the company has actually achieved in its relatively short life as a startup, with early investor interest, it seems, largely based on the strength and vision of the founding team.