Sentences with phrase «slightly by the gift»

It was a real treat, prolonged ever - so - slightly by the gift of an additional massage bar and a bubble bar for the bath.

Not exact matches

The unconditional plastic gifts (the less expensive ones, costing $ 0.74) generated slightly more donations than the control, but not by a lot.

This festive sauce is ever so slightly adapted from Kim Kushner's The New Kosher, gifted to me by my mother for Christmas last year.

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

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As I'm being gifted another year, thanks to the lord, (my birthday was about a week ago, by the way) it was only right to give my blog a face - lift for the first time since I launched in 2014, among other things... I've decided to cut back on anything that doesn't serve me anymore, but in this particular case, I wanted to take a slightly different approach to how I present my blog, how it represents me and how it's going to impact my growth.

As indicated by her Oscar - nominated (yet sadly underappreciated) performance in Spotlight, McAdams has a gift for showing the skill with which a person can hide a storm of emotion, and knowing when to let that facade crack, ever so slightly.

Such a gift is Tully (Mackenzie Davis), the almost impossibly wise, sexy, weird and slightly wild factotum who shows up — apparently paid for by Marlo's rich brother Craig (Mark Duplass)-- and who quickly becomes not just the hired help but Marlo's best friend and confidante.

Variety's Peter Debruge applauded «the striking Steadicam lensing by gifted female d.p. Autumn Durald [which] buffers everything from harsh realism, allowing a slightly dreamlike quality into the proceedings.»

- Manohla Dargis, New York Times New York Times «Palo Alto,» About Adolescents Stumbling Toward Adulthood» «and striking Steadicam lensing by gifted female d.p. Autumn Durald buffers everything from harsh realism, allowing a slightly dreamlike quality into the proceedings.»

In a November survey of 1,000 adults conducted by Experian, consumers said they planned on spending an average of $ 740 to pay for holiday gift giving, up slightly from $ 734 in 2016.