Sentences with phrase «slim pickings of»

Great question, with Capcom still slightly behind on what they players are «looking for», the immense potential, that remains to be seen from Titanfall and the poor debut for Ryse: Son or Rome, Forza has been an institution in the so far slim pickings of exclusives for Xbox One.

There are slim pickings of reading apps available on the HP TouchPad and Amazon is the only big company to offer an app to buy and read books.

Not exact matches

So while the Big Three had their choices of hot smartphones — such as the BlackBerry Torch and Apple's iPhone — the smaller new entrants were left with slim pickings, sometimes from low - rent Chinese manufacturers no one had ever heard of.

And the pickings for sprawling corporate campuses are slim after growth by the likes of Apple, Google and Facebook.

It's slim pickings right now but there's always pockets of value if you go around looking.

Week 2 of farmers market season and the pickings were just as slim as week 1.

They always have slim pickings there and it's go figure it always the pair of pants I have my eyes on too.

I'm hell - bent on sticking to my grocery budget this month, which means by the end of the week its slim pickings in our kitchen!

Baseball Trade talks heat up, but pickings are slim The Angels demote their best starting pitcher An embarrassing turn of events for the Diamondbacks

In addition to Robinson, Sammy Watkins will also be highly sought after now that the Rams opted to tag Joyner instead of him, and Landry is a trade target, but otherwise, the pickings are slim.

If you can mobilize a small group of equally passionate students, one suggestion might be to first try to improve the slim pickings at your salad bar.

Since Sens. Dave Valesky and Dave Carlucci defected with Klein and Darrel Aubertine lost to GOP Sen. Patricia Ritchie, that leaves pretty slim pickings — either freshman Sen. Tim Kennedy, of Buffalo, or the Capital Region's Sen. Neil Breslin.

The commitment will also do little to tackle problems outside London and the south - east of England: London Councils already estimates that the capital will need at least 800,000 new homes by 2021 as its population continues to grow, leaving slim pickings for the rest.

Several of the major bloggers have fallen silent over the last several months, which is leaving fresh blog post pickings a little slim recently.

A — Acerola, Avocado / oil, almonds, amaranth B — Beet kvass, brown rice C — coconut oil, chicken, celery D — Daikon radish, Dandelion greens E — eggs (of course), escarole F — fermented..., flaxseed oil, fish, feta G — goat / cheese / milk, ghee, garlic, ginger H — honey, hijiki, heart I — irish stew (slim pickings for this letter) J — jackfruit, jerked beef, Jerusalem artichoke, jambalaya, jujubes K — kefir, kombucha, kale, kasha, kipper, kvass L — lentils, lamb, lemon, liver, lard M — millet, maple syrup, mayo N — nori, nuts, nutritional yeast O — olive oil, offal, oatmeal, oysters P — pemican, piima cream, parsnip, parsley Q — quail, quark R — rosemary, radish, rabbit S — sauerkraut, sea salt, shellfish / shrimp / scallops, suet T — tongue, tallow, thyme, tripe, truffle, turmeric, U V — vinegar, venison, W — Walnut, watercress, whey, X --(I'm stumped) Y — yam, yogurt Z — zucchini, zaatar

They probably won't go this low again until end of season and by then it will be slim pickings on size and color options.

The struggle however is that evidently this cut is every designer's favourite, leaving slim pickings for those of us off the wagon.

there will only be a handful of sizes per style (aka slim pickings) so get your order in quickly!

It's usually slim pickings by the end of a sale but I managed to find a few goodies.

Most restaurants book up a month in advance of Valentine's Day, so there will be slim pickings.

Add slim pickings to lots of competition and online dating can be a frustrating experience.

Wide subject and beyond the scope of this post is to slim pickings.

The horror genre is one of slim pickings, and few horror games are done on the level of Outlast 2.

The genre has seen slim pickings in the last few years, but Charles Dickens is about as big a name as you could ask for, so «The Invisible Woman» is certainly worthy of consideration.

As a Western that is more accessible to women, it offers some passable entertainment for the typical viewers of the Lifetime channel, but for those looking for more solid entertainment, the pickings are mighty slim.

The Nintendo 3DS pickings were a little slim, but that didn't stop me from being far too excited about the announcement of a new Metroid title.

Another week of DVD releases and I can tell you looking at the pickings they are slim for the week.

«I'm glad that MXGP3 exists because when it comes to modern motocross games the pickings are pretty slim and there is a sizeable group of gamers out there who love the sport.»

It's slim pickings this week for new additions to the PlayStation store, with a full - game download of the often - overlooked but quite enjoyable Darksiders leading the way for full retail releases.

Similarly slim pickings are offered in terms of supplements, but some of these pickings offer a tad more substance than usual.

We're in the middle of January, and it's still slim pickings in terms of new movies, although I plan on checking out the new horror movie The Boy this weekend.

The most interesting thing about FOUR CHRISTMASES, and it is slim pickings at best, is that from the dull farce that starts it, it so precipitously takes a steep nosedive into melodrama of the most predictable, sloppy sort.

Like most who follow this path, the pickings are slim, and she's down to a long - shot chance at being the second assistant for one of the city's most notoriously difficult editors.

Sim - lite fans really only have GT Sport and Project Cars to choose from, and fans of arcade racers face even slimmer pickings.

If you want any kind of modern conveniences you'll have to move up to the Sport Tech or Touring models, and even then, pickings are slim.

I don't fault the dealer for not having the hybrids - they are very slim pickings by any auto maker in this area of DC - but Hyundai is known for creating market demand.

Outside of North America the pickings get very slim and prices dramatically increase.

Pure romance like what many of us in RWA love to read is pretty slim pickings.

The drawbacks of these apps are that the ETF pickings are slim and — like Robinhood — Acorns does not support IRAs.

Just be warned, as I walk through a few back - of - the - envelope calculations, the pickings are slim for risk - averse investors.

However, consider the current environment of the market: most stocks are at an all - time high and it is slim pickings to find good valuations.

The bank is making lots of money off of you, at a time when the pickings are otherwise slim.

Make a Beeline for the Tales of Woe Few Want to Hold This James McIntosh article in the FT takes a look at the current environment for deep - value and contrarian investors, where there are «slim pickings for contrarians in developed markets».

As I recall, the survey pickings might be slim in terms of survey offerings and completions, but I've found it steadily gets better the more you participate.

Outside of some mods for existing games and other software that seems more like tech demos, the pickings area slim.

by Jason Parker (Ragachak) Not too many Nintendo Switch games launched this week that I can see, so it's sort of slim pickings.

GAME has a few of the PS3 and PC versions remaining at a comparatively reasonable # 59.99 price point, but otherwise, it's slim pickings unless you're willing to opt for the digital edition.

The Deals with Gold January 23rd — 29th are now available, with a slim list of pickings to choose from.

This week's PlayStation Network releases are slim pickings, which is to be expected at this time of the year.

After a few months of slim pickings, the flood gates have opened, and my what a flood!