Sentences with phrase «squandering much»

As a student, it's important for you to focus on your studies for a rewarding career instead of squandering much of your time on writing lengthy assignments.

«I like my life,» she protests to him, then realises that she's squandered much of it drinking in the bars where she works.

So Jim and his family move to the San Joaquin Valley from Boise, Idaho, where he squandered a much cushier job.

It is certainly true that for decades the state squandered much of the potential for transformational change.

In reality, underwriting standards on Wall Street were declining sharply and the recipients of foreign loans squandered much of the money they received.

Not exact matches

As with most meetings, much progress is squandered by lack of follow up.

The difference between fiction and life, I suppose, is that in real life if you squander your credibility, it's much harder to regain.

Much of the money has been squandered in money - losing industrial projects and vanity infrastructure spending that make no economic sense beyond supplying temporary bump - ups in GDP growth.

These measurements favor ad platforms who, whether through error of commission or omission, have allowed brands to squander as much as 20 % of their digital advertising budgets on fraudulent impressions.

Sure, the US has in the past had a competitive advantage in financial services but much of that has been squandered in recent years as the US reputation for financial management has taken an enormous hit to its credibility.

If this does not occur, then the more knowledge increases, the more it becomes a kind of inhuman knowing for the production of which man's self is squandered, pretty much as men were squandered for the building of the Pyramids, or as men were squandered in the Russian horn - bands to produce one note, neither more nor less.

Every threat that is cast about finding out the truth after we've died only makes us that much more solidified that the choices we make are the right ones, life is to be lived in the hear and now, not squandered on the hopes of reward after death.

There is so much good that could be done by the millions this rube squanders on such tripe.

This weekend's clash was a perfect example in which Walcott squandered a number of openings for the Gunners to turn the game on its head, but instead Theo done what he does best, much to the Gunners disappointment.

New England wasn't much better, having squandered a pair of scoring opportunities when Vinatieri missed field goal attempts from 31 and 36 yards.

His squandered chance for Chadli in the first half has to be seen to be believed and it didn't get much better.

Firmino squanders a decent chance in front of goal, which pretty much epitomizes this whole game.

I've only got a little time left in this magical phase, and I'm not going to squander it, no matter how much laundry there is to fold.

BecauseI'm worried that we may squander our human resources, much as we squandered our petroleum resources.

Too much time is squandered on weaving back and forth through the twists of the political scandal, with more than enough shots of Crowe walking hurriedly in time to an edgy bass - heavy soundtrack, his head lowered, his brow furrowed as he thinks Really Big Thoughts.

This generation, in his view, took too much during the good times, reaping the benefits of final salary pension schemes and free university education while squandering what wealth they had and failing to save, saddling younger generations with the public debt.

It's taken Councilmember Margaret Chin five years to address Downtown's worst environmental issue, Canal St., but so much more than the lives of three elderly Chinese residents has been lost in those years — real opportunities for change have been squandered.

«Not only was that money was that money squandered,» she said, «but it was doubly squandered because there were historically low interest rates and it would have allowed us to bond as twice as much.»

Robert Oxley, Campaign Director of Business for Britain, said: «We've been pouring more and more money into the EU every year, only to see far too much of it squandered.

How much talent do we squander in the world because a child can't get an «A» on a standardized test?

In fact, after two disastrous «Aliens vs. Predator» motion pictures, the heat - sensing thrill was pretty much gutted from the franchise, with any hope for the alien character to reign triumphantly once again squandered on filmmakers incapable of gruesome imagination.

Nightmare Boy squanders an interesting concept with poor controls, lackluster writing, and a general disregard for much of why Metroidvania games are about.

It would be wrong to say that I hated Funny People; it squanders so much potential that it's closer to the truth to say the overwhelming feeling it engenders is one of intense disappointment.

Although too much emphasis is placed on Faris» unique comic presence, the supporting males have promise, even if Community's Joel McHale, Parks and Recreation's Chris Pratt and Aziz Ansari, and The Office's Martin Freeman are squandered in small roles.

They do manage to score a couple of funny moments here and there, but the rest is such a wasteland of squandered ideas, it's hard to determine if you are laughing because it's genuinely funny or because you've been holding back so much laughter along the way that they escape out of you on accident like trapped gas.

City of Bones is an ugly movie (in no uncertain terms) that squanders so much potential.

No matter how much money has been poured into a movie, it's emotional generosity that matters, and Johnson gives without squandering.

Lewis, who turned 90 in March (he made this movie about four years ago), crankily mugs his way through much of the dirge that is «Max Rose,» which squanders a fine cast that includes Kevin Pollak, Mort Sahl and Illeana Douglas.

You would think that a film with Jason Statham, Ryan Phillippe and Wesley Snipes would be interesting and have much to offer, but Lionsgate lets down its audience and squanders their seeming exclusive deal with Statham in Tony Giglio's highly formulaic heist thriller with no thrills, Chaos.

With not much happening of interest in the story, and a director that seems to want to practice his technique more than further the film's plot, what we're left with is an exercise in missed opportunities and squandered performances.

This is a film that has so much potential but squanders it on cliché and relies too heavily on it's leading actor.

In the grand scheme of Trump's presidency, a 100 - hour role - playing game is still a much more sensible way for me to squander my downtime than reading viral strains of conspiracy theory, surrendering what little serenity I have left in these dire times.

It's too bad, then, that so much was squandered on dumb gore effects, dumber creature effects, and a premise that only works as a metaphor — a clumsy one, at that.

Much of the energy of the film is squandered on trying to ensure the character superficially matches the iconic photographs we remember of Diana.

The first show - stopping CGI moment — so spectacular that it's almost shocking how casually the film seems to squander it right at the start — is a variation on the city - folding effect that Christopher Nolan practiced on Paris in Inception, but here pushed much further.

And yet, much still strains with squandered intentions: the feature's darkness that dissipates too quickly, its length that pushes many of the jokes past their prime, and the tiring repetition that eradicates any subtleties.

Look at how much trust Mountain View squandered with that one, sudden swipe of the corporate paw.

:) It blows my mind and makes me wonder how much money is being squandered in the traditional publishing industry if little old me can make this much money (low six figures) off my small sales.

If you have a PlayStation 3 and you frequently squander PlayStation Network for classic games, then you pretty much know what is available.

So much squandered potential.

I'm probably ragging on Wildlands a little too much, to be honest — a case of disappointment at an opportunity squandered more than anything else.

There is so much potential here, I hope they don't squander the opportunity.

Best to have a chosen victory condition in mind, which squares well with your empire's unique abilities; it's more possible to change strategy on the fly in Civ 6 than before, but not so much that you can afford to squander settlers by building redundant cities.

Sure, it's okay if you're Garry Kasparov and the game can net you a career that'll pay the bills, but otherwise you're pretty much in your own little world squandering your time.

Squandering $ 18 billion a year on power — which Germans have in abundance from meaningful sources — has them asking the fair and reasonable question: just how much power are they getting for the $ billions that they've thrown — and continue to throw at wind and solar?