Sentences with phrase «stick at it over»

It's a tiny select band who are willing to try things out like this and stick at it over a long period.

Not exact matches

The price will inevitably be a sticking point for many consumers, since it can be cheaper — at least over the short term — to hire human cleaners to do the vacuuming.

Malcolm Gladwell set off a mania for practice a few years ago with his book Outliers, in which he argued that to become truly excellent at any skill, you need 10,000 hours of deliberate practice — that's six hours a day, six days a week, over six years of simply sticking with it.

You may be pushing yourself to do the best you can, but whether it's negative supervisors, gossipy co-workers, or just feeling stuck doing the same thing over and over again, it can be difficult to stay engaged at work when this feeling strikes.

So if you're stuck deciding between PR or content marketing and focusing all your efforts on one over the other, it's time to look at what you stand to gain by aligning the two.

At holiday events, try to stick to the veggie tray over the cookies.

Rather than puzzle over soft drink sizes, many consumers simply pick a size and stick with it, ordering a medium or a large at every restaurant even though these words have different meanings depending on the establishment.

Excellence and real results are always based ultimately in perseverance - sticking around long enough so that even if you can't win them over, at least you will eventually wear down their resistance.

There are over 35 million small business owners, entrepreneurs and self - employed professionals who at times feel overwhelmed, unfocused, ineffective and stuck.

Securities and Exchange Commission chairman Walter «Jay» Clayton stuck largely to prepared remarks Wednesday at Temple University, saying he's pursuing «harmonization» of regulation over both brokers and investment advisers.

Regardless of recent trends, the economists at Freddie Mac are sticking to their long - term forecast that rates will rise over the coming months.

«We have started Aspect to focus at looking at things in a different way and in a more extended way,» said Gouw, about the wide - ranging plan to stick with entrepreneurs over the course of a startup's long - term history.

A number of companies are sticking by the NRA, at least for now, including FedEx, which has been under activist pressure to end its discount for the NRA for over a year.

And no one out there in big brand land wants to stick their head over the media parapet and decry the current scandal because, quite frankly, there is something relatively similar going on at many big corporations.

At least he has an advantage over you, he's not only stuck with one language.

The monk hesitated, thinking the matter over, at which point Rinzai released him, saying, «The true person of no status, what a dried - up manure - stick he is,» and then returned to his chamber.

At least President Obama sticks with his position but Romney is all over the place.

Every student of literature goes through a phase of romanticizing the Romantics — memorizing «The Raven» even when it's not been assigned, keeping a copy of Leaves of Grass on one's person at all times, feigning interest in Moby Dick, resolving to name one's first child Pearl, writing Emerson quotes on note cards and sticking them all over the place.

But you're just stuck looking at an offensive ad campaign until it's over, nothing you can do (unless you got the time & money to sue it away).

This he continued until his hands and arms had become almost tremulous with the strain, and then he devised something else: two leather gloves; and he caused a brazier to fit them all over with sharp - pointed brass tacks, and he used to put them on at night, in order that if he should try while asleep to throw off the hair undergarment, or relieve himself from the gnawings of the vile insects, the tacks might then stick into his body.

MIKE: Yes, but I've done that now, and I know that after the ninth month is over I'll be stuck at home for years with another child.

A breakfast frequently served at my son's school — where over half the children receive government - supported meals — consists of commercially produced French toast sticks and syrup.

Tossing rocks or sticks or buckeyes up and singing lines from Boyz 2 Men or Peter Gabriel or maybe just howling apologies up at me, doubled over with the regret of his own mistakes in the pouring rain after building me a house.

The house smelled heavenly at this point and I was tempted to skip making the bread and just pour that over ice - cream... but since I had already measure everything else out I stuck with it: — RRB - Needless to say best banana bread ever: — RRB - Thanks for recipe and ideas!

Pour mixture into cups, about 3/4 of the way, place foil over the tops and edges and place popsicle stick (buy them at the dollar store) in the slot and place in the freezer for at least 4 hours.

Stuck on what to take healthy snack wise, for a New Year stay over at a cabin in the Highlands I'd been pondering what to take as my contribution.

At home, I make a healthier vegan version (see notes in recipe) and keep it in a squirt bottle ready to drizzle lightly over tacos, fish, corn on the cob, nachos, enchiladas, and even over Brian's fish sticks — adding a burst of flavor!

If your dough is at all sticky, dust it with semolina flour to prevent sticking, but avoid over flouring.

I mostly make green instead of red for any given Mexican recipe because my husband prefers green over red, so I like to try out other peoples» roja recipes and see what sticks Maura at The Other Side of The Tortilla recently posted..

As a dietitian, my heart crumbles a little every time patrons at the food pantry choose 6 Slim Jim sticks over 4 cans of tuna.

Either working with a box grater over a large bowl or using the large grating blade of a food processor, quickly grate the frozen sticks of butter and then freeze the butter for at least 30 minutes.

Heat a large saute pan over medium high heat, add the Onion and Garlic, stir frequently and add the Veg Broth a bit at a time just to prevent sticking.

Milk in a Stick is made with fully traceable, 100 percent milk at Lakeland Dairies, a cooperative based in Ireland with over 120 years of heritage.

We used a stick blender on it (regular blade too but mostly the whisk attachment) and a manual two - blade mixer, trying each for over 10 minutes at a time.

Every now and then the roasting flesh would be turned over with long oak sticks sharpened smoothly to a point at one end, which answered the place of forks; deep and long incisions would be made in the barbecuing meat, and with the swab a good basting of the mixed condiments from the bowl would be spread over; the process of turning the roasting flesh over the glowing red coals and basting with the seasoning continued till the meat was thought to be thoroughly done.

Usually I just stick it in my rice cooker;) I was just over at Oh Ladycakes, and Ashlae was talking about meal prep too.

Brown - Butter Blender Hollandaise: In a small saucepan, heat 1 stick butter over medium - low until melted and lightly browned bits accumulate at the bottom of the pan.

Ingredients: 12 ounces fresh cranberries, rinsed and picked over for stems 1 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored, and diced 1/2 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed 1 tablespoon grated orange zest (2 oranges) 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice 1 1/8 teaspoons ground cinnamon, divided 2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature 1 cup plus 1 tablespoon granulated sugar 1/4 pound (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1/4 cup sour cream 1 cup Bluebird Organic Hard White Wheat Flour 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt

While Im not worried about calories at the moment more worried about kicking the habit and making it stick I hadded a little more melted chocolate and powder to the mix so that it compensates for the super chocolate taste I love and once I can go without the soda I will cut it down but I figured if one or two can't take the craving away then no matter what the calories it will be helping me over come an addiction and in the long run if I can cut the chocolate down I will be a healthier person without severe struggle

as an addendum to my previous comment I'm not a wnger Hater I fully appreciate his magnificent acheivments over the years BUt it has to change as the results are really the only yard stick by which we as fans can measure things and they are just NOT there last nights performance has sickend me and while the players are very much at fault the buck ultimately must stop with wenger and after him the board.

That being said, so long as Holt keeps his numbers at - or - around league average, I'm guessing they stick with him over Lin.

When Hamilton suddenly stuck in a pole lap over six - tenths quicker than anyone else it seemed reasonable to think that «party mode» was at least partly responsible.

It's perhaps no surprise Perez wants the team to ditch team orders, having been stuck behind Ocon a few races ago at the Japanese Grand Prix and calling over team radio for the team to let him overtake.

spending at lest 50 - 60 millions THIS ARSENAL TEAM WOULD HAVE BEEN FEARLESS and really be contenders for the EPL but as some of you mentioned.Our dear manager decided to stick to some over performers in the team as a sign of TRUST.well trust is taking us nowhere.

As speculation continues to rumble on over the Spaniard's future at Chelsea, should Tianjin reach an agreement with Monaco for Falcao then surely that would leave Costa stuck at Stamford Bridge.

He never would have played over Bradley at the beginning of the year and in the 12 minutes a game he would get he would look super inefficient while we all complain about Luke shooting 41 % from three in Utah while we're stuck with the new Stanley Johnson.

You can spout off about sticking together and all that but at some point when the same guy or guys keep screwing up over and over and it is costing you games, somebody has to stand up and say so.

Sometimes the storylines stretch over a couple of seasons: in 2007, Arsenal beat Tottenham at the Emirates in extra time to reach the final; the following year, Spurs got their revenge, sticking five past Arsenal at White Hart Lane

That FA cup game just over a year ago was at the Emirates, so Theo knows that he will get a lot more stick from their fans today, assuming he plays.

Kompany stuck his chest out to push him off his stride, then left his knee in for Monreal to trip over, meanwhile not touching the ball at all, how could it get any clearer?!?!