Sentences with phrase «sticking the landing on»

The year before was perhaps even better, as David Moyes» Manchester United managed to stick the landing on the very rare Triple Cock - up With Pike.

Since sticking its landing on August 5, 2012, NASA's Little Robot That Could has learned a lot about its environs.

After not quite sticking the landing on its 4 billion - mile journey to Comet 67P / Churyumov - Gerasimenko last November, the Philae lander managed to complete its primary science mission in just 64 hours before losing power.

Yet the game frequently struggles to stand out; it doesn't stick the landing on its most ambitious pieces.

Test your Animal Crossing knowledge in the Quiz Show, or pop as many balloons as you can and stick your landing on Balloon Island.

She needed to focus on sticking the landing on her cartwheel.

Prey from Arkane Studios has a solid foundation of horror mechanics but falls short with its» pacing and fails to stick the landing on the narrative front.

Test your Animal Crossing knowledge in the Quiz Show, or pop as many balloons as you can and stick your landing on Balloon Island.

So, it's only fitting that the LG V20 - one of 2016's strangest phone in terms of its looks - is also one of the most inventive and feature - rich releases - even if it doesn't quite stick the landing on some of its marquee features.

Not exact matches

Keep on and stick the landing.

A Southwest Airlines plane rolled off a taxiway and got stuck in the grass after landing at Nashville International Airport on Tuesday evening, and eight people were hospitalized with injuries, officials said.

It's too bad we couldn't get our oil to the refinery on the east coast, so they wouldn't have to import so much product from Saudi Arabia... Alberta's frustrations... blocked from both directions... stuck... land locked... after years of paying billions of dollars in equalization payments to help the rest of Canada.

You have less than 10 seconds when a person lands on your website or blog for the online visitor to determine if they are going to stick around to learn more about you or bounce right out.

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.

in that sense, we are really spirits in bondage and are deepest desires are to be free, so on this end of the cart, I continue to hope... there's a myth I know of... a land where wild horses run free.This quote from Lewis has always stuck with me....

Is the stick in the water «really» crooked, as it looks in the water, or straight, as it looks on dry land?

When he spoke out on Vietnam, he was told that he ought to stick to problems in this land.

Possibly related public service announcement side note — never order pancakes in Australia if you are used to America - land diner - style $ 4 plate - sized buttermilk heaven, stick with the avo and eggs on sourdough.

Sterling rolled into training with a yellow ticket stuck to the windscreen of his Land Rover on Monday.

Indeed, Sunday's scripted reunion between Rory McIlroy and his recalcitrant 3 - iron — thanks to the beneficence of Donald Trump — capped a weekend of chuckling, attaboys, and figurative high - fives celebrating the fit of pique that landed the world No. 1's Nike stick at the bottom of a lake on Trump's Doral Blue Monster course.

It will be interesting to see if Francis can stick to a game plan assuming that Lewis will land a few good shots on him.

Glory days... the race to the middle has officially begun... BTW when did you write this ridiculous article, obviously some time ago based on the facts provided... maybe you were just waiting for the perfect moment to enlighten us about how this well - meaning but fairly average player refused to move on so that we have another body on the bench and no impetus to upgrade in a position of great need... praise the lord... this is why this club is stuck in the proverbial «no man's land» of the soccer landscape, not willing to pay what it takes to compete for real, but unwilling to «rebuild» for fear of losing out on the millions to be made from being just good enough

The window is open just enough to try to land a saucer pass on P.K.'s stick high in the slot.

I would be happy to take a three or four goal romp and heap bounteous praise on the manager accordingly; on the ether hand but a scrambled win (like last year's wins over Hull and Burnley) would leave us stuck in that limbo land where we have spent too much of our existence.

i gave up on some of u who gave too negative... STOP LIVING IN D PAST GLORY... im disgust wif some fans... 1) jeer at our own lads 2) half empty stadium when we r down 3) bad atmosphere at d emirates 4) give stick to the best manager who land us so much trophies without him we did nt dare to dream big 5) want us to buy big even though our financial is at stake 6) live in d past glory..

After days of sticking to carbs, your child may surprise you by venturing into protein - and - veggie land all on his own.

Even though going into labor meant I would need to cross the busiest land border in the world while in labor, possibly being stuck in traffic for hours (on top of the already far drive).

On the other hand, some of our kiddos will likely be stuck in chicken nugget land for the next 5 years or so!

You may get stuck on the runway or have to make an emergency landing for weather.

There is now cross-party consensus on the issue of land value capture, but newspapers are still stuck in the past.

Back in January, when the Mars rover was stuck on its landing

And their only means of monitoring the buildup of strain on the fault — GPS measurements of slow ground movement on land — was greatly handicapped by having the stuck patch 150 kilometers offshore.

Philae will have to rely on its other two tools needed to stick the landing.

So researchers thought it was a little odd that, when the turtles were on dry land, they would stick their heads in puddles and swish water around in their mouths.

As rising fuel costs, limited funding for cruises, and a new emphasis on remote sensing keep many sea scientists stuck on dry land, Prager shows that for some ocean discoveries, you truly do have to be there.

When these bugs land on the plant, they get stuck on its sticky, hairy surface (as with the beetle pictured above) and die, coating the columbine with dead bodies.

«They can't land on the pole itself,» Burgio said, «because they need their beaks to climb up or down to where the line attaches to the pole, and they're using their beaks to hold the sticks.

They watched birds from the beginning of the nest - building process, and discovered that the parakeets carry sticks to the nest site by landing on the lines, and then walking to the spot where the line meets the pole, instead of flying there directly.

Shifting your weight, testing your balance, or focusing on sticking a landing, all engage your middle more.

We clung to the stories that cast us as victims, failed to open our hearts to how the other might be feeling, landed flat on the bottom of the ocean, got stuck in a downward spiral of judgment, blame, shame, and withdrawal, and never managed to get back up again.

You don't want to be one of the million people stuck in the bullshit fairy tale of blah - blah land — consuming Youtube videos on diet shortcuts.

A few months ago when I made the move from Los Angeles (land of healthy fitness options — both free and paid — on every corner) to Alabama (where options around me are incredibly limited and at least a thirty minute drive from our home), I found myself stuck in a fitness rut, despite my resolutions.

Hi Bea!Glad you landed on my page: — RRB - Hope you got a little bit of inspiration and I sure hope you will stick around: — RRB - Have a wonderful weekend!

I recently crash landed here on long island, kinda stuck till i can afford to leave this place, ask me about my past year and you will understand, although its not a happy story... looking to move forward with someone who loves to dance together during a love song and appreciates someone who...

That means no bs and im not your sugar daddy but i can be just as good i am a god fearing man but does not mean im not warming a church bench on sundays im a mechanic by trade have worked on hotrods motorcyles and joe blows daily drivers for over 30 years and this is a plus if you drive a beater ass car lol i can always keep it running i live in a modular home and on my own land all is bought and paid for so i am not trailer park trash i have long hair and a beard brown eyes short and stocky 5» 5.5 in small lol 150 lbs soaking wet but still built like i was in my 20's not stuck on my self but im not a bad looking dude for my age i still have 6pk abs and popeyes arms lol you do not maintain my build sitting on ur ass so i feel its a great accomplishment that i am proud of.

She landed a regular role as Linda, a not - so - bright nurse's aide, on the 1998 CBS sitcom Becker, starring Ted Danson, and stuck with the series until it wrapped in 2004.

Make sure to stick the landing, though; riders who bail will find the judges can be harsh on bad landings.

Awash in bold colors, bright patterns and ebullient kids, director Ava DuVernay's new take on A Wrinkle in Time dazzles its way across time and space even if it doesn't quite stick the landing.

On a more positive note: The maps are huge and unique in geography, the vehicles are very much fun to use, all of them, except maybe the inflatable landing boats, and the combat roles the different classes play out is refreshing: The sniper can lay down claymores and sit back, plinking enemies from, in some maps, perhaps up to a quarter of a mile away, considering he / she is good, and has a good gaming rig, the combat medic can heal allies, and revive those who were fragged, saving them from having to respawn back at base, the support guy can lay down suppressing fire and resupply his allies with ammo, the spec ops guy can sabotage bridges, vehicles, and team assets (such as artillery and UAV trailers) with sticky C4 charges (pity the soldier who takes off in a jet only to have it explode in midflight from a hidden c4 charge stuck on it's body), The engineer repairs vehicles and lays down anti-tank mines, the anti-armour troop works on destroying said vehicles with wire - guided rockets (note that the armour guy in bf2 has his own gun ALONG with a pistol, not just a pistol like in 1942), and the assault guy..On a more positive note: The maps are huge and unique in geography, the vehicles are very much fun to use, all of them, except maybe the inflatable landing boats, and the combat roles the different classes play out is refreshing: The sniper can lay down claymores and sit back, plinking enemies from, in some maps, perhaps up to a quarter of a mile away, considering he / she is good, and has a good gaming rig, the combat medic can heal allies, and revive those who were fragged, saving them from having to respawn back at base, the support guy can lay down suppressing fire and resupply his allies with ammo, the spec ops guy can sabotage bridges, vehicles, and team assets (such as artillery and UAV trailers) with sticky C4 charges (pity the soldier who takes off in a jet only to have it explode in midflight from a hidden c4 charge stuck on it's body), The engineer repairs vehicles and lays down anti-tank mines, the anti-armour troop works on destroying said vehicles with wire - guided rockets (note that the armour guy in bf2 has his own gun ALONG with a pistol, not just a pistol like in 1942), and the assault guy..on it's body), The engineer repairs vehicles and lays down anti-tank mines, the anti-armour troop works on destroying said vehicles with wire - guided rockets (note that the armour guy in bf2 has his own gun ALONG with a pistol, not just a pistol like in 1942), and the assault guy..on destroying said vehicles with wire - guided rockets (note that the armour guy in bf2 has his own gun ALONG with a pistol, not just a pistol like in 1942), and the assault guy....

The standouts here: Bruno Forzani and Hélène Cattet doing more experimental image - making along the lines of their gorgeous giallo homage Amer; Adam Wingard appearing on screen to puzzle out a hilarious solution to being stuck with the letter «Q»; Xavier Gens landing a grisly statement on the tyranny of body fascism in the culture; and contest - winner Lee Hardcastle contributing a clever stop - motion bit about a little boy's fears of potty training.