Sentences with phrase «still shape up»

This is still shaping up to be a terrific finish.

Although September 11 briefly arrested the nation's work on domestic issues, 2002 is still shaping up as a significant year for education reformers.

The # 79.99 edition will be coming to the PS3 as Batman is yet to make the next - gen jump, but it's still shaping up to be a game of the year contender.

It may be a bit flawed, but Tony Hawk s Downhill Jam still shaped up to be a pretty entertaining racer on Wii.

Not exact matches

Sawyer is confident that his farm will move on successfully from the effects of the flooding, especially since the elevated areas of his property haven't been affected, but the weather has still been a bit of a shock to what was otherwise shaping up to be a good season.

I've bought several over the years, and all are still in great shape, including a fleece that has been dragged up and down mountains all over the country.

This year is shaping up to be a rocky one for investors, but there's still plenty of potential out there if you know what to look for.

Unlike that time a man claimed he was served a deep - fried rat at KFC instead of a chicken tender (it ended up just being a rat - shaped piece of chicken), this Popeyes roach photo looks legit (though still potentially staged), and the company repenting on Twitter at least suggests that getting a bug in your food isn't beyond the realm of possibility.

While there are some signs of thawing in the tech initial public offering (IPO) market — with speculation that Lyft may be testing the waters and data center operator Switch raising $ 531.3 million in its IPO Friday — 2017 still is shaping up to be one of the most anemic years ever for tech IPOs.

She thinks it will have to top up payments by between # 360 million to # 655 million in 2015, but it's still in much better shape than it used to be.

Whether it's removing yellow 5 from its products or giving away free body pillows shaped like giant macaroni noodles (really), Kraft clearly has plenty of tricks up it sleeves to help ensure that its customers can still feel good about relying on its nutritionally dubious convenience foods.

Investors have overreacted to one bad quarter, and many still seem skeptical of management after the «Shape - Ups» debacle in 2010/2011.

While it is a bit early to tell the coin still has a very high market cap, and we think its shaping up to be a top contender.

When my turn came I began by saying that I had studied up on him, too, and noted that he had previously threatened us with the wrath of God if we didn't shape up; and he interjected that he still stood by that warning.

At the end of so much effort, the neck seemed frail, but the head was still lifted up, and the ears stood there, still shaped for attention, soft as they were.

a set of cosmological and anthropological views that owed not a little to the vast mélange of Hellenism and Orientalism flooding the world where he grew up, and providing him with the unique setting for still other ideas, of sin, Satan, death, of the sinful and therefore mortal nature of man — as «flesh» — of the «spiritual» forces arrayed against God and his Messiah and all the faithful, of the victory to be won by the Messiah when he should at last appear — all these ideas were shaped to the mold of certain half - Jewish, half - pagan ideas which Paul seems to have derived from the world about him.

If you eat the brownies at room temperature, it softens up while still keeping its shape.

And I agree that it's not as dark as pictured, but it's still beautiful, especially if, when you remove the cake from the pan after it's soaked up the sauce, you brush the surface with a silicone basting brush so that all the brush strokes align nicely with the shape of the cake.

Scoop up 1 tbsp of mixture and form a cookie shape in your hands — the mixture will be quite wet still.

They soaked up just a little vinaigrette to soften but still retain their shape and in turn gave the vinaigrette a deeper caramel flavor that was able to permeate the whole dish.

I picked up these cute little heart - shaped ramekins in Tesco's the other day and was still deciding what to bake in them.

At some point we'll all wake up and discover that Bernie is still in charge and that he's going to make the tunnel at Monaco tube - shaped so that cars can overtake each other on the ceiling.

obviously I would prefer to have a much more suitable alternative in the defensive midfielder positions but if they focused more on defensive end and the occasional long - ball, this would allow Bellerin and Sead ample opportunities to bomb forward on their respective wings while still having enough cover to maintain their defensive shape... it would likewise allow for overlapping runs on both wings, thereby letting both Sanchez and Perez to cut inside and get shots away in and around the top of the box with their most dominant feet... if goals were needed I would sub Bellerin for OX and bring Ramsey in for Elneny then switch to a 3 -2-4-1 (more of a 3 -1-5-1 with Ramsey playing higher up the pitch) and I would only use Giroud as a sub when the game dictated it for tactical reasons... this would allow us to be a high energy team with incredible link - up play and a much more direct approach in the offensive end

The top 3 are even yet to play each other, this league will only shape up around January or so and if the top 6 are still separated but only 3 to 6 points anything can happen.

Injuries have plagued them, but their secondary is still in good shape, and if they can force Arizona's quarterback (whoever it may be) into throwing interceptions, they could pick up some solid traction heading into Week 17, which many believe is another easy game for Chicago.

We still won't know for a while just how far the English sides can progress in this season's competition, but it's starting to shape up like our best chance in many years to see a winner based on these shores.

It's already shaping up to be an entertaining finish to the football season and, with many things still to play for, there's almost certainly going to be a few surprises along the way.

Our main problem has been defending as a team and not necessarily the players defending, so even if we do get the DM and CB needed, we still need someone on the pitch to organise the players, now this is where i agree with Jamie Carragher about comments he made about Mert, he does not lead the young arsenal charges or commands his team to get in a defensive shape when they do not have the ball, he does not provide a back up for his young players who are under pressure or provide guidance on how to deal with the issues in the match.

Instead of entering the afternoon quarterfinals with a guaranteed tee time at Augusta, the match play ninja still had to defeat Kevin Kisner to make it into the top 50 in the world rankings and earn a spot in what is shaping up to be the smallest Masters field in 21 years.

Chelsea may be in terrible shape this season, but I expect they'll still get up for the challenge when we play them, just as they did when we went to Stamford Bridge.

Sloppy passing, an unfocused defence and a team playing consistently out of shape — sums up the game for Arsenal... we still need to strengthen in key positions, whilst having patience with the players we already have.

They are still in great shape in terms of the Standings and if either Team Wellek or Team Zisook falter in the League's final week they could hop back up into the Top2.

Although Audi are still missed it's shaping up to be a pretty tasty season across all the classes.

That already starts shaping up the team for that game, so the game against West Ham should be dealt with by playing players who we will rest against Monaco and by trying to rotate enough that we can still field the strongest team in both games.

The shape had become his trademark after success with Juventus and the Italian national team — but three at the back was still a rare sight in England, where four defenders was canon and any numerical variation happened farther up the field.

As we approach the business end of the season, Leicester City still find themselves at the top of the league, while Manchester City look to be shaping up for another assault on the league title.

Still, you'd think that sober reality alone would be enough to shape up all that «bad» behavior.

Picking high quality brands may cost more up front, but they will last you through your needs and still be in great shape to sell later.

These diapers are really well made, and my sister can testify that they hold up for the long haul - hers have gone through 2 children already and are still in great shape.

Even for little babies, for whom we do not recommend a structured routine since it is important to feed babies when they are hungry, change them when they are wet and structure our days around their needs, we can still begin to put in place a simple bedtime routine and a loving morning wake up routine that will begin to help them shape their day.

Even though we didn't use glass or shatterproof ornaments I decided that I still wanted ball shaped handmade ornaments to hang from the tree and so I came up with this idea.

Still in great shape but could use a clean up, not sure how to wash these things.

This incredible long sleeve black shirt features a lap shoulder neckline and the double stitched hem insures that it will stand up to multiple washings and still retain its shape!

You can really do a lot to them and still have them end up in excellent shape.

Still, despite the members» fears, others noted that Quinn's possible wrath will be tempered by her need to garner support in what's shaping up to be a tough election.

Scientists know that they still have much to learn about what these shape - shifters are up to.

Like a number of other topics in neuroscience, whether the spine shifts shape or, possibly, new proteins are synthesized, how memories are formed for the long - haul is still up for debate.

And yet, she says, regardless of the shape the swirl initially takes, the coffee will still end up the same lighter color, unless something else changes, like pouring in additional creamer.

«We still don't understand exactly how the corona is produced or why it changes its shape, but we see it lighting up material around the black hole, enabling us to study the regions so close in that effects described by Einstein's theory of general relativity become prominent,» said NuSTAR Principal Investigator Fiona Harrison of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena.

The way that skull shape changed as Neanderthals grew up suggests that they were just as smart as us, although it's still a contentious finding