Sentences with phrase «stingy in»

So do not be stingy in making this effort.

Apple's music app has a poor user interface and is very stingy in transferring music files for those of us who don't want to use their clunky slow unpredictable Itunes program.

The first report from Canada's Science, Technology and Innovation Research Council said that Canadian businesses are stingy in funding research and development.

The game's incredibly stingy in terms of selling towers, as you'll get very little money back for a fully - upgraded tower, and zilch for a damaged one, meaning there's no strategy in the world that justifies swapping out towers as the situation changes.

In a 2001 interview with BookPage about her memoir Comfort Me with Apples: More Adventures at the Table, Reichl said, «You can't be a good cook if you don't have a generous soul and the impulse to take care of people... I only know two good cooks who are stingy in their souls.»

Front - seat passengers are treated to supportive 14 - way - power seats, but space — especially legroom — is stingy in the rear.

You can then splash out thousands more on Mercedes» long list of options, though a basic SL is hardly stingy in terms of equipment, with 19in alloy wheels all - round, an AMG styling pack, LED headlights, a panoramic folding hard top, leather seats and climate control.

The final verdict is still out on the other two body styles that will be offered in Europe, the A4 Allroad and the A4 Sportback, but if Audi wants to double its U.S. sales — and Volkswagen / Audi's new North American supremo, Stefan Jacoby, recently expressed just such a goal — then it can't be stingy in sending over additional body styles.

These benefits are common in the public sector but increasingly rare and stingy in the private sector.

Pallaoro is stingy in revealing why Hannah (Rampling) struggles to maintain her reserve.

«Platoon» videos have been traditionally stingy in doling out surround information.

I got 12 muffins out of the recipe by being a pretty stingy in each muffin tin.

The fossil record is notoriously stingy in doling out clues about the history of life.

Holger Sierks — who has been criticized for being stingy in releasing images from his OSIRIS camera — just unveiled a jaw - dropper: the spidery, three - legged lander floating down against the black background of space.

Francys Subiaul of the George Washington University and his colleagues showed that captive chimpanzees are able to make judgments about the reputation of unfamiliar humans by observing their behaviour — whether they were generous or stingy in giving food to other humans.

The de Blasio administration has been stingy in co-locating charters, and a revived Board of Education might not be any different.

It is worth noting that while people under age 65 in the U.S. live in a heavily market - dominated economy where poor employment outcomes mean poverty and a lack of access to health care, almost everyone over age 65 has most of their healthcare paid for by Medicare, (a FICA tax financed, single payer system that pays providers more or less the same rates as private insurance companies and has few cost controls), more than half of their nursing home costs paid by Medicaid, (which is stingy in how much it pays providers and moderately means tested), and receives enough of a guaranteed income from the combination of Social Security and SSI payments to keep the poverty rate for people age 65 +, (even if they have no retirement savings of their own), above the poverty line, regardless of the state of the local economy.

In fact, he is notoriously stingy in making appointments.

Juve are less stingy in Serie A, currently topping the league with 41 goals in 15 matches.

Whether Allegri decides to play with three in the back or four, this group is one of the most tight - knit and stingy in history.

Even without quality names in our backline we are very stingy in allowing goals.

Hey all, I'm not saying what Wenger is doing (being stingy in transfer market) is right, but if Guardiola is such a good manager why does he need to spend # 150m in one summer and now they are already on # 40m + with Bernado Silva and I can assure you another # 100m will be spent by them.

This guy must be stingy in real life....

TBH I am hard pressed to hear of Arsenal being stingy in the transfer market to this degree prior to Gazidis arrival, yes we always liked a bargain but we payed (when we could) to get player in.

He has also been very stingy in defense and doesn't believe in DM He is attacking minded and never spends big on DMs He inherited Viera and never replaced him or spent big to get a DM We are lucky to have coquelin Last summer I was bigging for Kondogbia, Schneidelin, Krychowiak, Carvahlo Xhaka isn't a dedicated DM but hopefully his defensive skills will make up for that

Luckily, the hostesses were not stingy in keeping the recipe to...

It was a splurge I could not resist and have been very stingy in using it in my dishes.

Munger and Buffett now say they were stingy in their initial offer, but Munger's friend Ira Marshall convinced him it was an unusual company, worth spending more to get.

Their defence has been the Premier League's stingiest in the 2015 - 16 campaign, but it is at the back where Van Gaal has issues ahead of this match.

A defence which had been the second stingiest in La Liga last season, passing coolly and calmly when under pressure, leaked — no, haemorrhaged — goals.

This is just a single data point based on our experience, but I found banks much stingier in approving credit cards in Canada.

The airport lounge access benefit is one of the stingiest in the premium card market.

Not exact matches

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The EPA has come under pressure for being stingy with the waivers in the past.

In fact, if you believe Ackman's math, Valeant goes from one of the industry's stingiest companies when it comes to R&D, as critics contend, to one of the biggest spenders on drug research.

Bartenders shooed too - stingy visitors from the good seats, returning $ 15 in singles for a $ 5 drink order paid with a 20, and mouthing the lyrics to «Super Freak.»

Companies have been stingy about capital expenditures in recent years, but that trend may be poised to turn around, extending the life of this economic cycle — and offering potential surprise upside in the next.

This might be too much of a sacrifice for the true - blue coffee lover, but if you could go either way, keep in mind that a cup of tea brewed at home can cost as little as four cents per cup, compared to 12 - 43 cents for less - than - fancy home - brewed coffee, according to Living Stingy.

Over the next decade, Cohn used his mob connections to smooth the younger Trump's relations with construction unions; inked a stingy prenuptial agreement with Trump's first wife, Ivana; leaned on city politicians to favor Trump deals; traded favors in Atlantic City's notoriously corrupt casino industry; and tried to strong - arm the National Football League into a merger that would give Trump a first - tier team at a fraction of the going rate.

Schools may feel like the state is in a generous mood, while municipal officials in the Southland might think Illinois is being downright stingy.

Unlike some of the other online casinos that are quite stingy as such, it makes a lot of sense to go in for UK online casinoswhich are renowned for their bonuses.

You don't have to give away the key secrets of your trade, but don't be stingy either — share some of your methods, your knowledge, and anything interesting you learned in the process of helping your client.

I suppose it could also mean stingy, but I was taking it in the American English sense.

But, in contrast, it can be drab and ugly, stingy little offering, faintly stretched forth, weakly proffered, fearingly begrudged.

He's self - absorbed in a stingy or ungenerous way.

No human being so stingy and useless as was Marie in her melancholy period!

- Why so stingy with the witnesses of the alleged most important event in human history?

Seth Cook Rees, a founder of the Pilgrim Holiness Church, insisted that «nothing but jealousy, prejudice, bigotry, and a stingy love for bossing in men have prevented women's public recognition by the church.»

In an alley just off the Lungomare (seaside promenade), we stumble across a trattoria — a small restaurant with just three tables inside and outside, and the picture of a world - famous stingy cartoon duck on the wall.

My kids are in charge of the grocery budget this summer, which is quite an experience, but I think I can convince the daughter in charge to buy me a lemon (she's a little stingy, but it's just a lemon!).