Sentences with phrase «take your eye off the ball in»

«They really took their eye off the ball in terms of how to be special for the customer,» says Steve Dennis, president of SageBerry Consulting and a former Sears and Neiman Marcus executive.

But a litany of internal issues at Uber in 2017 — which ultimately led to the resignation of co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick and an investment from SoftBank — saw Uber take its eye off the ball in Southeast Asia.

That does mean the team are running the risk of taking their eye off the ball in the league ahead of this Stoke game.

According to one strategist Tuesday night, Democrats believe Paul is still vulnerable for taking his eye off the ball in order to run for president.

As Kyle surveys his brother's shelter expansion, and wonders about its cost, his concern is far more direct than any long - term concerns about the revelation: «You take your eye off the ball in this economy, you're screwed.»

With an in - depth main mode and a plethora of extra features you won't take your eye off the ball in Mario Strikers: Charged Football.

And they took their eye off the ball in terms of public opinion, in talking about climate science and looking at what the denial machine was doing.

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Business leaders gathering in Davos seem confident that the global recovery is under way but are concerned global leaders are taking their eyes off the ball when it comes to unemployment.

Perhaps we are in need of resurrecting a «death of God» position because a God approving this kind of imperial activity has taken the divine eye off the ball.

This week, coming off the Thanksgiving holiday and launching into full - troddle holiday madness has me a little wide - eyed, so I've taken to the meatball, making wonderfully flavorful balls in a very simple broth with rice.

So with Chelsea, supposedly their main rivals, in such disarray, there is a real chance that City could relax and take their eye off the ball and if that happens and they do lose momentum, it is a hard thing to get back and Arsenal could be the ones to take advantage and close the gap.

It would be very easy for the Arsenal players to take their eyes off the ball this weekend, but it is absolutely vital that the Gunners do not become complacent and that we make sure that all three points are going to stay in north London after the visit of Aston Villa in the Premier League clash on Sunday.

Berardi has the ability to play literally anywhere in attack, boasting attributes of a winger in terms of crossing and set piece taking ability, coupled with attacking midfielder attributes in killer through balls and topped off by a striker's intuitive nature, eye for goal and ariel presence; this hybrid footballer is exactly what Arsenal need.

Expecting his first child may have taken the Spaniard's eye off the ball, however, with a year of Premier League football under his belt, the 25 - year - old should be trusted with another season in the Chelsea XI.

Their epic EFL Cup win over Manchester United didn't see them take their eye off the league - ball at all as they have collected four points in their last two.

They have huge games coming up in the next few weeks - starting at Wembley on Sunday - and could have easily taken their eye off the ball.

According to Rummenigge, the German international centre - back, has taken his eye off the ball since being the country's Player of the Year in August.

MRSA Awareness Month is being recognised here in the UK and in the USA with hospitals holding Infection Awareness events to help raise awareness of Infection Prevention and to remind everyone that we can not afford to take our eye off the ball.

When we focus on the demos and on procedure, we take our eye off what we should see as the important ball in the game — having public objects.

First Minister Carwyn Jones has admitted Labour took «its eye off the ball» on education in the early years of devolution.

«But, in so doing, it has taken its eye off the ball regarding all other healthcare associated infections.

Asked whether the prime minister was so distracted by the referendum campaign that he had taken his eye off the ball, leading to a poorly - received budget and the crisis in the steel industry, he replied:

But if you're not in it for that reason, you will be frustrated by «colorful» choices that take the eye off the ball.

Labour's shadow schools minister Nic Dakin accused ministers of «taking their eye off the ball on school standards and failing to ensure that all schools, including those in academy chains, are properly accountable».

Which I suspect took management's eye off the ball elsewhere — as a result, NWT now expects a loss this financial year, due to a revenue / profit shortfall in the asset protection division (which hopefully proves a timing / sales pipeline issue ultimately).

My sister - in - law was talking on the phone to a friend and took her eyes off her son's hamster ball and it ended up rolling down some carpeted stairs!

If we let ourselves get distracted by the complaints of some people in the coal industry about other people's insensitivity, whether or not that's what it was, we risk taking our eyes off the ball.

But the denial machine has been aggressively pushing its war on climate science and weakening public support for action, and the Obama administration and environmental groups «took their eye off the ball and have fallen down on the job in terms of really working public opinion on this.»

This «digitisis» mentality infected the professional publishing world so pervasively that it resulted in senior management taking their eye off the ball pretty comprehensively for most of the past decade.

We've long heard Apple lauded for its laptop ranges, but the Cupertino company has arguably taken its eye off the ball of late: the MacBook Air looks a bit stale these days and the MacBook Pro hasn't changed much in a few years.That gives Windows laptops... Read more