Sentences with phrase «than a boring waste»

They noted the ease of carrying multiple books in one device, and the feeling that reading was suddenly a high - tech 21st - century activity rather than a boring waste of time.

They noted the ease of carrying multiple books in one device, and the feeling that reading was suddenly a high - tech 21st - century activity rather than a boring waste of time.

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To those who say that we should continue in Labour's vein, simply patting ourselves on the back for getting money out of the door, I say this: Our commitment to reaching 0.7 % of national income on aid by 2013, and enshrining this in law, imposes an even greater duty on us, more than any other department in Whitehall to get value for money, to bear down on waste, and to ensure that aid secures 100 pence of value for every hard - earned British taxpayer's pound we spend.

I love trying different beauty products and Born Pretty's low prices mean I can test out something a bit different than what I would usually wear without wasting a lot of money.

All the licenses and potential that Paris - Dakar Rally has as an enjoyable rally experience, however, go to waste in a game that makes the event it portrays seem more boring and dull than it should be.

Daniel Craig looks bored for most of its bloated 150 - minute runtime, while Christoph Waltz is wasted in a role more concerned with hiding his identity than properly integrating him into the story.

Students who perform well in them can enroll directly in entry - level, credit - bearing courses in their state's colleges, rather than wasting time and money on remedial classes.

I have clients who were very close to foreclosure when they were referred to me as they had, unfortunately, wasted a lot of time trying to sell their house for much more than this market will bear so that they could pay off their loan in full.

They concluded that the wells were mechanically sound, but Aristech had injected waste into them faster and under higher pressure than the geologic formation could bear.

• We reject the idea that parenting requires hard work • We pledge to leave our children alone • That should mean that they leave us alone, too • We reject the rampant consumerism that invades children from the moment they're born • We read them poetry and fantastic stories without morals • We drink alcohol without guilt • We reject the inner Puritan • We fill the house with music and laughter • We don't waste money on family days out and holidays • We lie in bed for as long as possible • We try not to interfere • We push them into the garden and shut the door so that we can clean the house • We both work as little as possible, particularly when the kids are small • Time is more important than money • Happy mess is better than miserable tidiness • Down with school • We fill the house with music and merriment

But will the promised review of the 1998 Act be anything more than a time - wasting exercise born of irresolvable disagreements between the partners on fundamental rights, and will the changes last?

They also might pretend to be on your side so that they waste more time than is unexpected to get you bored and disregard the recovery undertaking.

Even taking traffic school online is boring and tedious, but just remember, it's much better than sitting in a stuffy classroom wasting a Saturday sitting next to other traffic law criminals (hey, technically you're a criminal).

Pretentiously boring wastes of time that fail more often than they succeed (going on Husband's late - night reviews of the ones he sees without me).