Sentences with phrase «than a pleasant time»

But the overlong running time and a feeling of familiarity prevents Just a Little Harmless Sex from becoming anything more than a pleasant time - killer.

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Early on with # 10K saved a 30 % fall, whilst not pleasant is less worrisome than a 30 % fall when you have # 200K and less time to recoup the loss.

Parents are urged to develop an atmosphere of mutual respect; to communicate on levels of fun and recreation as well as on discipline and advice; to allow a child to learn «through natural consequences» — that is, by experiencing what happens when he dawdles in the morning and is permitted to experience the unpleasantness and embarrassment of being late to school; to encourage the child and spend time with him playing and learning (positively) rather than spending time lecturing and disciplining (negatively), since the child who is misbehaving is often merely craving attention and if he gets it in pleasant, constructive ways, he will not demand it in antisocial ways; to avoid trying to put the child in a mold of what the parent thinks he should do and be, or what other people think he should do and be, rather than what his natural gifts and tendencies indicate; to take time to train the child in basic skills — to bake a cake, pound a nail, sketch or write or play a melody — including those things the parents know and do well and are interested in.

Having spent a fair amount of time dehydrated and malnourished, I can confidently say that hydration is far more pleasant than the opposite.

The group started by listing the some of the reasons that pumping is less than pleasant — lack of user education (on suction level, positioning, importance of having the correct size flanges), difficulty with milk let - down (no cute baby there to help, the pumping mom is often under a time crunch), too many parts to sanitize and clean, the motor is loud and mechanical, some women find the process degrading, and social norms (breast pumping is seen as something to be embarrassed by and hidden).

If you are looking for the perfect product to use in public at those unfortunate times nature calls or maybe you just need something more powerful (and pleasant smelling) than an ordinary air freshener for your whole family, Poo - Pourri is unique and awesome.

A routine where everybody gets fed together, sleeps at the same time and spends their waking hours playing together is much more pleasant than a chaotic mishmash of baby tag - team.

Licorice is 50 times sweeter than sugar, and DGL gives Glutamine Plus a pleasant, sweet flavor.

«She's very pleasant, and has taken more time with me than any doctor has every done.

I wore this holiday - ready outfit at the recent launch of Roxy's pop up shop in NYC, but shot it over the weekend while we were in Arizona because let's be real... baring your arms and legs in December is more pleasant in the Southwest, than it is in SoHo this time of year.

Generally, we're very different and many times in our lives we have been reminded of this in less than pleasant ways.

What matters more than anything when it comes to your online dating as more pleasant when compared with pictures featuring «No One Has Time For a

The movie ride delivered by Solo: A Star Wars Story is more mild than wild, a pleasant way to pass the time instead of a game - changer.

A likeable cast, many of whom are former Oscar winners, enliven a not - as - clever - as - they - think - it - is script by screenwriting brothers Jon and Erich Hoeber (Whiteout, Battleship), but not quite enough to overcome the overly familiar plotline to make the film anything more than a pleasant but unremarkable time - waster.

The PCM 2.0 Mono on Women is a pleasant surprise too, an old optical mono theatrical release whose original magnetic soundmaster had survived in fine shape, so the mono sound here is naturalistic, yet very warm and full, more so than you would expect from non-stereo feature film productions of the time.

More than just a dated target ripe for parody and a showcase for»70s fashions and music, Fever is also a racy, none - too - pleasant drama that will certainly leave a number of first - time viewers disappointed and some outright disgusted.

Yes, the movie ride delivered by Solo: A Star Wars Story is more mild than wild, a pleasant way to pass the time instead of a game - changer.

Unsurprisingly, acceleration is pretty lackluster, and its CVT (the only gearbox available) often makes for a droning engine note that at times can be less - than - pleasant to the ears.

It was hard for me to believe it had been more than a decade since I'd driven a Honda Fit, probably because it had been such a pleasant experience, writing at the time that the Fit was, indeed, well - suited, worthy, ready and athletic when it first became part of the Honda lineup.

Midwesterners have a hard time fathoming pleasant temperatures and sunshine in the middle of November, but Tinseltown is warmer than a basket of fresh dryer lint right now.

This is a surprisingly pleasant hybrid system that delivers more than acceptable acceleration — with a 0 to 62mph time rated at 8.7 seconds — and strong fuel economy: the equivalent of just over 28 imperial mpg on the US EPA's city test cycle, and better than 42mpg on its highway cycle.

More than just a competent driver, the Kona is also a pleasant place in which to spend time.

For all its merits — and there are plenty — this A5 cockpit is not a pleasant place in which to spend time, feeling more appropriate for a mid-level Jetta than an Audi coupe.

Their converter is more friendly than the Meatgrinder over at Smashwords, they have some extras that make your publishing experience a little more pleasant, and you get reports back much closer to real time.

This service was a bit clunky until they came out with an iOS app this year, which makes for a much more pleasant reading experience than flipping through the comics in a web browser and allows the user to download up to six issues at a time.

Why nearly every experience with Zappos is effortless, and at times, delightful; why nearly every experience at Disneyworld is surprising and pleasant; why the Apple Store seems more like a gathering place than an electronics store.

It is much more pleasant to order your online history essay and to spend your time with your family or with your friends than to waste your time for writing history essay, is not it?

Now after our short time with Julie our walks are pleasant and enjoyable and I am able to walk Jack rather than him walking me.

Diarrhea with a munchkin is even less pleasant than with normal cats... because when he would try to cover it up he would get his belly covered in his business and would have to get baths several times a day.

There is no better time to teach your puppy how pleasant and fun a veterinarian visit may be than during puppy hood.

In less than three minutes walking time you can be sitting on Lighthouse Beach, fishing in the Richmond River, paddling in Shaws Bay Lagoon, sitting in the dining room of a nearby resort or having a pleasant lunch in a headland cafe.

The Vessel allows up to 869 passengers a time to enjoy a pleasant and comfortable crossing, with more than enough facilities to keep all entertained throughout.

Bushwick Open Studios is happening in October for the first time, which might be more pleasant than past sweltering summers.

During the Christmas period there was such continued fine weather and serenity of the air that one would have said that it was pleasant summer time rather than winter.

During the christmas period there was such continued fine weather and serenity of the air that one would have said that it was pleasant summer time rather than winter.

Unless there are items on that list that are more time sensitive than others, I've found that to increase my productivity it's often best to do the least pleasant projects first.

I can not imagine anything anyone would say on SLAW that would induce me to try Chrome or, indeed, any other programme — other than, perhaps, an offer to come to my house to show me what to do and how to work it and then only if we had enough time for a pleasant meal where we could chat!

Feeling unhappy often makes it difficult to remember how doing activities you enjoy makes life more pleasant — or at least causes you to forget making time to do anything other than trying to resolve your discontent.

Self - expansion theory4 supports this idea — engaging in a novel, challenging, and exciting activities with a partner boosts happiness more than simply spending time together doing something pleasant.5

Harlow's 1958 publication, «The Nature of Love,» is based on the results of experiments which showed, approximately, that infant monkeys spent more time with soft mother - like dummies that offered no food than they did with dummies that provided a food source but were less pleasant to the touch.