Sentences with phrase «than one's reputation»

Ultimately, competence is worth even more than a reputation for tax - cutting, if tax - cutting is seen to put the nation's finances at risk.

It deserves better than its reputation as a box - office flop.

First, she's 5 - 11, which allows her to get her shot off when smaller players can't, and she's also much more versatile than her reputation suggests.

He is keen to build clubs rather than his reputation.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think of you.

And I would rather risk that than my reputation looking perfect — I'd rather obey him.

Some zinc will survive the voyage into your bloodstream, but overall, pumpkin seeds are a dramatically inferior food for zinc and therefore clear skin than their reputation suggests.

The full story on these acne hormones is more complicated — they are far more benign than their reputation suggests.

Far more important things as an adult than reputation.

Perhaps the sexual reputation of the book just goes farther than the reputation regarding its quality.

Mega Man 4 is a better game than its reputation might suggest.

I'd rather lose a commission than my reputation and lots of $ $ $ $ $ $!

Generally places tend to be better than their reputations but it's always wise to be cautious, especially as a traveler.

You understand that what you're living for is more important than your reputation.

No analyst can possibly watch every team in the nation play, meaning that often time a team's ranking is based on little more than reputation.

While the Accord's virtues are many, nothing has contributed more to its enduring success than its reputation for providing years of trouble - free, cost - efficient ownership.

The damage of the sanctions have already been done, meaning the unsealed documents will have little impact on anything other than the reputations of McNair and the NCAA.

Since childhood, Klimley had been fascinated with sharks, which he sensed were more complex than their reputations as cold maneaters of the deep.

«From our earlier research, we already know that goats are smarter than their reputation suggests, but these results show how they can communicate and interact with their human handlers even though they were not domesticated as pets or working animals.»

That said, except for one incident and its frantic response, the magazine was far more genial and friendly to Catholicism than its reputation indicates.

Nor do I rest content in the mere spotting of an historical error in Popper, for Sir Karl's (as, indeed, Whitehead's) place in history is secure on grounds far more weighty than a reputation for faithful reiteration of the words written by one's predecessors (important as such accuracy may be).

Has earned little more at Old Trafford than a reputation as a diver.

During his time as Borussia Dortmund manager, his tactics were powered by a number of players whose attributes were far more potent than their reputations, at least until they began to enjoy success under Klopp.

If you choose any wrong site for find one night stand partner and any web scam site public your some photos and video at internet than your reputation and family can be hart if your secrete openly share in market.

Tough, taut direction by action auteur Walter Hill makes this a much better sequel than its reputation.

Adam Sandler plays Dracula, who it turns out is a much nicer guy than his reputation suggests.

Even Happy Feet was a lot darker than its reputation let on.

Playing (and I do mean playing) a bored TWA pilot recruited by the CIA, Cruise, whom I have always thought was a far more interesting actor than his reputation allows, nails the thrill and naivety of a family man who can't say no.

The film is quintessential Ford: warmly nostalgic, visually beautiful, with lots of fine comic supporting performances (Ford regulars Victor McLaglen, Ben Johnson, George O'Brien, and Harry Carey Jr), and more enlightened politically than its reputation.

Despite the overblown violence you'll find in the more grandiose Rambo sequels, First Blood, which was co-written by Sylvester Stallone and based on a novel by David Morrell, is more of a stripped - down, tactical thriller than its reputation would suggest.

We now know that reputation and the prestige of the educational provider are the largest contributing factors to student decision making when considering their choice of study, more so than the reputation of any individual department / school by itself.

Merger Funds: More Tame Than Reputation Some investors have been turning to a mutual - fund niche that may offer an attractive way to diversify away from the risks of stocks or bonds: funds that engage in merger arbitrage.

He is, as I wrote, «far more complicated than his reputation as the sentimental bard of an idealized rural life and an evangelist for a pure strain of American art allows.»

There's more to MOSTYN than its reputation as the foremost contemporary gallery and visual arts centre in Wales.

There is little more precious than our reputation.

It is however less atypical than its reputation suggests.

While other industries that have been more exposed to non-traditional ways of working see the trend as an opportunity to be more agile and adaptable, the legal industry sees only a loss of control — of data, of lawyers who are spending less time in the office, and of their client relationships as they become more focused on the individual legal professional rather than the reputation of the firm.

«Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what...

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Increasingly, clients are sensitive to the reputation of one specific lawyer (which is built by public relations), rather than the reputation of the law firm as a whole.

Ledger's growing popularity is bolstered by more than a reputation for prioritizing security.

Stone's Bush is smarter than his reputation but misled and undone by his incompetent, secret - keeping staff, a man who tried to prove to his father that he's his own man but didn't accomplish a single thing without Poppa's help.

But three decades later, both films look significantly better than their reputations suggest, reframed by the kind of lavish Blu - ray treatment more common to canonical classics like Rashomon than a pair of gobbling turkeys.

That's the popular image of black holes, but these ravenous cosmic beasts are proving to be even more fascinating — and fearsome — than their reputation suggests.

«It was a surprise to find we could secure new business based on little more than our reputations,» says Glassman, 33, who left a job as a creative director at Viacom to help start Pitch.

An email hack can cost you more than your reputation.

Questions hang open, inviting space for uncertainty and lament, rather than a reputation - making brilliant response.