Sentences with phrase «than useless as»

The UN Global Compact is promoted as an alternative to regulation, but it is worse than useless as it posts misleading reports from companies on its website without any form of checking and does not investigate reports of egregious violations when reported by Baby Milk Action.

With Giroud going through a Fernando Torres spell which might continue for months and Walcott who is worse than useless as a striker, we have nobody to score.

Not exact matches

Keeter said that while members of his band were carrying weapons, they were «useless» as bullets rained down on the crowd of more than 20,000 concertgoers from the 32nd floor of a hotel across the street, killing 59 people and injuring more than 500.

what a useless piece of writing — no information other than scathing something thats pretty groundbreaking far as I can see.

The Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington, D.C., with which I am pleased to be affiliated, was founded in the 1970s in large measure to combat the perception that an intellectually and morally impoverished understanding of the dominant American religious traditions had rendered those traditions useless, or (as in the lamentable presidency of Jimmy Carter) worse than useless in guiding Americans» thinking about a sensible and responsible foreign policy.

When death came to be understood as the ultimate evil rather than as a stage on the way to eternal life, utilitarian philosophers such as Jeremy Bentham found it easy to dismiss capital punishment as «useless annihilation.»

He is repulsed by their superficial, skin - deep faith because, as C. F. D. Moule says, «Externals are worse than useless, unless the heart is in the right place.»

When we are not abiding, we are not any different than the world, and so our testimony among them is useless as far as they are concerned.

But Thomas Blackburn, another NCR columnist, describes the attempt as «another useless document on sex certain which deals with Latinate abstraction rather than with real people» (January 13).

Martha's case raises broader issues: the availability of assisted suicide to physically sound but depressed individuals; the «quick» solution of death for the elderly when they feel useless; thinking of death as a «right» rather than a fact; and too much social concern with the legal rather than the psychological condition of those contemplating suicide.

I give to it a double career: in part it becomes what satisfies and strengthens me, and in part it becomes what I flush away as worse than useless.

It means a life which, in New Testament idiom, is «in the heavenly places» even while it is lived here; for belief, worship, and action are seen as worthwhile, since they can never ultimately be frustrated or useless — God receives them, enjoys them, employs them, to «his greater glory», which is nothing other than His continuing loving action in the advance of the creative process towards the good.

If he ain't betrer than BFG then he's a useless signing, we need to move forward as a club which means the players we buy mustn't just add extra numbers but must bring in quality to the club.

Only hope to score more goals than Real or score as many goals as possible to render the 2nd leg useless.

lol another bandwagon comment... ramsey was better than elneny yesterday and he isnt half as bas as you guys make him out to be and we started to be dangerous again after walcott came in, so its impossible that him making an appearance was useless

off Topic (as this topic is of no importance in this grieving moment)...... Ok, the BFG or what ever u call him, have just proven his irrelevance to this team (wasted heights, useless in duels), misfiring carzola was let 2 continue, ramsey wasnt himself yet was forced 2 play, monreal will never be a dream CB, 80th minute subs as usual (then players are played outta position), Wenger Loves his coat and zippers more than the team, who's next?

... he played there against crystal palace, Everton 2 season ago and it was a disaster... our build up is majorly done closer to d centre circle than d oppositions box... that's y girouds hold up play is vital... either we go with dat path or we look for a striker who is lightning quick (so when we make d final pass, it doesn't get wasted), uses both legs to shoot on sight, with good accuracy... playing Sanchez, who is not very good with his back to goal as a 9 is useless and though fast, holds on to d ball a lot tryn to get d best angle to shoot... we need a striker who is very intelligent with d timing of his runs... too bad Walcott is as intelligent as a sheep, cld have been d perfect cf...

as for Perez and Campbell, really feel much pity for this guys most especially Joel Campbell.very good player, far better than that useless Theo Walcott... but wenger sentiment is the problem....

I just don t get how some here are happy with ramsey playing as RW.The lad is good, he has heart but he is not a RW.Welbeck and Walcot are and we are more dangerous when they play in this position.I fear Wenger will never change and will always try to accomodate his favourites in the team.Today Ozil was useless, replace him by Welbeck and shift Ramsey in the middle, but no it has to be a non favourite Coquelin who bring more than any of them.I doubt Arsenal will win any PL title with Maureeno in charge of Chelshi as he is quite more astute on tactic than Wenger.Oh boy, you may always say runner up is not that bad.....

Very true Wayne Barker don't worry about the justarsenal fans they're delusional at the best of times, Chelsea, Man City and Man United are way better than Arsenal as things stand, we've only beaten a useless Watford side but fans are making noise as if we've beaten Barcelona!

You make good points Ttg, if all three lost their pace who I will pick will depend on where I want them to play in my team, they will probably all be useless as wingers so I would pick Theo to play as a second striker in a 442 because Theo consistently makes the kind of short runs Townsend and, to an extent, Lennon can only dream of but if I must use them as Wingers then I'd pick Lennon as he is more two - footed and passes better than the other two.

And when you do look at those goals — as I have, on my tactical breakdowns, which you can find on the site — you can see why Liverpool have dropped points, and more often than not it's because of some individual error you can not account for, such as Lovren missing the ball, Matip leaving a header, Karius not positioning himself well enough, a midfielder not tracking his man properly, or the team of officials being useless in enforcing the laws of the game.

Instead, Lampard went through the entire match without having any meaningful impact, which he shouldn't solely be criticised for as his team - mates were just as useless, if not more so than a not yet 100 % condition Frank Lampard.

Baby Milk Action welcomes the fact the UN Human Rights Council voted to set up a working group to draft a Treaty to hold corporations accountable for human rights abuses as it states its experience has shown the Global Compact to be «worse than useless».

Let's not forget that Johnson's performance as shadow - chancellor was worse than useless and Darling failed to lift a finger while financial markets ran out of control.

«People see interns as useless people — just another part - time worker rather than a colleague,» complains one participant, who requested anonymity.

Actually, they are worse than useless because incorrect conclusions may be drawn from them, as seems to have been the case» with the younger proposed dates for the skeleton.

Sadly, most coaches that market themselves as miracle workers are nothing more than boastful charlatans with a couple of useless certificates, aiming to exploit anyone who's confused, inexperienced and naive.

The accuracy of this test still has room for improvement, as it can vary depending on the time of day and other factors, but it is a much better indication of heart disease risk than a cholesterol test (which is practically useless for determining heart disease risk).

They may be useful, totally useless, funny, dull, timely, or so specific as to be completely worthless to anybody other than the asker, but hopefully at least they'll lend some insight into our thought process.

They may be useful, totally useless, funny, dull, timely, or so specific as to be completely worthless to anybody other than the asker, but hopefully at least they'll lend some

As you're growing you need to continue to train in order to keep new muscle mass from becoming useless and nothing more than bulk.

Special BCAA supplements are completely useless, as any protein powder will deliver you with more than your fair share of BCAA.

Meditating, doing yoga or drinking green juice can all seem a little scary if they're something we haven't tried or seen the benefits of firsthand, and it's easier to write them off as useless than to actually try them for ourselves.

While Han Solo initially writes Leia off as a spoiled, useless brat, she quickly proves herself to be more than capable.

Useless to say, it is a large amount additional difficult to obtain friends as a child than it is as an adult dating services.

Unfortunately, when those same character actors aren't given roles with any depth, their skills are practically useless, and what could have been a film as exciting as Jones» previous similar effort, THE FUGITIVE, becomes little more than another RAMBO style action vehicle, with about the depth to match.

It's a shame, because the subject of our literally and figuratively eating shit to maintain a certain lifestyle deserves to find articulation from mouthpieces more articulate than Linklater, Linklater favourite son Ethan Hawke, Bruce Willis, and Kris Kristofferson (performing the same function as Sam Elliot in the ultimately - as - useless but at least wry Thank You For Smoking), oozing onto the screen and slinking off to the beat of Linklater's patronizing compositions and interpolated cross-cutting of burger exec Don (Greg Kinnear) watching porn in his posh hotel room and a dozen Mexican nationals sharing a motor - inn bunk while waiting to perform their ten - dollar - an - hour dream jobs.

Interesting, too, is the inescapable idea that the only genuinely convincing relationships in the film are homosexual, and that the picture could be read with profit as an escalating evolution of father relationships from low to positively Christian (mad steward Denethor and son Faramir, Frodo and Gollum, Gandalf and the hobbits, Aragorn and mankind)-- but part and parcel with the oft - fascinating subtext and beautiful images is a parade of useless cameos (please, enough Cate Blanchett), de rigueur expository flashbacks, and the squandering of opportunities to locate the genuine interest in unlikely epic heroes (women and, essentially, children), rather than just pay lip service to them.

As Chicory, the old and seemingly useless town deputy, Richard Jenkins initially appears to be little more than comic relief in Bone Tomahawk.

Until the time is right for Rachel to face the issue head - on — that is, the third act home stretch — Nakata and Kruger buy time by introducing a nominal male lead (Simon Baker) even more bland and useless than the original's Martin Henderson, enlisting recognizable faces such as Elizabeth Perkins and Sissy Spacek to do showy cameo turns, and — above all else — throwing in a lot of literally splashy water effects.

The Commuter was certainly conceived as more of action movie than Murder on the Orient Express was, but it justifies its existence and doesn't feel like a useless exercise in showing off your A-list cast.

It sure does look ugly to have a windscreen mounted GPS rather than a built in GPS into the car... if only Mercedes Benz Malaysia had included it as standard or optional equipment and with the RM22k price tag... even more so to have it as part of the kit list guess the NAVI button on the dashboard is useless!

This probably won't come as a surprise, but Mustang's 2 +2 array is rather a nomenclatural protocol, the rear seats being virtually useless for anything other than your handbag.

Even though I am an avid reader of your blog — I read all your posts when I came across it more than a year ago and have been reading everything you wrote since, just as irregularly as you post — but a useless one.

For some reason, this made me kinda sad, as it hardly seems like they're putting the Kindle's best foot forward with a display with a broken unit, which is not only useless (and ugly) to look at, but reminds potential buyers that you do have to be more careful with a Kindle than with a paper book.

A little more of an objective position would go far to establish you as a contributing member of these forums, rather than just useless spammers.

It's not so much that I think the PlayBook will be useless; it's more that reserving e-mail, contacts, memopad and other built - in apps as loyalty perks rather than core functions available to anyone willing to pony up $ 500 strikes me as an easy way to estrange anyone not already in the BlackBerry family.

Not only was gold useless as an inflation hedge for more than two decades, it lost half its value along the way.

I took that useless degree off of my resume, I suggest you do the same as it will do more harm than good at this point.