Sentences with phrase «time detracting from»

«There are still 6 months left of life,» says Finer, who sees any plan B discussions at this time detracting from ongoing efforts.

I did find that lag was at times detracted from the experience but that was neither a consistent issue nor one that plagued every race.

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«But what happens over time is that your brain starts looking for reasons for your scores and comparing things that add to or detract from your happiness.

«There may be a bit of value that could be unlocked under that scenario, but the time to close the deal and the disruption associated with it detracts from long - term value - creation driven by improving existing operations,» Rubel said.

Company culture, employee comfort and job satisfaction can rise by adding personalized design, and removing time - consuming tasks that detract from our overall jobs.

«As a result, the government sector will detract from economic growth for the first time since the late 1990s.»

One reason to avoid this is that maxing out your credit card will detract from your credit score, even if you make on - time payments.

Prior research has shown that the use of social media may detract from face - to - face relationships, reduce investment in meaningful activities, increase sedentary behavior by encouraging more screen time, lead to internet addiction, and erode self - esteem through unfavorable social comparison.

Falls in mortgage interest rates detracted 0.5 of a percentage point from the quarterly headline rate and, on a year - ended basis, interest rate reductions that have already occurred will keep the headline inflation rate below the underlying rate for some time.

The short version is: I don't think the Exodus did happen in historical time, but that doesn't at all detract from its powerful spiritual truth, or from the ways we've constituted our community through telling this story in the first person plural, and through embracing the teaching that the Exodus didn't just happen then but unfolds even now.

At the same time, its Christian theme and lyrics do nothing to detract from my enjoyment of brilliant music.

While such admissions as this may possibly detract from the immediate force and authority of all revelations, the time has arrived on Urantia when it is advisable to make such frank statements, even at the risk of weakening the future influence and authority of this, the most recent of the revelations of truth to the mortal races of Urantia.

Being overweight detracts from the beauty of my experience over a long period of time.

Clearly, he understood himself as playing the decisive role in the consummation of God's purpose; at the same time, however, he refused to detract from his mission by making his proper classification or title a primary matter for discussion.

might dilute it with water next time but I think that will detract from the taste?

All of this crap about age discrimination is detracting from the facts which are posted every time the league table is published and the gap grows bigger.

Failing in Cleveland this time around could not in a vacuum detract from his name, it could only empower it further.

English football's relationship with the ball - playing central defender is an interesting one: it (if we may for a moment reduce such a complex muddle of thought and action to a singular entity) loves them in theory, it sanctifies them when they're Bobby Moore, but it doesn't entirely trust them, and it certainly doesn't have time for them in the early formative years, when all that ball playing seems to detract from the serious business of stopping goals.

However, he thinks that nothing can detract from his time under Wenger, which he still cherishes.

This decision in no way detracts from the excellent work Harry has done during his time with the Club and I should like to thank him for his achievements and contribution.

I don't know why parents feel it is their right to impose personal celebrations at school which detract from learning time.

Maximus's time in slavery doesn't detract from the years he spent leading the armies of the north just as the limp Miliband years should not overshadow Ball's time at the heart of the Treasury operation that was key to New Labour's success and vanquished all opposition.

From what was, at times, a confused and halting justification for this position your correspondent gleaned three interrelated strands of argument: that the lands of Judea and Samaria are the Jewish people's «homeland;» that while the area is also claimed as a homeland by the Palestinians this merely means the territory is contested and does not detract from the Jewish claim and finally; that the Palestinians lost their right to this land by engaging in violence in 1948 and 1From what was, at times, a confused and halting justification for this position your correspondent gleaned three interrelated strands of argument: that the lands of Judea and Samaria are the Jewish people's «homeland;» that while the area is also claimed as a homeland by the Palestinians this merely means the territory is contested and does not detract from the Jewish claim and finally; that the Palestinians lost their right to this land by engaging in violence in 1948 and 1from the Jewish claim and finally; that the Palestinians lost their right to this land by engaging in violence in 1948 and 1967.

I accept that to many planning for a second best scenario detracts from the focus on winning that we need to maintain at all times.

At no time in Ghana's political history has any aspirant done what he is doing, whipping up religious sentiments as if God has blessed him to become Ghana's President but the machinations of human beings detract from it all.

Increasingly kids leisure time is spent gaming, but does it detract from homework or would kids be better off reading a book?

Would be entrepreneurs need to bear in mind that setting up a company is time consuming and can detract from research progress.

Additionally, some of the graybeards at Texas still steer students clear of communications courses because they detract from lab time.

Upset about how the rivalry might detract from the scientific achievement, Patrinos invited Francis Collins, director of the U.S. National Human Genome Research Institute, and J. Craig Venter, president of Celera Genomics of Rockville, Maryland, to a «secret meeting» at his house near Washington, D.C. «I've known both of these guys for a long time — as scientists and as friends,» Patrinos says.

Over time, unhealthy eating habits, drug (even prescription) and alchohol will detract from the functions of the colon.

These are great for when you want to look like you actually gave a crap about your hair, but it doesn't detract from your precious relaxation time.

Oh, and my judge wore her bright red Baby G on the bench all the time and she was always impeccably dressed and I didn't view the watch as detracting from her professionalism, but that's just me.

[Brooklyn] goes back in time and deals with immigration in a very delicate manner, and without this subtlety detracting in any way from the importance of the film's subject.

The acting is a bit wooden at times, but it felt stylistically appropriate and didn't detract from the movie at all.

Some puzzles and load times may frustrate, but they're not enough to detract from the overall charm and enjoyment of the game.

The key difficulty that has to be overcome with «Azkaban,» however, is that there is too much standard Harry Potter stuff the film seems compelled to include, material that both swells the running time to that counterproductive two hours and 21 minutes and detracts from the story's intrinsic drama.

My only complaint is that Bear McCreary's score is a little aggressive and detracts at times from the top notch performances from John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and John Gallagher, Jr. (The Newsroom).

These effects can be beautiful at times, but only detract from the message that Penn is trying to get across.

And speed running or not, Sonic Forces» ill - designed stages and poor handling are still major obstacles that detract from your time spent playing.

His film is almost perfectly timed, with only a somewhat flabby mid-section to detract from the experience, although the «twists» could fail to surprise seasoned cinemagoers.

However, it would kind of detract from Star Wars, because Ridley — unlike Ford — is really the main character this time around.

He's barely tolerable in his first scene and he becomes the uninvited guest that detracts from the movie every time he opens his mouth.

The art design on display in Rogers» slightly alternative history of 1941 New York City is, at times, quite striking (Even the post-production 3 - D conversion — one of the better ones — doesn't detract much from it, though the use of the gimmick is still useless).

There are some minor print flaws from time - to - time but these certainly do not detract from one's enjoyment of the movie.

At the same time, what is there to appeal to our expectations of character and comedy detracts from the film's lyrical ambition to compel our attention on a purely impressionistic or imagistic level.

Although the style at times ends up detracting from the storytelling, its central theme of the lure and danger of the criminal life and a villain so perfect at personifying that theme are the propelling force of the film.

Bava's choice of music (and composer) has sometimes been very uneven: Carlo Rustichelli's romanticized and treacly music for Whip and the Body detracted from the film's pinched, sadistic sequences; Libra's prog - rock score for Shock felt at times like an effects - ridden mimic of Goblin's supernatural score for Dario Argento's Suspiria; and Stelvio Cipriani's muzak for the original Italian version of Baron Blood deserved to be replaced by Les Baxter's more eerie, orchestral score when AIP initially released that film in North America.

The visuals were good enough and never detracted from anyone's enjoyment of the game, but it simply failed to live up to the splendor of other games released at the time.

in my not so humble opinion the X assist excels at the most every single aspect of what makes a horror movie good whether it's a well - developed sense of dread, incredible shock moments that make you jump at your seat, well presented themes that make you think about the movie long after it's over, well developed characters that you care about, special effects and make up that contribute not detract from the movie, etc. one of the good examples of the latter point is how William Friedkin who in my opinion is one of the 10 greatest directors of all time used a refrigerated room for some of the scenes.

Too many kooky supporting characters are given the spotlight for reasons unknown, and while they might be funny at times, the constant asides do detract from the dramatic momentum of the emotional story at its core.