Sentences with phrase «up to the job of»

But Joe Sixpack has gotten the message from those «in the know» who claim to have «real knowledge» of how things work: You're not up to the job of doing what needs to be done for the future that we, the leadership class, will dominate.

I don't think he is up to the job of being the last man in midfield before the defence, Ramsey isn't disciplined enough to play beside him either.

«Is or is not up to the Job of Prime Minister?»

His increasingly obvious problem was that he simply wasn't up to the job of opposition party leader.

Miliband may want a year or so in office to persuade voters that he is up to the job of Prime Minister — something he has signally failed to do in the past four years — and then find a way to seek a more secure mandate.

A YouGov poll for the Sunday Times showed just 11 % of respondents thought Miliband was a strong leader, 21 % thought he was up to the job of being prime minister and just 25 % thought he was in touch with ordinary people.

If inflation was to rocket, or Labour were to suddenly abandon vast swathes of policy in panic then maybe such a strategy would work, but I rather think that the general Public perception will be that David Cameron and George Osborne are not up to the job of government.

Asking more specific questions about her suitability for the role most people (by 52 % to 19 %) think she is up to the job of PM, she is seen as having what it takes to get things done (by 53 % to 19 %), and having good ideas to improve the country (by 35 % to 27 %).

«Ed Miliband is losing vital battle of first impressions Main Only 36 % of voters think «weird» Ed Miliband, the man too busy to register as the father of his child, is up to the job of being PM»

Only 63 % of Labour's own voters think Ed Miliband would make the best Prime Minister, only 54 % think he is up to the job of Labour leader.

Ed Miliband's own approval ratings are mediocre and 47 % think he isn't up to the job of Labour leader.

When it was put to Johnson by the BBC that he believed Corbyn was not up to the job of being leader, he said: «Me and many of my colleagues.

45 % of Labour voters think would be up to the job of Prime Minister, 34 % think he would not.

David Cameron today said he would sack George Osborne if he believed he was not up to the job of shadow chancellor.

«Polls go up and down — one thing goes up and up is the cost of living for ordinary families,» he said after a new YouGov / Sunday Times poll found that only 17 % of respondents thought he was up to the job of prime minister.

In reality, poor Carmichael will not be up to the job of arm - twisting his Beveridge followers into voting for things that both he and they violently oppose.

By creating an artificial solar wind and firing it at a centimeter - scale magnetic field, they demonstrated that a thin electric - field layer created by the collision of the solar wind with the magnetic field is up to the job of deflecting high - speed protons.

The society, they are hinting, is not up to the job of administering the research grants which the government channels through it each year.

All of this teacher evaluation craziness, in my opinion, is an attempt to principal - proof our schools — to go around our principals, because many lawmakers, teachers, and reformers agree that today's principals aren't up to the job of leading.

Make sure your cooking and serving equipment is up to the job of maintaining the correct temperatures, hot or cold.

Less capable teachers, however, do not seem to be up to the job of teaching large classes.

2) Then you've got the wonderfully contradicting way the article starts by referring to calls for «the independent sector to step up and provide more support to their state school counterparts» and then moves on to smugly pointing out how some of the academies sponsored by private schools aren't doing so well and quoting Lucy Powell's dismissal of them as not being up to the job of turning round failing schools.

Thankfully, the heated seats are up to the job of thawing us out, and the automatic HVAC warms up quickly, even when the still - broken coolant sensor claims the engine is ice - cold.

The brakes were taken from the BMW 750i and were more than up to the job of providing ample stopping power as they had been designed to slow a two - tonne executive leviathan.

Still, I guess you can't have everything and the 400 - mm, six - piston carbon ceramic braking system should be up to the job of ensuring it stops as well as it goes.

Initial impressions are that the Bridgestones appear to have a more progressive breakaway than the Dunlops, but the Ferodos don't seem up to the job of confidently stopping the heavyweight Godzilla.

The Armada, though, was more than up to the job of carting around six people, and it soaked up Detroit's pockmarked pavement with little drama.

For most driving, the V6 seemed up to the job of getting this mass moving, whether punching up a freeway merge or providing quick acceleration onto a main road from a side street.

The standard steel brakes are more than up to the job of frequent stops from high speed, but Porsche offers fade - free carbon - ceramic discs as an option.

The brakes are well up to the job of stopping such a heavy vehicle.

I found the standard brakes just weren't up to job of stopping such a huge, heavy, powerful car when it gets going quickly.

Though he might divert some of his stepfather's brutality from his mother, he was not large or strong enough to stop him, to do what the old man longed to do — though he knew he was no more up to the job of giving McMurdock a taste of his own savagery than the boy.

Whilst it is a separate unit it is quite well made and is certainly up to the job of bashing out a few emails or a memo or two.

After years of being subjected to the cruelty of the humans around me, only this little guy was up to the job of helping me heal.

While my graphics card was more than up for the job of rendering the world, my old single - core processor was not up to the job of simulating it, and the game was unplayable.

By Kimberly Lamm Even the word dazzling is not up to the job of describing the kaleidoscopic array of visual pleasures Mickalene Thomas offers in her first solo show at Lehmann Maupin Gallery.

Academic peer review mostly works just fine when nobody in the real world cares, but it's not up to the job of adjudicating ideological disputes.

With the IWC meeting in Jersey being bandied as a «quieter affair», after recent tumult and mud - slinging, is it time to look at whether a «whaling commission» is ever going to be up to the job of protecting the whales?

I have queried if the GMC is up to the job of regulating expert evidence (see Witness immunity — the argument in favour, 156 NLJ 7232, p 1086).

With voice assistants in headphones, it's important that the device's microphones are up to the job of picking up the sounds of your voice.

Not exact matches

You may be ending up with a person with fake credentials and therefore is, at best, unable to complete the requirements of the job.

«As tough as juggling the demands of motherhood and being a Senator can be, I'm hardly alone or unique as a working parent, and my children only make me more committed to doing my job and standing up for hardworking families everywhere.»

The United States could lose up to 700,000 jobs and suffer billions of dollars in lost economic output if President Donald Trump ends a program granting work permits to the children of undocumented immigrants, a new report finds.

When responding to this question, Roy Cohen, career coach and author of «The Wall Street Professional's Survival Guide,» says job seekers should «offer up examples that are relevant, like managing projects, learning new skills or a specific activity that is tied directly to performing this role.»

Each one of its 92 employees (and 90 contract lunch club coaches) have been carefully selected to ensure they fit into the company's playful but purpose - driven culture, whether their jobs involve packing up applesauce, mopping floors or maintaining client databases.

The administration's latest move to shore up the U.S. trade deficit could have unintended consequences on businesses that account for the lion's share of American jobs.

This new form of equity crowdfunding — which is the result of the new Title III of the JOBS Act — allows companies to raise up to $ 1,000,000 each year, from investors for their businesses, using crowdfunding platforms.

The facts: Trump offered no further details or evidence for his claim that «millions of jobs» were created, and nothing happened during his trip that could come close to backing up such an assertion.

These employees need to keep abreast of the latest trends in the transportation industry and know how to use the most up - to - date tools to do their jobs effectively and efficiently.

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