Sentences with phrase «was for nothing but»

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The companies say that nothing is being monitored or recorded until the wake words are spoken, but once they are, Amazon and Google tend to hold on to that voice data to improve the services for you.

I thought it'd be easy for me because I maintain a pretty strict routine myself, but I soon found out that my usual schedule of workout classes and treadmill runs were nothing compared to JLo's workouts.

When visitors arrive there they will find nothing but an error message telling them the page they are looking for is missing.

The opposition did its best to encourage this outcry, helping their poll numbers, but doing nothing for confidence in an economy that was doing surprisingly well.

Miller claims that every one of the clips shown has been independently verified, but is forced to concede in his report for the Guardian, «I heard nothing but denials that the security forces were shooting, shelling and torturing civilians... we lived in a bubble, seeing nothing of the extreme brutality and killing for which the Syrian regime is so notorious.»

When delivering training sessions or holding a meeting, you might be the best talker in the world — but for many of us, nothing beats a visual aid when it comes to taking in new information.

I've said before that I'm not even sure that most CEOs should be doing any hiring for their businesses, but he says that there's nothing more important to the future of Morningstar than attracting and retaining top talent.

But nothing's worse than getting money for an idea that you can't bring to fruition.

It's like a storm and there's nothing they can do but wait for it to pass, because there is no upside to marketing against the Girl Scouts.»

The foreseeable future will be nothing of the sort — but that doesn't mean there isn't potential for autonomous vehicles (AVs).

So take a look at your schedule and see when was the last time you spent 15 whole minutes alone with nothing for company but your own brain.

For those who don't think government ought to do more for those who have the means to save but don't, the clear option for CPP is to do nothiFor those who don't think government ought to do more for those who have the means to save but don't, the clear option for CPP is to do nothifor those who have the means to save but don't, the clear option for CPP is to do nothifor CPP is to do nothing.

«I'd love to be proven wrong here, but for the moment, let's assume... every Friday is a tale of woe and every Monday rolls back some of those losses as the market breathes a sigh of relief if nothing catastrophic occurs,» the «Mad Money» host concluded.

Most experts think restoration efforts could play a large role in bringing reefs back from the brink, but if they don't solve the most serious problems reefs face, it could all be for nothing.

Nothing remarkable for 2017, but there will be more recaps and more bridge rounds.

Sure, that was bad for your business (particularly if it's based in a small town or serves a tight knit community), but it's nothing like our post-social media reality.

This might seem pretty obvious, but social media costs you nothing unless you're using it to advertise, which means free off - site promotion for your startup.

Buckle up: for the next few years at least, we're in for one hell of a vertically integrated ride — and it's one that spells nothing but more trouble for Asian technology companies.

But for me, there's nothing better than using a pencil and paper for list making.

It's just a little note from one of the game designers who work for her at Arkadium, saying nothing much, but emblazoned with her company's logo, the Roman Colosseum, and «Thank You.»

Cryptocurrencies have had quite an eventful year, but it's nothing compared to the free - for - all that is going on in the run up to Tuesday's national tax deadline.

I have nothing but respect for Jesse and love his stuff (his interview a few years back with Jim Prentice, where the industry minister hung up on him, is one of my all - time favourites).

That turned out to be the wrong angle, and Virgin Cars ended up shutting down just five years later,» Branson says, adding that in retrospect, «the biggest potential for disruption in the automotive industry had nothing to do with the process of selling cars, but rather with how cars were powered.»

But when it comes time to pay up, you're slapped with the harsh reality that the traffic did nothing for the client.

Celine Dion is a somewhat distant No. 2 after world beater James Cameron, but she and the rest of the Canadian celebrity crowd that make up our top six want for nothing.

«When you start with nothing, it's hard to let go,» he added, but appealing to experts instead of trying to figure everything out yourself is necessary for growth.

The best business app for... effective marketing Staying on top of your sales pipeline is important, but if you don't communicate your message to your audience effectively then you'll have nothing in the pipeline in the first place.

In this way, genius is nothing but a greater propensity for patience.

«We do believe that bitcoin will play an important role in payments in the future and we're actively considering ways to work with it within PayPal,» the spokesperson said, «but for now we have nothing to announce.»

When we immigrated to Canada, my dad tried to look for a job but there was nothing related to his field of work.

You may be tempted to deliver a post that simply gets a lot of attention, but that will do nothing for your brand if you don't make sure that the content aligns with your message.

There's nothing unusual about affiliate marketing, but Left alleges Shopify's financial relationships to its affiliates are not disclosed, running afoul of the Federal Trade Commission in the U.S., which has made a big push for transparency in advertising.

But the dream of building a large population first (and basically for nothing) so it can be marketed and sold to advertisers who will pay to access these folks is simply a nightmare today.

Whether it's Britain enacting filters designed to block porn but which will inevitably snare a lot of other content, or Google flip - flopping on net neutrality now that it's a broadband provider, or whether it's people just getting overcharged for access in general, nothing good seems to be happening to this once - great democratizing and enabling force.

And while the experience was tumultuous, it led to nothing but good things for Spielberg.

Fast growth and an ever - more - valuable brand are gratifying, but for Neil Blumenthal, co-CEO of the innovative retailer Warby Parker, nothing trumps mission.

There's nothing wrong with eliminating information from your résumé that you don't think will help strengthen your candidacy (whether it's an unrelated master's degree or a job outside your field), but having a bachelor's and five years of experience isn't the type of thing that is going to make people think you're shockingly overqualified for and unhireable for a tutoring job.

But the best part of his strategy was that in turning these tools to his own ends, Trump not only did an end - run around traditional outlets, he also took advantage of their weakened state and made them help his campaign — and they did the vast majority of it for nothing.

But for the director of the US's top intelligence agency it's nothing less than a national security risk.

To be fair, most public cloud companies charge nothing to bring data in, but do charge for shipping it.

Except for one other change, which is the nature of the content itself, Twitter started with nothing but short bursts of text.

But those accusations are nothing new for the payday loan sector.

The watch is made for those kinds of conditions, but nothing as extreme as deep water exploration.

That could be good for fares, but it does nothing to improve in - flight moods.

But even if nothing changes for now, there's little reason to celebrate.

The thing is, all of the Airbnb hosts we spoke with had nothing but praise for the service.

So, a $ 30 stand that does next - to - nothing isn't exactly surprising coming from the Apple store, but it's serves as a reminder that many accessories made for Apple products are often pricey and / or unnecessary.

After all, he argued, if you're looking for greed, the best examples aren't bankers, but rather the actors and producers and miscellaneous talentless celebrities who gleefully rake in millions in La La Land for doing next to nothing.

Again, there's no indication the newly stable company's investors are willing to make that kind of an outlay, but it may actually be the cheaper option than doing nothing and hoping for the best.

This is an issue relevant for large companies that have nothing to do with the energy industry, but have many employees and produce many products.