Sentences with phrase «was great at first»

The navigation system built into the UConnect was great at first, but as time went on the maps became more and more outdated.

The weather was great at first but it rained later in the day and got a bit colder than usual.

All was great at first but when I told him I loved him he instantly ran away.

It was great at first, but it ultimately led to the divorce of my parents once the business started to fail so I'm pretty salty about it.

At first I tried the caramel flavour which was sickly sweet, then moved on to peanut butter which was great at first, but I grew tired of it as it was too artificial for me.

It was great at first but then family, friends and strangers started being mean and down right hateful sometimes and thats when the real test came.

You can be great at the first and still not get very far if you're not great at the second as well, so you can get diverse parties, from investors to employees, to go along with your vision.

My experience with other cassava flour recipes is that they are great at first but then they get gluey and chewy the longer they are in the fridge before eating.

Slicing through objects is great at first, but the appeal wore off slightly when I tried to slice through a small cell door and was completely stopped.

Many writers are great at the first part, they figured out the publishing part, and get stuck when it comes to marketing their books.

This is great at first, but if you have a bunch of these things they really begin to clutter up the interface.

Now I'm not saying the game is ALL bad but from the time you fight the first zombies, you'll be recalling times of playing RE4, which is great at first but....

Not exact matches

It seemed like a pretty great gig at first — and in many ways it was.

«The first thing to keep in mind is that, in some long run equilibrium, wage inflation should be equal to what the growth rate of productivity is — so how much workers can produce — and the increase in prices for the goods they produce,» he said at the UBS Greater China conference in Shanghai.

«At first, we thought AMT repeal would be great for our clients,» said Leon LaBrecque, JD, CFP, managing partner and CEO of LJPR Financial Advisors.

Since everyone at the outset is doing multiple jobs and since you can't be everywhere at once, you've got to trust your people to do the right things in the moment, since there's no rule book, no time for extensive preparation and instruction, and there's rarely a second chance to make a great first impression with a lot of new and prospective customers.

But Maoli is a big believer that hospitality — that deep, honed, customer - first attitude that the greatest hotels excel at — can work for any business.

She was first propelled into the national spotlight at the age of 20, when she wedded Great Britain's Prince Charles at the age of 20.

My mom has been a scrapper for years and since she had a ton of their products I thought it would be a great fit for me at the time and I wanted to start my first professional blog along with it.

«The rule is an important first step and will benefit some consumers who need relief the most, but a great deal of work is still needed to ensure that American families are no longer ensnared in the debt trap of high interest, abusive loans,» Michael Best, director of advocacy outreach at Consumer Federation of America, said in a statement.

I had a lot of anxieties about moving into my first apartment, and while I think the roomies and I did a great job at making our apartment feel like a real home, there are definitely a few things we could have thought a bit more about before moving in together.

At first, I thought leadership is something that requires lots of charisma and a great smile.

So my first marketing job really was about seven years ago, and I grew my marketing chops at my previous job under the tutelage of a person I think is a great CMO, Connie Weaver.

At the moment we are in the first phases of our build strategy - continuing to build a great product selling to mid-market.»

With first assay results imminent and zinc prices at 10 - year highs, investors will be watching closely with a view to familiarising themselves with one of the world's great forgotten mining treasures.

«The producers and Denis were like, «John, this is great but why are we looking at the first movie?»

The monarch was seen attending church there on Sunday, so it is likely she will meet her fifth great - grandchild for the first time at the private country residence where William and Kate now spend most of their time.

It is just fact that great creativity, regardless of how original it might be, will often be misunderstood at first.

Working at home is amazing for the first 6 months, great for the first 2 years, and can be tough after that unless you come up with your «system» for separating work from personal life.

The first group of so - called debt hawks sees another Great Recession coming and wants national governments to focus on austerity programs aimed at deficit reduction because rising sovereign debts are behind our current economic woes.

But first he tried his hand at tending bar — and realized that he wasn't that great at working for people.

While you should always strive to offer high - quality products and great service to your clients, being the best at something can be harder than being the first to arrive to a new category or niche.

China's President Xi Jinping waves to delegates as he is elected to a second five - year term during the fifth plenary session of the first session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 17, 2018.

If I ask an entrepreneur during our first meeting what they're looking for in a VC partner and their only response is «money,» that's a sign it may not be a great match (at least for me).

While at first glance this does seem like another «on demand» company, looking a bit deeper, it's not, and I think they are a great example of reimagining vs redesigning.

«You look at what Trump says about America First, and most of it is very international in character and has a great deal of continuity with, say, US national security policy under Clinton, Bush, and in many ways even under Obama,» he says.

You want them to have a great experience with your company from the first moment of contact — whether that's getting a cold call from your sales team, meeting a representative at a conference, or even just seeing a tweet.

A mentor of mine when I was a resident at Columbia Presbyterian, said to me as a first - year intern «Michael you will make a great surgeon one day, but always remember your patients know more about their body than you do.

Ironically, the threat of Zika is likely far greater in the United States, where the first locally - contracted cases began popping up last week, according to Dr. Peter Hotez, Dean for the National School of Tropical Medicine at Houston's Baylor College of Medicine.

So if you don't think we're past the great filter, and you don't think we're the first life forms with a shot at making it past the great filter, there's only one remaining conclusion: Humans are toast.

Rob Scott, managing director at Aaron Wallis Sales Recruitment, said: «Today we are seeing that nearly all of the top people in business are graduates and that a degree can be a great first - step into preparing you for your career ahead.»

CEO Elon Musk reiterates that Tesla is still on pace to make about 5,000 Model 3s in a single week

Tesla Inc. burned through cash at a greater rate than analysts expected during the first quarter, intensifying pressure on the Silicon Valley auto maker to raise more capital if it continues to...

At first viewing (second, third and fourth too)... the «Dream Girl» clip might seem like a great plug, but the burger bosses are worried customers will think they're in bed with Ratchford — which they say doesn't mesh with the company's image.

The Greater Vancouver Board of Trade is pleased to announce the first program offered by World Trade Centre Vancouver aimed at permanently increasing the export capacity of B.C.'s small - and medium - sized businesses.

Our optional «Review Triage» asks your customers to rate your service first, which provides a great damage mitigation tool in case they weren't happy with the experience they had at your business.

Astoundingly, per capita government spending in the first quarter of 2016 — 27 quarters into the recovery — was nearly 3.5 percent lower than it was at the trough of the Great Recession.

Mr. Szabo first made brief mention of Bitcoin on his blog in mid-2009, and in 2011, when the currency was still struggling to gain traction, he wrote about it again at greater length, noting the similarity between bit gold and Bitcoin.

But if you are a high - flying growth company that is expected to grow earnings per share at 20 % every year, and you know that your stock price will plummet the first moment you post disappointing results, the incentive to engage in fraudulent behavior seems a lot greater.

Just took a cold shower per your recommendation and though quite shocking at first turned out to be a great experience.

A decade of research shows that training your brain to be positive at work first actually fuels greater success second.