Sentences with phrase «which missed the mark»

For the previous survey, the committee made its own cost estimates, some of which missed the mark.

Spending 70 percent of its time setting up its jokes, half of which miss the mark, the script leans heavily on its extreme versions of «wacky» sitcom characters, notably the repellent, rage - aholic «American Pie» staple Steve Stifler.

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Then you can use that information to discern which employees are missing the mark on core concepts.

If you are late on payments, or miss them completely, your financial institution will report this behavior to the credit bureaus, which may then add derogatory marks on your credit.

We dive into which firms are providing exceptional service and identify those who are missing the mark.

I believe this position misses the mark completely on the real issue buyers have with the current process, which I firmly believe is rooted in a lack of transparency (specifically in multiple offer situations).

But God partly misses the mark, for Abram now for the first time is weighed down with a concern for his childlessness, a concern which his encounter with death has now made acute.

There is no such thing as objective sin of which we have missed the mark.

Who are we to decide that one way of missing the mark is worse than all the others, especially when God seems more concerned about the ways which we ignore and overlook?

Anything that does not fall within this ideal is missing the mark, which is the definition of «sin.»

I think to sin just means to miss the mark, which we all do from time to time.

The male theologians have imposed Western Marian categories on Guadalupe and have missed the creating and generative power of Guadalupe which has been articulated, developed and transmitted by the abuelitas, storytellers and artists.3 It marks the beginning of our own tradition of Christianity — or what some people call «popular religiosity.»

This book was like a missing piece of a puzzle, as I had already read part of the conversation in Mark Amory's collection The Letters of Evelyn Waugh, which unfortunately contains only one of Waugh's seven extant letters to Merton.

Media Statement 27 August, 2015 New Jamie Oliver program misses the mark on global and local health issues Responding to Jamie Oliver's television program «Jamie's Sugar Rush,» which calls for a «sugar tax» to address sugar consumption and its impact on health, Geoff Parker, Australian Beverages Council CEO, states: «Jamie Oliver's program incorrectly claims that -LSB-...]

Poor miss passes which we saw against Man Utd... Or may be poor zonal marking for corners..

On Wednesday it was announced that running back Mark Ingram would miss the remainder of the season with a shoulder injury, which creates a massive hole in the Saints backfield.

It marks the first time in 20 years that the five - time Masters winner will miss the tournament, which is scheduled for April 10 - 13 at Augusta National Golf Club.

To be fair, West Ham may have been missing the likes of Andy Carroll, midfield duo Cheikhou Kouyate and Mark Noble and Pedro Obiang through injury — which forced manager Slaven Bilic into a reshuffle against the Reds.

Blues defender Mark Stafford came close in the 89th minute with an overhead kick which just missed the target before Armstrong slammed the ball into the net in added time to make it a more emphatic aggregate score.

What we are missing is the killer touch to put the ball in the back of the net — which means that we have question marks over Giro, Theo and our attacking midfield for not scoring as often as we would like.

Missing the irony here, which is that to many people, Lassie would mark an enormous improvement over their current legislator!

The governor's plan was also panned by the business group Unshackle Upstate, which said it misses the mark.

Maps display black dots for missed houses, checks for addresses that really have been canvased, and exclamation marks for addresses where canvassers haven't been, but for which there have been responses recorded, indicating falsified data.

About three - fourths of renal cell carcinoma cases are marked by a missing VHL tumor - suppressor gene, which keeps healthy cells from developing into tumors.

Which this site certainly provides in spades, but in this situation, I feel has missed the mark.

Even holistic doctors can miss the mark by not considering the importance of breaking down biofilms as part of an effective candida treatment plan which can lead to failure of the protocol and much frustration on the part of the patient.

I don't mean to start this post off on a down note, because right now BR is running two great sales: 40 % off regular items (code: BRSTYLE; exclusions abound) and an extra 50 % off sale, no code required But I do want to warn that the quality is more miss than hit right now at Banana, which is why I've assembled some great picks inside from the store that do hit the mark.

RADIO.CZ - Mar 5 - Socialbakers.com is a Czech company that is selling monitoring tools and analyses that can tell companies which brands or campaigns are hitting or missing the mark or where they are running into trouble.

As a clever puzzler, Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem succeeds, but when it comes to serving its intended audience, (which is presumably, young kids) it misses the mark.

There's something intangible missing, which keeps Vanquish from reaching top marks, but it remains a strong action game and deserves to become a hit.

Jokes rarely miss their mark, which is impressive considering they come so quickly.

The first poster and teaser trailer have arrived online for director John Madden's upcoming political thriller Miss Sloane which sees Jessica Chastain leading a cast that includes Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha - Raw, Michael Stulbarg, Alison Pill, Jake Lacy, Sam Waterston and John Lithgow; take a look below... MISS SLOANE is the story a brilliant but ruthless -LSB-...]

Directed by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses), this reboot is a straight - up action - comedy bromance, which aims for the self - aware hi - jinks of 2012's 21 Jump Street but misses its mark.

Franco's Wiseau continually forgets his line and misses his cue, much to the chagrin of the crew, which includes Seth Rogen as the script supervisor and Dave Franco as Greg Sestero, the actor who played Mark.

That Indy hasn't lost a step is an increasingly prominent facet of Crystal Skull, typified by a sequence in which he leaps into a car full of Russian soldiers and easily cold - cocks them all, though this vision of herculean strength has far less impact than a preceding image of a more vulnerable Indy jumping from a speeding car onto the back of a motorcycle and almost disastrously missing the mark.

Based on Augusten Burroughs» bestselling memoir of the same name, Running With Scissors is a hit - and - miss, serio - comic coming - of - age film, which marks the feature filmmaking debut of Nip / Tuck creator Ryan Murphy.

u This film, which its makers admit is «freely adapted» from Hawthorne's classic, misses the mark.

One of the real crimes of the film is Jackson's mishandling of contemporary ideas on the slippery nature of facts at the hands of nefarious forces, which Denial all but misses the mark if you're not there to connect the threads.

This year's Razzies (which, reminder, are chosen by anyone who pays $ 40 for a membership to the «academy») missed the mark in other ways, too.

If you're in the New York area, don't miss the Athena Film Festival, which marks its eighth year later this month.

Rather, it's more that the essential inner conflict of Disobedience «s characters misses the mark: Lelio never really shows what's keeping Esti inside her community — except for shame, which reduces her dilemma to its lowest terms.

Last year OCR came close to missing its marking deadlines, which led to Ofqual considering plans to delay publication of exam results.

During this Brain Break, we'll talk about the ways in which common training evaluations miss the mark, review Kirkpatrick's framework and share some easy - to - implement ways to improve training evaluations.

The extent to which factors are weighted against other factors always merits close attention, but I do not currently see any issues with CCRPI that could be said to miss the mark.

The judge also missed the mark by a wide margin in his ruling on teacher evaluations; which again he insisted be «rational and «verifiable» from his unstudied perspective.

That somehow, the new Miata (which had to happen sometime) would miss the incredible, indelible high - water mark of the original.

Those that didn't make the top 10 include the Mazda CX - 5, which just missed the 6,000 - mark for the 11th position.

In the early days some manufacturers did miss the mark with what a hatch should be, offering a saloon - style hinged section below the rear glass, but it was not long before all manufacturers were designing cars with the highly practical boot door which incorporated the rear window.

«It's a shame that it missed the mark on head restraints, which is something most of today's vehicles get right.

Economist misses mark on effect of airbags and withholds report on which faulty conclusions are based