Sentences with phrase «with inordinate amounts»

Crichton's directorial style is a bit overambitious, with inordinate amounts of ominous musical scoring during scenes which aren't particularly frightening.

With Stan Lee's blessing, Snipes was prepared to share the story of the Wakanda hero but was met with an inordinate amount of red tape.

They may charge you a high APR or gauge you with an inordinate amount of fees

The paintings are presented in chronological order with an inordinate amount of scholarship and research that helps the viewer along the way, the catalogue is excellent offering a wealth of information.

And that in 1906 the big worry about the year 2006 was that we'd be cursed with an inordinate amount of leisure time (and that somehow capitalism would step out of the way to let that happen?).

Lawyers deal with an inordinate amount of email related to their cases.

I have been blessed with an inordinate amount of patience.

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And it is very common for me in coaching sessions with CEOs to spend an inordinate amount of time asking about team members: How is she doing?

With such an inordinate amount of dry powder, the spending of capital raised by Vision Fund will almost inevitably involve Cayman Islands structures.

Did you spend a painstakingly inordinate amount of time studying which doctrinal position was correct with respect to scripture and then accepted yr belief system accordingly?

So last winter I had the awesome privilege of sitting down with a bunch of people WAY smarter than me to drink inordinate amounts of coffee and talk about the Bible.

One of the big problems i see with religious people is the inordinate amount of time and effort they spend connecting with an imaginary «god / jesus» as opposed to actually connecting with the real people who are around them everyday...

I don't spend an inordinate amount of time with it.

I expect our CBs to have a high passing percentage given that we spend an inordinate amount of time passing laterally and backwards, with the CBs routinely passing the ball between themselves while standing 2 meters from the half way line, and the ball never crossing into the other team's half.

Parents acknowledge that they were so enraptured by Pearson that they ignored a possible warning sign: He spent inordinate amounts of time with the boys off the field, taking them to see movies, to the golf course and on desert outings.

It seems that the transfer window has been with us forever, especially with the heightened expectations often created by the media, who love all the speculation, especially the frenzy of the last day which fills inordinate amounts of airtime and column inches.

If it seems like we've dedicated an inordinate amount of column space to Edin Dzeko on CdT — a player who has been with the club for all of six - and - a-half months — $» there's a good reason.

This summer, my little family has taken an inordinate amount of trips away from home and every time we go, we go with cloth diapers.

Being a woman in her thirties with two kids means that I spend an inordinate amount of time listening to other women moan about the men in their lives (come on, it's a fact of life that MOST women moan about their fellas).

An inordinate amount of kids today struggle with learning challenges.

My family with two young boys, now six and four, experiences an inordinate amount of these 24 hour tummy bugs.

All I knew was that I seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time on my couch with a baby connected to me, so she had to be getting enough.

In reality, crime scene investigators often spend seemingly inordinate amounts of time gathering and assessing evidence and then present it as probabilities rather than the kind of definitive result expected of a court room filled with actors rather than real people.

I don't intend to spill an inordinate amount of ink on Himalayan salt blocks at the expense of other fine saline subjects, but there are enough inquiries from customers these days that a short series on the practical side of working with plates of Himalayan salt seems warranted.

Additionally, assuming all that, she still somehow spends an inordinate amount of time with her «hubs,» as evidenced by this somewhat angry retort to what she perceived to be - perhaps correctly so - a condescending post:

Are we at a place with online dating that people spend an inordinate amount of time looking at match percentages and letting those percentages dictate with whom they communicate?

The story centers on Jude as he comes to terms with finding out he's adopted, works to overcome his less than stellar parents, and spends an inordinate amount of time finding new ways to experiment with drugs.

Everyone's favourite characters, much of the surreal narration (delivered with perfect dryness by Stephen Fry), and the original's distinctive theme music, are all present and accounted for — and in an age where CGI has become the slick new medium for special visual effects, an inordinate amount of physical modelling and creature puppetry have been used to give the film a refreshingly organic retro look, as though the crew from the original TV series had been lured back to their old tools by a much bigger budget.

It's possibly the most realistic racing sim around, with an almost inordinate amount of detail that's gone into every car, track and the weather and how everything is interconnected.

Turner's dilemma leaves the bride - to - be spending an inordinate amount of time with the dastardly Jack, leading to the obvious romantic triangle implications.

I could spend an inordinate amount of time on the plot, put with so many stories and characters, I'm going to just give the general gist of things.

These are sad men — lonely, late - in - life, and lost — but surely the line between sad and pathetic has been crossed when Pacino's Val spends an inordinate amount of time — in the limited time he has left — tending to his inability to perform in the bedroom with a prostitute.

Stone was already friends with Ron Kovic, the paraplegic that would become the main character in Born on the 4th of July, when he was introduced to Richard Boyle, a «sanity» challenged photojournalist who spent an inordinate amount of the last ten years getting kicked out of jobs and countries.

So we principals spend an inordinate amount of time on the phone with a few students parents, chasing the same runners down the hallway, supervising them in the office, holding them back from a tantrum, blocking them from leaving the building, ushering them away from conflicts, counseling them against their bad choices.

While this is an extreme case — and arguably abusive — test prep is still occurring citywide even at schools with high test scores.The organized opt - out movement here in NYC is led by local parents and educators who spend an inordinate amount of time researching the NYS Common Core testing program and educating themselves on developmentally appropriate pedagogy.

According to PEAC members, some of the issues that PEAC and state officials should look at include the requirement that statewide test data be included in evaluations, the strict formulaic approach of the system that limits judgment and takes an inordinate amount of time away from teaching and learning, specified teacher rating categories that interfere with improvement, and evaluator training that may not ensure calibration.

Harkin's report found that insufficient government oversight and regulation allows for - profits to charge exorbitant rates, devote an inordinate amount of money to unethical and illegal recruiting strategies, and produce graduates with poor training, bleak job prospects, and excessive debt.

I went through an inordinate amount of edits until I couldn't read it anymore and then had two professional editors work on it with me.

Amazon has taken on the iPad in the most obvious way, spending an inordinate amount of time comparing its newest tablet with Apple's slate.

If there is an inordinate amount of pressure on you to sign something right away, with no time for you to get it legally checked out, you should be hearing alarm bells clanging loudly in your head.

I spend an inordinate amount of time with them and I take them everywhere I go: when I am on a date, they will be there too; they are with me all day when I go from house to house to give lessons; they are my «business card» when I give a seminar or need to show a customer how to do a certain exercise; they are my advertising when I want to show people my skills and knowledge; they often will sleep on my bed; they will climb in my lap when I am typing away at my computer; they will go on every vacation I take (at 2 years of age, Dillon, my Doberman, had over 50,000 miles on him, going everywhere, from Seattle to Mt Rushmore, Yellowstone, British Columbia, Banff and Jasper, Los Angeles, and all points in between... and about 200,000 miles on him when he passed away at 6 years of age).

If your cat is spending an inordinate amount of time fussing with his butt, or if something just doesn't look right, seek veterinary attention promptly — no but (t) s about it.

Felines with virtually any kind of problem in the bladder or the urethra usually attempt to urinate more frequently than normal, often spending an inordinate amount of time straining in the litter box - enough so that the problem may be misinterpreted as constipation.

When I started my blog (which initially was just to keep in touch with family and friends and record my travels), I spent an inordinate amount of time setting it up, making it pretty, and learning the ropes and language of blogging.

If you're not communicating via Skype in order to tell your friend that there's a space free in your lobby, then you'll be waiting an inordinate amount of time to play with them.

With little opportunity to familiarise yourself with characters it means that the online modes of Tekken 7 are likely to be extremely painful for any new players, unless you're a grizzled fighting game veteran or are willing to spend an inordinate amount of time in the practice arWith little opportunity to familiarise yourself with characters it means that the online modes of Tekken 7 are likely to be extremely painful for any new players, unless you're a grizzled fighting game veteran or are willing to spend an inordinate amount of time in the practice arwith characters it means that the online modes of Tekken 7 are likely to be extremely painful for any new players, unless you're a grizzled fighting game veteran or are willing to spend an inordinate amount of time in the practice arena.

There's probably a reason for that — I spent an inordinate amount of time with Assassin's Creed Origins (review) while she was in the womb and had the soundtrack on repeat in the mornings while we were eating breakfast so there's every possibility she caught the gentle melodies of Sarah Schachner's latest master works quite often before birth.

There have been a number of issues and controversies centered around EA's FIFA series, where a number of people have complained about addiction, or parents have had to step in and deal with their kids spending inordinate amounts of money on microtransactions.

It's possibly the most realistic racing sim around, with an almost inordinate amount of detail that's gone into every car, track and the weather and how everything is interconnected.

According to the Associated Press, Board Chairman Gene Gargaro said, «With the bankruptcy, these three people had an inordinate amount of additional work to get us where we are today: testifying at the trial, working within the requirements of the court.