Sentences with phrase «with slim pickings»

«But one of my clients lived in a remote region with slim pickings when it came to real estate agents, so I decided to try ReferralExchange to help my client with a one - time referral,» she adds.

Especially when it comes to brick - and - mortar locations, we deal with slim pickings right now.

In university towns, student housing is a hot commodity so it's best to act quickly so as not to be left with slim pickings miles away from campus.

Bull Cyclone, like Bradberry today, was left with slim pickings in his six backwoods counties.

So while the Big Three had their choices of hot smartphones — such as the BlackBerry Torch and Apple's iPhone — the smaller new entrants were left with slim pickings, sometimes from low - rent Chinese manufacturers no one had ever heard of.

Plus, the fact that we set up to contain, was always going to leave the forward players with slimmer pickings than they're used to.

Not exact matches

The pickings were a little slim on the menu but we weren't starving so we were okay with chips and guac, fries and fruit.

Since Sens. Dave Valesky and Dave Carlucci defected with Klein and Darrel Aubertine lost to GOP Sen. Patricia Ritchie, that leaves pretty slim pickings — either freshman Sen. Tim Kennedy, of Buffalo, or the Capital Region's Sen. Neil Breslin.

It will be slim pickings at George Washington School, with only oratory to feed the masses.

For your average movie - goer, however, this is slim pickings, with a story that almost appears to be shot without a cohesive script, and although there are some amusing performers in the film, there aren't any real laughs coming from the script itself.

It's slim pickings this week for new additions to the PlayStation store, with a full - game download of the often - overlooked but quite enjoyable Darksiders leading the way for full retail releases.

It's extremely slim pickings this week for new games in Australia, with only one title making a debut.

Pickings are slim in this class - most manufacturers seem to focus on either eco-friendly models or proper hot hatchbacks in this class - but the Cooper is a fine pick, with a satisfying balance between grip and power.

It is «slim pickings» in this week's safety recall update, with only two models tagged by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).

The e-Reader arena is utterly saturated with six inch devices and there is slim pickings if someone wants to buy something with a larger screen.

With Resident Evil 7 still a couple months out, it's slim pickings for the horror enthusiast in me.

The Deals with Gold January 23rd — 29th are now available, with a slim list of pickings to choose from.

Great question, with Capcom still slightly behind on what they players are «looking for», the immense potential, that remains to be seen from Titanfall and the poor debut for Ryse: Son or Rome, Forza has been an institution in the so far slim pickings of exclusives for Xbox One.

With 2k's excellent Top Spin and EA's underappreciated Grand Slam Tennis the last in the line and now apparently both dead, the pickings have been slim in the current generation.

We've seen developers like Lupiesoft expanding their roster with adult titles, such as the upcoming Menagerie, but outside of the visual novel genre the pickings for quality adult titles are still slim.

New offensive capabilities are unlocked by progressing through the game, so while the pickings are initially slim, by the end of the story there will be more weaponry than you'll know what to do with.

The Galaxy Alpha is far from perfect, but with the pickings this slim it does just enough right to warrant a spot on the tail end of our favorites.

It does come with some of Google's new apps, like Google Fit and the revamped Gmail and Calendar apps, but even the wallpaper choices are slim pickings.

But when it comes to solid portable speakers with Alexa built in, the pickings are actually kind of slim.