(1) The story to me is that Disney and Lucasfilm are acting rationally, confidently and not cocky.” Poor critical reactions to the film may even end up being irrelevant to its opening figures, though Abrams’s flawless track record suggests the film is likely to be well-reviewed.
(2) It was to keep men more committed and less likely to abandon their wives and children – and I doubt that we have become so flawless that this no longer matters,” he said – as part of an explanation as to why marriage is not necessary for same-sex couples to express their love, or the “fidelity and permanence” of their relationship.
(3) The new national curriculum is not flawless, to be sure.
(4) Yet, of all the great British stage actors, his was the busiest film career, for which his modest way of acting was flawless.
(5) Updated at 12.58am GMT 12.54am GMT Living up to their seeding It was not a flawless performance from Seattle, who struggled to move the ball through the air after Percy Harvin left the game, and who certainly did not dominate New Orleans as they had earlier in the season.
(6) In my view he has led our party in government, not flawlessly of course, but with a skill no one else in British politics could have matched and a grace under fire which should make us proud.
(7) The Russian's execution was flawless throughout and every shot he struck here hit the net.
(8) The patient produced semantic paraphasias in repetition and could read both words and nonwords flawlessly.
(9) Does goalline technology work or doesn’t it?” he raged, as a replay showed the system working flawlessly.
(10) Grilled meats ( txuleta means chop) are where he excels, but at the sleek interior bar you can also order flawlessly presented pintxos of seasonal produce.
(11) The service itself, running at more than two hours, was an almost flawless spectacle, yet curiously shrunken.
(12) The first requirement-and a difficult one-is to make nearly flawless crystals of the protein or nucleic acid under study.
(13) The new venues, including an architecturally gorgeous velodrome and stadium, were built ahead of time and have worked flawlessly.
(14) All accusations against me were fully investigated and my performance as editor of this journal was shown to be flawless."
(15) The artist LeRoy Neiman observed: “Suddenly he resembles a piece of classical sculpture with no flaw or imperfection, his features and limbs flawless and perfectly proportioned.” The engaging nature, too, began to resonate as Clay cut a swathe through the well-selected heavyweights’ Second Division and he allowed his ego full rein on self-promotion.
(16) Manchester United ,a club besotted with its flamboyant heritage, could not produce an evening's worth of flawless security.They fell short by seconds and so tumbled out of the Champions League on a 3 -2 aggregate.Sir Alex Ferguson's team had been ahead on the away-goal rule as this match entered its last minute.
(17) Scotland and Gordon Strachan would always value success over Georgia far more than a flawless performance.
(18) In some cases, they’ve also longed for Barbie’s blue eyes and flawlessly applied brown eye shadow, her perfect hourglass figure, long and shiny blonde hair and thigh gap, too.
(19) But, after stuttering in December, they have been flawless in the league and FA Cup this month, scoring 17 goals in their four fixtures against Watford, Sunderland, Preston North End and Birmingham.
(20) Although the patient's ultimate outcome after ruptured AAA is partly determined before intervention of the physician, efforts to address events resulting in death after admission by improving rapid diagnosis, early resuscitation, and prompt flawless surgery can increase survival.
Shortcoming
Definition:
(n.) The act of falling, or coming short
(n.) The failure of a crop, or the like.
(n.) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty.
Example Sentences:
(1) This paper provides an overview of the theory, indicating its contributions--such as a basis for individual psychotherapy of severe disorders and a more effective understanding of countertransference--and its shortcomings--such as lack of an explanation for the effects of physical and cognitive factors on object relatedness.
(2) The author describes changes in the activities of the psychiatric institutions, analyzes the causes of the changes and shortcomings in the work of the in- and outpatient services.
(3) Attention is drawn to the shortcomings in our current knowledge of the scale of turnover of the sulphur cycle and of our understanding of the microorganisms involved in specialized environments.
(4) False-positive results due to methodological shortcomings can be avoided by applying both methods in succession.
(5) This validity coefficient turned out to be so high (r = 0.967) that it does not seem necessary to adopt a more sophisticated method, despite a few demonstrable shortcomings of the one in use.
(6) Diagnostic information derived from PA catheters should be related to the clinical condition and shortcomings and pitfalls of data clearly understood.
(7) The reasons for the shortcomings of the DRG system in predicting utilization of services are discussed, and areas for future research are suggested.
(8) A system of ordering the relative toxicity of these (and other) drugs is proffered using the exposure-case fatality rate (ECFR) as a crude measure of clinical toxicity (while delineating its shortcomings).
(9) The crash exposed shortcomings in standards in regulators almost as bad as in banks.” The Treasury denied it was involved in the review being dropped, although it has been involved in changing some of the tougher rules being used to clamp down on bankers.
(10) Saxo Bank said: "This highlights one of the shortcomings of the status quo in the European periphery: that Portugal (and other peripheral countries) exiting the programmes at this stage appears rather premature.
(11) Dean's system, however, has several shortcomings, principally its inability to measure fluorosis in different tooth surfaces.
(12) The shortcomings of existing statistical software for personal computers and trends of their improvements are analyzed.
(13) At the same time, application of DNA rearrangement to the evaluation of tissue specimens also has certain shortcomings and limitations, some of which may be overcome by current research methods or advances expected in the near future.
(14) Mohammed Siddique, a 60-year-old imam, and his 24-year-old son, Mohammed Waqar, punished the boy for perceived shortcomings during religious lessons at the Sparkbrook Islamic centre, attached to the Jamia mosque, in Birmingham.
(15) Existing bedside emergency resuscitation carts all have certain shortcomings, which interfere with the rapid, efficient care of the hospitalized patient in a catastrophic episode.
(16) The nature and shortcomings of relevant studies are described, the need for scientifically based research championed, and a differential approach to directive treatment of borderline children advocated.
(17) David Bennett, A&L's group chief executive, said: "I apologise sincerely for our shortcomings.
(18) He is undaunted by their scale, and realistic about their shortcomings.
(19) Jeb Bush should stop trying to defend his brother and focus on his own shortcomings and how to fix them,” he tweeted .
(20) After expressing frustration with Stoke City's style of play, the dreadful standard of the game and the lack of width available on a pitch narrowed to exploit Rory Delap's throw-ins, Tony Mowbray finally realised that a sixth defeat in seven matches might also owe something to West Bromwich Albion's shortcomings.