She was continuously sidetracked, however, as customers wandered in and out. |
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Like any good tutor, Aristotle allows you to get sidetracked from a lesson plan and follow your interests. |
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You can't move forward or achieve your goals, if you become sidetracked by self-defeating behavior. |
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The series often gets sidetracked into thinly veiled environmentalist cheerleading, which leads to some of the weaker storylines. |
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The trio is sidetracked on their journey when Julie spots garishly painted roadside billboards for a freak show and insists they check it out. |
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It is easy to get sidetracked and distracted by events of apparent urgency but low importance. |
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Anyone sidetracked by clothes or other departments within multiple stores is sent back to the start. |
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He spends most of the novel being interrupted by everyone and having his conversations sidetracked and cut short. |
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Some of these notes are so enthralling that the reader can easily be sidetracked from the main text. |
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I get sidetracked by minor distractions all the time, but if I really want something, I'll keep the goal in sight and eventually get there. |
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I'd planned a quick stroll on the main route, but I keep getting sidetracked by spur paths leading to lovely, lonely beaches. |
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He moved to Southern California in the early 70s to pursue his singing career, but he ended up getting sexily sidetracked. |
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If we get sidetracked on to the British issue the left-liberal semiologists and their friends in the media will have a high old time of it. |
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Barreto did a fair job of explaining the process of making this movie, but he often got sidetracked onto more tangential anecdotes. |
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Even recent approaches by the US were rebuffed or sidetracked by the Indonesian government. |
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Had it possibly been sidetracked for some reason in order to allow the slower train to go past? |
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Katcha bounced up and down in her chair impatiently, refusing to let the question be sidetracked. |
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Occasionally Adam will become sidetracked from his boxing with obsessions over obscure martial arts. |
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Plans for an initial public offering of Piaggio's shares in 2005 were sidetracked by the Aprilia acquisition. |
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For supporters of the Illinois Central Railroad Project, money coming from Washington is only delayed now, not sidetracked. |
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But when Jacqueline's parents, who lived in Nashville, Tennessee, became ill, the Jacksons' financial plans were sidetracked. |
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Let's not get distracted by futile debates or sidetracked by issues that have been going on for centuries! |
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This basic task gets sidetracked by the grandiose project of linking up the rivers. |
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The formerly fast tracked Lords of Dogtown film project is now said to be sidetracked. |
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When they finally reached him, he claimed that the project had been temporarily sidetracked by permit problems. |
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This suggests that the postponers intend to work, but somehow get sidetracked. |
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We should not be sidelined and sidetracked by all of these other political debates. |
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The international consensus is that no country should get sidetracked on its stimulus plans. |
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Not to get sidetracked on China, but China is an important trading partner. |
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You can easily get sidetracked or the politician may try to steer you away from a sensitive topic to avoid commitment or discussion. |
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Mr. Charles Traynor: No. In the case where there's abuse-and again, I don't want to get sidetracked by this issue. |
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I would not want to get sidetracked, because the rule of relevance could be applied. |
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Don't get sidetracked into computer work when the job that really needs doing is the mulching of trees. |
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As with all parables it is important to focus on the main lessons rather than get sidetracked by taking the illustration too far. |
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You may feel overwhelmed by the needs and be tempted to get sidetracked or spread too thin. |
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Can I find my place or do I get sidetracked by adaption, which at long last, the does not work anyway? |
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This is no laughing matter and it is no time for getting sidetracked and bantering about Quebec's separation. |
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This debate could be easily sidetracked by special interest considerations and sectarian concerns over religion and morality. |
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The debate on the real issues of Bill C-41 was sidetracked from the very beginning. |
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Rational decision making can be sidetracked by anger, guilt, grief, confusion, or shame. |
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But tighter definitions of forests are needed to ensure funding is not sidetracked to commercial plantations, they add. |
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But the fact that they have had to divert funds and resources for Ebola means their original objectives have been sidetracked. |
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How do we move this along quickly before they get sidetracked with other projects? |
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Got sidetracked watching a documentary about Egyptian afterlife rituals and beliefs. |
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I used to train for competitions but was sidetracked after an injury. |
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But we can't do justice to Plato the philosopher if we are constantly sidetracked by speculations about whether Plato the man really lived up to his own teachings. |
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He studied law at Palermo University, but like many of his background and generation he soon got sidetracked into the exciting world of political and literary romanticism. |
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Apparently the sea views are spectacular too, though I was sidetracked somewhat by an astonishingly well-priced wine list, which the restaurateur himself imports. |
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I got sidetracked in a debate with my wife about current events, and two hours later I realized that I would not be dumping my manifesto on the web. |
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This examination, sidetracked by the Brooklyn crisis, will now resume, Friedman said, with concrete proposals to be presented to the city and mayor. |
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Prodi's ambitious plans for EU expansion to the east will be sidetracked. |
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Along the way, we often got sidetracked by the mountain-top view. |
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I hope people do not get sidetracked in the House or in the media about other things or go off these important changes that affect real people in Canada. |
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The Organization's approach to that crucial global concern should not be sidetracked by undue focus on bilateral issues already being addressed by the States concerned. |
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We cannot really say that we are fully implementing human rights if we find groups of people that are systematically and persistently sidetracked, and who are systematically denied these human rights. |
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The train clacketed through pine forests and honked derisively at a gaily painted bell-funneled museum piece sidetracked in a clearing. |
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This may seem self-evident, but the fact is that it is relatively easy to become sidetracked by interesting data sources or the desire to repair weaknesses in a dataset, thereby losing track of the real goal of the exercise. |
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But why not let yourself get sidetracked and explore a little, for example discover that variety whose roots and history are closely linked to Italian culture, Vernaccia di San Gimignano? |
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I am not part of the transport committee, but I expect and hope that members of the transport committee will move an amendment rather than being sidetracked on issues such as a royal commission. |
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My call to the Turkish Government would be to continue on this path and not let itself be stopped or sidetracked by nationalists in Ankara or Baku. |
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I am quite happy in principle, but I want to make sure that the process is not sidetracked in terms of the important work that has been set up by Parliament. |
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I would point out that I think Canada's participation in this mission got sidetracked largely because this peacekeeping mission transformed into something else. |
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A small group of committed cultural mediators may or may not reflect the philosophy or priorities of the institution and could be sidetracked by administrative fiat. |
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Some of Chrysler's creditors lodged objections to the plan, arguing that their interests have been sidetracked in order to expedite the deal. Visteon, a car-parts supplier, filed for bankruptcy protection. |
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Among the potential pitfalls is the risk that so often faces NHS reform – that people will become sidetracked into making the systems work rather than focusing on improving the experience and outcomes for patients. |
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In fact, the report made by ONE yesterday said that it would be unfortunate if a major initiative on maternal and child health got sidetracked or diverted over a squabble that Canadians did not want debated. |
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Discover the lifework of a man who talks with the wolves, descend into the pitch-black bosom of the earth, travel back the Algonquian time or experience a culture that has sidetracked the stressful, urban hustle and bustle. |
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The politician sidetracked the reporter with a story about duck hunting instead of a direct response to the question that was asked. |
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John Harvard: I don't want to get sidetracked down that criminal route. |
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Cobbett had developed an animosity towards some corrupt officers, and he gathered evidence on the issue while in New Brunswick, but his charges against them were sidetracked. |
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Efforts to amend the law got sidetracked in an administrative logjam. |
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The project was sidetracked in favor of a more popular program. |
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Sorry I'm late. I got sidetracked with contributing to Wiktionary. |
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