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And for a brewer aiming at world domination, a bigger SABMiller might be an even more tempting target.

It's very tempting to run yourself ragged trying to deal with a crisis, but in the long run, you just wear yourself out.

His lineage is noble , has a pair of bright, sharp, smiling, tempting, able talk sweet words, let me intoxicating.

It is tempting to think that this de facto cross-platform standard is a strong indication of the proven correctness of the idiom.

"Global imbalances" have been seen as a threat for so long that it's tempting to conclude that the world economy is, in fact, in harmony.

It is tempting to ask whether India has tired of corruption just as it was beginning to showsome results.

It may be tempting for some to decry incentives as nothing but a poisonous fruit of Con-Lib responsibility thinking.

a few enticing lies, a few tempting promises, a runic inscription that told you what you wanted to hear. you did the rest yourself.

Although it may be tempting to create audit policies that track every possible event, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.

It is tempting to let others judge you, tempting to ask, "What do you think? " as you put on an outfit or sketch a portrait or play a tune.

"It is always tempting when you lose a game to say there is no leader but I believe you share leadership, " said Wenger.

It's tempting to wait until your product is "perfect" to start selling it. Instead, realize "perfect is the enemy of good enough" .

It's easy to understand why it is so tempting to have your phone on during class.

He stopped pushing as he felt her breath on his mouth, teasing, tempting.

It is always tempting to try a soft approach on a new Russian president, just as it was with Mr Putin.

Attending their classes is of benefit to them, and while it may be tempting to skip them once in a while, it is not the responsible choice.

It is going to be tempting for you to mix with the wrong crowd.

You know how tempting it is to walk into a coffee or candy shop.

It will continue to be tempting and easy to substitute a nagging wife or an inattentive husband with a click of your mouse.

coverage , and its tempting to rest easy when you believe that at least a portion of your code is certifiably " bug free . "

After eight years of disheartening warfare, it is tempting to see NATO's mission as a repeat of past misadventures in the Hindu Kush.

The gray raining season strikes people as misty, the blueberry in the fog is so tempting, and the air seems to be sweet.

Tempting as it may be to let the boundaries blur, your full-time job has to be your top priority -- at least until you decide to leave it.

11And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, asking him a sign from heaven, tempting him.

It may be tempting and would be legal to put a function declaration directly in each source file that uses the function.

So it is tempting to shrug off the announcement on November 26th that China pulled out of an EU-China summit, at less than a week's notice.

EVEN more than tempting liquors like tequila, tobacco is a pleasure that the Old World wishes it had never taken from the New.

It's tempting to roll out of bed and grab my phone or immediately head to my computer to see what I missed overnight.

While it may also be tempting to point out the illegality of the question, doing so likely won't endear you to the interviewer.

Fox, just at the time of the vintage, stole into a vine-yard where the ripe sunny Grapes were trellised up on high in most tempting show.

If you're offered a much-desired position at the company of your dreams, it may be tempting to agree to the offer right away.

For some, a move to a different city that seems to have a better job market might be tempting.

Our all day dining room set among the serenity of our gardens and lotus pond offer taste - tempting.

In this sort of situation it's tempting to try to get your friend to shift to the punctuality equilibrium.

So starting with a clean slate must be very tempting, but then again, it would be a huge engineering effort for them to do this.

The location must be especially tempting for left handed hitters to get those results and continue swinging at it.

It's tempting to just pick up your laptop and move from place to place with it, but this might not be such a good idea.

Tempting as it is to turn recent discussions into a more serious exchange about plans for the future, you're better off biding your time.

Calling After Email: It might be tempting to call up the person you just emailed, but desist.

When you had Ronaldo in front of you sometimes it was tempting to just give him the ball because you knew he could make something happen.

While it might be tempting to put something in every corner of your page, it's actually better to leave some of your site free of any text.

This easy-to-understand API reduces the learning curve for developers, which also makes it a very tempting option.

It's really tempting to get down on yourself, especially at the beginning of an exercise program.

While it might be tempting just to reinvent the processes as you create your design, that's a dangerous approach to take.

The idea was tempting; Kostya had no attachment to Toronto or to the Russian Riviera, but, at thirty-four, he was no longer a boy.

Today it may be tempting to see medieval marriage in the light of certain lofty religious doctrines and the poetry of the troubadours.

With all the turmoil in her life, it's tempting to see this as wishful nostalgia.

Haoshouqiongjing in the classical scholars, of course, a way of life, it is now is still very tempting to call the young students.

Though realism may be a tempting viewpoint, what we know about modern physics makes it a difficult one to defend.

Though realism may be a tempting viewpoint, as we'll see later, what we know about modern physics makes it a difficult one to defend.

He had been on the point of kissing that too tempting mouth, but he checked himself, for tender conscience' sake.

This tempting and no doubt simplistic explanation has been suggested too in the case of Glenn Gould.

Working a little bit later and enjoying slightly less of that long, long retirement would become a very tempting offer.

It was tempting to ignore small changes, but we'd seen quite a few budgets die the "death of a thousand cuts. "

With my business, it's tempting to ask myself: "How can I be sure my business is not supposed to make more money yet? "

It is often tempting to persuade a developer or a development manager so they agree to reuse a software asset.

Exports would seem to offer a tempting way out of this problem.

Her grandmother, however, despite having already cashed her shares, feels that might be tempting fate and is arguing against the feast.

No. . . matter how appealing and tempting, a press conference of this kind is not the right occasion for such an announcement.

That makes it a tempting target for deficit-cutting finance ministers.

I get that it might be tempting to hitch this issue to climate change, which has so much political capital.

It can be tempting to just put up a ranked list, but in most cases doing so will harm the very wisdom you're trying to glean.

Without a boss waiting for you to get back from lunch, it can often be tempting to waste a few hours before returning to work.

And, while it may be tempting to constantly bear down on rates, in-house counsel should resist the temptation to engage in macho posturing.

why: gave the child an apple, although apple sweet and tempting, but are likely to be returned directly to the child.

The population over 65 will rise by 8m a year for the next five years, so nursing homes will become an increasingly tempting business.

When the brain is learning, it is tempting to say that it is adjusting the number and strength of these connections.

Luke (Luke) 11 Luke 11: 16 And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.

It has become plausible, even tempting to investors, for him to cede the running of News Corporation to his children.

It may be tempting to carryout a few tasks when a deadline is looming, but leave this to others while you get on with managing the project.

The drugs are relatively easy to get and tempting to take, but you should never use them for chronic pain. Narcotics addiction is insidious.

he asked, tilting his head to one side with a shockingly tempting smile.

It would be tempting but simplistic to have Kremlin masterminds battling with wily western power brokers over east Europe's future.

Not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

The technologies of the digital era were simply too tempting to be ignored, too important to the bottom line.

It's a huge freshwater fish, easy to catch and eat, and tempting to introduce into non-native waters.

A small eurobond, covering only a small percentage of sovereign debt, looks like a tempting fudge. But it will not solve the crisis.

Learn to Listen: As the boss, it's tempting to think your role is to be authoritative and bark orders.

It is tempting to see this as the price the current Prime Minister, Abhisit Vejjajiva, must pay to ensure his generals' loyalty.

They find it too hard to get work, too easy to get welfare and too tempting to breed.

It is tempting to say the reforms have gone further, bringing to Australians a clarity of self-perception not always present in the past.

Tempting though such a prospect might seem, a third term would be disastrous for Colombia.

Cities with tourism attractions are also more likely to be included, as they're more tempting to property investors from outside.

I saw a tempting bait indeed, and not to be resisted by one of my occupation.

it's tempting to say Mr. Berkowitz has been very lucky. The timing of some of his market moves has certainly suggested a charmed life.

As tempting as it was to bring back a piece of coral as a souvenir, the reef is protected.

Were so much not at stake, it would be tempting to give up and call the troops home.

While food choices were seasonal and more limited for our ancestors, choices today are wider and the food is so tempting, he said.

You spend a lot of time at the office, so it may be tempting to become involved with a colleague.

It's tempting to listen to her urgings and do just as she says.

It's tempting to listen to her urgings and do just as she says.

The network trap system observes and records how the hacker scans and invades the system, by tempting the potential hacker to invade itself.

It would be tempting fate to leave it home.

It is tempting to call the project quixotic, but the owners got there first: the airport was opened under the name "Don Quijote" in 2008.

It's tempting to feed all your chocolate to Stinky the Snail. He's such a chocolate hog. But remember: Zen Garden plants like chocolate too!

The ultra-conservative Islamic state has said it has the right to stop women revealing 'tempting' eyes in public.

It can be tempting for relatives, friends and neighbors to take advantage of the fact that you're home during the day.

This option is particularly tempting and viable because it is relatively easy to disguise the source of a cyberattack.

It's tempting to think about evading these dire months by simply getting out of the market.

Given the current economic climate, it might be tempting to use freeware, deeply discounted, or open source applications.

This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him.

Even if it is tempting to make a minor change on the Integration schema, the impact on future exports and imports is unforeseeable.

It's always tempting for a publisher to go, 'Well, the original game had a hardcore audience so we'll simplify it.

It can be tempting to lull yourself into a false sense of security by not asking the tough questions.

Corner-cutting business practice may sometimes be too tempting to resist but in the long run they often carry a heavy price.

In moments where our concentration is broken it can be tempting to reach up into a bookshelf and start thumbing through a book.

To avoid tempting fate, you must perform tasks like these on a different thread, or at least not on the main UI thread.

It had just happened - because, mainly, we enjoyed what we were doing and never found anything else more tempting.

As tempting as it might be, don't end an important relationship via email, text, or phone call.

They wish to see their own ideology reflected in prominent people and institutions, and in any clash it is tempting to seek a hero.

You might not even be thinking about buying a cupcake or splurging on a massage until you see a tempting offer come in from Groupon.

IF THE consequences were not so serious, it would be tempting to mock the fiascos and flip-flops of America's intelligence services.

Want: much as it might be tempting to do so, never ask for an apology or an explanation.

After years of economic stagnation, it is tempting to conclude from yet another political failure that Japan is truly ungovernable.

He was on the point of kissing that tempting mouth, but stopped himself.

Here it is served with creamy low-fat yogurt and summer berries, but it is just as tempting with juicy peaches, mangoes, or apricots.

Demetrious: Oh! Helena, perfect goodness! How ripe in show your lips, those tempting grow! Oh! Let me kiss your pure white hand.

I work from home, so it's a little too tempting to snack, with the kitchen so close to my office.

but i must admit that these are tempting ambitions . finding out more , about many topics , is one of the great pleasures in life.

When you see a negative review of your property, it can be tempting to fire back with a nasty response.

But HP is surely tempting fate by appointing a fourth outside CEO (or near-outsider, given that she has spent a few months on the board).

It is tempting to treat projects involving a Service Oriented Architecture or (SOA), just like any other previous project.

The conglomerate model may be tempting when cash is hard to find. But the moment will not last.

The latest phone interfaces are as tempting to us as a morsel of cheese to a mouse, but they remain infuriatingly fiddly.

In a competitive world where jobs aren't certain, it's tempting to disregard the rational approach out of fear of missing out.

Best of all is to combine the large market share and the growth by sucking customers in with a tempting initial offer.

It is tempting to conclude that this reflects the cost of self-censorship required to appease the government.

Now, given that, it might seem tempting in retrospect to conclude that the Plaza Accord was a bad idea.

As the government struggles to build credibility with a disillusioned population, the land developers offer a tempting political target.

While it is tempting to use this power only for domestic policy purposes, it would be a mistake to do so.

So it may be tempting to think of them off-kilter extremists at the edge of society.

Don't hide your emotions : Tempting as it might be, don't hide your real emotions.

A life of principle, of not yielding to the tempting attractions of an easy morality, will always win the day.

But the last few days it's been so tempting to get a burger and fries for lunch!

It is tempting to take the invitation to talk at face value and hold forth with a whole series of home truths.

For starters, prices may not look so tempting after a year of economic slowdown.

Following a powerful financial market recovery, it is tempting to assume that we have seen the best of the rally.

"As pirates? " It was almost tempting. Let the wolves have back their gloomy woods and retake the open sea.

So when temptation calls you on the phone, don't argue with it, just hang up! Sometimes this means physically leaving a tempting situation.

I made him what I thought were several tempting offers, but he wouldn't bite.

Early that afternoon, Flowers presented a tempting proposal: It would buy 90% of the company for $3 billion in cash, or roughly $28 a share.

But, on a visit to the site this week, it was tempting to fear it may not stand at all.

If the front end is written in Perl or PHP, it is tempting to hard code access to MySQL in the CGI scripts.

But as tempting as it might be to buy a franchise and wait for parents to show you the money, don't think of the industry as child's play.

Are there any dangling electric cords, loose nails, plastic bags or other tempting objects that will be in puppy's reach?

Bags distributed out of the national culture is almost tempting to resonate, creating intimacy.

I can't recall the details, which have blurred over time into a haze of tempting aromas and Old Master colours.

It's tempting to point the finger at Chinese shenanigans as a factor behind the yen's currently inexorable rise against the dollar .

Tempting though the offer to spruce up one of France's most important companies must have been, it came at a bad time.

It would be tempting to allow banks to run ahead with thin capital cushions.

It was always tempting to pick them up. Now that's what I'm doing.

It's very tempting. I really want to turn my head to the right and look in the mirror, but I won't. I'll be good.

Stay alert: It's tempting to step away from a cart stacked high with your luggage to grab one last bag from the carousel.

In moments of national crisis, it is tempting for governments to attempt to suspend these rights in the interest of national security.

And others, tempting Him, sought from Him a sign out of heaven.

Some of Bear Stearns's more superstitious traders even objected to the strategy's name: They were tempting fate by invoking chaos.

It's tempting to just do the easy things, or to make changes without being focused and attentive.

Mix the boric acid with sugar, flour, and water to make it into a paste so it will be more tempting to roaches.

It's tempting to let someone else do the cooking for you, especially when you've just come home from a full day of working.

It's tempting, people, to believe the worst about God instead of believing the best about Him.

The only way to keep our freedom is to have the steadfastness to reject those tempting offers.

Both Mr. Cohen and Ms. Puder-York recommend that you don't list reasons for your resignation, no matter how tempting it might seem.

It must be sorely tempting for Mr Obama to dismiss a repeat offender who has shown ingratitude as well as disrespect.

The pie that your next-door neighbor brought by to thank you for your kindness looks tempting.

Weary of negative news, the latter explanation is a tempting way to make sense of the numbers, but the gloomy view is equally valid.

Government is a very powerful tool, and it's tempting to use this tool to solve every one of our problems.

Other ways of trying to boost a bad mood, tempting as they are, don't work very well.

Many electronics are sold with a rebate, and those tempting discounts can sometimes sway buyers to particular brands.

It might be tempting to include a URL that refers to the license, instead of the license itself.

Tempting as it is to single out Wall Street and to narrow a tax loophole widely employed on Wall Street, it is not justified.

It was the opposite - a kind of siren call tempting me to give up my dream.

It is tempting to think that Goldman Sachs has finally mastered the dark art of public relations.

Although Udinese don't intend on losing the player until the end of the season, a tempting offer could change their minds.

Now that you can connect to the database to retrieve data and show it in the TDBGrid, it's very tempting to make changes to this data.

Once you've prepared a few pencil-and-paper sketches of the basic layout. It's tempting to leap in with both feet.

He was lured into this nerve-racking job by the company's tempting offer.

It is tempting to discount such a grandiose claim as typical venture-capital puffery.

While the former approach is tempting, it is not advisable as it may result in a very long project.

NIV 'When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

Kant notwithstanding, it is tempting to agree with my hypothetical apologist that absolutist morals are usually driven by religion.

preferring a bar of chocolate if given the choice, but , as they say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting.

As tempting as it might be, taking notes about stuff you already know doesn't end up helping much in the end.

Tempting Mr Bolton out of retirement to run the China fund was a big coup for Fidelity.

As tempting as it is to try to change New York City's laws and establish clear rules for vendors, it's not likely to happen.

This time of year is especially tempting, with both hunting and Christmas-shopping seasons in full swing.

The Shiraz has robe of beautiful purple and a tempting nose with aromas of red berries, plums, oak and sweet spice.

Tempting as it is to crunch agencies together to remove gaps, some checks and balances between regulators have merit.

With no school to get up for in the morning, it can be tempting to let kids become night owls.

I remember that the adjustable rates were lower - and very tempting - but we opted for a fixed rate instead.

As well as naked sales people tempting customers to buy, the company needs nudists to provide free technical support.

Looking over this statement, it is tempting to think that there may be some flexibility over the definition of what a sector is.

Keep tempting food in an inconvenient place, keep healthy food in a convenient place.

Just another of the many tempting ways in which this nutritious food can be prepared.

When you talk to customers, it's so tempting, and I've done this myself, before we started selling to larger customers.

Many Americans may find it tempting to turn inward, and cede our claim of leadership in world affairs.

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.

And that, not the crazy signs and fun-loving hostesses, may be what is tempting corporate suitors.

Tax cuts, while tempting, cannot be relied upon, as some people save the proceeds or spend them on imports.

It's tempting to "fudge" or stretch the truth a little when filling out medical forms.

I love your noodles, do not laugh when that look is really unparalleled tempting ah.

Simply seeing pictures of tempting food can light up the pleasure-seeking areas of obese peoples' brains.

Therefore, never let all of these dazzling array of tempting "cup" drive you! Remember that we only need to enjoy their coffee!

But the price and the potency are more tempting than the heavily taxed bottles of beer that are the staple of richer Kenyans.

It could be tempting, but try to avoid a keyword-stuffed domaine name, only include a keyword in your domaine name if appropriate.

To conjure up a conscience in others is tempting to anyone who wishes to extend his control beyond the legal limits.

Plymouth University students visited Cornish seaside resorts, tempting young holiday-makers with surfboards and cinema vouchers.

As far as Chinese language is concerned, it may be tempting to look to mainland China or Taiwan for guidance.

Let us be unable to hide one's greed, not the wrong, because the fruit in Xinjiang is too tempting.

It would be tempting to stay silent on this.

It can be tempting, in times of economic difficulty, to turn inward, away from trade and commerce with other nations.

Milk Chocolate Chip marks the tempting contrast between the smoothest milk chocolate ice cream and the crispy chocolate chips.

It can be tempting to roll out of bed and start working without ever getting out of your pajamas.

In a marriage, it can be tempting to decide (with Neptune's idealism) that maybe the grass would be greener in other pastures.

The comparison with China is especially tempting, given India's sizeable population, recent liberalisation and largely agrarian economy.

It's tempting to assume that verbose GC pause times are a good indicator of the application response times.

It is tempting to dismiss all this as the politics of envy.

From a western perspective, it's tempting to believe that either the eurozone debt crisis or the US slowdown is the greatest show on earth.

It's awfully tempting to take some shortcuts during the first couple days of the week, but take the opposite tact instead.

Ego aside, it is tempting to run the show in the boardroom as well as the executive suite.

It's tempting to view China stocks, like those of other global markets, as the victim of events beyond their control.

Nostalgia is tempting though for those of us whose upbringing erred on the side of disciplinarianism.

RHETT: I'm not kind, I'm just tempting you. I never give anything without expecting something in return. I always get paid.

13When the devil had finished all this tempting, he left him until an opportune time.

In an increasingly research-heavy industry, it can be tempting to make the top priority finding an idea that will "sail through research" .

But in this economy, you can't afford to sit back -- even though it might be tempting.

Don't keep tempting foods around your house or workplace. If you must have them for family members or co-workers, put them out of sight.

Some eat the marshmallow immediately. Others try all kinds of strategies to leave the tempting treat alone.

During a scene of Walt Disney's "Snow White, " the evil queen was tempting the heroine with a poisoned apple.

Some people find buying something new particularly tempting this time of year.

And second, once you already have things running really fast, it's very tempting not to fix those edge cases that slow things down.

High-paying casino jobs are all the more tempting in a city where house prices have soared over recent years.

For the INFJ, who has a tremendous amount of information and "studying" that needs to be done, it's very tempting to take shortcuts.

Although tempting, this can result in a number of subtle errors (where a value isn't returned properly).

Chinese oil groups' margins are under pressure at home. No wonder that asset-rich Canadian explorers look especially tempting.

Close to home, other islands like Sardinia and Corsica make tempting targets for invasion.

You are the drug of the hell, tempting and seductive, stimulating our greediness, demand, passion and desire.

Sure, it's tempting to dismiss it as genetics, but I'm now convinced it's all about lifestyle.

COLD, empty and rich in fish and minerals, the seas of the "High North" are a tempting prize for a big, confident country.

As tempting as it is to extrapolate this into the future, that may be a serious mistake.

Suggesting last month that "the crisis originated in the US and is mainly hitting the US" was tempting fate.

It's often tempting to think that you can just get anyone for a position that's temporary, says Fernandez-Mateo.

It was tempting to let the banks fail.

It would be tempting to think that the lessons of DDT have been heeded.

Struts isn't the only framework to offer these tempting affordances.

It is tempting to quote authors when they express our very own thoughts but with a clarity and psychological accuracy we cannot match.

so tempting to watch the next ep! ! urh, singapore next week only third episode! !

Or at least her parents are to blame because they left her exposed, thus tempting some man to rape her.

Sure, it's tempting to pour that sauce you used to marinate raw burgers or chicken wings onto the cooked food.

An idea so daring and yet so audaciously tempting that a shiver of excitement quivered through him.

Many Christians are frightened and demoralized by tempting thoughts, feeling guilty that they aren't "beyond" temptation.