Sentences with phrase «even gratuitous»

Even gratuitous sex scenes are okay, to give certain players who want that something to look forward to.

As most readers of this essay surely know from experience, anything that undermines that motivation — pressure to produce, meddling by management, fear of sanctions, anxiety, resentment, even gratuitous performance bonuses — worsens work performance.

A second problem with Hasker's argument is that, although he claims that he is arguing that God should allow gratuitous evils, he is in fact arguing that even the gratuitous evils are not really gratuitous, because they contribute to «God's intention to make us responsible moral individuals,» which from his perspective is a more important consideration than the relative balance of enjoyment and suffering in the world.

Not even a gratuitous quarter point bump.

Not exact matches

«Simply by being labelled a specialist,» Nass writes, «you will be perceived as more compelling, even if the label is obviously gratuitous and irrelevant.»

Or, even better, it was trying to imitate on a finite scale the infinite creative and gratuitous freedom of God.

The special logic of this theory, after all, is that the Christian philosopher — having surmounted the «aesthetic,» «ethical,» and even in a sense «religious» stages of human existence — is uniquely able to enact a return, back to the things of earth, back to finitude, back to the aesthetic; having found the highest rationality of being in God's kenosis — His self - outpouring — in the Incarnation, the Christian philosopher is reconciled to the particularity of flesh and form, recognizes all of creation as a purely gratuitous gift of a God of infinite love, and is able to rejoice in the levity of a world created and redeemed purely out of God's «pleasure.»

Unless reason reasserts itself over passion, the potential for short - term chaos is great and the risk of long - term damage even greater: an ongoing cycle of resentment, bitterness, and revenge that will lead to more of the gratuitous violence that was seen on the streets of Washington this past January 21.

The first couple of books start out as typical «solve - this - murder» sort of books (without being gory or cruel or gratuitous, it's more about the story and the characters)-- very satisfying Saturday night read — but as the books go forward, the layers and complex storytelling becomes even more clear and right around book three or four you begin to realise that everything is connected and everything means something and something major is unfolding and OMG MUST KEEP READING.

Even if you don't want to make a preseason bet, there are plenty of opportunities during the season to make a wager at gratuitous odds.

Not to be a curmudgeon, but I walked out of that movie... the nudity and sex scenes were even more gratuitous and tedious than HBO, also compounded by the French prerequisite of nudity and sex whether it helps the plot or not.

There are even a few gratuitous chase scenes, Bulworth fleeing his killer.

But this 1080p rendering flattens the image even further through the gratuitous use of DVNR (which evidently necessitates a measure of no - less - irksome edge - enhancement to compensate), and if it's never applied as severely as it is on some of the recent James Bond titles, as with them there is a tendency for black to drop off steeply, thus heightening the synthetic appearance of the presentation.

It can't be stressed enough that the gross - out humor is gratuitous, even for a Sandler flick.

The Ring Two is never scary, never even moderately tense, and its jump scares are so carefully telegraphed that it feels as though Nakata's embarrassed to resort to gratuitous startles.

Even with long scenes of action utilizing modern effects, the approach doesn't seem gratuitous, which is an impressive accomplishment after having seen so many action films already this year.

Throughout, the narrative padding is conspicuous, and the copious references to better films are gratuitous, even lazy.

Refreshingly even handed and never lowering to gratuitous extremes, The Queen offers a very compelling drama that will leave audiences with something to talk about afterward — and even young viewers may be surprised at just how intriguing this story is.

As if the original «Kingsman» weren't cartoony enough, with its blade - legged lady assassin and gratuitous exploding - heads finale, the sequel has gone and pushed the franchise's cheeky brand of absurdity even farther.

Ted is hobbled by a labored third act and a subplot involving a demented loner played by Giovanni Ribisi that is so ragingly gratuitous, it almost feels like an homage to the famously unnecessary diamond - smuggling subplots of the»80s, but Ted is so consistently, even explosively funny and oddly good - natured throughout that it really doesn't need a plot at all, let alone an even - less - welcome chase scene.

It's more vulgar, there is even more gratuitous nudity, and the main characters are drunk in nearly every scene.

At least Insidious: Chapter 3 does its best within the limits to be disturbing and terrifying even though it can't have gratuitous blood and gore.

From an N - word laced opening sequence to a steady diet of profanity to its graphic dialogue to gratuitous frontal nudity to its much - anticipated sex scenes, Zack and Miri Make a Porno leaves even less to the imagination than its suggestive, testosterone - teasing title.

We love it for its globe - spanning cast of should - know - better Shakespearian talent; for its mixed bag of ideas (most originating in Herbert's book, others, like the gratuitous heart plugs, from Lynch's own warped mind); for its twisted wedding of ornate Euro - pudding epic, grotesque experimental horror flick and action blockbuster; for the stunning cinematography, immersive sets and beautiful costumes — and yes, even Sting's black nappy.

Throughout, the narrative padding is conspicuous — when one hastily introduced character is dispatched, another character is introduced — and the copious references to better films are gratuitous, even lazy.

Harlin even attempts to defend his gratuitous violence.

However, the film is not gratuitous in its depiction of the gore even if it is graphic, and I respected the fact that it held back the shots of carnage during many scenes when it could have been expected.

As a matter of fact, I don't think I have laughed more while watching a movie since the first Naked Gun, and was quite amazed that how many scenes featured really clever writing even amid the gratuitous bad - taste humor the film is riddled with (which are pretty funny too).

It's an essential key to why «Pulp Fiction» resonated with so many people, even those who normally abhor foul language and gratuitous violence.

Even as it cuts between the police investigation, a gorier but not - that - gratuitous «CSI» episode, and the games at hand, it is the most cleanly plotted the series has seen in a while.

With realistic violence, but not gratuitous in nature, the somber painting of Juarez Mexico would make even Edgar Allen Poe shutter is disgust and fear.

It denies any federal role in education whatsoever, with no mention even of data, research, or civil rights (save for a dig at OCR over its gratuitous fiddling with school bathroom gender access).

«DO NOT include gratuitous activities (even if they're really cool) that do not support the desired learning outcomes.

It's a cool evening with a thin crowd, so I have plenty of time to acclimate to the car and practice my gratuitous water - box burnout technique.

Debit: Meanwhile, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's latest round of gratuitous money printing increased inflation fears this week as evidenced by the so - called break - even rate between nominal and inflation - protected Treasury debt; it reached its highest level since 2006.

You might even be able to see some gameplay footage between gratuitous and unnecessary shots of scantily clad catfights.

It depends on whether the slowness is seen as necessary or gratuitous or even malicious.

Even X-ray kill - cams for skilled shots return, though they seem less gratuitous given the bad guys are already dead.

All the nonsensical corporatespeak, the gratuitous ultraviolence, the press «audience» indistinguishable from a loyal fanbase, the reducto ad absurdum sketches on prioritizing the customer as the one true authority on what a game can and should be — it's not only a parody of the E3 marketing circuit, it's a challenge to why any of us are even here (all 68,000 of us, by ESA's own official estimates).

The truth is, even if he somehow magically discovered a mathematical proof of all things CAGW, his «argument» was crap, and was simply attached as an excuse for his gratuitous insults to Dr. Curry's integrity.

I encountered gratuitous hostility and got my posts censored or truncated while those of certain ideological tint were given free pass even though they violated most posting guidelines.

On countless occasions, those who so often try to disrupt comment threads here with a melange of spiteful ad - hom attacks and half - baked pseudo-science (one of them even sent me a vile email offering gratuitous and profoundly offensive medical advice, though he was not a medic, a sure sign of extreme desperation on his part) found themselves attacking official climate science.

I am even more stunned to discover that the reporter would err in favor of gratuitous attention - grabbing.

For the most part, these new editions are unnecessary and unjustified, lightly sprinkled with gratuitous and often ill - considered changes that fail to advance citation practice, confuse and sow uncertainty and even disagreement among even seasoned legal writers, editors and instructors, and generally make citation practice even less uniform and uniformity more difficult to realize.