Sentences with phrase «smaller nods»

Smaller nods like these show respect for the series at a core level, and this respect is emphasized further through the more squad - centric gameplay.

Smaller nods like these show respect for the series at a core level, and this respect is emphasized further through the more squad - centric gameplay.

Its subsidy scale is based exclusively on age, with one small nod to income.

The background check bill, which seeks to improve the existing database used to prevent gun purchases by criminals and the mentally ill, is a small nod in the direction of gun control that does nothing to close loopholes that allow millions of gun sales without a background check.

There's even a small nod to the Eagles» trick play at the end of the first half of the Super Bowl in the rankings.

Just a few small nods to this style and any gal can easily achieve a look with...

The leather watch strap a small nod to elegance, I have to admit to a strong dislike of any metal straps on a watch, just a foible of mine.

A small nod to fall with bare legs to still stay cool.

I like my rodeo outfits to have small nods to western wear without being full blown.

This fall you'll see small nods to the grungy era with tons of causal pieces only more sleek and chic.

There are small nods to almost all the cult films from that decade, which is fine for a novel but a little more expensive to produce on screen, where copyright issues are something of a minefield.

The car does have rack - and - pinion power steering, a small nod to driver comfort.

A small nod to singleplayer is included in the form of missions such as a Speeder chase on Endor or piloting a Tie fighter, each designed to act more as a tutorial for the online side of things with some minor rewards for teir completion.

Another small nod to the overall theme of the game is the ability to hunt for evidence, a potentially exciting prospect which could have brought a unique twist to the gameplay formula.

However, this doesn't take the fun away from these small nods in gaming, and definitely having many more to come in the future.

A small nod to the Tomb Raider series, you'll also hear the protagonist say «heh, she's raided her last tomb!»

There are other small nods to games of Nintendo's past also, such as the design of the key used to unlock certain doors in the game.

One of the trailers came with a small nod to the Old - school Neo Geo era.

While there are the historical likes of British artists Stanley Spencer, with a very small nod to Chaim Soutine and Indian transplant FN Souza, the focus of the show is the core London School.

Rangel gave a small nod.

It's simply another small nod by Microsoft that the desktop is indeed important and usually preferred over the Start screen.

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The benefits of trade should be shared more widely, he said, with a system that does more to include poor countries, small firms, marginalised groups and entrepreneurs — an apparent nod to anti-globalisation activists who say that secretive trade talks are exclusively aimed at helping big business.

Instead of displaying its nickname, the «Keystone State,» Pennsylvania's license plate subtly nods to the moniker with a small keystone - shaped emblem.

Buildings may nod in the direction of historical style (adding a pillared portico or an oddly small white spire) or symbolic reference (resembling, for instance, a gigantic tent), but in general the megachurches look like office complexes.

To ARB ok small correction, Samantha the witch wiggled her nose, jeannie folded her arms and gave a sharp nod and blink.

After a nod from Francis, the language reports — which called for hundreds of changes (modi) large and small — were released, and were quite eye - opening about the degree of dissatisfaction with both process and result.

After a brief awkward silence, the people in my small group affirmed my thoughts with nods and comments.

Despite having an adorably small European coefficient of 15.256 — lower than every other qualified team except fellow debutantes Rostov — they strutted into Pot 1 as champions, nodding confidently at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, and so reaped the benefits of UEFA's structural favouritism when it came to the group stage draw.

When you cross the ball and your so called tall defender can't nod or when a very small nacho who is not a natural cb is being used often or when your defenders will allow an attacker to drag him into the 18yard area forgetting that players score goals not space.

In this game he lost it for us in two crazy minutes, failing to come for crosses that were nodded in by gleeful, smaller players.

The WFP's small pro-Cuomo faction tried and failed to both delay the nod for a month and keep the party's ballot line blank, but eventually the committee overwhelmingly voted 91.5 percent to back the «Sex and the City» star and activist.

Paul's commitment to small businesses has already earned him the nod from The Murray Hill Business Association and The Flushing Chinese Business Association, including The Presidents Co-Op & Condo Council — just to name a few organizations that have recognized Vallone through their respective endorsements as the best of six candidates in this competitive primary election.

And we can finish exchanges with a note of thanks and good humour, a small virtual nod for keeping it respectful.

The elevation of Jenny Jones as the first Green Peer is a nod towards the Coalition's pledge to make the House of Lords more representative of the level of support for smaller parties.

Floral syndromes include Mariposas with large, brightly colored, tulip - like blossoms with an erect perianth (tepals); Cat's Ears with a smaller, spreading perianth densely covered with trichomes; Star Tulips with spreading, mostly glabrous tepals; and Fairy Lanterns with closed, globular nodding flowers.

This earthy Taurus new moon sends an honorable nod to the food producers of the world, encouraging us to «get our farmer on» in some small way.

The bones here are small but sturdy, designed to glide smoothly on top of each other as you nod or look from left to right.

It's the time of year when health bloggers are telling you to swap sweet candy for green apples and we all nod along enthusiastically until we actually find ourselves in the grocery store, faced with aisle upon aisle of our favorite chocolate bars, now made even more tempting by being so small, cute, and fun - sized!

As with most of my grail and top wish list items, I'd allotted a relatively generous budget in my mind for this particular garment, but even that didn't seem to be enough to unearth one that was, in a nod to Goldilocks, neither too small or too big.

A charming way to nod to the season's ruffle trend, it features a small frill at the neckline and wrists.

The husband nodded solemnly in acknowledgement of my small but heartfelt expression of sympathy.

From the smallest of things like a smile, a touch to the shoulder, a nod of respect and acknowledgement, sharing one's lunch, or a light to see with, to bigger things like using one's vacation time to volunteer as a nurse in a war zone halfway across the planet.

There are nods to previous Mission: Impossible movies, including the famed wire - drop from the first film when Hunt and company decide to... get this... infiltrate the Vatican (a scene that is accompanied by a charmingly amusing performance of Cruise going all Italian), and even a small homage to «Top Gun».

A smaller film like Before Midnight was never going to be in with a shot for any of the main categories but its witty and intelligent script, co-written by director Richard Linklater and stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, should have scored an original screenplay nod.

Smaller budget games including Supergiant's Bastion, thatgamecompany's Journey, Reverge Labs» Skullgirls, Haunted Temple Studios» Skulls of the Shogun and Quesy Games» Sound Shapes also received Best of E3 2011 award nods in various categories.

The main plot of the film explicitly nods to Ford's 1956 film The Searchers, with fair - minded, paternal small - town sheriff Franklin Hunt (Kurt Russell) leading a team of Western archetypes.

Notable among the many other supporting players are quite a few actors of color who, anachronistic as their appearance may be in 18th - century France, still offer up a pleasantly diverse set of faces that nod in the direction of an «It's a small world, after all» ethos that Disney all - too - often has ignored in the past.

Reaction: The pool was smaller than you think for this category, but John Cusack deserved a nod for «Love & Mercy» here.

Davis is a well - known figure at home, but despite Olivier and Tony nods and small roles in «The Matrix» sequels and Baz Luhrmann's «Australia,» she hasn't been on international radars till now, but her performance as grief - broken mother Amelia, frazzled by a difficult child and tormented by a monster that could be part of herself, is a thing of wonder.

The opening scene, in which Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito) confronts Leo O'Bannon (Albert Finney) and Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne) is an obvious nod to the opening of The Godfather: another small, balding Italian man, asking a lethal favor of a crime boss seated behind a large desk, while throwing in a reference to people behaving like «animals.»