Sentences with phrase «without much action»

Without much action on the regulatory front, much of late - 2015 and 2016 left Amazon with quite a bit of time to work on functionality.

Unlike the console release, the 3DS version of Swap Force has a strong emphasis on platforming rather than combat, leaving long stretches of stages without much action at all.

Perhaps this is intentional, to underline Greenberg's inertia; the majority of the shots in the film are static and observational — but without much action to observe it starts to feel very lethargic.

Without much action and in the absence of a lasting narrative, watching the movie becomes a bit tiring towards the end.

Although competently made, I would hedge my recommendations strictly to those who enjoy science fiction and «thinking person» thrillers, as the build - up is long and without much action.

From a lack of visible mentors and role models to underrepresentation in startup communities and pontification about including more women in tech, without much action, the challenges that women face in the tech field are well - known.

Not exact matches

Among them is why Sarao's actions on this particular day caused so much damage, when the indictments state that he'd done the same thing hundreds of times over a four - year period, concluding in April 2014, without causing similar market earthquakes.

Of course, labor laws and privacy concerns prohibit disclosing too much detail, but at a minimum the customer service representative should outline the disciplinary process without revealing any specific actions that will be taken.

And the action of walking occupies part of our conscious mind so that prayer can flow more freely without us worrying too much about the exact words we use.

Much like his late archival associate Robert Graham, Blet tends to highlight Pius's positive actions without ever questioning whether he might have acted earlier and more comprehensively.

They teach us that there can be no such thing as community without unity of consciousness, collective action free of individual greed, humility and respect for the other and as much concern for the other person's welfare as for our own.

The scary thing is that, without even so much as tripping over a Bible, I would wager that the average person could tick off a litany of issues and actions they are sure Jesus opposes.

The innocent description of the culture of the times, of supposed god actions, recorded in the bible pretty much proves the non-existence of a god, even without the lack of any evidence found by astronomy looking back almost the whole 13 Billion years.

This is for two reasons: first, the minister by the detachment of his vocation knows less about the layman's problems than laymen do; and second, such groups too easily run into one more discourse to which by long conditioning it is customary to listen passively without being very much stirred to action.

As to why this happened, G - D said that the people of the earth in that time were evil, so much so that they continually had evil thoughts and performed evil actions without any righteous thoughts or actions, whatsoever.

And with the Buckeyes down two or three scores for much of the afternoon, Barrett was being forced to drop back and throw a lot without play action.

West Brom supporters can also escape early to miss the traffic without too much fear of missing any action.

It is not recommended to wash in warm water, but you can because it allows for good cleaning action without as much fading, wrinkling, and shrinking.

Too much naked time without communication or action or any boundaries will result in teaching «pee wherever.»

I feel Talking to kids and explaining why those actions were wrong works so much better than just yelling and punishing without a full explanation...

In a recent paper, we found that if you take an action that people like, you come off as much more trustworthy if you decide to act without doing a careful cost - benefit analysis first: Individuals who calculate seem liable to sell out when the price is right.

As these are coordinated actions, the hope must be that the various countries that are expelling diplomats can get the benefits of disrupting spy networks and so on, without as much of the negative consequences.

Prosecutors have established the payments and, separately, the official actions without much objection.

Without direct action by the government, we could see some of the most deprived district councils experiencing reductions of as much as 30 % and severely deprived areas such as Liverpool and Hackney losing around 12 % in overall total funding in the first year alone.

Legislators have been so distracted that the first two weeks of post-budget session have slipped by without much real legislative action, despite the fact that there is a long list of high - profile issues unsettled in the budget.

For instance, the creation of an additional 46 district assemblies and 45 new parliamentary seats in 2012, ratcheted up the fixed cost of government without much thought given to what those actions mean for public finances.

Without any action, the world is on track to achieve at least 4 degrees C warming of global average temperatures by 2100, as the world hits 450 parts - per - million of greenhouse gases in 2030 and goes on to put out enough greenhouse gas pollution to achieve as much as 1300 ppm by 2100.

Automatic thoughts are those you fall into habitually and action without much hesitation, like hitting the snooze button, whereas reflective thoughts rely on a conscious effort to do things differently.

When you're taking action on things that are actually a part of a life - vision you're truly passionate about, you keep moving, sometimes without even thinking too much about it, as you are filled with motivation and a sense of striving.

Doing this pose with your back against a wall gives you a chance to feel the shape without much of the challenge of balancing, allowing you to work on the proper alignment and the muscle actions in the legs, hips, back, and shoulders.

There is pretty much NO way you can get out all the toxins building up from killing lyme without drastic actions.

Such elements appear to have been included to force Hanks» Allen into choosing a life above or below sea level, but it's a decision that could've been made without the unnecessary action stuff - and, in the process, the film likely would've clocked in at a much more reasonable 90 minutes (as it is, Splash runs close to two hours).

Without much material or throughline, the movie devolves into a succession of scenes in which the scream queen Vivian runs from one imperilment to the next; the proceedings culminate in abandoned mine tunnel that serves primarily as a means for obscuring the action.

Fortunately the action is handled in a much more controlled way than the second film with the viewer actually being able to walk out of the cinema without a coma.

Gene Autry, Roy Rogers — nearly every major Western star — owed much of his success to Canutt's daring; eventually, his mastery of the craft was such that scripts were penned without detailed descriptions of their fight scenes or chases, and «Action by Yakima Canutt» was simply written instead.By the mid -»20s, Canutt was starring in Westerns as well as handling stunts.

Still, fans of the first one will probably like this too, and at least the oodles of exposition that plagued the first film are replaced by a slightly more action - centric plot, even though the film frequently lapses into long stretches without much going on.

Without relying overly much on the typical hack - and - slash editing that pollutes so many modern Hollywood action movies, the framing and staging makes allowance for the necessary intrusions of multiple stunt people while keeping things tight and comprehensible.

Unlike the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series which is more and more a mess of technical, balance and gameplay issues these days, Brave Soldiers delivers what is a nice, franchise - based fighting game, at first, i was expecting a simple fighting game with some button mashing, however, the game proved me wrong and i fell in love, the combo system, while easy, is a lot more deep than the one in the Naruto games, with all of the characters having two special attacks, two «burst attacks», a knock - away and a launcher respectively, a throw and an ultimate attack (called a «Big Bang Attack»), every character also has an universal dodge - action that sends them behind their enemies while spending one cosmo bar, making bar management that much precious and shielding you from a half - a-hour combo, unlike in the NUNS series, the fighting and the characters are nicely balanced, with every character being fun to play and viable at the same time, the game runs smoothly without frame - rate issues and the cell - shaded graphics, character models, arenas and effects alike are nice to the eye, battles are divided into rounds, with all the tiny nice stuff like character introductions and outros being intact (fun fact: the characters will even comment on their score after the battle), the game also features an awakening system, called the «Seventh Sense» awakening, unlike the NUNS awakening system which became severely unbalanced in the later game, every character simply gains a damage / defense boost, with the conditions being the same for all characters, eliminating situations when one character can use awakening at almost any point in the battle, or one awakening being drastically stronger than the other, the game has a story mode with three story arcs used to unlock characters, a collection mode, tournament modes, a survival mode, a series of special versus modes and online battle modes.

The more aggresive and less deep cousin of «Kessen» (the system's current champ for armchair generals who dig the strategy more than action, the exact opposite of «DW2»), and a fine way to kill an afternoon without having much to show for it.

Without the knowledge of Harry and Eggsy's relationship, however, the action - packed adventure doesn't hold much weight.

At some points I thought the film dragged on and on and seemed overly clichéd even though this film in of itself is a bit of a cliché on the action genre, but it's all forgivable and you continue to watch Denzel kick Russian mobsters butts with ease without losing much sleep.

Combat isn't as deep as it could be, relying on special skills rather than combos, like most RPGs, but still does more to make you feel involved in combat rather than sitting there watching the action unfold without much input from yourself.

It's a constant barrage of furious action music for 77 minutes, very much in the style of past Tyler scores like War (thankfully without quite so many John Powell lifts) and parts of Timeline.

There's a little too much humor interspersed between heavy action and effective drama, but because of the reliable cast, «Infinity War» is, without question, one of the most engaging MCU installments.

Of course, no Willis action flick would be complete without a gun in his hand and him using it, which happens much too late in the film for my tastes.

When a heroine is as invincible and indestructible as the one portrayed here and kills off hordes of faceless henchmen without even so much as breaking a sweat, the action becomes simply repetitive and pointless.

The magical world having been introduced in the first film, this one is able to embark on the action from the first without wasting much time on background information.

LARP Live action role playing is one of the best ways to get arrested without actually doing anything wrong, provided your neighbors don't fancy a reenactment of the battle at Helm's Deep in your back yard where your mates show off their much too realistic Uruk - Hai costumes — or in this case, cowboy bandit outfits.

Without giving much consideration to the context that breed such an environment, bar a couple of fleeting scenes where one of the Day's gang attempts to find work as a farm hand, it begs the question as to what the film is trying to accomplish by focusing on the gang; especially when the film's ephemeral style distances the action from reality, laying blame on the gangs for Day's downward spiral into a life of crime and not the faulty idealism behind the myth of American opportunity.

And finally, Collider's Alison Keene wrote, «His Last Vow combined the action and humor elements of the show's earlier episodes, without tilting one way or the other too much (like some might say the first two of this season did).