Sentences with phrase «almost obligatory»

However, for those with larger phones, hitting a top - riding Google bar makes using a second hand almost obligatory.

Montreal - born, London - based Allison Katz is a true virtuoso of the genre, to the point that she's titled her first exhibition with Giò Marconi in Milan «AKA» — a palindromic acronym that naturally stands for «also known as,» but which takes on a broader scope here with its almost obligatory hint at the initials «Allison - Katz - Allison.»

Cooper's artistic practice, consisting largely of computer - generated (CG) imagery in both video and digital print form, critiques the ubiquity of the flawless CG female in our consumer capitalist society and the labour used to create these glossy digital bodies that are almost obligatory in today's mass - advertising campaigns.

Shocking because Resnick sounds just like the old embittered Roualt who had much to tell, but age jumbled the chronology of his memory; rewarding because of his macho toughness, which was almost obligatory for an artist of his generation.

It's become almost obligatory by this point to write something serious about the Zoe Quinn débacle.

Non-Playable Sex Objects can usually be found on the sidelines of role playing or open world style games, populating the many virtual strip clubs, red light districts or brothel locations that have become almost obligatory in many so - called «mature» titles.

Quieter beaches can be found a few km to the east or west of the town, such as Playa del Castor to the east, or Rio Castor - a much more lonely spot as it takes a little effort to get there and is lacking the almost obligatory bars.

Along the way, friendly villages and traditional fishing ports showcase the best of Scotland's culture, whilst sampling a fine single malt whisky at any of the local distilleries you'll find hereabouts is almost obligatory for any visitor.

If you're an author with a family ghost, it would seem almost obligatory to write about it.

Traction control and antilock brakes are almost obligatory.

Tech stuff includes the now almost obligatory Apple Car Play and Android Auto, Smartphone Link Display and Heads - up display, although not all will be standard across the range.

Competitive modes became almost obligatory for all shooters that followed.

The first of two Switch games it feels almost obligatory to include here, Super Mario Odyssey has been talked about a lot already - but that's only because it really is that good.

As Robert and Frances work through the stages of parting (counseling, mediation and acquiring venomous legal counsel), there are momentary — almost obligatory — glimmers by the sixth episode that love might prevail.

Little visual themes — such as the way that Braff's characters initially seem to be physically marked by their experience and humiliations — give way somewhere along the line to far more standard, almost obligatory, shots of our heroes in a swimming pool, fully dressed in a two - person tub, and warming themselves before a contemplative fire.

Twice we led, and twice we were pegged back, including the almost obligatory concession of a goal in the ninetieth minute.

Solid performances in those matches feel almost obligatory after the team crashed out of the Champions League and Copa del Rey earlier this season.

In the last decades of the 20th century, it became very fashionable, and in some circles almost obligatory, to claim that there were no fundamental differences between males and females except for a few trifling matters of plumbing.

There in the service folder was the now almost obligatory candle ceremony, a reading from Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet, and a sentence from Anaïs Nin about the importance of friends.

In the memoirs of Asian and African leaders who were graduates from these schools it has become almost obligatory, as part of an attack upon white Christian colonialism, to express bitterness and recrimination about the loss of native roots that came as a by - product of missionary education and of imperialist schools both in the mission field and in the home country.

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The obvious gifts — chocolates and roses — feel so obligatory they're almost thoughtless.

January is almost over, and I have yet to post the obligatory healthy green smoothie recipe.

Not just the obligatory question about injuries but a thorough debate as to why he hasn't played more than 2 consecutive games in almost 3 years..

Bigwigs almost fell over each other in dashing from the ceremonies tent to the nearby Hinchey building for the obligatory ribbon - cutting photo.

Admittedly, irrespective of the movie, this obligatory scene is almost always false and contrived, but if we believe in the romance, we accept it.

Yes, minigames now are not after the end of the turns, but activating them do happen very frequently, because almost every space does so, the vs. the 1vs 3, the B.Junior, the blue one (alot of the times it has one inside) the battle one, and the bowser one (which sometimes can bring a heartpumping one), plus the obligatory boss matches which are 2 per stage, all having a very critical contribution to the success of one particular match!

Part of what makes I Love You, Man interesting is that it's so almost a canned studio comedy (the obligatory gross - out gags, the cheesy orchestral cues) and yet manages to feel fresh and funny in almost every scene.

You'll have almost four complete days to explore the sun - kissed Australian city (making obligatory stops at Bondi Beach and the iconic opera house, of course) before your flight to Honolulu, Hawaii on October 23.

The most recent draft seen by Global Witness, from 10 January, now provides for obligatory tenders for the granting of almost all future oil rights — a measure that, if implemented transparently, could allow Congo to benefit more from the sector.

Above the screen a tiny slot - like speaker grille is joined by numerous almost - imperceivable sensors and the obligatory Sony logo.