Sentences with phrase «amount of nodding»

After a short conversation with a disproportionate amount of nodding, the salesperson walks over to the trader.

For the more die - hard fans of the show who own every season on DVD (or blu - ray, for the newer seasons) and watch them regularly there's an almost terrifying amount of nods and references to be discovered.

Not exact matches

In fact, while you give what amounts to a weak nod to a few «Jesus» things, the overall message is clear: you don't know what you believe yet you profess to be a Christian teacher / author, a teacher of the very Bible you claim to not grasp.

After a nod in the direction of a moderate amount of ceremony and of the need for an architecture that witnesses to the presence of the Divine, Niebuhr continues: «Without an adequate sermon no clue is given to the moral purpose at the heart of the mystery, and reverence remains without ethical content (p. 55)

Does this amount to Luther's enslavement of the will or does it give a nod towards Pelagius?

A few notes on why I like this soup nutritionally (I know this is where many of you nod off)... In addition to a nice amount of vegetable based protein in this soup (from the lentils), the recipe also incorporates a touch of dairy, vitamin - rich greens and tomatoes, and good fats.

Before Ismail can elaborate on his bewilderment — over the complexity of that statement and the amount of money he had already lost — eight heads are nodding, eight faces smiling in sympathy.

If they finish with an absurd amount of wins — 105 or more — voters may feel obligated to give one of their players the nod.

In a nutshell you are basically increasing the amount of time you will take to respond to your babies crying when they wake each time they do so and so you will have the peace of mind in knowing your child is ok because you will check on them but you would basically be letting them know that consistently using crying to get attention when there is nothing wrong will not lead to the attention they desire and that they should be in the land of Nod.

Rather than line out specific amounts for individual projects, the funds are giant lumps of cash inserted into budget legislation, with diffuse language governing their spending and a nod toward a process for spending that involves a state agency or authority and sometimes a memorandum of understanding with legislative leaders.

In a nod to industry complaints, state Financial Services Superintendent Ben Lawsky says his office will reduce by about one - third the amount of reserves companies must set aside for a basic type of life - insurance policy.

And while Gould's comment about replaying the tape of life was mainly a nod to the large amount of randomness inherent in evolution's path, this study suggests a more nuanced reason that the playback would appear different.

It's all very well having nods to mythology here and there, but if these nods are not combined with a compelling story, or integrated into it, then all they amount to is a pretty surface, like delicate patterns of milk on a cold cup of burnt coffee.

It runs the usual Maddin gamut of stylistic nods to (primarily) the late silent and early talkie periods, complete with a whopping amount of explanatory intertitles (perhaps outweighing actual spoken dialogue), artificially scratched / aged «film stock,» use of obvious miniatures, approximation of two - strip Technicolor and so forth.

It was a little shocking to see that the Sundance standout Beasts of the Southern Wild did not have quite as many nods but four is a healthy amount of nominations to receive.

The joke that hit hardest was one about Mark Wahlberg: «Thank you to the producers for paying Niecy and I the same amount of money and Mark Wahlberg a million dollars,» Munn said, a nod to his pay controversy for «All the Money in the World» reshoots.

Yes, she had been in Twilight, but she also scored an Oscar nod for Up in the Air, showing, quite early in her career, that she could exhibit an astonishing amount of pathos and maturity on screen.

Dual air vents are welcomed, while just one seat back pocket and smallish indoor storage are a negligible nod to the true amount of detritus families bring to the game.

Considering that 3D printers at home aren't exactly prevalent at the moment I'm not sure how many of these will ever get used for their intended function, but it's a fun nod from Steelseries nonetheless, even if the cynical recesses of my soul are loudly proclaiming it to be a waste of money that bumps up the overall retail price, if only by a small amount.

These seven tombs are each a highlight of the game, which is why it's a shame that they're really nothing more than a token nod to the game's name that last just a few minutes apiece — completing all seven tombs barely amounts to 20 or 30 minutes of gameplay in total.

The weapon variety provides a nice amount of choice and strategy to combat, and the game's signature weapon — the ultra-cool Address Disruptor — cleverly enables players to control «glitches» in the environment, a nice nod to the screen blips and pixelated graphics of the 8 - bit era.

They are not merely a nod to the past, but an embrace of it, and the amount of effort here reflects throughout the rest of the game.

Using a blackboard to save is a cheeky nod to Resident Evil's typewriter save system, as is the limited amount of inventory slots to carry stamina restoring food items.

Pedal Forward has been working on a sustainable and affordable bamboo bicycle for the last couple of years, receiving a big nod from the Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) with an award in 2012, and has taken its original design from a decidedly DIY - looking bike frame (held together with what looks like copious amounts of resin and fibers) to a really unique «modular» frame.

In legal writing, however, students can achieve maximum benefit from specialized tutors — that is, upper - level law students who are trained legal writers and readers.110 First, in legal writing, the substance of the law often dictates the form of the organization of a written product.111 Thus, familiarity with legal rules and analysis is a necessary foundation for a productive writing center meeting, and a nod to the appropriate amount of positivism in a law school writing center.

The Style gets a special nod for doing so all while handling a greater amount of tasks independently of your paired phone, a new skill bestowed by Android Wear 2.0.

And a few more plugs (now that we're on a roll, and the potential buyer is nodding away) for the normalization of divorce, the blaming of the behavior of what primarily amounts to divorcing women, and the enrichment of the divorce - support, psych community (let's get those fees going, and put everyone, in every combination and alone, into therapy...)

* If it's a NOD or NTS, they might not qualify to refinance even though they have some or even a nice amount of equity.

Little touches carried from room to room are a subtle nod to the season and can be done in just a short amount of time.