Sentences with phrase «anecdotes suggesting»

The Lobster is interesting to a point, but eventually undermined by writer - director Yorgos Lanthimos» irrepressible urge to accumulate bizarre digressions and perverse anecdotes suggesting that the human condition is not only irredeemable but utterly insane.

Against this background of mixed experimental results, however, there are countless anecdotes suggesting that a lot more is going on.

These anecdotes suggest at least several different connections between failures of ethics and plain business incompetence.

As the above anecdote suggests, my language at a young age made longshoremen blush not because I was learning the words on The Electric Company.

Although the scientific evidence for animal therapy is still controversial, anecdotes suggest that for some kids, four - legged friends might make all the difference.

«Still, anecdote suggests that many individuals find the burn of ethanol aversive,» Hayes said.

-- An outpouring of anecdotes suggest that otherwise healthy people can experience cognitive benefits from brain utilization of ketones.

Anecdotes suggest ebooks have not become a «new» revenue stream for publishers, merely siphoning some hardcover readers away from hardcovers instead.

Many anecdotes suggest that animals do feel what humans call «grief», including an understanding that the deceased is not coming back, but there is little scientific evidence to back this up.

Although there have been no studies on the subject, anecdotes suggest that 85 % or more of cats respond to honeysuckle, and many of those cats are ones that have no interest in catnip.

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But anecdotes from the U.K., where the phone launched last week, suggest the new BlackBerry is selling at a steady pace.

«It's now been nearly 17 years since it was first implemented and it is time to do a cost - benefit analysis, and to find out if the act is as effective as anecdotes might suggest it is,» he said.

They can suggest what they like of course, without superhuman abilities they are merely commenting on personal anecdote.

When Cuomo announced in July that Fitzpatrick would head the commission, he related an anecdote of his first conversation with the D.A.. Before running for governor, when Cuomo was attorney general, he called Fitzpatrick to introduce himself and suggest a meeting.

Anecdotes, and even some preliminary tallies, suggest surges are becoming more frequent.

The term anecdotes, continues Weil, is trivializing: «It suggests some old codger sitting on a porch telling a story.»

During a match in which one team is trailing by four runs in the ninth inning, for example, the system might suggest an anecdote about the Los Angeles Dodgers, who came back to tie a game from the same situation in 2006 by hitting four consecutive home runs.

While mainstream science suggests that the rations couldn't possibly fuel essential body functions, there are plenty of walking anecdotes that argue to the contrary.

That means that most of the benefits suggested about its role in weight loss are based on anecdotes and marketing claims.

Whether recommending a particular place to meet someone or suggesting engaging conversation starters to break the ice, the articles draw conclusions backed by personal anecdotes as well as academic studies.

That anecdote not only presents a fairly amusing mental image, but also suggests that Trank and company were looking to cast Mikkelsen as Miles Teller's Reed Richards, and not Doctor Doom, which should have been an early sign that the critically drubbed film was already headed off the rails.

While there are a number of laugh out loud anecdotes from the likes of Jim Jefferies, Stephen Merchant and Christopher Guest, the quantity over quality approach of this film lacks the depth suggested by its title.

Instead, Hobby suggested the government should base its reforms on «evidence rather than anecdote».

My anecdote was to suggest they might negotiate upfront, if your situation was similar.

The paper published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America instead suggests that most of this «evidence» consists of single observations and anecdotes that can not be tested rigorously.

Solution A: While Nintendo has not formally acknowledged it, the anecdotes from users experiencing this issue seem to suggest a defective dock.

The unique blend of anecdote, criticism, and history that Crimp uses to assess this time — what he suggests might be a «queer structure» bringing together «apparently incompatible subjects» — is exemplified by an extraordinary opening section centring on the Guggenheim Museum.

As the pic above suggests, goedzak was immediately embraced by an «early adopter,» but we will only give you the teaser to this funny anecdote.

Some anecdotes from Hurricane Katrina suggested that some elders refused to evacuate because they had survived the last hurricane, so why should this one be worse?

While Goddard's anecdotes are interesting there's plenty of more concrete compiled data covering the last 100 years, which suggest sea ice levels today are lowest for over 100 years:

The anecdotes about the weather during the Maunder minimum suggest it was far colder than would be forthcoming from a 0.3 degC decrease.

Both anecdotes and studies suggest that human review is not nearly as consistent or reliable as lawyers typically assume it is.

No doubt there are diamonds in the rough - as your anecdotes indicate — but, I'd suggest that they're not indicative.

Viewers will learn from the tips and anecdotes of fellow teachers attending the presentation, and they'll go inside real classrooms for vivid demonstrations of the suggested strategies.

DD suggested I sit down at the table and not saying anything for a few minutes to find out... But I'd just had a double - shot flat white and pauses in conversation terrify me, so I cheerfully regaled the table with the dinosaur sex anecdote I told DD on our first «date» at the Terrey Hills Tavern.