Sentences with phrase «as a novelty»

I just have to believe it's going to remain that way as the novelty of technology wears off.

This is a slightly more interactive way to engage you with the site and works quite well as a novelty.

Better yet, stick with classic used toys that have stood the test of time and are less likely to get abandoned as soon as the novelty wears off.

When bitcoin first hit the market, it was seen as a novelty that would never catch on.

Last year, voice stood out as a novelty in many corners of the show floor.

My husband and I bought our own book in paperback as a novelty item, but other than that, no.

It's like the majority of anime based games, which are created as a novelty for fans more so than standalone projects.

If you already know which ingredients to avoid, choose an appropriate dog food lacking them, such as a novelty ingredient dog food.

As far as novelty value goes, you really couldn't ask for much more than that.

The dance then functions more as a novelty, an entertainment.

Will they remain as a novelty trick or will these devices get integrated into how comics are made on the digital landscape?

While at first seen mostly as a novelty, many understood it was the future.

Too often, student voice is treated as a novelty.

What started off as novelty features to attract buyers are now creature comforts that are much needed in a car.

Someone might try a gay - produced beer as a novelty or out of community loyalty, he says, but that only opens the door.

Every distinctive aspect of all the variations within the Protestant tradition began as a novelty.

I did enjoy it but don't know that I would add the bacon and maple syrup again, except as a novelty.

Especially if you're running what's widely perceived as a novelty campaign.

Anyone sending off for the gadget also has to sign a written declaration that they are «purchasing this unit as a novelty only» and will not connect it to a telephone.

I ended up moving to this option as the novelty was fun but it ended up frustrating me more than anything.

What platform describes as a novelty is, actually, the two - factor identification, the usual feature of many digital currency wallets.

That shift was predictable as the novelty of having a 40 million track music collection wore off.

They're actually a lot of fun, at least as a novelty.

However creative applications are also very risky, as recruiters may see them solely as a novelty.

A lot of job seekers seem to be brushing off automated resume screening as a novelty.

There are customers out there who use salespeople as a novelty or a recreational activity without any thought to the fact that sales reps are deserving of consideration.

We start in that honeymoon phase, but as the novelty wears off and the responsibilities grow, we can start to go through the motions and see only the negatives.

The fact is having a female protagonist is nothing new and should stop being treated as a novelty.

Years ago, when the poet X.J. Kennedy asked him why he insisted on using a pseudonym, Astrue told him that the main reason was that he didn't want to be known as a novelty act — which, in truth, is more a dodge than an answer.

These services started as novelties for anyone who didn't play games online, but they are huge value propositions now.

Until Nintendo starts using the gamepad in ways that are actually creative, instead of just using it as a cheap tablet, it is going to continue to be viewed as a novelty item.

As it stands, Gigli is a train - wreck of missed opportunities which will now only be known as a novelty piece.

As the novelty faded, the scale of the crime set in.

Previously regarded as novelty yarns I have a feeling these soft and fluffy yarns will come into their own for the next couple of seasons.

With a suggested retail price of $ 6,500 — about 10 times its pedal - only cousins» — SeaScape might be easily dismissed as a novelty were it not for the venture's silent patron: Frank Stronach, the legendary founder of auto - parts giant Magna International.

By not making it an over-the-top indulgence, Terfehr said it would be more likely that people would buy the pies repeatedly rather than just trying them once as a novelty.

Torture has been used as a novelty in Bond films before - there's a lot of it in the Brosnan era, whether Xenia's thighs in Goldeneye or the neck - breaking chair in The World Is Not Enough.

UKIP and the Greens will fare somewhat worse (than polls suggest) as their novelty appeal will diminish.

Being the lifestyle vehicle that it is, the MINI Cooper Convertible is sure to find customers in the affluent section of the society with the convertible serving as the novelty.

[63] Despite opinion polls indicating a strong Labour lead, opinion polls were then viewed as a novelty which had not proven their worth, and most commentators expected that Churchill's prestige and status as a «war hero» would ensure a comfortable Conservative victory.

It's only as the novelty of the movie's off - kilter locale wears off that its deficiencies start to become clear, with the three leads» ill - fated efforts at stepping into the shoes of their respective characters certainly standing as the most obvious example of this.

«There are a lot of people who will do things as a novelty or as an early adopter.»

Both cars have rotary controllers and intermittently effective voice control for their navigation and audio functions, but BMW's system is the easier to use and comes as a novelty with gesture control for media features like sound volume.

They say that employees that learn on a gamified Learning Management System will not be truly engaged, at least not in the long term, because they are only working hard to gain badges, points and achievements — and as soon as the novelty wears off, so will their engagement and good work ethic.

Yet instead of employing AI as a novelty trick to cultivate a high - tech ethos, as some businesses have done in the past, successful AI - users have learned to apply it in ways that make the client's life easier and enhance their experience.

You could write off the mystery tipper as a novelty in the charity world, but the mega-tipper may, in fact, be part of a trend toward direct giving.

Too many businesses are guilty of using hashtags as a novelty — whether by using a trending hashtag for irrelevant purposes, or overusing to the point of exhaustion.