Sentences with phrase «as elusive»

For so many people I know, the blessing of a good night's rest is as elusive as the loss of those last five stubborn pounds.

You know the value of searching for new leads, but effective methods can feel as elusive as truffle - hunting secrets.

«Therapy for individuals and couples whose lives have been impacted by destructive emotions, behaviors, and beliefs; individuals who, despite their best efforts, have experienced happiness and equanimity as elusive ideals.

They can seem as elusive as shooting stars: Talented ECE teachers who are a good fit with your program and who stay (and thrive) there for a long time.

You can uncover as much hay as you want, but the primo job remains as elusive as ever.

This could be something as obvious as communication abilities, or as elusive as analytic skills.

Some people see personal branding as a fancy term for self - promotion; others see it as an elusive idea with no real actionable points.

Still, while everyone revs up for a Casper - supercharged «world computer,» its release date is as elusive and mysterious as a poltergeist, with

The long - standing rumor is that the 5.5 - inch iPhone 6, as elusive as it has been, will be the only model to feature a sapphire glass display.

The concept of proportionality is as elusive as ever.

Hopefully the new research will help ensure the longevity of beleaguered bears in the area, which someday could be as elusive as the yeti.

The tropospheric hot spot — the «fingerprint» of greenhouse warming — has proven to be as elusive as a desert mirage.

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, we decided to take a look at creatures just as elusive as that pot of gold.

But such predictions are proving as elusive as the perfect weather forecast.

As often as not, the accumulated knowledge includes as many «known unknowns» as those elusive things called facts.

Instead it is as elusive and complex as the rest of Trouvé's oeuvre.

As much as I was aware of Carroll Dunham's recent departure from his well - known streetlike opera of biomorphic orgies towards a more robust rectilinear configuration and visual presentation, this new evolution is as elusive as Molly Nesbit's «Things Fall Apart,» the brilliant poetic fable she wrote for the catalog.

A conceptual artist and a romantic, he examines the problems of representation through subjects as elusive as the Milky Way and wind, rendered in unexpected materials ranging from Tang to invisible ink.

«Her books, scrolls, and codices seem selected as vehicles to figure something as elusive as the opacity of narrative and the intransigence of time».

In a world where romantic love retains its image as an elusive, unique and splendid thing that sparks between individuals, then profile - matching algorithms can be developed for use in finding that love via dating websites.

While not lacking in ambition, If the World Changed's most glaring weakness is its inability to sufficiently move away from the existing discursive pathways that have for some time defined this geographical region and its communities as a an elusive construct of political engineering.

It has a dual (and magical) identity as elusive, optical sensation and physical, material substance that compels me to explore its expressive possibilities.

Humphrey entered the lists as the elusive obsession of Klaus Kertess (as he tells us in a Candide - like catalogue memoir) when the latter turned away from art history at Yale University to found the Bykert Gallery

«The Pictures Generation» is as elusive as any label attached to a group of contemporary artists.

Lutz Bacher is as elusive as her work is ambiguous, perhaps preferring not to dictate how her works should be viewed.

The works of Paul Pfeiffer repeatedly engage negation, the nature of which is as elusive and compelling as a seemingly absent subject, the»em pty» space at their centre.

At the project's center is an unknown continent and culture called Kentifrica, a meditation upon what can and can not be mapped when dealing with the ramifications of identity as an elusive anchor.

Two works approach painting, with just as elusive a history.

Barry Schwabsky considers post-internet art (somewhat erroneously) as a «micro-trend» that won't go away, and traces its influence, as well as the elusive notions of sincerity and reality, through last year's New Museum Triennial, the related DIS - helmed Berlin Biennial, and Thomas Struth's latest exhibition.

Joan Jonas, Tate Modern ★ ★ ★ ★ Work as elusive as it is beautiful from the pioneer of performance art who disguises her presence.

That first issue — which was printed on a Xerox machine in a run of less than 1,000 — is not quite as elusive as Hammons, but it's close: One of the only copies publicly available is in a bound black volume in the basement of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem.

The exhibition features a group of new small paintings as elusive and distinct as petrichor — that pleasant smell which accompanies the first rain after a long period of warm, dry weather.

The episodic format, initially criticized, proved to be the right choice this go around and with features such as Elusive Targets and Escalation Missions being added in at regular intervals Agents had plenty of reasons to keep donning 47's many disguises and keep poking at the games intricate systems all year.

Secondly, Version 3.0 is due to land late April which will arm players with 100 new pieces of gear, more stages including Piranha Pit, Camp Triggerfish, and Wahoo World, as well as the elusive Rank X. Rank X sits above S + with more details to come soon.

These levels are designed to be played repeatedly but once you do so in the various game modes such as Elusive Targets or Escalations, they do become tiresome.

In addition, all of the Escalation Contracts, Challenges, Opportunities, and Contracts created by fans are all included, as well as any Elusive Targets that pop up from now on.

Fight your way to the end using different play styles, from pure brutality as a Wrestler to hiding in shadows as an elusive Thief.

As well as the Elusive Target, we'll be joined by Lasse Bruun Hansen, one of IOI's Level Designers.

While Sabah is well - known for its prominent attractions such as Mount Kinabalu and the Kinabalu National Park, Sabah is also popular for its verdant jungles, Sipadan coral reefs, interesting native population as well as the elusive orang utan, which can be found at the Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary.

This morning we explore Lake Nakuru National Park searching for black and white rhino as well as the elusive leopard, encountering buffalo, giraffe, various antelope and the occasional hippo along the way.

Muck diving sites are sandy slopes, often with black sand, and with visibility of 10 - 15m it's one of the few places you will see critters such as the elusive hairy frog fish, pygmy sea horses and flamboyant cuttlefish.

Glide amongst magnificent schools of fish, see vibrant coral life and search for rare marine creatures such as elusive pigmy sea horses.

However, entry is just as elusive as he is.

The djinns — «like us in all things, but fashioned from fire,» spirits invisible to the naked eye and only seen during times of fasting and prayer — seem as elusive as the richly layered city itself in the end.

Pacific white - sided dolphins, Risso's dolphins and northern right whale dolphins have made frequent appearances as well as the elusive harbor porpoises.

Homeopathy as a treatment is often seen as elusive and controversial, but considerably safer than an NSAID.

Not even her three best friends know of the power she could wield, given the chance.So, when she's sent back to her homeland to steal an ancient samurai sword, she jumps at the chance to secure her freedom, only to get caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse with the most dangerous crime syndicate in Japan.Can Akiko escape with her life and her soul, or is true freedom as elusive as the Aether she was born from?

The only slight issue I have in this regard was the plot line, if you could call it that, featuring Kathy de Bourgh as an elusive Gloria Steinem stand - in.

Inasmuch as most of the spies that have been interviewed, researched, quantified and statistically charted are those that have been caught, perhaps the psyche of a good spy is as elusive as spies themselves.

Unless education leaders can engage teachers, parents, communities, and policymakers in a rational discussion about grading, progress will be as elusive now as it was a century ago.