Sentences with phrase «as predictable a part»

The midsummer call for arms is as predictable a part of the season as the trading deadline itself.

Not exact matches

He also said, «I've always known... that not everybody will do it right every day,» trying to rationalize this as the work of rogue bad actors and a predictable part of doing business, as opposed to a systemic failure.

Due to the fixed nature of the payments, some older individuals may be able to consider Social Security payments, employment pensions, and other predictable and / or passive income sources as part of their bond pile, thus reducing or eliminating the need for bonds.

Reality is treated as a machine, made up of isolated, discrete parts whose behavior is utterly and totally predictable.

As companies in all parts of the fresh produce business come under greater pressure to provide faster, more flexible and more predictable supply, the importance of strategic partnerships between these different players is also increasing.

On the other hand, British traditional pub grub was turning into mass - marketed, predictable slop as large corporations took over individual pubs, made them part of their chains, and then standardized the food.

For 20 years, as Ares noted, the WWE had the champion be a regular part of programming; only with Brock they had him be an intermittent piece of the puzzle, and in reality, the storytelling suffered because it was completely predictable.

Part One: Maintaining Routines Every year at the preschool, just as predictable as the days getting shorter, we heard the same concerns from parents about handling the holiday season.

A predictable carbon tax would be much more effective than the cumbersome and nontransparent cap - and - trade system and might win broader assent as part of a package of deficit reduction.

And living in Michigan, having a couple of those warm «Indian summer» weekends in this early part of fall is just as predictable, and always a welcomed event for apple picking.

As for the plot itself, yeah it's going to be predictable as ever, but that's part of the cheesy charAs for the plot itself, yeah it's going to be predictable as ever, but that's part of the cheesy charas ever, but that's part of the cheesy charm.

In the end, like a lot of genre movies, this one pulls from different inspirations, and so weighs in, by turns, as overly predictable and satisfyingly recognizable (part of genre cinema's one - two punch).

I'm not sure why I keep finding myself coming back to these films with the hopes of receiving some form of entertainment but they can occasionally manage to keep my attention occupied for the better part of a few hours, as Divergent did earlier this year with a well - paced run through its derivative, predictable, franchise - baiting plotline.

As much as it is a little predictable, it feels fresh in part and the dialogue (some of it improvised) zips along at a good pacAs much as it is a little predictable, it feels fresh in part and the dialogue (some of it improvised) zips along at a good pacas it is a little predictable, it feels fresh in part and the dialogue (some of it improvised) zips along at a good pace.

Closeups are part of the difference, as we watch the predictable results of soldiers mowing down the rag - tag band and their leader Enjolras (Aaron Tveit).

«A Little Chaos» is all too tidy as it imposes a predictable, pat modern sensibility on a most unconvincing depiction of late 17th - century French aristocratic life, with Kate Winslet starring as a green - thumbed widow hired to design part of the gardens at...

Right now, I'm reading Jal Mehta's The Allure of Order, Diane Ravitch's Reign of Error, and Seymour Sarason's The Predictable Failure of School Reform as some kind of crazy puzzle where the parts eventually fit.

It's platform sharing that makes a car like this possible for a relatively small company such as Lamborghini, just as it inevitably makes the Urus's constituent parts relentlessly predictable.

While maintenance tasks can be predictable, the most costly part of homeownership typically comes with unexpected repairs such as replacing or repairing the roof, fixing loose tiles in the shower, removing an overgrown or dead tree, or paying for mold mitigation in a damp basement.

As a long - term saving strategy and a way to balance a retirement portfolio, Fixed Index Annuities (FIAs) are appealing because they transform savings into predictable income.In Part Two of the Myth vs Fact series, the Indexed Annuity Leadership Council debunks more commonly held...

It's revenues are predictable and as a result, its stock price is going to slowly move higher or lower for the most part.

Stocks within particular sectors will tend to react in predictable ways to economic conditions, so it's important to make sure your investments don't get too concentrated in specific sectors, unless you're doing it intentionally as part of your investment plan.

The dogs that were created to ward off other dogs always had a predictable situation that had to occur which made the dog attack, such as a strange canine intruding into the dog's territory, or in the case of the greyhound mixes, the other canine is attacked because it is not part of the pack.

Overload was surely reached during October, though: I've seen it at Tate Britain (to demonstrate, as part of «Art Under Attack», how well it's been restored after an acid assault), at the Barbican (a good fit for the mostly predictable «Pop Art Design»), in Christie's first exhibition in the former Haunch of Venison space («When Britain Went Pop!»)

I think the other part of it is that traditional organizational structures that were developed over the last century or more were developed with certain goals in mind, namely referred to as control and command hierarchy, the idea that you want the organization to be predictable and you want to have control over it.

A general counsel recently lamented to me: «My legal team has been cut by 10 % as part of the organisation's headcount reduction exercise, I have been told to cut my external legal spend by 20 % and make it more predictable.

What's especially interesting is that the AI is capable of applying contextually meaning adjustments in different parts of each photograph, making for dramatic lighting and more compelling images — as opposed to simply applying a filter to the entire picture or adding something predictable like a vignette.

Putting together a budget also identifies unusual, but predictable, costs coming up in the future (such as college expenses) that need to be taken into account, now, as part of the overall plan.

Predictable pink may not have been part of the designer's direction, but a small dose of it — as displayed in this tea set — feels right at home in this girl's room.