Sentences with phrase «as tangential»

John Singer Sargent: The Watercolors explores this bravura painter's practice of working in watercolor, a medium that has traditionally been viewed as tangential to his art making.

Beyond that, you can find Facebook groups around the kind of art you make, as well as tangential interest.

I prefer Ikaruga to Silvergun for the atmosphere - which in the comparison of games, could be viewed as tangential, however I feel the «experience» as a whole to be much more filling.

It's easy to dismiss discussion of issues like sexism in movies as tangential and unnecessary, the kind of thing culture critics drag out when they have nothing else to say.

Bell and Webster of Oklahoma State say that the NRC and U.S. News surveys have had little impact on their university's research policies not because they fared badly but because the yardstick — the research reputation of its faculty — was seen as tangential to the university's main mission of educating students.

Others foresee Trump's tenure to be not so much unsuccessful as tangential to the performance of their clients» portfolios.

Not exact matches

And use tangential issues as opportunities for misdirection: By making a big deal about issues you don't really care about, you can concede them later at no real cost.

It strikes me as somewhat tangential.

As long as Christianity had to play — or allowed itself to play — the role of Western culture - religion, the nomenclature «Christian» was obliged to stand for all sorts of dispositions extraneous or tangential in relation to biblical faitAs long as Christianity had to play — or allowed itself to play — the role of Western culture - religion, the nomenclature «Christian» was obliged to stand for all sorts of dispositions extraneous or tangential in relation to biblical faitas Christianity had to play — or allowed itself to play — the role of Western culture - religion, the nomenclature «Christian» was obliged to stand for all sorts of dispositions extraneous or tangential in relation to biblical faith.

Yeah, above all Charm don't let the facts sway you from the denial of violence against, the co-opting of gay on gay violence as Christian «hate» and the tangential attacks on other issues.

Teilhard depicted the ascent of evolution, including Man, as the complexification and intensification of a single twin faceted energy which simply emerges into a new and more spiritual (or «radial» as opposed to «tangential») dimension with the emergence of Man.

Coming upon a UCLA football practice, one at first notices only tangential and frivolous details: the fluffy yellow pads the size of watermelons that defenders wear on their forearms, the nearly erotic ease with which Running Back Freeman McNeil absorbs the impact of the ball as he takes it from Quarterback Tom Ramsey.

Furthermore, policies that wittingly or unwittingly entrench mothers as primary carers and fathers as earners have consequences further down the line: when today's happy housewife becomes tomorrow's low skilled lone mum and pension - poor retiree; and today's confident breadwinner becomes tomorrow's angry divorced dad, with a tangential relationship with his children and substantially reduced care from them as he approaches old age.

It might be a bit more difficult for the strategy to have the same impact this time around, as Killian's ties to Trump are more tangential than Astorino's, and the special election will be held on a date with fewer extraneous factors that might influence turnout.

As is increasingly the case, issues that had at best a tangential connection to the budget were part of the final agreement.

As with many of the body's core operating functions, the real story often gets camouflaged within vague, consumer - based terms that end up being only medically tangential.

I don't want to cloud the discussion with ketosis, fat adaption, etc... as it's all somewhat tangential to the main point.

There's nothing but tangential notes of story within the missions themselves, and most are presented directly as a timed challenge of your combat skills.

LaRoche, who was just 10 years old and starting out as a skater when Harding achieved infamy for her tangential role in the 1994 attack on rival Nancy Kerrigan, also gained an appreciation for Harding's athleticism from watching «I, Tonya.»

Suicide Squad is the third official film in the DC Extended Universe, a bit tangential to what's come before, save for a couple of Superman / Aquaman references, as well as the appearance of Bruce Wayne / Batman (Affleck, Gone Girl) and a cameo by The Flash to remind us there's more going on in the world than just what's surrounding this new cast of super-powered characters.

David Oyelowo is a cop on the case, and Alexia Fast has a small role as a local girl with a tangential role in the story.

The discussions are often interconnected, if not tangential, and there's some wonderful historical trivia as well.

With this announcement, the cinematic caper will be locked in a battle of tangential properties, as the Transformers all - Bumblebee spin - off is also slated for a June 8, 2018 premiere.

As I mentioned in the intro, Full Throttle is a bit more coherent than the first film, and unlike its predecessor, they actually construct each scene as part of the overall plot, even if it is sometimes tangentiaAs I mentioned in the intro, Full Throttle is a bit more coherent than the first film, and unlike its predecessor, they actually construct each scene as part of the overall plot, even if it is sometimes tangentiaas part of the overall plot, even if it is sometimes tangential.

It's obvious why these scenes were excised (though they serve to further humanize McNamara, they're all tangential to his 10 lessons), but the way the first and last deleted scenes serve to bookend the middle ones almost situates these forty minutes as a film onto itself.

While one could work hard to contrive a thematic tie - in to the life of Kennedy, it's still misleading to refer to the film as Bobby, when the story so clearly is mostly about people and events tangential to the Senator's appearance.

«The new film does indeed tell the same tale as J. R. R. Tolkien's lean «Rings» precursor, charting the exploits of Frodo Baggins» uncle Bilbo (Martin Freeman) some 60 years before the quest to destroy the One Ring, but the narrative soars because it also operates as something tangential to the almost - decade - old movie trilogy, setting the stage while also expanding this rich universe.

Not so much a direct sequel to Denis «Blade Runner 2049» Villeneuve's brilliant 2015 crime thriller, more a tangential spin - off story exploring a new angle on the US / Mexican drug war, Soldado, as its title suggests, is taking a somewhat more militarised direction.

It sets itself up as a manipulation - based psychological thriller and goes off in tangential directions you would not expect of such a thing.

These scenes are intended to provide perspective on the real world consequences of WikiLeaks, but they come off as wildly tangential and only serve to blunt the impact of the main storyline.

The lack of physical evidence of Christine's life may begin as a source of frustration for Kate on a purely professional level, but as she learns more, interviewing friends and coworkers, getting even a tangential sense of what might have driven Christine to her decision (with many of those moments eventually acted out in wonderfully campy excerpts from this nonexistent film), she learns that the exploitation of media and its desire to show the worst of society, offering the most broken aspects of the world to the altar of ratings (this of course being the aspect of the story that helped birth Network) hasn't changed much from the 70's to the modern day.

While it's probably not appropriate to require this type of question that is often tangential to the lesson or about one student's specific situation, these discussions often involve much deeper thinking than an assignment requires, and they can often break new ground for the students, as well as the instructor.

Afterschool programs are another category, since they are tangential to regular public schools and often use technology as an inducement to get students through the door once the last school - day bell rings.

If President Trump's proposal becomes reality, the most likely outcome is that Wyoming — which, as stated above, does not currently have a voucher program — will not establish one, since doing so would be tangential to the challenges facing its students.

In the end, for the majority of teachers, training placements are pigeon - holed as discrete, often difficult, experiences that had only a tangential effect on the type of teacher they eventually became.

I believe in a motorized wheeled vehicle, its not nearly as significant, especially since the rotational torques are being transferred to the ground at around ground level with mostly tangential forces.

Perhaps with fuel prices currently low, respondents saw little need for tangential devices that kick up mpg by a tenth of a mile per gallon or so, such as active grille shutters or solar - panel glass roofs.

I'm already mentioned Tarantino recently as the apex writer of tangential dialogue, but there are many examples.

As you can see from my answer to question 7, I love the fact that agents are looking at their specific tangential talents outside the core agent competencies and offering this expertise to their clients, and sometimes to authors who are not their clients.

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Posters on Absolute Write also focused on the ratings discussion, as if that were anything other than a tangential finding in the report, which was mostly about sales figures.

There is an odd ending to my story which is tangential to my point, but I may as well share it.

I also remember the 70s where tactical asset allocation returned, as well as gold bugs and other tangential market participants.

Arguments both for and against often appear somewhat tangential and include more than a few red herrings as well.

Clearly, the team do not manage to deliver an artwork of comparable magnitude to Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment, which is their chief inspiration, but to even have chosen this as an ambition in a commercial game project in 2001 — when rivals are choosing The Godfather and Aliens as their template because these are, quite frankly, supremely easy influences to synthesise into a string of violent episodes, Silent Hill 2's decision to construct a game in which violence can (depending on the player's proclivities) be a tangential part of the experience is significant.

There's nothing but tangential notes of story within the missions themselves, and most are presented directly as a timed challenge of your combat skills.

And as much as I've enjoyed various core Final Fantasy games over the years, it's those tangential games like Dissidia and Theatrhythm that manage to win me over more easily.

The tangential, GTA - inspired fun of building up your Alert level, or the co-op-exclusive diversion of watching your friend take pot shots at other cars from the trunk of yours as you drive, only do so much.

Battlegrounds has found itself in the news quite a bit lately, and we're not even talking about the tangential stories such as PewDiePie going full racist while streaming the game or Epic Games trying to chomp their flavor with an extremely similar Battle Royale mode in Fortnite.

Then it tightens again to play off against tangential geometries, as with Pat Steir and Robert Mangold, or against the physical presence of loose or folded paper, as for Jo Baer and Dorothea Rockburne.