Sentences with phrase «as throwaway»

Though parties often think of forum selection clauses as throwaway «boilerplate» language, a recent case demonstrates the influence such a clause can have on where litigation takes place.

You must go to Planck to understand he only used it as a throwaway idea to solve problems; later it solved the «Ultraviolet Catastrophe».

Or that a guy may once have mentioned something as a throwaway line in a telephone interview ten years earlier — and by a (deliberate?)

Something dark emerges out of sweeping, gestural marks of colour, simultaneously as earnest as abstract expressionism and as throwaway as neo-expressionism.

Wasn't sure what to expect from this game but it came across just from the limited marketing even as a throwaway game they tossed together in hope of a simple cash grab.

It couldn't be designed just as throwaway entertainment; the company had to make it worth playing over and over.

While time travel has tended to be used as a throwaway sci - fi trope in recent years, developers 5pb and Nitroplus have used this core mechanic to create an experience that challenges your relations between the characters and how their fate plays out through the manipulation of time.

Moments shown in this scene made me feel that these androids are more real than the people around them, and yet they were treated as throwaway objects in a world that passes life around.

Remember, you're asking people to spend their time to do you a big favor, don't treat that as a throwaway or something they owe you just because you showed up.

Even as a throwaway blockbuster it barely makes its bid for matinee glory.

Anyone who dismisses Beaches as a throwaway chick flick is an idiot.

Some convoluted plotting that ties Ren to our heroes does not convince, leading to a development that should be a series - defining moment but which instead plays as a throwaway contrivance.

Although other films might've depicted a fun - filled female - bonding sequence as a throwaway montage backed by an En Vogue song, Story transformed it into a full - fledged music video set to Bell Biv DeVoe's 1990 mega-hit «Poison,» complete with MTV - and BET - style corner - screen end credits, resulting in one of Think Like a Man Too's most memorable scenes.

Rather, it recalls masters like Jean - Pierre Melville and Sergio Leone, filmmakers who staged action as part of the specific fabric of a movie, not just as throwaway inserts.

THE FORCE AWAKENS is very much its own film, but the echoes of Episode IV are there for those with eyes to see, and not just the training sphere that pops up as a throwaway shout - out.

There's a decent bunch of actors here, and the production values are pretty good for what was publicised as a throwaway comedy (in fact it looks a lot like the Scooby Doo set).

In this universe rife with inside jokes and gems disguised as throwaway lines, Guest himself appears as the wondrously detached director of the film, who asserts his authority by not asserting it when dealing with addled actors or wounded first - time screenwriters (Bob Balaban and Michael McKean).

with blowing your own brains out was a common one in World War II - era entertainment, it's a pretty uncomfortable bit, even as a throwaway, in 2008.

The only time I purchased clothing from Goodwill was when I bought a pair of sweatpants I intended to use as throwaway clothing for the NYC Marathon.

So this finding highlights the importance of anonymous platforms and identity segmentation tools, such as throwaway accounts on Reddit, to encourage support - seeking in populations that otherwise find it hard to self - disclose and ask for help.»

When we raised the matter with Barack afterward, he was surprised and frustrated that a debate in which he had generally performed well would be remembered for what he regarded as a throwaway line.

«There's no such thing as a throwaway solution,» says Needle.

was not just the band's breakthrough album; its success caused record companies to see live albums not as throwaways but as opportunities to expose potential fans to a band — and generate significant revenue.

This superb debut feature by Korean - American director So Yong Kim seems to be constructed entirely of the ineffable and intangible, those fleeting moments that most movies treat as throwaways.

Not exact matches

In a throwaway line intended to highlight his perpetually boyish good looks, his agent Rick Yorn refers to DiCaprio as a character actor in a leading man's body.

What began as a «throwaway» post on Reddit grew into a bullhorn of a message sounded from seven continents — from 610 cities and a frozen research station at the bottom of the world.

They parade with signs that say Protect the unborn», but soon the unborn are born, they and their parents are the throwaways of the society, being trashed as outcasts of society if they can't pay the insane insurance premiums to Mafia owned Health care Co's, when they need medical treatments and meds to help them stay alive.

And that eugenic impulse is a pluperfect expression of what Pope Francis is talking about when he condemns a «throwaway culture» — one that treats weak and vulnerable human beings, including the unborn and the elderly, as «disposable.»

Criticism of Jihadism is dismissed with a throwaway line: «Islam is accused of violence, as if Christianity is innocent.»

«The throwaway culture of today will evolve into one that understands and embraces the role of packaging as a primary means to reduce global food and product waste.»

She confirmed all shops will soon have to charge customers 5p for plastic carrier bags and the Treasury will consider plans for taxing throwaway items such as hot drink cups and takeaway food containers.

Adjusted completion percentage accounts for drops, throwaways, spikes, batted passes, and when the quarterback was hit as he throws to give a clear measure of accuracy.

He checked and found the first shot had hit just above the shoulder, his backup shot in the neck, my throwaway shot on the rump as the beast fled.

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It wasn't as sharp of a performance as he had against the Steelers, but I could only find five throws that I considered to be uncatchable against the Patriots that weren't throwaways.

Two other incompletions were throwaways and another was a ball where Manning was hit as he released it.

As Sampson said in the article, it was a «throwaway question.»

After all, they have what you might call an image problem, starting with the fact that they're diapers, and, unlike their throwaway brethren, not exactly the most convenient solution to a problem as old as human heinies.»

Starting in the 1980s, the throwaway diaper briefly became a target of environmental groups as they sought to cut the flow of waste to landfills.

The throwaway remark tells us one thing about Cameron after serving as Britain's 53rd prime minister for a year — he's managed to keep his famous sense of humour.

Admittedly, mistaking the personnel who attended this meeting wasn't some weeny, throwaway error, like the suggestion that Saddam Hussein could launch a chemical or biological attack in 45 minutes; and Alastair's timely correction may yet save a costly whitewash inquiry into the affair, as well as the prospect of anyone connected with the story committing suicide alone in the woods.

It is probably not something that can be altered meaningfully by a throwaway remark here or there — such as an encouraging statement before taking a test — but rather is something that builds up over a lifetime of hearing that you are not as good as the dominant group.

Export - surplus garments as well as rejected export clothing come to this market at throwaway prices.

I bought these shoes as a pair of throwaway tennis shoes for my camping trip last week.

So even though they're a bit easier on the wallet, none have ended up as «fast» fashion throwaway items.

Many people think of an online dating username as an afterthought, or a throwaway, but it's actually more important than you...

In this flick, the dark side is as bright as a cruise - ship showroom, where the singing and dancing would fit nicely, while the jokes are as dull as Disney sitcom throwaways.

These throwaway one - liners are surely meant to elicit a laugh from the audience, but ultimately, come off as annoying and stupid.

Through seemingly throwaway details such as these, Ahn manages to paint a picture both of David's slow realization of his own sexuality and how the children of immigrants tend to adapt to the (also changing) mores of their parents» new home country.

Despite the lessening of madcap energy, Shrek the Third is still quite funny in parts, with some fresh throwaway gags to produce chuckles now and then from characters you'd think they probably should have jettisoned long ago, but are secretly glad they've kept around (the Gingerbread Man, Pinocchio, etc.) The fact that they are keeping in nearly all of the characters introduced in the series thus far is a bit of a double - edged sword, as they do provide a certain respite from the main characters that are already cycling through the same jokes all over again, but on the other hand, it's getting to the point that the high overhead of injecting scenes for all of these characters takes away from the focus of the story at large.