Sentences with phrase «at least the illusion of»

First, there's a degree of risk involved, or at least the illusion of risk.

I was also weeping for the loss of certainty — or at least the illusion of it that I once worked so hard to maintain.

«I mean, we knew we couldn't beat them, and without at least the illusion of possible victory, how could we pretend to ourselves that defeat would hurt?

Perpetrators have at least an illusion of anonymity and their behaviour can be disinhibited because of this; empathy is also reduced because the victim's reaction is not seen.

Have a seat in the front and you'll be surprised by the headroom, or at least the illusion of it.

That's all cool with me, though, because BMW isn't even pretending the 535i is anything but a comfortable, composed tourer; note the lack of steering wheel - mounted paddle shifter that is often installed to give the driver at least the illusion of engagement.

«Stella believes that art offers at least the illusion of ultimate freedom.

We find ourselves faced with at least the illusion of autonomy, yet even putting this down to the expression of «memes» having infected our mind moves us no closer to understanding the mechanism by which mere substance produces experience, including will.

A hard border, while anathema to the DUP, would provide at least an illusion of control.

Since buyers watch design shows on television, they expect perfection and sellers must provide at least the illusion of perfection.

I think I love coastal because it is so restful and cooling and gives at least the illusion of a relaxing lifestyle!

Not exact matches

But as the student survivors have chosen to voice their support for gun control and criticize Trump's lack of action, he's apparently now feeling the pressure to at least give the illusion that he takes the situation seriously.

Misguided by Keynesian falsehoods, they promise or at least create the illusion of a materialistic paradise on earth by simply increasing debt based money out of keystrokes of a computer.

Celebrity requires some distance and at least a dash of illusion.

It has a concern for her well - being at least as much as, perhaps more than, for my own, a desire to break through my own images and idealizations of the girl, my illusions about her, and at all costs to know her as she really is.

Giving the excuse of «oh he was communist» or «he was a believer in a deity» allows us to at least give us the illusion of being able to distance ourselves from what happened.

First, take interest; second, make sure it is an interest that at least gives the illusion of taking hold of reality; third, but only implicit, the rest will take care of itself.

I wrote this song some time ago to commemorate what for me was the end of a great illusion, or at least I hope most of it, in the efficacy of hype in our church life.

This at least is surely possible, given Griffin's view that beings could enjoy high - level values even while existing in a world of solipsistic illusion!

No, unless «decide» stands for sheer illusion in at least one of its applications to God and the creatures.

Despite his efforts, by the end of 2013, Howe and Percoco «had learned that a PPA would not be forthcoming,» according to the complaint, yet successfully managed to «maintain the illusion» that a deal was imminent, at least until the spring of 2015.

Take quantum theory at face value and at least one of them is an illusion — but which, asks Michael Brooks

Now some studies have shown that the differences are likely cultural: the Müller - Lyer visual illusion, which shows two lines of equal length where one is often perceived, at least by American undergrads, as longer than the other, is actually not an illusion at all for the San foragers of the Kalahari.

Once the insects reached the middle of the flyway, the team projected moving stripes on the floor that moved in pace with them, creating the illusion (for the flies at least) that the ground was still.

Gates» strategy was devoid of overt aggression, relying entirely on persuasion and the illusion that he was being, if not nice, at least fair.

Quite regularly, the sites we review at least present us with the illusion of functionally, safety, security, and other expected aspects of a dating application.

However, with no 3 - D option offered, they'll miss the payoff, which must have been significant (at least in theory) based on the way the film serves up such illusions with nearly the regularity of gimmick - based theme park attractions like Honey, I Shrunk the Audience and Muppet * Vision 3D.

It's a shame, because director Alister Grierson and cinematographer Jules O'Loughlin create a template of claustrophobic tension throughout much of the multitude of exploration sequences (Even, dare I say, with the aid of 3 - D in certain moments, where the depth of rocks and ledges registers a bit more, though for every successful, stereoscopic medium shot, there are at least two phony - looking wide shots that ruin the illusion).

There are no illusions here about what this is — at least half of this movie is essentially an animated film, as these battles are rendered entirely in the computer.

Even then, it's difficult to feel as if we're actually witnessing anything new, though by that point the combination of rapid - fire editing and an over-emotive score at least succeeds in stimulating us enough to create the illusion of excitement.

Despite being a diesel - powered convertible, BMW thinks the 220d is ripe for speed tuning, or at the very least, the illusion of speed.

Because nine of every 10 tons of the nation's coal vanishes into power plants, many Americans hold the illusion that coal is no longer a major energy player, but here's the reality: Coal produces at least half of the nation's electricity, and we're burning more of...

The white casing creates an abrupt frame around the screen, giving the illusion of being boxed in and more grey, at least to me it does.

It may have been a myth that published authors were making money out of writing, but the illusion left the word «writer» meaning at least something.

Multiple submissions are fine (say it's a multiple submission), and you don't have to individualize every query, but at least give the illusion of targeting the particular agent whom you are querying.»

And just like the early»70s, investors have & will continue to exhibit a distinct preference for Nifty Fifty stocks, i.e. large cap / blue chip companies which guarantee (or at least offer the illusion of) predictable quality & growth in an uncertain economic & fiscal environment.

Longer lives shine light on another disadvantage of the coupon clipping strategy; it relies at least partially upon money illusion.

Or at least, not always to the extent that the fans and myself would have perhaps liked, and yet this shouldn't be taken out of context, because Mass Effect's concept of choice has always been largely an illusion: no matter what you chose to do you never really altered the stories major plot points that much.

Castle of Illusion, featuring an athletic Mickey Mouse, was an example of a game that was, for this writer at least, far better in its 8 - bit incarnation than the bigger, louder 16 - bit edition for the Sega Genesis.

Better sounds could have been used to make the parkour a bit more realistic, or at least create an illusion of realism.

I think it is plausible to say that at least some of the assertion of abstraction (or self - sufficiency) in modernist painting comes from stressing paint's materiality, so suggesting that illusions of space or light (or other allusions to the wider world) are in fact inherent properties of the material.

At least if you think of the power of advertising and promotion, what Walter Benjamin calls «phantasmagoria» — a world of illusions created by the mass media, in which modern people find models for their everyday behaviour but also their attitudes and prejudices, and even their deepest beliefs.

Paired with loose - leaf assemblages such as Dieter Roth's mesmerizing Book AC, 1964, a hypnotic experience of optical illusions and pattern formation through cut paper, these works offer a visual and tactile feast at the very least.

What I'm trying to say is that the «triggers» (good word) of the space illusion are only going to work because they are associated with a particular type of spatial sensation in the real world, so that the illusory space that is evoked is actually tied to that particular spatial sensation, making the pictorial space at least in this sense figurative.

Those painters of the 1940s, to Greenberg at least, were trying to leave behind not so much representational art, given their relative commitment to the progressive aims of modernism, but more the visuality of illusion itself.

At least the USA finally has a president who has zero illusions about the severity and reality of the threat from North Korea.

For the most part, I don't think a lot of people (or at least those that matter) take people like «kim» seriously, yet even pseudoscience gives the illusion of debate (Monckton's latest artwork on climate sensitivity being an example)

Although simply providing a link to the government materials would have undermined the illusion of a substantive post, it would at least have adhered to the standards of citation one would expect from a forum of Slaw's caliber.

You're probably now thinking that the right to counsel is a complete illusion for anyone except the 1 %, but I am here to tell you that you're wrong - at least for people who have been seriously injured due to the wrongdoing of others.

Most event teasers have at least some kind of grandiosity; we're not under illusions that they hav...