Sentences with phrase «at odd points»

5 - point rating scale with behavior descriptors at the odd points.

She'll turn up at odd points and say things, a bit cryptic but possibly containing elements of truth.

Have you heard that Bristish Gas advert with a penguin called Wilbur that squeaks at odd points in the advert.

She'll turn up at odd points and say things, a bit cryptic but possibly containing elements of truth.

The sleeves also hit at an odd point — I'd like them to either be another inch shorter or an inch or two longer.

Not exact matches

At this point proxy access is mostly symbolic — I've never heard of anyone actually being elected to a board via proxy access — and the idea that boards would function better with one or two disgruntled protest directors seems untested and a bit odd.

To the extent that I understand it, this criticism seems odd to me: after all, money flows around (and around and around) the economy, and is taxed at various points along the way (and is then injected back into the economy, of course, in the form of government spending).

His greatest undoing is that odd momentary lapse in concentration at crucial points of the game.

BUT, a decent manager would at least keep us in an odd title battle from time to time, or at least earn us around 80 points on occasion.

Unlike the straight downhill, at which he was visibly nervous to the point that other skiers found it odd, this time he struggled to summon up any sort of energy.

Odd time for the public to jump on, but perhaps they feel that the ATS losing streak is bound to end at some point.

was a really odd play, not sure I've exactly seen that happen that way, it was such a simply pass and play — brogdon was not happy, he had a bunch of to's already at that point

At the present time we are 36 points behind City — our two worst seasons over the last 60 years was the 1960 - 61 season when we finished 25 points behind the spuds (12.5 wins behind) and the 1994 - 95 season where we finished 38 points behind (12.33 wins behind) Should we fail to win the EL which is a real possibility and we finish 40 odd points behind the leaders it will surely spell the end for not just Wenger but for a lot of people at Arsenal — Bould and the backroom staff for sure and many of the playerAt the present time we are 36 points behind City — our two worst seasons over the last 60 years was the 1960 - 61 season when we finished 25 points behind the spuds (12.5 wins behind) and the 1994 - 95 season where we finished 38 points behind (12.33 wins behind) Should we fail to win the EL which is a real possibility and we finish 40 odd points behind the leaders it will surely spell the end for not just Wenger but for a lot of people at Arsenal — Bould and the backroom staff for sure and many of the playerat Arsenal — Bould and the backroom staff for sure and many of the players.

Even if they will only beat the expected hard fighting Villa team by the odd goal of 1 - 2 to collect all the 3 points that will be at stake.

For the last 20 - odd years it has arrived at some point in the season: Sometimes embarrassingly early; other times coming down to the final day.

the bigger mistake was what was about to follow, Suarez against all odd was able to pass the ball back to Neymar... and rather than being toe to toe with Neymar where was Coq at this point.?..

The bianconeri were collecting points, but the wins tended to be drab, and they were prone to the odd breakdown, like in November's 3 - 1 loss at Genoa or the 2 - 1 reverse fixture at Fiorentina that precipitated the tactical switch.

Seems like an odd point, but Eliza had the Fisher Price rainforest gym which is a lot bigger and I was kind of dreading getting it back out (it was fine at the time as we had a giant open - plan living space, but in the new house our front room is a lot smaller).

At some point, someone will suggest this to you and it will seem odd right away.

THAT»S how I ended up diving into John Toland's 1000 - page history of the Pacific War from the Japanese point of view (in paperback, thank god) while on the bus on a FIFTH - GRADE field trip... starting with 200 - odd pages of 1930s Japanese nationalist politics, which at least was full of plots, assassinations, coup attempts, ritual suicides, and other exciting stuff.

There's a ragtag of tactical ideas aimed at helping this group or that, tackling the odd market failure but missing the point.

«I would like to point out to members across the house that there is nothing odd at all about a pause between second reading and committee of the whole house.»

It's worth point out that the map in the Telegraph does seem to take into account either the potential for SNP gains in Scotland or for Conservative gains against the LibDems — in fact the map doesn't seem to show a single Conservative gain from the LibDems, which seems a little odd, as (at the very least) some «churn» between the parties is almost a given.

So, at that point, I concluded this [has] got to be a gliding or flying mammal at that time; but still we feel it's, kind of, so odd.

There is no provision of childcare at the IFR (a sore point, which we're pressing for), and research involving volunteers can mean some odd hours, so I needed some flexibility.

At some point someone had chopped the legs just a bit resulting in an odd height, but no problem... this junker always has a stash of junk with spare parts for «just in case» times such as this one.

At one point or another, we've all felt like the odd man out.

Franco, a wiry, handsome Hollywood star, seemed like an odd choice for Wiseau, who is muscular and unconventional - looking, but Franco always seems to like a challenge, and he crafted his own mostly - faithful take on Wiseau's voice and through hair, prosthetics, clothes and posture, reasonably simulates the real person, at least to the point where it doesn't feel much like a caricature and, after a short adjustment period, doesn't distract too much.

Transnational displacement is common subject matter at this point for Fatih Akin, so it's odd that despite repeatedly dwelling on the emotional ramifications of such separations, he still hasn't managed to convey a sense of the sheer size, scope, and diversity of the planet.

At one point, he admits to never reading or hearing of Shakespeare, which is odd since most of his actions (and lack thereof) and general disposition bring to mind the Bard's melancholy Dane.

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But at about the halfway point, things take an odd turn.

A few other movies we watched, DVD picks (we're all a bit drunk at this point) and the odd tangent keep this podcast unspooling and unspooling.

With such room left for improvement, it seems somewhat likely that another release of the movie will be coming at some point in the future, though it is rather odd that the studio didn't make this a single - disc affair and wait around for a double - disc Special Edition later.

It's still odd that his character design is so similar to Abe Sapien (to the point that Del Toro has had to deny that this is a secret Hellboy prequel in some interviews), but that's at most a surface level complaint.

The first big plot point comes across at an odd distance, more like a news story we'd see reported on TV than as a tragic event dramatized in a big political thriller.

It's the kind of movie that one almost feels guilty for laughing at so readily, but it has such a random and very odd way of looking at this simple man's world, that it sneaks up on you, never settling into a predictable groove or over-utilizing its brand of humor to the point of redundancy.

I could write an entire essay on Susan's lipstick, so important are the smallest details, and things that seem odd or out of place at the beginning become important points of reference and connective tissue later in the film.

It's odd to think that both Steve Carell and Jim Carrey were at one point signed on to play Walter; in either case it would have been a completely different film.

It does take an odd turn at one point, transforming into an after - school special.

What is especially odd about this featurette is how it takes the point of view of a veteran caretaker at the station, but that's all the better to show how Babs can have such a spellbinding effect on regular folk.

CAPTAIN HAIR - VEL It seems odd — to me at least — that one of the big talking points around Brie Larson's Captain Marvel is less around her costume, tone and director, but the haircut she'll sport in the film.

It's an area where people intuitively feel that there is bound to be some sort of connection, but the odd thing is there really wasn't any evidence of it that could be pointed at and was really convincing.

«But at this point, the governor going into accountability after slashing the budget, it was an odd bit of timing to us.»

Being able to move the tie - down points to fit the cargo you're hauling is a lot better than having to use extra long straps at odd angles like I'd have to do with my older Silverado's regular tie - down points at the corners of the bed.

Odd all the magazine rave reviews: 2013 model: Having not driven a BMW for 14 years I was keen to see how they have moved on, not a lot as it seems Good points: Looks good, its a BMW Outstanding fuel economy 70mpg on long journeys Comfy seats Bad Points: Very noisy road noise, need to turn up radio even at 40 Thin hard steering wheel, cheap plastic bulbous airbag cover Cheap interior, feels like points: Looks good, its a BMW Outstanding fuel economy 70mpg on long journeys Comfy seats Bad Points: Very noisy road noise, need to turn up radio even at 40 Thin hard steering wheel, cheap plastic bulbous airbag cover Cheap interior, feels like Points: Very noisy road noise, need to turn up radio even at 40 Thin hard steering wheel, cheap plastic bulbous airbag cover Cheap interior, feels like a Kia.

I bought my Dodge Intrepid just last year and it's been a great car, matter of fact the best four - door sedan I have ever driven or bought even so it gives me some difficulties like I had to get the transmission rebuilt at 91,000 some odd miles but does get me from point A to point B when I need it to.

Beans and his brother Kermit do odd jobs like collecting milk bottles and, at one point, even smuggling liquor in their wagon.

There was the actor Tony Randall — later famous as Felix Unger in The Odd Couple — clowning around (at one point he danced on a table) as he waited for the intelligence summary to be taken to the Pentagon.

This last point is the oddest, because the Vox itself can store up to 4000 books, which, at one book a day (a very fast pace) it would take 10 years to read them all; there's no reason to include a microSD reader just to get MORE books.