Sentences with phrase «awkward fact of»

Many who found the holy blood and gore of Mel Gibson's Passion quite acceptable will find the all - too - human flesh and blood of Ball's cast of characters unacceptably disturbing in its aching, uncertain, struggling humanity, weeping and giggling at the awkward facts of life and death.

Not exact matches

And for those who are terrified at the thought of awkward conversations at networking events, take comfort in the fact that these days, there are many different ways to network.

Add to that the fact that Bill Simmons» TV show on HBO flopped (I liked it) but his podcast is surging, a testament to the fact that talk shows are often awkward and gimmicky — severely so when compared to the authenticity of podcasting.

This unfortunately dismisses the central lesson to be drawn from the awkward transition that resulted from my 2009 decision to stress - test our methods against Depression - era data, not to mention the fact that concerns similar to my present ones were rather stunningly vindicated over the completion of prior market cycles.

I explained succinctly that it is a matter of privacy — and there is not much of that in the military — whether someone IS attracted to you or not, the potential IS IN FACT awkward.

This awkward fact is exacerbated on the right right now because conservatives are currently out of power and typically tend away from tact.

(A public admission made more awkward by the fact that the minister of my — albeit activist — Church was participating in the workshop).

In fact, there are a lot of groups that are being criticized because they aren't using traditional doctrinal terminology (like «redemption» or «sanctification») in an effort to balance out the awkward, big - haired, TBN - saturated 1980's and 1990's.

Even today when pressures such as «outing» seek to enforce a gay identity on all homosexuals, many of them take the view that homosexuality is just one facet of their identity - whether an advantage, or a curse, or simply a slightly awkward fact about themselves - which has little bearing on the rest of their lives outside the bedroom.

When this is joined to the «fact» that the thing inside the woman's body is nothing more than a mass of cells (a «fact» established by opposing sensible — but morally awkward — ultrasound requirements), abortion suddenly becomes a viable alternative.

Searle's account of the problem of consciousness thus shows that science was destined to run up against a blank wall when it could no longer deny the awkward fact that «inward» events (like qualitative feelings) can neither be ignored nor explained away in terms of «outward» appearances.

i long with you david... and i myself stumble in my own awkward efforts toward freedom, and as you said, we know the fact is that it is scary to move into freedom... because it is unknown... but i see so many on this newfound road to freedom get trapped in the liminal space of wish - fullfillment community (which actually rather looks like affinity rather than the hard - won community that comes from communitas)... i'm sure this is going to come off the wrong way, but i'm going to say it anyway: many of the comments seem to be «all about me», and truly that is what religion is... but not freedom, not the mission of Jesus where you die to yourself by taking up your cross daily... not being centered on the «other» rather than yourself...

The McGraths conclude, «Dawkins is forced to contend with the highly awkward fact that his view that the natural sciences are an intellectual superhighway to atheism is rejected by most scientists, irrespective of their religious views» (p. 21).

The passive voice enables him to finesse the awkward fact that the Turkish government laid stringent restrictions on expression of religious faith, including the forms of church architecture.

can you just imagine a top level club being so desperate that they would hire Wenger to manage their club... I guarantee that there is no truth to this story except the fact that he might have considered leaving Arsenal for a split second then he proceeded to lock himself in Kroenke's closet and threatened to harm himself with the plastic fork he always carries in his breast pocket, just in case there are free samples at the grocery store, until he was promised 2 more years... at which point they embraced one another in such an awkward fashion that Kroenke's mustache got stuck in Wenger's coat zipper... two hours or so later, once they were finally separated, they retired to Kroenke's private lounge where they watched his favourite movie «Major League» then played a quick game of Monopoly

You are right Styles — but it is an awkward fact that with everyone clamouring for big spending to «guarantee» improvement and everyone in raptures over City they are the least changed top 5 team and are fielding 10 of their players from last season.

The rumours of discordance in the dressing room and the fact that Malaga were desperate for points in their bid for Champions League football next season made it a potentially awkward encounter, but everything turned out great.

Overall, parents were extremely happy with this car seat - a few even said that the cuteness of the design and the customer service they received was enough to overlook some small issues, like the fact that the handle is a bit awkward.

In fact, teenagers have a lot of awkward questions related to life, relationship, gender, lifestyle, fashion, hobby and so on.

In fact, those same people will likely carry on a whole new line of awkward questioning.

At the more recent Royalton Hotel, New York (1988), Starck was invited to remodel the interior and accentuated the fact that it occupied an awkward narrow plot by running a long slice of corridor right into the depths of the building and making guests walk its entire length before reaching reception.

When you join these special websites for bikers, you don't even have to talk about complicated things that will only make the two parties feel awkward since the fact that both of you love motorcycles means that you can easily understand and relate to each other.

Add into that the fact that whilst the girls all tend to be relatively normal and outgoing, most of the guys keen to sign up are on the more awkward end of the social spectrum, and very rarely attractive, and you have a recipe for dating disaster.

In fact, the trend of meeting potential dates has moved online, to the point where people prefer having a conversation over text rather than in person where things could get awkward or uncomfortable.

Given the fact that every person on this site is well — aware of the fact that you're looking for a mutually beneficial relationship, things aren't bound to get awkward.

I am a huge fan of the original Prince of Persia trilogy, and when I heard about this game I was a little worried that they would change to much of what made the original games great, and I was right, the gameplay has been completely destroyed, platforming is awkward do to too may actions being mapped to the same buttons, combat is tedious and unenjoyable, it's EXTREMELY repetitive, having to search around for light seeds just to advance the plot is stupid, and do to the fact that you can't really die the whole game just feels like trial and error, and the new Prince character is completely unlikeable, while they messed up most of the game it's got some good things going for it, the voice acting is solid, the graphics are beautiful, and the ending does have interested in seeing where the story goes from here, but I'm not sure if I want to pick up the next game they come out with, this was a huge disappointment and isn't worthy to bear the Prince of Persia name.

Atkinson himself attributes his character's popularity to the fact that the socially awkward, middle - aged Bean's mundane adventures, largely due to his clumsy inability to cope with even the smallest of life's foibles, mirror the feelings and experiences of people the world over.

Kayla's dad (Josh Hamilton) is as good a single dad as you can be, given the fact that he has to contend with his teenage girl entering the most awkward and uncomfortable phase of her life.

The film starts off with some awkward, painfully lame flashback scenes of Kyle's childhood and transitions into an opening act that is loaded with full - on patriotism that sees him go to war to get back at the people who brought suffering to our doorstep in the events of 9/11 (he was already enlisted, but if we believe the film that decision was also motivated by seeing news footage of American lives being taken), but one of the most interesting surprises is how balanced it eventually becomes and how we see the way that Kyle's actions negatively impact others and how even he begins to question his commitment to the cause, despite the fact that he would never vocalize it.

Despite this, most gamers will feel a little disheartened at the fact that the menu screen is a little bit awkward to maneuver; the welcome updates of Dragon Quest VIII «s menu system, while present, feel oddly kludgy in comparison on the DS.

In fact, capitalising on the randomness of life occupies such a primary place in the story that it makes for occasionally awkward tonal shifts, but most often fascinating twists and mood swings.

And though Carell is compelling to the point of being almost unrecognizable as this awkward creepy loner, the fact remains that du Pont was indeed a villain, in more than ways than one.

In fact, what we deserve is a Sharon standalone in the «Book Club» cinematic universe: 90 minutes of her awkward dates and drinking white wine with her cat, Ginsberg.

Gerwig crams this tale with pain, generosity, a delicately awkward grace and such abundant laughs that it may only register after the fact that «Lady Bird» is a striking piece of feminist filmmaking.

And for those who do know the movie, there are no shortage of before - the - fact nods to ingredients that would later filter into the project: as when Wiseau and Sestero play an awkward game of football (as they later would in The Room), or a couple of melodramatic moments staged on the roof of Wiseau's apartment building (a venue he would inexplicably approximate via lousy greenscreen on a soundstage for the film).

In fact, most scenes of intended comedy tend either to come across as excessively awkward or to simply fall flat.

The montage that makes up the first section of the film feels awkward also (and is in fact similar to The New World — it feels as if it had been cut down).

According to Peirce, one of the biggest obstacles facing the movement to end violence against women is the fact that it is generally an uncomfortable subject that is hard to bring up without feeling «awkward or insensitive» — a problem she experienced first - hand.

At last week's gathering of school - choice supporters, there was an awkward fact in their midst: A wave of new studies had shown that students receiving a voucher did worse, sometimes much worse, on standardized tests.

In fact, overall, I think I prefer the look of this than the F56 although I suspect that the latter's awkward exterior styling will be addressed as part of the inevitable midlife (LCI) update.

Due to this fact, I scuffed / scratched my trackpad the day I got it, and I can only imagine it will face more damage because of this awkward placement.

If you're doing lots of work, or if you want to create large sheets then it gets a bit awkward given the fact that typing data is a lot slower and the screen is much smaller than you'd get on a PC.

In fact, the eReader is perhaps the most vulnerable of all portable electronic gadgets due to its large screen and slightly awkward handling and stowage when not in use.

Another unfortunate thing about the A1 is the fact that the home screen is automatically locked into portrait orientation, which makes for an awkward user experience if you're in the middle of using landscape and are forced to turn the tablet right side up each time you toggle back to the main screen.

Awkward or not, though, it's a fact: the number of cats testing positive for rabies in the U.S. declined for the second year in a row.

In fact, it can feel a bit awkward to drag damp dive gear through the marble - floor lobby of an upscale resort.

Part of the problem is because Port Royale 3 offers up a lot of options and thus cramming them all onto a controller is a tricky task, especially since this is a PC game in disguise, but the brunt of the issue simply comes down the fact that it's a clumsy control system that makes doing the most basic of things feel awkward.

In fact, when it does amp up the challenge it could feel a bit unfair — there's one scene later on in the game where you have no cover and have to take on an onslaught of enemies, which could be a bit hit - and - miss given the often awkward shooting mechanics.

In my first game I completely forgot to account for the fact that no matter what was going on my ships would always have to move their alloted distance, and wound up in a few very awkward situations because of it.

Given that both of these buttons are for DPI swapping and that you likely won't reprogram them for anything else the fact that they're in a slightly awkward position isn't a huge flaw, but being able to swap DPI on - the - fly in a game is handy and thus having them fall a little more naturally under the finger would have augmented their usefulness.