Sentences with phrase «bleak as»

As bleak as home - buying prospects may seem for millennials, Harvard's Herbert offers an optimistic perspective.

Despite what many of those writing about the Pew study would have us believe, the study's results were not nearly as bleak as we've been led to think.

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But actually, the picture is not nearly as bleak as it seems, and if you are a graduate who is tenacious and willing to put the work into succeed, you could very well find yourself landing the job of your dreams.

So, as bleak as it may seem out there in the job market, don't give up just yet.

The job prospects of a humanities postgrad are nowhere near as bleak as the stereotypes used to say.

At a few points in 2017, the future of BTC looked bleak as their transaction costs were soaring and the transaction time was relatively high compared to other cryptocurrencies.

Given the fact that change is a part and parcel of life, the numero uno position occupied by Bitcoin might shift gears in days to come but the probabilities of Bitcoin Gold stealing the same is considerably bleak as of now.

As bleak as that may sound, it is a noticeable improvement over the 44th place ranking that Georgia earned in 2007, so things do seem to be looking up.

But when taking a closer look at the individual insolvency proceedings, things are not as bleak as they seem.

Looking back four years earlier, the future and sustainability of the WSIB system seemed bleak as finances continued to worsen and the unfunded liability reached unbelievable levels — 2012 the number was reported to be upwards of 13 billion.

But the picture is not quite so bleak as those numbers would make it seem.

Thankfully the true picture might not be nearly as bleak as the government's numerical projections imply.

Curious then, that the best of this year's four finalists are loosely united by an unmistakeable sense of life now, an engagement with the status quo that is as bleak as it is madcap.

Queens Plaza looks as bleak as ever, despite some unsettling high rises, and one may not so quickly follow the paper trail two blocks east, where the trains turn north to Astoria.

Even worse, the future of the Castlevania franchise seems bleak as Igarashi Koji left Konami in 2014, and recent happenings within the once - great Japanese developer paint an even darker picture.

But the future of the developer does not look as bleak as the demonic backdrop of many of its games.

As a gamer and a Mac user, I've been keeping an eye on Mac gaming over the past few years, and while it's not as bleak as it once was, you'll find that there are still enough obstacles to Mac gaming that it's not entirely worth your while.

The Switch's 3rd party line up looks bleak as Hell.

Things were looking bleak as it struggled to make its goal.

David Cole of DFC Intelligence doesn't believe the future of game consoles is as bleak as others do.

I've only just encountered her and haven't yet progressed any farther in the story, but in talking with her in the gardens of Skyhold I learned that the fate of my Warden and his love was not as bleak as Origins had painted it.

For a series as bleak as Dark Souls, Solaire of Astora has become a surprisingly cheerful mascot.

Recovery takes time, but it's not as bleak as you may think.

Whether you're filling out an application at Wal - Mart or begging a relative to let you work for his landscaping crew that starts at 5 a.m., the prospects are usually as bleak as the pay.

Even so, paying capital gains tax isn't as bleak as it sounds.

Not everything would apply to me (I don't smoke), and because we can also can take advantage of various tax breaks, including what we get back from RRSP contributions, things may not be as bleak as the Fraser Institute makes it sound.

Surreal nightmares clash with real - world dilemmas in a tale that's as bleak as it is hopeful.

Bleak as they may be, the emotional rollar - coasting of reading them makes every page turn worth it.

With spare prose that sets a tone as chilly and bleak as the Oregon coastal setting, Zumas doesn't shy away from the grotesque while presenting a tale that's haunting, thought provoking and painfully timely.

There are more civilians in the pitlane now, even a few braving the rain in the stands; and music over the PA - The Smiths almost as bleak as the weather.

But the picture upon his arrival was not quite as bleak as Holtz claimed.

But the educational situation is not as bleak as those statistics might imply: both minority groups have recently made academic strides forward.

If TNTP is right, this would be like dystopian YA lit meets education policy — bleak as the day is long.

While the comedy is dark and the drama is as bleak as the searing desert, what sets this AMC show apart is how it deals with the moral compromises a man makes for a good cause.

Nebraska is just like most states and not as bleak as depicted in the film but the photography is exceptional.

Bleak as that may sound, not even this fatalistic progression (the ominous sense, throughout, that things are winding down to a bad end) prepares us for the dire coda, a sign - off that outdoes the finales of both Olivier Assayas's Demonlover and David Cronenberg's Videodrome, each of which Bastards resembles, for pure, radioactive cynicism.

And for a movie as bleak as «The Counselor,» it's filled with comedic moments, mostly courtesy of Bardem and Pitt.

However, as The Death Cure effectively concludes the last film franchise that was born of the popularity of The Hunger Games, it doesn't provide any real incentive to revive the narrow genre of dystopian YA - based sci - fi that has a future as bleak as the apocalyptic landscapes they depict.

The stage is set for a tale as bleak as a Warsaw winter, but beneath the icy surface, emotions run surprisingly deep, thanks to a captivating central performance of the less - is - more variety.

Perhaps the better question is, who would want to check out this tired doomsday fable, as bleak as it is nonsensical?

For Jack lives in Room, a small 11ft by 11ft enclosure that is his world, his universe and his future, and as bleak as it sounds, for Jack is his everything.

But as bleak as that might sound, the people closest to Stanton saw the endless hope in him.

The feature - length documentary from director Sean Dunne, who brought us the most revealing look at a maligned subculture with his mini-doc, American Juggalo, is just about as bleak as it gets.

ABOUT SCHMIDT Director Alexander Payne's film about a Midwestern widower on a journey of self - discovery is uncompromisingly bleak as well as cutting in its portrayal of the casual vulgarity of modern life.

When hard «Äìworking TV producer Becky Fuller (McAdams) is fired from a local news program, her career begins to look as bleak as her hapless love life.

In that context, the consequences Patrick has to live with, bleak as they are, look a lot like redemption.

The laughs that do come are as bleak as they are unexpected.

If Guncrazy ultimately fails to be quite as wild and bleak as the 1949 Gun Crazy, or as zeitgeist - distinctive as Badlands and Bonnie and Clyde, it's still a most promising first effort.

Callahan's story is pretty great — and his cartoons can be bleak as f*ck but they're funny — and it's a good counterpoint to the usual disability narrative that we see, which is that a spinal cord injury is the end of all things.