Sentences with phrase «certain irony»

@TGM — I think I get the point, I think the cartoon wasn't as good at pointing out certain ironies as some of his others are.

For all of its flaws, Lord of War is certainly ambitious, and occasionally taps into certain ironies that almost make it nearly work as a satire (the machine gun chiming like a cash register with every bullet fired is memorable), but never carries the momentum long before the tone changes into a lazy comedy, stagnant drama, or mild farce.

There's a certain irony to this.

There is a certain irony that during this particular presidency, one of the most visible legal challenges to Donald Trump isn't being mounted by the House of Representatives or the Senate, but by a 39 - year - old porn star and director.

To me, there is a certain irony in the fact that the dogs of old who were punished until they became obedient never entered a cage, roaming free through the house and the yard, while the modern dog is trained through treats, and spends most of his life inside a cage («crate»).

Finally, when capitalism comes into a new and deep recession in 1991, one can observe with a certain irony that the public debt of almost all western countries reaches alarming levels, including Great Britain and United States, all the more so because the private family debt and one of the enterprises there have reached an unprecedented level since the second world war.

There is, therefore, a certain irony, and perhaps even infidelity, in the attempt to pen a systematic, comprehensive presentation of Soloveitchik's thought, as Reuven Ziegler, director of research for the Toras HoRav Foundation, which holds Soloveitchik's manuscripts, does in Majesty and Humility.

There is a certain irony in the fact that every single time a world record is broken in the pool during the current World Swimming Championships, Freddie Mercury's voice echoes around the Foro Italico, asking a rhetorical question that

As you say, I agree there is more to a striker than goals — but you have to say there is a certain irony though when you look at how little traction that argument gets on here when it is applied to OG.

Didn't mention it above but there is a certain irony that our «useless», «paceless», «liability» known as Mertesacker has had this guy in his pocket for a couple of seasons now.

And yet Sandy's book says, «There's a certain irony, of course, in having Don go in to negotiate from friendship immediately after we had established the right of dealing through a third party.»

But there is a certain irony that many more column inches in Spain this week have been handed to Vela's friend Griezmann than to the Cancun native.

There is a certain irony that diplomats who wish to publish diaries or memoirs frequently have a more difficult time than the ministers they served.

There is a certain irony that diplomats who wish to publish diaries or memoirs frequently have a...

There is a certain irony here, because mandatory reselection used to be regarded as a «looney left» proposal!

There is a certain irony in the fact that a Board of Elections official is probing the limits of the LLC loophole.

There's a certain irony to the fact that some of the thirty or so Labour MPs prepared to vote against the government won't do so simply because Labour is so unpopular.

There is a certain irony in the fact that during his final years in the Commons, he was one of the few people warning of the dangers of both the excessive increase in public spending and in consumer and mortgage borrowing and house prices.

There is a certain irony to this for the son of Mario Cuomo, who was once known as an all - political, take - no - prisoners, tough guy politician.

There is a certain irony that a prominent element of the coalition's stuttering constitutional agenda — the unreformed House of Lords — this week has the chance to give the kiss of life to another.

Is there not a certain irony in Liam Fox's exhortation to business leaders that «if you want to share in the prosperity of our country you have a duty to contribute to the prosperity of our country» (Trade minister attacks «fat and lazy» British business bosses, 10 September), considering the fact that he demonstrated little restraint in claiming his share of the taxpayer's prosperity, as revealed during the expenses scandal?

For Orrin Devinsky, director of the Comprehensive Epilepsy Center at N.Y.U.'s Langone Medical Center, the ongoing mystery of intractable epilepsy carries a certain irony.

There is also a certain irony that the only awards are from black organisations.

Owen smirks and arches his eyebrows, indicating a certain irony that one feels the real Raleigh couldn't have indulged in the queen's court.

There is a certain irony to kids everywhere dreaming of being Christopher Robin from the novel, while the real Christopher Robin would rather disappear off to a foreign country where no one has heard of him.

Focus has all the ingredients to be a solid entry to the genre — as long as you don't mind a certain irony in the film's title.

Of course there's a certain irony in the fact that an Italian remake of a Japanese film shot in Spain would be the birth of the modern western, but the elements combine to fit the setting of the old west perfectly.

Still, there is a certain irony in the fact that CCSS's opponents favor many of the reforms that seem primed for winning greater public approval should the standards be fully implemented.

Indeed, there is a certain irony that in attempting to distinguish truth from fiction and to distill the values and speculations and ideologies that apparently muddy the public debate on school vouchers, these reviews, when read collectively, only make matters worse.

These strange dances with personal responsibility take on a certain irony when I pull up to Bombay Beach, a once - sprawling resort town that now more closely resembles a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

There's probably a certain irony to that, if I could be bothered to look for it.

There's a certain irony in an author complaining about someone else's spelling mistakes and «bad grammer.»

Considering your avatar, there's a certain irony to this statement.

«It has a certain irony to it,» Frank Gibeau, president of the EA Games label, said of West and Zampella's return to making games for his company.

there's a certain irony d12 there, isn't there?

Not without a certain irony, the artist demonstrates the tragedy of eternal return.

There is a certain irony in using the rubric of «sculpturalism» to encapsulate the influential architecture that has emerged from Southern California in recent decades, because its sculptural quality is now probably its least defining characteristic; its once - novel forms — and the pioneering digital technologies that enable them — have become ubiquitous, and what previously had the cachet of a local style has become a global export.

If there is a certain irony in the fact of a Yorkshireman becoming the person to reveal California to itself, as if nobody truly knew what it looked like before, there is no doubt that California gave much to Hockney in return.

Arte povera means literally «poor art», a term that involves a certain irony.

Many embraced the movement, some, like Mr. Martin, with a certain irony; others rejected it.

Flavio Garciandía has derived, with a certain irony, the term «New Tropical Abstraction» from «Tropical Depression».

I think that already has a certain irony to it.

In Lloyd's excellent and balanced take on Elon Musk's year, he points to a certain irony in the big Tesla Semi orders coming in from Pepsi and Budweiser.

There is a certain irony in the fact that some of the best biking in the U.S. is in an area where people have rejected the modern world — including bikes (for those of the Old Order).