Sentences with phrase «curious mixture»

One of the most visually arresting features of these photos is the seemingly curious mixture of art with daily life.

Paradoxically, however, it is in keeping with South Africa's curious mixture of Draco and due process that abundant criticism of the government flourishes as do scathing condemnations of the central policy of apartheid.

The mood here in Dayton is somber, and I detect a curious mixture of resignation and desperation among conservative evangelicals.

A mother is a curious mixture of patience, kindness, tolerance, understanding, discipline, industry, purity, and love.

In the annals of saintliness we find a curious mixture of motives impelling in this direction.

Magazine editor Norman Cousins, in his best - selling Anatomy of an Illness, narrates his struggle against the medical establishment and his eventual «self - healing» through a curious mixture of megavitamins and sustained belly laughter.

Curious mixture of fossil tracking and spiritualism it may be, but it's also a good read.

By FRED PEARCE Volcanic rocks in mid-Atlantic, coral atolls, white - beached Caribbean tourist traps, Pacific islands so remote that even the Polynesians have abandoned them — the leftovers of the British empire are a curious mixture of the military and the forgotten.

Now that they are on the way there is a curious mixture of emotions; more than a few experts are euphoric that the patient is taking their medicine, but anxious that it may not work as well as advertised.

However, there were problems with this classification as the skull was a curious mixture of primitive and derived traits.

A curious mixture of Southern and Northern cultures made Louisville dating really peculiar.

Both ethnographic document and high - spirited flight of whimsy: a curious mixture of entertainment and anthropology.

And Hiroyuki Sanada allows the older Nagase a genuine sense of remorse for his war crimes, while Tanroh Ishida manages to make the character's younger self a curious mixture of callous cruelty and uncertainty.

A curious mixture of political commentary, inspired fantasy, and traditional zombie splatter, Dellamorte was hailed by filmmaker Martin Scorsese as one of the best Italian films of the 1990s and found Soavi coming into his own as a filmmaker of remarkable caliber and style.

A curious mixture of traditional thriller and soul - searching drama, Homicide is a modern classic whose demand for recognition is loud, clear and justifiable.

It's the cast that keeps you going, even if you do find yourself wondering about their curious mixture of English accents.

That curious mixture gives Chloe a distinctive feel which bridges thoughtful, artistic presentation with smutty storytelling.

Boy is a curious mixture of outright comedy with coming - of - age drama, balancing moments of laughter with heartbreak, all in a perfectly timed and measured package.

Unlike any film he has made before, Redacted is a curious mixture of fact and imagination, and although it packs a visual and emotional punch it never quite reaches its potential.

Bye Bye Braverman is a curious mixture of tasty and tasteless jokes, all at the expense of Jewish people.

Based on the 1983 novel by Mark Helprin, Winter's Tale is a curious mixture of period drama, romantic melodrama, magical realism, and full - on surrealistic fantasy.

Its curious mixture of Lovecraftian horror and noir captivated in the first five - issue arc, also out this week as a trade paperback, and with this sixth outing Brubaker starts in on a new arc.

The curious mixture of tones — both cheerful and grave — works for a few reasons.

Its curious mixture of Da Vinci Code-esque narrative and stealth combat combined with a painstaking recreation of some of Europe's most beautiful cities has resonated with contemporary audiences, offering an action game - cum - historical tourism package that's at once fresh and familiar in gaming.

Paranautical Activity is a curious mixture of FPS and roguelike, and it's due for release on Xbox One on April 29th.

Oddly though, despite the game's limited premise, Britney's Dance Beat holds a curious mixture of addictive gameplay and fascination.

The array of building styles, materials, and details creates a curious mixture of past and present.»

Mmmmm, I smell a curious mixture of astroturf and molten keyboards.

Employment law can be a curious mixture of several things — the topical and the mundane, the ancient and the modern, the fascinating and the mind - numbingly tedious (no prize offered for nominations for the latter category).

In the nearly ten years Google (s GOOG) has been a public company, it has been defined by a curious mixture of ambition, futurism, and unpredictability.

The Nexus range has always been a curious mixture of amazing software tied to hardware which is lacking in some way, and we're sad to report that hasn't changed this year.