Sentences with phrase «disguised versions»

The Oldsmobile division of General Motors, on life support most of this decade, used the Detroit, New York and Chicago auto shows to display concept cars that were little more than thinly disguised versions of its future vehicles.

Previous Cougars have been lightly disguised versions of Mustangs, LTDs, Fairmonts and Thunderbirds.

And several other show cars that automakers are calling concepts are really just slightly disguised versions of upcoming production vehicles.

Planning and planning is a disguised version of procrastination.

Bringing out a thinly disguised version of Pascal's Wager isn't helping your case either.

The one I make the most at the moment is the vegetables in disguise version for my toddler girl, she eats plenty of fresh vegetables but occasionally when she is fussy this sauce packs a lot in!

What unites Labour and Tory is a desire to keep the FPP gerrymander (or a thinly disguised version, like AV) going.

All of the supporting characters enrich the film as well — from the dry, witty presence of Catherine Keener as Penn's Secret Service sidekick, to the despotic blue - eyed veteran Earl Cameron as the Motoban Prime Minister Edmond Zuwanie (a thinly disguised version of Zimbabwe's disgraced leader Robert Mugabe).

As Juliette Binoche plays a scarcely disguised version of herself, a renowned arthouse star retreating into a mid-career combination of complacency and insecurity, the film's self - reflexive reflections trail off into hall - of - mirrors infinity.

Now they deliver packages for global retail giant cornerstone.com, a thinly disguised version of online retailer Amazon.

A concept version of the Q60 was unveiled at the Detroit motor show in January, and now this heavily disguised version of the production car has been seen for the first time.

The 8 Series concept is expected to be a thinly disguised version of the new 8 Series coupe, which is going to arrive sometime next year.

2008 Nissan Skyline GT - R Spy Photos... A Thinly Disguised Version Shows up in the UK

The series, which has won both the British Crime Writers Silver Dagger and the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis awards, is set in Algonquin Bay - a thinly disguised version of the city of North Bay, Ontario (about 200 miles from Toronto on the Ottawa River and Lake Nipissing).

Engadget was on the scene at IFA in Berlin today and reported that the new Sony Reader Wi - Fi has a heavily disguised version of Android OS.

The series, which has won both the British Crime Writers Silver Dagger and the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis awards, is set in Algonquin Bay - a thinly disguised version of the city of North Bay, Ontario (about 200 miles from Toronto on the Ottawa River and Lake Lake Nipissing).

• The Publishers Weekly review concludes, «The setting often feels more like a thinly disguised version of medieval Europe than a truly original world, but Williams excels at setting up conflicts and other entanglements, skillfully maneuvering Quillifer across the landscape and into increasingly engrossing situations.»

«The setting often feels more like a thinly disguised version of medieval Europe than a truly original world, but Williams excels at setting up conflicts and other entanglements, skillfully maneuvering Quillifer across the landscape and into increasingly engrossing situations.»

Not exact matches

During years of jousting with local taxi authorities over the legality of its car service, Uber had been discovered using a tool called Greyball that disguised the location of its cars and showed a fake version of the app to city officials.

the Revised Version declines a literal rendering and disguises what the Hebrew says in euphemisms — «heart» or «inward parts.»

When the townspeople saw two versions of the monk and the woman — the real ones free and the disguised devils in fetters — they concluded that demons had faked the crimes in order to blacken the names of the pious.

The fact that slavery, like polygamy, was taken for granted is disguised in our English Versions by the euphemisms «man - servant» and «maid - servant,» but in the Hebrew there is no mistaking the established institution of slavery with its characteristic customs and consequences.

Our society, which no longer feels the need to disguise (let alone control or subdue) its aggressiveness and materialism, finds in the various fundamentalist versions of religion an imprimatur for its anti-intellectualism and indifference to human needs.

Plus, you'll get to taste the green beans this year instead of all the stuff trying to disguise last year's canned version.

This Loaded Mashed Cauliflower Casserole is a low carb version of a loaded baked potato — bacon, scallions, and caramelized onions take this over the top Somehow last week, I ended up with an overload of cauliflower in my fridge, so I've been making all sorts of cauliflower dishes, and disguising it as Mashed Cauliflower...

You have two toddler bed options: a toddler bed, which looks like a mini version of a twin bed (and can come disguised as a race car, fire truck or princess castle), or an actual twin bed outfitted with safety rails.

Mr. Murphy was the son of former Congressman John Murphy, a Democrat who represented a differently drawn version of the district for two decades prior to his indictment for taking bribes from FBI agents disguised as Arab sheiks in the 1980 Abscam scandal.

Whether it's a rich leather version from Gucci or a more old school version by Kangol, there's never been a better way to disguise hat hair.

The extended clip featured a first look at the film's ridiculously exuberant and nerdy version of Dick Grayson (voiced by Michael Cera), who's shown trying on many of Batman's alternate costumes until he finds his trademark Robin outfit, which the Caped Crusader notes was previously his «Reggae Man» disguise.

From comments about his innate sexual prowess to Rose's father leading a silent slave auction disguised as a bingo game, Chris is a pawn in what appears to be an ill - fated version of chess.

Unassuming Audi S4 is a hot rod in disguise They are stealth hot rods, European versions of American muscle cars, in milder shells.

A prototype version of the forthcoming Mini Paceman, hence the silly disguise in the pictures, and sampled here in Cooper S «All 4» form.

Although heavily disguised, these images reveal enough to confirm that this high - performance version of the recently revealed five - door machine that combines hatchback practicality with some sleek coupe styling cues.

This concept is a thinly - disguised preview of the styling that will be applied to the coming coupe and sedan versions.

Some are lightly disguised future production vehicles, while others exhibit an environmentally friendly theme.Here's a look at a few of the more interesting concept vehicles on display at the show, which closes Monday: AUDI ALLROAD QUATTROThe German automaker has been building all - wheel drive cars for years, so it's no surprise that a beefier version of the A6 station wagon is on the way.The Allroad Quattro show car uses many of the same mechanical and suspension parts as the A6 wagon but wears a sport - utility wagon body complete with large fender flares and huge tires.

Although the prototype is still heavily disguised, several elements mark it out clearly as a performance version of Jaguar's new SUV.

The spy photos published here, despite the disguise, show a shape identifiably similar to the current model, but incorporating popularised styling features such as a jutting nose with a bold griller, sculpted Coke - bottle sides with more pronounced shoulders at the C - pillar and a new tailgate that opens much lower than the current version for easier loading.

Therefore this concept version is likely a production version in disguise.

Last week we showed you the all - new A-Class hatchback wearing no disguise, and the photos even revealed the rear end of the upcoming sedan version.

Could this latest version simply be a lazy content pack cunningly disguised as a brand new game?

We don't have to be a gaming version of Buzzfeed or a «social justice» blog disguised as a video game news site.

The most authentic statement of Manet's sense of his situation as a man and as an artist may well be his two versions, painted in 1881, of The Escape of Rochefort, in my opinion unconscious or disguised self - images, where the equivocal radical leader, hardly an outright hero by any standards, is represented in complete isolation from nature and his fellow men: he is, in fact, not even recognizably present in one of the paintings of his escape from New Caledonia.

Her longstanding interest in masking and disguises here extends to social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, where alternative versions of the self can quickly appear, morph, and be erased.

The disguised threat letter seems just to be a new version of the old practice, familiar to many long - in - the - tooth lawyers, of paying those who allege sexual harassment to keep quiet about it.

As a result, I'm tempted to believe that legal practitioners today would be more open to accepting content like a video recording of a conference as potentially valid commentary, but not (for example) an audio - only version of the exact same content recorded in [a basement disguised as] a studio.

Inside is 16 GB of internal memory, a MicroSD card slot, a 2320mAh battery, and Android 5.0 disguised as Oppo's Color OS version 2.1.

A malicious app disguised as a modified version of the Tor Browser is targeting users looking to buy illegal products off the Dark Web.

Discovered by researchers at RiskIQ, the latest version of BankBot to infiltrate the Google Play store is disguised as an app called «Crypto currencies market prices» — complete with a phony «Verified by Play Protect» logo in order to make it look as if it is a known and trusted app.

The absence of the latest version of Android could be a blessing in disguise, though, considering the numerous issues current smartphones running Lollipop are facing.

Good for marketing your skills and experience to employers, but don't take the risk unless you are using the cyber-safe version of your resume with your contact information disguised or deleted («cyber-safe»).