Sentences with phrase «diversion into»

I'd have thought the stuff on the Roman Warm Period would have produced a diversion into the crimes of Caligula, but no...

I do not want to open old wounds in this thread, but in order to explain what I mean I will have to risk that by explaining them it may lead to a diversion into discussion of their merits.

Diversion into scatology won't convince anyone

Given the amount of engineering across the globe, including flood mitigation and water diversion into irrigation, flood events are not simplistically indicative of global warming.

And if I was not inclined at the time to engage in a long diversion into eccentricity I might well ignore them or put them off.

In the vitrines we see, for example, Hepworth's predilection for collaging her work against cloudscapes or photographing them with vegetation; the comprehensive planning which preceded filming the sculpture in 1961; her own photographs of works by Nuam Gabo on a windowsill; her proposals for public commissions and the ensuing correspondence; and an interesting diversion into the work of Simon Nicholson, one of Barbara's triplets with Ben.

After taking a diversion into space and turn - based strategy in the form of SteamWorld Heist, Image & Form have returned to the popular excavation game having recently released SteamWorld Dig 2.

Actually standing in the simulation changes things immensely and takes the game from being a fun diversion into being a wonderful experience.

It wasn't until coming home from work one night on the train, and taking a diversion into my local Blockbusters, that I happened to come across Mass Effect — pre-owned for # 7.99.

Mobil's diversion into retailing ended.

For instance, what harm could a little diversion into The Art of the Fugue be for math students?

Thor: Ragnarok Mercifully funny diversion into a quirky corner of the Marvel universe, with Cate Blanchett as the vengeful and power - mad sister of Thor (Chris Hemsworth) ascending the throne, banishing her brother to a prison planet, where he recruits the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson) to his cause.

The result is a programme that flows faster, which is fortunate, because there are episodes here that you'll want to hurry up — one story based around people tripping on mushrooms is neither funny nor original, while another diversion into high territory between Gus and Arya's dad is misjudged and dull.

The fame - hungry protagonists played by Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta do very little to distinguish themselves, but she looks the part and he garners some of the film's only genuine laughs with a diversion into boy - bandery.

The less than magical sequel to her enchanting NANNY MCPHEE is at once a story of British stiff upper lips during the Blitz, a bizarrely cartoonish tale of a gambler without the means to pay off his debt to an boldly blonde pair of collectors, a bland story of misbehaving children in need of Nanny McPhee's firm hand, and a brief diversion into the Expressionist Cinema of the Weimar Republic with father and son at odds.

It also distributed the filmmaker's first foray into television, «Crisis in Six Scenes,» a diversion into the small screen world that was not well received by critics.

Diversions into Hunt's personal life are problematic and the character never fully evolves beyond his status as a walking libido, while Lauda's story is a more engaging, particularly his relationship with his wife (Alexandra Maria Lara) and the incredible personal and physical challenges he faces.

Listening to Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon chat about videogames is so entertaining, and there are funny diversions into other random topics as well.

Very occasional diversions into more tense, less melodic territory mean that despite the repetition, the album doesn't become tiresome (of course, its short length also helps in this regard).

This is part of Dick's original story, but I got bored with the random diversions into the long - winded conversations of the drug culture.

But where Moonrise was awash with wistful nostalgia in its take on adolescence, romance and scouting, Anderson's latest mines its period setting in service of a broadly comical tale which enjoys frequent diversions into both black and off - colour humour even as a body count amasses and the Second World War threatens to intrude on the borders of the titular hotel's fictitious homeland....

His two diversions into feature directing were the instinctively commercial B - movie shockers, Scanner Cop (1994) and Serial Killer (1995).

Ubisoft wants the stealth / combat loop to open and close more fluidly than in previous Assassin's Creed games, making diversions into swordplay and gunfire more natural.

One of the most prolific and dedicated - to - painting artists of recent memory (Mr. Poons has made no diversions into sculpture, video or anything else), he has soldiered on: His «dots» grew into large lozenges (which were often painted on another surface before being transferred, with a rougher texture, onto the main canvas), and the lozenges in turn matured into overall cascades of murkily pastel paint (pictures often referred to as the «elephant skin» paintings).

Diversions into motives and speculations about internal states are entertaining but not instructive.

Not exact matches

«I originally started doing it as a way to depressurize and itself has turned into a multiple seven - figure diversion,» he said.

Analysts have been wary of Google's move into hardware manufacturing, as it's a major diversion from the company's core strengths.

«I know you're into big diversion tonight, anything to avoid talking about your campaign and the way it's exploding and the way Republicans are leaving you, but let's at least focus on the issues that some people care about,» Clinton said.

An amusing diversion to kick off your Monday: The third track off the Flaming Lips» recently released album Oczy Mlody wormed its way into my mind last week.

Sir, you're using the diversion tactic of lumping «oil and gas liquids» into the presumed category of oil itself (the most versatile fossil fuel).

There have been a crowd of companies removing into the diversion nonetheless some have already faltered.

Whether you need a five - minute breather or a mini-vacation, we've done some browsing and rounded up a few diversions you won't feel guilty for giving into.

Fighting Halloween, trying to put Christ back into Christmas, get the Easter bunny out of Easter and so on are an exercise in silliness, a diversion from what we should really be doing as followers of Jesus.

It's easy to wrongly assign it to the category of pleasant childhood diversions that will pass in time as their children grow into young adulthood.

I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.

Augustine never quite brings his view of sexual love within the range of his deepest insight as to what loving another in God means: turning the whole current of love for self and neighbour into the channel of the love of God «which suffers no stream to be drawn off from itself by whose diversion its own volume would be diminished».19 To turn the human loves into the stream of devotion to God is one thing, to set devotion to God apart as one kind of love which makes others inferior is another.

Faith's negation ultimately results not in atheism but in polytheism, since the continuum of life's journey breaks down, then, into a plethora of diversions through which the idolatry of desire leads necessarily into a labyrinth from which there is no true liberation.

These include consumer education, investment in waste treatment infrastructure, waste diversion from the retail and commercial sector, food collection for redistribution, and research into high value uses for food waste.

Our renewed focus on food waste diversion began when I came into the role of sustainability manager in 2007; as a fourth generation farmer, I, personally, am really passionate about not letting this resource go to waste by putting it to better use.

I feel like there is a trend of mixing veggies into sweetened baked goods as of late, although this is a delicious diversion from the normal chocolate zucchini bread that I've seen everywhere.

They include: high levels of degraded soils; reductions in irrigation quotas to restore the health of the Murray - Darling system; the re-forestation of some agricultural land to meet emissions reductions targets; the impacts of peak oil, such as the diversion of food crops into feed - stock for biofuels; and the price and crop yield implications of peak phosphorous, given Australia's dependence on imported fertilisers.

Her boyfriend accepted the blame, and the judge, taking her job and first offense into account, let her go through diversion.

What: YMCA (England)'s «Dads and Lads» Parenting Courses Where: Youth / community centres and primary schools in Bradford / Bradford Moor Funding: Children's Fund «On Track» crime diversion (filtered into the Children's Fund); YMCA England (Family Support Grant)

Then, a shift from a grain - based vegetarian diet to one rich in meat and milk led to greater diversion of the world's grain harvest into animal fodder.

Even more perversely, the money being earmarked toward rehabilitation and diversion programs has started to spawn less than effective private entities to take that money (much in the same way the huge infusion of money into higher education caused questionable institutions to pop into existence to consume that surplus).

Cuomo's budget bill also would allow the diversion of settlement cash into the general fund to «prepare for, prevent, deter or respond to» disasters and emergencies, man - made or natural, or to cover shortfalls in projected federal Medicare or Medicaid revenues.

EFCC, Dasuki Oppose Application A major twist has crept into the prosecution of the alleged $ 2.1 b arms fund diversion charges as former Sokoto State...

A major twist has crept into the prosecution of the alleged $ 2.1 b arms fund diversion charges as former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Dalhatu Bafarawa, his son Sagir Attahiru and their family company, Dalhatu Investment Ltd have applied for a separate trial from former National Security Adviser, retired Colonel Sambo Dasuki.

I know many of you will be aware of the current liaison and diversion pilots which are running this year — testing different ways to ensure mentally ill offenders held in police custody get referred into appropriate treatment and care.

Operatives of the commission looked into the bank account of the NSITF and uncovered suspicious transactions and diversion of funds.