Sentences with phrase «essentially acts like»

The policy essentially acts like a lifetime term policy with level premiums.

By increasing or decreasing the difficulty level it essentially acts like a slider that lets you pick how realistic you want the game.

Regardless of which side of the fence your on you'll have access to Pursuit Tech, fancy gear that can be bought and equipped which essentially acts like power - ups from a kart game, but without the trouble of having to snag them on - track from floating boxes first.

Essentially it acts like a high - tech traction control system, sending excess power from the front wheels to the rear wheels.

And what good reminders that your social media essentially acts like your resume now!

The virus essentially acts like a «sponge», preventing MSI1 from working correctly and altering the expression of many genes involved in neuronal development.

The ingenious cup and cap essentially acts like a floodgate, preventing most water spillage when the carafe tips over.

The company essentially acted like a clean - energy utility that billed homeowners monthly.

Alcohol also releases toxic by - products like acetaldehyde, congeners — which are found in the dark alcohol drinks — essentially act like free radicals in the body, a poor night's sleep disrupts the body's natural rhythm, and a lot of subsequent inflammation can give you those flu - like achy symptoms.

When the vehicle is in crawl control and senses a radical steering input, it locks up the inside rear wheel, pivoting the car and essentially acting like a turning brake.

Since you're investing in consumer debt, you're essentially acting like a bank.

I'm seeing a 30,000 points + $ 150 statement credit offer if you make a «dummy booking» on the Hyatt site — essentially act like you're making a reservation, and you should see this offer on the check - out page.

You can work with him to develop bite inhibition by essentially acting like a puppy might; letting out a sharp noise upon impact and halting play for a couple of minutes.

KERS and DRS have also made the leap between the real and virtual realms and fit into the gaming world perfectly since they essentially act like boost buttons.

These take the form of glowing red skull COG symbols very clearly displayed at the start of each segment, which when activated essentially act like difficulty modifiers, bringing new variables into the action.

This is where the free - to - play aspect will come in when Fortnite launches fully in 2018, essentially acting like loot boxes that can give you a variety of things.

This allowed people to dump millions into life insurance policies that essentially acted like overblown, tax - free, private bank accounts.

If you do not have any primary insurance in place that would cover you, a secondary policy will essentially act like a primary coverage.

Lenovo teased it as essentially acting like a phablet (and conducting calls) while folded and serving the typical 10 - inch tablet uses otherwise.

With seller financing, you are essentially acting like a bank.

Not exact matches

Rather than doing away with the need for a CCP like The Clearinghouse or Euroclear, this blockchain essentially acts as an uber - CCP with all the collateral, margin and regulatory capital requirements associated with the current transaction clearing system.

We like to believe we are essentially good but I think even a look at any news item or how humanity has acted throughout history portrays something different.

Its influence leads reporters to begin a story that is about five felony rape counts and an athlete who was essentially caught in the act of committing the alleged crimes like this, from the San Jose Mercury News:

Essentially, this is the same kind of showy, disgust inducing tactic seen in similarly overblown killings in fictional stories like the delivery of the dead horse head in The Godfather, or even more gory acts in the same vein in Game of Thrones.

«The way I like at it is there's this enormous temptation by the state government to try to control the economy — to use state grants, which is essentially our tax money — and different types of rules and regualtions and fancy programs with fancy titles to try to act like politicians create jobs.

Reformers like the eighteenth century Mary Wollstonecraft acted in a period where little progress had been made towards educational equality, and the reality for women who block marriage laws were essentially property rights and everything a woman owned belonged to her husband.

We're essentially introducing electronic roughness, which at the nanoscale, can act like physical roughness in increasing friction.»

Scientists have learned how to manipulate this mechanism so that it essentially can be programmed to find and remove a specific sequence of DNA code — which acts like software for controlling genes — and replace it with a different sequence.

Crohn's disease acts like an autoimmune disease, essentially turning the immune system against a person's intestinal tract.

I argued in my review that simply putting Uma Thurman's character in traditionally male situations did not constitute by itself a subversion of genre or gender expectations - her character was still essentially «Bruce Lee in a dress», talking like a man and acting like one.

The Kingdom follows a ragtag group of FBI agents - including Jamie Foxx's Ronald Fleury, Chris Cooper's Grant Sykes, and Jason Bateman's Adam Leavitt - as they surreptitiously arrive in Saudi Arabia to solve a terrorist act against American soldiers, with the bulk of the movie essentially playing out like an overlong and overwrought episode of CSI.

George Clooney has, essentially, three acting settings: 1) Gurn and grin like a hyperactive Cary Grant (Burn after Reading, Intolerable Cruelty); 2) Smile slyly and play cocky (One Fine Day, Ocean's Eleven); 3) Grimace an awful lot (Michael Clayton, Syriana).

The second act of the film finds Petit and his allies casing the twin towers, making sure that they know everything about the tower that's still under construction — the workers» schedules, which areas give access to staircases, which elevators are best to use... Essentially, The Walk becomes a heist flick in the middle — and like all good heist flicks, everything goes like clockwork until it doesn't.

Essentially, this acts as a «do - over» button, allowing you to rewind a few seconds of a race to correct a fatal mistake like a crash or accidentally going out of bounds.

He had this third rail, which is essentially if I start being goofy or acting like a dipshit or go into my normal comedic bag of tricks, some of which I used in «Guardians of the Galaxy,» and certainly the character of Andy Dwyer in «Parks and Rec» is a full embodiment of that type of clowning around and that comedic shtick that I'm known for.

BEST SCENE: It essentially turns this movie into a video game, but the third act shootout provides the bang bang spectacle one wants from a movie exactly like Gangster Squad.

Even if they didn't quite sound like the original acts, having live, grungy performances would have gone a long way to the authentic CBGB feel than a cavalcade of all - too - polished make - believe, though I will concede that it may have compromised the nightclub's rule on only playing original material on the stage to have what is essentially nothing but covers.

Though it's essentially an intimate one - act chamber drama, writer - director Sally Potter's The Party never seems like a filmed play.

Like the LC, the LS has a bespoke Lexus Multi-Stage Hybrid System with a «four - stage shifting device,» essentially a four - speed automatic that the company says feels and acts like the 10 - speed automatic in the conventional gas - powered LS 500, plus two electric motors with a 310 - volt, lithium - ion battLike the LC, the LS has a bespoke Lexus Multi-Stage Hybrid System with a «four - stage shifting device,» essentially a four - speed automatic that the company says feels and acts like the 10 - speed automatic in the conventional gas - powered LS 500, plus two electric motors with a 310 - volt, lithium - ion battlike the 10 - speed automatic in the conventional gas - powered LS 500, plus two electric motors with a 310 - volt, lithium - ion battery.

Coupled with the continuously variable transmission — a CVT acts like an automatic, but essentially has an infinite number of gear ratios, rather than four or five set ones — acceleration is adequate if not spirited.

Your promotional platform acts essentially like a web.

If you can stay focused and treat your finances like a business, you are essentially acting as your own Chief Financial Officer.

Essentially, I wanted more clients to act like our best clients and reduce the time and effort in getting newer clients to a loyal status.

Rampages act essentially like killstreaks, allowing you go berserk and do heavy damage for a short period of time.

I've written about how Arctic sea ice acts essentially like the thermostat in a water - cooled internal combustion engine.

In dismissing Ms. Raczynska's plea for leniency, Justice Graesser explained, «Rule 3.15 provides a deadline which is essentially «absolute», just like the time requirements for issuing a statement of claim under the Limitations Act» (at para 65).

I can't find a transcript of the tail end of this hearing yet, but Schumer essentially turned his complaint about Roberts» reliance on stare decisis into a yarn, saying, hey, if I asked you what movies you liked, you'd say movies with good acting, but you wouldn't tell me what movies!

His missive, which caused some waves, essentially called on law firms to act more like businesses.

Essentially, the service acts like a travel organizer.

Universal life provides coverage for life and can be structured to act like a term policy to age 95, 100, 105, or 120, essentially stripping away the cash value component and offering you the cheapest, long term coverage available.