Sentences with phrase «first of its ilk»

«Homecoming» works by allowing itself to become an actual genre film, the first of its ilk to recognize that superhero movies might be more interesting if they were also something else.

The Navajo sport utility vehicle, Mazda's first of that ilk, was add ed to the lineup this year and is another in the growing list of success stories for the Japanese automaker - even if Navajo is supplied by Ford.

One of the first modern European artists to be acknowledged in Latin America, Lucio Fontana is also one of the first of his ilk to be influenced by the cultural reality of this region.

Bluesound was the first of its ilk to champion High - Res Audio (although most of its competitors will now do the same).

Not exact matches

I'm not saying he wasn't an atheist however, just to be clear and to not commit the no true scotsman fallacy that many of your ilk like to do, BUT he was a communist first.

No matter how you slice it, you can't run an uptempo offence with Giroud on the pitch and that means sideways soccer and an over-reliance on crosses into the box, thereby negating many of the very reasons Lacazette was on your radar in the first place... we simply aren't clinical enough from wide positions to continue with that approach, which is why many fans have been clamoring for a viable alternative to Giroud for several years... once again this isn't an attack on Giroud, he clearly has some tangible skills, but his mere presence on the pitch greatly impacts your tactical options... Giroud's weaknesses are simply highlighted by the way in which our offence now moves in a more horizontal than vertical manner, which allows most teams ample time to regroup defensively before a scoring opportunity even arises... a player of Ibra's or Benzema's ilk would have been far more effective as they had size, speed and the first touch capabilities required to for intricate link - up play... once again square peg in a round hole

A finish in 2nd and an FA Cup should be enough to attract anyone Wenger wants and 2/3 signings of the ilk from the past 2 seasons while retaining the majority of our first team will be enough to push Arsenal into the upper echelons of English football and challenging for the premiership from day 1.

You can not get away from their long list of injury absentee's, it was the main reason why we were made to feel stupid for backing Manchester United last weekend, but Villa showed tremendous character last Saturday when pushing United to the brink of their first defeat of the season and another performance of that ilk would make them enormous value at Ewood Park.

That's all well and good, but does slightly fly in the face of the site's main advantage over Tinder and its ilk — that there's space for more than a tweet's worth of information on the profiles.Still, the full profiles and questions are available, and it's free - to - use (with a few irritating ads), making it a worthwhile option for anyone hoping to know a bit more about their dates before meeting up for the first time.Just like online dating before it, dating apps started out as a bit of a dirty secret — how many Tinder profiles joke that they'll want to lie about how you met?But time and ubiquity have meant that apps like Tinder and Grindr are no longer seen as a source of shame, and they're just another of the many ways people can try and meet each other in the modern digital age.It limits you to 12 or so potential matches per day (the exact amount depends on how many Facebook friends you have), giving it a bit more focus than the sprawl of Tinder or Happn.They also just introduced timed matches which give you 24 hours to send the first message otherwise it expires, encouraging users to make matches more quickly.

Pam Grier is the first black woman action star, and in recent years there's been more attention paid to pulp figures in that ilk, thanks to the nostalgia of cult cinema and the celebration of genre canons.

The first Venom trailer, which premiered earlier this year, didn't really impress me, mostly because it looked like a retread of about a hundred other comic - book movies of its ilk.

The first is that it, and others of its ilk — Lincoln Navigator, Mercedes GL, Toyota Sequoia, Nissan Armada, et al. — need a sense of purpose, their size and utility put to proper use.

Now, as to the car... first things first, it's not a race car, so take reviews from sites like Car and Driver and Motor Trend and their ilk with a VERY large grain of salt.

Following on from the already outed Acer and Asus Windows 8 machines, the first Microsoft hardware is expected to be showcased ahead of an October release date with the tablet's entertainment ilk set to be bolstered by a heavy focus on Xbox Live video streaming making it a must - have for avid gamers.

I remember how RITE of ILK in its very first draft was a 2D side - scroller, much akin to popular 80's duo Ice Climbers.

«Windy Hill «from Windy Valley, and Mt. Red: A Symbol of Thrill, from Red Mountain, sound more in line with what I expected back when I booted the game for the first time; tunes of a similar ilk to Sonic's 16 - bit glory days, but of vastly superior quality, having been freed from the dual constraints of miniscule cartridges and the Mega Drive's Yamaha YM2612 sound chip.

Yes MH3U, the topic of our first Celestial Council, is a multiplayer RPG of an ilk that has not before been seen on a Nintendo handheld.

The action proceeds one screen at a time a la the very first Zelda game, which isn't exactly suitable pacing for an adventure of this ilk, and the «scrolling» is very slow.

So during the first 10 years, I built a reasonable collection of Rothko, Kline and artists of that ilk.

The first post is a generic description of the Halsburys Model and will be followed by posts on Halsburys Laws of Canada, the Canadian Encyclopedic Digests, and the Juris Classeur Quebec, three publications of the same ilk or genre that are designed to provide legal researchers with «a complete statement» of the laws of Canada, the Western Provinces, Ontario and Quebec.

As with all deals of this ilk, it needs to pass regulatory muster first, but if it does, it is expected to close at the end July.

Aside from that, the biggest stand - out feature here is the lack of any battery - life indicator on the case itself — the first indication that the case isn't a portable charging station like so many of its ilk.