Sentences with phrase «for odd bits»

Ankrom works with appropriated bits of kitsch that he transforms in strange and bizarre ways, such as creating mini-bondage gear for odd bits of decorative detritus.

All that changed in 1955 however, as following the multiple deaths of the Le Mans disaster that year, the country decided to ban all motorsport in the country - except for the odd bit of rallying and hillclimbing (there was a Swiss Grand Prix in 1982, but that was actually held in France).

Everything here is rendered with such detail and clarity that it's almost breathtaking - seen on a large projection screen, there's barely a thing to complain about save for the odd bit of minor aliasing and moire patterning.

Not exact matches

It's a bit of an odd shoe to place — if you go with a darker color, they work well as a comfortable shoe you can wear to the office, but are probably a little too casual for formal events.

He didn't mention that the company will start asking for people's input — as TechCrunch said, it's a bit odd, since it's the users who are flooding the social network with fake news to begin with.

Amazon (AMZN) executives call these documents «narratives,» and even Bezos realizes that for the uninitiated — and fans of the PowerPoint presentation — the process is a bit odd.

But a few months later, the DPRK released some photos of its laptop manufacturing process that seemed a bit odd to Martyn Williams — for one thing, the computers being tested didn't appear to be turned on or plugged into anything.

Amazon (amzn) executives call these documents «narratives,» and even Bezos realizes that for the uninitiated — and fans of the PowerPoint presentation — the process is a bit odd.

After all, this is why rabid sports fans sign up for fantasy leagues, buy odd bits of memorabilia and too often say «we» when talking about their favorite team.

So releasing a major search tool without mobile capabilities for nearly two years was a bit odd.

A few other things about inflation that are a bit odd are the importance of the goods and services that are included in the calculation basket (the UK's CPI measure of inflation conspicuously omits housing costs for example).

«Slowly but surely, I've come to know both sides of Tony's life, his passion for finding ministry opportunities in unexpected places and his naturally funny, if not a bit odd, talents on camera,» Booker said.

There were few shout outs for God from the artists, the oddest being from Sean Carter (Jay - Z): «I want to thank God — I mean a little bit for this award — but mostly for all the universe for conspiring and putting that beautiful light of a young lady in my life,» Jay - Z said, looking at Beyoncé.

Of course, if Calvin is correct and God is actually the one in charge, then it becomes a bit odd... or flat our disgusting... to simultaneously think God elects people to suffer for all eternity for their sins.

Tony Blair is considered unusually religious for the UK (but not so for the US)... in the UK religion is often seen as a quaint odd traditional thing a bit like the monarchy.

I'd start smelling something odd when running the air circulator, pull the cabin air filter, and find a mouse nest on top.The solution was a bit different for this model year.

and so it's easy to fall into this kind of thinking for anyone, and (2) Christian culture is so pervasive even our people get bitten by it — we live in an odd time where you can be exposed to other church's preachers on the radio, podcasts, Christian books, etc. and so the church you go to is not going to be the only influence on how you think and approach God & Christianity.

Vegetarians and vegans were once considered to be a bit odd, and it wasn't easy for them to find a wide variety of food in the average grocery store.

As for music; Tallest Man on Earth, Goldfish and Caravan Palace [both dancy but good], a bit of jazz and old stuff like Fred Astaire, I like podcasts too, The Thrilling Adventure Hour is fantastic if you like old time radio stuff [it's not actually old time, just the style and is also a little odd but great!]

Well, it's a bit odd, but Steve Wynn did «find» me at Raffles in Singapore and he asked me to interview for the initial job at the Bellagio.

The recipe looks great & I love frittatas, so easy for a quick dinner when you have odd bits of this and that laying around to use up.

My mom said that people would think she was weird for shopping in health food stores back then, even I thought it was a bit odd as a kid.

My one complaint would be that the peppermint layer was a tad on the thick side which made for a bit of an odd eating sensation (hard layer, super soft layer, and then brownie).

Question for you — with a few of your chocolate recipes I find up close the cake has a bit of an odd smell — do you know what I mean?

The final product was an odd brownish - green color from the bacon pureed with the green onion, which reminded me a bit of oxidized avocados, so as first (for me) it was a tad unappetizing.

I have a thermos for mine, which keeps it warm till at least lunchtime, though Freddy takes his into his office in an old bit of tupperware — he says it is just as good cold (odd man).

Whatever you call it or whenever you eat it — I was starved, so I invented it on the fly and devoured it for «brunch» today, as I am home on Spring Break with a bit more time to experiment — you will love it, odd as it sounds.

There was the occasional odd bite full of vanilla flavoring, but for the most part, not bad at all.

I keep the odd little bits of apple for laying on top, try to spread the gooey filling evenly over the top.

This might be a bit odd to mention, but I've been doing your recipes for years.

It might seem a little bit odd for the official F1 website to rate the drivers after a race weekend, but that's exactly what it's doing.

My assumptions are: The Board were looking for a suitable replacement, Either to gradually take the reins from Wenger within two years or to completely replace him at the end of the season, that's if he (Wenger) didn't agree to their terms and Maybe that's why Wenger was delaying the signing of that contract because he didn't want to work with a new assistant manager next season, we now know that the present one is jetting off to manage a club in Turkey at the end of this campaign and after working with Wenger for 19 odd years, this does sound a bit strange, right??

For someone who was so dominant to end 2014, and then opened 2015 with a win and second - place finish over on the Euro Tour, it was a bit odd to see McIlroy struggle again in South Florida.

The odd trophy is enough for them to keep the fans at arms length for a bit but they won't change and haven't no matter how much they insisted they are.

The odd time we did get a good forward move going we looked capable of scoring but they were a bit too scarce for my liking.

If I had known you were going to go way back in time to scour for an a odd tit bit?

Hee Seop Choi, 2005 (career home runs, 40; career high - 15) The 2005 Home Run Derby was a little bit odd in the representatives were chosen to represent a country, ostensibly to get the world ready for World Baseball Classic fever, so Choi was the de facto choice for South Korea.

He was talking about United in the Fergie era and it seems a bit odd as the last few years have seen United happy to finish fourth themselves, but is he right to suggest that Arsenal's happiness with a Champions League place under Wenger is not good enough and one of the reasons we have not won the EPL title for so long?

It may seem a little bit odd to say this after Rob Holding was an unused substitute for most of his debut season as an Arsenal player, especially after this summer of international competition when his club and country colleague Calum Chambers was selected ahead of him for the England under 21 team every time, but I believe that the young defender is going to be a regular first team starter for us next season.

He got like 20 odd goals for barca so id say hes a bit more than a number 10.

Personally I am pleased for them — Yaya to Ajax seems odd though, he must be a bit better than many on here give him credit for if the famous Ajax academy / set up is gonna have a look at him and help his development.

There's ample space for every possible bit of infrastructure across the 600 - some - odd acres on the Kettle Moraine property.

A bit of an odd incident, sure, but probably a better outcome than risking a penalty for holding someone up!

Bit odd... U slam this guy for apparently making judgements based on 2 or 3» games and then u make judgements based on?

And when you are paying big money to Arsene Wenger to run the football side of things (something the Kroenke's know sod all about) and the chief executive Ivan Gazidis millions to look after the commercial side of things, it seems odd that we need to spend so much for a bit of advice.

It might seem a bit odd to pick the Arsenal keeper as the Man of the Match in a game in which the Gunners» biggest disappointment was not making the most of the chances we created but if it had not been for the agility and ability of Petr Cech we could have come away with nothing from the game.

The Dodgers also acquired Nick Punto in this trade, which seemed a little odd at the time: one of the game's top first basemen on a contract the Dodgers wanted to possess, coupled with a former ace and a former star who had both fallen on hard times... and also a bench player who hadn't hit even a little bit in his first year with the Red Sox and was only owed a little over $ 300,000 for the rest of the season.

We've gone for more of a wintry theme with the odd stocking filler bit of fun:) What do you think?

The doll is a bit odd to me, I don't like plastic toys, the halter top bothers me and I wouldn't buy one for me children.

My only issue is that it's a maternity dress with breastfeeding access, so there's the higher waist line and and extra fabric gathered at the front to allow for a bump — which looks a bit odd when your bump is now a couple of months old.