Sentences with phrase «gimmick for»

But it's a fun gimmick for the kids, hopefully to keep them seated longer than the.25 seconds my kids want to sit for Thanksgiving.

A cover letter for a shop assistant resume is necessarily a selling gimmick for an applicant's qualities which should leave the employer wondering and look forward to discovering what the former has to offer.

Gone is the second 2MP sensor from last year, largely a gimmick for creating depth - of - field effects.

But those felt more like a gimmick for marketing purposes than anything else.

Each offers a specific gimmick for those who want to have a few different options to play around with when it comes to photography.

It's a good PR gimmick for the Guardian, and I mean that is a positive way: the story will get lots of ink and will be picked up by the international wire services like AP and Reuters, spreading the word far and wide, and the blogosphere will pick it up as well, and the news of the Guardian's picks will be useful in helping to make more and more people aware of the very real problems of climate change and global warming.

The key gimmick for the side scrolling sections is the fact you can cling to the side of (just about) any wall indefinitely, and that you can hover for a short period of time.

It's no secret that the Wii, for all intents and purposes, was a glorified gimmick for all but those who took the time to see through that facade.

One big complaint about Nintendo is that it seems like the company always needs some sort of a gimmick for anything it produces: motion gaming, a 3D display, a tablet controller... Even the touchscreen on the Nintendo DS and the wonky controller design of the N64 were seen as gimmicks when they came out.

Will this be a one - and - done gimmick for this game only?

Unlike what you saw in Assassin's Creed III, upgrades for your ships have now become an important part of the gameplay instead of being a gimmick for the fashion - inclined, so be prepared to go a long distance with the game.

We can expect a graphical upgrade, a new region, new Pokemon, and a new gimmick for battles like Z - Moves and Mega Evolutions from previous entries.

It sounds more and more like Nintendo will have a big gimmick for this console.

I really didn't give much thought about the main gimmick for M&L 5.

I'd applaud them for not pushing the gimmick for NGP just yet, but mark my words: there will be a 3D - enabled NGP within a year after its initial release.

But that become the most popular gimmick for that game.

Then Came (SF2 was supposed to come, but Maybe I guess they couldn't find a HW gimmick for it so lets just ignore that, and because it wasn't actually released) SF64 game, and the gimmick there was Non intrusive / optional; Rumble Pack.

I do believe the power of the Xbox 1x is a gimmick for marketing, let's not pretend like Nintendo hasn't done this as well with varying results.

Of course, it's bloody useless, a gimmick for which I can find no reasonable application other than being kind of cool.

This is a great deal for a card with no annual fee, but this card does have a small gimmick for earning rewards.

[Two fee issues to monitor: i) Capitalizing (& amortizing) IPO expenses as a balance sheet «asset» is a nice gimmick for investment managers to collect additional fees — however, it's far less prevalent these days & actually may not even be permissible any longer, and ii) if the company invests in JVs which are also managed by the investment manager (or a related party), shareholders should ensure two layers of fees aren't imposed].

And consider that tax rebate gimmick for what it is: another cheap attempt at stopping you from achieving financial independence.

until they put together a cheap, affordable ebook reader for the masses it's going to be nothing more than a gimmick for the average person.

But it was important to us to make sure that the initiative enhanced the world portrayed in the print book and wasn't just a gimmick for the sake of a gimmick.

While even the most well - executed 3D narrative films have hardly depended on the gimmick for anything more than bonus effect, 3D actively enhances the audience's understanding of the subject in «Pina,» where movement patterns and spatial deconstruction in the late Pina Bausch's choreography are brought to the fore, replicating the immediacy and interactivity of live performance.

These creatures feed off sound, which is somewhat of a rudimentary gimmick for a horror film monster.

The digging aspect of the game isn't just a clever gimmick for creating paths, though.

Joining Breath of the Wild as another game made to make the Switch worth buying, Odyssey represents the trend of Mario games adding a new gimmick for their new console debuts.

I really didn't give much thought about the main gimmick for M&L 5.

Real Food is not the most recent ploy or gimmick for quick weight loss.

It was part of his dalliance with flat taxation (which wasn't a leadership election gimmick for his buddy, oh no).

Just beware of this gimmick for it is just that.

The three - point shot is no gimmick for his son.

Manute had good touch shooting the ball, but the three - point shot often felt like a gimmick for him.

The gimmick for the «Fallout» franchise is that the games offer you infinite choice.

Leave «viral» gimmicks for the cute baby pandas, kittens and singing toddlers, and concentrate on a content strategy that is in it for the long haul.

This doesn't mean that we should squander our creativity trying to think up new gimmicks for evangelism, as so many do.

It does not mean substituting gimmicks for theological sturdiness.

The directive of the churches represented in Faith and Order — that a study of worship be pursued over a number of years — indicates a recognition that there is a giveness to Christian worship, and that the common degradation of worship into gimmicks for religious mood - engendering is a kind of impoverishment, a failure, a positive disobedience hiding behind the face of individualism, spontaneity, freedom.

Recent controversies over reviews for books bandy about the idea that reviews are now only gimmicks for marketing purposes, due to their lack of quality and the ease with which anyone can rate a book.

But again then, what were the HW gimmicks for the SFAs?

However, it remains unclear whether the augmented reality gimmicks for the iPhone will also be compatible with the company's other plans for developing AR hardware.

The headline must include one or more benefit or implied benefit; something that is new, news or topical; and / or a curiosity element without gimmicks for gimmicks sake.

Not exact matches

No touchscreens, except for a «Touch Bar» on the high - end MacBook Pro that many have decried as a mere gimmick.

Berkshire Hathaway has always been the quintessential buy - and - hold company — and helps ensure that its Class A shareholders are focused on the same long - term goals by refusing, for example, to indulge in gimmicks like stock splits.

After the usual motivational gimmicks it implemented yielded nothing, the Brazilian joint - venture catalyst - company went for a drastic overhaul, flattening its hierarchy to just one corporate layer and two manufacturing ones.

There was little money for trade advertisements, merchandising gimmicks, or promotions.

The S Pen has other new functions, too, like the ability to jot down a note that's automatically saved as an animated GIF for sharing, but that felt more like a gimmick to me.

Sale signs are another good gimmick, although nothing beats a well - executed raffle for free merchandise.

While this reads like a marketing gimmick, the NiH has independently studied and found benefits of doing so, which is why it's a natural choice for sleep products (in fact, Amerisleep's technology also uses Celiant to do so) and sleepwear.