Sentences with phrase «given substantial roles»

And among its many pleasures is the chance to see some character actor favorites like James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, and newer up - and - comers like Scoot McNairy and Ben Mendelsohn given substantial roles to chew on.

Bauer was given the substantial role of Manny Ribera in the 1983 movie SCARFACE, even though he was a relatively unknown actor at the time.

Although her father didn't really want her to be an actress, he gave her substantial roles in his films Sinful Davy and A Walk With Love and Death (both 1969).

Not exact matches

The two companies» findings unveiled substantial growth in mobile use to connect with businesses, and given that fact, social media marketing played a massive role.

In his own words: «The delicate task is to find an account that will give the mental a substantial enough causal role to let us avoid «the great paradox of epiphenomenalism» without infringing upon the closedness of physical causal systems» (SM 106).

According to our sources, the Citizens were so impressed with Kelechi Iheanacho's masterful showing in the FA Cup on Saturday — the Nigerian wonderkid scored a hat - trick as the Sky Blues devastated Aston Villa 4 - 0 — that they are looking to give the youngster a more substantial role in the first team during the title run in.

«Given that Texas has consistently had the highest percent of uninsured residents among the 50 states for several years, the insurance provisions of the ACA are expected to play a substantial role in providing coverage to the close to 5 million adults who reportedly lacked health insurance in the state in 2010 ‐ 2011,» said Vivian Ho, the chair in health economics at Rice's Baker Institute, a professor of economics at Rice and a professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine.

A: Part of the take - home is that, given we do play such a substantial role in starting our own wildfires, we need to accept living in flammable places.

Its influential role in our metabolism gives our bacterial ecosystem substantial control over our weight.

Oddly enough it's the female characters who suffer most, with Chloe Sevigny «s inherent oddness the only thing rescuing the character of Owen and James» widowed mother from cipherdom, while the more substantial role of Diana is given not just one but several credulity - straining psychological somersaults to pull off.

But the trailer also presents the intriguing notion of LeBron James in a substantial supporting role, which could give a fascinating new meaning to the title.

Hill would gain a substantial amount of weight for the role, which gives a swagger to his walk and a presence that challenges Miles Teller's more straight - laced, but easily led, Packouz character.

With the breathing room afforded by a substantial but not excessive 155 - minute pre-credits runtime, this outing has time to give good material to all of the large cast, from the returning fixtures like Commissioner Gordon (Gary Oldman) and Lucius Fox (Morgan Freeman) to the new roles filled by three Inception cast members (including a fine Joseph Gordon - Levitt, whose prominence raises some well - founded suspicions).

Some carp that the role is too brief to win here, especially given Amy Adams, in a much more durationally substantial role, is competition.

I wonder if Ian McKellen's role in «Apocalypse» will just be a cameo, or if he will given something a little more substantial.

Given that the two of us happened to agree on this issue, despite our substantial differences on many issues, we thought it worth writing something that sketched out some shared principles as to what a smart federal role should look like.

Given that the role of schools is so central to the logic of vouchers, their omission from dialogue and research leaves a substantial gap in our understanding of voucher programs.

Later control dates were no doubt partly due to later ignition dates, given that the date of the last reported wildfire ignition increased by 15 days, but a substantial increase in the length of time the average wildfire burned also played a role.

Without a doubt, if we are to give a more «substantial» role to software systems in the law, we should know what we are doing.

Significantly in terms of explaining the role of the court in relation to such deals, the judge said in his February judgment that «the law requires the Court to give substantial deference to the SEC... the Court will fail in this duty if it did not give considerable weight to the SEC's position.»

They are also unhappy that the director of public prosecutions has to give consent to any prosecutions, that the legislation lacks extra-territorial bite, and that the test of senior management failure is too restricted — namely that «only those persons who play a significant role in decisions or in the actual managing or organising of the whole or a substantial part of those activities» can be the catalyst for the offence.

Given the variables when it comes to ascertaining the Market Value of a property — in particular lot characteristics as part of the equation — the finite science of an Algorithm would seem to have a debatable role — notwithstanding that CMHC's automated appraisal system would likely use some sort of algorithms, and yet this could be exactly why they (CMHC) apply such a substantial variance factor to their appraisals.

And given that a sluggish housing market overall remains the major drag on post-recession economic recovery, the authors contend that immigrants can and will play a substantial role in re-establishing a healthy housing market.