Sentences with phrase «good stab»

What You Need To Know: While it was far from perfect, «The Hunger Games» was a pretty good stab at launching a new young adult franchise; leagues better than the «Twilight» movies, and stacked full of good performances, not least from lead Jennifer Lawrence.

While the Government and the Local Government Association have failed to provide a full list of Councils thus far identified as having deposited money in Icelandic banks The Daily Telegraph have had a pretty good stab of it this morning.

While options higher up on this list represent a better value, as well as a blending of hardware and software that will simply appeal to more people, the Honor 7X is the company's best stab yet at a device that will captivate the mainstream.

Everybody had this really ill - advised idea back in the late 90's that they could create the fabled «Mario Kart Beater», and — knowing everybody loves a trier — some are still having a crack at it today (Sega actually had a pretty damn good stab at it!).

I hate this particular fashion (bralets over shirts) although you have a jolly good stab at it Sam.

With that, naturally, come the expectations of profanity and vulgarity and in these ways he's certainly restricted but he makes some pretty good stabs with some visual gags and a trio of Asian kids who essentially become props to one of his jokes.

Things like Gmail, Contacts and Calendar leave us feeling in control, and it's a much better stab at it than we got from the Froyo - packing Samsung Galaxy Tab.

It's a far better stab at the story than the canned ham and soft cheese of «Mirror, Mirror,» this year's earlier version starring Julia Roberts.

Everybody had this really ill - advised idea back in the late 90's that they could create the fabled «Mario Kart Beater», and — knowing everybody loves a trier — some are still having a crack at it today (Sega actually had a pretty damn good stab...

Others had a good stab at scooping our Stats Zone Player of the Season prize; champions Manchester City had Yaya Toure and his brilliant season to thank for their second trophy in three seasons.

Good stab the MLS.

But their own organization, the School Nutrition Association, is taking a good stab at it.

The only problem is that when low risk suddenly becomes immediate, life - threateningly high risk (unexpected haemorrhage, shoulder dystocia, rapid onset eclampsia), being in hospital gives you a good stab at survival.

Evidence of supersymmetry would support M - theory, the 11 - dimensional version of string theory that is the best stab so far at a «theory of everything ``, uniting gravity with the other forces of nature.

Susskind is one of the founders of string theory, which is our best stab yet at a unified understanding of physics — and perhaps the best - known model in which extra dimensions are found.

Hermaphroditic sea slugs mate more than they need to even though it involves getting stabbed — and it seems to do them some good

He went on to use this «equivalence principle» as the fundament of his general theory of relativity, still our best stab at explaining the mysterious force of gravity.

Of course it was no picnic for the lower classes, but the film takes a good stab at showing that a life of privilege is not all it is cracked up to be.

Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan's World War II epic is his next and best stab at Oscar glory and could be a massive, Saving Private Ryan level hit.

I'm sure KS3 could have a good stab at it though!

Diamond - shaped motifs abound, the facia top appears to be floating, and the material and construction quality makes a good stab at premiumness.

Most economy - biased small cars these days require a good stab of the throttle for them to wake up the turbocharger, but the smallest of prods here gets a response.

Lexus is taking its latest and best stab at a non-boring, high - end sporty car with the Lexus LC500 that will likely arrive in a year as a 2018 model.

Arguably, the significantly cheaper Volkswagen Golf makes a better stab dynamically and offers impressive quality, but it lacks both the style and class the new A-Class oozes.

Its not as if they didn't have a good stab at it themselves.

So, while Skyrim Special Edition has a good stab at bringing the native 4K experience to consoles, the execution isn't quite flawless and it's actually Pro users with 1080p screens that get a raw deal - they get the exact same performance as the 4K users owing to the super-sampling implementation.

With Lords of the Fallen we have the first true «inspired by» Dark Souls game and the developers have had a good stab at recreating the wonders of that title and ended up delivering what can be described as Dark Souls for the MTV generation.

The recently - unveiled Assassin's Creed: Revelations is set to bring an end to Ezio's saga thanks to an mysterious adventure through the heart of Constantinople, but the first solid gameplay and story details have now leapt from a rooftop and given the internet a good stabbing.

I was doing my best stab - a-lot-and-roll strategy before remembering that I could lead the Great Jagras I was fighting into a tree, which would eventually fall over and reveal ensnaring vines to tangle it up.

Sure, both Grim Fandango and Hotel Dusk make a good stab at it, but L.A. Noire actually feels like a film to play through.

My best stab at an analogy would be if you could insure your 2000 Toyota Camry, not for it's replacement value, but let's say for $ 100,000.

The latest budget Lenovo Tab 2 A8 8 - inch tablet has a good stab at it though, introducing a neater, tidier Android Lollipop user experience - which... Read more

They are great watches, and I've said before that they are probably the best stab at a smartwatch, but they are definitely not ready for primetime just yet.

Take a good stab at your one - sentence, 30 - second, and 1 - minute elevator speeches.

My 4 year old took a good stab at this momma's heart this morning when he asked if I could snuggle under the blanket instead of going to work.....