Sentences with phrase «if implausible»

There is no denying that this film has other great, if implausible, moments, such as the «computer room» sequence cited in all of the trailers with Cruise playing a high - tech Pinocchio, but that's all this film has — great moments strung together with very little substance.

I'm sure there is a possible, if implausible explanation for each of those inconsistencies... but as you start to stack implausibilities, the likelihood increases that it's a much simpler explanation, i.e. either a huge exaggeration or outright fabrication.

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Not one to mince words, he summed up his industry outlook by saying, «Retail guys are going to go out of business and ecommerce will become the place everyone buys... Retail chains are a fundamentally implausible economic structure if there's a viable alternative.

The Fed does not have special information on where the economy is going and I find it highly implausible that its not acting would scare market participants if it explained its decision making.

If that sounds implausible, that's because it is.

In fact, if something is implausible it can't qualify as a theory.

If a theory is revealed as implausible it ceases to become a theory.

For better or worse, the elaborate investigation of, for instance, the connections between St. Paul's teaching on justification and the criminal justice system will be totally inaccessible» and, if accessible, implausible» to anyone within hailing distance of policy discussions about crime and punishment.

Some people seem to think that if you employ an implausible H, then somehow you are committed to it: they seem to think that your claim — that P an are jointly consistent — is no more plausible than the R you use to establish it.

Pretty much be definition anything defined as outside the realm of physical reality is infinitely implausible, if not necessarily mathematically impossible.

If we identify subjectivity with conscious subjectivity, this is highly implausible.

If each of the basic theses of the Thomistic theology entails all the rest, and if the whole set is contradictory, then each of the theses individually is contradictory, a most implausible conclusioIf each of the basic theses of the Thomistic theology entails all the rest, and if the whole set is contradictory, then each of the theses individually is contradictory, a most implausible conclusioif the whole set is contradictory, then each of the theses individually is contradictory, a most implausible conclusion.

Neither the White House nor the Congress seems interested in, or capable of, articulating such a doctrine, and it is not likely to come from a forum of formers who are reading from scripts that in the present political culture are, if intelligible at all, thoroughly implausible.

And if that standard is not met, if the explanations are not provided, we can bet with confidence that these cases, now rare, will cease to be rare, precisely as the notion of same - sex marriage has shifted from the unthinkable to the implausible to the realities springing up all around now and demanding acceptance.

The supine acceptance by many churches of no fault divorce makes the «I have become a Christian so it is all different now» defense appear implausible, even if it is actually true in specific cases.

If that is all the objection were, determinists could be regarded as holding an implausible, unconfirmable, and scientifically unnecessary position.

There is indeed no good reason to doubt their origin (in approximately if not precisely this same form) in the very historical episode itself; nor is Miriam's role as in some sense leader and conductor of the spontaneous demonstration in any way implausible (compare, for example, the Song of Deborah in Judges 5).

But if you go on Facebook you see all these implausible things that people just repeat and pass on.

(That was widely reported: I was very sceptical that he had been doing that, and thought it very silly and implausible if he were to claim that).

Even if Labour scored a decent second in the popular vote, installing a new prime minister no one had voted for would surely cause public outrage — leaving only the still implausible prime ministerial option of Clegg himself.

If all this sounds wildly implausible, bear in mind that the idea of sequencing an entire human genome in days seemed nigh on impossible just a few years ago.

In addition, it has long been argued that the lighting and shadows in the photo are inconsistent; that Oswald's facial features are inconsistent with other photos of him; that the size of the rifle is inconsistent with the known length of that type of rifle; and that Oswald's pose is physically implausible (it appears as if he is standing off balance).

Radical utopias are out of fashion in the 21st century, but if they ever do reemerge, I suspect it will be thanks to the open - ended nature of software, because virtual communities can serve as a proof of concept for ideas that might seem implausible were they merely described on paper.

Even the most implausible business can make money if the cost of reaching new customers is zero.

It bears noting that even if the SEA mean estimate were correct, it still lies well above the ever - more implausible estimates of those that wish the climate sensitivity were negligible.

Even if exceptional humans were found as low as 700 cc, it is still implausible for Lubenow to claim (p. 162) that ER 1470, at 750 - 775 cc, is «well within the normal human range».

He did a run of films in which he was more and more subdued or withdrawn: Onegin, directed by his sister; the lover in a listless version of Graham Greene's The End of the Affair; implausible with Jennifer Lopez in Maid in Manhattan (why be on screen with J. Lo if you're not very pleased to see her?)

After Johnny has nearly blown things with Gheorge by reverting to his bad habits, Lee, who won a directing prize at this year's Sundance Film Festival, finds a way to end the film on a hopeful, if somewhat implausible, note.

Siegel makes excellent use of San Francisco locations, even if Harry makes a few implausible leaps across town from time to time.

Some good central performances with an interesting if slightly implausible concept.

Here's a good reminder that a story can have unlikely or even implausible elements, yet still feed credible if the characters are authentic and the themes are sincere.

What makes this particularly funny is the way that Tambor, after saying something so implausible, subtly darts his eyes around the room to see if anyone believes him.

As implausible as such naiveté would have been in the late 1980s, when these fictionalized lovebirds are said to have met, Nick barely blinks when he discovers what the rest of the country - if not the world - already knows.

And we're willing to overlook clunky dialogue and layers of implausible plot twists if they'll help her get home.

From Denmark, this morally complex drama is urgent and provocative even if the story is full of lapses that make it feel oddly implausible.

The sudden change in tone revolves around a contrivance that's arguably more implausible than Adaline's condition, but if you bought the car crash, you'll probably be fine with it.

Black Mirror goes to extraordinary and implausible lengths to ask these questions, resulting in a decent, if flawed, final product.

The main plot point is extremely tough to swallow, but implausible though it is, if you can buy it you'll have a good time with this over-the-top action film, with wit and style reminiscent of The Good the Bad and the Ugly (with even a multi-party showdown done in that style thrown in).

The fatal flaw lies in the fact that Rescue Me would end if Tommy ever redeemed himself, and after jumping through a series of ever more implausible hoops, the show still seems unable to live up to its premise.

It largely avoids schmaltz until the third act (when it wallows in it), and if its conclusion borders on the implausible, sliding into the ridiculous, Hart's War provides easy causes to champion, nice turns by Farrell and Hauser, and enough cleverly framed set - pieces to ease the pain of its predictability and hamfistedness.

As a straight procedural, this might have worked if Egoyan did not try the audience's patience and insult their intelligence with how utterly implausible his drama is.

Further it is implausible that the car would be in that state and brought to the shop if the owner were not intending to repair it.

But I wanted to inquire if this is dangerous for the passenger side or if it poorly created that a false start could create an implausible signal, which may make sense but is very poor design?

If the history of the De Tomaso Pantera seems implausible, that's because it was: The car was built in Italy by an Argentinian, designed in Italy by an American, and sold by Lincoln - Mercury dealers in the U.S.. By 1974 and the introduction of the GTS, sales had slowed though hundreds of cars continued to be produced into the»90s.

It has a lithe, sinewy athleticism that manages to carry seemingly implausible speed into and out of corners without wasting energy but, if you want to play games with the throttle, the Cup will oblige with just the right degree of rear - end mobility.

This magazine advertisement for the 1982 CJ touts the truck's rugged good looks — emphasized by a couple of models who look as if they came straight out of a Dukes of Hazzard episode — and its somewhat implausible claimed fuel economy.

If this fuse is not installed, the trailer module may display a terminal 15 implausible signal fault code and some trailer lamps will not function.

Considering that genre fiction is thought to sell so much more readily than literary, I'm always surprised at the vehemence with which some people will describe literary fiction as boring and «pretentious» — as if vampires prancing around in ill - researched period costumes aren't pretentious in their own fashion; as if utterly implausible science fiction isn't a form of pretension at warp speed.

This does sound a bit implausible, even if it is true it is pretty grossly irresponsible and you probably shouldn't just let it slide...

This seems implausible to me, if only because some stocks don't pay dividends.