Sentences with phrase «imitation of what»

Our Peace Corps essay examples are a perfect imitation of what you may need when applying for that Peace Corps job.

At idle it's making a thin, high - pitched whirring noise almost like an electronically synthesised imitation of what an engine might sound like.

As a 2nd grade teacher in the Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township in Indiana, Eaton considered virtual classes isolating, rudimentary, and «a subpar, cheap imitation of what real education looks like,» she said.

This is the main flaw with the game, the fifth entry into the main strand of the franchise coming across as a pale imitation of what came before.

Pacifiers are sugarless gum for babies — an imitation of what a baby really needs.

If Embiid's not there, it's but an imitation of what ought to be.

The hard core of true supporters (who actually CARE on a daily basis how the club performs, and is being run) have long since come to come to realise we have now become a pale imitation of what our great club once stood for.

When films were first shown on television, they were — arguably — poor imitations of what audiences experienced in the theater.

What I do see are more poor imitations of what they see as their best sellers and the newest, bestest fad.

The imagery are not «real painting», but rather photo replicas as if to say that memories themselves are mere imitations of what really happened.

Not being satisfied with playground imitations of what the big boys do.

Are Chinese products simply imitations of what is produced in Japan and Korea?

Not exact matches

The study of divinity is not possible apart from what the author of the Epistle to the Ephesians dares to call the imitation of God.

The Mexicans, quite oblivious to what their idol had told them, namely that this place was merely an imitation and pattern of the land they were to be given, stayed in this delightful place (a long time) and began to feel that it was quite satisfactory, some even saying that they desired to stay there permanently, and that this was really the place selected by their god Huitzilopochtli; that it was from that place that they were all to follow their desires, being the rulers of the four parts of the world, etc..

But then on the other hand how on earth can one expect to find an essential consciousness of sin (and after all that is what Christianity wants) in a life which is so retarded by triviality, by a chattering imitation of «the others,» that one hardly can call it sin, that it is too spiritless to be so called, and fit only, as the Scripture says, to be «spewed out»?

What we need is not imitation but the affirmation of our own heritage as a viable source of identity and renewal.

What Pius XII was ring - fencing in Humanae Generis was the Tridentine definition of Original Sin being passed on by generation not by imitation, not the existence of an individual named Adam as such.

Such imitation, however, is not nearly so simple as it might seem, for what Cobb asks of the individual believer in our own generation is to relate effectively to the example of one from whom we are distanced in virtually countless ways.

Essentially, James Alison seemed to be arguing that original sin wasn't eating forbidden fruit, but in in the improper imitation of God, and (more importantly), trying to cover up what we have done by blaming others for our own actions.

Rather it was because he was profoundly and totally mated in Christ who identified fully with him, that he could himself effect the same renunciation, join in total solidarity with others in their distress, without losing what is the very heart of the existence of the disciple following the steps of and in imitation of his master.

What were those «imitation blueberry» bits made of?

I had allowed myself a little bit of leeway as I felt I was getting pretty darn good at knowing what things usually contained gluten, even seemingly harmless foods like imitation crab (whodathunk it'd be in a fish product?).

From exotic and elegant dishes for special occasions to timeless «comfort foods» passed down from generations, the recipes will enchant the senses and remind you of what food was before it was mass - produced, over-processed, converted into «lite» imitations or packed with artificial ingredients.

Not all cookers are created equal, and what you bought is an economical imitation of the big fancy offset cookers.

The adult has to be aware of what it means to be a role model, because the child lives in imitation, as his / her main way of learning.

If you recognize that much of what children learn they learn through imitation, it makes sense that your child will do as you do when it comes to etiquette.

There's also a problem with people using ridiculously improper grammar when speaking with children in an imitation of their speech level... this behavior is what came to mind when I read the article.

For Liberal Democrats, who seek a fairer, more sustainable future, what we want is to fundamentally change the way British politics works — not to become a pale imitation of the two old parties.

«What do they say, «imitation is the sincerest form of flattery,»» de Blasio said during an unrelated press conference in Chinatown.

«This finding opens up a huge avenue of research in parrots, in trying to understand how parrots are processing the information necessary to copy novel sounds and what are the mechanisms that underlie imitation of human speech sounds,» said Mukta Chakraborty, a post-doctoral researcher in the lab of Erich Jarvis, an associate professor of neurobiology at Duke and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator.

You might think you love your old Dodge Ram (no relation to the sheep on the cover), but what you and your pickup share is a pale imitation of the true, deep and abiding intimacy experienced by objectophiles.

We need to eat more butterfat from pasture - fed animals, more lard from pigs raised outdoors, more eggs from pastured - poultry, and more shrimp and other seafood rich in vitamin D. And we need to recognize the demonization of butter and similar healthy foods for what it is — a ploy, bolstered by the phony cholesterol theory, that has convinced Americans to substitute imitation foods for the nourishing foods of their ancestors.

Neither the disappointment of Hugh Hudson's subsequent career, nor the seemingly endless stream of parodies and imitations, has tarnished what remains a truly great piece of British filmmaking.

Once you start to think about it, it can actually become a fun parlor game to wonder what the Nichols version of «The Imitation Game» or «The Judge» or «Inherent Vice» or «Men, Women & Children» might look like.

Encouraged by moderator Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) to discuss the process of writing, Emily Gordon (The Big Sick) quipped, «Well, as the great Aaron Sorkin once said: «Write what you know.

Together, they created what's widely considered the first Steadicam shot: an imitation, in reverse of a virtuosic handheld shot from Mikhail Kalatozov's The Cranes Are Flying (57).

From there he made a movie based upon the life and achievements of British mathematician Alan Turing, the 2014 Oscar - nominated The Imitation Game in which Benedict Cumberbatch portrayed the father of what we recognize today as artificial intelligence.

Without the reckless air of youth on the verge, The Girl Next Door starts to feel like calculated imitation, becoming affected and, eventually, what a teenage sex comedy can't be: restrained.

The Imitation Game A wonderful book adaptation, makes you thin and react to the background of war, what some people did behind closed doors that saved the lives of millions.

(Fitting that Hooper evokes modern - day Argento, what with the artistic decline of both men similarly indicated by low - rent expressionism — a product of self - imitation.)

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I'm hoping Birdman wins but I can't for the life of me figure out what effects work went into The Imitation Game -LRB-???) which is also nominated!

Continuing our series that began last month, Jonathan Boehle investigates what the November box office holds for the month's crop of Oscar contenders, including a major frontrunner in The Weinstein Company «s $ 7M gamble and main horse in the race, The Imitation Game.

James Ellroy, Perfidia Stephen Rebello, Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho Stephen Tobolowsky, The Dangerous Animals Club Jennifer Grant, Good Stuff: A Reminiscence of My Father, Cary Grant Piper Laurie, Learning to Live Out Loud John Grisham, Bleachers James Earl Jones, Voices and Silences Henry Bromell, Panic Howard A. Rodman, Savage Grace Fay Wray, On the Other Hand Betty Comden, Off Stage Budd Boetticher, When in Disgrace Michael Powell, A Life in Movies Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, Too Funny For Words Stephen Rebello and Edward Margulies, Bad Movies We Love John Waters, Trash Trilogy and The Obsessions of John Waters Louis Sacher, Holes Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide Richard Condon, The Manchurian Candidate Jack Palance, The Forest of Love Roger Ebert, Ebert's Little Movie Glossary Terry Jones, Nicobobinus and The Fly - By - Night Bernie Brillstein, The Little Stuff Matters Most Mia Farrow, What Falls Away Andre Dubus III, House of Sand and Fog John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas Dennis Hopper, Out of the Sixties James Stewart, Jimmy Stewart and His Poems Mark Frost, The Greatest Game Ever Played Sam Staggs, Born to be Hurt: The Untold Story of Imitation of Life

Using a technology called functional Near - InfraRed Spectroscopy (fNIRS), which uses infrared light to track changes in blood oxygen in different parts of the brain to provide a measure of what brain regions are becoming more activated (consuming more oxygen) during certain tasks, the investigation will compare the brain patterns of children with ASD and typical children who have similar imitation scores and eyetracking patterns, to determine whether children with ASD process the same imitation tasks differently from typically developing children, at the level of their brain activity.

An intensely articulate and moving memoir of self - discovery, Eat, Pray, Love is about what can happen when you claim responsibility for your own contentment and stop trying to live in imitation of society's ideals.

Marie Ann — Doing Icarus imitations almost always leads to a crash to earth We all have fantasies of being the next superstar author, but we have to know what the realities are.

No, what gets to me is how these authors do their imitation of that guard in Atlas Shrugged.

«Slavish imitation can produce nothing of any interest,» Auster said, «but every original artist has always been alert to what other artists are doing.

The lesson: imitating smart practices works and — equally important — many, if not most, people fail to practice intelligent imitation, even in the face of evidence that it works (better than what they are currently doing).