Sentences with phrase «impressive by any standards»

I don't like Chelsea very much but that's impressive by any standard.

The colors, sharpness, and detail are all impressive by any standard.

The GT - R's track performance would be impressive by any standard, but to understand the car's triumph, you must bear in mind its price: The base GT - R's suggested retail is $ 69,850.

That is impressive by any standard.

This is impressive by any standards, but it won't necessarily be achieved by everybody.

Medical equipment sales salaries are impressive by any standard, and the job comes with plenty of other perks too, including expense accounts, company cars or car allowances, stock options, and much more.

It had 808 reviews and 4.5 stars, which is impressive by any standards.

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While 30 million is an impressive sales number by any standard, it's even more striking when you look at the progress the system has made in the past 11 months.

That's an impressive stretch by any standard, but becoming a brand takes more than just selling a lot of records, something that the Chicago rapper seems to have understood from the outset.

Thomas points out that, not only does this natural ebb and flow sound delightful, it also results in an impressive level of productivity (a book a year is a hefty output by any writer's standards).

Even measured against this bull market's impressive results, technology stocks have been excellent investments, outpacing the 19.4 percent annualized return of Standard and Poor's 500 - stock index by four percentage points per year, on average, since...

Americans proudly think of their history as a long one, 242 years is indeed impressive by North American standards.

By the standards of public opinion research, these results are quite impressive, and are worth a little more exploration.

I've only seen in him a few European matches for Basel (the Spuds having to sub Dembele at half - time because he was getting owned by ME, the Chelsea and Liverpool losses to Basel) and the standard YouTube vids but he looks impressive.

But his impressive work was undermined by a trip to Britain before the London 2010 Games, when he warned of «disconcerting» signs that the UK was not ready and — against standard practice — revealed he had met with the head of MI6.

E.J. McMahon, research director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, said Buffalo Niagara's job growth «is not impressive at all... By national standards and compared to similarly sized metropolitan areas, it's been relatively weak.»

Standing at 6» 1» and 250 lbs, Reg was impressive and unreal by the old standards.

We are given a far more impressive Professor McGonagall than was ever represented in the book, as she does what only seems to make sense for the character and holds up the standard raised by her true leader, the late Albus Dumbledore.

By Capcom's normally impressive standards, this is by some margin its least impressive offering for a generatioBy Capcom's normally impressive standards, this is by some margin its least impressive offering for a generatioby some margin its least impressive offering for a generation.

There's little gained from 3D as the special effects are not impressive by blockbuster standards.

A mess of a film this one.Plot lines confused and blurred.It seems to have been made up as they filmed.All the American cliques are there.Ugly brutal men in a one horse town, yet the place is full of emotionally wounded gorgeous women.The men are macho and the women inconsequential.The acting is rather uneven, veering from impressive, going down to Benny Hill.This is Cages best role thus far, but his normal low standards means his acting is still below par.The plots descends into a quagmire of nuttiness and by the end is daft romantic nonsense.A tighter script was needed, the director needed to be replaced to stop the film's plot wandering off in all directions and finally someone with greater gravitas was needed to take on Nicholas Cage's part...

The first film directed by Douglas Trumbull (Brainstorm), the special effects maestro that created memorable visions in such movies as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and Blade Runner, features quite a bit of interesting effects of its own, perhaps a bit dated by today's standards (the spaceships look like obvious miniatures) but given the limited budget and schedule Trumbull had to work with, still impressive.

Whereas most notable movie results from the process have a brand name attached (Zach Braff, Spike Lee, Veronica Mars), Saulnier pitched his passion project online and raised an impressive $ 35,000 dollars, pennies by studio standards.

By today's more sophisticated standards, it takes more than just vivid animation to thrill us, as we've seen some very realistic effects in most of today's blockbusters, many of them far more impressive than those rendered in this film.

The four discs are stacked in pairs on opposite sides of a standard - sized Blu - ray case, which is topped by an impressive lenticular - faced embossed sturdy cardboard slipcover.

Even more impressive, nearly 80 percent of the states» proficiency rates are within 15 percentage points of the NAEP rates, with only one state possessing an average proficiency rate differing from the NAEP standard by more than 40 percentage points.

The selection criteria employed by these schools all but guarantee students who are likely to do well academically, which raises the question of whether the schools» generally impressive outcomes are caused by what happens inside them — their standards, curricula, teachers, homework — or are largely a function of what the kids bring with them.

Above the world average at IGCSE last year, and impressive by UK standards.

The Peugeot 208 GTi is an impressive hot hatch in standard specification and a spectacular one in GTi by Peugeot Sport trim, continuing Peugeot's recent (and very welcome) return to performance road car form.

Based on a Volkswagen chassis, it has a fiberglass body with a drag coefficient of just 0.23, an impressive number even by today's standards.

This special Golf would be powered by the same 2.0 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder that makes 290 hp in the standard Golf R, but with performance enhancing tweaks like a new cylinder head and induction system to boost power to an impressive 370 hp and 330 lb - ft of torque.

While the Porsche 928 is pretty slow by today's fast, luxury grand tourer standards, especially when compared to its spiritual successor, watching the speedometer climb on either car is still impressive, as is the level of handling performance and cornering prowess both exhibit, especially the 928, given its age.

The 2.0 - liter turbocharged four - cylinder Drive - E motor that's standard on the V60 T5 as well as the 2015 Volvo S60 T5 is living up to its green mission by delivering impressive fuel economy numbers of 25/37/29 mpg city / highway / combined in the 2015 Volvo V60 and S60.

As impressive as the ride in the standard A4 is, it's bettered by its Allroad brother.

Over The Last Thirteen Years This Aston Martin Has Only Had A Mere 13176 Miles Applied, Which If We Break This Down Further Is Approximately 900 Miles Per Annum, However Regardless Of This Incredible Current Reading The Vehicle Has Been Maintained To An Impressive Standard With Historical Aston Martin Main Dealer Services Completed At 78, 204, 4663, 5754, 6830, 7989, 8581, 10563, 11294 & 12169 Miles And Once Sold Will Have Another Service Completed By An Authorised Aston Martin Main Dealer, Prior To The Next Custodian Taking Receipt Of This Collectable Heritage Classic.

Equipped with the V8, the X6 is extremely quick with 60 mph coming up in just 4.8 seconds, making the performance of the X6 pretty incredible by any standard, but especially impressive considering the X6 was designed for light off - road duty.

Similarly impressive gains in the boot as well — up 85 litres for 505 litres, expandable to 1,550 litres by folding down the standard 40:20:40 rear bench.

This upgraded system needs to be outstanding if it is to justify an upgrade from the RX 350's standard satellite - ready, MP3 - and WMA - compatible AM / FM / CD audio system with a six - disc in - dash changer, which we found to be by far the most impressive feature of our admittedly low - tech tester.

The hybrid hatchback manages to get 51 mpg in the city and 48 mpg on the highway — impressive numbers by any standards.

Even by the standards of comparable engines in this segment, the claimed economy figures of 14mpg in the city and 19mpg on the highway aren't especially impressive (a like - for - like Chevrolet Suburban, for instance, will return 16mpg in the city and 23mpg on the highway).

With its longer body style, the Expedition EL adds to the already impressive cargo capacities offered by the standard version of the SUV.

Thanks to new cylinder - heads with electronic VVT - i valve timing, higher compression (11.8 v 12.3:1), titanium valves, revised intake ports and reduced mechanical losses, the F division's oversquare, 90 - degree 308ci V8 now churns out 351kW of power (up 12 per cent) at 7100rpm and 530Nm of torque between 4800 and 5600rpm, which are impressive numbers by any standard.

Overall storage capacities are fairly good, abundant and spacious (the front door bins, for instance, should easily be able to swallow a 1 liter bottle), and all - round head and leg room is very impressive by class standards.

The dramatic leather upholstery, supplied by Jenkins, shows the highest standard of craftsmanship, and the sophisticated interior features an equally impressive finish, power accessories, gleaming brightwork and tinted sun visors.

The trunk opening is particularly broad, with the combination of a shallow load lip and a hatchback trunk lid making it particularly easy to use the impressive - by - class - standards 24.5 cubic feet of space with the rear seats in place.

On top of being comfortable and refined, the Lexus GS is also enjoyable to drive, punchy and frugal when compared with its competitors and can, in some instances, offer rather impressive value for money by segment standards.

Cargo room is also very impressive by class standards (hybrid models offer 35.6 and 70.6 cubic feet when the rear seats are up and down respectively, with regular models able to swallow up 38.4 and 73.4 cubic feet), with the low load lip aiding the loading and unloading of bulkier objects.

The extra space gained by putting the rear seats down isn't as impressive as you'd think — total load capacity is just 1,021 litres — but all models come with split - folding rear seats as standard at least.

When all brought together, the Infiniti Q50 no longer comes across as an executive sports sedan in the same mould as a BMW 3 Series — instead, it's far better suited to life flowing along the open road in impressive - by - class - standards comfort and serenity; sweeping away for the most part those irksome steering issues under the proverbial carpet.

It's weird to think that Mitsubishi, of all companies, would take an entry - level sedan, hop it up to 291 hp (hardly impressive by modern standards), tack an extremely Fast and excessively Furious wing on the trunk and then try and pass it off as a world - beater.