Sentences with phrase «in general the direction»

This is not easy to grasp, but the gist is that Griffith and Bachrach haven't yet made T2, but in the early stages of fumbling in that general direction, they have made some cool 3 - D gorillas that can easily be manufactured in pieces, and given a few more months, they might also change the way cars are assembled.

Waymo may be thinking along similar lines: It recently took a big step in that general direction, announcing that some of its test vehicles operating in Arizona will soon begin testing without a human driver standing by at the wheel.

A stock or other financial security's normal movements can sometimes be volatile, gyrating up or down, which can make it somewhat difficult to assess if there is a pattern forming in its general direction.

Disappointingly, despite my not - so - discreet attempts to attract their attention, not one of them looked in my general direction, nor did I observe them make actual eye contact with any other guests.

This «gap» is in the Northern Hemisphere, lying in the general direction of the constellation Bootes.

And all the lines, whatever their nature, seem in varying degrees and each after its own formula to move a greater or lesser distance in the general direction of greater spontaneity and consciousness.

To put it crudely, (in the words of a famous line from Monty Python and the Holy Grail) I fart in their general direction.

and he waved his hand off in the general direction of a group of people.

At that moment I wavered a bit and briefly wished he had said Al Sharpton... at least he is at least pointed in the general direction of King, Malcolm and Randolph.

C.H. Waddington believes that scientific thought is «just about now beginning to catch up with the first phase of Whitehead's thought,» and that science will proceed in the general direction Whitehead moved in his later work.

I think science will proceed in that general direction, but I am not quite convinced that it will come to exactly the same conclusions as Whitehead does — partly because I find it very difficult to make up my mind what those conclusions are.

If voters don't like or don't trust him, any mud thrown in his general direction is likely to stick.

Following a star at night will stear you in the general direction, but will not point out the location of a manger.

A new report for World Meat Day, We Will Live As We Will Eat, on our future dietary habits also suggests a move «in the general direction of reduced meat consumption and falling social approval for meat».

Plenty of memories last season of poor pass give - away, looking mildly perturbed, and lightly jogging in the general direction rather than fighting to get it back.

Sanchez is literally pi $ $ ing in your general direction.

Made a bit of a berk of himself when Pepe wafted an arm in his general direction, mind, but we can forgive that.

You may give three cheers for his stoutness of heart; but even braver, it seems to me, are those who talk of a rematch, for one has to be a man of iron nerves — utterly fearless — to throw this defenseless warrior back into the pit with the most destructive heavyweight since Joe Louis and the most uninhibited one since Two - Ton Tony Galento used to swing fists, shoulders, elbows, head and knees in the general direction of his victims.

If you're just throwing pucks in the general direction of the net, you're gonna have a lot of «one and dones», which will probably lower your corsi.

So he does both: he grabs the ball, he pumps his fist, he runs back to the centre circle... and then he has a massive scream in the general direction of the universe.

He registered no assists and went a number of games without even registering a shot in the general direction of goal, never mind on target.

I fart in their general direction.

Even when the hosts understandably slowed down to catch their collective breaths, West Ham were unable to maintain any meaningful possession, opting instead to lump the ball in the general direction of Matip and Klavan, who comfortably dealt with everything thrown their way.

I have noticed that things tend to happen in the general direction of Arshavin.

Ask any breastfeeding mom whether she wants her breasts touched by anyone other than her baby, and you'll likely get a middle finger wagged in your general direction.

I sigh with great annoyance and disappointment in your general direction, TSA.

And if it got puked on, I simply yanked it out, tossed it in the general direction of our hamper, and grabbed the fresh rag I had hanging over our bed's headboard.

She very plainly states no while waving her arm in my general direction to prevent me from getting close enough to pick her up and carry her to the changing table.

As I've mentioned, there are no set paths to finding a career outside of research, and it is unlikely that any given contact will be able to do more than point you in a general direction.

Former Met and Dodger and now Yankee Darryl Strawberry took this languid fielding style further still, and even today can sometimes be seen loping off in the general direction of a fly ball hit during the 1986 World Series.

He glanced in the general direction of the Powers That Be, wherever they are.

Earlier this year they also showed that the lizards are quicker to flee if a predator approaches at a run or if it heads straight for them rather than meandering in their general direction.

This chapter is a little more esoteric than the other more descriptive chapters, but the book's stack of references points the reader in the general direction of simpler explanations of, for instance, the maths.

Pioneer 10 is currently heading away from Earth in the general direction of the giant red star Aldebaran, where it will arrive in about two million years.

Losses of water from Eurasia, for example, correspond to eastward swing in the general direction of the spin axis (top), and Eurasian gains push the spin axis westward (bottom).

«And this pattern is contributing substantially to this shift in the general direction of the polar motion.»

This post may have saved my sanity with the link to the «small strides in the general direction of our genetic chronotype.»

This isn't possible for everyone to do perfectly — we all have to pay the bills, and that often means working on someone else's schedule — but even small strides in the general direction of our genetic chronotype can help.

Best Coast will be touring the US with Wavves in the first half of 2016, and I'm chomping at the bit to see if they live up to all the hype I've heard about their live gigs and if they can fire a nice rock «n» roll middle finger in the general direction of their less than enthused critics.

If you're looking for an Indian to date and have fun with, then you might want to point yourselves in the general direction of Indian Friend Finder, a site from a big popular dating network focused on hooking up and dating Indians.

You fight your way through the crowd in the general direction of him / her and suddenly find yourself screaming in their ear because of the aforementioned noisy surroundings.

The movie is indeed a light action adventure with lots of moments where you'll of course have to go with the flow (suspension of disbelief required), but in general the direction is semi serious, with violence but no visible blood or gore, and with elements of historical accuracy.

Killing Floor: Incursion follows the elite soldiers of the Corzine Security Forces, who specialize in eliminating Zeds with little more than a stern glance in their general direction.

The role in «Birdman» is essentially reactive, waiting for the next supporting player (Emma Stone, Edward Norton, etc.) to deliver another blistering monologue in his general direction.

It does occasionally feel it needs Scroobius Pip quoted in its general direction (``... just a band») but at least these flaws may be logically solved by the device of Brown addressing the camera: it's his story and he'll tell it how he wishes; with him at the centre.

With no trace of the freshness and wit Verbinski and Depp brought to the swashbuckler in their original «Pirates of the Caribbean», «The Lone Ranger» is content to simply pull another western trope out of the bag — the honky - tonk whorehouse, the ranch raid, the cavalry charge — give it a CGI spit - and - polish, and chuck it in the general direction of the audience.

Some weapons will seek out targets in their general direction, and others have a ricochet effect meaning you don't always have to place your shot perfectly to have it destroy an enemy.

The basic premise is that a snarling baddie by the name of Sirius Black (Gary Oldman, playing it half Ming the Merciless and half Keith Richards) has escaped from the nick and is headed in the general direction of our Quidditch - playing Timmy Mallett look - a-like.

Just pointing in the general direction of an enemy will usually score a hit.

So, we've got men, dwarves, and elves all circling each other while an army of evil Orcs are heading in their general direction, leaving us wondering whether the different species will put aside their differences in the cause of the common good.