Sentences with phrase «irony given»

Indeed there is a twinge of irony given that tech pundits the world over have harshly criticized the Korean conglomerate's use of plastic, despite the fact that mobile devices have been using it for decades now.

There's the early morning DJ (Brown, The Final Curtain) that no one even knows exists until months on the boat (you would think the DJ who relieves him would know, but no matter, it would ruin the joke), and there's the one - joke character, sexy Midnight Mark (Wisdom, 300) who remains sexy because he looks good and says nothing (an irony given that radio is where looks don't matter and the gift of gab reigns supreme).

resonates with bitter irony given the FBI bigwig's own personal secrets.

In addition to being scrutinized by federal prosecutors over his Moreland role, he's made almost as many personal enemies as did Eliot Spitzer, an irony given that Cuomo recognized that Spitzer's arrogance left him with no friends when he needed them most.

The only beneficiaries of this mess will be Ukip, the anti-politics party, and that in turn is an irony given their long history of creative expenses in the European parliament.

With a trace of irony given the government's spending cuts programme, government and other services showed the strongest expansion, with output rising 0.4 %.

Yet his comments regarding media hype and sensationalism reek of irony given it is his views that fuel much of the coverage.

Not exact matches

Given how the state had spent time building up a new middle class,» [a] ny deviation from the mainstream, or irony, is seen as a threat to the credibility and legitimacy of the [Chinese Communist] Party in bringing [an] idealized way of life to reality,» Arsene told CNBC in an email.

The irony is that while technology has given customers voice, the average company does not have the capability to listen.

In one of the stranger ironies, what has given real credence to the alt - meat realm is Big Food's arrival on the scene.

Yet, the irony is that most sales people are willing to give up and accept rejection after hearing that first «no.»

It's an irony of the financial cycle that cutting loose the U.S. mortgage unit may now give the car finance firm its best chance of repaying Uncle Sam's $ 17 bln bailout.

Rachel Notley put it best: «Only in Alberta would the government not get the irony of that,» Then to make it even more ridiculous, Taylor said the public people should give him a year's grace before judging the effectiveness of the new Agency.

In effect, by buying back shares to offset dilution, the irony is that the company was paying for the very shares that they were giving themselves, despite their unwillingness to call it an expense.

The irony is OBL would have hated to have the infidels give him a service and decent burial.

Give me a break... and the irony that you would mention holocaust victims in the same breath that you throw away the same spirit of bigotry and prejudice that sent so many of them to their deaths...

And don't give me that «The Problem with Irony» thing on this.

A bane because there is so much lousy thinking out there, for people who misuse their minds and don't «think» about the issues, or don't use their noodles effectively (the irony is that someone like yourself would say your brain is «god given»... in my opinion, this god would smack you upside the head for not using it as he intended).

In his trademark bizarre irony, Franz Kafka once wrote a letter to his betrothed imploring her to give up such obsessive correspondence with him, referring to a previous request in his last letter sent two hours earlier (Kafka 1987).

Not that I blame you at all; given that we're living in a fallen world where capitalism is necessary; but I note the irony.

YOU SAID: ``... or don't use their noodles effectively (the irony is that someone like yourself would say your brain is «god given»... in my opinion, this god would smack you upside the head for not using it as he intended).

The Sign of Peace is shown to derive from the Lord's «Peace be with you» on Easter night (Stravinskas notes the irony of contemporary disagreements about giving it).

Though Jesus never needed any reminder, I can't miss the irony of Him stopping to heal Blind Bartimaeus on the way to His crucifixion and resurrection (Luke 18:31 - 33), showing us that He never lost His heart for the one, even on the way to give His life for the many.

Got ta give the guy points for irony!

theoldadam - The irony is, belief in Christ Jesus put in practice by some people's is what gives others a present filled with tears and sorrows.

One of the ironies of history is that, given a choice between siding with humanists or with scientists, most Christians tend to choose the former.

Love the irony here: [excerpt] When he finally gave his family permission to call paramedics, about eight hours after being bitten... [/ excerpt]

There is irony in that fact, surely, given the legendary southern disposition to recall the past, and in view of the profound «God acts in history» tone of the biblical narrative which had (and has) such general and devoted following in the southern population.

The irony is that Sufi's are targeted and punished by the dogmatic factions of Islam that give rise to the extremist and terrorists.

Irony is involved because it appears to be the case that the office of Bishop among Episcopalians has become increasingly separated from that authority by which some are given the right and duty to teach and uphold the church's rule of faith and forms of life.

With characteristic irony he ostensibly corroborated the sentence of stoning, but gave it a twist: «That one of you who is faultless must throw the first stone.

If the image of the giving tree as a happy provider of unconditional love was meant to be ironic, that irony will probably escape the kids to whom the book is addressed.

The irony of the South, of course, is that it could give the nation such different Baptist preachers as Martin Luther King Jr. and Jerry Falwell.

Being complete with historically accurate facts, a fundamentalist friendly framework, tongue - in - cheek humor, and many twists of irony, this small set of condensed Biblically faith - based narratives is sure to warm your heart and give you the eternal security for which you have always longed but did not know it yet because you are blinded by Satan.

These are often made lower and cruder yet through the contempt involved, with disastrous cultural results given the majority of fans who do not get the irony.

Give ourselves up, according to the hour, to confidence, to skepticism, to optimism, to irony, and we may be sure that at certain moments at least we shall be with the truth....

The irony is that only those who are fairly well off are able to make use of charitable giving on their taxes — you have to be able to exceed the standard deduction to get any benefit.

The belief in the survival of the soul did not give rise to difficulties, but the impious objected with irony to the doctrine of the resurrection of the body: «Give us back our fathers if you speak the truth!&ragive rise to difficulties, but the impious objected with irony to the doctrine of the resurrection of the body: «Give us back our fathers if you speak the truth!&raGive us back our fathers if you speak the truth!»

Likewise he appears earnestly oblivious to the irony of presenting Robert McNamara as the «capitalist par excellence,» not least given the general disdain that most free market organs and institutes have for both the World Bank and Mr. McNamara's tenure there.

One of the ironies of our situation is the fact that at the very time the church seems to have given up on its hope, an extraordinary resurgence of interest in religion, particularly in the non-rational aspects of religion, is being observed in groups as diverse as Marxists interested in eschatology and «cultured despisers» interested in the mystery of faith.

The breakdown in conventional understanding that irony prompts does not, as so many assume, necessarily give rise to skepticism.

Reflective teachers often consider how they might improve their teaching» the sort of assignments they give, for example, and how they lecture» but irony «disrupts my normal self - understanding of what it is to teach (which includes normal reflection on teaching).

In our age people want to hear nothing about this, generally they want to know no more about irony than Hegel has said about it — who strangely enough had not much understanding of it, and bore a grudge against it, which our age has good reason not to give up, for it had better beware of irony.

As is so often the case in Shakespeare, the irony is doubled: Shylock gives utterance to an impassioned plea for the common humanity in all men even as he is hardening his heart to exact a terrible vengeance; Portia eloquently extols the virtue of mercy in the hearts of kings and seems promptly to forget her own speech when she comes to exercise power herself.

The history states it very simply: «an evil spirit from Yahweh tormented him» (16:1 4b) And tragedy is compounded for Saul, although he does not yet know it, in this bitter irony: the man to whom the charismatic quality has been transferred, the one to whom the kingdom is to be given — this same son of Jesse alone has gifts to soothe Saul's tormented spirit.

Then with a fine sense of historical irony he describes how the development of a party system, which embodied the very «factionalism» that Washington above all felt would bring down the republic, gave the nation «a mechanism of... self - criticism and self - correction» that, for all its descent into inanity, has somehow served the cause of republicanism well.

In her April «What I Know for Sure» column in her magazine, Oprah writes: «The irony of relationships is that you're not usually ready for one until you can say from the deepest part of yourself, «I will never again give up my power to another person.»»

Hey, who a) gives a crap, b) irony!!

In addition to the PGA Tour's Mexico shift (a move dripping with irony, given Trump's notorious disdain for the country and its inhabitants), there is precedent in the golf world for pulling tourneys out of Trump - owned locales.

Without a trace of irony, Ford predicted that Kaepernick would «get lit up» and that «they might give him a rockin» pretty good» if he tried to run the ball against the Seattle Seahawks.