Sentences with phrase «kind of a variation on»

While there are all kinds of variation on the 4 % rule, this would seem to help all of them.

And we also have Rick Moranis, is he a hero or is he kind of a variation on the absent minded professor theme in the I Shrunk The Kids franchise.

Mom's tucked in sweater is kind of a variation on what I've been doing lately, which is tucking in the front of my sweaters and shirts — and my way might help with her fear of looking bulky.

In a kind of variation on Toy Story, the characters of an artist's painting are alive inside the world he created.

The film is a kind of variation on Chan's Police Story, also released in 1985 and another key film in the shift of HK action cinema from period epics to contemporary crime dramas.

Offerman's rarely been this vulnerable on - screen, with him usually playing a kind of variation on Ron Swanson.

Of course, there are all kinds of variations on the classic margarita, like frozen margaritas or different flavors like mango and strawberry.

Not exact matches

The median paycheque of a utility manager comes in at about $ 112,000, with broad variation based on what kind of utility and municipality you oversee.

But it has been disappointing in that the kind of genetic variation it detects has turned out to explain surprisingly little of the genetic links to most diseases... One issue of debate among researchers is whether, despite the prospect of diminishing returns, to continue with the genomewide studies, which cost many millions of dollars apiece, or switch to a new approach like decoding the entire genomes of individual patients.The unexpected impasse also affects companies that offer personal genomic information and that had assumed they could inform customers of their genetic risk for common diseases, based on researchers» discoveries...

Our dinner rotation is usually sauteed seafood of some kind with probably toast one night, some variation of pasta with garlicky rabe another night (adding sausage, using kale or whatever green we have, wuteva), black bean tacos, and salad with all of the leftover veggies and either tuna salad on top or roasted chicken.

I have been making this exact recipe for him for years, and usually come up with some fun variations on the weekends — the different kinds of pancakes you can make seems to be endless.

I want to make ten different variations and eat it on all kinds of things.

Then there are the projects: Each one is charmingly designed and beautifully finished with the kinds of pretty details that set handmade apart — plus themes and variations to try for a different take on the same great idea.

She calls herself an «accidental foodie,» a title many will be able to relate to and shares awesome kid - friendly recipes featuring simple variations on good old - fashioned meat and potatoes, leftovers and crockpot kinds of meals.

The Love Gov and former «Sheriff of Wall Street» went on the Today show this morning as part of what is increasingly looking like a comeback tour, i.e. a bid for some kind of administration job, and although Matt Lauer opened up with a variation on «let's get the hookersex out of the way,» discussion about the economy and the need for a new regulatory structure (hint, hint) surpassed talk about the governor's «gremlins» by a minute and three seconds!

Sleep - deprived people with two other variations of the gene tend to perform much more poorly on the same kinds of tasks, the researchers found.

But these across - the - board numbers mask huge variation in both mortality and dollars depending on which hospital patients were treated at, and what kind of care they received.

This kind of variation is widespread on both the farm and in the lab.

«All of animal neuroscience is kind of predicated on minimizing genetic variation,» says Phelps.

In fact, AIG's favored expert on human evolution, Marvin Lubenow, assigns OH 13 (one of the fossils AIG says is just a variation of the true human kind) to the australopithecines!

Great transformation, I'm on some kind of a variation of the warrior diet too, but I started at 200 lbs and similar lifts, Hopefully I can get to 175 lbs before Sept..

I spent a very happy Sunday yesterday testing out all kinds of variations, and this simple recipe and technique will now be my go to from here on in.

My husband Ron was kind enough to take photos again of my new outfit, my variation on a jumpsuit.

Some of them have accents, one of them is a woman, one of them likes to smoke pot, but really they're all slight variations on the same excitable, profane, and shallow archetype, the kind of character that gets their own poster in marketing with a nickname like «The Kid» or something cool - sounding like that, but it's all posturing.

Anderson has championed an audacious, anarchic kind of youth in many of his other films: Rushmore's Max Fischer, The Royal Tenenbaums» Margot Tenenbaum and Suzie Bishop and Sam Shakusky from Moonrise Kingdom are all variations on a concept that was so eloquently personified by Scorsese's Johnny Boy back in 1973.

(3) Yet it needs to be mentioned, as variations on this kind of argument have shaped views of both Spielberg's place in film history, and his artistic merit, from early in his career.

And that is kind of a pity because one can almost see the direction the filmmakers may have been aiming toward — a sort of Scott Pilgrim-esque variation on a spy adventure.

A variation on this sees you working from a list of visible items at the bottom of the screen and trying to find these, it is effectively the same kind of task but the switch to looking at pictures rather than a list makes them feel different.

Yet another variation on the kind of bobos - adrift - in - L.A. narratives that have cluttered screens both big and small over the last several years, Duck Butter opens on Naima (Shawkat), a twentysomething working actress who lives in one of those improbably spacious SoCal - movie homes.

Not good art because they seldom have anything to say about the society that spawned them (and because the directors of these messes are generally assclowns) and not good travelogues, either, what these little straight - to - home penny dreadfuls tend to be are tired variations on the same quasi-Christian mythos, tarted up with surprisingly good production values and the kind of cheap thrills that kept EC Comics, then Hammer Films, then Italian giallos, in business.

As ever, «Mr. Turner» balances out a refreshing sense of humor (here, mostly in the form of the bellowing Spall and his many variations on the grunt) with an affecting story of a deeply troubled soul; a man whose relationship with his father, his colleagues, and his different kinds of families all suffered due to his inability to fully express himself.

Year 6 Science Assessments and Tracking Objectives covered: Describe how living things are classified into broad groups according to common observable characteristics and based on similarities and differences, including micro-organisms, plants and animals Give reasons for classifying plants and animals based on specific characteristics Identify and name the main parts of the human circulatory system, and describe the functions of the heart, blood vessels and blood Recognise the impact of diet, exercise, drugs and lifestyle on the way their bodies function Describe the ways in which nutrients and water are transported within animals, including humans Recognise that living things have changed over time and that fossils provide information about living things that inhabited the Earth millions of years ago Recognise that living things produce offspring of the same kind, but normally offspring vary and are not identical to their parents Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways and that adaptation may lead to evolution Recognise that light appears to travel in straight lines Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain that objects are seen because they give out or reflect light into the eye Explain that we see things because light travels from light sources to our eyes or from light sources to objects and then to our eyes Use the idea that light travels in straight lines to explain why shadows have the same shape as the objects that cast them Associate the brightness of a lamp or the volume of a buzzer with the number and voltage of cells used in the circuit Compare and give reasons for variations in how components function, including the brightness of bulbs, the loudness of buzzers and the on / off position of switches Use recognised symbols when representing a simple circuit in a diagram

After all, the underlying theory behind the organization's Cut the Gap in Half approach (and the variations on the theme by Florida and other states)-- that states should aim for «ambitious» yet «achievable» goals instead of pushing for all students to be proficient in their studies — has always been, to be kind, intellectually problematic for any reformer worth his or her salt.

Though we can't say exactly what kind of function the City has as a part of this fleet, we know that it has wheels on the ground in the U.S. Though this variation of one of our favorite vehicles offers less interior volume, it will be nice to once again have a truly compact sedan in the Honda lineup.

As they muddle through middle school and high school, Miles and Hector become an adolescent American variation on Holmes and Watson, with the help of a kind, handsome private eye, Ben Orion.

Ranging from $ 200 to $ 1,500, each of these products is a variation on the concept of a portable reading tablet that will hold multiple books and periodicals, all retrieved from the Internet or a proprietary network of some kind.

However 1) from a statistical point of view, the methodology stands on its own, and 2) No later report (using the same methodology) has shown major variations, which again proves that's not «one of a kind wonder»...

Classic refers to redemptions booked through codeshare partners, where you will get big variations in value, depending on what kind of itinerary you book.

The controls are a simplified variation on the old «three kinds of punch and three kinds of kick» scheme in that there's only a single punch button and a single kick button.

First, every event has a set of variations based on the kind of car you're driving at the moment, as well as other kinds of cars.

Instead, each share contains artworks with unique embellishments or variations on a theme, and one of a kind works range from prints to poetry to hand crocheted head pieces to ceramic sculptures and small paintings.

JL For me there are two kinds of artists: those whose work develops temporally, and those whose work expands in space, creating endless variations on a central thesis.

Using the motif of a knot — a figure which plays an important role in the philosophy of Jacques Lacan — as a kind of unifying image throughout the work, the exhibition is spread over a series of galleries, each space alluding to a variation on the show's central premise.

More than variations on a theme, the work reveals the kind of intensity that evolves as a sudden and clear focus.

But it's a device that Grabner adopts less out of a concern to interrogate the material support of painting (the pieces are on wood, not canvas, after all) than an interest in the kinds of play such formal and referential overlappings make possible; games of repetition, variation, and invention.

This sounds like the kind of discussion related to the Lockwood and Frohlich (2007)(L&F) paper on solar variation.

Calling all of these kinds of bicycles cargo bikes might be accurate, in that they can and do carry cargo, (and they can and do help cars go away) but there are a lot of variations on the utility bike theme.

Again, could you be kind enough to provide me with 1 or 2 of your best PEER - REVIEWED references on solar constant variation and terrestial climate change?

As the sun has not had very different level of activity in the 20th century than in the previous two centuries [and especially since activity of all kinds at the moment is on par what it was 100 years ago and 200 years ago], it is hard to ascribe variations in climate [if you accept there have been any] to solar variations, TSI or not.

Would you agree that the natural climatic variation will have different social consequences depending on what kind of world it acts upon?