Sentences with phrase «lack of a nod»

But Shannon wasn't home sulking over his lack of a nod — his art kept him more than a thousand miles from Hollywood.

Paired with a lack of any nods or fan - service to some of the Marvel characters we see (where are the other Guardians of the Galaxy?)

Not exact matches

Hence, the bumblebee is a nod to the lack of «buzz» he's been receiving this year, and this is his way of saying that he will bring that buzz back in the playoffs.

SF: Charles Mathews — A top 50 recruit, Mathews should get the nod over Mulder / Willis even with his lack of experience.

Let's get real here.It is very unlikely that ANY professional player will ever say anything derogatory about a teammate that has just left the club.If Jack had said about Coq - «Grew up playing with him in the Youth Team and have fond memories of a player they though he had very limited ability he always gave his all.Very surprised and disappointed the club never invested in a World Class defensive midfielder that we have quite obviously been lacking for a number of seasons and would no doubt have improved the defensive weakness we have shown over a number of seasons» we would have echoed his thoughts entirely.If he had said about Theo - «A player who should have been so much better than he ended up being.He had everything needed to be a prolific player for our club but I can understand the fans frustrations with his continued lack - lustre performances and total lack of a football brain.I think this is best explained by the managers preference to play a player of such limited ability as Alex Iwobi in front of Theo pretty much says it all» we again would have all nodded our agreement.Although Jack never mentioned Alexis Sanchez I would imagine something along the lines of «If the Manager had not persisted with players with such limited ability such as Francis and Theo and instead bought the world class players needed into the club then Sanchez would still most likely be here.The fans must wonder what the hell goes on at the club as they pay fortunes for the privalage of following our club but it seems the millions generated ends up purchasing a new Texas Ranch for the Owner or in a yearly renumeration of # 9million pounds to our manager».

Newton and Holland might be tempted to restore Gary Cahill alongside Terry, but lack of pace at the back remains a concern and so Zouma will get the nod.

These sleep props or sleep associations can be very sneaky indeed, because although they may be helpful in getting your little one to that initial nodding off stage, the lack of them when they wake up means that baby's not able to get back to sleep again without some outside help.

Most of the youth who listened to Dr. Mahama shared their frustration concerning lack of jobs characterized by undue hardship they have to battle with each day, appealing for his intervention to end the crisis when given the nod.

«Children in Somalia may not even be getting diagnosed with autism due to the overall lack of awareness of the disorder,» Berkowitz says, in a nod to the fact that there is no Somalian word for it.

The third film in what is being called The Three Flavors Cornetto Trilogy, a sly nod to the late auteur Krzysztof Kieślowski and a popular brand of ice cream cone, «The World's End» might lack zombies and buckets of blood, but it's easily the darkest of the three films.

At a time when much studio animation is skewing older and hipper, «Shaun the Sheep Movie» (that missing «the» is itself a sly nod to the pic's lack of verbiage) is thoroughly preschooler - friendly, though older viewers can appreciate its droll asides and dashes of silly satire.

My Prediction: I remember a time before it came out when Finding Neverland was the favorite, but the lack of a directing nod leaves it out.

Not to dismiss the standard of what was shown but compared to Sony, Microsoft clearly aims for quantity over quality, lacking those Twitter exploding «holy shit» debuts like God of War, Final Fantasy VII Remake and Horizon: Zero Dawn but always delivering a lineup that makes you nod and say «yeah, there's some good games coming».

Son of Saul's tight framing and lack of script contrivance turned the unimaginable horror of the concentration camp into lived subjective experience while Nocturnal Animals gave us a stylish rumination on the difference between revenge in real life and in art with sly nods to Lynch and Hitchcock along the way.

And the lack of a Best Actor nod for Tom Hanks in Captain Phillips means that film is clearly not uppermost in the Academy's hearts and minds.

The Imitation Game is an enjoyable and well - done biopic that lacks a certain intangible hook which holds it back in my mind from a Best Picture nomination, despite some of the nods it has already gotten.

I assure you (and him) that it's a lack of faith in the Academy, which would enter uber - cool territory by giving him (or anything) a nod for this film, not a lack of faith in -LSB-...]

We can't help but think «E46 M3» every time we drive it, and its welcome lack of complication inspires us to simply nod in respect whenever we lay eyes on it.

It is surely no 911 in terms of handling, but styling and grace, and lack of pretentious attitude give it the nod.

Trethewey taught at Auburn University while I was at school there, and though I never took a class with her (my decision to concentrate in tech writing was partly a nod to my lack of creative writing ability) I attended one of her readings when her first collection, Domestic Work, was published in 1999.

In a nod to keep the cost of the tablet so much cheaper than its competitors, it has less flash storage, and lacks a camera and microphone, features found in most rival tablets.

But as I read it and find myself nodding from knowledge and / or recognition the lack of surprise element prompts me to give it a 4 instead.

And yet Eurogamer still says «Between the two console versions we definitely have to give the nod to the PS4 version with its improved frame - rate and better texture streaming, its higher resolution, and a near complete lack of screen - tear.»

Boyes reiterated that the PlayStation 4 also enables self - publishing for indies; seemingly making a nod to Microsoft's unpopular lack of support of self - publishing for independent teams.

The Vita Lounge, with it's reassuring lack of exclamation marks, eloquence and breadth of Vita coverage, is an excellent source for Vita coverage and Galvatron nods in genuine appreciation

While his words lack the lyrical sparseness of a Leone Western, his sentiment aptly nods to the tough, relentless and unforgiving life of the American West.

(Tangent: It's not that puzzles are inherently boring or bad but TellTale seems to include them more as a nod to their company's roots than anything else, as the solutions are often so obvious that they lack the satisfaction of something found in, say, Thimbleweed Park.)

If you said graphene to me yesterday, I would have nodded and smiled, secretly hiding my complete lack of knowledge.

While visual cues can show that you are paying attention, nodding in agreement too often while someone is speaking may come off as a lack of attentive listening or comprehension.