Sentences with phrase «less than brilliant»

But this document needs to be written in a manner that is nothing less than brilliant.

Once there, you are nothing less than brilliant during your interview in front of a panel of three!

The 4 - inch display's low 800 x 480 pixel resolution and less than brilliant brightness take the phone down a notch.

I dare say that I would appear to have a somewhat higher level of mental acuity than the moronic Unitarian Universalist Association «religious professionals» and «less than brilliant» Stikeman Elliott litigation lawyer (s) who dreamt up this hilarious cease and desist demand letter... Not that * that * says all that much about my level of mental acuity however.

Even at his most throwaway, Finlay was never less than brilliant.

With Bruce Straley and Neil Druckmann — the masterminds behind Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and The Last of Us — directing the Uncharted 4 ship, I expect nothing less than another brilliant entry in Sony's most revered franchise.

I'm not a level designer, for example, so my signposting and general architecture construction were less than brilliant.

Past Cure has many cinematic moments and the directing is nothing less than brilliant.

Moreover, your university admission essay must be nothing less than brilliant; otherwise, you'll never get accepted into university of your dreams.

But it is through the mid-range and up high where it is at its most engaging — and it's nothing less than brilliant.

You might expect such an aggressive - looking car to be an animal to drive, especially on the road, but our test drive - conducted in conditions ranging from heavy rain to bright sun - it was never less than brilliant.

We do get a feeling like this guy spent a lot of his free time reading too much Hardy Boys novels, because a few of the «detecting» skills Jeffrey shows are less than brilliant.

«Old School,» «Starsky and Hutch,» even «Catch and Release,» they've all been characters who were less than brilliant and far from highly educated.

After Winter's Bone, X-Men: First Class and now this, it's hard to imagine that Lawrence could ever be less than brilliant.

I put up with a pretty rubbish second hand stroller for my first child and then bought / borrowed a series of less than brilliant strollers ever since.

Yes, Benitez has been really inconsistent and at times poor in the league after leaving Valencia but his European record is no less than brilliant.

It's true, however, that we were less than brilliant, we suffered.

Or in the case of Arsenal and our less than brilliant record with injury problems and getting players fit, we should hope that they take better care of our stars.

But thanks to some less than brilliant finishing from various Gunners and a fine display between the sticks from the Hull keeper Jakupovic our FA cup 5th round match with Hull City ended up without a goal.

Many people had called for Alexis Sanchez to be rested as he has looked less than brilliant in his last few games, but Wenger has kept faith in the hope he comes good...

On Sundays you were never quite sure which Jarno Trulli would turn up, but on Saturdays he was rarely anything less than brilliant.

To abandon an organization whose geographic boundaries are coterminous with the metropolis in favor of an amalgam of organizations whose boundaries run haphazardly hither and yon is less than brilliant.

I agree that sly's comment wasn't terribly well argued and sounded less than brilliant.

A better bet is to devote your energy to acknowledging the talents and abilities of others and seeking out ways to learn from them, even at the cost of sometimes appearing less than brilliant yourself.

It might seem encouraging to applaud your child's intelligence, but tons of research — much of it spearheaded by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck — shows that doing so makes kids fearful of taking risks or pursuing tough goals that might make them feel less than brilliant at first.

Not exact matches

Here they weigh in on various scenes where the characters make less - than - brilliant money moves and what they should have done.

The «Father of the Constitution,» the brilliant theorist of the extended republic, became a derivative thinker, a man defined less by his own views than by those of the period's great political antagonists, Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.

His specific stands received less attention than his brilliant use of «compassionate conservative» language to take the hard edges off his views.

True, Reimarus is a hostile historian, thinking in terms of delusion and fantasy, but he is none the less a brilliant historian, and his instinct is surer than his own conscious purpose.

I tell people about this all of the time — vegetarians, even, who nod politely; my husband, who thinks it's cool, but perhaps a little less than I do; this old lady on the crosstown bus who heard me talking about them on the phone... But wait, there's more: not only do you only need three ingredients to make carnitas, the cooking technique is kind of brilliant.

Fruit compressed, more or less ribbed, about two inches and three - quarters in diameter, and two inches in depth; skin smooth and glossy, when ripe, of a brilliant coral - red; flesh thick, mild and pleasant to the taste, though possessing more piquancy than the Large Bell or Sweet Spanish.

It's only recently i've been watching GK more and a brilliant save is no less important than a goal.

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As a result, the builders not only saved money, they also drew praise on the construction method from no less an authority than Philip H. Rhodes, a brilliant marine architect who normally favors the more traditional approach.

Mangala has a release clause of no less than $ 46m and has been brilliant for the Portuguese this season which is the ready why so many top clubs are after him.

The first goal was pure class, a tactically brilliant exchange of passes by Cazorla and Ozil, before Oxlade - Chamberlain's dribble which drew no less than 4 defenders to open up the space for Monreal.

It sounds like you've done a brilliant job there, well done, lol at them being less fussy than you.

Such ideal circumstances occur over remote deserts and mountains, where the stars appear only slightly less brilliant than they do from outer space.

And then I also thought about the fact that over the history of the life of the universe, neutrinos are not just produced by the sun, but when stars explode in a supernova, the most brilliant fireworks in the universe, as brilliant as those fireworks are, less than 1 percent of the energy of the star is coming out in light; 99 percent is coming out as neutrinos and so neutrinos are being, [and] every time [a star explodes there's] an incredible burst of neutrinos.

It then emerged that «BP» was nothing less than the centre of the Allied code - breaking effort, where brilliant mathematicians like Alan Turing found ways of reading the enemy's most secret communications.

From brilliant design, sheer grit, and less than 6 percent of what the Hubble Space Telescope cost, the W. M. Keck Observatory was born and has since remained home to the two biggest and most scientifically productive telescopes on Earth.

The Hyades cluster is a bright object in Taurus, but the view is partially ruined by Aldebaran - a brilliant orange giant star that lies in front of the cluster at less than half the distance.

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This is a brilliant idea to inexpensively refresh old flooring and add some sleek pattern to a less - than - exciting space.

Bowling is a brilliant idea for a first date because it gives you something to focus on and can be less intimidating than a dinner date!

I've never been a fan, as a rule of horror movies, however, the trailer drew me to this one and i'm glad it did, the awful acting we usually get in horror movies wasn't there this time round, in fact, the whole cast were excellent, the special effects were really very good and the humorous, intelligent dialogue (another thing you don't usually get in horrors) was brilliant, loved the film, Chris Hemsworth, although with less to do in this than he does in Thor, was great in it too.

«It's a white - knuckler all the way...» «a brilliant and relentless thriller...» «excruciatingly tense and never less than heartbreakingly human...»??? I wish I had seen the movie these folks had seen, but guess I missed it.

The Frozen Wilds introduces many poorly - designed elements which make it a lesser experience than its brilliant base - game.

Fun and delightful odd - ball comedy, featuring the always brilliant Johnny Depp, whose character in this story is no less memorable than all those he has come to play after this movie was made.

Spanning his nation's history through a series of heavily allegorical tales, Gomes's epic does nothing less than capture the soul of a battered but brilliant country.