Sentences with phrase «made a big splash when»

Arsenal have made very few forays into the South American transfer market, but they made a big splash when they bought a 17 year - old «wonderkid» called Wellington Silva from Fluminense back in 2010 for a reported fee of # 3.5 million.

Mahoney is a Republican who made a big splash when she crossed party lines and endorsed Cuomo, a Democrat, in his first election bid in 2010.

NARS Audacious Lipsticks made a big splash when they launched in 2014.

Herbie makes a big splash when Maggie finds herself in an impromptu street race with NASCAR champion, Trip Murphy (Dillon), and she wins.

A deeply accomplished first narrative feature, «The Rocket» will hopefully make a bigger splash when it inevitably gets picked up for distribution later in the year.

DVD Review by Kam Williams Headline: Tyler Perry Adaptation of Black Feminist Classic Comes to DVD Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf made a big splash when it debuted on Broadway back in the Seventies.

Ford made big splashes when they unveiled the 2018 Ford Expedition and announced the 2018 Ford EcoSport.

The Class of 2018 made a big splash when they arrived at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine.

Battlefield Hardline made a big splash when it was announced in July this year — with a wealth of multiplayer modes teased and a beta test that saw hundreds of thousands of gamers get an early taste of the action.

Biomutant made a big splash when it was revealed earlier this year at Gamescom.

The other new features discussed during the Build keynote should make a bigger splash when they roll out, but for now, Edge is still sharpening up.

The company made a big splash when its December 2014 IPO succeeded in raising more than $ 1 billion.

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«When we launched [the second time], we had this larger group who would be with us on day one to help make a big splash.

That same year Phantom made a big splash at the annual RSA Conference, the cybersecurity industry's biggest event, when it placed first in a notable startup competition.

Start - up founders typically want to make a big PR splash when they're launching their product or closing a funding round.

On February 18th, Actavis made by far the biggest drug splash of the year when it announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Forest Labs for a whopping $ 25 billion in cash and equity.

But California regulators made an even bigger splash late Wednesday when they told Uber to stop the service because it was illegal.

Pharmacy services provider and drugstore chain made a big splash late in 2017 when CVS announced its plan to acquire health insurance giant Aetna for $ 69 billion in a move that could have major repercussions across the healthcare sector.

Richard made a big splash in the rural sector in 1989 when he paid a world record price, $ 450,000, for a ram called Lustre.

The rare time you see a geed team making a big FA splash, it's usually when they have a QB that's still under their rookie contract.

Comets whizzing beyond our solar system made a big splash last year when astronomers discovered that they could be as common as alien planets.

Attempting to make a bigger splash with the idea, a team of ex-Bioware veterans will bring the genre to the PC when Capcom won't.

When a filmmaker's first feature makes as big a splash as Neill Blomkamp's District 9 did, it both heightens and blurs expectations for their follow - up effort.

A big splash was made earlier this week when Harry Potter director David Yates announced he was putting together a Doctor Who adaptation for the big screen.

She made a big splash a few seasons back when she was on 24 and this role should find her a wider audience.

Alberto Carvalho, the superintendent of Miami - Dade County, made a big splash this year when he accepted, and then rejected, an offer from Bill de Blasio to serve as New York City's schools chancellor.

A source told Autoblog that Chevrolet wouldn't have fit IRS because it was expensive, but plans changed when the Expedition made a big splash with it.

When the 2015 Honda CR - V came out, it made a big splash here in the Buffalo Grove and Arlington Heights area.

Ford will make its biggest splash during the summer, when three new models built at the Torrence Avenue plant on Chicago's South Side go on sale.

Steve Harris, a former communications chief at Chrysler and GM, fondly remembers the days when the Detroit show's press conferences made big splashes: Jeeps that crashed through plate - glass windows, a cattle drive in the city streets and indoor snowstorms.

The location, an outpost for intergalactic criminals and rabble - rousers nestled in the head of a dead Celestial being, made a big splash last summer when it hosted the second act of Marvel's blockbuster «Guardians of the Galaxy» film.

Even when he wants to «go big» — the first time we see the villain Jack Hammer, for instance, he doesn't take the DC route and give us a full - page splash, but instead simply makes the panel a bit bigger but still small enough to fit more on the page.

The onus is entirely on us to «make a big splash» when some of us have never even seen the water — let alone understand how deep it is.

While Borders did manage to make a big splash a while back by bringing the basic, but functional, Kobo eReader to the public for just $ 150 at a time when popular eBook readers such as the Kindle hadn't managed to make it below $ 250 yet, the prompt price matching on the parts of Amazon and B&N left it somewhat dead in the water, so to speak.

The Chase Sapphire Reserve card that debuted in the third quarter of 2016 made a big splash for good reason: Its 100,000 - point sign - up bonus stole headlines when the card was first announced.

We can't wait to see how big a splash Deus Ex: Human Revolution makes when it launches towards the end of the month.

Believe me when I say Nintendo is about to make another big splash in the blue ocean.

Super Smash Bros. is one of Nintendo's biggest franchises and is sure to make a huge splash when it makes its debut on the Switch.

Facebook made a big splash at the beginning of February when they surpassed Google News as the biggest traffic source for breaking news.

GE made a big energy industry splash recently when it introduced its Brilliant 1.6 - 100 wind turbine and power management system at the American Wind Energy Association's (AWEA) WINDPOWER 2013 exhibition in Chicago in early May.

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When Ausra has a firm deal in hand, no doubt it will make a bigger splash in the solar news world; for now, this is insider gossip only.

Although Samsung may had made the biggest splash at MWC this year with its highly anticipated Galaxy S9 and S9 +, I'm a lot more excited about what Vivo's getting up to with its Apex concept phone, which goes far beyond what any other manufacturer has managed thus far when it comes to ditching bezels around the display.

The Verge made a big splash in November 2011, when it arrived with a custom built publishing system and plans to take over tech reporting.

Glass made a big splash at I / O when a stunt person skydived out of a plane to demo it, handed it off to bikers, who then hand - delivered it to co-founder Sergey Brin inside the Moscone Center.

However, BitOasis perhaps made its biggest splash internationally last month when it revealed it had completed a proof - of - concept with commodity marketplace tech provider Dubai Multi Commodities Center (DMCC) in what might be the first test of the technology by a major regional financial institution.

The Nokia brand made a big splash back at Mobile World Congress earlier this year when HMD Global announced a whole new range of Android phones along with the return of the legendary Nokia 3310.