Sentences with phrase «more grandiose»

I'm sure I was expecting something more grandiose, but this simple advice was both practical and profound.

Samsung and LG delivered their devices first and Moto 360 bided its time, perhaps trying to resolve some problems, or perhaps waiting for a more grandiose launch.

To interpret Rottmann to trump this would require a judgment even more grandiose than Van Gend or Costa, something in which the Court pronounced that the present state of integration was such that the removal of their fundamental status and rights from a group of Union citizens could only be permitted if the national constitutional process leading to it was itself sufficiently democratic to comply with the requirements of EU law.

2 — There is no penalty for making bogus assertions or dishonest claims about their product's «benefits,» so each successive contention is more grandiose than the last.

Across the square, in the White Cube gallery, hang another three, more grandiose works; upstairs, a lead submarine flounders on shattered concrete.

His early style reflected his genuine appreciation for the beauty of the American wilderness, unspoilt by commercial development or tourism, whereas his later, more grandiose interpretation, reflected his fear of the clash between this pure nature and the aggressive American materialism which he was afraid would gobble it up.

But compared to Al - Hadid's more grandiose sculptures of exhibitions past, these three works on view feel more like one - off studies, highlighting the experimentation that's integral to the artist's process.

SPACE was always meant to be a smaller scale gallery with the more grandiose project being Ruby City.

I've noticed select cameos that have been trimmed, more grandiose track transforming moments that are gone and subtle elements that are also missing.

And that may be true in a sense compared to other more grandiose MMOs.

This is another area in which Odyssey seemingly sets a new highpoint for the series, expanding on the orchestrated wonderment of Galaxy and making it into something even more grandiose, while still sounding distinctly Mario.

Bring this break to a perfect end by taking the road to the cemetery of Recoleta, le Père Lachaise d'Argentine with every tombstone more grandiose than the next.

As I was working with one of my students this week trying to help her come up with a doable goal project to undertake this final semester of her program, I recognized that, as is typical, she had suggested many more grandiose ideas than she would ever be able to accomplish in the course of a year, much less a semester.

Connecticut's Mastery Test System is on its way out; soon to be replaced by the far more grandiose and far more expensive Common Core Testing System that is part of the corporate - funded education reform industry.

The visual effects are impressively crafted by director Doug Liman to make every trial and encounter seem horrifically real, from the first attack to later, more grandiose set - pieces.

Like an epic sonnet, with beautiful accompanying music and songs, «Eleanor Rigby» deals with memory, perception and the emotional toll a relationship can have on an individual as much as it deals with the more grandiose themes of love and loss.

These moments are rooted deeply within social realist cinema, and the everyday interactions of these men and the women in their lives reveal far more than any of the other, more grandiose statements the film attempts to make.

Jennifer Lawrence's performance is at once deeply personal and excellent at conveying the film's more grandiose concerns.

The tragedy of that day has been repeated all over the world, and it's easy for the USA to focus on its own losses and make them more grandiose because of the focus.

Although about the humble roots of hip hop and b - boyism, the makers of the film have a more grandiose spectacle for its subject matter in mind, featuring some manufactured melodramatic elements, culminating in a farfetched song - and - breakdance concert featuring Melle Mel and the Furious Five (recently broken up with Grandmaster Flash) and future Rolling Stones back - up vocalist Bernard Fowler's gospel chorus entertaining a packed hall of enthused aficionados.

The full - length trailer for «The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug» has arrived, showing off the more grandiose scale of this middle chapter in the trilogy.

What is different this time around, however, are broader and more grandiose instrumentation.

All in all, Dynasty Warriors Gundam 3 was an entertaining diversion for those hack and slash enthusiasts like myself, as long as you aren't expecting anything more grandiose than that.

I am really in to the bell sleeves trend and how everything looks so much more grandiose and elegant when wearing it.

In the end, his publisher's commercial instincts won out, and his book on the particle thought to endow the universe with its mass ended up with a rather more grandiose title: The God Particle.

«In my more grandiose moments, when I think about all these fitness centers where people are working up a sweat, I think you could have a little room called a well - being center and have a coach or psychologist take you through 6 or 10 weeks to make you happier.

Meanwhile, two even more grandiose projects — the Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaii and the 39 - meter European Extremely Large Telescope in Chile — are also moving forward, although funding remains a challenge.

There would be a director of football, an academy director, and maybe even some other specialists with more grandiose titles such as «head of philosophy» or some other role, as is the case at some teams in the Football League.

When public worship moved from the house church to the large basilicas to accommodate the growing numbers of Christians, worship settings became much more grandiose and formal.

The notion that they can be solved either by the market or by democracy, or a combination of the two, is fully competitive with some of the more grandiose socialist delusions.

Berne, in his way, is more grandiose than Pens.

That appeal will be heard this fall by the Judicial Committee of the General Council of the United Church (which sounds more grandiose than it is).

It makes sense that such intense competitive pressure drives startup founders to pitch their company to prospective hires in ever more grandiose terms, exaggerate how well their company is «crushing it,» and make their company culture sound like the happiest place on earth.

But the most remarkable fact about SpaceX is that — right from the start, before the first rocket had lifted an inch off the ground — it was explicitly intended as the means to another, far more grandiose and idealistic end: colonizing Mars.

This optical illusion gives the impression that Main Street is more grandiose than it really is.

At times, it feels like an absurd arms race, with colleges and universities building bigger stadiums and more grandiose practice facilities, then feeling the pressure to fill those seats.

When sales slump and costs rise, cash can claim a far more grandiose title: emperor of the universe, anyone?

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The more outreach you perform, the easier it will be to get others on board with your grandiose ambitions.

But after a few years of rubbing elbows with tech bros and wannabe visionaries, I've found there's often more to learn from founders with ambitions less grandiose than changing the world.

The CrowdMed cofounder thinks women in the technology industry need to be take a cue from the men around them and be more arrogant and grandiose in their self - assessments.

Not according to new science, which paint a more nuanced picture of whether organizations (and individuals) should always steer clear of the grandiose and self - admiring.

So, again, nothing is mysterious, but we can be equally (if not MORE) be in aw and be seduced by the grandiose of nature.

It will not be achieved simply by implementing a grandiose plan designed by a body such as the United Nations; even less can it be imposed by the dictates of one or more strong leaders.

If the claims made so far sound a bit grandiose, let us put it more cautiously.

The document then avoids any further reference to «ridding the world of evil» and proceeds generally in somewhat less emotive and more pragmatic (but nevertheless grandiose) terms to discuss and project foreign - policy objectives.

I suspect that their steady, distributed and unheroic work will do more to «move the government into the 21st Century» than the grandiose dreams of Gingrich's nonprofit, even if it does have a Menlo Park address.

John Sweeney is certainly more the assistant - sales - manager type than the grandiose image manipulator.

Both make grandiose promises — they in stump speeches, we in grant applications — but we're more directly held accountable for ours.

Marquardt went public, making a splash with his unveiling of the Golden Mask, his understandably grandiose name for what was, if he was right, nothing less than a blueprint for the perfect face — and more than enough reason, you would think, for this reporter, passing through Los Angeles, to check in with Marquardt to see where his work has gone from there.

Grandiose narcissism, the more extroverted, callous form, positively related to time spent on social media, the frequency of updates, number of friends / followers, and the frequency of posting selfies.