Sentences with phrase «more pedigreed»

To help the house blend in with its more pedigreed neighbors, he positioned the master bedroom suite to the side of the house (see previous page) to look like an addition.

Thus one might interpret the finding of little difference between regularly certified teachers and their more pedigreed peers to show that teacher certification requirements compensate for greater intellect or better overall undergraduate academic preparation.

If this thing were any more pedigreed, we'd have to give it a dog biscuit and parade it in front of John O'Hurley on Thanksgiving.

Not exact matches

The committed star pulls off the same magic trick to even more impressive effect than usual with Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy's directorial debut after toiling away as a screenwriter on less pedigreed fare like Real Steel and Two for the Money as well as big brother Tony's most recent Bourne franchise effort.

LAURA *** / **** Image B Sound B - Extras B starring Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson screenplay by Jay Dratler and Samuel Hoffenstein and Betty Reinhardt, based on the novel by Vera Caspary directed by Otto Preminger PINKY * / **** Image C Sound B - Extras A + starring Jeanne Crain, Ethel Barrymore, Ethel Waters, William Lundigan screenplay by Philip Dunne and Dudley Nichols, from a novel by Cid Ricketts Sumner directed by Elia Kazan by Walter Chaw A camp classic of a very particular variety, Otto Preminger's stylish, pedigreed Laura might best be read as a satire of Hitchcock's Rebecca, reuniting that film's Judith Anderson with another late, lamented mistress and acres more scenery to chew.

For another, the presence of pedigreed scholars who dare to challenge ed school verities can make it more comfortable for graduate students, young faculty, and aspiring educators to question received dogma.

The GT - R can slay pedigreed European sports cars costing tens of thousands more, however, so the car's sticker price may still be a relative bargain.

In its own way the base V - 6 is also a sonorous engine, sounding more like a pedigreed in - line six (a good thing).

I'm kidding: a more communicative steering would have made this CX - 5 into a serious competitor for much more expensive and pedigreed sports SUVs out there.

Designer dogs are more affordable than purebred dogs and may be hardier than their pedigreed counterparts.

It is a record book of the century - old body that supervises the world of purebred dogs in the United States.Since its founding in Philadelphia, the American Kennel Club (AKC) has grown to oversee thousands of dog shows every year and annually registers more than 1 million pedigreed canines.O «Neill's book ($ 17.95, Howell Book House, 230 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. 10169) includes a decade - by - decade account of how the AKC developed.

Why would anyone pay more to «adopt» a mutt than they would spend to purchase a healthy, socialized predictable purebred from a breeder who has devoted years to the care and study of pedigreed dogs?

«For more than 30 years, she has been advocating on behalf of the entire feline population: from pedigreed and household cats to rescued and free - roaming cats.

Through OptiGen's Research / Free DNA testing program, the CMR mutation responsible for the disease in this pedigreed Australian Shepherd has been identified; details of this finding will soon be more thoroughly described in a scientific paper.

They are more prone to hearing problems than any other pedigreed dog: Nearly one - third of U.S. Dalmatians are deaf in one ear, and about one in 10 are born totally deaf.

But according to the American Kennel Club, about 80 percent of pedigreed dogs - including Dalmatians - come from «backyard breeders» who do little more than check to be sure the mother and father are the same breed.

Far more American pet cats are pedigreed, which contributes to the indoor - only philosophy.

FKS is more common among pedigreed cats than the kitty population at large.

«AdvanceLaw finds high quality counsel like we'd find at the most pedigreed of law firms, but who tend to be more efficient.»

What can also seem non-intuitive is that only 11 % of GCs surveyed felt that pedigreed firms, despite the price premium, actually were more responsive (a key element of client service).

More of a problem for purebred and pedigreed dogs, especially if they belong to kennel clubs with closed studbooks.