Sentences with phrase «mostly by virtue of»

Bourke could be one of the top ten most influential temperature sites in the world, mostly by virtue of being miles from anywhere, and used to homogenize a large slab of the land mass of Australia.

Two front - facing speakers flank the display and sound better than average, but mostly by virtue of their position.

Both gas and diesel models rode and braked well, though highway expansion joins were sometimes intrusive in my tests, mostly by virtue of the short wheelbase of compact vehicles.

They're more likely to have all - wheel - drive and higher ground clearance so they'll be better in snow, but mostly by virtue of the all - wheel - drive.

I did, though, mostly by virtue of Emily Blunt's lead performance, which never quite lets her character find her footing long enough for the things she's seeing to be normalized.

(Mark Ruffalo comes closest to standing out, mostly by virtue of being Mark Ruffalo.

And so it's little surprise that Her turns out to be the better of the two movies, mostly by virtue of prominently featuring Chastain, who conveys an interior life — shifting emotions, competing desires — the script doesn't supply her.

Not exact matches

Today's joint news conference on Parliament Hill by Flaherty, Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa and B.C. Finance Minister Michael de Jong, was mostly a mutual back - patting session about the virtues of cooperation.

First, it appointed in 2009 a seven - member Constitutional Committee comprising mostly academics from a range of fields, including law, literature, and science, thus implicitly acknowledging that the constitution is not exclusively, and not even principally, a legal document, but primarily a social compact, a political declaration that supersedes ordinary legislation by virtue of the fact that the people are superior to Parliament.

During the day, the infected remain mostly pacified and the visibility by virtue of the sun (not sure if it ever rains but that would be a neat twist) makes your life easier as a freerunning scavenger who must scour the streets for supplies and run toward airdropped shipments that can be claimed by «vultures» who reach it first.

Targeted mostly at older female viewers, though it can be enjoyed by many others, em > It's Complicated is a film that extols the virtues of the older woman, the longtime wife and mother.

Targeted mostly at older female viewers, though it can be enjoyed by many others, It's Complicated is a film that extols the virtues of the older woman, the longtime wife and mother.

Despite a top - drawer reputation, its sales have been poor to flat in recent years by virtue mostly of having the wrong size of cars to sell - compacts - at a time when buyers» tastes have shifted upward.

By virtue of being a direct sequel to Ocarina of Time, made using mostly existing art assets, Majora's Mask had a built - in creative advantage.

Federal and provincial competence over health care, while mostly provincial by virtue of.the power over the management of.hospitals) is exercised through various heads of legislative lower depending on the specific topic at issue.