Sentences with phrase «much of a long shot»

Hoping your partner will change, and become more attentive or caring, may be too much of a long shot because both parties have already formulated how they see the relationship panning out.

Find out just how much of a long shot stardom really is.

Spike, from SMB3, was already included as a playable character in Mario Party X so his inclusion here wouldn't even be that much of a long shot.

-LSB-...] Hugh has determined the business model of selling to the small population of rich art buyers is not for him, to much of a long shot.

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While most of Khosrowshahi's presentation — which was run from his computer — had to do with much of what you might expect from a longtime techie (artificial intelligence, better software, etc.), one screen was clearly a pretty big risk for the long - shot candidate to take and was much noticed by the directors.

Is it possible and after reading about it i kept on thinking «i will sell to my soul for 20 carats get out shut up i will never ever sell my soul to you oh god please help me and this is continuing for a few days i am afraid that i have sold my sold to the devil have i please help and still i think god's way of allowing others to hate him us much worse even you know and can easily think think about much better punishments like rebirth after being punished for all the sins in life and i am feeling put on the sin of those who committed the unforgiviable sin (the early 0th century priests) imagine them burning in hell fire till now for 2000 years hopelessly screaming to god for help i can't belive the mercy of god are they forgiven even though commiting this sin keans going to hell for entinity thank you and congralutions i think the 7 year tribulation periodvis over in 18th century the great commect shooting and in 19th century the sun became dark for a day and moon was not visible on the earth but now satun has the domination over me those who don't belive in jesus crist i used to belive in him but now after knowing a lot in science it is getting harharder to belive in him even though i know that he exsists and i only belived in him not that he died for me in the cross and also not for eternal life and i still sin as much as i used to before but only a little reduced and i didn't accept satan as my master but what can i do because those who knowingly sin a lot and don't belive in jesus christ has to accept satan as their master because he only teaches us that even though he is evil he gives us complete freedom but thr followers of jesus and god only have freedom because they can sin only with in a limit and no more but recive their reward after their life in heaven but the followers of satun have to go to hell butbi don't want to go to hell and be ruled by the cruel tryant but still why didn't god destroy satun long way before and i think it was also Adam and eve's fault also they could have blamed satan and could have also get their punishment reduced but they didn't and today we are seeing the result

However both Nikki Haley and Bobby Jindal changed their names a long time ago (when a Piyush or Nimrata probably didn't have much of a shot at high office) and probably have grown accustomed to their current forms.

obviously I would prefer to have a much more suitable alternative in the defensive midfielder positions but if they focused more on defensive end and the occasional long - ball, this would allow Bellerin and Sead ample opportunities to bomb forward on their respective wings while still having enough cover to maintain their defensive shape... it would likewise allow for overlapping runs on both wings, thereby letting both Sanchez and Perez to cut inside and get shots away in and around the top of the box with their most dominant feet... if goals were needed I would sub Bellerin for OX and bring Ramsey in for Elneny then switch to a 3 -2-4-1 (more of a 3 -1-5-1 with Ramsey playing higher up the pitch) and I would only use Giroud as a sub when the game dictated it for tactical reasons... this would allow us to be a high energy team with incredible link - up play and a much more direct approach in the offensive end

Finally, and to reiterate an earlier point, the way forward for this club is to stop paying below average bench players so much money and to focus the bulk of the weekly wages on establishing a dominant starting 11... this will require the club to eat some wages in order to ship some players out, get rid of any deadwood over the age of 21, develop a cutting edge scouting service and put your money where your mouth is for once... I would much rather have a starting 11 that was world - class and give some reasonably paid young blue - chippers playing time when injuries occur than have 2 or 3 world class players surrounded by a plethora of overpaid and underwhelming players... management would no longer be able to sell their half - baked plans to the fans under the guise of «winning now», which any intelligent fan knows is a crap - shoot at best, and instead create a a squad that provides hope for the present and the future... this is exactly the model that has been used by Barcelona, Real & Bayern, so it should be good enough for us... by the way, until Messi & Ronaldo re-signed just recently all 3 clubs weekly wages were on par with ours... think about that for a second or two

Not only that but this our only shot I starting a streak of at least a trophy each season... it's not the EPL or CL trophy but I think it's important to show that we have progressed on that regard after our decade long drought more so against one of our bitter rivals: It doesn't matter by how much or well we win the game but that ww WIN period!!

Qualities: Giroud - Hold up (but not against top defenders Tery, Cahil, etc), short pass, hard working, team player, defensive duties (set - pieces), injuries Benteke - Hold up, short pass, better dribbler, long shots, finishing, positioning, defensive duties (set - pieces), can play with his back to the goal and also drop deep and face the goal when marked weakness: Giroud - very slow, easily marked, poor finishing (not wc finisher), technique Benteke - injuries, not a hard worker If you look the stats for the since 2012/2013, they have almost similar records except that Benteke scored like total of 19 goals (correct me if I'm wrong) in his 1st season and also have a decent record against top teams, keep in mind he plays for AstonVilla not Arsenal where you get much more chances and better players around.

Dustin Johnson is one of the longest hitters in golf and on this shot at the par - 3 6th, he put a little too much on it and ended up crushing some ESPN or NBC broadcasting hardware.

Priced at 22/1 (eighth favourites), not even the bookmakers give Arsenal much of a chance of going all the way this season, with better odds on offer at CasinoDeal and other gambling avenues if you're inclined to spend your money on long shots.

The U.S. women find themselves sixth on the list just as the men do, but are much more of a long shot at 50/1.

u are drunk... and quintero, i like him, he has a really good shot, something we are missing so much, someone who can make the long shot or save us from free kick (vs hull we open the game with a free kick deflected... some of u does nt take that too much to analize our situation with ramsey on the wing and our problems to fight with a strong defense... without thats freekick maybe would be a very diferent story... we need to change tactics with teams who dedicates to defense... but about quintero, i do nt think porto allow us to get him for 8.5 m

Will Power makes it four from four Penske drivers in with a chance of the title, though his chances are very much a long shot - he'd need to win with pretty much all those ahead of him in the championship needing to finish at or near the back.

I did all I could to follow his reasoning and wondered what he had seen that was denied to me as Everton pretty much gave up once Origi scored the strangest long shot of the season,...

So, whereas I was of the opinion that heading into Monday's encounter no longer top of the league would have a negative effect on the team, it will instead empower them with so much reassurance and positivity that any sort of result would be enough to keep them on course for the title, but it does also mean they're there to be shot at so don't be at all surprised if United come sprinting out of the blocks this evening and put the Gunners to the sword very early on as don't forget, United had top - spot stolen away from them because of the recent bout of adverse weather.

So you get rid of two of your crap players and get one of our best so whats in it for us or are you also giving us that 50 ml on top of them because that would be the only way it could happen.Berbs went because he was a shit and carrick well he was much the same.Difference is now we are closing on you and if we can get a striker in january then we will be even closer so why would our guys want to go there.Also with cry baby rooney getting a massive pay rise how long before berbs, giggs, scholes and the rest are knocking at the door.That was a very bad move by mannure your wage structure is about to explode out the door and how are you going to pay for that.If Bale was to go there i bet he would be looking at least 150k a week which with rooneys wage rise seems fair.Add to that his price tag for buying him and well it looks like it could cost you at lot more than 50 ml.I know if i was his agent i would be saying to mannure if you want himyou have to pay him a wage up there with rooneys.You have shot yourselves in the foot big style with rooney to the point can you now afford to buy any more players?

I remember not very long ago (10 years back), Labour did not have a single seat in the South East of England... and their closest shot (Dover), they were still 800 votes short.After 1997, it was a much rosier picture for them - there is no reason why the same can not happen for us in the North... indeed, we are far stronger in the North right now than Labour were in the South East back then.

Long - shot Joel Tyner — he of the 99 percent — didn't file, suggesting there isn't much green among those grass roots.

Within a span of just five days, Teachout's long - shot Democratic campaign won round one of a legal battle with Cuomo over her residency, though the governor is appealing the Brooklyn judge's ruling; got a much - needed infusion of some $ 50,000, thanks to a boost from the political action committee of Harvard law professor and leading campaign finance reform advocate Lawrence Lessig; and announced an endorsement from the Public Employees Federation, New York's second - largest public union.

But «it just seemed like... too much of an investment for something that was a [long shot],» he recalls.

«When we first started investigating this compound it was frankly a bit of a long - shot and there was much scepticism from the scientific community,» she said.

«I thought it was very much a long shot that I would ever be asked to ever do the job, if for no other reason than the academy's long - standing tradition of alternating the presidency between the physical and biological sciences,» McNutt wrote.

I've seen those studies... but for 99 % of ppl, having a protein goal to shoot for by end of the day is much more practical to maintain for the long haul.

He often accomplishes this with an astringency of technique, keeping much of the violence off - screen, shooting in extended, maddening long takes, and denying the audience's pleasure.

While the choreography is generally fairly minimal (at least for this sort of mega-production), first time film director Phyllida Lloyd (who helmed the original stage version) has woven together a tightly edited and exceedingly well shot film that capitalizes on the music wonderfully while never worrying too much about such nettlesome items as character or motivation, providing enough other movement that one ultimately doesn't miss huge dance numbers a la Robbins or Fosse that much in the long run.

Fredrik Edfeldt's feature debut is the type of film I long for and rarely get: a beautifully shot film which captures as much emotion and story from silence as it does from any dialogue.

There are moments of real beauty in this movie — particular a bravura panning shot of every character in their own personalized train car, whether or not they're actually on the train — but the protagonists are the last people you'd ever want to be seated next to on a long trip, so watching them in a movie isn't much fun either.

Following a single father who works as a human billboard in Taipei, and his left - to - their - own - devices kids, with the presence of their mother represented by three different actresses, the film has the barest thread of story (Tsai has admitted that he no longer has any real interest in narrative), and seems determined to provoke less patient audience members into walking out, with a series of shots that last upwards of ten minutes without all that much movement in them.

So it was a long shoot and quite a big epic movie in one way, but very much a character drama, also some kind of reverse love story between my character and Tom's character: they've been married for eight years when the movie starts and it's like a cold war between them.

DuVall displays both confidence and trepidation as a first - time director, as much of the action consists of people talking in long and medium shots, the unfussy direction allowing the actors room to breathe but not to experiment.

As you saw from the shots during the show, Drew arrived with Justin Long, and of course she took every opportunity to beam and cutesy smile all through Jessica Lange's acceptance speech, which is becoming cloying since, as we know now, she's much more than a giggly sugar puff, and she also skipped the HBO afterparty.

The final, longest deleted scene features a naked Quaid passed out on a bed post-tryst with a business partner that ends with a shooting, leading to the realization that for as overblown as much of the picture is, it could have gone a lot worse.

In the event, Hanks wasn't cited for either film and nor was his Captain Phillips director, Paul Greengrass, whose slot went to Alexander Payne (Nebraska) in much the same way that Hanks and Redford saw their Best Actor toehold toppled by onetime long - shots Christian Bale (American Hustle) and Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street).

While «The End of the Tour» might be a bit of a long shot for Best Picture (though who knows at this point), it seems like a much safer bet to net Jason Segel his first Oscar nomination as late author David Foster Wallace.

Much of it is extremely simple but effective long takes, master shots, and the great use of negative space and other subtle techniques to inform the scene.

Visually, The Florida Project owes much of its approach to cinematography to Wes Anderson — the colors recall The Grand Budapest Hotel, and the numerous long shots where the camera holds still, placing the children as small specks moving across a static background from a frontal viewpoint, are very Anderson-esque.

Much of the technology behind the extended long take had to be specially made for the shoot — the ultralight steadicam rig, the ultrahigh capacity battery packs, etc — yet, what makes the film such a magnificent technical achievement is it's incredible organization of bodies throughout the hour and half exploration.

Even Altman's practice of shooting much of his action with two cameras can be linked to Renoir's TV - inspired use of multiple cameras in the late 1950s, while his tendency to keep these cameras moving (resulting in a prowling effect that harks back to The Long Goodbye) adds to the Renoir - like feeling that more is going on in this fictional world than one could possibly encompass.

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Gertrud renounces external eventfulness in order to cultivate internal or imaginative eventfulness» — and using the (constant - and - never - moving as a way to allow viewers to focus on acting and the body rather than on technical formalist tricks, in fact, the shots are the longest technically allowable before the invention of digital shooting) camera merely as a functional recording - device rather than as an originator of instant meaning and knowledge as in Hollywood, this film remains the best summation of the truism that a longwinded presentation of several actors merely speaking for ten - minutes - a-scene while the camera does not move and no artificial and manipulative «cinematic language» is involved, in other words, the dreaded «merely filmed non-cinematic literature and theatre,» not only has a much greater capacity to teach than any Hollywood mode of filmmaking but is more dramatic than any car chase.

Too much focus on only pie - in - the - sky top - shelf Hollywood product would make the risk - reward somehow seem more palatable, or like less of a long - shot.

The film lives and thrives on these whiplash moments; it seems as if Wong hadn't yet perfected the languor that I love so much about his films, and so there is no small thrill in the chases, or the extended scenes of almost sadomasochistic violence inflicted on and by Wah (often shot in extremely long slow motion shots), or of course the unspoken flirtations.

Some of it's funny and about 95 % of it didn't make it into the film, but it's still a bit of an endurance challenge to spend so much time on three people talking in a long shot.

I came across the new Senses of Cinema too recently to have sampled much beyond their «Special Dossier» on the cinematic history of Tasmania, but even that's provided several articles of interest, including Jeannette Delamoir's history of the now mostly - lost silent Jewelled Nights (whose star and chief creative force, Louise Lovely, claimed she here innovated the shortcut of using shots of ship's funnels and locomotive wheels to stand in for long voyages); director John Honey on the making of the state's first self - produced feature, 1980's Manganinnie; and two looks at the island's most famous son: Robert de Young on how Tasmania's wildlife and raging seas formed Errol Flynn, and Adrian Danks on the star's superb collaboration with Raoul Walsh.

Critics praised the film's commitment to humor, and the chemistry of its stars, with USAToday's Brian Truitt saying «Even tonal issues can't upend the magic this movie taps into putting Thor and Hulk together as new best buddies, whether they're throwing down in an arena or having a bromantic heart - to - heart,» while the AP's Lindsey Bahr said «Thor: Ragnarok is the most fun of the Thor movies by a long shot, but it is still very much a Thor movie for better or worse.»

It had about 130 pages (for a movie of more than two hours long) but I'm still working on it, now changing opinions with other people to polish it up as much as possible before the shooting starts.

The short was only short pieces shot together of a much longer film Anderson and Wilson had in mind.