Sentences with phrase «much talk of»

There wasn't much talk of science fiction yesterday, it was more the realities of life.
Multitasking Solution: Palm's brand new Pre won't be in stores for a couple of months but it was pretty much the talk of CES this year.
There has been much talk of bringing more value to the realtor / client relationship... but where is the meat?
Plus, despite much talk of late about automation slowly killing traditional jobs, data science is to some degree robot - proof as it demands a human touch to creatively solve problems with the help of computers.
This is probably the nadir of lawyer employment, and there is much talk of a «lost generation» of lawyers who enrolled in law school just as Stage 1 was drawing to a close.
Despite much talk of innovation and disruption only a handful of firms have made the shift to billing structures that are anything other than the traditional «time for money» model.
There may have been much talk of business support for Prime Minister David Cameron's high - stakes referendum on European Union (EU) membership, but law firms are certainly not among the converted.
Post-Brexit, there has been much talk of falls in house prices with some experts predicting that house prices would drop nationally by 10 %, and more in London.
For example, although there has been much talk of relying on «evidence - based research» as a guide to action, in reality, decisions are often made on the basis of other information, or views, or influences.
There's been much talk of modern airships as a fuel efficient alternative to planes.
We have heard much talk of creating new terminology for our eco-discussions and «Carbon Positive», instead of the stock term Carbon Neutral, seems more upbeat, moving past the doom + gloom scenarios.
A 2012 Boston Globe article traced the roots of McKibben's commitment to social justice back to his childhood, where dinner at the McKibben house with his father Gordon and mother Peggy involved much talk of politics and current events.
Certainly AGW skeptics were «encouraged» by the solar minimum, and there was much talk of a «rapid global cooling» and the like, but from a GCMperspective with AGW factored in, there is no way this was going to happen, and the warmth of 2010 is is not so remarkable at all.
Although there is much talk of building new nuclear plants in the United States, there are none under construction.
There is much talk of using 28 as the GWP for methane, which is the 100 - year value without feedbacks.
There is much talk of a carbon tax to create the right economic incentives, but only a few ineffectual «carbon markets» have been implemented.
On the subject of sensitivity of the SURFACE temperature to changes in CO2 concentration, there has been much talk of TOA imbalances forcing changes to temperature at the surface.
As a member of the Mars Society for the last several years, I've heard much talk of «terraforming» Mars to make it a warmer and wetter world suitable for human habitation.
But for the assimilating models (PIOMAS & NPS), there really wouldn't be much talk of an imminent sea - ice free Arctic.
(Already, with the surge of drilling for abundant oil and gas in shale deposits, there's much talk of whether we can sustain research and investment in non-fossil energy options.)
The results: much talk of money, New China, new stars.
There was also much talk of the record $ 135 million paid this month by Ronald S. Lauder, the cosmetics heir, for Klimt's 1907 portrait «Adele Bloch - Bauer I,» purchased privately for the Neue Galerie in Manhattan.
Expect lots of posing, air kissing, and as much talk of money as there is about the art.
Competition for artists» estates Much talk of competition for artist estates around Art Basel this year.
There was much talk of the Freedom Tower's strong grouping of Argentinian artists in Miami, and an ABMB standout was artist Sandra Gamarra's imaginary museum at Galeria Leme profiling the 70s Brazilian concrete movement with work by Luciano Figueiredo and Mauro Piva.
After EA murdered Visceral and «pivoted» its Star Wars game, there has been much talk of the death of single - player games.
If there are any stereotypical 19th - century Southern belles listening to the program, consider this a WELL, I NEVER ALERT: There is much talk of phalluses in this segment, mostly thanks to the strapping young Dante who stars in the new Devil May Cry.
For pretty much ever since the company released games outside of Japan, there has been much talk of all the great games that never left those shores.
Let's just get the graphics out of the way first, as much talk of this game before its release was because of the new proprietary game engine crafted by the folks at Ubisoft Montreal, named «Dunia».
Much talk of things like Edamame is had, it's a little out there.
Halo would sell like hotcakes and get them through another year without too much talk of a next - gen device, and they already said they're working on this.
Until now, there wasn't much talk of screen - size for this new device - 10 - inch was probably the most common assumption - but Taiwan - based industry website Digitimes has blown the lid off of that hypothesis by stating that orders for 8.9 - inch displays are in.
While there has been much talk of whether tablets will or are cannibalizing the notebook and netbook markets, DisplaySearch's Shim noted that, given Apple's success in both markets, «Cannibalization seems limited at this point.»
I work in marketing (a former newspaper reporter) and hear SO MUCH talk of «platform, platform, platform.»
There was much talk of autonomy from Audi at the International CES, specifically autonomous cars.
With handling systems honed (or hooned) by Ken Block as a consultant, we can bet that the handling is certainly going to be exciting, and there is much talk of controlled oversteer from Ford.
There's much talk of increased precision, but not until you've experienced just how accurately you can place the car in a corner do you appreciate what all the talk means.
There's much talk of minimal shutlines, hidden windscreen wipers and flush door handles; the EvaGT is set to be a quality item.
There has been much talk of the historic nature of the School District's financial crisis.
[There's] much talk of poets and poetry when readers pull out their books.
There is much talk of gamification, which now applies to everything, but do you know someone who really works on gamification?
Even today, in my judgment, there's still far too much talk of getting the system out of the way of innovation.
A snippet from a radio broadcast reveals there's much talk of a looming apocalypse, foretold hundreds of years back by the Mayan civilisation.
As the Oscar race slowly begins to take shape, there's much talk of prime contenders building a topical «narrative» to fuel their campaigns: Three Billboards is being pitched as a spiky response to the culture of toxic masculinity exemplified by Harvey Weinstein; on a related note, Lady Bird and Greta Gerwig carry heightened hopes for another female best director winner; Get Out continues to mark the temperature of America's rampant racial tensions; Call Me By Your Name takes the baton of LGBT empowerment and visibility from reigning Oscar champ Moonlight.
Over a decade on from Pan's Labyrinth and Cronos, there's been much talk of this being the director's first adult movie in the English language (no robots fighting monsters here).
There's much talk of «the flesh» in David Cronenberg's The Fly; flesh makes you crazy.
There has been much talk of this film only linking to the original 2008 Cloverfield in tone; it's also possible there's a connection yet to be revealed or more films in this franchise on the way.
Where much talk of film culture necessarily targets the social conditions enabled (and disabled) by government, institutions, big business, etc, an older tradition in film criticism takes a step away from this «materialist» fray, to revel in the visions of special auteurs.
Despite much talk of diversity and tradition, Mr. Levine has little fresh to say about gentrification issues or documentary storytelling.
There is much talk of graphic violence.
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