Sentences with phrase «much ups the ante»

The LT doesn't so much up the ante from the 650S as tear down the formula and reinvent it completely with a tighter focus, much improved controls and — hallelujah — a sense of pure, unadulterated fun.

In fact, it pretty much ups the ante in every way imaginable.

Not exact matches

For instance, last fall his council urged the federal government to ante up $ 40 billion for the CIB, in hopes of luring four times that much in private investment for infrastructure projects like toll bridges and highways, ports and power transmission networks.

Some big ones are: (a) whether the draft PROMESA legislation raises retroactivity issues that make it unfair to bondholders (including mutual funds and their investors) who may be subject to restructuring ex post without having had notice of that possibility ex ante; (b) relatedly, whether creating a bankruptcy - like restructuring process for Puerto Rico is bad for bondholders because it prevents holdout creditors from holding up restructuring negotiations, (c) how much oversight and sovereignty Puerto Rico should cede (for example, different stakeholders feel differently about the installation of an oversight board); (d) the extent to which austerity measures are feasible and should be imposed [fn1], and (d) and what substantive reforms should be put enacted going forward.

Gosh I can't tell you how much I love cooking with cresents, now look you've up the ante, CHOCOLATE!..

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, and for considering «upping the ante» with your chill time!

Of course, if committing to a quirky bag is a little too much for you, try getting a bag charm to up the ante of your handbag!

As charming and gently agreeable as Kung Fu Panda 2 may be, screenwriters Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, returning from the first film, haven't really upped the ante like we expect a sequel to do — much of what transpires here feels so comfortable as to be overwhelmingly familiar, as if you might have seen this movie before and let it slip your mind — until the very end, with its hint of yet another sequel that has me highly intrigued.

While I would have much preferred a serious shakeup to the familiar and fairly linear 32 stage hunt for kidnapped Zapfish, the campaign quickly impresses thanks to creative platforming twists and turns — like stylishly grinding on ink - rails or riding atop giant floating Octostomps — that frequently ups the ante with each passing stage.

At the New York auto show, Mercedes - AMG is upping the ante on its C - Class Cabriolet with a new C63 version that promises as much as 186 mph of hair - rustling fun.

They also work much better than all - season tires at stopping and turning and if you want all four of your tires to do those things, then you better ante up and get four tires.

An optional Competition Package ups the performance ante at a much friendlier price point.

Tata Motors, which has seen an uptick in its passenger vehicle sales with the trio of the Tiago hatchback, Tigor compact sedan and the Hexa crossover, is all set to up the ante with the rollout of the much - awaited Nexon SUV later this year.

The night before the show Audi gave us a peek at the much anticipated A3 / S3 sedans, aimed squarely at American buyers and the Mercedes - Benz CLA... who upped the ante with a 355 horse CLA45 AMG.

But as much as I enjoy indie fantasy comics such as Lower Regions, I must say that Top Shelf's latest digital offering, Double Barrel, ups the ante.

The Iconia W4 (starting at $ 299, $ 349 as configured) looks to up the ante by offering a much - improved IPS display and Intel's latest quad - core Atom processor in a sleeker design.

What kind of advice, as a publicist, would you give for someone like my self who is self - published and doing fairly well in that regard but really wants to up the ante and get a much broader presence out there?

Both have an 8 - megapixel rear camera so there shouldn't be too much difference here, but the Xperia Z4 Tablet ups the ante when it comes to the front - facing snapper in terms of megapixels and software.

Understanding the e-reader pie is much too small for it to be worth a fight against Amazon, Kobo has upped the ante late last year, unveiling the 7 - inch Arc tablet with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, a dual - core 1.5 GHz processor and prices starting at $ 200.

But maternal hormones also up the ante so that mother cats simply feel much more protective and develop hair - trigger tempers.

Delta says it is upping the ante to increase exclusivity of higher status — much like it's done with more restrictions on guests allowed in Sky Clubs to control crowding.

Gods Eater Burst is a much more competent game, one that takes some of what made Monster Hunter so engaging and even adds some new stuff to up the ante.

With so much going on, developer Creative Assembly has put their orks to work, optimizing the engine so gamers with older systems can play, and those with faster PCs can up the ante with more units and more eye - candy.

Bringing back the much loved classic F1 cars, the 2017 iteration of the franchise builds upon the success of its predecessor and ups the ante in every way.

Easy has been added to make things more forgiving, though that seems to only pertain to how much damage enemies do, along with a hard mode to up the ante.

Now Fire Emblem Fates has released I can honestly say that Nintendo has upped the ante by adding even more content; so much in fact that it wouldn't fit in one complete scenario, and was split into three versions that each encompasses a side of the game's central conflict.

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While, as we have noted, the CMD 2 proposals contain some measures to mitigate market power on an ex ante basis the MSA will have additional jurisdiction both to monitor the AESO's efforts to limit the exercise of market power as well as ex post authority to sanction behaviour in the capacity market that fails to live up to the FEOC principle, much as it can in the energy market: see Market Surveillance Administrator allegations against TransAlta Corporation et al., Mr. Nathan Kaiser and Mr. Scott Connelly, AUC Decision, 3110 - D01 - 2015 and see also a recent case management decision dealing with a class proceeding relating to this matter Carlson v Transalta Corporation, 2018 ABQB 343 (CanLII).

As Junior gets older, you may decide to up the ante as two dollars a week doesn't mean much to a teenager.

HTC has upped the ante with a very nice 5 - megapixel front - facing camera (much like the Huawei Ascend Mate 2), but there are two cameras on the back of the One M8.

The Huawei Watch 2 ups the ante with more connectivity options, Android Wear 2.0 and a sporty new look, but with a smaller display and chunkier build this latest smartwatch feels like it's trying to do too much, and it doesn't excel in every area.

Launching at $ 249, but easily found more affordably (UK and AU pricing haven't been announced yet, but converts to # 200 / AU$ 325), it offers just as much utility as prior smartwatch attempts, but ups the ante with a slim, dashing design and several welcome features, like the voice - activated Google Assistant and a refreshed user interface that's full of clever tweaks.

After much fanfare and speculative anticipation, Microsoft and a handful of hardware vendors will up the ante in the handheld computer arena with launch of the Pocket PC operating system and the hardware built around it.