Sentences with phrase «neat bit»

And that's not the only neat bit of backstory filled in here.

It is a pretty neat bit of classic television, and a nice addition to this DVD.

Taking neat bites of a chicken sandwich and sipping a carton of chocolate milk, 10 - year - old Esmeralda Ocampo is blissfully unaware that her school lunch is under scrutiny in Congress.

But here's a particularly neat bit: «Beyond the setting, Nucleus has a different vibe compared to other shooters out there.

Despite no folding hinge in this review XPS 13, there is one very neat bit of smart hardware design: the power button to the top - right of the keyboard plate also doubles as a fingerprint scanner.

In a neat bit of Solomonic judgment, the court both rejected the gay and lesbian plaintiff's claim that they were entitled to marriage licenses and declared that they were entitled to the benefits «incident on the marital relation.»

He did manage a couple of smiles after heading over Luis Suarez's cross and after a neat bit of play that almost set Andres Iniesta up for a goal but other than a few flashes of brilliance he just didn't look quite right.

Instead, they harness heat from the Sun to chill buildings through a neat bit of thermodynamic sleight of hand.

From long - time Wonder Boy fans to platformer enthusiasts who've never heard of it until now, you'll likely be able to find whimsical fun and a neat bit of genre history in this charming adventure.

«It pushes people to consider a perspective that might otherwise have been considered marginal or even not wanted to think about,» says Dick (who, in a neat bit of»90s outsider - documentary synergy, went to see Crumb with subject Flanagan).

And in a neat bit of business, the ambient sound drops out altogether whenever the perspective is on the daughter, which makes for a nice way to tell whose point of view is most important in a given scene.

The end result is a neat bite - sized package which falls slightly flat (no pun intended) if you don't have a friend handy for two - player, which is where the inventive open - ended gameplay truly shines bright.

Julie Delpy plays Irving's sometime mistress Nina Van Pallandt, who would (in a neat bit of Buddhist karma) later go on to appear opposite the young Richard Gere in American Gigolo.

Even if you know what's coming, it's a neat bit of meta - thriller filmmaking, as much about the mechanics of storytelling as a reasonably satisfying example of it.

Lest you think that Orloff and the film's director, Roland Emmerich, are content to besmirch only Shakespeare's name, you should also know that Queen Elizabeth herself (played, in a neat bit of then - and - now casting, by the mother - daughter team of Vanessa Redgrave and Joely Richardson) also gets it in the neck.

(A neat bit of unspoken subtext in the film is that Ralphie seems to have a minor crush on Miss Shields, one he can't really put into words.)

It finds Brooks once again playing himself, this time as a struggling middle - aged actor and filmmaker who accepts a questionable gig as a comic ambassador to the Muslim world (in a neat bit of stunt casting, Fred Thompson, also playing himself, gives Brooks the assignment), partly out of boredom and professional ennui and partly out of a grossly exaggerated sense of his own importance.

Balin (Ken Stott), the eldest, stands out from the clan as the only one with a genuine sense of compassion for others, which comes in handy when the dwarves try to sneak into Lake - town — literally a town floating on a lake in a neat bit of design — with the help of a merchant named Bard (Luke Evans).

One of the neatest bits of engineering is an adaptive front spoiler made of resilient rubber.

So the VXR8 Tourer is quick, but the neat bit is that it's actually UK's roomiest estate, offering an 895 - litre cargo volume, expanding to an unprecedented 2000 litres once the rear seats are folded down.

The neat bit is when the turn signal is activated, the rearward view to the left or right shows up in the instrumentation in a clean and uncompromised display.

The upholstery stripes add a neat bit of flair.

Safety In addition to entertainment tech, our Fusion was equipped with some neat bits of safety tech.

The long and wild sweeps of body contour have given way to a more linear look, though the ducktail rear is a neat bit of flair.

The dual - clutch transmission is a neat bit of performance tech.

Combining all 6 will create the Infinity Medal, a neat bit of movie tie - in for true fanboys.

Noise is just not an issue - extremely minimal, never invasive, and the distant, small - plane - only take offs and landings only added a neat bit of interest to the stunning 360 degree views that surround the property.

The New 3DS is a neat bit of kit with boosted processing power, super-stable 3D, built in Amiibo reader and customisable faceplates.

Naturally, this results in a neat bit of risk and reward as you're forced to gauge when the optimum time to take a life is in order to progress through the castle.

Its split - screen multiplayer offers a neat bit of fun, too.

The following article scan comes from the September / October 1989 issue of Nintendo Power, and its final paragraph provides a neat bit of prophecy about the Game Boy's space trip.

They also allow some neat bits of bare canvas, but more for painterly care than for artistic freedom.

This neat bit of innovation proves very useful in day - to - day operation.

Finally, in a neat bit of design symmetry, the USB C - to - C charging cable that comes with the phone (and the headphone dongle, actually) features the exact same style of braiding used on Razer's laptop chargers.