Sentences with phrase «novelty value»

In fact, some early mobile learning initiatives have been taken up more for novelty value than for identified real needs.

This could have been groundbreaking once upon a time, but there's nothing really new here and only a few songs ever rise above sheer novelty value.

A: I'm aware that this is the way the world is moving but I see this as novelty value rather than adding value!

The photo is not very good due to the dim light, but it had great novelty value and set the tone for the service for the evening.

As far as novelty value goes, you really couldn't ask for much more than that.

It's also a format that has tremendous novelty value.

It can get a bit repetitive, but we're talking serious novelty value while it lasts!

For novelty value, there's an underwater post box, so bring some (waterproof) postcards.

We wouldn't claim a Kia Soul EV is fun to drive — once you're over the EV novelty value of course — but it's certainly reassuringly predictable.

Anyway, this film works on sheer novelty value alone today, and because of a couple of great performances by Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo.

BOOK REVIEW: Same Sex Marriage and Civil Partnerships: The New Law Authors: Mark Harper, S Chelvan, Martin Downs, Katharine Landells, Gerald Wilson Publisher: Jordan Publishing (# 60) Caitlin Jenkins The Law Society Gazette Whenever new legislation is enacted, some publishers are tempted to cash in on novelty value.

MINI REVIEW Corsair's entry - level mechanical board might lose some functionality by dropping the numpad, but it gains more than just novelty value in the process.

MINI REVIEW Corsair's entry - level mechanical board might lose some functionality by dropping the numpad, but it gains more than just novelty value in the process.

And being in power still seems to have a kind of novelty value which holds them in thrall.

Skunk furs were popular, then «worthless», and now they have novelty value again.

Will robots remain an eccentric pastime with no real human application beyond pure novelty value?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, who will likely concede that the A45 does have presence, and the kind of novelty value draws out the camera phones.

And while the Veloster has four seats, a bigger boot and the perception of more practicality than a regular coupe, those six foot or over will be very cramped in the back and the 2 +1 door layout's novelty value subsides rather quickly when you're travelling along and want to put stuff in the back.

A curio — which may have nothing but novelty value at this stage — is the text is also searchable, this feels like an answer waiting for a question though, but it's nice it's there.

Copies for the Genesis are now rather scarce, but Virtual Bart is worth picking up for the humor in its cutscenes and novelty value alone.

Decorate with fish shapes cut from raw carrot slices for novelty value.

For sheer novelty value the movie gets high marks, but it's tight plotting and generous exploiting of the whole idea of backwards storytelling (check out just how Natalie got those scars) and Leonard's own «condition» of short - term memory loss (Can't remember if you're chasing someone or being chased)?

A recent decision of the Alberta Court of Appeal, Beaverford v Thorhild (County No. 7), 2013 ABCA 6, is a more traditional application of the common law rule against bias, although the presence of Facebook in the facts of the case gives it a certain novelty value.

by Bryant Frazer If Prachya Pinkaew's 2003 Ong - bak became a worldwide hit partly on novelty value — star Tony Jaa was a new face, and Muay Thai was sufficiently under - represented in martial - arts movies to come across as a fresh new fighting style — then Chocolate is a logical next career move for the director.

Chicken was nice, lid was lid - like, nothing to complain or write home about, but tasty and the novelty value of eating a pie at all was nice.

The novelty value of inexpensive, new (to him) toys and books can provide a good distraction.

If you have issues with getting your infant to sleep because of your toddler's noisy interruptions, try putting together a basket of quiet time toys that only comes out when it's your baby's bedtime to keep their novelty value for your toddler.

To keep their novelty value, only get them out when you go into a store or restaurant and let your little one play with one toy at a time until it's time to go, saving one last special toy for the car ride home.

Parent educator Sarah MacLaughlin recommends these fun shoe mops, to give mopping the floor a bit of novelty value.

On the other hand, an unusual baby name may be chosen precisely because it has novelty value.

A reality check is exactly what Dee is bringing to the political debate, along with an element of novelty value.

No complaints at all about its performance, but once the novelty value wore off I found I wasnt bothering with it much any more.

This has some novelty value but is probably not the best orientation to use for general education.

While the end result didn't exactly nail its feminist colours to the mast, the film stands out today for its sheer novelty value, and as a fantasy flick that doesn't rely on pectorals and testosterone to drive the action forward.

Directed by «Pirates of the Caribbean's» Gore Verbinski, this over-the-top oater delivers all the energy and spectacle audiences have come to expect from a Jerry Bruckheimer production, but sucks out the fun in the process, ensuring sizable returns but denying the novelty value required to support an equivalent franchise.

Pic opens Feb. 22 with Karpovsky's «Red Flag,» and the novelty value of releasing a thriller / comedy double feature, along with the helmer's TV and indie cred, may spell relatively healthy box office in limited release, given sufficient press.

And one whole chapter of it is devoted to Walter Matthau — after this film, they worked together on First Monday in October, an underrated comedy about the U.S. Supreme Court, costarring Jill Clayburgh as the first female justice in that body (the movie was hurried into release in August of 1981, because Reagan had spoiled its novelty value by appointing Sandra Day O'Connor to the real - life court a month before).

This one's all novelty value.

It certainly has the novelty value of seeing a pre-James Bond Sean Connery (he also sings) as the romantic lead.

Yes, it looks slightly better and there are minor improvements, and yes, STRAIGHT RIGHT have done a great job in converting the game to a traditional controller, but without the superb local multiplayer and the novelty value of the controller, I would suggest returning players think twice before jumping in.

Automated parking has its novelty value, but it can be very convenient, especially if you are tired from a long day.

On the flip side, if design appeal and novelty value are more prevalent tick - boxes on your shopping list, then this may be the only car on the market you care about.

There was no stand - out star at this year's New York International Auto Show, though for sheer novelty value, FCA's 840 horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Demon could be rightly thought of as the biggest attraction.

A word game that allows for transfer of loyalty has novelty value.

The novelty value alone would be a draw.

For lack of a better way to put it, this little dog was created for it's novelty value — hence the extremely high price tag.

I think it's fair to say that early 3D shooters have aged about as well a pot of week - old yogurt in a greenhouse on a hot day, so the driving force behind sales is likely going to be nostalgia, alongside the novelty value of having it in your library.