Sentences with phrase «occasional examples of»

I saw occasional examples of specks and grit plus the occasional blotch, streak, or nick.

I detected moderate graininess periodically, and I also witnessed occasional examples of speckles and grit.

The movie showed grain that fit the film's natural structure and exhibited occasional examples of specks and grit.

Zealous Victorian historians did find occasional examples of ecclesiastical stupidity, such as the Boston pastor who warned that lightning caused earthquakes.

Movie posters might not be as epically conceived as they once were with Photoshop taking the place of awesome artists and impressive graphics, but that doesn't mean the occasional example of the form doesn't get folks excited.

There is only the very occasional example of one of these policies suceeding in building strong cash value versus the long track record of these things breaking down in a couple of years.

Not exact matches

Though market momentum is typically slowing or flat, the occasional marginal new high can give the appearance of unrelenting strength even at the top (examine the S&P 500 in September 2000 and October 2007, for example).

While there are occasional military issues where the two countries do not see eye - to - eye (for example on whether the Arctic sea lanes are internal waters, as Canada claims, or are international waters, the view of the US), for the most part they are in synch.

This occasional renewal of the real presence of the Kennedy assassination, for example, brings changing ideas to the fore.

Wonderfully, the Queen's example to the world is not of a dour, dutiful drudge but of a woman who seems to enjoy life — riding and horses and dogs and family and beautiful clothes and the occasional gin before lunch.

Included also within the Vendidad there are occasional stories, for example, concerning the temptation of Zoroaster, also stories concerning the destiny of the soul after death.

As a successful professional editor she knew (and only a few professionals do not know) better than to try to change the style of an already good writer into someone else's style, for example, the editor's, or to make it accord with a rule open to occasional reasonable exceptions.

Though full of titillating tales and occasional bits of edifying wisdom, the gnostic gospels lacked the balance of sacramentalism, mysticism, silence, and praxis that we find for example in the kerygmatic presentations of the Christ of Mark, Matthew, Luke, and John.

Judaism, for example, demands of its practitioners an occasional day without food; most cults systematically malnourish their members.

A couple of practical realities we would have to guard are the occasional «flop» where, for example, a bad batch of acid has been delivered and the litmus paper does not change color (we don't want anybody to claim that a prayer was answered) or intentional sabotage by those with a religious agenda, but that is no different to the risks of any other science experiment.

These enormous trends toward centralization and homogeneity still do permit room for the occasional «auteur» film of individual artistry, the profoundly critical television documentary, the journalistic exposé of corruption in high places, and other examples of independent thinking or original art.

It seems increasingly obvious that professional football players and the owners for whom they butt heads every Sunday and Monday (and occasional Thursdays and Saturdays) for money simply can't be counted on to set the right example for the tens of thousands of youth and high school football players who suffer concussions every season, far too many of which, like Morey's, never get reported to the coach, the athletic trainer (if there is one), or even their teammates, friends or parents.

Modern toll roads often use a combination of the three, with various entry and exit tolls supplemented by occasional mainline tolls: for example the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the New York State Thruway implement both systems in different sections.

Jeffery illustrates the history of MI6 with examples of some of the eccentric and louche characters who were either permanent or occasional members, but the real value of this history is to see the problem of how MI6 fitted into the established diplomatic and military hierarchies, the struggle to maintain a budget and the essential first and last principle of any secret service: that it is secret.

Its powerful influence on the structure of pop music continues today; the occasional rap interlude now finds its way into many a rock song, for example.

For example, the percentage of 8th graders who think that occasional use of synthetic marijuana or over-the-counter cough and cold medications is less than it was last year and in prior years.

For example, if you maintain an optimal weight, don't smoke, exercise, eat your veggies, and have occasional alcoholic drinks, you lower your risk of a heart attack by 65 %.

I know I do - holidays and weekends being a fine example - it happens, and I would argue those occasional indulgences are an important part of living a healthy, balanced life.

For example, I don't go out a lot at night or need dressy clothes, other than the occasional work event or wedding, so it is more important for me to have pieces that I can dress up for nighttime instead of having lots of separate pieces.

Although the movie offers occasional glimpses of wit and humor — a quick clip of IBM executives singing company anthems, for example — it is, at its heart, a rather maudlin made - for - TV movie, complete with wincingly bad dialogue, cartoonish character representation and one particularly awful acid trip.

I have experienced something similar on a much smaller scale, for when I give friends and other associates my standard introductory «mini-festival» of Hindi popular cinema, the title that consistently connects the strongest is this film — which initially surprised me, considering it's as undiluted an example as any of the very un-Hollywood masala formula: broad, often silly comedy mixed with earnest, tear - jerking sentiment, all peppered with the occasional song and dance over the course of a typically lengthy run time of just over three hours.

The younger Winkler's work on New Girl this season is a prime example of a director stepping into a show with a strong ensemble and tightening up the occasional sluggish rhythm.

Now, almost 60 years later — and despite an occasional reliance on matte shots that, depending on whom you ask, either a) remind viewers of the film's age or b) lend it a certain nostalgic charm — it all still stands up as a highly entertaining and wonderfully suspenseful example of a filmmaker taking obvious pleasure in toying with his audience.

Likewise, though, «[a] number of states... have been moving away from [said] student growth [and value - added] measures in [teacher] evaluations,» said a friend, colleague, co-editor, and occasional writer on this blog (see, for example, here and here) Kimberly Kappler Hewitt (University of North Carolina at Greensboro).

What has happened in the past decade and a half is a classic example of ever increasing perverse incentives that have taken standardized tests and converted them from an occasional check on the system into an increasingly important end unto themselves by which entire schools and individual teachers» lives depend.

For another, if you become an active, appreciated member of a Twitter network, you can garner much support for your occasional promotions in the form of retweets, for example.

On the other hand, if you are v conscious of the risks & biases involved, then yes an occasional silver lining may be presented — in the form of (for example, as you highlight) mis - priced companies due to language barriers, misconceptions about geographic exposure (s), etc..

There are many examples of «people food» that are fine to feed to your pet as occasional small treats including many fruits, vegetables, meats, and grains.

You can help alleviate these fears by tasking your list with occasional challenges — submitting a letter to the editor of a local paper, for example — and then tracking the results.

Outside of community events, and the occasional difference depending on where the character is in town (characters have different dialogue in church on Sunday, for example), most NPC's say the same thing over and over again, day after day.

For example, equip your Thief with a pistol and sword and he'll become more of a swashbuckling rouge able to fire off the occasional shot from his firearm for high damage while slicing up enemies with the sword.

They are hand - painted in matte, camouflage - like colors with occasional accents of, for example, murky brown.

Autumn in general is a perfect example of neutral, drab colors with occasional bursts of vibrance.

Until his death in 1999, with the exception of occasional trips to New York with his mother to see exhibitions and keep up his contacts with his New York circle, Martin Wong was now to live in the parental home where he continued to work, for example on the cactus paintings or a depiction of Patty Hearst in the painting «Did I ever have a Chance», which is, according to reports, one of Martin Wong's last paintings and is supposed to have been his proposal for an AIDS Memorial.

In de Kooning's black - and - white paintings of the late 1940s, for example, the occasional use of letters or numbers was a mere pretext for him to exercise his Cubist lexicon.

I am thinking for example of solar cycles, where even after a few centuries it is just a guessing game with occasional large errors.

(As with the Lake Nyos CO2 eruption, there is a small - scale modern example of this: occasional hydrogen sufide «belches» occur off the Namibian coast, though none so far has killed or even injured anyone.)

For example, in her account of the development of the principled approach to hearsay, McLachlin CJC noted the «occasional arbitrariness» of the traditional category - based rules:

For all of the above, one can consider, as an example, an initiative that was launched within government to pay private practice lawyers a modest amount to do certain work on an occasional basis.

Whatever the occasional benefits of latent ambiguities in legal writing — giving contracts professors something to talk about, for example — there's less tolerance for that sort of thing in computing.

The key market question is whether Capture is another «occasional» example of an intelligent system or whether it reflects that even the largest and bluest chip firms now see the value of investing to create truly interactive know - how systems.

For example, there are a lot of companies that will give you non-smokers rates if you only smoke the occasional cigar.

For example, if you only plan to use the bike to make occasional, leisurely trips through the back forty, or to ride gentle slopes and well - maintained trails, you will require different coverage than if you intend to frequently engage in high - speed motocross competitions against a pack of other riders.

For example, Travel Guard does not consider false labor, occasional spotting, physician - prescribed rest during the period of pregnancy, morning sickness, hyperemesis gravidarum, or preeclampsia as complications.

The update doesn't affect anything outside of Google Now or its associated launcher — for example we're still seeing occasional stutters when pulling down the notification shade — but there's no denying it's a big improvement.