Sentences with phrase «odd points from»

Fourth place and finishing 20 odd points from top isn't consistent — it's embarrassing for a club that is supposed to be challenging year in year out!

Not exact matches

As many others have pointed out, this seems odd, given that the bank fairly recently repatriated a large amount of its gold from the U.S.

My point is odd reactions, in my opinion, come from a few glaring misconceptions about virtual currency:

Sorry, if this comes off as some super-sensitive defensive reaction, it just struck me really odd as I've only ever heard one person phrase the differences between men and women quite that way before and it was a man who was also an engineer which he kept bringing up to point out that that made him more analytical than any woman was capable of (apparently they don't have women engineers where he comes from).

I may have missed some point of information, but, from all I can gather, it appears as if no one from a news source has contacted Julie McMahon directly, so that whole thing just hits me as odd.

The language in this quotation remains odd from the point of view of Process and Reality.

BUT, a decent manager would at least keep us in an odd title battle from time to time, or at least earn us around 80 points on occasion.

We appear to be in a reverse situation from last season, artificially high after 20 odd games due to the way the fixture list panned out, this season I believe we are artificially lower by a few points.

So from now on, youngBUCK, if I post another point that somehow offends you for some odd reason, then simply don't read it, stop warning others to not respond to my comments, and stop acting like the thought gestapo.

I will point them out again but Wenger's not exonerated from some odd mistakes but tell me a coach that doesn't.

And Hughes is lucky that the fixture list gets a little calmer from this point on: Eight of their next nine games come against teams outside the top eight, and the odd one out there is Manchester United, who are having their own crisis.

As usual Jon you make some good points but with all respect to Leeds, Villa and Forest, no way would Spurs spend the amount of time in the lower leagues [just one year] that those three have spent recently and I'm sure you remember that great Spurs side in their double year dropping their first point after 14 games to Man City and suffering their first defeat to Sheffield Wednesday by the odd goal in three on Boxing day and almost beating our 66 point record [2 points a win in those days] which stood from the glorious thirties thanks to a shock home defeat on the last day of the season by West Brom with their frightening forward line of Jones, White, Smith, Allen, and Dyson and to make things worse the following year the signing of Jimmy Greaves, and don't let anybody tell different without doubt the greatest striker the English game as ever seen.

THAT»S how I ended up diving into John Toland's 1000 - page history of the Pacific War from the Japanese point of view (in paperback, thank god) while on the bus on a FIFTH - GRADE field trip... starting with 200 - odd pages of 1930s Japanese nationalist politics, which at least was full of plots, assassinations, coup attempts, ritual suicides, and other exciting stuff.

Sure, 90 per cent of independent scientifi c endeavour demonstrably proves man - made climate change IS happening, but fortunately that can all be rebuked by pointing to the odd faked email from an East Anglian university and shouting: «I told you so!».

Likewise, the appalling PC result in 1993 masks the fact that the Reform Party actually had 50 - odd MPs, of which the current Conservative PM was one, and Lord Smith is quite right to point out that the right in Canada has bounced back very effectively from that set - back.

Continuing with your rather odd digression (and worrying failure to grasp the point), but happy to move onto something more light - hearted, the terminology of the British Isles outside of international rugby, that is what they are still called is (quaintly and elegantly, in my opinion) rife with curiosities arising from our colourful history.

It's worth point out that the map in the Telegraph does seem to take into account either the potential for SNP gains in Scotland or for Conservative gains against the LibDems — in fact the map doesn't seem to show a single Conservative gain from the LibDems, which seems a little odd, as (at the very least) some «churn» between the parties is almost a given.

After the short, stilted exchange, he hears some bright spark in the crowd point out that this guy asking them odd questions doesn't know their language, so he will need to get help from Everett to translate the tapes.

I know some sugar babies talk about how they make their sugar daddies sign an agreement for 6 months, etc etc, a pretty odd thing to do from my point because most men won't agree to that.

There are several true low - points, but the overall effect of the ninety - odd minutes is one constant low, and the truly abysmal moments fail to stand out from the background.

Stunt Shows are a bit of an odd one out; initially enjoyable, as you try and figure out what it is that scores big points and how to develop trick routes through each arena, they start to lose their appeal when you realise they're inherently repetitive, a bit unintuitive, and that you can't bank points from ongoing combos when time runs out.

She's a positive force, but also an agent of chaos, to the point where Baumbach is just as likely to pick up odd lines, dance moves, and bits of observation from her as he is to stage conventional dramatic scenes.

Meanwhile everyone else is climbing steadily forward — the odd four point victories from the likes of Rudd and Freeman, meaning that a methodical but vital climb is happening across the table.

But the perspective (being told from this Henry fella's point of view) really is what makes it odd, that's a good way to describe it really.

The debate as to whether portraying horrific acts, specifically torture, is classed as endorsing it has somehow taken wind and become the lead talking point (especially odd since surely nobody would suggest Argo endorses military coups, or that Django Unchained endorses violent revenge, no matter how racist the person may be), and it has distracted many from discussing the film on any other level.

This sharp point in the painted side surface has nothing to do with the shape of the rear quarter window and simply looks odd from many points of view.

And while power steering feel may seem like a small point to dwell on, the new electric systems have led to some odd implementations from competitors.

Littlies will find the Hyundai easier to see out of than the others (an odd point considering how poor rear three - quarter vision for both it and the Kia were from the driver's pew), the lower shoulder - line assisting lateral vision.

I bought my Dodge Intrepid just last year and it's been a great car, matter of fact the best four - door sedan I have ever driven or bought even so it gives me some difficulties like I had to get the transmission rebuilt at 91,000 some odd miles but does get me from point A to point B when I need it to.

It's one of the oddest ones we have ever played with, from a design point of view.

Simon Whistler did an excellent job of narrating the book, even if it does seem odd to hear his voice instead of Johnny's, from whose point of view the book is told and who I am used to listening to multiple times per week.

Alisha, I was trying to make the point that the very first leaf is on the right, because we start books by opening them from the right, and the first page pretty much has to be page 1, making all right - hand pages odd pages.

I had built up my savings from odd jobs, internships, gift money and allowance money I'd received up to that point and it took all of the first couple of decades of my life to get there.

Points are awarded for both kills and escapes, if you suddenly start sprinting through a crowd your target will most likely notice this odd behaviour giving them a chance to escape from you which uses the «Line of Sight» from singleplayer to escape your pursuer which scores you pPoints are awarded for both kills and escapes, if you suddenly start sprinting through a crowd your target will most likely notice this odd behaviour giving them a chance to escape from you which uses the «Line of Sight» from singleplayer to escape your pursuer which scores you pointspoints.

The odd puzzle here and there with certain objectives that require the player to go from point A to point B and back again.

It's too bad, however, that Dual Destinies lacks some of the cool play mechanics from past Ace Attorney games — specifically touch - screen fingerprint analysis and the ability to examine evidence in 3D at will; the former is especially odd because fingerprinting becomes a focal point on a couple of occasions.

While these elements do hold the game back from being one of the best NES titles, Snake Rattle «N» Roll still remains a highlight in the NES» library, and something of a turning point for Rare, as it marked the beginning of the cartoonish silliness and wacky humor that would go on to define the British developer for years to come (even the enemies are an odd assortment of vinyl records and sentient feet).

There's an odd narrow lump of plastic just beneath the headband cushion (likely where the wiring runs from ear to ear) that creates a very focused pressure point wherever the headband portion is sitting.

Also, the AI chatter from Spartans during the match is strange and an odd addition to the game, although the back and forth commentary does point out integral information about the match.

All four characters stories intertwine from time to time, and it's rather cleverly assembled and satisfying replaying the same section from contrasting viewpoints, though the structure is a bit odd in the fact that, whilst you can play the campaigns in any order, some major plot revelations related to other campaigns can easily be spoilt, though for all plot points to become completely clear the game must be completed in its entirety.

Aside from the occasional point where veering through a flowing river leaves very little room for error and invites repeated attempts, Tomb Raider's only low - point comes from the multiplayer offering, which feels like an odd complaint given that I wouldn't have criticized the game for skipping the attempt to include such a mode altogether.

Typical to a point, the bride steps out of character with an odd sideways look, characterized by a deadpan stare that lies somewhere between resignation and a scowl that would prevent a pick - up line from ever leaving the safety of a suitor's lips, and, worse, chill the will of a nervous groom.

A Modernist interlude offers an atmospheric interior by Alberto Giacometti with an odd point of view, looking downward on the table and space, as well as studio scenes from his Paris sans Fin (Paris Without End) suite of lithographs.

If they were, Jackson Pollock's Lavender Mist would today look like a period piece, illuminating the quirks of 1950s America but quite odd and silly from our point of view.

The first single from Odd Blood, «Ambling Alp,» is an invigorating self - help anthem with cryptic allusions to boxing matches of the»30s, and is accompanied by a disorienting video that simultaneously points to the youthful exuberance of photographer Ryan McGinley and the mystical deserts of Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo — naked young bodies leaping and tumbling down sand dunes as a strange, shape - shifting figure clad in nomadic robes looks on from horseback.

Along the lines of your point # 1, a creative work grows from conception like a child, and the nearer one is to its birth, the more it looks like a mess of sweat, slime, odd - shape, and screaming.

Another pointer to a journalist's weblog (that commends this particular Realclimate thread) quoted from Benny Peiser today: ---- Quote It's an odd day when I find myself agreeing with Benny Peiser on a climate change question, but his post Thursday to his CCNet list, in which he blasted media of coverage of the Nature paper on possible changes in the thermohaline circulation, seems on point.

Last Saturday, Steve McIntyre wrote an email to NASA GISS pointing out that for some North American stations in the GISTEMP analysis, there was an odd jump in going from 1999 to 2000.

From a semantic point of view, your use of first order to mean global as opposed to (I guess) second order meaning local seems odd.

It seems odd that with your keen interest in this subject you haven't spent much time or effort on examining the basic point of the case for serious damage from AGW.