Sentences with phrase «of a crapshoot»

I was happy to find this brand as I always find trying out new contemporary brands a bit of a crapshoot in terms of quality.

And yet to judge an entire campaign on the Champions League feels bizarre given that there are a small group of superclubs for whom the quarterfinal is effectively a given (barring an unfortunate draw in the last 16) and there after it becomes something of a crapshoot.

You're spreading it over and I would think that also, it's easier to know, for science fiction fantasy or for romance, what your core audience is looking for so you can deliver that in a sort of efficient way, as opposed to if you're doing literary fiction and it's much more of a crapshoot as to whether it's going to appeal to people.

It seems to be kind of a crapshoot as far as rooms and that's what it sounds like based off of TripAdvisor reviews as well.

When it comes to getting a Pomeranian Husky, it is still somewhat of a crapshoot as to what the puppy is going to look like or weigh when it matures.

It truly is somewhat of a crapshoot as to what a Pomsky puppy will look like and weigh at maturity, so be flexible.

This shows how much of a crapshoot getting hired can be: Because you usually don't know in advance how long a document the hiring committee is looking for, there's little chance of the same candidate, no matter how qualified, getting offers from both of these institutions.

I think it's just more of a crapshoot in the middle rounds.

Spring baseball is always a bit of a crapshoot weather-wise, but this year has been especially shitty.

All of the short film categories are kind of a crapshoot considering very few have even seen them, but I'm rooting for the lovely In a Heartbeat in Animated Short!

It's more of a crapshoot everyday.

Quite frankly I don't want to play the apk hunting game anymore, and it's too much of a crapshoot trying to find apps that work well with E Ink anyway.

It's kind of a crapshoot which ones will work.)

We've known for a long time that visually identifying the breeds of dogs in shelters is nothing short of a crapshoot.

Having something tangible to actually play and get a feel for before you put your cash on the line, makes backing a potential new game less of a crapshoot.

It would be nice if this means Google will eventually make it easier to run its software on your custom Android version, instead of a crapshoot of forums and filesharing.

Of course, it only really runs well if your system is compatible and that is a bit of a crapshoot right now.

That volume control is handy because while you can tweak the volume on the unit, asking Siri remotely to set the volume to a certain percentage is a bit of a crapshoot if you don't know what percentage it's already at.

(Elsewhere, unfortunately, Motorola updates remain something of a crapshoot.)

Creating content that consumers find worthy of sharing is somewhat of a crapshoot, but when done right, the payout can be staggering.

Spring baseball is always a bit of a crapshoot weather-wise, but this year has been especially shitty.

After that, the draft is even more of a crapshoot and filled with mainly role players.

Don't get me wrong, I think going for quantity is a smart policy since FA is a bit of crapshoot.

First and foremost, you should know that many of these week 17 games are kind of a crapshoot.

To give a sense of how much of a crapshoot that is, let me break down my efforts from last night.

Defining the «overall» market is something of a crapshoot these days, as some of the «overall» market seems to be going one way and another part of the «overall» market seems to be going another way.

You need some history, otherwise wind is somewhat of a crapshoot.»

Until our littles are able to communicate with us exactly what's going on, it's a bit of a crapshoot, let's be honest.

But Ted Palys, professor of criminology at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada, calls the Wigmore test «a bit of a crapshoot.»

«Its kind of a crapshoot some years,» Pellant admits, «but by and large were improving the technology and the techniques that we use.»

Whether they actually work together or not is something of a crapshoot, but I take my chances.

Trying to predict the winners of the Cannes Film Festival is a bit of a crapshoot.

Yet there's an equally obvious downside for the companies unveiling those new models: Like making a Hollywood movie, designing an automobile is something of a crapshoot, involving a lot of hands, countless critical details, clashing executives, and sometimes a CEO who flat out loses his or her mind.

However, dragging and dropping icons on the desktop was more of a crapshoot.

Sure, Google likes to say that 2.x apps should run on Honeycomb, but the reality is more of a crapshoot than that.

You may even have air bubbles under the protector, which can make typing a bit of a crapshoot.

Even then, longevity is something of a crapshoot.

As I mentioned above the dividend growth from any given year to the next is a bit of a crapshoot; however, over time Chevron has proven to be a steady and consistent dividend grower with dividend growth over the longer periods around 6 - 7 %.

It is important that, as a retailer, you emphasize to your customer that attempting a community tank is something of a crapshoot, with the animals being the victims of human error.

Even then, it seems to be a bit of a crapshoot.

When multiplayer works, it's a fast - paced brawl that hides a lot of Age of Empires» problems with AI, but getting into a game is a bit of a crapshoot, with players sometimes not even making it into the lobby before being disconnected.