Sentences with phrase «of odd directions»

Most notable is the dodgy camera, which sometimes decides to go rogue and point in all manner of odd directions, especially when you're in a smaller area.

Not exact matches

It's an odd appeal coming from Protestants, who would seem to be pre-committed to the possibility of fresh directions in doctrine and life.

Well this weekend Panathinaikos fans were angered by a recent bout of poor form and decided to go on the offensive but their actions seemed to primarily involve picking up things and throwing them in random directions or simply kicking the odd football very hard.

Two years ago, the team observed an odd behavior in their gyroscopes: at certain frequencies, they could set off a wave that traveled around the edges of the material in one direction only.

Having no particular dream or direction, he worked a number of odd jobs — drilling water wells, cleaning carpets, working in a gas - station diner.

This may be an odd thing to say in the West, with its tradition of individual freedom and liberty, but Homo sapiens is remarkably easily swayed in one emotional direction or another by its fellows.

The motions of individual stars within these zones are chaotic, with some sloshing around in odd directions.

Nichols moved on to Broadway, where he won a record (6) Tony Awards (and seven more nominations) for Best Direction of a Play for the following shows: «Barefoot in the Park,» «Luv and the Odd Couple,» «Plaza Suite,» «The Prisoner of Second Avenue,» The Real Thing» and the 2012 revival of «Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.»

Between Refn's direction and Ryan Gosling's performance in the lead, it is one of the oddest good films of the year.

Gold's setting in British Columbia requires the odd bit of English dialogue and here, the limitations of the cast, and perhaps Arslan's direction, is noticeable — the dialogue in these sections feels strained, reactions after line readings feel a beat too slow, at times, and the performances just don't have the heft of when Arslan is directing his cast in their natural language.

It might seem an odd direction for a political theorist who has published broadly in democratic theory, political sociology, and the history of political thought.

Often, there may be the odd tech - savvy teacher who can lead the way; internal workshops or taking videos of how this teacher uses technology in his or her lesson to show other members of staff can offer a step in the right direction.

The shifter for the eight - speed automatic gearbox is an odd electronic unit that returns to center after you push it forward for reverse or pull it back to enter drive — sort of like the Toyota Prius», but with a more satisfying «thunk» signaling that you've selected your direction of travel.

But even his frequent visitor, the specter of Elvis Presley, can't seem to point Odd in the right direction.

However, it is not without its flaws; the initially invigorating plot seems to peter out into magical realism towards the end which, in the context of a storyline that up until that point had been based more or less in reality, seemed to be an odd direction to veer off into so firmly.

Next on our chart is the Parabolic SAR that is used by a large number of traders to define the course of asset's moment, plus the ability to determine when price has the highest odd of switching directions.

There are also the odd contextual changes such as the wind direction, and the nature of naval battles themselves.

What you probably want is some degree of «uniformity» to your randomness if you want fairness, but players will do all kinds of strange odd - ball behaviors, some of which will swing games wildly in the direction of an easy win or a brick wall loss — in either case, a weird outlier that doesn't really reflect the performance of the player.

This change of direction for the series works well, and apart from a few dodgy character movements and odd facial expression, looks great on the PlayStation Vita.

It felt a little too far out of the way and odd to have buttons rather than a standard set of directions.

Update: The winds of change, they blow in odd directions.

Tossing coconuts at opponents (hitting the X button for direction and distance), spotting the odd hippo out by pressing one of the buttons, placing your head inside a lion's mouth (removing it to bank your points), penalty shootouts (whether you're between the sticks or taking the kick, pressing the face button that corresponds to your desired corner does the job), standing under a crate by pressing the button displayed on it and hoping that something positive will fall out of it as opposed to a nasty and heavy anvil.

If he's really lucky and we're feeling generous when he comes knocking at our door begging for help, we might even be kind enough to toss the odd lump of coal or two in the direction of a shivering, starving old man with a tattered tartan tie round his neck.

What is more, in the small print describing the assumptions of the «representative concentration pathways», it admits that the top of the range will only be reached if sensitivity to carbon dioxide is high (which is doubtful); if world population growth re-accelerates (which is unlikely); if carbon dioxide absorption by the oceans slows down (which is improbable); and if the world economy goes in a very odd direction, giving up gas but increasing coal use tenfold (which is implausible).

Instead, reading between the lines, what I believe he means is that Microsoft is going to focus on software for business (Word, Excel, that stuff) for iOS and Android, pushing Skype onto value phones, and throwing the odd bone in the direction of hardcore fans with a «flagship» device every now and then.

It has also highlighted a number of gaps in the current research and identified directions for future research into models of CD / ODD and attachment, as well as treatment.

First, attentional orientation patterns, as indexed through TL - BS parameters, revealed that the direction of peaks (phasic expression of the trial - level orientation, which can be toward or away from emotional faces — Peak Toward, respectively Peak Away) varied, based on the interactions between individual differences in CU traits and ODD - related problems.