Sentences with phrase «of pure skill»

The Supreme Court found that this type of cheating transformed the nature of the game in question from one of pure skill to one of mixed chance and skill.

Inspired by influential twentieth - century artist and chess master Marcel Duchamp, Cage and Kaino disrupt the conception of chess as a game of pure skill by interjecting chance and indeterminacy into their chess - based artworks.

It's a game of pure skill, devoid of any random elements.

He arrived on the international stage with a display of pure skill and stone - cold bravado at the 2000 European Championships, the World Cup - like tournament played every four years between European national teams.

Not exact matches

TalkSession's Thompson added, «I feel confident because I approach investors with pure intentions and a well - researched approach, a leadership style that shows decisiveness and ability to achieve milestones, a clear execution plan, a solid group of champions and experts with skills that supplement mine.»

Daily fantasy sports, where players draft a roster of football players to compete for points in a single - day worth of games, were acknowledged by Virginia lawmakers as a game of skill vs. pure chance, a key difference that allows sites to avoid a federal ban on online gambling.

What percentage of poker is a gamble and what is pure skill?

(In a single - barrel whiskey, each bottle contains whiskey from just one barrel, thus making it a purer expression of the distiller's skill.)

As finance became more mathematical, Wall Street firms began to hire skilled graduates, mostly men, from the ultra-competitive Indian Institutes of Technology, which were run as pure meritocracies.

In a typical Pure Barre class, you will find clients of all ages, shapes, sizes, skill levels and phases of life.

OHI is one of the largest healthcare REITs and is one of the most diversified «pure play» Skilled Nursing REITs.

Opening a Pure Barre studio was the perfect combination of the two skill sets and I couldn't be happier!

Second, a decision that Christian educational institutions will not surrender themselves to a pure imparting of technical skills or promotion of technical rationality which concentrates on technological tools only but will in all situations be concerned also with developing critical rationality enabling the students to examine the exploitive ends and purposes hidden in all technical situations.

Also, the skill of Penfolds with Syrah shone in this blind tasting, particularly its St Henri Shiraz, which, without the sweetness of ageing in new oak barriques, provides a pure expression of great Australian Shiraz in all its juicy, spicy and textured glory.

There's a lot of successfull fullbacks like Marcelo, Valencia, Alba, Shaw, etc, whose strength is agility, pace and attacking prowess rather than pure tackling skills.

Established teams one or two moves from a title can overpay a pure (possible) scorer... I just don't think our timeline or current trajectory requires us to have a player of his «non-primary» skill sets (think Barnes w / Golden State).

They have pure skills, a sharp turn and change of pace that can provoke any defence.

«What was important to me in creating the EF7 is that the car not only provides pure passion and adrenaline but will also be forgiving and safe for drivers of all skill levels.

This between - the - legs goal against Alabama - Huntsville was pure skill and very reminiscent of a goal that San Jose Sharks forward Logan Couture scored earlier this week while playing with his new team over in Switzerland.

terror will be spread upon his enemies and justice will prevail (just following the pattern of the movie «Danny the dog», hope i remember the story of that movie right d) Got a new world class member in our medical staff that amongst other abilities and skills he specializes in healing just every kind of injury of a DEFENDER in just two working days (for other players's positions he needs a bit more) e) Chambers is of pure quality - nothing to brag a lot, yet.

Pure magic created with skill and constant practice, and regularly displayed by the little man with a heart of a lion.

Koscielny has developed into one of the best pure defenders in the league, Vermaelen has a drive and presence about him that accounts for his occasional positional lapses while Mertesacker's organisation skills have been highly - regarded by teammates and undervalued by supporters.

These issues are very much on the minds of policymakers and funding agency administrators... so much so that an explicit and measurable focus on training — scientific and soft skills — may well become a review criterion at NIH in the near future, even for pure research grants.

The government has tried to maintain that the pools and the lottery are different animals; the former a skilled operation, the latter a matter of pure luck.

The games are pure fun — remembering a pattern of blocks, spotting a bird in a field — and are based on what research has found to improve concentration and other cognitive skills.

CrossFit Sanitas — WOD Skill Pacing and Correct Scaling Workout Of the Day R: 10 min Between Workouts Metcon (8 Rounds for reps) 8 Rounds of 75sec on / 15sec off * pure pacing 32 Plates Steps 16 «no jump burpees» 8 Alt DB Snatch at 50 # / 35 # * record how far you got on each round * so reps not time -LSB-..Of the Day R: 10 min Between Workouts Metcon (8 Rounds for reps) 8 Rounds of 75sec on / 15sec off * pure pacing 32 Plates Steps 16 «no jump burpees» 8 Alt DB Snatch at 50 # / 35 # * record how far you got on each round * so reps not time -LSB-..of 75sec on / 15sec off * pure pacing 32 Plates Steps 16 «no jump burpees» 8 Alt DB Snatch at 50 # / 35 # * record how far you got on each round * so reps not time -LSB-...]

pure and simple, i wish to meet a woman who is patient, skilled, adventurous and open minded, a kind of teacher if you will.

While he may lack the ferocity of Tigress, the agility of Monkey (Jackie Chan), or the speed of Mantis (Seth Rogen), Po makes up for it with pure heart and a growing repertoire of mad Kung Fu skills.

He's playing with so many interesting ideas when it comes to race that I wish the film felt a bit more satisfying in its payoff, even if that disappointment is amply offset by the pure intensity of the final scenes, during which Peele displays a skill with horror action that I didn't know he had.

The pure punchability of Todd Krakow is a testament to Danny Strong's acting skills.

While Kunis anchors the film with a solid blend of humor and heart, Applegate and Bell both get moments to show off their comedic skills — Applegate in particular hasn't been this unhinged since «Anchorman» — while Hahn steals every single scene she's in, a hilarious ball of pure comedic id.

As with «The Force Awakens,» we see the I - even - rebel - against - rebels Poe Dameron (dashing Oscar Isaac) in his tiny X-Wing, taking on First Order General Hux (Domhnall Gleeson) with not much by way of firepower, but enormous skill and endless amounts pure pleasure in messing with him.

The fight scenes are pure eye - candy, and shot so that the viewer can get into them, which is to say without shaky - cams and jumpy cuts designed to hide the actor's lack of skill.

Pure maths — we're talking algebra here — is the bedrock of the most useful knowledge our pupils will ever acquire, aside from English language skills, and the real world provides a plethora of examples that we can use to prove it to them.

In his most recent book, How Children Succeed: Grit, Curiosity, and the Hidden Power of Character, Paul Tough hypothesizes that a child's success depends less on pure cognitive ability and more on the development of a collection of qualities referred to as non-cognitive skills.

Secondly, pure arts experiences in visual and performing arts are brought into the school by artists and teaching artists to enrich the lives of students and teachers by increasing their skills and knowledge in all arts disciplines.

The TPCK model posits that context - neutral approaches to preparing teachers to utilize technology for pedagogical purposes will generally fail because they tend to overemphasize pure technology skills as opposed to methods of integrating technology into teaching and using technology to support pedagogical goals (Mishra & Koehler, 2006).

The read aloud on the first day doesn't have to refer back to any particular skills, but should be utilized to show the pure joy of reading.

Granted, to experience and enjoy its ultimate capabilities you need the skill set of the former and access to a circuit rather than the B660, but even so, like its turbocharged big brother, the new GT3 RS is set to be one of the purest, most engaging and exciting cars of the year.

Besides the 4WD and 4WD Sport modes, there is the option of pure rear - wheel drive (2WD), which allows experienced and skilled drivers to revel in the experience offered by past generations of the BMW M5 — i.e. handling in its purest form, with no control system intervention.

Is their success the perfect confluence of writing skill, platform savvy, and maybe some pure, dumb luck?

Every writer faces a moment in her career when she realizes that a good part of success has nothing to do with skill or planning, and everything to do with pure, dumb luck.

It's hard to determine if that performance was a matter of skill... or pure, dumb luck.

Simply put, he is a media personality; a marketer of ideas that have likely earned him a far greater return as a business operator than through pure investment skill.

The PAWS animals in our shelter are a great selection of one - of - a-kind mixed breeds and pure breeds, many of whom have already lived with families and have the basic social skills they need to become an enjoyable part of your household.

It's a pleasingly nuanced system that leads to genuinely tense fights where you really fight like winning came down to either your pure skill or a last - second piece of flukey luck as you gasp for air, a desperate stab having won you the battle.

Let us honour these wonderful people, because they bring us such things as 14 - minutes of pure Borderlands 2 gameplay footage which shows new enemies, lots of guns, skills and more.

Three different play modes (Classic, Pure and Survival) are also included to test out your skills and to give you more of a challenge when you are ready to see just how good you are.

The entire back - room design of Shin Onimusha feels like the team really wanted to make a large complex action RPG, but yet the frontend execution feels like that of a team that wants to turn the series in to a pure skill - based action title.

Hit the gas and fight your way past cops and rivals using pure driving skill, aggression, high - end car tech and tons of nitrous.