Sentences with phrase «on and off like»

That means they can turn on and off like OLED equivalents, but have the potential of being much brighter.

These Juice Packs aren't in any way as simple to pop on and off like Samsung's case, and they cause problems in terms of making the phones extra thick and tall.

They turn their PPC campaigns on and off like a spigot.

The latest big thing we've found is that these microbial organisms can be synthesized and manipulated to perform specific tasks like blink on and off like Christmas lights and imitate photographs based on light sensitivity.

Some generators run as baseload capacity most of the year, but cycle on and off like intermediate capacity during the spring and fall low - demand seasons.

Sobel notes that in this World War II period, Still «takes realism on and off like a coat.»

Angela Bulloch foregoes austerity within the grid, with colored rectangles that seem to blink on and off like her video art.

I wish the visual effects during story mode's Wayfarer could be toggled on and off like Freq mode in settings.

Developers will be able to turn it on and off like you would a light switch in your home.

The dogs below her window barked and barked, their sound making pictures in her mind's eye: their sharp noses tugging up with each short yap, exposing the white triangles of their necks, flashing on and off like a warning.

Even then, Fogelman doesn't trust his characters (or his audience) quite enough to bypass such creaky contrivances as a potentially fatal illness for one character and, for Danny himself, a drug - and - alcohol addiction that the movie flicks on and off like a light switch whenever it's convenient.

Kendrick and Plaza conveniently turn their hot mess factor on and off like it's a light switch, and there is rarely a moment where the audience isn't aware of that, especially when Kendrick turns the switch back on at the least opportune time.

This may explain why many Sugar Daddies, and Sugar Babies, choose to keep their profiles active for a few months, then non-active for a few months, and then active again — perhaps on and off like that, for a lifetime.

Elowitz's team had been trying to engineer glowing bacteria that would blink on and off like a Christmas light.

Through epigenetics, gene expression can be turned on and off like a light switch via several mechanisms.

Now this coat of darkness doesn't come on and off like you would a normal coat.

Training pants are disposable or cloth diapers that pull on and off like underwear.

Set - up: wasn't difficult to put together, Took me about 15 mins Quality: pretty good, and sturdy for a wood - based high chair but isn't too heavy overall Cleaning: easy to clean as the seat inserts can come right out, also the tray can be easily cleaned but wish there was an additional clip on tray that goes on top Cons: wish the seat could recline and as I mentioned, I wish there was a top tray layer you could clip on and off like Oxo's seedling high chair.

The pocket diapers go on and off like a disposable and are great for traveling or babysitters.

I'm wary of the notion the Warriors can turn their intensity on and off like a light switch

He spoke about the fluency and effectiveness as a somewhat elusive thing that can not be turned on and off like a tap, so you knew that he was really desperate for us to get back to winning ways.

He must have the most amazing brain ever if he can just turn his beliefs on and off like a light switch... Yeah, I call BS on this whole story.

Baker reports about the response to one of his six - day preaching tour: «The men of four villages wished at once to cut off their top - knots, and asked for baptism forthwith... I said that faith and patience were the life of Christ's people, and that a profession of this nature could not be put on and off like clothing: they had better wait;... But they said, «You must destroy our devil - places, and teach us to pray to our Father, as you call Him, in Heaven, or some beginning must be made.»

Such awareness of the presence of God can not automatically be turned on and off like an electric light, and this is why a measure of quiet and unhurried rest is necessary for the most meaningful praying.

Governments can not turn economies on and off like a light switch.

Today, Uber and Deliveroo turn their drivers on and off like a light switch.

Not exact matches

It joins the ranks of more unconventional ICOs like «PAquarium,» which plans to build the world's largest aquarium (it raised a relatively small $ 620,000 (# 479,000)-RRB-, and Dentacoin, a blockchain for the global dentist industry (its ICO kicks off on October 1).

Cons: Not water resistant, some reviewers had trouble with the belt riding up, some reviewers didn't like having to slip the belt on and off, on the more expensive side

Management and supervisors can also force themselves to become more aware of their employees» habits and be on the lookout for things like stress or specific types of lifestyles that may force an employee to take more time off.

Not water resistant, some reviewers had trouble with the belt riding up, some reviewers didn't like having to slip the belt on and off, on the more expensive side

«I've been on birth control since I was like, 15, but I went off for like a six - month period, and I was so much calmer.

But the trade - off of this focus on shareholder value is spending that benefits other stakeholders, like employees and customers, said Bill George, the former CEO of medical - device company Medtronic.

Some reviewers disliked that the only way to get the belt on and off is to pull it up like you would a pair of shorts and had trouble with it riding up slightly while running, but others appreciated the minimal design, and found that it allowed the belt to fit securely while both walking and running.

disliked that the only way to get the belt on and off is to pull it up like you would a pair of shorts and had trouble with it riding up slightly while running, but

Use the «it seems like» formula, and continue asking questions, taking the focus off of yourself, and putting it back on the other person's words, like this:

Why have we made more progress on certain diseases while other mass - scale killers, like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are largely off of people's radars and so difficult to treat in an age of therapies which can resemble magic?

They rely on sensors, which print off a report that looks like a seismograph reading, to gauge the viability and soundness of an oil well.

On his time off he likes to scour the depths of eBay for bike parts, old cars and film cameras.

They caught on like wildfire in sneaker fan circles, and since that popularity was combined with a relatively constrained supply, they started off relatively rare.

The upshot: For now investors should avoid pure - play downstream companies like Marathon Petroleum (mpc), which has focused on refining, retail gas sales, and transport since being spun off from Marathon Oil (mro) in 2011.

«I personally have a very optimistic view of the future and I honestly believe that we'll all be better off as machines take on repetitive non-thinking tasks like e-mail ping pong to set up a meeting.

It's more like pulling your foot off the gas and slowly putting it on the brakes.

He shows me a low - slung, rust - covered 1952 Chevrolet Fleetline, the first car his garage built; and a hunter - green 1968 Shelby Mustang, riding high on off - road tires, meant to look like the Mustang that appeared in the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair.

And so on days like Wednesday when the stock market sells off, people might be asking about the health of things like the biotech sector.

More than an hour later, after Cuban had touched on everything from what the Sharks of Shark Tank are really like off camera and why he thinks of himself as a bigot, it's clear no such agreement was necessary.

But some others are distinct faux pas, says Christie: «Don't ask anything that's already on the website; don't ask about vacations, benefits or time off; and don't ask for internal details like strategy.»

And if the global economy truly is as screwed as some believe — like Kyle Bass, for example, a Dallas fund manager Lewis encounters who predicted the sub-prime mortgage disaster and who has since bought an isolated ranch with its own water supply and an arsenal of weaponry, betting on severe economic collapse — then you're probably better off saving your nickeAnd if the global economy truly is as screwed as some believe — like Kyle Bass, for example, a Dallas fund manager Lewis encounters who predicted the sub-prime mortgage disaster and who has since bought an isolated ranch with its own water supply and an arsenal of weaponry, betting on severe economic collapse — then you're probably better off saving your nickeand who has since bought an isolated ranch with its own water supply and an arsenal of weaponry, betting on severe economic collapse — then you're probably better off saving your nickeand an arsenal of weaponry, betting on severe economic collapse — then you're probably better off saving your nickels.

Gauge user reactions early on and save time in development by heading off concerns and building out features people like so that when the product actually comes to fruition it's better situated to garner rave reviews.

On the timeliness of the program, Staples vice president of small business marketing, John Giusti, says, «What we liked about it was that everybody naturally starts off [with] New Year's resolutions — both professional and personal.

Then, of course, there will also be the usual spate of product announcements as EMC seeks to retain its leadership in data storage, fending off upstarts like Pure Storage (pstg) and Nimble (nmbl) on the one hand, while it also seeks to prove its relevance in the emerging cloud computing era as Amazon (amzn) Web Services rents out computing capability, storage, and networking from a massive bank of shared infrastructure to companies of all sizes.