Sentences with phrase «on sheer action»

Not exact matches

Black Ferns debutant blindside flanker Charlene Halapua opened the scoring after just five minutes on the short side, before wing Honey Hireme swung into action, showing her sheer pace for an impressive brace.

Secondly, the idea that exercising a check on the budget for the executive branch absolves the executive himself from responsibility including legal responsibility for his actions here is SHEER NONSENSE to which I can say «tell it to the judge!!»

Predators is an entertaining action movie that gets by on sheer momentum and firepower.

Police movies so often depend on sheer escapist action that it's fun to find a good one.

While the end result didn't exactly nail its feminist colours to the mast, the film stands out today for its sheer novelty value, and as a fantasy flick that doesn't rely on pectorals and testosterone to drive the action forward.

Say what you will about the lack of plausibility involved in the story, as well as the ridiculous physics, it delivers pretty much on every intended level in terms of sheer action, thrills, humor, violence, and titillation.

The film is definitely more action - oriented than its predecessor, less concerned with building suspense than watching its would - be victims fight off a never - ending onslaught of crazies («The Warriors» and «Assault on Precinct 13» were obvious influences), but there are still so many questions about the sheer absurdity of the premise that it's hard to invest in the story.

But that deconstructionist argument also tears down any semblance of artistic merit within the work itself: If everything is fictional and false, then there's no nobler rationale for the bare flesh, and thus the nudity in Killer Joe and Compliance is, pure and simple, sheer exploitation — of no greater value than the top - doffing teens of Project X, the bathing beauties of Piranha 3DD, or the softcore action of a vintage Shannon Tweed vehicle on Cinemax.

That action, on April 11, 1965, was a watershed in the evolution of the federal role in American schooling, a turning point both in sheer dollars — by some estimates, federal K - 12 spending tripled between 1964 and 1966 — and influence on districts nationwide.

Although more powerful than before, it doesn't rely on sheer grunt to give you a good time — the magic is found in its impeccable balance and steering that puts you at the centre of the action.

The cliffs on the ocean side of the peninsula are sheer and are undergoing constant erosion due to wave action.

The Gili Eco Trust are taking action on the sheer volume of food waste mixed in with every other scrap material such as plastic, wood and metal taken to the dump every day.

While it plays fairly well, It's unfortunately let down by questionable and very distracting effects along with the sheer amount of action that is happening on screen at once.

Rumor has it the new game would feature so - called «moral choices» and an emphasis on plot and character over sheer mindless action.

Few other titles manage to rival the sheer intensity of the game's tightly - woven action sequences, and there's not a single other shooter on the market that's so easy to pick up and play, yet features such amazing depth.

It's a blast, of course, but once you get over the sheer amazement that you're playing Uncharted on the move, you'll begin to notice that the right analogue is a bit too loose for targeting (we're eager to see how Call of Duty handles it), the tiny action buttons an ergonomic - square - millimetre too near the unit's edge to be comfortable for long sessions, the touch - screen interludes unnecessary diversions.

Nobody had thrown, splattered or poured, dripped or dribbled paint on to a canvas laid flat on the floor before and if this action initially aroused derision, the fine - spun delicacy and radiance, the sheer verve, of the resultant images quickly converted the spectator.

Personally, I think the action is going to be elsewhere than waiting on the latest scientific prognostications which are all over the place anyway given a) the complexity of climate science (and I think Mike Hulme's characterisation of climate science as a wicked problem v tame problems like acid rain is correct) and b) the sheer number of departments / organisations, programmes, $ $ $ and scientists working on its characterisation.

Whenever some Senator or person representing climate action asks me for my thoughts and gives me room to say, I mention the vast amount of pollution from weather modification not to mention the sheer amount from the war games of Growler Jets flying all day, on the Olympic Peninsula, nearly everyday, and for years.

The magazine wrote that he «actively denies climate change and opposes action on the issue out of sheer business interest.»