Sentences with phrase «peculiar choice of»

Still, in spite of the rather peculiar choice of words, this resume example succeeds in conveying enthusiasm and the candidate's personality shines through.

In fact, that's not at all what Kerrie Anne Loyd (well known for her recent KittyCam work — see below) and Jayna DeVore found (despite their peculiar choice of research method).

The only obvious misstep is the genuinely peculiar choice of Winona Ryder in the (small) role of Spock's fiftyish mom.

The eccentricities that have often characterised his public persona are on full display in this film, whether it be his unique art collection or peculiar choice of food and household beverages.

Not exact matches

On the reading I propose, the Reformation schism was brought about instead by contingent human choices in a confused historical context defined less by clear and principled theological argument (though that of course was present) than by a peculiar and distinctively sixteenth - century combination of overheated and ever - escalating polemics, cold - blooded Realpolitik, and fervid apocalyptic dreaming.

Whatever hypercriticism may say of the arrogance of the dogma of the divine choice and the peculiar people, it can not be denied that at this point we touch solid reality.

Is there a peculiar form of a temptation toward irresponsibility concerning oneself here — the temptation to blame one's genes, one's parents, one's culture for one's choices?

«A family, no less than a State, is, as We have said, a true society, governed by an authority peculiar to itself... provided, therefore, the limits which are prescribed by the very purposes for which it exists be not transgressed, the family has at least equal rights with the State in the choice and pursuit of the things needful to its preservation and its just liberty.

Your doctor or nurse will no longer gasp at the sounds of this name or be astonished by it as a peculiar choice however.

Fast forward a decade later, my peculiar interest in vertical lines transcended beyond scribbles in my note pad as it manifests into my choice of attires.

Vikings Wolves of Midgard is a passable Diablo clone, full of fresh ideas for the genre, none of which really fits into the gameplay, let down by repetition and peculiar game design choices.

In a peculiar casting choice, Lee has the actor playing a community priest spouting facts to his congregation about per - capita income disparity, the prison industrial complex («mass incarceration is the new Jim Crow,» he spits into a microphone) and a brief overview of black history and oppression.

One of the peculiar facts about the school choice movement is its relative weakness in the country's most conservative region, the South.

Among many refutations of the peculiar notion that scientists should leave policy to the actions of politicians, industry, and market choices, notable are these facts (the first mentioned without attribution earlier in this thread):

The fact that we fully subsidize litigation, while offering scant support to less adversarial dispute resolution processes, strikes me as a wrong - headed choice of priorities in the allocation of public dollars; it is peculiar, and probably an artifact of older values and priorities, that we direct 95 % or more of our justice system funding toward the dispute resolution mechanism that is the most destructive, most expensive, least efficient and least expeditious.