Sentences with phrase «predictable sequences of»

The theory states that there are repetitive, predictable sequences of numbers and cycles found in nature similar to patterns of stock movements.

Many of these crashes happen in predictable locations and involve predictable sequences of events.

If left undisturbed after birth, in skin - to - skin contact with the mother, the newborn — guided especially by her sense of smell and using her innate primitive reflexes - goes through a predictable sequence of behaviors during which:

EASY is an acronym for a predictable sequence of events the pretty much mirrors adult lives.

Results showed a predictable sequence of behaviours: The first phase, labeled «protest», consists of loud crying and extreme restlessness.

To create a bedtime routine that works for your toddler and that will serve him and you for years to come, put together a predictable sequence of events that you can consistently follow in the same order every night.

Though the particulars vary from couple to couple, there is a predictable sequence of events that occur as a marriage breaks down.

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Some argue that God's rationality makes events occur in predictable sequences, giving the appearance of efficient causality in nature.

Stimulated by baby's oral experiences, the oral motor skills of feeding typically unfold in a predictable sequence and build on each other.

While your toddler may seem like a supernova of unfocused movement, children generally develop physical skills in a predictable sequence, says Andrew Adesman, chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York.

It might be that only one in 109 (or even 10700) randomly selected sequences would yield a predictable conformation, yet this tiny fraction represents a vast number of proteins.

Perhaps the weakness of Coco will lie in its predictable storyline, as it becomes clear from early in the Land of the Dead sequence where things will be going for the rest of the plot, if you know how these stories always go.

The director, Peter Berg («Very Bad Things»), keeps the predictable story line on course without developing a truly compelling momentum in the action sequences or finding anything fresh in the interaction of the stock characters.

What follows is a predictable underdog sports flick chock full of training sequences and bathroom humor with a few moments of true beauty and pure comedy.

Solid look at how the X-Men came to be - Stellar Cameos - January Jones looks rockin» in go - go boots Cons: - The original X-Men were not used - Some of the dumbest characters were chosen for this film - Azazel» action sequences couldn't hold a light to Nightcrawler» in X2 - The action overall felt held back and the film lacked any «real» edge - The ending was too predictable and too conveniently wrapped up Impressions: Matthew Vaughn is an incredible director and Brian Singer has done solid work with this material.

With undeveloped action sequences, slotted caricatures of Asian mobsters, and a tiresome and predictable Liotta further driving nails into its coffin, Revolver is a spectacular, gaudy trainwreck that serves as a punctuation mark on one of the goriest career immolations in recent memory.

The plot here is entirely predictable but as with Ozu's family dramas the real meat is in the film's visual aesthetic and cultural context, at once captured most intensely during a scene where Teresa witnesses a financial crisis - related suicide with all the suddenness of an Alfonso Cuaron action sequence and Chen captures her jaded shock by shooting her from low angles through light - heavy filters.

Utterly predictable to the very end, War Horse is a failure due to its inability to do anything that we haven't already seen, and this is a war movie that's suitable for younger audiences (it is rated M) so don't go in expecting any of Spielberg's famed Saving Private Ryan action sequences.

Though the film does a better job of capturing the spirit of the «Hitman» franchise with violent, stealth - based action sequences, it's bogged down by a cheesy and predictable script that shackles its titular character to Hannah Ware's human MacGuffin for no other reason than because Agent 47 would be an emotionally detached bore on his own.

Despite the foreboding of Ray and his associates, including a gun enthusiast played by Johnny Knoxville who runs a museum in his barn, before the big standoff in the streets of Sommerton, the extended sequence itself plays out in a predictable exchange of bullets and eruption of blood.

The images have cinematographer Janusz Kaminski's typical blown - out glow — «history in the making,» it screams — but too many of these sequences feel predictable: bespectacled editors in shirtsleeves poring over documents while Bradlee's wife (a wasted Sarah Paulson) heroically serves sandwiches.

«Lacking a fresh sensibility or any hint of an edge, Radnor dutifully unfurls the indie - rock montage sequences, wrapping up all his storylines with neat, predictable little bows and not even the slightest acknowledgement of a world outside these beautiful people's solipsistic navel - gazing.»

Director Espinosa isn't reinventing anything here — the character types are familiar, the sequence of events is largely predictable, the design of the alien creature lacks an H.R. Giger or Rob Bottin to make it pop — but he still finds opportunities for flourishes that keep his film from lapsing into a rote genre exercise.

There are also plenty of predictable sequences, like the hunt for a wedding dress and the last - minute disaster that seems sure to spoil the ceremony.

The script by Chris Morgan (Wanted, Cellular) features a plot that is barely cohesive, and merely serves as a springboard to get the protagonists in and out of action sequences at predictable beats.

The fact that Holmes» canon is so well - known now that the plot also becomes fairly predictable, though cartoon dream sequences illustrating Sherlock's leaps of deductive logic serve to shake up the movie every now and then.

But while «The Man from U.N.C.L.E.» delivers a lively blend of comedy and clever action sequences, it suffers from a mundane story that's almost too predictable.

As a result, all of the shootout and fight sequences become predictable and, at times, incoherent.

Learners with speech, language and communication difficulties can benefit from the need to be precise in the choice of language, to sequence it in the right order, and to use correct syntax, whilst those with physical disabilities can control a device and make it behave in a precise, predictable way that may be a real challenge when it comes to their own bodies.

Sequence - based reading assessments would make the subject matter of the passages predictable (more like assessments in other subjects), reassuring teachers that if they teach the specified domains, their students will be optimally prepared to comprehend the passages they are to be tested on.

Tips and strategies for presenting the alphabetic principle (the understanding that there are systematic and predictable relationships between written letters and spoken sounds), the rate of instruction, and the sequence in which it should be presented to children.

The sequence of events is predictable and much too common.

The sequence of events is utterly predictable: too much initial freedom and too little supervision and education all but teach a newly acquired puppy to chew household articles and eliminate in the house.

What came next was a sequence of delays, a rough post-collection Kickstarter campaign, and a lot of silence punctuated by a painfully predictable trailer just a week before launch.

It's a great visual effect and also a helpful aid to slow down the onslaught of enemies that come in waves during fairly predictable firefight sequences.