Sentences with phrase «quiet affair»

The second half was a much quieter affair in terms of goals, or so we thought.

For others of us, the day is a much more quiet affair.

Several days into the Berlin Festival, it remains a rather quiet affair from the outside.

With no press conference or forecast updates, the May FOMC meeting should be a relatively quiet affair.

The build up to the Super Cup has been a very quiet affair till now but it is expected to get heaten up once the first leg get over at Madrid, the reason - Jose Mourinho.

Its 194bhp diesel is a pleasantly quiet affair, too, and ideal for simply cruising around.

In contrast, there was no red carpet or horse drawn carriage at the wedding of Zara and Mike, which was an altogether quieter affair.

But in general, January to mid April, was a pretty quiet affair.

MASTERPIECE Auction House's first auction of the year at Sheraton Towers on Sunday was a mostly quiet affair until Indonesian master Ahmad Sadali's 1965 mixed media on canvas work showed up on the block.

Daniel Day - Lewis is announced as the winner of the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama for his role in There Will Be Blood The 65th Golden Globes may have been a rather quiet affair this year, but Sweeney Todd and TV series Longford were a couple of the big winners.

With Harry Kane sidelined, Tottenham will have been looking to Alli to play an influential role in Manchester but it was a quiet affair at a rainy Old Trafford, with neither side able to break the deadlock in a tightly - contested first half.

Elland Road was a flurry of activity in the summer with 16 players joining the club but this transfer window is likely to be a quieter affair.

The board race was Hartford's only municipal election this year — a quiet affair with just five candidates competing for four open seats.

Beyond the internal politicking among city Democrats, who endorsed their slate over the summer and remain the dominant political party in Hartford, the race has been a quiet affair.

The race for Democratic National Committee chair, normally a quiet affair managed by party insiders, emerged as a roiling public campaign, as progressives loyal to Sen. Bernie Sanders and establishment Democrats jousted for control of a depleted organization increasingly at loose ends after eight years in the White House and then Hillary Clinton's unexpected loss to Donald Trump.

Most surges, broadly defined as a flow at least 10 and often hundreds of times faster than a glacier's usual pace of advance, are quieter affairs.

Hillary Clinton joined Donald Trump on the debate stage for the first time Monday night — and it was not a quiet affair.

The 65th Golden Globes may have been a rather quiet affair this year, but Sweeney Todd and TV series Longford were a couple of the big winners.

I also enjoy how the ending is a quieter affair that most comedies go for.

Not all Caribbean weddings have to be beachy, quiet affairs.

Few tourists and locals venture over so expect it to be a quiet affair even by Laos standards.

For the couple who want a quiet affair with a few close friends and family, Bali has dozen of artistically - designed chapels which are set up on strategic spots with premium quality views.

The guest house in general is a quiet affair, but don't expect to sleep in.

Much of the campaign is a quiet affair as you walk around the Martian base or Hell, but even the background noises set the mood.

This year's E3 was never going to be a quiet affair.

The New York — based artist has shown infrequently in her home city, where her only previous solo was a quiet affair in a midtown art advisory in 2013.

This year's Turner Prize exhibition, which is taking place in Hull's Ferens Art Gallery, is a quieter affair than the showcase at Tate Britain in 2016.

In the past, such choices in a biennial of American art have provoked controversy, and rightly so, but this is a quiet affair.

The unveiling of «The Permanent Collection Volume 2: My Own Private Serpico» at English Kills was a quieter affair, but refreshingly so, with a friendly, familial vibe.

But this year's Turner prize has been a quiet affair.

With the IWC meeting in Jersey being bandied as a «quieter affair», after recent tumult and mud - slinging, is it time to look at whether a «whaling commission» is ever going to be up to the job of protecting the whales?