Sentences with phrase «rare feat in»

The decision was taken by consensus — a rare feat in today's disarmament diplomacy — and came less than one year after non-governmental organizations created the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots calling for a preemptive ban on fully autonomous weapons.

The decision was taken by consensus, which is seen as a rare feat in today's disarmament diplomacy.

That's an extremely rare feat in the land of retail games!

What Eidos Montreal has pulled off with Human Revolution is a pretty rare feat in this industry.

Zwart even manages to make his pretty leads just as often look awkward, grimy or otherwise unattractive - a rare feat in filmmaking.

Janney won Emmys for both roles in the same year; a rare feat in Emmy history.

This was a truly exciting and well - made season, one that may actually trump its predecessor — a rare feat in both television and film.

Spall, who played the very different part of the restaurant owner in Life Is Sweet, magisterially conveys a sense of goodness, and Jean - Baptiste in a much less showy part pulls off a rare feat in a Mike Leigh film: she escapes the writer - director's usual caricatural scorn for the middle class.

Other than being a genuinely nice guy who was not completely selfish, an admittedly rare feat in this film, there is nothing too out of the ordinary that we see Jeremy do for her.

With no line on the ballot, he still pulled off the victory — a rare feat in politics.

Omada Health has accomplished a rare feat in the crowded world of digital health hopefuls: it's backed up lofty claims with actual results, helping the company score federal government reimbursements for its high - tech diabetes prevention program.

The perfect college basketball season is one of the rarest feats in sports.

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Beginning in the spring of 1918, a flu virus that in a rare feat had evolved to be both highly contagious and extremely lethal swept the planet.

Jesus supposedly walking on water is in a category quite apart from rare weather occurrences, however there is some evidence that such feats are indeed possible.

Such feats have become increasingly rare in the post-free agency era of the NFL.

They were coming off a 29 - 4 season and a rare West Catholic Athletic League and Central Coast Section Division I championship double — a feat St. Francis last accomplished in 1983.

Consider that it's somewhat rare for the Rangers to get 14 hits or more in a game — it's a feat they accomplish in about five percent of their games.

By making something that should be both individual and optional into something generic and compulsory, the FA and the PL have performed the miraculous feat of shafting the thing in both directions: it's completely meaningless most of the time, except on the rare occasions when it's cosmically overblown.

A feat that is very rare in All Sports Series..

Back - to - back Stanley Cups is a rare feat, and they're the first team to do so since Detroit in 1997 - 98.

It wasn't all rosy for Messi though as he was savagely elbowed early in the game which left him bloodied and playing with a gauze the entire first half, accomplishing a rare feat of scoring while holding a gauze.

They were also beaten quite emphatically on their last visit to The Brittania, a 3 - 0 defeat back in February and although Rovers are on the verge of a rare feat of back - to - back away victories in the league, we fully expect Stoke to spoil the party.

Third, the Constitutional Committee organized a national election of 25 Constitutional Assembly representatives to draft the constitution, a task that the Constitutional Assembly, renamed Council, completed within the four months assigned to it in 2011 by producing a partly crowd - sourced constitution bill, fully consistent with the conclusion of the National Assembly, and passing it unanimously with 25 votes to 0, a rare feat.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee outraised its GOP counterpart in 2011 — a rare feat for a party in the minority.

A 2016 study in Royal Society: Biology Letters confirmed what today's dog owners have told anyone who'll listen: Dogs can interpret a human's emotional state based on the individual's facial expression, a rare interspecies feat.

In the 1960s, scientists demonstrated the phenomenon in a rare isotope of helium with two protons and one neutron (3He) at temperatures 1,000 times lower, a feat that won the 1996 physics NobeIn the 1960s, scientists demonstrated the phenomenon in a rare isotope of helium with two protons and one neutron (3He) at temperatures 1,000 times lower, a feat that won the 1996 physics Nobein a rare isotope of helium with two protons and one neutron (3He) at temperatures 1,000 times lower, a feat that won the 1996 physics Nobel.

But it's still a fun romp, and sometimes when I walk down the streets in Kabukicho it feels like I'm back in Shinjuku, and that's a rare feat.

It's a rare feat to see platform games with entirely unique visuals, while also accompanied by a well - written story, albeit not entirely original in its meanings.

Fading Gigolo (Grade: B --RRB- garnered advance word not only for the rare feat of getting Woody Allen to act in a film he didn't direct, but for casting him as a pimp.

It's an amazing feat, embodied most memorably in a scene that sees the estate's housekeeper, Ms. Kenton (Emma Thompson), idly ask Mr. Stevens what he's reading during some rare downtime.

Additionally, a much - built - up, little - advertised guest appearance (the respected actor is in the previews, but we won't spoil the fun) pays off in conceit and execution, which is a rare feat.

That's a rare feat for a film that hit theaters so early in the qualifying year, especially a horror movie, and that calls for a celebration.

That in itself is a most grueling feat as Winter Soldier was one of those rare superhero films that transcends the genre with its welcoming 70s political tones.

But most people thought at least one would find the support, especially when you consider the rare feat that Stuhlbarg pulled off this year: appearing in no less three Best Picture nominees.

The oft - undervalued actor imbues grace and courage in an uncompromising character and achieves the rare feat of making vile and disgusting behavior simply a part of a complicated three - dimensional character, rather than allowing it to define him wholly.

Director Jonathan Levine's 50/50 is one of those rare movies that pulls off a feat of narrative tightrope walking, in this case a comedy - drama about a young man with cancer that manages to be thought - provoking and insightful without being melodramatic, and funny and irreverent rather than woefully inappropriate or safe.

It's rare for a movie to win best picture without a directing nod, although «Argo» pulled off that feat in 2013.

Lawrence is one of many bright spots in this film, which achieved the rare feat of getting Oscar nominations in all four acting categories.

In this capacity, 10 Cloverfield Lane is that improbably rare cinematic experience that pulls off that phenomenal feat of having its cake and eating it too — that is equally smart and thrilling, satisfying our bloodlust and higher processing speeds both.

In doing so, the jury bestowed Haneke with the rare distinction of receiving the prize for his second film in succession, after Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon) ruled over Cannes in 2009 — a feat only previously achieved by Bille August (bizarrely enoughIn doing so, the jury bestowed Haneke with the rare distinction of receiving the prize for his second film in succession, after Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon) ruled over Cannes in 2009 — a feat only previously achieved by Bille August (bizarrely enoughin succession, after Das weiße Band (The White Ribbon) ruled over Cannes in 2009 — a feat only previously achieved by Bille August (bizarrely enoughin 2009 — a feat only previously achieved by Bille August (bizarrely enough).

In January, the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools approved Arizona Autism's request to expand to seventh and eighth grades, a rare feat for a school that's barely two - years old.

With tension mounting in Madison surrounding the budget and Democrats and Republicans rarely seeing eye to eye on any issue, the Wisconsin State Senate today accomplished a rare feat by moving forward on a school choice bill in bi-partisan fashion by a 28 - 5 margin.

Why Edmunds Recommends the 2017 Audi A8: Although luxury flagship sedans aren't necessarily built with cornering performance in mind, the Audi A8 manages the rare feat of feeling smaller than it is.

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«While anyone can tell a story that resembles a dream,» Laura Miller wrote in The New York Times Book Review, «it's the rare artist, like this one, who can make us feel that we are dreaming it ourselves» — a feat performed anew twenty - four times in this career - spanning book.

In my chaotic life running for public office, this is a rare feat and I am so glad this next novel is such a smashing hit.

- Brad Meltzer, author of The Fifth Assassin and The Book of Lies «Breznican has accomplished that rare feat of unflinchingly exposing the high school experience in all of its hilarity, vengeance, and terror.

On the rare occasion when a hockey player scores three goals in a single game, fans throw their hats into the rink to acknowledge the feat, called a «hat trick.»

Stepping out of Super Mario 64's gargantuan shadow was no easy feat, but Rare managed in with some tweaks to the SM64 formula, excellent level design, and woeful sound that belongs in the darkest pits of Hades.

When the work, estimated to cost at least $ 8 million, is completed in about three years, 101 Spring Street will have accomplished a rare feat: a restoration that honors both the building's history and an artist's legacy, from two points in time 100 years apart.