Sentences with phrase «rather than impressive»

The sentiment was appreciated by curator and Pratt professor Greg Drasler, for whom «it's going to be fun rather than impressive [like the Seagram show]-- which isn't to say work isn't impressive, but the context is more fluid and much more understandable by these artists.»

It feels kind of like magic when it works, but it's not nearly predictable enough right now to be a real driver of business rather than an impressive occasional delight for customers.»

A sport - tuned version of the Audi Q5, the Audi SQ5 is a 5 - passenger crossover SUV designed for superior on - road performance rather than impressive off - road prowess.

The sea battles, however, are impressionistic rather than impressive.

One manuscript includes the following sentence at this point: That is why I take him as fashionable rather than impressive.

Not exact matches

But Spiegel has assembled an impressive executive roster headlined by COO Emily White, former director of business operations for Facebook - owned photo - sharing app Instagram, suggesting that monetization efforts are coming sooner rather than later.

Rather than going for impressive bulk, seek brevity.

Rather than possess an insatiable drive for greatness or an impressive ability to constantly churn out new ideas, great leaders seem to excel in soft skills.

They also set up the computers on set in such a way that the actors had to actually navigate programs, rather than just tapping any button to trigger an impressive - looking response.

While it's certainly more difficult in most cases to attract investors to a start - up rather than to an established venture, it's not impossible if you have the right business idea at the right time backed by an impressive business plan.

It would need firsthand knowledge of an entirely pagan country to say for certain that these impressive spiritual qualities are growing spontaneously, rather than being the delayed action of many years of unconscious Christian absorption.

In general terms the central purpose of this impressive collection of lectures is contextualisation, rather than textual analysis.

But rather than celebrating these impressive everyday «somersaults,» I tend to focus on the «deductions»: I forgot someone's birthday (that's a fifth of a point), the dishes haven't been done (another third of a point), my jeans still fit too tight (a half a point), I never got to that last email (a fourth of a point), I snapped at Dan (a full point deduction for that one).

Not just that there is something rather than nothing — although this is impressive in its own right — but that there is a whole range of particular somethings rather than just a great lot of nothing in particular.

Having sampled this dish, for which the chicken is actually cooked sous - vide style rather than fried — locking in that coveted flavor and moisture — as just one interesting aspect, I can attest that it is a unique and impressive savory spin unlike any other.

We'd rather see him battling tooth and nail for 12th than completing an impressive race sim at the back, a lap down on the leader.

Being able to conceive of doing something like that, in the heat of the moment, is in its own way just as impressive as actually doing it; a contortion of the imagination rather than the legs.

Rather than get seduced by these impressive names why not take a broader view.

Of course they have wrapped up some incredible score lines in a few matches but overall very impressive rather than pant s & ***** ing stuff.

But with only days left in the transfer window, it would be better to give an impressive lower division / lower table defender a chance rather than leave the club completely exposed for the next 5 months.

But let me tell you, the most impressive thing to me about Rodgers» film was that this guy, who is all of 5» 6 and 205 pounds, liked to be the hammer rather than the nail when it comes to contact.

off topic I know but the amount of crosses Giroud converts is pretty impressive, should Arsenal be playing to his strengths rather than trying to walk it in the net as usual.

Rather, Watt followed up a strong junior season with an extremely impressive showing at the combine (even better than Clay Matthews» numbers).

The players also appeared to be more willing to press (rather than retreat) when the opposition had the ball and while recovering and keeping possession were notable improvements using that possession wisely was less impressive.

On plus, actually caught up on Mancs and Szczesny was very impressive, unlucky for pen and 4th but otherwise it's great having a keeper u expect to make saves, rather than make mistakes.

However, I believe now that Fabianski has had some impressive moments in big matches, and that he's shown smudges of ability on camera rather than merely in training, he will have much more confidence than ever before, it will hopefully be easier for him to overcome future mistakes.

But this time, rather than fight for Second Division survival, Albion challenged for a second promotion and bought impressive new players like Mark Lawrenson for more than # 110,000.

While he may have completed 91 % of passes, more often looking to play it smart rather than going for the eye - catching Hollywood balls to switch the play or ping a long diagonal out to the corners that look impressive but rarely have the pace to open up defences, his defensive work was less compelling.

Kyle Walker was at his blistering best at Goodison Park, continuing his impressive form from the international break, but this time played on the right flank rather than in the central defensive trio.

Extremely impressive, and a demonstration of what a popular rather than a niche candidate can do when his supporters get fired up (sorry Paulites, that he's stealing your online oomph, though congratulations on beating both Fred Thompson and Rudy Giuliani in Michigan).

Impressive, particularly since they made people write their own note rather than just click to send a pre-written one.

Can the Tories cement their lead so it looks unassailable, rather than merely impressive?

If he gets through it will be impressive as he is now starting from position -2, rather than -1.

Extremely impressive, and a demonstration of what a popular rather than a niche candidate can do...

A million dollars a month is at once an impressive and excessive amount of money for almost any politician to raise, especially one still quite popular more than a year before what would seem to be a rather easy path to re-election.

By training, eating and supplementing your nervous system for optimized power and speed, you can build an impressive body that also contains the muscle machinery necessary for amazing quality of life and function, rather than big, bulky muscle that requires excessive energy to carry and cool, and excessive antioxidants to repair.

Using a nutrition - based approach (rather than simply counting calories or using laxatives to produce short - term results) and whole body cleansing people are able to achieve impressive, lasting results when following the Isagenix diet.

Other than that the fit is rather impressive.

I am interested in Russian women not only for their impressive beauty, but even more for their obvious intelligence, grace, and desire to live with men, rather than compete.

Its precision is impressive and fussy rather than invigorating.

A bunch of impressive set pieces stitched together rather than a good story convincingly told, this gargantuan production should ride Brad Pitt «s name, teeming action scenes and widespread interest in all things zombie to strong box office returns, particularly internationally.

Add a score by Underworld's Rick Smith and a kinetic, visually impressive trailer, and we're hoping that the film arrives sooner rather than later.

If it seems less impressive to anyone that Scorsese's source this time around is a four - year - old movie rather than, say, a Nicholas Pileggi book, it's worth noting that the stylistic lexicon from which Infernal Affairs drew was written largely by Martin Scorsese.

Haynes, with a film light on dialogue and entirely too reliant on Carter Burwell's impressive, ever - expanding and changing but nonetheless incessant score, draws on the hollow sentimentality of his premise rather than the emotional specificity of his characters» engagement with the art and history that saves them.

The results are fairly engaging; the many scuba - diving treasure - hunting scenes in The Deep were filmed on location rather than in a tank, and Challis's submerged but uncompromised lensing makes them all the more impressive.

Cheang Pou - soi's Motorway takes an appropriately soft - shoe approach to the setup: Favoring (comparative) restraint over expected spectacle, the film's abundance of car chases derive an impressive visual dynamism from the elegance of their conception rather than the caliber of their execution.

Rather than being treated to the usual dumb victims, Kaylie has thought up every possible outcome and her meticulously planning of her showdown with the mirror is impressive.

Gunn weaves an intricate and impressive extended action sequence that demonstrates rather than talks about their relationships; and the only thing holding it back from topping the original Marvel's The Avengers signature «New York» third act as the MCU's very best is how CGI it all is.

Garland's screenplay is equally impressive, weaving references to mythology, history, physics, and visual art into casual conversations, in ways that demonstrate that Garland understands what he's talking about while simultaneously going to the trouble to explain more abstract concepts in plain language, to entice rather than alienate casual filmgoers.

The international cast (including the impressive Michelle Yeoh, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Cliff Curtis) seem like mere touching points for the action, with Cillian Murphy becoming the protagonist by default rather than interest.