Sentences with phrase «seem odd choices»

That might seem an odd choice, given the havoc wrought of late by a glut of cheap Chinese solar panels.

That might seem an odd choice, given the havoc wrought of late by a glut of cheap Chinese solar panels,» wrote Matthew McClearn for the magazine Canadian Business.

While spending down his formidable fortune — currently estimated to be $ 78.4 billion by Bloomberg — to fund reusable rocket research and space tourism might seem an odd choice, Bezos said last year that it's all part of a long - held dream.

Mr. Oldman himself seems an odd choice for the part.

It seems an odd choice.

So with the former German international set for a long injury lay - off it seemed an odd choice for me and as we reported here at Just Arsenal earlier in the week it has now been almost two years since we started a game with the club captain in the side.

This is not a new tradition for Chelsea fans (every club has their moaners), just the captain seems an odd choice.

In some ways, a California company seems an odd choice for an upstate New York scientist who was determined to put down roots, but with a 90 % market share of gas - source isotope ratio mass spectrometers, applying to Thermo Finnigan was pretty much a no - brainer for someone with Burdett's experience, and it worked out.

It certainly seems an odd choice to test a price range for the passport / undo service and trial limited swiping at the same time, in the run up to launching your monetisation strategy, as it will obviously create uncertainty.

Towards the beginning of her career, casting Blunt as an action star might have seemed an odd choice.

Now, LaBute would seem an odd choice for a family comedy, having made his name with far darker, crueler humor in movies like «In the Company of Men» and «The Shape of Things.»

It also seems an odd choice for everyone to speak Japanese except the dogs who not only all speak English but are also all portrayed by white actors.

Derrickson allows his cast to work their skills into the film while the director himself, who once seemed an odd choice (Sinister was beforehand his best film) showcases a talent for the imaginative that makes you hope he too will return for the next instalment in this magic infused universe.

One of the Prime's biggest advantages over the Volt is rear - seat roominess — it seems an odd choice on Chevy's part to give the Volt such a cramped rear seat, but the Prius Prime's is spacious and comfy, purple spotlighting aside.

You could buy a Discovery Sport now, and you would not be doing yourself a disservice (hence it still topping the ranks), but it would seem an odd choice given that an improved version is just around the corner.

September's fiction top pick might seem an odd choice in a month that will see the publication of much - buzzed debuts like The Night Circus and The Art of Fielding and new novels from literary darlings like Ali Smith.

Those half - year ages may seem an odd choice.

But sometimes the items seem an odd choice indeed — on a recent online shopping trip, Amazon suggested I buy soup to go with beef jerky.

Without a multiplayer mode — aside from a baffling 1v1 local play, which while appreciated seems an odd choice over full multiplayer — the two campaigns serve as the meat of the game, allowing you to take up arms as either the Numantians or the Roman forces intent on conquering Iberia, which is modern - day Spain.

It seems an odd choice, considering there's already an abundance of things to do in Super Mario Odyssey, but let's not complain about free game content in 2018.

Initially, the style seems an odd choice for an artist to adopt in 2008 to represent the cutting edge architecture built for China's Olympic games, but Cubism is the language of rebellion.

It seems an odd choice for a figurative exhibition until the viewers catch their own images reflected back in a pixel - like grid.

On the information available to me when I first wrote this section, Silverton seemed an odd choice of site; the Wind Resource Map of Australia and the NSW wind resource map both indicate that Broken Hill is not particularly windy; both show it as less windy than most of the highlands along the eastern coast and the Australia map shows the area as much less windy than many areas of WA, SA, and southern Victoria.

But given that most modern laptops have ditched trackpad buttons in favor of a clicking trackpad, it seems an odd choice.

It seems an odd choice of colours, and not evolved compared to the earlier G3's UX visuals.

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Opening a restaurant might seem like an odd choice for Mark and Donnie Wahlberg, who are best known for their acting and singing.

That may seem like an odd choice for a 21 - year - old's last kollege vacay, and it was, but it was hands down one of the best decisions I've ever made.

Klopp seems the preferred choice to replace Wenger but seems an odd one to me.

The choice of words may seem odd, but in Communist China at that time people were assumed to have ideologies rather than personalities.

Caceres may seem like an odd choice of a signing for Premier League - chasing City — it's exceptionally rare that a player takes a step up from the Australian A-League to an elite European side — but Mariners representatives have praised the player's talent ahead of the move being confirmed.

For those of you who are familiar with the restaurant's menu, it seems like an odd choice for my food allergies (peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, fish and shellfish).

«It seems like an odd choice to ask people to make, to choose between two benefits scenarios really that clearly benefit you one way or the other depending on when you would be injured if you were to be injured,» Lander said.

The sea sponge may seem like an odd choice for genomic research considering that its simple body lacks muscles, organs, and nerve cells, but the creature provides a wealth of information on how multicellular organism arose.

If the year - long delay and the fussy maneuver seem like an odd choice, remember that on a spacecraft, fuel is heavy and weight is an expensive commodity.

While the dry onion soup mix might seem like an odd choice, it really gives the dish a richer flavor (which makes me feel much more gourmet than I actually am).

Although Stefani's cage heels might seem like an odd choice for day, the «Voice» coach has sported them during the day many times.

Pickles are always my first choice and an odd one that I can't seem to get enough of is Mustard pickles.

While it seems like an odd choice for spring, I think it makes a great transition shade from winter to spring and looks really pretty with a gold eye for a night out.

(Casting both Landecker and Duplass seems like an odd choice, however, since they very prominently play siblings on «Transparent.»)

Franco, a wiry, handsome Hollywood star, seemed like an odd choice for Wiseau, who is muscular and unconventional - looking, but Franco always seems to like a challenge, and he crafted his own mostly - faithful take on Wiseau's voice and through hair, prosthetics, clothes and posture, reasonably simulates the real person, at least to the point where it doesn't feel much like a caricature and, after a short adjustment period, doesn't distract too much.

The rock song they use in the trailer seems like an odd choice.

While the director of Hunt For The Wilderpeople seems like an odd choice for Akira, eyebrows were raised when he took on the latest Thor movie, and that appears to be turning out just fine.

The Light Between Oceans is a laughable melodrama, and it ends up being quite an odd choice of material for Cianfrance, as he delivers it all with his usual grit and seriousness, making it seem even more daft as it is played so unrelentingly straight.

The third act finds a mobster eventually visiting the casino, an odd choice considering that this character seems to come out of nowhere to play a pivotal role.

These two actors may seem like an odd pairing choice on paper but once you see them pour their hearts and souls into this material, you will be blown away.

The soundtrack has some very eclectic and often odd choices, never seeming to be quite in tune with the themes and styles of the storyline.

Despite seeming like an odd choice, it was heavily favored as the probably winner or alternate by most AwardsWatch forum members participating in the Gold Rush...

There's an amusing but odd choice to give Gerry a pretty significant origin story via flashback, which is another non-sequitur that screenwriter Lowell seems to enjoy so much.

But the teddy bear seemed like an odd choice.

Get On Up seems like an odd choice.