Sentences with phrase «serve as gimmicks»

Smoked beers have been brewed for years, but these amped up versions now serve as gimmicks, catered toward the bacon - loving, beard - growing, flannel - wearing stereotypes of the craft beer world.

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Unfortunately as you look at these initiatives and the victories we have had we have been stymied by a Supervisor who would rather stay with the status quo — a Supervisor that would rather implement budget gimmicks — a supervisor and a Town Board majority that is looking at only self - interest and not the interest of the people they serve.

«The concern is, are there gimmicks hidden in it,» added Assemblyman Bob Oaks, R - Macedon, who serves as the ranking Republican on the Assembly's Ways and Means Committee.

But other aspects such as the 17 - day cycles and the rule about no fruit or carbohydrates after 2 p.m. serve no purpose for weight loss and are just «gimmicks,» Levitsky said.

But if you're looking for a poorly - assembled gimmick of a game that serves as a friendly reminder of the good ol' Celebrity Deathmatch days on MTV, all for a discounted price of $ 19.99, then CD just might be for you.

Although the film often favors the gimmick over the story, it serves as a great reminder that while not every off - the - wall idea is guaranteed to be a success like «The Artist,» it's the willingness to take those risks that making movies is all about.

Director Renny Harlin («Die Hard 2») even adds a few laughable 3D gimmicks with bad «300» - esque graphics serving as the backdrop.

It's easy to cynically dismiss it as an unoriginal gimmick that only serves to sell more Apple products, but after even a few uses (no more typing in your password whenever you want to download an app), you likely find it as indispensable as we do.

Construction carpenter cover letters serve as the impression - making gimmick.