Sentences with phrase «significant spanner»

In many ways, they're easier to predict than the frequently confounding technical categories, but that's no reason to get complacent — as we saw last year with then - unexpected wins for Tilda Swinton and Marion Cotillard, BAFTA is more than capable of throwing a significant spanner in the works in the top races.

As for working with clients, these things throw a significant spanner into the works when it comes to the predictability of things.