Sentences with phrase «small nod to»

While there are the historical likes of British artists Stanley Spencer, with a very small nod to Chaim Soutine and Indian transplant FN Souza, the focus of the show is the core London School.

One of the trailers came with a small nod to the Old - school Neo Geo era.

A small nod to the Tomb Raider series, you'll also hear the protagonist say «heh, she's raided her last tomb!»

Another small nod to the overall theme of the game is the ability to hunt for evidence, a potentially exciting prospect which could have brought a unique twist to the gameplay formula.

A small nod to singleplayer is included in the form of missions such as a Speeder chase on Endor or piloting a Tie fighter, each designed to act more as a tutorial for the online side of things with some minor rewards for teir completion.

The car does have rack - and - pinion power steering, a small nod to driver comfort.

A small nod to fall with bare legs to still stay cool.

The leather watch strap a small nod to elegance, I have to admit to a strong dislike of any metal straps on a watch, just a foible of mine.

There's even a small nod to the Eagles» trick play at the end of the first half of the Super Bowl in the rankings.

Its subsidy scale is based exclusively on age, with one small nod to income.

Just a few small nods to this style and any gal can easily achieve a look with...

I like my rodeo outfits to have small nods to western wear without being full blown.

This fall you'll see small nods to the grungy era with tons of causal pieces only more sleek and chic.

There are small nods to almost all the cult films from that decade, which is fine for a novel but a little more expensive to produce on screen, where copyright issues are something of a minefield.

There are other small nods to games of Nintendo's past also, such as the design of the key used to unlock certain doors in the game.

Not exact matches

The benefits of trade should be shared more widely, he said, with a system that does more to include poor countries, small firms, marginalised groups and entrepreneurs — an apparent nod to anti-globalisation activists who say that secretive trade talks are exclusively aimed at helping big business.

Instead of displaying its nickname, the «Keystone State,» Pennsylvania's license plate subtly nods to the moniker with a small keystone - shaped emblem.

The background check bill, which seeks to improve the existing database used to prevent gun purchases by criminals and the mentally ill, is a small nod in the direction of gun control that does nothing to close loopholes that allow millions of gun sales without a background check.

To ARB ok small correction, Samantha the witch wiggled her nose, jeannie folded her arms and gave a sharp nod and blink.

Despite having an adorably small European coefficient of 15.256 — lower than every other qualified team except fellow debutantes Rostov — they strutted into Pot 1 as champions, nodding confidently at Barcelona and Bayern Munich, and so reaped the benefits of UEFA's structural favouritism when it came to the group stage draw.

When you cross the ball and your so called tall defender can't nod or when a very small nacho who is not a natural cb is being used often or when your defenders will allow an attacker to drag him into the 18yard area forgetting that players score goals not space.

In this game he lost it for us in two crazy minutes, failing to come for crosses that were nodded in by gleeful, smaller players.

The WFP's small pro-Cuomo faction tried and failed to both delay the nod for a month and keep the party's ballot line blank, but eventually the committee overwhelmingly voted 91.5 percent to back the «Sex and the City» star and activist.

Paul's commitment to small businesses has already earned him the nod from The Murray Hill Business Association and The Flushing Chinese Business Association, including The Presidents Co-Op & Condo Council — just to name a few organizations that have recognized Vallone through their respective endorsements as the best of six candidates in this competitive primary election.

The elevation of Jenny Jones as the first Green Peer is a nod towards the Coalition's pledge to make the House of Lords more representative of the level of support for smaller parties.

This earthy Taurus new moon sends an honorable nod to the food producers of the world, encouraging us to «get our farmer on» in some small way.

The bones here are small but sturdy, designed to glide smoothly on top of each other as you nod or look from left to right.

It's the time of year when health bloggers are telling you to swap sweet candy for green apples and we all nod along enthusiastically until we actually find ourselves in the grocery store, faced with aisle upon aisle of our favorite chocolate bars, now made even more tempting by being so small, cute, and fun - sized!

As with most of my grail and top wish list items, I'd allotted a relatively generous budget in my mind for this particular garment, but even that didn't seem to be enough to unearth one that was, in a nod to Goldilocks, neither too small or too big.

A charming way to nod to the season's ruffle trend, it features a small frill at the neckline and wrists.

From the smallest of things like a smile, a touch to the shoulder, a nod of respect and acknowledgement, sharing one's lunch, or a light to see with, to bigger things like using one's vacation time to volunteer as a nurse in a war zone halfway across the planet.

There are nods to previous Mission: Impossible movies, including the famed wire - drop from the first film when Hunt and company decide to... get this... infiltrate the Vatican (a scene that is accompanied by a charmingly amusing performance of Cruise going all Italian), and even a small homage to «Top Gun».

A smaller film like Before Midnight was never going to be in with a shot for any of the main categories but its witty and intelligent script, co-written by director Richard Linklater and stars Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, should have scored an original screenplay nod.

The main plot of the film explicitly nods to Ford's 1956 film The Searchers, with fair - minded, paternal small - town sheriff Franklin Hunt (Kurt Russell) leading a team of Western archetypes.

The opening scene, in which Johnny Caspar (Jon Polito) confronts Leo O'Bannon (Albert Finney) and Tom Reagan (Gabriel Byrne) is an obvious nod to the opening of The Godfather: another small, balding Italian man, asking a lethal favor of a crime boss seated behind a large desk, while throwing in a reference to people behaving like «animals.»

The camera backs slowly away from Barbara Jean, then reverse - cuts, disclosing the small assembly in the chapel: Barnett, waiting for it all to be over; an earnest young girl nodding and moving her lips in accompaniment to that voice; a group of mostly aged friends and relatives of other hospital inmates; and two men, Mr. Green (Keenan Wynn) and Pfc. Kelly (Scott Glenn), keeping what will turn out to be deathwatches over the crucial women in their respective lives.

Aside from King's refusal to grow up the script has several nice nods to the passage of time including the corporatization of several of the small town's bars (which the group's leader fails to even notice) and the fact that despite their «legendary» past exploits, no one in the town remembers the once rowdy bunch at all.

Matt Damon (Rounders, Dogma) and Ben Affleck (Forces of Nature, Armageddon) would serve as executive producers thanks to a deal they signed to develop films with Miramax, and would also have small bit roles themselves, and would give a co-starring nod to the relatively unknown Jay Lacopo, who is also the screenwriter, and previous star of Ben Affleck's first directorial gig, a short entitled, I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three - picture Deal at Disney.

Though wrapped in a pleasant, sugary coating, Monster Hunter Stories did all of this while retaining the spirit of the Monster Hunter world with some small yet enjoyable nods to fans.

Popping up in small but chilling roles are Pete Postlethwaite as an Irish thug whose front is a florist shop (a nod to Prohibition gangster Dion O'Banion) and Chris Cooper as Doug's incarcerated father.

Rather than drilling students into compliance around the critical components of SLANT (Sit Up, Listen, Ask and Answer Questions, Nod your head, Track the Speaker), a blended - learning environment will hopefully create the conditions where students will want to be more fully present through individualized learning and targeted small - group engagement.

There's a distinct retro vibe to the Bullet's appearance, with strong nods to models like the 404 and 405 of the 1950s, which also featured the Bullet's small, snout - like grille flanked by round headlights.

While politely nodding to the Silver Dawn in several small exterior details, the modern car's look is very much its own — long and wide, with a grille that's as horizontal as its distant relative's is vertical.

Also based on MSB, the much talked about small Bentley (coupe and cabrio, no sedan) are waiting to get the nod, but it will only happen if Porsche approves the Panamera junior, so we won't know for another year or two.

In a nod to practicality, our winter selection — the Bridgestone Blizzak DM - V1 — was narrower than the stock tire and rode on a smaller wheel.

If a small front - or all - wheel - drive roadster based on this platform gets the nod, it is bound to adopt the SLA moniker.

The base 3.6 - liter Pentastar V6 is adequate for light - duty applications, but our nod goes to the Hemi V8 or the small but potent turbodiesel V6, especially if you plan to regularly tow or haul with this Ram truck.

It's a small change but a nod to the reality that tech features matter, even in a pickup.

Enter the Chevy Equinox, a small SUV that will carry a family and their stuff, provide a pleasing and quick driving experience, give more than a passing nod to safety and minimize time and expense at the pump.

Bandi — whose pseudonym is derived from firefly, an obvious nod to the insect's small light amid vast darkness — shockingly remains a prominent North Korean writer.