Sentences with phrase «something of a purist»

He is best described as a prophet, a mystic, and an ascetic, and even among eighteenth - century Quakers, he was something of a purist.

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Yesterday, we got news that the genteel crowd of bibliophile video game fans will get their Jane Austen game and now, today, something for the purist among you.

especially since boxing purists are probably looking at GGG v. Canelo as something more worthy of spending $ 100 on.

The latter, though, is a different percolator of fish: perhaps not as entertaining to the neutral, perhaps not as soothing to the purist, but certainly not something that can be dismissed as anti-football.

Estelle and I seem to like it best... which makes Paul and Phoebe something of pizza purists.

Though it would take a purist pedant to legitimately lament the evolution of colour stock as a negative turning point in film history, there's no doubt something was lost in Technicolor's takeover as monochrome movies moved from mainstream to niche, and the basic joy of black and white became impossible to appreciate without express attention.

Comic book purists may cry foul, but I have a feeling that director Jay Oliva and his team have something special up their sleeves in the future to make up for the King of Atlantis» omission.

The BBC is cooking up something special for fans of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson that should please fans of their monster hit modern - day series Sherlock and Conan Doyle purists who prefer their crime fighting rooted firmly in 19th Century...

Alas, I suppose it's not the role of the filmmaker to inform us, as that is something we should be doing ourselves, so it's hard to be annoyed at Gaghan himself for making a purist form of political thriller.

It seems that the «purists» have adopted manual with something of a religious zeal.

In an interview the head of Porsche's GT program Andreas Preuninger said, «The GT3 is full of systems that make sense on the track, but for the purist, there may be something lost.»

There is something of a debate lately among automotive purists about all those means of artificially enhancing engine sounds in the cockpits of performance cars.

The Vulcan is also said to preview the design language of future Aston Martin models — something that may not appeal to some Aston purists, and something that may need a bit of fine tuning as the Vulcan does appear slightly phallic in its shape.

But the truth is that purists always miss something, whether it is a game of Frisbee at sunset or a day spent canyoning in Wadi Rum.

I'm not a purist but the argument of agency vs. cinematic experience feels like a mute point, video games can not out - cinema cinema, so even as some elements from other mediua can lead to innovation in video gaming, what should always be the aim of video gaming is what makes it special, and agency is not something easily found or realized in other digital media, if ever.

If you're planning on playing GT Sport offline only, your overall experience is going to be immensely hindered without an internet connection, due to the lack of offline content to play, something Gran Turismo purists may struggle to come to terms with.

Abbott's rationale is that a purist attitude to freedom of (racially divisive) speech is something we can't afford, given the need to unite against terrorism.

Yes, the purists might scoff at the notion of an expensive electric composter, but given the choice between trash trucks hauling away organic matter to bury it and turn it into methane, and a small electric motor helping to turn it into something better, I choose the latter.

While the even more decentralized nature of Bitcoin will appeal to cryptocurrency purists, there's something to be said for having a voice in your corner heralding all your good news and putting on a strong face for your product.