Sentences with phrase «somewhat ironic»

This is somewhat ironic, because the first concept passive house ever was built in Saskatchewan in the 1970s by passive house pioneer Harold Orr.

It is somewhat ironic that just as real estate values greatly contributed to the Great Recession and the resulting credit crisis, commercial real estate valuations are now poised to provide a growing number of small and mid-sized businesses with an asset - based financing solution to assist in their recovery.

This is somewhat ironic, once again, b / c rates are so low now b / c the economy is relatively weak overall, -LSB-...]

This is somewhat ironic, once again, b / c rates are so low now b / c the economy is relatively weak overall, and b / c the last time the Fed «increased rates,» long term rates ended up falling.

Somewhat ironic I would say that as I am reading this article there is a ZooCasa.com ad being advertised by REM.

The research is somewhat ironic.

It is somewhat ironic that Cupertino would consistently sacrifice battery life in an effort to make the iPhone thinner every year, then release a case that makes the iPhone fatter to give us that extra battery life we so crave.

In a somewhat ironic twist, crypto exchanges force investors and traders to become dependent on them because they are perceived to be the only means of exchange.

Partly thanks to the hype around Pokemon GO, augmented reality has become a buzzword again (which is somewhat ironic considering some AR enthusiasts don't consider the game as such).

Somewhat ironic for a phone making its name around external plug - in modules, but it's still true that LG gives G5 users flexibility that others lack.

It would be somewhat ironic if the response to it was to make divorce in England significantly harder to access.

I would think it would be somewhat ironic, given the copyright notice that Thomson has placed on the materials, if the very lawyer who had originally authored a pleading finds him or herself on the receiving end of a copyright infringement claim from Thomson.

It is somewhat ironic, I suppose, that a geek such as I should be so late to the game on this, but I just got my first PDA / mobile phone.

It is somewhat ironic, as we have the ability to bend the law, which is very black and white, yet in alterative situations the law is highly prescriptive.

With respect, it is perhaps somewhat ironic that Lord Hoffmann, who famously set out five principles of contractual interpretation in Investors Compensation Scheme, should have sought to reduce the five conditions for implication set out by Lord Simon in BP Westenport to variations of one over-arching question.

The negative public perception of the legal profession is somewhat ironic.

Another example of technology replacing entry level attorneys is described by Greg Lambert in a post at 3 Geeks and a Law blog, where we learn that young law students are even creating legal apps which would automate certain aspects of case intake and analysis, thus effectively replacing their future functions as new law graduates — an unfortunate, and somewhat ironic, result indeed.

In many ways, it's somewhat ironic that news of Stewart's pro se win issued today — when other stories remind us of the utter necessity of competent and vigorous defense counsel.

I was perfectly happy to drop it (I never suggested its inclusion in the first place), but I find it somewhat ironic that it should be replaced with the latest (Mann and Jones) series that contains the same three series plus a mixture of other far more dubious (not to say bad) series — I agree with the remarks you made re some of these (particularly the Chinese series) in your recent email to someone.

In fact it is somewhat ironic that a congressman on a committee worries about undue influence from industry on the testimony he hears when his colleagues on the committee are also receiving such influence due to the Citizens United ruling.

It's also somewhat ironic that folks who oppose all regulation believe all corporations to be full of liars and thieves.

It is somewhat ironic that climate scientist Prof. Mann received a prestigious award for Public Engagement with Science about climate science during a period in which public concern / engagement about / with climate science was at an all time low.

I must say that I find it somewhat ironic that a jerk who claims he is continually attacked should be the plaintiff in six actions before the court and the defendant in none.

It is somewhat ironic that the first and only real defense of these was context.As you keep demonstrating the context is worse than most first thought.

I also think I should add that Klein's celebration of the local is somewhat ironic.

This is somewhat ironic, given that the book is one of the best examples we have yet seen regarding the effective communication of climate change issues.

In two - dimensional works, as well as in performance and installation pieces, the artist has seemed to circle painting from a somewhat ironic distance; in this exhibition, she gets down to work.

It seems somewhat ironic that this most painterly of painters would be interpreted by artists who are both essentially polychrome sculptors.

Though three - dimensional, Calder's work has an alluring, somewhat ironic flatness that allows the sculptures to appear like free - floating drawings in space.

This visibility is somewhat ironic, because Chan's art — and his persona — play the edge between the visible and the invisible, probing widespread assumptions about the nature of visual arts, and privileging a coded, language - based form of address.

Which is somewhat ironic considering that EA made a couple of awful WCW wrestling games and the Toughman Contest games a few years back.

Pretty cool for that one to be your first Zelda game too — also somewhat ironic given the premise / setting for the game (TVTropes basically had a field day with that).

It really is telling that this is our favourite PS4 game so far and somewhat ironic considering all the debates regarding resolution, parity etc..

This is somewhat ironic because it most well known structures do not have a typical Classic Mayan architecture but show influences from Central Mexico.

This is somewhat ironic because its most famous structures do not have a typical Classic Mayan architecture but show strong influences from other civilizations from Central Mexico.

Now I'm not averse to the occasional tipple and in this part of the world that means Jack Daniels, so a trip to the distillery in Moore County was a great event, but somewhat ironic as this is a «dry» county where sales of alcohol are prohibited!

When he finally got out, he felt a sense of relief — which is somewhat ironic since he had just lost 70 percent of his money.

It's somewhat ironic that «short» and «long» are both being used to describe a length of non-fiction writing that I believe will change book and magazine publishing as significantly as anything we've seen since Amazon.com first came online.

It seems somewhat ironic that the work that they do is considered questionable, when it's really the mystery and lack of transparency behind the reporting and building of the bestseller's lists that should be put into question.

Such a literary fate is somewhat ironic, for his stories and novels consistently depict a lonely, twilight world of half - obscurity — the most haunting of all being the unsettling universe of diminutive Miss M., the midget - heroine - narrator of what surely must be de...

Such a literary fate is somewhat ironic, for his stories and novels consistently depict a lonely, twilight world of half - obscurity — the most haunting of all being the unsettling universe of diminutive Miss M., the midget - heroine - narrator of what surely must be de la Mare's finest novel.

The Wrangler Backcountry is based on the Sahara model, which is somewhat ironic, considering it's built for winter.

While it's somewhat ironic that the company credited with inventing the very object now blamed for an impending climate crisis is now pioneering technologies for a zero - emissions future, one thing is for sure: The German car company makes a compelling case for EVs with a luxury vehicle that retains many Mercedes hallmarks and does so at a competitive starting price of $ 42,375.

That makes all Clios look like three - door models; somewhat ironic, as there is no three - door option as a result, all Clios being five - door cars.

In a somewhat ironic consolation, the next - generation Mustang may be sold in Australia.

«Worrying about entry tests is somewhat ironic in the face of the largest threat to teachers» terms and conditions in decades,» said Mr Hobby, head of the National Association of Head Teachers.

This private school choice is somewhat ironic, given that New York Public School officials originally established gifted and talented programs to help keep more white and middle - class families in public schools.

In a somewhat ironic twist, Baron says the judge will allow the school to staff a table at an enrollment fair Thursday — a fair the mayor's office initially set up to help students displaced by the school's closure.

It is somewhat ironic that these commitments have precluded our making a change we would like to make in the question Moe refers to as «informing and neutral.»

Embracing «slow teaching» does not mean I have to settle for lower test scores; in fact, to me it's somewhat ironic that highly interactive projects and classroom practices promote academic rigor and excellence.