Sentences with phrase «somewhat of a gamble»

Cox would be somewhat of a gamble for any team this offseason.

He is currently in the process of his first good season at Villarreal so it is somewhat of a gamble to sign the player.

Heavy Rain has been considered somewhat of a gamble by developer Quantic Dream and publisher Sony since it was first announced.

Of course in criminal law, it's always somewhat of a gamble.

Apple unveiled the latest incarnation of its hot - selling MacBook Air lineup at WWDC 2013, taking somewhat of a gamble in concentrating on greatly extended battery life in lieu of a more conventional performance boost.

Further, the life sciences sector is somewhat of a gamble, as patent expirations hinder profits and drug development costs continue to rise.

Not exact matches

The 23 - year - old has been somewhat unlucky to arrive at United at a difficult time, with Mourinho perhaps feeling unable to gamble on an inconsistent young player in defence at this stage of his team's development.

The poll in question found 76 percent of voters felt the lack of transparency surrounding major policy deals on pension reform, redistricting, expansion of casino gambling and the DNA database was a «very serious» or «somewhat serious» problem.

It was approved by the Parliament as «a somewhat belated and hasty attempt to regulate an existing reality — online gambling — that for the public administration was too big to manage,» comments another one of the study's authors, José Ignacio Cases, Professor Emeritus of UC3M.

We see Bobby Riggs spar with wife Priscilla (Elisabeth Shue) over his gambling problem; Fred Armisen crops up as a somewhat out - of - place vitamins guru; Alan Cumming has a delectable little bit part as a very gay and very supportive, though gossipy, designer; rival tennis player Margaret «The Arm» Court (Jessica McNamee) is both a competitive force and social threat to Billie Jean, learning her most coveted secret and exploiting it to best her on the court; but its her relationship to Marilyn Barnett that proves most worthy of our attention.

Their parents Johnny and Sarah are just as engaging (if somewhat more damaged), and the scenes in which they gamble everything in high - risk attempts to rebuild their family are nail - bitingly suspenseful because the script (and acting) makes us genuinely care about what happens to all four of them.

Lastly, a small number of cast and crew reflect on the success of X-Men on the eve of X2, Stewart well - spoken once more in equating the stakes of «Star Trek: The Next Generation» with X-Men — he's somewhat adamant that «Trek» was the bigger gamble.

* Note: I've always found this highly repeatable experiment somewhat puzzling in light of the entire gambling industry.

The big gamble with Rise of the Tomb Raider worked somewhat in the sense the game was outstanding, but the sales were poor.

Even if the science is somewhat uncertain — as seems to be the case with Hurricanes — it seems very foolish to me to gamble when the outcome of loosing your bet is potentially so bad.

Because there has been a relatively small amount of in - depth research on gambling problems and pathological gambling, it is somewhat tougher to discuss all the factors and causes definitively.