Sentences with phrase «strips out»

Writer - director Rama Burshtein takes a novel approach to the marriage - minded romantic comedy genre in «The Wedding Plan,» in that she strips out the marriage, the romance and the comedy.
There's a very good 90 - minute version of The Last Jedi that strips out the extraneous subplots and zeroes in on the emotionally compelling relationship between self - assured hero Rey (Daisy Ridley) and the vulnerable villain, Kylo Ren (Adam Driver).
Instead of trying to shoehorn in ill - suited interfaces and control systems, Battleheart strips out all the fluff and bullshit of real time strategy and RPG, and leaves only the parts that actually make sense on a touchscreen device.
Generations strips out a lot of story and circumstance from the main game in favor of adding tons of new weapons, quests, armor sets, and just about everything else.
Many people lament the fact that it strips out the final encounter with the imposing Metal Gear weapon itself (instead, you blow up a defenseless computer like the tough guy you are).
Then I took an old scrap of fabric I had and cut a few strips out of it to make a floppy bow for the top.
Cut three - inch strips out of the mylar.
This football inspired workout strips out the iron from gridiron and leaves you with one bodyweight - only beast!
Lay all the strips out on a plate or cutting board.
In both cases, the manufacturer strips out the healthy fat your body would actually be able to use and adds in sugar and / or salt to make the food taste better.
Lay the bacon strips out flat on the baking paper, leaving space so they don't overlap.
Regular reverse osmosis removes chlorine, fluoride and other contaminants but also strips out beneficial minerals (plus, it wastes a lot of water!).
Social media often strips out valuable metadata, and this information can also be modified.
This «resonance» means that the small galaxy feels a constant tug which strips out...
So Gone Home strips out combat entirely, leaving just a narrative.
This «resonance» means that the small galaxy feels a constant tug which strips out its stars.
There's no point going over why that is a nonsense premise — there's been plenty written about it already — but suffice to say that there is no way of establishing a causal pharmacological chain in court which strips out the fact that all substances make you feel different when you consume them, and that even if one could, one would still be criminalising products like incense.
Comment: This is another one of those situations where Dr. Bawumia makes use of actual facts but strips them out of context to the point where some of the saliency in his argument is lost.
The BobaAir strips out some fancy features that other carriers have to achieve a simple design that is so portable, but it keeps many well - loved features of the Boba Carrier 3G.
This processing strips out the natural proteolytic enzymes, minerals & anti-oxidants.
Operational Excellence strips out inefficiency and unnecessary costs in any or all parts of a company, and puts in place repeatable business processes that can support sustainable growth.
I also couldn't find pumpkin seeds so I made tortilla strips out of flour tortillas.
But same - store growth - which strips out the impact of new stores and is a better measure of sales gains - was only 2.9 per cent better for the period, or 3.5 per cent adjusted for Easter.
Carefully slide the parchment strips out from under the cake.
The «Filtered» HTML strips out a lot of unnecessary coding.
But same - store sales, a key measure of retail performance that strips out the effects of square footage changes, rose only slightly, by 1.1 per cent excluding gas.
Shaving soap in a bar form strips out unnecessary ingredients such as stabilizers for a high - fat, high - lubrication lather
The insurer's adjusted profit strips out the effect of wild swings in derivatives values, which hurt MetLife's results last year.
Eurostat also confirmed that the «core» rate of inflation — which strips out volatile items such as food and energy — fell to 0.7 %, its lowest level since records began in 2001.
If Facebook eventually strips out end - to - end encryption from WhatsApp, it will likely be met with the usual outrage in small corners.
The TREB's proprietary Home Price Index, which is based on a «composite benchmark home,» and which «strips out» the impact of these changes in mix, «was down by only 5.2 %» year - over-year.
However, he said the MLS home price index composite benchmark, which strips out the impact of changes in the mix of home sales, was down 5.2 % compared with a year ago and the number of new listings in April had plunged to 16,273, a 24.6 % decrease from the 21,571 listings seen last year at the same time.
In contrast, core inflation, which strips out the most volatile inflation components, is facing upward pressure because recent declines in the exchange rate are boosting the prices of imported goods.
Total unit case volume, a metric that strips out the impact of foreign exchange and pricing, was even.
Organic sales, which strips out changes in currency, also rose 1 percent.
Same - store sales, a key performance metric that strips out volume at stores open for less than a year, grew 0.3 per cent at Tim Hortons, reversing two consecutive quarters of...
The core, which strips out volatile food and energy costs, is expected to rise a tamer 0.2 % after a strong 0.3 % gain in April.
The original «Frankenstein» is filled with iconic images, but it strips out a lot of the brilliance of Mary Shelley's novel.
The figure is a key metric because it strips out the volatility of newly opened and closed locations.
The metric is a key gauge of health because it strips out the impact of newly opened and closed locations.
This is not the first time a big Internet company has co-opted Android: Amazon.com's Kindle Fire tablets run a version of Android that strips out all Google services, replacing them with Amazon's equivalents.
On Friday the Labor Department announced that the core consumer price index (CPI)-- which strips out volatile food and energy costs — rose 2.3 % over the past 12 months, up from 1.8 % one year ago.
In November, the company, which also owns the 38 - store Bloomingdale's chain, posted its 11th consecutive quarter of declines in comparable or «same - store» sales, a metric that strips out results from recently opened or closed stores.
Macy's recently said comparable sales, a measure the strips out newly closed stores, rose 1 % in November and December, a modest result compared to the torrid growth of overall retail sales.
The measure that strips out the volatile prices of energy and unprocessed food, was 1.1 percent year - on - year in April from 1.3 percent in March and against an expected 1.2 percent rate.
What's likely to be a bigger concern for rate - setters is that the core rate, which strips out potentially volatile items like energy and food, fell to just 0.7 percent in the year to April from 1 percent the month before.
(Barcelona itself reported 682 million euros in revenue, but Deloitte's estimate strips out factors like foreign - exchange earnings.)
If the Catalan government ignores the ruling, we expect Madrid to trigger article 155 of the Constitution to strip out Catalonia's autonomy and to call for regional elections.
We've stripped out all the sports team and league Vine accounts (otherwise the list would just be populated with endless home run and goal replays) to get an idea of which brands are really killing it with their branded video marketing.
The ways the company usually monetises Android, like its app store, often get stripped out of the software in China when it is remade for the local market, said Natkin.
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