Sentences with phrase «style points for»

Bonus: Style points for mixing it up.

Samsung gets major style points for these new offerings.

On the other hand, while the LG G4 does get style points for the leather backings, the device can otherwise be best described as a worthwhile update to previous editions of LG's high - end models.

It's nothing you haven't seen in any other Middle Ages tale, what with forests and run - down towns and castles and so forth, but it gets style points for keeping the vibe grim with colors on the opposite polar end of other fantasy fare like Dragon Quest and characters not as cartoony as Wizards and Warriors.

There are also a few «Burst» abilities that you can use that will spend all of your existing style points for one massive effect.

You can collect style points for doing tricks like jumping off of trucks that have been flipped in the air or for maintaining a long hang time.

The market affords no style points for being innovative and creative.

It did lose style points for two issues: The cabin's «Platinum Reserve» badge obnoxiously was everywhere, on all the seats and the center console box.

In order to drum up a few jump - shocks, it's the usual flash to an unsettling image of a «ghost» popping out of the darkness, usually making an eerie face (do evil spirits get style points for making people pee themselves?)

Repurposing an item not only drives down the cost - per - wear, but you get bonus style points for being able to wear the same piece at the office, casually on the weekend, and dressed up for a girl's night.

The socialite perfects the art of seaside style in a lovely eyelet off - the - shoulder dress, then gets bonus style points for matching her eyewear to her beach bag and topping it all off with chic golden cuffs.

Equal parts fancy and fuss - free, it's a surefire way to nail the dress code and score a few extra style points for creativity.

Ian Poulter was not amused by the way he sliced his ball into the heavy gorse off the 16th tee at Gullane Golf Club on his way to a missed cut at the Scottish Open, but he has to earn style points for the way he stuck his over-the-head, behind - the - back club toss, complete with a sort of backwards Tiger Woods club twirl.

It was Pitta's first catch of the night, but he gets big style points for the spin move on the catch and leaping over Patriots safety Steven Gregory on his way past the goal line.

The only slightly redeeming feature was that the Snoopy sweatshirt had a sequin Joe Cool on it (my only Style point for the day, although overall I was in seriously negative territory).

Not exact matches

While some viewers called it «gross» and «vulgar,» the spot racked up some 20 million YouTube views by the end of last year, at one point yielding one share for every nine views — proof positive that schoolyard humor never goes out of style.

Kitchener, Ontario - based Vidyard gets points for making a video that carries off a hat trick: It's funny; it's creative, marrying old - school»80s workout gear with Rocky - style training; and — most important — it's useful as a tool for those looking to up their video marketing game.

During the Q&A for Malcolm Gladwell, who gave an opening keynote speech on differing innovation styles, addressed this point while fielding a question about why so few women - owned companies break the million dollar mark.

«The bike's style is on - point for our store, and people are attracted to the story.

The all - cotton pinpoint is comfortable and wearable year - round, it's an excellent value for a traditionally - made dress shirt, includes plastic collar stays, and the point collar is the most versatile style you can get

Yet what some moguls might seem as liabilities DuVernay turned into strengths, using her indie training to maximize her resources, telling a black story from a black point of view, making sure that women's contributions were acknowledged and writing into the script her own passionate pleas for equality (albeit in the King style).

It looks at home in either scenario, and that means that it's a real contender for replacing my winter puffer that has the same high functionality but low style points.

When it comes to using writing to tame your stressed out brain, you don't have to be Shakespeare — there are no points for style.

(At this point, Denton mentions how the Kinja platform allows for question - and - answer style interviews between journalists and readers, much like Reddit's «Ask Me Anything» feature).

If you can't quite bring yourself to show a picture of Styles to your barber, then ask for point - cut square layers.

A case in point: Tincup, a new and much acclaimed bourbon - style whiskey that sells for around $ 25.

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We consider the starting point valuation of value stocks (or any style factor, for that matter) to be a far more accurate predictor of future returns than the outlook for economic growth.

For debating style, poise, and preparation, I have to give points to Ken Ham.

Campbell points to a cultural shift in the style of the mid-week Bible studies for children.

The opening scene is in Champion City, a metropolis in a slightly altered (but not enough to really work) comic book - style reality, where costumed crimefighters (many with mediocre «powers») are in oversupply, to the point that many of them are out looking for work.

I'm not advocating for a particular party or style of politics, I'm simply pointing out the fact that Jeremy Corbyn has been the most successful leader in a long time to engage young people in his cause.

This month, Christianity magazine reports on Todd Bentley, attacked by some for his exotic claims of angelic visitations and for his forceful and loud style, while others point to an extraordinary sense of God's presence when he preaches...

There are four affirmations about Jesus Christ that historically have been stressed in Christian faith: (1) Jesus is truly human, bone of our bone and flesh of our flesh, living a human life under the same human conditions any one of us faces — thus Christology, statement of the significance of Jesus, must start «from below,» as many contemporary theologians are insisting; (2) Jesus is that one in whom God energizes in a supreme degree, with a decisive intensity; in traditional language he has been styled «the Incarnate Word of God»; (3) for our sake, to secure human wholeness of life as it moves onward toward fulfillment, Jesus not only lived among us but also was crucified for us — this is the point of talk about atonement wrought in and by him; (4) death was not the end for him, so it is not as if he never existed at all; in some way he triumphed over death, or was given victory over it, so that now and forever he is a reality in the life of God and effective among humankind.

Piper refers to Trump's «divisive rhetorical style... and his reckless Twitter form of leadership,» and says, as his third point, that a «huge percentage» of white evangelicals voted for Trump «even though the character issues were screaming to be taken more seriously» (Statistically, around 80 percent of white evangelicals voted for President Trump in the 2016 election.).

In any event, the point of this chapter, intended to prepare the way for further discussion of what I have styled «another» (and I am convinced a better) theological approach, is simply to insist that we can only be loyal to our ancestors in the Christian tradition, but above all loyal to the chief stress in the faith which that tradition has conveyed to us, if and when and as we are ready to put stress on love's centrality — and to use that as our key to the whole theological enterprise.

Of course, TBN - style Christianity and Jesus - the - Republican mentality is awful, as Kirk pointed out, but unbelievers have no excuse for their own anti-intellectualism.

At this point, now that they are in their teens and more thinking for themselves, I doubt any of my kids will turn into Christianity - at - its - worst style Christians.

Luke reports it, pertinently for content if somewhat awkwardly from the point of view of style, as told by Jesus in answer to the evasive question «Who is my neighbor?»

There is a need for the churches to change their own attitudes and styles of life and let themselves be renewed by the Gospel which is entrusted to them, that they may serve humankind with a true interpretation of what is going on in the many struggles, pointing to Jesus Christ as the one in whom God sums up all things?

What in an older kind of philosophy would have been called the chain - of - cause - and - effect is here seen as being very much richer; it is a congeries of occasions, events, pressures, movements, routes, which come to focus at this or that point, and which for their explanation require some principle that has brought and still is bringing each of them, rather than some other possible occurrence, into this particular concrete moment of what we commonly style «existence».

In their present form these verses reveal at points the characteristic vocabulary and style of the Deuteronomic editors (compare, for example, Deut.

«To the little flock» (a quotation from the New Testament) he wrote explaining his absence, his position which had led to so much criticism from authority, and outlined for their benefit all that had happened, copying at one point a style used by St Paul when rebutting his critics.

I just whipped these up savory - style for an afternoon snack in my AIP life (substituted vanilla for turmeric for anti inflammatory points!)

Place the cooked bratwurst in a bun (grill the bun for style points), and top with the grilled pepper mix.

«The combination of really distinctive chip shop flavours and bold newspaper - style packaging is a real point of difference for Burton's Fish «n» Chips vs. all other savoury snacks,» says David Costello, head of customer category management at Burton's Biscuit Company.

They're using whole wheat crumpet for style points.

I haven't done much food styling / photography for clients at this point, but the small amount I have done has been a lot of work.

Nielsen said growth rates within restaurants and bars were under pressure, with Scott Elliot, the senior vice president of Nielsen CGA, pointing out that drinkers in the on - trade were looking for new experiences and styles of outlet.

Grain whisky would be the starting point for me when creating a new blend, as grain whisky defines the style of the blend, then you can move it in different directions using malts.