Sentences with phrase «such a feat on»

Yet those who saw Banks play knew he was capable of repeating such a feat on a cold December afternoon when all that was at stake was two points.

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That's an even rarer feat for a generic drug maker such as Mylan, which makes most of its revenue not on brand - name drugs, but on cheaper, equivalent versions of other companies» branded medications.

This is not the first time the team has taken on such a feat; for most of them, this is the fifth consecutive year in which they take to the saddle for a punishing long - distance cycling challenge.

Jesus supposedly walking on water is in a category quite apart from rare weather occurrences, however there is some evidence that such feats are indeed possible.

Also, I'm sad that I have to explain this, if I don't believe that Jesus had special powers I don't believe he preformed any of the feats that would have required said powers, such as healing the sick or walking on water.

How can you logically believe that Noah and his family managed to fit two of every animal on Earth (and the food to keep them all alive, not to mention how did they deal with all the poo from the thousands of animals, also... the travel necessary to accomplish such an illogical feat could not have been accomplished in one lifetime, even with today's travel technnology) in an ark that was 300 cubits x 50 cubits x 30 cubits (450 ft x 75 ft x 45 ft) and also believe that the 8 people that survived the «global flood» on the ark repopulated the planet?

In the case of Andrew Bynum and his ailing knees, watching the seven - footer dunk on a real basketball court was one such feat.

Otherwise I don; t think any other manager on this planet would be able to pull off such a feat with those limitations.

Handing him such a huge responsibility relatively early in his career, at 26, will not only shift his already unwavering focus solely on winning things for United but also confirm his stature among fans as one of United's greatest - ever players and that is no mean feat.

Marsden already knows what it takes to beat the Light Blues on the sporting field having led the Oxford cricket club to a hat - trick of triumphs over their biggest rivals in the three - forms of Varsity Match cricket — the first captain to achieve such a feat.

However, the likelihood of them repeating the feat Arsenal achieved back in 2003/2004 will depend on how well they perform at such venues like White Hart Lane, where they've not tasted defeat in nearly ten years but are unlikely to be put through their paces more vigorously by anyone else than Harry Redknapp's Tottenham.

Since gaining mainstream acclaim with his debut Makye in 2009, the tongue - twisting rapper has quickly gone on to achieve many high profile feats such as being ranked among top African rappers by such prominent outfits as MTV Base and Guardian UK.

Researchers had never managed the feat on such ancient human DNA; even younger samples are often unreadable because they are riddled with bacteria and other contaminants.

In a dramatic feat of engineering prowess, the private spaceflight company SpaceX successfully landed a reusable Falcon 9 rocket booster yesterday — the second such landing for the company, and the first successful touchdown on a ship.

Even back then, explains Marzari, a physicist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, his now - ancient handset took just 40 seconds to carry out quantum - mechanical calculations that once took many hours on a supercomputer — a feat that not only shows how far such computational methods have come in the past decade or so, but also demonstrates their potential for transforming the way materials science is done in the future.

Because his device uses no binocular disparity the viewer isn't forced to attempt such impossible feats of focusing — instead, they can focus naturally on any object in the image, using other cues such as size to «decide» what depth the object occupies.

The ability to perform astonishing feats of memory, such as remembering lists of several dozen words, can be learned, researchers report in Neuron on March 8.

In quantum systems, where the properties of an object, including its location, can vary depending on how you observe them, such feats should be possible without sleight of hand.

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Steve Justice, TTSA's aerospace division director and former Lockheed Martin engineer who worked on advanced top secret aircraft for the latter company's storied «Skunk Works» division, speculates that in both cases such incredible feats of flight could be due to the objects possessing some sort of warp drive.

Next it will perform a feat that has so far only been done on Earth — identifying the specific minerals, such as iron sulphate or magnesium sulphate, in rock samples.

On 12 November, the mission deployed its Philae probe to the comet, the first time in history that such an extraordinary feat was achieved.

Aiming to achieve impossible feats such as trying to make your neck, arms and calves be the same size, or simply focusing too hard on getting the perfect number is downright ridiculous and only leads to frustration.

Indeed, Rockstar's programmers achieved a major feat, producing one of the best examples of an open - world title on such foundations.

That Harding was able to achieve such amazing feats on ice — including the triple axel, which most skaters avoided because of its difficulty — is testament to her inner drive to rise from a life of poverty, survive a cycle of abuse, overcome class bias, endure countless hours of practice, and rely on her talent to achieve a better life.

Scarlett Johansson's oversight for her voiceover work on «Her» will be the most talked about omission for such a feat since Robin Williams» omission for «Aladdin» in 1992.

Best of Both Worlds The idea of a Jeep performing such seemingly impossible feats on a road course isn't exactly new.

At least the extra length and weight haven't dimmed the driving experience which, for such a large and heavy car with a new emphasis on keeping the boss in the back happy, is capable of unlikely feats of acceleration and A-to-B alacrity when called upon.

Through dull runs on arrow straight roads, parades behind slow vehicles and spirited driving on twisty roads, this hot crossover SUV is able to adapt to all situations thanks to the adjustability afforded by its Drive Select system, and that's an impressive feat offering such a wide bandwidth of performance.

And with such an important feat in the vehicle's near future, it only makes sense that Toyota would fit it with some incredible upgrades to ensure that it can tame the contending racers on the track.

Such a feat is nearly unheard of in the print - on - demand world, and that's exactly the kind of pricing flexibility available to all our authors at Outskirts Press.

There has also been reports of a number of other anomalies like try as you may to load an image from the Photo library or uploading photos to limbo but you will need to have luck on your side to pull off such feats without the program crashing.

A group of researchers at Virginia Tech claim to have achieved just such a feat, as the software they have developed for the Android OS works on the basis of the current location of the device where it is situated.

Across America, very few people, if any, shirk this noble responsibility of walking their dogs on this day, and that is because walking dogs is such an easy feat that you can do virtually anywhere.

Thanks to enviable local connections, he can pull off such feats as sundowners on the edge of the Ngorongoro Crater with Masai warriors or a yacht trip around the little - visited Mergui Archipelago off the coast of Myanmar.

Collecting these treasures, along with completing certain feats within the game, is tracked by the awarding of medals, which gives the player in - game money to use to unlock extra content on the disc, including concept art, game movies, and game cheats such as guns with infinite ammunition.

I personally thought such a feat was impossible, as less meticulous releases like RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic [$ 5.99] were too clumsy on the smaller smartphone screen.

Feats include what are effectively over 200 challenges such as saving a total of 1,000 humans as they are being harvested; saving a total of 31,337 humans in arcade mode; killing each of the six enemy bosses on each of the five difficulty levels; killing each of the six enemy bosses a total of 100 times in any mode; killing a total of 5,000 crawlers in any mode; and much more besides which makes for a positive design choice as it provides a further reason to replay every world.

To be fair Rockstar do recommend that such feats should be embarked upon with a group of friends complete with voice communication but you can't help but feel a more robust system would allow for a random group to successfully complete some if not all the heists on offer.

Since the game is only on the next - gen consoles and PC, I think it was easy for the developer to pull of such an astonishing feat of creating this massive world.

The sheer number of enemies on screen is a feat that's been achieved on games such as Dead Rising before, but these enemies are fast, single minded and won't stop coming at you.

For reasons better left to your imagination, your character is able to perform superhuman feats such as grinding for miles on city power lines, fall from infinite height, and otherwise zip around the city at incredible speeds.

Let's just ignore the fact that such a feat should not be difficult and read on to find out why.

There's the expected stupefying variety of character attributes: seven races including dwarves, half - elves and gnomes, thirteen classes including a few (apparent) novelties in the Barbarian and Psion, six base abilities like charisma or wisdom, a moral alignment restricted by class (Chaotic Evil Clerics need not apply) which has a bearing on the game narrative, skills such as weapon proficiencies and lock - picking, and finally - deep breath - feats, special or enhanced capabilities unique to every character.

By doing so, Kerry James Marshall makes the audience assess the American experience through the black perspective and such a feat definitely earned the artist's spot on TIME's list.

By performing feats like rubbing his naked body against a white table and then slathering his penis and testicles with what Americans normally put on their French fries, he inspired generations of artists who adored coating themselves in condiments or inserting objects into their anuses, such as Matthew Barney or Karen Finley.

The artists focus, curiously, on the fact that devastating creations such as the V - 2 rocket led to huge feats of rocket science that we now consider massive successes.

How exactly does he plan on accomplishing such a feat?

A Precautionary Tale tells us why, introducing readers to an unlikely group of activists and a forward - thinking mayor who came together to ban pesticides in Mals by a referendum vote — making it the first place on Earth to accomplish such a feat, and a model for other towns and regions to follow.

«We believe it has not been possible until now to attach a survey quality laser scanner on a drone that can fly for such a long time, so this is a feat of engineering which will allow us to collect data of huge significance over the vast Amazon,» said Dr. Salman Khan from the University of Exeter.