Sentences with phrase «such grand schemes»

Such grand schemes for «geoengineering» our way out of the climate crisis appeal to the dreamer in us all.

The time for such grand schemes has, in their perspective, long past.

Not exact matches

He also uses imagery and allegory to good effect, such as the reference to playing table tennis on a moving train: The ball may appear to be bouncing back and forth, but in the grand scheme it's really moving only in one direction.

Such amounts might seem like small potatoes in the grand scheme, hardly worthy of litigation.

Believers are emotional weaklings, unequipped to deal with the reality of the mortal world we exist in, so they bury their heads in a fallacy world where there exists order and «justice», but such things are the trivial vices of petty man who would lose their minds if they were ever made to accept the idea that in the grand scheme, nothing matters.

We only have one year with these precious babies and it is such a short time in the grand scheme of things.

Most parents get angry over issues that are insignificant in the grand scheme of life, yet happen on such a regular basis that they become blown out of proportion.

We find Valerie Sawyer's belligerence, and utterances on our party founder, to be very reckless and we are convinced that such unprovoked attack on the former president could only be part of that grand scheme orchestrated by the Mahama bloc to once again ridicule the party founder.

That is just a super minor complaint, but in the grand scheme of things, I am totally thankful to have this opportunity to go to such a historical event and have such a sweet souvenir.

In the grand scheme of the business, such a showing is disastrous, but not extremely unusual.

Such flourishes may be typical Davies, but in the grander scheme of contemporary cinema they still seem fresh, daring, and utterly unlike anything anyone else is doing.

Though scholars such as Matthew M. Chingos have asserted that in the grand scheme of things, funding for state tests is a miniscule portion of the total amount spent on K - 12 public education, I wonder how the cost of switching state exams will impact districts that receive disproportionately less in state aid.

Actual tenth - of - a-second performance and top end are such small points in the grand scheme.

Volvo S90 customers should note the T6 does require premium fuel, but in the grand scheme, seems like a fair tradeoff for such smooth power in every inch of its 6,500 rpm range.

One of the hardest parts about being a pet parent is the hard, cold truth that our pets have such short life spans in the grand scheme of things.

I think all dogs should be acclimated to the sound of a clicker because it is such a small and benign sound in the grand scheme of things.

The grand interiors coupled with warm relaxing Hindu color schemes of gold, oranges and browns with intricate details such as antique carvings, paintings and statues.

This may sound like a harsh point to make but take a step back, these so called «problems» really aren't such a big deal in the grand scheme of things.

In the search for planet levers to address climate change, we should look for ways to significantly cut emissions that don't require grand policy solutions, such as carbon taxes or global cap - and - trade schemes, or the approval of the U.S. Congress or the United Nations.

While such dataset creep makes little difference in the grand scheme of things it does disturb some people's confidence in both the datasets and the displayed graphics.