Sentences with phrase «such staggering»

There is such a staggering variety, and endless shapes, colors, functions, habitats, uses... We wanted to stop and take a moment to appreciate the beauty, adaptability, and oddity of trees.

With such staggering abatement costs, it matters how bad the effects of man - made global warming will be.

But what about the cost of hammering such a staggering amount of content into a single game on the Wii U?

I'm not super big on Call of Duty, but I do give it props for such a staggering amount of sales to stores after a single day.

There, in the scenic Ouirgane Valley, they discovered a land of such staggering beauty that they vowed to bring it to the world.

From sunburnt outback and forest - clad mountains to tropical rainforest, meandering rivers, deserted beaches and cosmopolitan cities, there's such a staggering variety of landscapes and experiences on offer here that your biggest challenge will be narrowing down an itinerary.

No - kill pressure has probably caused some shelters to try harder to get animals adopted rather than kill them at such staggering rates, I worry, though, that in the effort to reduce the number of animals killed, screening for appropriate adopters may be less stringent.

According to Humane Society statistics, there is such a staggering canine over-population that shelters are forced to kill incalculable numbers of dogs every year!

They assemble a ragtag group of mercenaries (Saïd Taghmaoui, Ewen Bremner, Eugene Brave Rock) to assist them in a perilous quest, everyone heading into the heart of darkness as they attempt to stop German General Ludendorff (Danny Huston) and his lethal assistant Dr. Maru (Elena Anaya) from unleashing a weapon of such staggering violence it could allow this Great War to continue on into the future with no foreseeable end in sight.

And the whole thing is executed with such a staggering over-seriousness that even when it attempts moments of levity, they almost always fall flat.

For the most part, Mackenzie lets the material speak for itself, capturing the fear, claustrophobia and machismo of prison with such staggering authenticity that it's like watching a fly - on - the - wall documentary.

Now that the Avengers have thrown down with the mighty Thanos, how do they recover from such staggering losses?

Among the many revelations of the commentary are such staggering tidbits as, «This was filmed on a studio lot,» and, «Didn't Max [Casella] do a movie with De Niro?»

It is through this lens that Akin (German - born and of Turkish descent) refracts such staggering statistics in his humane portrayal of a family torn apart by unspeakable horror and one woman's attempt to put together the pieces.

With such staggering statistics, it is no wonder that there are a number of high profile Russian dating websites seeking to provide an exclusive avenue for Russian dating.

With such staggering benefits, it's no wonder the spice has been a staple in kitchens and medicine cabinets for over five thousand years.

Why do our oceans contain such a staggering diversity of fish of so many different sizes, shapes and colors?

The biggest surprise was finding that such staggering results as E = mc2 could come from such modest beginnings.

Then there's the acknowledgment, mostly in quiet conversations among New York political insiders, that for an office with such a staggering portfolio, the list of announced and potential candidates doesn't quite represent the best of New York City's world - class roster of legal talent.

As if having a medically fragile child were not enough stress, my husband and I were at a loss of how we would pay such staggering bills.

Of course, the curiosity over such a staggering figure as 95 % is hard to overcome.

I wouldn't know what is it that has prompted Lord Harris to make such a staggering and implicating revelation which is out of the ordinary.

That is such a staggering, elegant, beautiful thing - why would you want to clutter it up with something so messy as a God?»

And while such a staggering statistic can sound disheartening at first, it actually presents a tremendous opportunity for business owners who decide to receive professional cleaning services.

Such a staggering statistic might lead you to think illness and impairment are synonymous with aging.

The beauty of such staggered cash flow payments is that over the next 5 years our commercial revenues will increase substantially, and if we achieve better on field results as a consequence of buying quality players that, in turn, will increase the revenue stream all the more.

Not exact matches

Yet only 17 percent of executives surveyed said their risk - evaluation procedures were working, and a staggering 70 percent said their companies had no such procedures in place.

His company, Greylock Partners, was an early investor in a staggering number of top tier companies such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Airbnb.

Incremental advances, such as the discovery of giant magnetoresistance and the invention of perpendicular recording heads, have produced staggering results.

By: Dylan Slater 26th August 2016 The remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) industry is growing at a staggering rate and such systems are increasingly being taken up by mining companies as a tool to manage their assets, operations and land.

That you can say such a thing and then claim to be a respectful human being staggers and disgusts me.

Because this survey pertains to such a small piece of the sky, the implications are staggering: if the region of sky demarked by the «bowl» of the Big Dipper were surveyed to the same depth, it would contain about 32 million galaxies!»

The list of things, such as the constants, which need to be exactly so is staggering.

While my intellect may not be dizzying, yours is of such deficiency that mine must seem staggering and magical to you.

As such, it has all the power of a human drama, where the weakness and vulnerability of Christ do not compromise his divinity, but serve rather to accentuate the staggering generosity of his self - sacrifice.

The book works hard to portray Fosdick as the remarkably inventive and productive preacher he was, to explain how he could sustain such a level of excellence week after week, and to give a sense of why more than one preacher visiting Riverside staggered out of the worship service sighing, «I can never preach again!»

The grasp that fundamentalist preaching has on the evangelical protestants such that they willfully ignore obvious observations that the earth is very, very old is truly staggering.

Of course all this is incidental in respect of the larger matter that no British Christian leader really understands the aloofness of the United States in an hour when the world is staggering under an almost unbearable burden, and when the matter is put in this fashion the memory that Britain adopted just such an attitude of aloofness after the Napoleonic wars does not really constitute a defense of our position.

Dube, who is a 23 - year - old Floridian, lifts such items as three quarts of milk a day (during one lost weekend he downed three gallons) and steaks that stagger full - grown waitresses.

I think Mourinho was quite surprised at Mr Wenger's firm shove and seemed to stagger a bit, such that he had to hold on to Mr Wenger's tie to keep balance.

But such was the hatred engineered against him that this staggering achievement was denigrated by deciding to say the FA Cup was not a trophy.

The lack of common sense used during the match was also staggering, such as allowing Southampton to take four or five minutes out of the game as Jose Fonte had his head bandaged two yards away from the edge of the pitch, when he could have easily stepped off and not disrupted the flow of the game.

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna commented: «It is staggering ministers should have allowed themselves to get into such a quandary over the Hester bonus given they knew it was in the offing for many months and would be a matter of immense public interest.

Given the state of the UK's creaking transport infrastructure, especially outside London, it is staggering that Johnson and the government are pouring so much funding into a project which has such little transport benefit.

There were staggering gaps in procedural and operational security, and the architecture of the system leaves it open to cyberattacks from foreign powers, such as Russia.

When words filtered out that Governor Ambode might not approve the staggering N500m for Christmas decoration contract this year since the economy is such that requires prudent management, many thought he would be seen as not keeping faith with his promise of continuity.

The mayor insisted again on the staggering scale and significance of his plan to build 80,000 new units of below - market housing and preserve 120,000 such apartments already in existence.

The PRCA, which represents lobbying agencies across the UK, said the expenditure on such a narrow register was «staggering».

People have asked me two questions, if the worst happened and we staggered recklessly towards a «Hard Brexit» that would destroy the lives and livelihoods of my constituents: Could I ever see myself joining with like - minded people who want to save our country from such an appalling fate?

Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Nick Harvey said: «It is staggering that the government could do something of such strategic importance without informing parliament.»