Sentences with phrase «than brilliant as»

Not exact matches

What this supposedly implies, as more than one pundit has observed (and pundits are always coming up with brilliant insights) is an extended bout of gridlock.

No book better dissects the issues - beneath - the - issues at these Synods than this brilliant analysis of the sexual revolution, i.e., «the destigmatization and demystification of nonmarital sex and the reduction of sexual relations in general to a kind of hygienic recreation in which anything goes so long as those involved are consenting adults.»

«On the floor in room corners, Large size Brilliant Pebbles reduces comb filter effects caused by very high sound pressure levels that develop in the corners when music is playing — as much as 3 or 4 times higher than the average sound pressure level in the room!!

It is my contention that both the existential phenomenologists and Whitehead have gone «beyond skepticism and realism» in a much more satisfactory way than Laszlo with his «complementarity» theory, which, although brilliant, seems contrived and artificial in many respects.6 Laszlo believes that a complete phenomenological reduction can be carried out; he believes that intentional objects are discrete and therefore isolatable as pure essences.

He was always moving on to the next project, more often than not conceived of as brilliant but in idiosyncratic ways that both thrilled and baffled his friends.

It's been ages since we had a proper release from Modest Mouse — the undeniably odd but frequently brilliant band who did more than almost anyone to legitimize indie rock as a viable genre.

In view of the scarcity of the historical evidence, it is surely legitimate to indulge in hypothetical reconstruction of the provenance of the tradition, even though much of the hypothesis, brilliant and attractively presented as it is, remains a matter of speculation — that is, it is an interpretation of the surviving evidence rather than a discovery of further evidence.

The final reflection is a parable within the parable: even as the earth shines more richly when plowed and embers from a fire turn gold and red when they fall; so — the death of the bird is more brilliant, more lovely, and more dangerous than its life.

On every corner you see piles of the best dried fruit — my favourite being the dates, apricots, figs — as well as more nuts than you can possibly image, heaps of insanely colourful, totally exotic herbs and spices, brilliant dried tea mixes, awesome honey and nut based bars (I'm obsessed) and the world's best, most freshest juices — pomegranate and orange being my new favourite, possibly the yummiest juice ever.

I've always thought of trying beets instead of carrots but never parsnips, it is a brilliant idea as they are sweet, sweeter than carrots.

Of course, Benzema is more cleaver and brilliant than Giroud though Giroud has his own quality, such as heading ability, physical presence and good linkup in the attacking process.

McCollum only had four points on 2 - 6 shooting, but a brilliant first half by sophomore Mackey McKnight more than made up for it, as the 6» 0 guard shot 6 - 9 from the floor, scoring 14 points.

Giroud reminds me a bit of Dimitar Berbatov, as a matter of fact I am wholeheartedly convinced Giroud is Berbatov in disguise, because he is the only striker I have witnessed who can go more than two months without a goal and finish amongst the top 3 strikers in the Premier League, completely similar in style, both very classy finishers, brilliant hold up play they are also both lazy as hell and occasionally turn up in random clusters of games which 80 percent of the time are worthless in the hopes of winning any silverware, but do just about enough to convince you that they are better than they are.

Four of Duke's five starters hit better than 50 % of their shots, and the fifth, the brilliant ex-bad boy, Art Heyman, averages 48.3, is the team high scorer (25.3 points a game) and the Associated Press» Player of the Year as well.

he did nt get as many chances because every time he started as a striker he failed (but i liked him on the left) then there was a time everyone loved ox and said if he got more chances than walcott he would be brilliant and then many wanted him to start over ramsey and were absolutely sure that the prof is an idiot for starting ramsey and now you think campbell would be a starter if he got as many chances??? campbell never played bad but he did nt contribute anything too each time he played..

That's it As for the rest Gibbs is inconsistent Monreal is Ok but not brilliant Mertsaker is donkey slow and caught off guard more often than not, Chambers and Gabriel and Elneny not experienced enough in the top tier.

Can not deny his first half season performance as anything other than brilliant.

Arsenal fans are well used to seeing all sorts of dodgy transfer rumours as our club is the subject of more than most, so like me you may well be a touch sceptical about the report in the Daily Mail suggesting that we might be able to sign the brilliant Poland international striker Robert Lewandowski from Bayern Munich.

This valuation comes from the well respected CIES Football Observatory rates brilliant Bellerin as being worth just a touch over # 43 million, almost # 5m more than the next defender on the list, Bayern Munich's David Alaba.

In his first 16 matches as a senior he's already made more brilliant tackles than our second string defenders make in 30 matches.

Many people had called for Alexis Sanchez to be rested as he has looked less than brilliant in his last few games, but Wenger has kept faith in the hope he comes good...

In terms of the team I think player for player we are just as good if not better than them but I begrudgingly accept that their manager is far more «modern» compared to Wenger, this isn't a Wenger out rant but the sooner we all admit that while Wenger has been a brilliant for us he is so outdated tactically and coaching wise.

Fabio Borini scored a brilliant goal of his own but it was nothing more than a mere consolation effort for David Moyes» side as the former United boss endured a miserable return to Old Trafford.

As a result, the builders not only saved money, they also drew praise on the construction method from no less an authority than Philip H. Rhodes, a brilliant marine architect who normally favors the more traditional approach.

There have been all sorts of stories about and praise of the Frenchman in recent weeks because of the amazing 20th anniversary as Gunners boss, but his latest trick could be even more remarkable than his trophies, doubles and even the invincible Premier League winning season in 2003 - 04, because Wenger has managed to get a Tottenham player enthusing about the brilliant football that Arsenal play, as reported by the Evening Standard.

Under Jol, Fulham had too many «luxury» players such as Taarabt and Berbatov, who on their day were brilliant but more often than not disappointed the Fulham faithful, with work - rate severely lacking — something Meulensteen has also looked to change.

Just as they did here last season, Manuel Pellegrini's stuttering side were over-run and outplayed by the brilliant Hammers, who deserved more than a point.

As exciting as some of Italy's young defenders are, it's likely that they'll require a steady old head to guide them through Euro 2020, and who better than AC Milan's brilliant Leonardo Bonucci to do just thaAs exciting as some of Italy's young defenders are, it's likely that they'll require a steady old head to guide them through Euro 2020, and who better than AC Milan's brilliant Leonardo Bonucci to do just thaas some of Italy's young defenders are, it's likely that they'll require a steady old head to guide them through Euro 2020, and who better than AC Milan's brilliant Leonardo Bonucci to do just that?

The 28 year old star striker has been in brilliant goal scoring form yet again for the Portuguese side as he has netted no fewer than 32 goals and also provided 7 assists in 42 games for Porto.

Over the last seven matches, Vardy has two goals and three assists, but his contribution has been much more than that, as he has caused opposition defences lots of problems, while his link up play has been brilliant to watch.

This season he has returned to his former brilliant best as Chelsea look to romp home with the title by double points more than their nearest rivals.

She has a brilliant work ethic and as an independent young woman, wanted to make her own way in the world, sooner rather than later.

«If you are as brilliant as her and don't want a more than full - time job inspiring and leading our amazing party then don't answer my phone calls for the next few days!»

From the brilliant pronouncements above, why should INEC get itself involved in monitoring an illegal primary election for the APC purportedly held on January 19, 2016, or any other party other than those candidates who participated in the annuled election excluding the PDP and its candidate, Ekwunife, whose participation as an unqualified candidate led to the cancellation?

«You learn more from losing an election than you do from winning it and from losing that election this brilliant litigator Wendy Long, who served as a clerk on the United States Supreme Court for Justice [Clarence] Thomas, by golly she learned a lot and she is ready to go again and give Chuck Schumer a run for his money,» said GOP Chairman Ed Cox.

The researchers found that male applicants were more likely than female applicants to receive «excellent» letters, characterized by comments such as «brilliant scientist,» «trailblazer,» and «one of the best students I've ever had.»

Presented annually for more than 60 years, the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings aim to foster close scientific exchange between brilliant minds — some quite young, others as established as it is possible for a scientist to be.

«Male professors were described more often as «brilliant» and «genius» than female professors in every single field we studied — about two to three times more often,» said University of Illinois graduate student Daniel Storage, who led the study with U. of I. psychology professor Andrei Cimpian.

And then I also thought about the fact that over the history of the life of the universe, neutrinos are not just produced by the sun, but when stars explode in a supernova, the most brilliant fireworks in the universe, as brilliant as those fireworks are, less than 1 percent of the energy of the star is coming out in light; 99 percent is coming out as neutrinos and so neutrinos are being, [and] every time [a star explodes there's] an incredible burst of neutrinos.

It's unfortunate that the editors chose to do this; the real photos of real squid are more than sufficient to demonstrate their variety and beauty, just as the surprising images of octopuses, fish, jellyfish, sharks, corals, and worms reveal a brilliant world hundreds of fathoms down.

Following on from more than 20 years of success and excellence, the ESRF has embarked upon an innovative project, the EBS — Extremely Brilliant Source — project, highlighted as an ESFRI landmark.

I've been wearing my necklace for more than a month now - it is still has brilliant today as it was when I originally received it in the mail.

As for clear skin, I started using the Clearasil facewash that fades marks rather than just tackles spots, and it's absolutely brilliant.

Your date's toned up biceps and shipshape gams are more than likely as a consequence of a gym membership and dedicated healthy lifestyle and not simply down to brilliant genes.

This is a brilliant question to ask anyone, not just a first date, as more often than not you get to hear some hilarious stories!

Dark Souls is brilliant as its predecessor, but this time, thrown in an vast open world without hints, the player will be a little more frustrated than before.

I've never been a fan, as a rule of horror movies, however, the trailer drew me to this one and i'm glad it did, the awful acting we usually get in horror movies wasn't there this time round, in fact, the whole cast were excellent, the special effects were really very good and the humorous, intelligent dialogue (another thing you don't usually get in horrors) was brilliant, loved the film, Chris Hemsworth, although with less to do in this than he does in Thor, was great in it too.

While Madolyn's dissimilar relationships with each mark their differences, her part is more plot - pointy than convincing: her sympathies tend to stand in for yours, as the movie doesn't trust in the ethical and political ambiguities of the movie it remakes, Andrew Lau and Andy Mak's brilliant Infernal Affairs (2002).

The film is limiting potential enough by conceptually simply studying on Oscar Wilde's sexual revelations and their subsequent consequences, rather than the whole of his brilliant life and tragic downfall, but when it comes to the execution, not enough studying is done in this often inspired, and just as often undercooked character drama which at least finds superficiality in its resonance.

is one of the best series on TV right now, i must say that the writers make the viewers stay tuned, intriguing and wondering during all of the episode, making the viewer want to watch the show week after week, making the series is successful as it is, is brilliant than the writers decide to put at the end of each episode a clip about what «A» plan to do, leaving you more intrigued that you were at the beginning of the episode.