Sentences with phrase «than spectacular in»

The sound system is less than spectacular in the model I own.

Not exact matches

Finance Minister Bill Morneau's new budget assumes economic growth of 1.9 % in 2017 — a less than spectacular number, but not terrible either.

There's a round Jacuzzi tub in its own alcove, toiletries from luxury British brand Penhaligon (and special Le Petit Prince products for children), and a spectacular 360 - degree view of Paris — enough to encourage guests to linger much longer than intended.

The company racked up a spectacular $ 7 million in sales in 1998 and more than doubled that in 1999.

The recent embarrassing travails of Australian Agricultural Company and the less - than - spectacular performance of Tassal Group, Tegel Group and Huon Aquaculture Group are reminders of the traps inherent in trying to back the idea that Australia is the food bowl of Asia.

The market volatility is spectacular and we are seeing more gyrations in this recession than we did during the Great Depression.

The quote above embodies two of the concepts I've been discussing for quite some time in the weekly Short Seller's Journals: Central Bank intervention will ultimately fail in spectacular fashion; the Too Big To Fail Banks (TBTFs) currently have more leverage and OTC derivatives — the latter well hidden off - balance - sheet — than just before the 2008 financial crisis / de facto collapse.

- The tendency, economically, for developed nations (and their banks) to sponsor megaprojects in developing countries rather than grassroots efforts that may be less spectacular but more effective.

I suspicion that becoming more like Jesus has more to do with how we show up in our right - now lives, in our daily disciplines and in our choices, than it does with a fit of one - time spectacular - ness.

It could contain science well ahead of its time, or make spectacular and detailed predictions / prophecies that would be difficult or impossible to account for in any other way than supernaturally.

Montgomery brings us to Percy's eventual realization that ordinary experience can reveal profound truths» can actually be holy» no less than some more spectacular epiphany, despite modern man's rejection of all but scientific meaning in natural events.

While the blows being dealt by the Enlightenment, the French Revolution, and related movements were threatening the very existence of Christianity, here and there less spectacular developments were indications of a fresh tide of life which was to make that religion more potent in mankind as a whole than ever before.

While some of the metamorphoses that DO occur in nature, eg caterpillar into butterfly or tadpole into frog, are as spectacular or arguably even more spectacular than your fish to frog morph, the simple fact is that evolution doesn't happen to individual organisms.

Spreading like an unobserved dry rot it would lead to the widespread and spectacular collapse of much of this way of life in less than two decades» time.

Regarding the milk substitute, almond milk is an spectacular alternative for vegans and people allergic to lactose, considering it is lactose - free and 50 % lower in calories than cow's milk, according to Kristin Kirkpatrick, a respected Wellness Manager at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute.

The 2007 ACF Western Regional Conference is less than two weeks away, April 15 - 17, at the five - star Coeur d'Alene Golf and Resort Spa in the spectacular city of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

I understand that there may not currently be a 9 available that is bang on better than Giroud, but I'd like to have seen Arsene maybe take a stab at Jackson Martinez earlier in the window, or truly make an offer to PSG that might entice them to balance their books and sell Cavani — saying this with the understanding that I don't know that I've seen him be spectacular in recent memory, but with the squad of players that would be behind him, certainly he could improve us.

This means the west London giants are more than likely to miss out on Champions League football for a second time in three seasons in what looks like becoming a spectacular collapse given the success of Conte last season.

But if you want to take about incredible stats look no further than Kevin De Bruyne who after the disappointment of a failed spell at Chelsea — thought whether this was the fault of him or Jose Mourinho is up for question — has gone on to be a quite spectacular tour de force in the Bundesliga.

IF the manager does anything short of spectacular in the January window («signing two defensive mids and a cb») than arsenal fans who support him for the club than i guess patience is going into thin air by the time it will be in jurgen's front desk which will be music to his ears cause he will get money, best players and a team he can give tactics to use unlike Wenger who likes his ideology better than the club.

Even in his «dire» season he has amassed more goals and assists than Hazard has had in his «spectacular» one.

The Blues haven't been winning games in spectacular fashion, but have been winning the majority of their matches of late, and they will be hoping for a better performance this week than in recent weeks also.

His goal rate for France is less than 1 in 3, OK but not spectacular.

Less spectacular than last year because of all the attention he receives from the opposition — every defense is keyed to stop him and two or three linebackers usually dog his every step — Billy has still managed to gain 512 yards in eight games.

Rather than sulking and pining for a January switch, he has gotten on with business in spectacular fashion, notching eight goals from six Bundesliga outings.

It began with a highly structured 4 — 2 — 4 in preseason, but that led to less - than - spectacular results.

Having stealthily clawed their way to 9th in the Premier League table, with a sequence of effective rather than spectacular performances, West Ham will seek to build on the resurgent air of optimism at the London Stadium by stamping their authority of today's encounter with West Bromwich Albion.

It's a damning indictment of Spurs» recent transfer policy that Paulinho, Etienne Capoue, Benjamin Stambouli and Vlad Chiriches — all signed in the last two years — have been moved on, while Eric Lamela and Roberto Soldado, also bought during that period for more than # 50m, have proven to be chronic underachievers and a spectacular waste of money.

Lay throw blankets over the back of your couch to invite guests to curl in and cuddle up, don't skimp on the pillows (perfect for when the kids bring friends over for sleepovers), and if you do have windows in the room, make sure you find great, modern window treatments that will add a bit of appeal to an otherwise blank wall — especially if your window looks out on a less than spectacular view.

Their annual migration from North America to Mexico has been called «one of the most spectacular natural phenomena in the world,» but the monarch butterfly is not only in decline — it's closer to extinction than previously thought, research shows.

In short, the recent advance of the Greens, albeit less spectacular than that of the Scottish National party and Ukip, has almost certainly had the most impact on Labour and the Liberal Democrats.

The most spectacular consequence of this discovery is the ability to detect sunspots on the unseen side of the star — a possibility first broached by Douglas Braun and Charles Lindsey, solar researchers at NorthWest Research Associates in Boulder, more than 10 years ago.

The spectacular finds, publishing on 14 March in the open access journal PLOS Biology, indicate that advanced multicellular life evolved much earlier than previously thought.

So, for example, a dull scientist in a spectacular lab probably would have a much higher index than a spectacular scientist working on someone else's projects in a dull lab.

Up close, the fossa is even more spectacular than she had seemed in the forest that morning.

For whatever reason, Becker's latest paper — «as spectacular and annoying to some people as the Alvarez paper in the 1980s,» she says — has fared no better than that historical example.

A spectacular string of advances in superconductivity and nanotechnology reported by researchers at Lucent Technologies» Bell Labs since 1998 were probably more fiction than fact, according to a panel established in May to look into allegations of scientific misconduct at the company.

«Every once in awhile,» Joe Rao of SPACE.com, noted in a post today, «a Perseid fireball will blaze forth, bright enough to be quite spectacular and more than capable to attract attention even in bright moonlight.»

The objects shown here are much closer to Earth than those used in the new study, but demonstrate the varied forms of these spectacular objects.

Earth's most spectacular dunes can be found in its oldest desert, the 55 - million - year - old Namib in southwestern Africa, where windswept piles of sand crest more than 100 meters above the surrounding landscape.

«The results from Vibrant Blue Oils have been more spectacular than I could have hoped for in the care of kids with complex chronic illnesses!»

And while there are endless activities you can choose to tackle on a fall weekend getaway in Northern Michigan, none are more spectacular or more memorable than the famous Tunnel of Trees Scenic Heritage Route on M - 119 (Lake Shore Drive) between Harbor Springs and Cross Village.

The relatively grounded film goes into full pixels - and - dynamite mode in these final minutes, beating the audience into submission rather than highlighting the spectacular trio of Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.

The graphics in this Advance title aren't that bad — but they don't look that much more spectacular than the GBC wrestling games.

Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 is a funny and spectacular fighting game: a huge mix of explosions, superheroes and terrifying villains, more sparkling than ever in this PS4 version.

One could go on to discuss the committed and rather spectacular performance that Miles Teller gives in the role Pazienza, or the cool aesthetic that matches the time period in small, effective ways, but despite the casts best efforts and writer / director Ben Younger's endeavor to paint more a portrait of a man determined to overcome the odds rather than going through the motions of another redemptive sports tale, Bleed for This unfortunately ends up reducing itself to just that.

The more animation intensive sequences are less spectacular than the movies that have to make something happen in front of the camera, not just paint it in later.

That it works as well as it does is largely thanks to Gosling, who carries Blade Runner 2049 around on his shoulders (Ford himself is more of a glorified cameo than a co-star) and does spectacular work holding K's internal conflicts in right up until the seams to show.

It also is another less than spectacular showing for lead Josh Brolin, who has yet to demonstrate marquee leading man value (hits «No Country for Old Men» and «Milk» were ensembles), and also features Elizabeth Olsen, who still awaits her breakout film after acclaim in «Martha, Marcy, May, Marlene.»

Starring the bandleader Paul Whiteman, then widely celebrated as the King of Jazz, the film drew from Broadway variety shows of the time to present a spectacular array of sketches, performances by such acts as the Rhythm Boys (featuring a young Bing Crosby), and orchestral numbers overseen by Whiteman himself (including a larger - than - life rendition of George Gershwin's «Rhapsody in Blue»)-- all lavishly staged by veteran theater director John Murray Anderson and beautifully shot in early Technicolor.