Sentences with phrase «than their appearances suggest»

Goombas are physically weak and are not much of a threat to Mario or Luigi, since a single stomp usually defeats them, although a number of different Goomba variants have emerged throughout the years; however, they do drop hints of being much stronger and more competent than their appearances suggest, as in the case of Captain Goomba.

Not exact matches

The hypothesis of a definitive halt in terrestrial evolution is, to my mind, suggested less by the apparently unchanging nature of present forms than by a certain general aspect of the world coinciding with this appearance of cessation.

The justice secretary's painful appearance in front of a Lords committee suggests the Tory human rights bark is worse than its bite.

It is not clear, however, whether this increase can be attributed to Volodin's reforms: a similar rise in approval for the activities of President Putin, Prime Minister Medvedev, the Government, and regional governors suggests a broader shift in support for political institutions and individuals, rather than a localized response to the appearance of increased parliamentary professionalism.

He wants the prime minister to be more accountable to parliament and suggests Mr Blair's appearances before the liaison committee of senior MPs should be more frequent than the current bi-annual arrangement.

That's according to new research suggesting that irises, rather than being stable over a lifetime, are susceptible to ageing effects that steadily change their appearance over time.

This illustration in a fish with a proven ancient lineage of a highly evolved system controlling variations in heart rate suggests that its evolution was necessarily linked to the advent of air breathing over primitive vertebrate lungs rather than the much later appearance of mammals.

The results — from studies of crows, butterflies, mosquitoes, fish and other organisms — suggest that the concept of species is even more muddled than we thought, and that genetic changes don't always align with more visible ones, such as appearance.

Interestingly, the appearance of the early ice age Europeans suggests that they had darker skin and browner eyes than the Europeans today.

More than 3,000 years of recorded use, as well as modern clinical research in both humans and animals, suggest a wide range of potential applications for BLACK CUMIN SEED OIL ORGANIC - from helping to balance the gut microbiome to benefitting epidermal structure and appearance.

These two oddities strongly suggest that the appearance of negative health outcomes from protein is due to confounding factors — behaviors or foods associated with animal protein consumption in middle age, rather than effects caused by the protein itself.

While Tim Burton was far calmer and more thoughtful than his appearance might suggest, Ang Lee, with whom Rickman worked on Sense and Sensibility opposite Kate Winslet and Emma Thompson (who also wrote the Academy Award - winning screenplay), had an entirely idiosyncratic way of communicating with his actors.

I find that the gains among initial 3rd graders were not as dramatic as those shown on the 4th - grade NAEP, thereby suggesting that the 4th - grade scores did create the appearance of steeper achievement growth than actually took place.

However, the milky appearance of the oil would suggest the engine has overheated, which more often than not results in a warped head.

Smooth, luxurious and quiet, the X5 delivers everything its appearance suggests, though at times there is more noise from the road than you might expect.

Its appearance has changed more substantially than photographs might suggest and judgment is best reserved for the real thing.

Though the X4 is bulkier than its outright appearance would suggest — curb weight comes in at 4,260 pounds — the N55 engine still delivers a gratifying shove of acceleration when summoned.

The 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee is a lot more than first appearances might suggest: a true luxury vehicle, a capable off - roader, and a fuel - efficient diesel highway hauler — potentially all in the same build.

Common sense and experience suggest that higher speaking or consulting fees are likely to be generated by big buzz in general rather than by a one - week guest appearance on a best - seller list.

However, Maud is made of stronger stuff than her relatively plain appearance would suggest, and she arrives at Cathal's doorstep ready for a fight.

Through a series of brief and often emotional conversations with various characters, players gradually learn the tragic history of the game's cast as well as its amnesiac adventurer, whose athletic ability and weapon skills are much more advanced than his appearance would suggest.

- the game's shading mechanism has changed, which allows for increased gear texture quality - all graphical aspects and programming mechanisms have been built up from scratch for this sequel - maximum resolution is 1080p in TV mode - a bigger focus for Nintendo was the 60 frames per second - occasionally the resolution will be scaled down when there is too much ink displaying on the screen - Nintendo reduced the CPU load and refined the way to use CPU power effectively to maintain 60 fps in all matches - weapons were tweaked to let players be more creative by thinking about unique weapon characteristics and their best uses - weapons are designed to be effective when they are used during the right occasion - Special weapons are stronger than the original ones when used in the right situation, but weaker otherwise - the damage and effect of slowing down your movement when you step in the opponent's ink are reduced from original - you can jump up in rank if you're good enough, but only up until S - you can't jump up from C, B or A to S + - when you win battles in Ranked mode, the Ranked meter fills and your rank goes up when its fully filled - when you lose a battle, the gauge does not decrease, but the meter starts to crack - once the meter reaches its limit, it breaks - when the meter breaks, you have to start over again from the beginning or from a lower rank - highest rank is still S +, but if you fill up the Ranked meter, you get numbers after the alphabet such as «S +1», «S +2» and so on - maximum number is «S +50», but this number will not be displayed to your opponent - you are the only one to see it, and you can check it on your own status screen - Ranked Power is calculated by an algorithm to measure how strong each player is with minuteness - this will determine if a player's rank is worthy of receiving a big jump (like from «C» to «A»)- Ranked Power has no relation to your splat rate, and is more tied into to how well you lead your team to victory - you won't drop off more than one rank even if you play poorly - stage rotation time was changed to two hours - this was done because the devs expected people to play for an hour or so, but they found people play much longer - with Salmon Run, Nintendo considered how to implement a co-op oriented mode in a player - versus - player type of game - the devs will monitor how users are playing this mode to see if there's some tweaks they can throw in - more Salmon Run maps will be added in the future, but Nintendo wouldn't comment on adding more enemy types to the mode - rewards are changed each time Salmon Run is played - you can obtain rewards when playing locally, but not gear - originally Nintendo had an idea for this mode, but had no background setting, enemy designs, etc. - Inoue suggested that it should be salmon - themed - when Nintendo hosted the Splatfest that pit Callie against Marie, the development of Splatoon 2 had started - the devs had already decided to have the result reflected in the sequel - they even had an idea to announce the Splatfest with a phrase «Your choice will change the next Splatoon» - the timing to announce a sequel wasn't right, so they decided against this - they eventually released a series of short stories about the Squid Sisters to show how the Splatfest affected the sequel's story - Nintendo wouldn't say if Marina is an Octoling, and noted that Inklings are not paying attention to this too much - Inklings don't care about appearances, as long as everyone is doing something fresh - the Squid Sisters had composers who produced their songs, but Off the Hook are composing their music by themselves - Pearl is genius artist, but she couldn't find a right partner because she's a bit too edgy - she eventually found Marina as a partner though, and their chemistry is sparkling right now - Nintendo is planning a year of content updates for Splatoon 2 - when finished, the quantity of stages will be more than the original - some of the additional stages are totally new and some will be arranged stages from the first game - not all original stages will return and they are choosing stages based on the potential for them to be improved - Brella is shotgun-esque weapon, so the ink hits your opponent more if you are closer - it can shield damage when you open it, but the amount of damage has a limit and once it reaches it, it breaks - you can shoot ink, but you can't use the shield feature when it breaks - the shield won't prevent your allies ink - there are more new weapon categories which haven't been revealed yet - there are no other ranked modes outside of the three current options - the future holds any sort of possibility, but the devs didn't get specific about adding more content like that - for the modes, they adjusted the rule designs so that players will experience the more interesting aspects

The most compelling portraits reveal more than simply a sitter's physical appearance — they hint at an individual's character, suggest a psychological state, or perhaps even offer a glimpse of the sitter's soul.

The most compelling portraits reveal more than simply a sitter's physical appearance — they hint at an individual's character, suggest a psychological state, or perhaps even offer a glimpse of...