Sentences with phrase «v little resemblance»

In the boom years, property fuckwits5 were as idiotic as they were boring... Your home actually bears v little resemblance to an investment.

But by all accounts, the chaotic end had little resemblance to the deliberative, strategic maneuvering that paved the way for the agreement.

Unless and until the video is released, I am inclined to believe this actually was a drunken brawl, and the truth has little resemblance to a politician's spin.

In addition, the sequence of tooth development has little resemblance to that of Homo sapiens (Wood 1991).

These have little resemblance to robots but are synthetic molecules designed to recognize a molecule and then do something.

Unfortunately, the actual film has little resemblance to the film advertised in the trailer.

It was a pixellated scrolling shooter, and it has little resemblance to the remake that -LSB-...]

It was a pixellated scrolling shooter, and it has little resemblance to the remake that Atari are now offering us on XBLA for a mere 800MSP.

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There's no small contradiction in having tech founders muse about how to build better cities from places that bear little resemblance to lively cities at all.

The foreign exchange speculators in Zürich had become so powerful and secretive that the British were beginning to see resemblances between them and the clever little creatures.

hasn't been fully updated since 1982 — and even the greenest investor knows the financial world of 2016 bears little resemblance to that of the early Reagan years.

The notion of heaven that most Christians have is a half - baked construct that comes out the art and literature of medieval Europe, one that bears little resemblance to the heaven Christ talked about.

Today, Sarah's life bears so little resemblance to the woman of Proverbs 31 that she would probably laugh at the thought of inviting a comparison.

But with the rejection, in the post-Renaissance development, of formal and final causality, and with the increasing importance of efficient causation, moreover an efficient causation that bore little resemblance to Aristotle's efficient causation, the relationship between logic (which was still largely syllogistic) and the world had to break down.

Christmas has largely become this jacked - up faith's glitzy high holy day, marked by the kind of consuming and spending and barn - building that bears very little resemblance to a Jesus who was born in anonymous poverty, ministered while homeless and altered the planet without a budget, church building, tax exemption or media empire.

The hill that formed the backdrop for Wintbrop's speech now has a city upon it, but it bears little resemblance to his vision.

Nowadays, Ghandi's words would be a bit out of context, because many Christians have changed the character of Christ so much that he bears little Resemblance to Jesus.

Some Christians have the mistaken impression that Jews believe in a harsh, avenging, legalistic God, who bears little resemblance to the merciful Father in Heaven revealed by Jesus.

These stories bear little resemblance to the narratives of my own or the ones I've stumbled across in my community.

I originally got the methodology and idea for the seasoning from a King Arthur Flour recipe — after all, who doesn't love an everything bagel, but I've changed the recipe so much including the spice mix, it bears little resemblance to that one.

I know it will not be easy to swallow that I consider having recourse to refined SHEA BUTTER but here are some reasons: 1) coconut oil is costly and my aim is not only to avoid using unethically sourced products, but also to reduce the cost of food; 2) coconut oil has a very low melting point, even lower than spreadable butter, and even in its solid state it is quite soft, so I am afraid this vegan butter will not be fit for making puff pastry; 3) for all I know, and I know little, so I am not completely sure of this, coconut oil has a better nutrient profile than shea butter and is less harmful (one may infer it from the resemblance between shea butter and palm oil).

Despite Smith «sself - criticism, the 2005 No. 1 overall pick now bears little resemblance to theflustered rookie who threw just one touchdown pass and had 11 interceptions.

Over the last few weeks, with his reign at Elland Road drawing to a close, the Leeds United manager has been putting his own version of events at the club over the last 12 months, and they certainly bare little resemblance to what I believe has happened.

Mayor Bill de Blasio wants to tax the wealthy (you know, again), and Governor Cuomo has floated the idea of Congestion Pricing 2.0, which will likely bear little resemblance to the first iteration.

The congressional candidates that the three families have backed (sometimes together) bore little resemblance to that GOP prescriptive.

But in our rush to assign terrestrial likeness to this small exoplanet, we often forget that just because it's in the right place and is (apparently) the right mass, it likely has very little resemblance to Earth.

What's more, most processed fruit juices are made with little resemblance of what an actual fresh fruit juice would be.

Modern transgenic dwarf wheat (a hybrid) bears little resemblance to ancient wheat, and (among other things) has extremely high gluten levels.

(For the record, Moore has publicly distanced himself from the film, saying it bears precious little resemblance to his original creation.)

Although the theme song, self - destruct message, and spy capers are certainly derived from the television show, those who've watched the long - running series regularly in the 1960s or in reruns should note that this big screen version bears little other resemblance to the small screen predecessor.

Unfortunately for their fans, defendants never told anyone — consumers, industry critics, reviewers, or reporters — that their «actual gameplay» demonstration advertising campaign bore little resemblance to the retail product that would eventually be sold to a large community of unwitting purchasers.»

Like Age of Ultron (which some have argued is the best Avengers film), this is one of those Marvel movies where the title bears little resemblance to the actual comics event where it originated.

Nobody knows of Rolly's embarrassing past, and how would they, for his clean - shaven, balding white - haired self bears little resemblance to the blunderer who made the news a decade earlier.

Marketing for the film filled me with much trepidation — would they stick to the main story, or would they «Hollywood - ize» the film, taking away the heart and soul of the story for a more cookie - cutter approach that bears little resemblance to the source material?

This Wade Wilson bears little resemblance to the Wade Wilson Reynolds played in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, a fact that may have something to do with the universe - deleting / reordering effects of X-Men: Days of Future Past.

It also had an illogical villain team - up plot, a neutered Bane who bore little resemblance to the comics and Alicia Silverstone as Alfred's niece who was visiting from England, but inexplicably did not have any sort of English accent.

Instead, even with the melange of technological and geographic razzle - dazzle at the crew's disposal, there is very little joy in this film; the overall effect on screen bears more than a passing resemblance to what might have occurred with a hypothetical pairing of James Cameron and John Calvin; the decision to eliminate over seventy - five per cent of the cast within the first forty minutes doesn't help the situation very much.

At his best, Verhoeven has always compartmentalized his inspirations rather uniquely, so he creatively crafts a fresh experience that stands on its own, but Elle bears a little too much resemblance to its cinematic influences.

He has a very good resemblance to Honest Abe and used little makeup to change his appearance or stature.

In fact, according to a scholarly 2011 content analysis published in Education Researcher by Andrew Porter and colleagues, the Common Core math standards bear little resemblance to the national curriculum standards in countries with high - achieving math students: «Top - achieving countries for which we had content standards,» these scholars note, «put a greater emphasis on [the category] «perform procedures» than do the U.S. Common Core standards.»

[16] We point out that the studies on which they are based are of a couple of small intensive programs from a half century ago that bear little resemblance to present daycare and early education programs, some of which have little in the way of explicit educational goals.

Because the X7's wheelbase is longer, and BMW head of sales and marketing Ian Robinson told Autocar that the cars have very little in common under the skin: «If you put both cars next to each other, the resemblance is small in terms of wheelbase and so on... We're not going to just extend the wheelbase; it's a complete new panel cell.»

Besides the H badge in the grille, there's little to suggest that creating a family resemblance between the Pilot and Honda's small CR - V was at the forefront of its designers» minds.

It's a significant difference appearing to have paid off with little performance compromise — just one more area where the Corvette Stingray bears little resemblance to its progenitors.

Production cars often bear little resemblance to the concept cars that precede them, but Honda has generally not deviated much from concept to production.

Who would have thought it: After decades of resistance, Americans are starting to realize that today's smooth - running, fuel - efficient diesel cars bear little resemblance to the smelly, polluting...

It's a shame, because hardware wise these things look nice — Even if the Galaxy Tab has a little more than a passing resemblance to the iPad 2 it's still a marvel in itself.

We have organized this presentation thematically, rather than trying to perform a paragraph - by - paragraph dissection of a contract that may bear little resemblance to either a preexisting contract you might encounter or your (or your clients») particular needs.

Today, these products bear little resemblance to the simple flaps of yesteryear, having grown more sophisticated as companies like Ideal Pet Products have applied technological advances to an age - old solution.

«Unfortunately for their fans, Defendants never told anyone — consumers, industry critics, reviewers, or reporters — that their «actual gameplay» demonstration advertising campaign bore little resemblance to the retail product that would eventually be sold to a large community of unwitting purchasers.»