Sentences with phrase «very idea of»

Growing up Pokemon has been a franchise that has meant a whole lot to me, the very idea of doing things in the game that in my real life I could never do and this is not because of the Pokemon isn't r...

The very idea of creating a film universe where heroes from individual movies would come together every few years for a massive event, similar to how comic book cross-over events occur, was unheard of.

Honestly, it's more likely that it's just an elitist Brawl / 4 fan who hates the very idea of Melee getting attention.

No, the real flaw in this project, is the very idea of games being for rent in the first place.

The magnificent pool of course will be the highlight and focus of all that the villa offers and yes, despite the fact that the beaches are not too far away the very idea of having your own private pool can make some forget that too and there is undoubtedly so many ways to enjoy this wonderful amenity.

Despite the sweeping nature of Wednesday's judgment there remains opposition within the Maya community itself to the very idea of communal land rights.

The very idea of surfing perfect waves all day was enough to get me to commit.

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While we all laughed at his humor, the very idea of what he was joking about is what makes this future building tall.

For many people, the very idea of keeping a lizard, a snake or a frog as a pet is a strange, unorthodox pet choice that is well outside their comfort zone.

The very idea of causing harm to our beloved furry four - legged family members is gut wrenching.

Indeed, the very idea of decoupling our emotions from such important discourse is rather absurd.

Shih tzus are indoor dogs that define the very idea of companion dogs that also happen to be toy dogs.

A few people grumbled about the very idea of a doctor having anything useful to say about investments, but over time he came to dominate the discussion.

At first, Keynes — who arguably invented the very idea of macroeconomics — relied on his gifts as an economist to time the business cycle, moving in and out of investments as economic trends dictated.

Competitors mocked the very idea of a fund designed to match market returns — one called it «a formula for a solid, consistent, long - term loser.»

So if the very idea of getting a mortgage makes your blood pressure rise, the extra attention could be worth every penny.

This outlook has driven some radical strategizing by Mr. DeGoey that questions the very idea of making bonds a big part of our portfolios as we invest for retirement.

I wish I could tell you that this decision was rooted in sound logic, but if I'm being totally honest, the very idea of producing an audiobook just seemed overwhelming.

Copia is an e-book sales platform predicated on the very idea of social reading, has proven a resilient sponsor of TOC (and provided some very nice shoulder bags for attendees), but their real impact appears to be not in the US, where they remain an afterthought to many e-book buyers, but overseas.

but then I didn't agree with the very idea of a real - money auction house, so I found their rationale for protecting it very weak anyway.

The very idea of education is actually thorough.

What about the very idea of a direct link between publishers and rights buyers?

The very idea of being destructive in their handling of a book, whether they own it or not, is foreign to them.

Of course, in those days, the very idea of going hither and thither, unaccompanied, would have been viewed by many as unbecoming, or as a symptom of lowliness or poverty - which was not, in fact, the case.

* Exhausted by the very idea of writing a historical sketch, he folded up the letter to Powell and handed it to Parslow, his butler, for the post.

But the very idea of a commercial service that would scan and upload your books to a cloud library in the sky is enough to send most publishers to the emergency room.

In those days, I felt free and happy, and the very idea of safety never intruded on my thoughts.

John Wiley & Sons itself is an uncivilized and racist assault to the very idea of academic freedom.

Most of the authors I know detest the very idea of them.

Something had to give, and a few days later it did: Amazon gave in with a statement revealing contempt toward the very idea of a publisher.

The good news — especially if the very idea of marketing makes you shudder — is that there's no single «right» way to let the world know about your book.

Foer argues that the very idea of authorship is under attack.

Indeed, the very idea of sustainability permeates Fisker's business plan, which is backed by venture capitalists and government agencies.

To some the very idea of a coupe - SUV is a travesty.

Even in its mildest six - cylinder form, the BMW X5 is a cut above and a solid departure from the crowded field of sport utility vehicles.Although the very idea of BMW, the maker of... Read more

To us it would have violated the very idea of site - based decision making to specify particular arrangements from on high.

And more fundamentally, the very idea of a charter school is premised on the acceptance of inequality, as the open lottery decrees that not everyone will get «to go to heaven.»

But now many parents and taxpayers — manipulated by politicians who argue that the only way to fix public education is to weaken it with privatization — are giving up on the very idea of public schools.

Opponents, like those in Boston, say charter schools are threats to the very idea of public schooling — they weaken neighborhood schools by reducing enrollment, capturing their funding and prioritizing high - ability students instead of those most in need of educational improvements.

And with all due respect to Jeff Sessions, there's good reason for the backlash: The billionaire Amway heiress from Michigan, who long ago made «school choice» her passion project, is the first education secretary in history to be hostile to the very idea of public education.

Add in the fact that L.A. Unified, the which is orchestrating CORE is currently in the midst of an internal power struggle between reform - minded superintendent John Deasy and the cadre of traditionalists and independents led by board president Richard Vladovic who now control the district, and suddenly, the very idea of granting the consortium a waiver from both No Child's waiver provisions (as well as that of California) just comes off as one bad idea.

As someone who helped start a nonprofit focused on the very idea of using assessments to improve instruction, I feel even more conviction now — ten years in — that we all need to take bolder steps to reframe how we think about and use assessments intended to support teaching and learning.

So, for me, the very idea of taxpayer dollars being used for many of the schools built to serve as a refuge from the students for which vouchers were created to serve, is a painful narrative.

Without ever quite saying so, Klein was agitating against the very idea of the neighborhood school with deep roots in a community, which is precisely what González is now trying to revive and reinvent.

To these advocates, the very idea of public oversight of private providers is redundant: market forces will ensure that schools will deliver high quality service because customers — parents just as much as outsourcing public agencies — will otherwise just take their money, and children, elsewhere.

teachers be uncomfortable with the very idea of using their PJ to assess student performance?

The very idea of long - term planning can be overwhelming, but I have a system that has helped me.

The regulatory impulse, however well - intentioned, is anathema to the very idea of chartering.

Such findings should challenge our very idea of who is or is not good reader: If reading is the means by which we receive ideas and information, then the good reader is the one who best understands the author's words.