Sentences with phrase «which boggles»

«This is the timescale of evolution, which boggles our mind.»

Just like how I like the Clif Builders bars, my friend absolutely hates them (which boggles my mind, but everyone's got different tastes).

Not exact matches

The lessons here are profound for businesses large and small trying to tap into the mind - boggling potential of the Chinese market, and which get the importance, like Zuckerberg seems to, of language localization to their business strategy.

In an environment in which global trade growth is craptastic, Canadian exporters have been losing market share in the US, and inventories made a hefty contribution to growth in the previous two quarters, the odds of a drawdown were just so high as to make opposition to the notion mind - boggling.

They emerged as the industry consolidators, using high levels of gearing to pay mind boggling prices for assets (in 2007, APN was the target of a bid by a private equity consortium that was blocked by a shareholder vote at $ 6.20 per share, a decision which cost them a lot.

I have of course convinced myself that said guest post will catapult my blog stats into new, mind - boggling heights, which is why I would like to take this moment to mention that I've written a book entitled Evolving in Monkey Town which you can purchase on Amazon or at a fine bookstore near you.

Chicago philosopher - comic Aaron Freeman made the same point in a recent National Public Radio commentary: «Gratitude ameliorates the worst aspect of American life, which is that the consumer culture makes us constantly aware of what we do not have, without counterbalancing rituals of gratitude for the mind - boggling bounty that is the U.S.A.... As you are grateful, to that precise extent you are happy.»

The range of religious experience, religious resources and potential mission partners on which church leaders can draw is mind - boggling.

A typical spice merchant can carry up to 200 different spices and herbs, so it's no wonder that there is a mind - boggling number of variations of ras el hanout, which means «head of the shop,» and refers to the special blend of the shopkeeper.

You'd prefer the same mind boggling mediocrity repeated on the pitch year after year while totally stupid articles divert fans attention from what must be done to end the nightmare for Arsenal FC, which is: Wenger must go!

I've said it before and I'll say it again: The consistency in which Barzagli to continues to show is mind - boggling.

According to the source Atletico Madrid have already told Chelsea that they're not going to sell the Spain international, which means that should Chelsea really want him, they will have to trigger his eye - boggling release clause.

Or you could opt for Rain, Summer, Winter, Autumn - which are all fairly popular nowadays - or just plain old Season or Field... the mind boggles.

When I was researching carseats for our third «oops» baby, I found out that Sweden was one of the safest countries in the world regarding automobile related child injuries — something like less that 1 death per year, which is mind boggling.

The whole notion that Northern Muslim set aside the constitution requirements of the balance in the composition of executive authority and leadership, which President Buhari has done is mind boggling.

The Executive Governor of the State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola has called for change in the election periods which are filled with fears, anxieties and violence of mind - boggling dimensions.

Jess Phillips MP, another of Labour's high flying 2015 intake, said the party's thinking at the moment is «like a drunk game of Boggle», which is a family word game.

It was the election for which Nnmadi «Andy» Uba declared mind - boggling personal financial assets.

It is mind - boggling that there is fierce resistance to the richest New Yorkers being asked to continue paying the tax, which is nominal in relation to their total income, to keep educational and other vital services afloat.

But, as Leonard Susskind wrote, «I would bet that at the turn of the 22nd century philosophers and physicists will look nostalgically at the present and recall a golden age in which the narrow provincial 20th century concept of the universe gave way to a bigger better [multiverse]... of mind - boggling proportions.»

The variety of ways in which you can be employed is mind boggling, to say the least.

Such waves fulfilled a prediction of a wild theory called inflation, which says that in the first 10 - 32 seconds, the universe underwent a mind - boggling exponential growth spurt.

After a mind - boggling hunt which seemed to take me to every career - related site on the planet, I came to the conclusion that there wasn't anything that would demonstrate how transferable postdoctoral experience can be to new fields, so I eventually wrote my CV from scratch!

What to me is mind boggling: I stay lean despite eating as much as I want, whenever I want (which is naturally once a day), have no struggle with any sort of cravings for non whole foods, spend very little time exercising, have better sleep than ever, do not remember the last time I have gotten the flu, astounded my dentist as she claims that my decayed molar has somehow magically healed itself over the course of a year, have a HDL of 90 and trigs at 30, my 25 hydroxy D level is at 75 without any supplementation... etc..

The craftsmanship which goes into Italian goods is truly mind boggling.

For the sushi lover, they offer everything from nigiri and sashimi to a mind - boggling variety of rolls which are as much a colorful feast for the eyes as they are for the palate.

My only issue is that the Blu - ray defaults a really basic Dolby Surround 2.0 track, which is mind boggling.

Most of the «comedy» in the movie is channeled through Donna's stand - up material and everyday musings, which are so gratuitously vulgar and childish that it boggles the mind how anyone could be even remotely attracted to her.

I just watched TERMINATOR 2 again - it was for the 3D rerelease, but the 3D is almost nonexistent so it felt just like watching the original again on a big screen, which is great because it's absolutely brilliant action filmmaking and it boggles my mind that people could watch for (just as a for instance) and claim the action filmmaking in any Marvel / post-Nolan DC movie was of similar quality.

Sam Fuller visited the Seattle Film Society the weekend of May 8 and, among many other things that happened within 46 - and - a-half exhilarating, excruciating, mind - boggling, adrenalin - jagging hours, he told a story about Lazslo Kovacs and The Last Movie, in which Fuller played a movie director for director - of - the - movie Dennis Hopper:

Fortunately, TCMFF 2018 did offer various opportunities to celebrate talented, perhaps less zingy writer - directors such as Gillian Armstrong (My Brilliant Career); James Ivory (Maurice); Robert Benton (Kramer vs. Kramer); Melvin van Peebles (Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, a salute which makes me happy even though my mind remains boggled that it ever managed to happen); and Ron Shelton (Bull Durham), whose gem - laden career bears an inordinate degree of dedication to making sports movies the way Hollywood doesn't like to make»em — raunchy, unpredictable, often melancholy — and then proving that audiences would come to see them anyway.

At its best moments (mainly during the film's first half, which displays a nice energy as it rolls through its absurd plot contortions), Moonwalkers has a lot of fun using a historical backdrop for a farce so willfully absurd it boggles the mind, but by the time Perlman and Grint end up at the hippie commune (and spend the rest of the movie there), Moonwalkers has gone from an oddly amusing curiosity to a particularly inebriated party guest who has overstayed his welcome.

It boggles my mind that Weinstein refuses to see the unmistakable value to including trailers alongside films, especially on a platter like this which doesn't have much else to offer.

And yet another strand of the often mind - boggling mosaic is made up of bits from comical Folger's coffee ads in which American housewives have been edited to look like blithering idiots.

This mind - boggling, energy - squashing performance comes via carbon - ceramic discs the size of manhole covers, custom Michelin tires boasting a top - secret compound, and the riveting regeneration performance of the hybrid braking system, which can pull up to 0.5 g.

Seemingly out of nowhere Reggiani and his team have turned their big V12 monster from a not especially well sorted wild animal into a genuine track weapon; one that turns in properly, is quite beautifully balanced mid corner, has mind - boggling traction on the way out of bends and which can be driven — and relished — right up near to the edge without scaring you half to death.

To be exact, this particular 525 xDrive Touring became car no. 5,555,555, which, if you're keeping count, is a mind - boggling number.

From the first production car, which was capable of only 12 mph, and the first official speed record, set in 1949 at 124.6 mph, the performance automobile is now capable of mind - boggling speeds in excess of 250 mph.

I spent the majority of my time in the AMG S63, and the degree to which Mercedes» cabin insulates you from the realities of the world outside is, frankly, mind - boggling.

Under the hood is the hand made, VR38DETT 3.8 litre, Twin Turbo, V6 engine which produces a mind boggling 530 Bhp and around 600 Nm torque with a record 0 — 100 time in exactly 3.0 seconds and a top speed of 320 kmph.

Which is why it boggles the mind that more libraries aren't fostering relationships with individuals who can stand to draw in patrons, provide free content for circulation, and offer educational opportunities: self - published authors.

Amazon seems to be bucking this trend with their 10.1 inch tablet, which is truly mind boggling.

UPDATE: The 32 GB Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 has been launched, along with Android 4.2; and yes, the Nexus 10 features a mind boggling 4 million pixels within its 10.1 inch display, which translates to 300 pixels per inch.

The ease with which the self - publishing platforms now enable aspiring writers to upload their work is mind - boggling.

The cruelty with which Shin and Choi were treated after each kidnapping is mind - boggling.

Around this time I stumbled across a book called Old Souls, which was about Dr. Ian Stevenson and the many mind - boggling cases he researched in which young children made specific, verified statements about being an actual person in a previous lifetime.

if you enjoyed this series, there's a handsome book by Simon Berthon to accompany it» (Time Out); «one of the best history programmes I've seen in ages» (Daily Telegraph); «compelling and thoroughly refreshing» (Independent); «full of astonishing revelations and insights which made your mind boggle» (Guardian).

We tried out Thread Words, a Boggle - like word game, and Dots and Boxes, which reminded us of Go.

It's December, which means best - of - the - year lists, both large and small, will begin appearing at a mind - boggling pace.

That equates to a 457 percent increase in just 14 years, which is just mind - boggling to think about.