Sentences with phrase «whole raison»

He went on to say: «This movie's whole raison d'etre is that it's an adaptation of a novel about sex.

Indeed, it might be argued that nothing less than the whole raison d'être of the state itself was fundamentally and irrevocably altered by both of the world wars, together with the intervening Great Depression.

And EnergySage's whole raison d'etre is to bring information about competitive solar suppliers to the market.

Take the NOMAD tiny house — its whole raison d'etre seemed to be stopping its owner from living the highly - leveraged, consumerist lifestyle.

Notwithstanding the scientific evidence, this one will be a bitter pill to swallow by the naive environmentalists and watermelons (green on the outside, red on the inside) of this world: the notion that the biosphere is blooming goes against their emotional deep beliefs, risk shattering their whole raison d'être.

For a certain kind of contemporary art, the whole raison d'etre is to get up to as much mischief as possible.

«But there's still more to be done to support female authors — both traditional and self - published — to achieve the financial rewards and recognition they deserve, and here at FicShelf our whole raison d'être is to help the very best writers to make a living from their talent.»

The whole raison d'etre of the Evoque is to look stylish, and Land Rover has accomplished that with real panache.

Because FEFF's whole raison d'être is East Asian films, this move mystified many visitors, including me.

Considering the whole raison d'etre of the Labour Party is to be the political representation of the Trade Union Movement [and check out the soaring power of the Trade Unions — behind the scenes — post -1945], I wonder why they didn't call themselves the Political Arm of the Trade Union Movement?!

He looked lifeless and diminished, his whole raison d'etre crumbling around his sweaty fingers.

If neither me or my readers are enjoying it then my whole raison d'etre is gone.

When your whole raison d'etre is based on fantasy and myth, what else is there to do?

That is, in fact, its whole raison d'être — a high - stakes game of musical chairs in which family members and executive are scrambling for a place in 93 - year - old Sumner Redstone's estate plan.

Not exact matches

That was not exactly intentional, but had everything to do with (white) disco fans simply permitting themselves to re-embrace the original raison d'etre of the whole Afro - American pop music phenomenon: good - time dancing.

Lines that ought to have inspired the names of college bands: «Yodas «n» Shit,» «Whole Goddamned Raison d'Etre,» «Something Wrong with My Semen,» «Jason, Caleb or Tab,» «Crapping You Negative,» «Just Circular»

Are they not the raison d'être for this whole operation?

This is its raison d' tre, and is the most important aspect of the whole deal.

Taken together, the camera and the controls make navigating Toren a hassle, and that's a shame because on the whole, it doesn't fall into the trap of locking its raison d'être behind punishing gameplay that's out of the reach of thumb - clunkers like me.

So with the iPad's imminent release this Saturday, these are heady times for Barrett and TL since, in the words of Nathan Arizona Sr., that's TL's «whole G * d - damn raison d'etre, ain't it?»

A custom Debian Linux distribution sits behind the whole thing, which means it's capable of web browsing and running programs as well as its gaming raison d'etre.