Sentences with phrase «wider scheme of things»

In the wider scheme of things, «Tigerland» is not a great movie, but it is solid and unusually heartfelt for Schumacher, and what it lacks in nuance (the director has never knowingly turned in a subtle film), it makes up for in a simplistic but emotive understanding of the mechanics of masculine friendship and rivalry in the shadow of a nationally emasculating war.

In the wider scheme of things, one - off bad seasons like this mean very little.

This may serve little purpose in the wider scheme of things but it does help guide this site as it tries to cover the Football League to the largest extent possible without knowing the intricacies of everyday life at each of the clubs that participate.

Tottenham's 1 - 1 draw with Brighton on Wednesday wasn't especially significant in the wider scheme of things.

That Krankl goal, incidentally, meant little in the wider scheme of things for Austria; they were on the way home no matter the result.

Until then, we can rest assured that while this weekend's game should be fun, it will likely be irrelevant, in the wider scheme of things.

Not exact matches

On the contrary, I should claim, what I have been saying is metaphysical in the second sense of the word which I proposed in an earlier chapter; it is the making of wide generalizations on the basis of experience, with a reference back to verify or «check» the generalizations, a reference which includes not only the specific experience from which it started but also other experiences, both human and more general, by which its validity may be tested — and the result is not some grand scheme which claims to encompass everything in its sweep, but a vision of reality which to the one who sees in this way appears a satisfactory, but by no means complete, picture of how things actually and concretely go in the world.

Correspondingly, we would need a wider teleology than that of the Greek philosophers or theistic religions of the past if we are once again to see purpose in the scheme of things.

It would make sense for Rockstar to maintain its IPs with new installments, and even though it is dwarfed by things like Red Dead, in the grand scheme of things Bully has pretty wide brand recognition so a sequel would be starting from a favorable position, not to mention the press would be all over it.

And a wide spread means little in the scheme of things, if you have a long - term perspective & holding period.

To get an idea of how all of this looks in the bigger scheme of things, we can compare that entire state - wide 150 MW of solar energy to one single coal - fired power station.

While the downside move looks impressive on the short - term timeframes, in the broader scheme of things Bitcoin price has stabilized in a wide range.