Sentences with phrase «wild card in»

Of course, the wild card in all of this is the penetration rate.

The wild card in all this is what happens with the federal government's various proposals to try and alleviate the pressure.

The wild card in this for that gang is how much $ $ $ comes in from the Asian markets.

Gigabyte also throws in a wild card in that no matter what we did, it runs PCMark 8's Battery Test in a low power mode to stretch out the battery score while at the same time slashing performance — rendering it a pointless test.

The wild card in this space is the Big 4, who already understand how to develop fully - integrated business solutions (accounting, finance, HR) and take them to market, and they make no secret of their ambitions to reintroduce legal services into their offerings.

Hecht says with anything litigation - oriented or adversarial, it's difficult to do flat fees because «you've got a significant wild card in an opposing party.»

«The weight of our civilization has become so great, it now ranks as a global force and a significant wild card in the human future along with the Ice Ages and other vicissitudes of a volatile and changeable planetary system» — Dianne Dumanoski, Rethinking Environmentalism

The wild card in the world grain market is China.

The wild card in the projections is how much we burn marginal forms of hydrocarbons.

''... the wild card in this discussion is vehicles as EV shares increase, a whole new set of mobile distributed storage assets will enter the grid and involve transportation system needs, not just electric system needs,» Kelly Speakes - Backman, ESA.

She believed the scale and energy of Ofili's paintings made him a natural choice, but to offset his work's bacchanalian life force, she opted for the very precise sensibility of sculptor Conrad Shawcross, and a wild card in the form of the reliably unpredictable conceptual artist Mark Wallinger.

The big wild card in the mix is the new system from Nintendo, currently called the Nintendo NX.

Amazon.com is a bit of a wild card in terms of digital distribution of PC games.

Starting as a wild card in MX2, you eventually get to choose a team to sign with before entering the series as a full - fledged racer, making your way to MX1 and gaining a crowd of fans with each win.

Nintendo is still very much a wild card in the gaming industry, but it doesn't bode well when one of the most lauded titles on a system fails so utterly.

The Dallas Cowboys also proved to be a nice fit, going 11 - 5 to clinch a wild card in an NFC East where the Philadelphia Eagles went 13 - 3.

China is important because it represents the largest wild card in short - term demand.

Another political hurdle: much as I dislike National Health Care, that is a wild card in this mix.

But Microsoft is a bit of a wild card in the tablet market.

A mage unbound to the Imperium, and therefore a dangerous wild card in their eyes.

There is, however, one wild card in the bunch.

Such judgment is the wild card in the competition, said Michael J. Petrilli, a vice president of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a think tank in Washington.

It is the latter that is often the wild card in these systems.

And we have the wild card in Dunkirk, which could have been the frontrunner had Guillermo Del Toro's film not come along.

Yet they also introduce a wild card in Romulan warrior Nero (an unrecognizable Eric Bana), whose nefarious actions lead to an alternate reality for the members of the Enterprise: the brash Kirk (Chris Pine), the brainy Spock (Zachary Quinto) and the wisecracking Dr. McCoy (Karl Urban, pleasingly cast against type), plus their support staff of Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Sulu (John Cho), Scotty (Simon Pegg) and Chekov (Anton Yelchin).

A shame, then, that for his one Oscar - nominated performance — for best supporting actor as the wary, heartfelt son of 1960s activists still on the run from the FBI in Running On Empty — he lost to Kevin Kline in A Fish Called Wanda, the sort of dotty vaudeville turn (see also John Gielgud in Arthur) that can sometimes be the wild card in the supporting categories.

And in the Best Documentary Feature category, where it can help to come out early in the year — that way you avoid being lost in the deluge of screeners that voters in the Documentary Branch receive — we've already seen a strong contender in the political doc «Weiner,» and a complete wild card in ESPN's five - part, seven - and - a-half-hour «O.J.: Made in America.»

Rosalyn Rosenfeld, «American Hustle» (2013) As part of the year's best and arguably most star - studded ensemble (Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Louis C.K., Michael Pena and Jeremy Renner), Lawrence held her own as the feisty wife of Bale's Irving and wild card in the film's core crime operation.

Anomalisa is the first real wild card in the 15 - year history of the Best Animated Feature Oscar.

The low - kilojoule wild card in the nut camp (try 214 kJ for 30 g), these floury morsels are chockers with fibre and gluten free.

Although many technological improvements have been made to both grape growing and winemaking over the last few decades, climate is often the wild card in determining year - to - year variations in quality.

Finally, the Cuomo - W.F.P. deal produced a wild card in someone who was, strictly speaking, a loser: Zephyr Teachout, the grassroots - capable Fordham Law professor and former Howard Dean aide who championed the W.F.P.'s ultimately failed insurrection against Cuomo, and who suggests she'll continue to be a thorn in Cuomo's side.

Only Nichols drops the dreaded «R» word in his letter, arguably the wild card in all of this: redistricting.

Intense efforts to bring out the vote on a referendum for a state constitutional convention could spike normally low off - year turnout in Tuesday» elections and become a wild card in Long's Island's closest races.

The wild card in the budget is the future of the Affordable Care Act, which is in the hands of President - elect Donald Trump and the Republican Congress.

But another wild card in the situation could be a reprise of the Republican - Conservative candidacy that propelled Kearns to the Assembly in a 2012 special election.

«Turkey in many ways is a wild card in this coalition equation,» said Juan Zarate, a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and author of «Treasury's War, the Unleashing of a New Era of Financial Warfare.»

Patterson is a wild card in the equation.

Also, the Wild Card in this whole thing is the EFT Sports Performance Combine.

• Why is Georgia offensive coordinator Jim Chaney the ultimate wild card in a matchup headlined by the defensive familiarity between Alabama head coach Nick Saban and Georgia head coach Kirby Smart?

He's a serious wild card in every way.

«cents THE GAME - CHANGER: No disrespect to Vitale, Amador Valley's Kyle Moreno, or Cal's Karris Johnson, but the wild card in these playoffs has got to be Miles - Long.

Technically, the first wild card in the AL is also unclaimed, but that seems unlikely to change hands, as the Yankees are 2.5 games up on the Astros for it as of Thursday morning.

They pulled into a tie with Dallas (82 points) for the first wild card in the Western Conference.

Colorado won for the 11th time in 12 home games and moved within two points of idle Calgary for the second wild card in the Western Conference.

The Avalanche moved within two points of Minnesota for the second wild card in the Western Conference.

But he knows his overall performance last year makes him the wild card in the Jets» deck.

If he just keeps giving more of the same then he could become an ace / wild card in this title race.

Sure, the second wild card in the American League is a mess, and kind of an embarrassing one, even.

They might be the true wild card in the entire field.