Sentences with phrase «with surfeit»

No one works for nuthin», unless he / she is / are benevolent benefactors with a surfeit of capital and publicly spirited generosity.

Often, group shows with a surfeit of work allow for little breathing room, but this small exhibit succeeds brilliantly by limiting the space and the number of pieces; the jewel like watercolors, pen and inks and gouaches hold their own.

But blockbuster retrospectives — as fashionable as they have become — while useful as reminders of the range and chronology of an artist's development, can be overwhelming affairs that render the viewer, who can at best expect to be left with only an overview, grappling with a surfeit of competing concepts, each vying for their attention, confused and dissatisfied.

In this book, reviewer Christopher Masters states, Dorazio advanced his belief, perhaps with surfeit of optimism, that «abstract art could change the world... that just as science and technology were destroying the barriers between different cultures, so the new «universal style» would lead to a «universal civilisation».»

Along with a surfeit of fruit and flower pictures, there are many terrific works by well - known artists, from the 19th century trompe l'oeil masters William Michael Harnett and John Frederick Peto to Modernists like Charles Demuth, Georgia O'Keeffe and Gerald Murphy, whose monumental - scale «Watch» (1924 — 25) represents the inner works of a pocket watch in a flattened, proto - Pop style.

With a surfeit of shoreline to choose from, we're perfectly placed to point you towards your dream beach break.

The lush green of winter, with its surfeit of magenta and salmon bougainvillea, had erupted anew in a splashy show of crocuses, hyacinths, and flowering plum trees.

Despite being encumbered with a surfeit of genre clichés, McFarland, USA is an eminently likable and genuinely inspirational film.

But none of the headaches and compromises of that picture's embattled production history were enough to quell the warmth and pluck of Yelchin's performance as Cage's loyal protégé, Milton, in which the actor did something with the lower register of his voice that I'd never heard before: Raspy and loquacious, he suddenly seemed a very old man in a very young body, an agency functionary imbued with a surfeit of soul.

Still, he comes badly unstuck in this overlong film's muddled, pandering last act, forcing closure with a surfeit of endings.

Precision cutting and flowing camera movement would come to define the action film, blowing away the tension - based American system with a surfeit of bullets, preferably fired by a man clinching a match in his teeth, firing two handguns at once it a vain attempt at exorcising his existential pain.

What Antonious lacks in formal training he makes up for with a surfeit of creative energy, gleaning insights from natural wonders like birds and fish.

One could argue that the recent spate of books on the stresses of motherhood amounts to just so much whining by a bevy of privileged, highly educated women with a surfeit of professional options and material wealth.

Not exact matches

But like many brick and mortar stores, Kohl's has been grappling with weak store traffic and a surfeit of apparel, a struggling category.

Meanwhile I sit All night at the center, Filled with a sweet surfeit of being.

Many of us are surfeited by superficial contacts with many people, but impoverished by a lack of depth relationships.

Only the person who is already surfeited with the abundant riches of a neocapitalist state.

Surfeited with affluence, the wealthy women had indulged in self - centered wantonness, oblivious of the suffering of the oppressed.

But Luther's troubles were not such as to strike his superiors as markedly different from those of other dedicated young religious with their scruples, their enthusiasm for study, and their surfeit of energy.

Every year when there's a surfeit of jam in my pantry, I quickly run through the best ways to use it: with popovers, on toast, in yogurt, as a layer in trifles or cakes, and in these jam bars.

Because a surfeit of cholesterol contributes to heart attacks and cardiovascular diseases, millions of people try to lower their blood levels with drugs.

Although that marker, called IL21, had not previously been associated with autoimmune diseases, the gene that produces it sits right in the stretch of DNA known to make these mice vulnerable to diabetes, suggesting that IL21 might make a drug target, says Sarvetnick.Furthermore, by giving the animals a shot of dead bacteria — similar to an immunization in humans — when they were newborns, Sarvetnick and her colleagues prevented a surfeit of CD4 + and CD8 + cells.

At one point, faced with a dearth of material and a surfeit of antipathy, the NRC considered folding its physics title altogether.

There is also a strange surfeit of Japanese names among the candidates, with appellations like «Sakura,» «Kagura» and «Hikari» repeating again and again from system to system.

This surfeit of choice is directly related to the pressures associated with individuality.

It's instantly clear that Howard, along with returning screenwriter David Koepp, has learned nothing from the relative failure of both The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, as Inferno, for the most part, chugs along at a lackadaisical pace that's compounded by an overlong running time and surfeit of underwhelming subplots.

The movie's all - too - deliberate pace holds the viewer at arms length for much of its overlong running time, however, as Foley's rough - cut sensibilities result in a surfeit of palpably padded - out and entirely needless sequences - with the ensuing lack of momentum ensuring that certain moments aren't able to pack the visceral punch that Foley has intended.

Armed with a thick Mexican accent and a surfeit of roguish charm, Baxter won an Academy Award for his portrayal of O. Henry's Cisco Kid in this film.

Given the extreme low budget (the film was shot on a shoestring in Budapest), the special effects look pretty credible, with Petty wisely deciding to spend most of the time with the creatures in the background or swathed in shadow, understanding that Sentinel is a picture of ideas — an unusually faithful recreation of Hitchcock's film possessed of a similar, mordant sense of humour, if an understandable surfeit of corresponding depth.

In lieu of these punchlines, the screenplay offers a surfeit of plot, slowing down would - be screwball pacing with a lot of excess... stuff.

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens: The Star Wars franchise roars back to life with this consistently enthralling entry that boasts several compelling new characters and a surfeit of thrilling action sequences.

Two obstacles: 1) McAvoy and MacKenzie are estranged ex-lovers, with a lot of prefab conflict to be backstory'd in as the series goes on; and 2) nobody had the guts to tell Sorkin this surfeit of «Mc» names was a terrible idea.

Its English director, Eran Creevy (Welcome To The Punch), handles this with due competence — screeching tires, growling engines, grips tightening on steering wheels, and windshields shattering into glass confetti, cut from the usual surfeit of angles.

In a reform community afflicted with stridency and a surfeit of self - assuredness, he was modest, measured, and interested in hearing what others thought.

Additional power and torque can bring alive the chassis of some cars, but they tend to be those with a pre-existing surfeit of grip over power — like the Porsche Cayman.

The test car, supplied by Norman Brothers Datsun, Orlando, had a sticker price of $ 22,970, which covered a surfeit of appointments and gadgetry, not to mention a potent 3 - liter V - 6 engine with fuel injection and turbocharger.

The 3.2 - litre five - cylinder engine feels less stressed than smaller - capacity units like the Pajero Sport's, the surfeit of torque allowing lower engine speeds when cruising, in turn improving fuel economy, which at 12.5 L / 100 km was on par with the Fortuner in the middle of this pack.

The test car, supplied by Norman Brothers Datsun of Orlando, had a sticker price of $ 22,970, which covered a surfeit of appointments and gadgetry, not to mention a potent 3 - liter V - 6 engine with fuel injection and turbocharger.

Inside is pure concept, with four individual seats and a statement panoramic roof, with masses of leather, lots of touch - sensitive surfaces, a surfeit of buttons and even a pair of fold - out picnic chairs in the boot.

Short - listed for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction «Though rife with description, backstory, and a surfeit of gossip, the book's pervasive sense of foreboding and clear narrative arcs keep the tale immersive.

With a garden flea market and a surfeit of plants — dug from the gardens of Carroll County's own — the Carroll County Master Gardeners» sixth annual plant sale will take place on Saturday, May 19, from 8 a.m. to noon inside the Carroll County Agriculture Center's upper building.

The Dominican Republic is one of the most popular honeymoon destinations in the Caribbean, thanks to its easy accessibility and surfeit of hotels with relatively low prices.

Also, with a set 30 frames - per - second performance target (on 360 at least), it's difficult to imagine that there's anything other than a surfeit of rendering time considering the relatively basic level of the visuals on offer here.

Surfeited with this palpable sense of permanent anticipation and arrest, the air is indeed thick enough to cut.

The comic - strip outlines and surfeit of flesh are heirs to Carroll Dunham, although with more attention to painting.

This exhibition — which was co-presented by the K11 Art Foundation and MoMA PS1, and co-curated by the latter's Klaus Biesenbach and Peter Eleey — placed her work in conversation with Anicka Yi, Cao Fei, DIS, and others who have already received a surfeit of international attention.

This education of sensibilities is commonly pursued by accompanying surfeit consumption with the study of other people's opinions; or, pairing the digestion of one's individual aesthetic experience with the voices of influential critics.

«For the past two and a half years, Tower, a petite woman with shoulder - length auburn hair, a surfeit of fierce opinions and a mannequin fashioned from old sofa cushions to look like a bodyguard, has ventured into abandoned local factories to continue crafting her «Workplace Series,» a nostalgic paean to the nation's vanished industrial past.

Meanwhile, below, what looks to be a shopping mall water feature overflows its tiled pool, filling the space with water, trees, shrubbery and a surfeit of frogs.

Just as there are plenty of «units» established to «communicate» science, and a surfeit of media organisations intent on burdening the public with «information» about climate change, journalists like Black were ten - a-penny.