Sentence examples for oddly precise from inspiring English sources

Mr Berlusconi's oddly precise promise to round up jobless foreigners was no accident.

A ransom note demanding the oddly precise sum of $118,000 was also discovered.

This oddly precise rate is a clue to the source of David's otherwise inexplicable agonies.

To comply with the Supreme Court, the number must fall to the oddly precise level of 137.5% by next year.

The vibes were messy — gross, silly, sick — but the show felt oddly precise, purposeful and vital, the way the products of obsession can.

The oddly precise time of 10.49am has been fixed for the ceremony, raising speculation that this is considered an auspicious moment on the clock.

I expect Blick to be frazzled, but he is as enthusiastic as he was on set, showing me a car chase in which Ejiofor gets caught in a traffic jam and bellows, "Typical fucking British car chase!" He talks about his love of sound – you can hear the precise and oddly ominous crack of pistachio nuts being opened in one scene – and of Pinteresque pauses.

It's a lightweight but appealing collection of dance tracks, with precise digital beats that sound oddly similar to some European pop.

This methodology sits oddly with ethics committee protocols that require precise pre-definition of interventions, mode of delivery, outcome measurements, and the role of study participants.

This is a performance true to the composer's Gothic imagination in its sumptuousness and menace but also icily precise in negotiating tricky rhythmic maneuvers, and oddly modern: one might think of Webern in the opening pages.

Mr. Gilbert's conducting was alert and precise and everything was in place, yet the performance seemed oddly cool and cautious.