Amateur Sentence Examples

It's not like I'm an amateur at this sleuthing business.

It was an amateur mistake.

He sold some art copies to a local amateur, where he came under the notice of Vincent.

That was not to say Fred had given up on amateur detecting.

He was also known as a patron of art and literature and an amateur painter of no little merit.

He gets paid at the top of the range for an amateur film maker.

The interior has been much destroyed by the ravages of gold-seekers and amateur excavators.

He came of a musical family, and was himself a talented amateur, and an acquaintance with Balakirev and Dargomijsky led him to more serious study of composition, so that in 1857 he left the army and devoted himself to music, though this step entailed his earning his living as a government clerk and a prolonged period of poverty.

Liszt's father, a clerk to the agent of the Esterhazy estates and an amateur musician of some attainment, was Hungarian by birth and ancestry, his mother an AustrianGerman.

There he attracted the notice of Sir Rowland Cotton, an amateur Hebraist of some distinction, who made him his domestic chaplain at Bellaport.

Aesthetically, her artwork is some of the most beautiful I've seen from an amateur.

There have been eyewitness accounts, grainy photographs end even amateur video footage.

It is a delicate fish and not easily kept by amateur aquarists.

Amateur photographers should seek out microstock agencies.

A problem that amateur models have is lack of confidence.

Few branches of zoology have been more valuable as a meetingground for professional and amateur naturalists than entomology, and not seldom has the amateur - as in the case of Westwood - developed into a professor.

They offer a vast array of other film production roles to amateur film makers.

It actually took nearly 17 minutes, because although they were professional terrorists, they were still only amateur pilots.

Camera shake looks plain amateurish, and we all know the ' professional look ' is the holy grail of any aspiring amateur.

He fancies himself as something of an amateur social anthropologist.

Few UK amateur astronomers are aware how easily the LPS light can be filtered.

Liz lives in Polegate with her partner Dave and has many interests, including amateur dramatics, quizzes, cooking and wildlife ecology.

The film explores the life and death of amateur grizzly bear expert and wildlife preservationist Timothy Treadwell.

He used his friends and family as models, and also began to make masks and theatrical props for local amateur dramatic productions.

This is important to the amateur racer who does not necessarily wish to build a new car every year.

This is an amateur rifle scope giving clear night time vision together with an illuminated adjustable reticle, and standard windage and elevation control.

They add huge value to so many, thousands actually, of amateur riders and also help many pros as well.

The Dunalastair Hotel invites amateur sleuths to sharpen their skills in a weekend of Murder, Mystery and Intrigue!

Mark Kingston was once a light welterweight amateur boxer, although he admits that nowadays he probably weighs nearer twelve stone.

Yet he was too full of dramatic inspiration to remain perpetually victimized by the conscientious affectations of the amateur author; and, where dramatic situations are not only poetical but (as in the first act of Die Walkilre and the Waldweben scene in Siegfried) too elemental for strained language, Wagner is often supremely eloquent simply because he has no occasion to try to write poetry.

Hence though often fertile in resource and ingenious in plan, he was always a brilliant amateur; and, though sometimes unlucky, he was never really the equal of such generals as Conde or Luxembourg.

There are also approximately 50 amateur and professional rodeos held annually in various locations.

Talk over shortwave radio with York Amateur Radio Society Find out how beer is brewed during a special Science Tour at York Brewery.

The Dunalastair Hotel invites amateur sleuths to sharpen their skills in a weekend of Murder, Mystery and Intrigue !

Understudy In amateur productions, there are no understudies.

Given the consistency of MAC Fluidline Eye Liner Gel, some professional and amateur makeup artists use it as a cream eyeshadow.

Buying a digital camera can be hard for even the most advanced amateur.

The collection is ideal for amateur photographers looking for an inexpensive and portable simple point-and-shoot camera.

The Z-Series is best suited for advanced amateur photographers who appreciate advanced controls and a broad range of color modes.

We know that James was clement; that the middle and lower classes stood by him; that he was a great amateur in the arts; that he was betrayed again and again by those of his own house, finally by his own son.

Such subjects are very likely to suffer considerable mental and physical harm in the hands of enthusiastic amateur hypnotists.

They also include tips on moving from the world of amateur photography to life as a professional photographer.

Maybe you've spent years honing your photography skills for your dream career or maybe you're an amateur who has just captured an amazing image through trial and error.

The COOLPIX S60 is designed for amateur photographers, but pros looking for an affordable device that features fun innovations will be impressed as well.

However, the evolution of digital photography has made SLR cameras more affordable and accessible to amateur shutterbugs.

The main reason many amateur photographers upgrade from their handy compact digital cameras to sophisticated digital SLR versions is because they are tired of dealing with the dreaded lag time.

Most amateur photographers equate large megapixels with high quality photos.

There are thousands of free amateur photo contests offered around the world.

Amateur sporting events, especially ones that feature children, are goldmines for freelance photographers.

Taking better pictures is a goal shared by both professional and amateur photographers.

Doing so will allow you to share your photo skills with amateur shutterbugs and make money at the same time.

These rudimentary sessions help amateur shutterbugs improve their picture taking skills.

Many amateur shutterbugs often research famous photographers and their works to gain inspiration and helpful tips on how to tell a story through the camera's lens.

Both professional and amateur photographers contribute to this database of actions that render magazine-quality effects.

The powerful and intuitive GIMP photo editor makes it possible for both amateur and professional photographers to perform high quality photo enhancements at absolutely no cost.

Photographing the moon can be especially challenging for amateur shutterbugs.

Likewise, amateur cooks and foodies have created a community of tips, tricks, and recipes that can be a wealth of knowledge for those looking to create a new dish.

Bakers, cooks, and amateur chefs alike may enjoy making up batches of their favorite cookies or creating mini-cakes or breads for each guest.

Following Wilton cake decorating tips can help you produce professional looking cakes, even if you are an amateur.

However, it can be difficult to work with for amateur decorators.

However, following instructions such as those below has huge advantages, as it can help even an amateur decorator turn out a cake that looks as if a professional baker prepared it.

He then decided to cut his water polo season short and focus his efforts on an amateur stage career.

If you're learning online, force yourself to hit a few open mic nights, or join a group of amateur players once your confidence has increased.

For amateur and professional ballroom dancers alike, competitions are a fun and important part of the ballroom dancing world.

Silva was essentially a self-taught amateur psychologist with no formal education.

Some are classically trained, some are short order cooks and workers in fast food restaurants, some are culinary students, and some are nannies, personal chefs and even amateur home cooks.

But its chief development took place under the direction of Igarashi J izaemon, an amateur ceramist, who, happening to visit Chikuzen about 1620, was taken under the protection of the chief of the fief and munificently treated.

The Federal Attorney-General, his assistant and the 88 U.S. district attorneys were flooded with silly complaints and beset by unofficial disloyalty hunters and amateur detectives, but kept their heads in most cases remarkably well, as did most of the judges.

Immediately after finishing his course at the Ecole Polytechnique he was appointed repetiteur there, an office which he had discharged as an amateur while still a pupil in the school; for it had been the custom of his comrades often to resort to his room after an unusually difficult lecture to hear him repeat and explain it.

The king of Sicily's fame as an amateur of painting has led to the attribution to him of many old paintings in Anjou and Provence, in many cases simply because they bear his arms. These works are generally in the Flemish style, and were probably executed under his patronage and direction, so that he may be said to have formed a school of the fine arts in sculpture, painting, gold work and tapestry.

However, Sam is an extremely talented amateur boxer who has already amassed nearly 50 amateur fights.

The setting up of Oswald seems a very amateur operation.

Which then made me wonder if such things occur in club athletics among our fellow amateur athletes.

Amateur contests can be over four two-minute or three three-minute rounds while professional championship boxing is over twelve three-minute rounds.

Find a budding amateur cameraman willing to do this for you.

Amateur photographers were free to experiment with landscape photography and some early daguerreotypes and calotypes showing views of Sussex have survived.

I have always enjoyed the performing arts and during my teens, I used to do some amateur dramatics.

At Oxford, he engaged in amateur dramatics, expressing a wish to be an actor.

They retired to Frome in the early nineteen seventies from Clapham where they were involved in local amateur dramatics.

Most of these were taken by Hugh, 5th earl of Annesley, who was an enthusiastic amateur photographer.

In contrast to Borg, McEnroe embodied an amateur ethos.

The Olympic amateur ideal is now a mere footnote in the history of the game.

What did those charged with capital crimes think, as they sought justice from a system which stood them before an experienced amateur hangman?

No amateur or professional hypnotist lacking proper medical training could diagnose definitely between the various conditions.

We are also keen to involve amateur instrumentalists playing at a good standard in our concerts.

A former champion amateur flat jockey, her specialist subject is racing.

This play sounds like the work of an amateur group having a lark - something Big Finish have thus far avoided.

The Thumb Tip is commonly used by amateur magicians.

Unanimous support was shown for the UK microwave Group becoming the voice of amateur microwaves in this country.

The station will also dedicate an evening to performances by amateur orchestras.

Or are you a keen amateur photographer needing some new skills?

One of two UFOs flying at low altitude settled to the ground near an amateur prospector in a remote area of Canada.

He cites information on flying and amateur radio as examples.

Thank you to all the amateur sleuths who turned up at the Central Library for the crime fiction event on Tuesday 16 January.

Almost 100 years on and the army have over 40 professional photographers as well as over 1800 amateur snappers within its ranks.

Digital point and shoot cameras are perfect for amateur photographers and have a high level of automatic functioning.

For the serious amateur or budding professional, nothing short of an SLR will do for creative purposes.

The Canon EOS 40D has a 10.1 megapixel sensor, large enough to handle amateur and professional work.

The fascination with moon photos is especially pronounced during the summer months when amateur photographers are vacationing in the great outdoors.

However, thanks to resources like the Internet, amateur photography communities and good old creativity, it's a snap to produce exciting portraits for the holiday season to share with friends and family.

Amateur photography is on the rise across the world, and the best point and shoot digital cameras ever created are helping to blaze new trails.

Tagged a "Mini 7D" by its manufacturers, the Canon EOS Rebel T2i digital camera offers professional and amateur consumers the highest resolution available for less than a thousand dollars.

By maintaining a commitment to provide user-friendly innovations, Canon is able to offer professional level features to amateur photographers.

Amateur shutterbugs typically rely on the camera's built-in flash to light their shots, advanced shooters should avoid using flash and instead, manipulate natural light to bring out the details and texture in a photo.

To overcome this obstacle, consider hiring an amateur model with few inhibitions.

This eBook is a great resource for amateur as well as advanced scrapbook enthusiasts, and it's available as an instant download for about $12.

Fortunately, there are several quick tips you can employ in order to transform amateur efforts into a memorable masterpiece.

The Bozeman Amateur Hockey Association offers teams for middle school and high school students, including traveling teams.

These contests can sometimes get expensive in the more competitive shows, so pick an amateur show or contest to practice your modeling skills.

By morning, amateur reviews of his performance were all over the Internet, and few of them were good.

While at the university, Cohen acted in several productions by the Amateur Dramatic Club.

It was when he started playing Joe Keller in his high school amateur stage production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons that he realized acting was what he wanted to do with his life.

As an amateur golfer, Tiger was a record setter.

Tiger Woods gave up his amateur status in August of 1996.

His father provided unwavering support, driving him to numerous skate contests in California, building skate ramps and even founding the California Amateur Skateboard League and the National Skateboard Association.

While in college, Seinfeld was an amateur wrestler known as "The Jewish Terror."

Her role, along with Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell, was to evaluate amateur singers and then lead the American public to vote on the most-talented.

He was involved in the local amateur theatre scene and began modeling when he was 12 years old.

Summer sundresses can be made even by amateur sewers.

You may want to focus your amateur videos on displaying your unique talents, such as singing, acting, writing, or other skills rather than on something that can haunt you later on.

This particular company has been in business for more than 20 years and offers some of the best itineraries for amateur and experienced cruisers.

Cuttings are the means adopted by the specialists, though division of the roots is also practised by the amateur.

Thanks to the great facility with which varieties are raised from seed, nobody need be without handsome kinds, especially as raising them will prove interesting amusement for the amateur.

Growing your own vegetables is a fun hobby for those who want to eat healthy, fresh produce, for amateur chefs seeking unique varieties, and for those who want to save money.

Whether you are a professional musician or an amateur hobbyist, you have no doubt needed the services of Guitar Center at some point in your life.

In large part due to guitarist Dean DeLeo, Stone Temple Pilots (STP) has carved a niche into the United States' thriving music industry and fueled the amateur musician's desire to emulate their style of rock music.

Sports enthusiasts, from amateur to pro, found microfiber had many advantages.

Most of the other sites that contain MySpace layouts with Halo 3 themes are cluttered pages full of ads or just amateur digital artists looking for some feedback.

I found the controls heavy and production rushed, giving the game an amateur look.

One caveat is that this site is a touch on the amateur side, but don't be turned off by its modest appearance.

Once you have your luscious hand crafted wine (sounds better than homemade, huh?) bottled and aged, see what other home winemakers think by entering it in the Wine Maker International Amateur Wine Making Competition.

This is the largest amateur wine competition in the world and in 2008, Wine Maker received over 4,000 entries.

The Wine Maker International Amateur Wine Making Competition offers hundreds of categories in which wine makers compete, offering multiple gold, silver and bronze medals in each category.

Based in Napa Valley, Marilyn Wines began in 1981 when a small group of amateur wine makers began making Merlot in someone's home.

Though most people buy only a couple of pair of hunting pants, this cost of this brand can be prohibitive for amateur hunters.

Many amateur grillers and chefs seem to believe that they are the one and only master of outdoor cooking.

This means that not only can official developers build and expand upon Google Android, but also smaller "amateur" developers.

While some apps, like Facebook for iPhone, are official releases from larger companies, a large number of the cell phone apps out there are actually created by amateur developers.

Sites like Getty Images are very popular, but the charges per image can begin to add up, sending many amateur (and even professional) groups searching for a more economical alternative.

For example, two amateur dancers named Emily and Zoe teach the basics of the "Slappin' Leather" line dance.

The song has a catchy tune that even amateur dancers can make into a flashy series of movements.

These range from amateur user-contributed sites such as eHow to professional sites that allow you to learn new moves with a subscription.

While amateur competitions may only be attended by family and friends of the couples who are dancing, professional competitions are widely attended and even televised, with clips making their way to the Internet as well.

After years of amateur events, you may graduate to professional ballroom competitions.

In addition to your observations in the amateur circuit, observe the pros in competition videos such as this Cha Cha of Oxana Lebedew and Franco Formica or this waltz of Arunas and Katyusha.

There are a number of websites that cater to the genealogist, whether an amateur or professional.

You cannot rely upon the accuracy of all information in a web site that is written and edited by amateur genealogists.

Cyndi's List is a treasure trove of resource material for the amateur or seasoned genealogist.

For many amateur genealogists, the National Archives photos collection can be an overwhelming collection of information.

This popular chef and amateur winemaker's daily wine tours focus on "historic and family wineries," including Buena Vista, Benziger, Sebastiani, Arrowood and Bartholomew Park wineries.

Gone are unsightly bagging bikini briefs and amateur materials.

In 1880, the Amateur Swimming Association of Great Britain was formed.

It's chlorine resistant, repels water and dries incredibly quickly, just what the professional, or serious amateur, needs.

The Kitchen Aid Artisan Mixer is an amateur chef's dream appliance.

Butler Webs has an assortment of Christmas poems written by amateur poets who have volunteered to share their work.

While a backpack may serve its purpose out on a wilderness trail stowing bottled water and maps, in the corporate world, a backpack screams amateur and collegiate.

Unlike most download sites, they have created, and with their merger with Google in 2006 augmented, a community for personal video, musicians, amateur filmmakers, comedians and professional content owners.

With an easy drag-and-drop interface and hundreds of special effects to choose from, this program is easily a favorite amongst amateur filmmakers.

Ghost Face at Abandoned Hospital - Old abandoned asylums have proven irresistible to both professional and amateur ghost hunters.

However, many amateur baseball leagues forbid the use of metal cleats in order to safeguard their player from injuries as well as to protect their fields from excess damage.

From the amateur to the professional, every baseball player needs a pair of high quality cleats.

Most amateur and competitive athletes are fairly budget-conscious when it comes to the purchase of their sporting equipment.

However, for amateur runners and joggers who might just be looking for a decent treadmill shoes, being able to try your shoes on before you buy them is your best bet for comfort and safety.

Umbro makes a style of shoe for just about any soccer player, whether it's for amateur or professional play.

Pro skater, amateur or just looking for a cool pair of kicks -- Axion has a shoe for you.

Recent research and opinion by doctors, scientists and runners has led to an insurgence of bare foot running in competitive and amateur athletes.

He doesn't come from a family of actors, but his father did do a bit of amateur acting and that interest was obviously passed on to Nigel.

Soap opera websites range from the professional to the amateur, from the industry professionals to the fans of the shows themselves and everyone in between.

In addition to Skin & Ink magazine's gallery, the Internet is full of amateur and professional sites dedicated to skin and ink.

They are applied free-hand, directly to the skin and are perfect for children's parties or other events where applying body art is done on multiple people or by amateur body art enthusiasts.

Professional and amateur zoologists alike may feel an affinity toward or interest in these fascinating night-time creatures; the only mammals with the ability to fly.

Vegas is also home to many amateur tournaments, UNLV tournaments, as well as The Tennis Channel Open.

Today, Breitling is synonymous with pilot's watches and the distinctive watches can be seen gracing the wrists of many professional and amateur aviators.

Both swimmers and amateur or professional women divers will get years of dependable usage from this Eco-Drive watch.

One sign of an amateur operation is a company that emphasizes keywords over backlinks, which are links to your sites from other sites.

Or maybe you simply feel embarrassed when learning how to drive a stick shift because you don't want to make the gears grind or make the car lurch and look silly or amateur.

If you are a professional auto mechanic or just an amateur that likes to tinker with vehicles, understanding past problems will help you troubleshoot the symptoms that you're experiencing today.

They may be animated, but most of them are fairly cartoonish and will make your squad's website look very amateur.

The spiral tie dye technique is one of the "classic" designs used by amateur and professional dyers alike.

However, a number of variations on basic glycerin soap give amateur soap makers many options.

Of course, you have to be in reasonably good physical condition for a heavy bike ride to be fun, but most amateur bikers are pleasantly surprised by how quickly they work their way up to a rigorous biking workout.

Just don't make the mistake of not making eye contact or of opening the door before you establish eye contact, both of which are considered amateur mistakes.

The pair brought in Ryder's brother Paul on bass, amateur footballer Gary 'Gaz' Whelan on drums, Paul Davis on keyboards and, Mark Day on guitars, the only member who could actually play an instrument.

Changing the pitch allows amateur singers to better match the music with their voice.

For example, if you are editing an amateur video for uploading on YouTube, it can be an excellent addition to integrate key sound effects at key moments.

His first big break was performing as part of the Hoboken Four and winning a six month touring contract from the Major Bowes Amateur Hour radio show.

The shows featured here are from a mix of professional and amateur DJs.

It is filmed in the Louisiana Bayou and uses camera techniques taken straight from The Blair Witch Project to give parts of the show an almost amateur, home movie feeling.

Serving as both co-producer and host/judge, Gordon Ramsay showed audiences a bit of a softer side to his personality in dealing with the amateur competitors.

Amateur blogs are personal observations or thoughts posted by Internet users.

There are a number of user-friendly options for hosting amateur blogs.

They also carry racing apparel for amateur racers, local NASCAR and WISSOTA teams.

The CoffeeCup HTML editor is an easy-to-use web page editor that is valuable for both amateur webmasters and intermediate pros.

Amateur web page designers can use the visual editor, which is a standard WYSIWYG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) editor.

Most of the terms below apply to professional or well-schooled amateur web designers, but it's a good idea to learn a little about them in case you see them when you're shopping for a web host.

Using animated images is a popular trick by amateur web designers and even some professionals to bring visual appeal to a page.

Les, a keen amateur radio enthusiast joined the Scout Movement in the 1930s.

There are many more examples but I am merely an old soldier and amateur historian.

The constellation is made of faint stars and has very little to offer the amateur astronomer.

He also loves supporting the local amateur drama groups which set him in such good stead for the work he does.

Intended for amateur radio operators, the book also gives instructions for smaller projects such as simple frequency synthesizer and spectrum analyzer.

With translucent white tentacles, waving like wings in a breeze, they are a wonderful sight to greet the amateur microscopist.

He also organized amateur theatricals, directing an all Pakistani cast in a touring production of The Merchant of Venice.

He was neither a wit nor a croquet champion, a hypnotic force nor a begetter of amateur theatricals.

A good amateur cyclist developed a deformity of the left upper tibia due to growth plate damage.

An exact copy of a 1930 broadcast microphone, the CLASSIC design is focused on the use with amateur radio transceivers.

I used an electric typewriter - at the time a fairly advanced means of production for an amateur working from home.

His place was therefore taken by an amateur understudy who had to enter the arena from the stables on a white horse.

Meanwhile BBC Radio Berkshire has introduced irritating little jingles to make its amateur breakfast news readers appear even more unprofessional.

His father, Georgius Joris de Koman, otherwise Joris van Amersfoordt, probably a native of Bruges, was a shopkeeper and amateur actor at Delft; from the circumstance that he played the part of King David, his son received the name of David, but probably not in baptism.

As "a gifted amateur in politics" he increased the disorder of Germany and Italy and exposed himself and the empire to the jeers of Europe.

Chaumette left some printed speeches and fragments, and memoirs published in the Amateur d'autographes.

In philosophy and science he was an amateur, seeking to found a new sociology and a Utopian polity out of his own inner consciousness and study of nature, of poetry and the Bible.

Having sold some copies to a local amateur, Guerin started for Paris, where he came under the notice of Vincent, whose counsels were of material service.

Chamois-hunting, in spite of, or perhaps owing to the great danger attending it, has always been a favourite pursuit among the hardy mountaineers of Switzerland and Tirol, as well as of the amateur sportsmen of all countries, with the result that the animal is now comparatively rare in many districts where it was formerly common.

He excelled in football of three kinds, and in fives, racquets, and especially tennis - holding the amateur championship for tennis from 1882 to 1896.

Alton Amateur Greenhouses have a wide sliding door for easy wheelbarrow access.

In the 2004/05 Global Challenge she successfully skippered 18 amateur yachtsmen around the world.

Finally, if you are a serious amateur photographer, you will want to look at digital cameras that allow you to adjust the light exposure, shutter speed and range capabilities.

Although amateur pilots have different needs from commercial airliners and military fleets when buying aerospace products, they still have a need for specialized equipment.

Products for Pilots sells laminated checklists for vital tasks that may not be second nature to amateur pilots, such as diverting to an alternate airport.

Were you wondering if you can actually find those beads loose, ready to be used by the amateur (or expert) jewelry designer?

However if you're an amateur crafter or florist looking to turn your passion into a small business but don't have the credentials yet, you can try to work out a deal with the wholesaler.

Strawberry Daiquiri mix is an ingredient that allows professional and amateur mixologists to make a great-tasting strawberry Daiquiri for less. in fact, according to some companies, the mix costs only about a nickel per serving.

In the end, Rowley's support of Temple wasn't enough to carry her through this week, and the amateur designer, who had beaten out so many others with so much more experience, saw her show be cancelled.

So, I think the biggest mistake people make is not taking enough pictures and not doing enough on an amateur level.

It may even be a good idea to snap a few amateur photos so you can see how the makeup looks in pictures and make any necessary adjustments in the pink shades you've chosen.

Professional makeup artists and amateur cosmetic enthusiasts alike praise MAC for producing some of the most appealing shades and longest-lasting lipsticks, eyeshadows and eyeliner on the market.

Depending on the encyclopedia, this may be of use to the armchair amateur or the hard-nosed professional.

Whether they are looking for a camera to take photos to enter into amateur competitions or take professional quality photos of children at home, DSLRs will be able to get the picture.

Amateur photographers looking to capture their underwater adventures during diving vacations might consider sticking with disposable underwater cameras.

It also rents professional and amateur photo equipment in case you forgot to pack your own camera.

Since digital cameras exploded onto the photography market, image editing has become a popular pastime for amateur and professional photographers.

The forum itself is very basic and simple to use, with sections for you to post your own celebrity feet images, discuss the photos and feet in general, and add amateur feet photos.

Eventually, however, she decided not to fight it, and now receives a portion of the sales of her amateur film, titled 1 Night in Paris.

Purdue University paper on growing asparagus for the amateur gardener.

While a lot of amateur golfers are happy to just wear T-shirts for puttering around the links, a more serious player knows that the right shirt will make all the difference in his game.

Torrid models are all plus sized and come from professional and amateur backgrounds.

To find more examples of strong, sexy seniors, search the Web for "Masters bodybuilding" (in amateur sports, "Masters" generally refers to older adults) and check the results of major competitions.

Many videos, particularly amateur films, are poor quality with low resolution, unstable camera positioning, and jumbled sound that can detract from the excitement of the ride.

Some studios do participate, but a large number of Linux video games are developed by amateur or non-professional programmers.

If the site looks kind of sloppy, unreliable, or just has an overall amateur feel to it, it would be best just to steer clear of that site completely.

Tournament mode is where you progress through the Novice, Amateur, Expert, and Master levels so you can unlock the super hard Redshift tournament.

For the amateur architect in you the "Build" mode will have you immersed in construction for hours.

Are the assignments the kind that will strengthen your portfolio or do they look like amateur endeavors.

Newgrounds' Loops & Samples - The popular flash game/movie site, Newgrounds.com also has a gargantuan collection of amateur video game song remixes free for download.

So, why would you want to bother with some amateur creations like how most web-based video game spoofs are?

The hat, which belongs to a stingy amateur magician named Professor Hinkle, becomes the focal point of the story as Hinkle attempts to retrieve it.

A long, loose vest can be made by even the most amateur sewer, or, if you find a tattered coat in a thrift shop, cut off the sleeves and call it done.

New ezines are more willing to accept amateur freelance writers when there is no pay involved in the initial project.

Most sports reporters begin by covering high school, college, or amateur sports teams.

Live 365 - Live 365 is a network of internet radio stations, both amateur and professional.

The Contender - The Sylvester Stallone-sponsored show about finding top amateur boxers.

The show began as a radio program featuring amateur talent and made the transition to television in 1956.

One of the surest signs of an amateur author is an inconsistent milieu in which the story plays itself out.

Since visitors to the amateur blogs can leave comments on the site, receiving feedback from other Internet users is one advantage to starting your own blog.

The amateur blog is a place where you can develop a network of online acquaintances.

Many of these blogs are amateur, meaning the person who is blogging isn't doing it for the money, but rather for the fame or to simply get his or her point of view across.

As of January 2008, there were more than 12 million amateur and professional blogs active on the Internet.

Because of the amateur nature of blogging, these types of online chats often aren't as technologically reliable as good chat rooms run by corporations.

Starting your very first amateur blog doesn't have to be difficult, and if you take your time to carefully choose your free blogging site, you'll have a much more enjoyable blogging experience.

Also, while the social aspects are very useful, the site is not aimed towards professional photographers actually selling their prints, and as a result the majority of the people there are actually amateur photographers.

Even though playing background music is fairly easy, doing it in a way that doesn't appear amateur can be somewhat difficult.

Free tools to build web pages can save a lot of time, and they can make creating a web page much easier for both amateur and professional web designers.

If you are advancing from an amateur web developer to a more advanced web programmer, PHP Tutorials for Dummies can help you take the first step into the world of server side scripting languages.

She owned every designer on the planet and made Carrie Bradshaw of Sex and the City look like an amateur.

He entered the House of Commons as Liberal member for Berwick-on-Tweed in 1885, but he was best known as a country gentleman with a taste for sport, and as amateur champion tennis-player.

It should also be remembered that he was of an Asclepiad family, and received that partly medical education which was traditional in such families, and also himself is said to have practised medicine as an amateur.

By way of facts, we have only a large body of unattested anecdotes of supra-normal successes in crystal-gazing, in many lands and ages; and the scanty records of modern amateur investigators, like the present writer.

Franklin as a scientist 5 and as an inventor has been decried by experts as an amateur and a dabbler; but it should be remembered that it was always his hope to retire from public life and devote himself to science.

He died on the 4th of February 1795, his only son being his successor, Richard, the 2nd earl (1764-1839), the ancestor of the present earl and the author of Musical Reminiscences of an Old Amateur.

His talent is at the top of the range for an amateur film maker.

Arguably it is Gary, the eldest of her offspring who exercises his endowment in a strictly amateur way, who epitomizes the family.

The crews are mostly two people, and mostly amateur rowers, who alternate between two hour shifts of rowing.

Also another incentive about remotes ann on amateur night.

The theater closing with a local amateur production makes a neat bookend to its opening in 1885.

Peter has a degree in Fine Art and is a keen amateur botanist with a wide knowledge of wildlife and geography.

It seeks to find and recognize the best amateur choirs in the country.

From the deluge of replies, they selected their amateur cinematographers from their positions on the seating charts.

Many lighting professionals from the manufacturing and service industries, as well as students and amateur lighting designers are also members.

He had just left the room in which I sat with Basil Grant and his brother Rupert, the voluble amateur detective.

As someone who enjoys amateur dramatics in her spare time, she has relished taking center stage in the row over fat-cat pay.

In 1943 Kenneth Williams was briefly with an amateur dramatics troupe, the Tavistock Players.

It is plain that we have moved far from the connotation and denotation of the word species at the time when Darwin began to discuss the origin of species, and that the movement, on the one hand, tends to simplify the problem philosophically, and, on the other, to make it difficult for the amateur theorist.

The athletic side of the movement has been represented in national and international races by vegetarians winning the Berlin and Dresden walking match (125 m.), the Carwardine Cup (too m.) and Dibble Shield (6 hours) cycling races (190t and 1902), the amateur championship of England in racquets and in tennis (held by Mr Eustace Miles for a series of years), the cycling championship of India (3 years), half-mile running championship of Scotland (1896), world's amateur cycle records for all times from 4 hours to 13 hours (1902), too miles championship Yorkshire Road Club (1899, 1901).

Bloom plays an amateur boxer with the skull of steel on account of all the milk he drinks.

He was a gentle tough nut who went on to be a champion Scottish amateur boxer.

Curry kids are full of all-round promise Former British Amateur champion David Curry's two sons followed in dad's footsteps over the weekend.

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Getting knocked out is not normal in amateur boxing.

The BBC is looking for the best amateur gardener in the British Isles with the launch of BBC Gardener of the Year 2006.

At school he was taught geology by Dr. Mabel Tomlinson, a great amateur geologist.

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This Pilates machine, however, is not designed for the Pilates amateur.

Athens fighting Philip has fared, he says, like an amateur boxer opposed to a skilled pugilist.

She was as fond of acting as Goethe, and like him began with a puppet stage, succeeded by amateur theatricals, the chief entertainment provided for her guests at Nohant.

These authors, being zealous amateur artists, were their own draughtsmen to the extent even of lithographing the figures.

The promotion was entirely the act of Lord Melbourne, an amateur in theology, who had read Thirlwall's introduction to Schleiermacher, and satisfied himself of the propriety of the appointment.

But with the advent of the new regimen in Meiji days there arose a desire for social plays depicting the life of the modern generation, and as these croppy dramas (zampatsumono)so called in allusion to the European method of cutting the hair closewere not included in the repertoire of the orthodox theatre, amateur troupes (known as sOshi-yakusha) were organized to fill the void.

Whether we regard him as a priest who published poem after poem in praise of an adored mistress, as a plebeian man of letters who conversed on equal terms with kings and princes, as a solitary dedicated to the love of nature, as an amateur diplomatist treating affairs of state with pompous eloquence in missives sent to popes and emperors, or again as a traveller eager for change of scene, ready to climb mountains for the enjoyment of broad prospects over spreading champaigns; in all these divers manifestations of his peculiar genius we trace some contrast with the manners of the, 4th century, some emphatic anticipation of the 16th.

A wave of military enthusiasm arose throughout the empire, and as the formation of a seventh division practically drained the mother-country of trained men, a scheme for the employment of amateur soldiers was formulated, resulting in the despatch of Imperial Yeomanry and Volunteer contingents, which proved one of the most striking features of the South African campaign.

The agreeable versidecadence fication of an amateur like Ausonius, the refined of GauL panegyrics of a Eumenius, disguising nullity of thought beneath elegance of form, already foretold the perilous sterility of scholasticism.

The turning-point of his career came 1755, when he accepted an invitation to the country-house of Freiherr von Furnberg, an accomplished amateur who was in the habit of collecting parties of musicians for the performance of chamber-works.