Sentences with phrase «rather than a vehicle»

This suggests a general assembly that is primarily an ecclesial space for proclamation and prayer, teaching and learning, discernment and mutual accountability, rather than a vehicle for voting and legislating.

Presumably he'll be thanking his lucky stars that he hit a bush, rather than another vehicle, or worse another person.

Rather than a vehicle for chocolate, sugar, or frosting, an oatmeal cookie is a real food all by itself.

That could be a tire issue rather than a vehicle issue, but they are the tires that came with the vehicle from the dealership.

Or, as before, one may give up the desire to control sound, clear his mind of music, and set about discovering means to let sounds be themselves rather than vehicles for man - made theories or expressions of human sentiments.

This year's report explores native title as a vehicle for social transformation rather than a vehicle for the recognition of legal rights.

Not exact matches

Rather than pay up, Uber got into a lengthy debate with the state in which Anthony Levandowski, vice president at Uber's Advanced Technologies Group (and founder of the self - driving startup Otto that Uber acquired) argued Uber wasn't actually testing «autonomous vehicles» because all its vehicles had human drivers aboard and would for the foreseeable future.

Rather than expose miners to the risk of a human error - induced accident involving a multi-ton vehicle, Clearpath takes the driving out of human hands.

Uber last fall shut down a vehicle leasing business targeting their drivers when the company found it lost $ 9000 per car rather than the $ 500 it has estimated.

The latest vehicle for China's aviation dream, the Comac C919, has just completed its first test flight after Beijing decided to take a different path: buying parts from European and US aviation companies rather than stealing their technology.

And city streets — which are being overcrowded by the influx of ride - hailing vehicles, according to some reports — could become less congested as a ride - sharing fleet moves commuters around en masse, rather than individuals relying on their own cars to get to work.

Dyson has worked extensively on lightweight materials, leading several people to speculate the first vehicle may be substantially comprised of plastics rather than metals, something usually reserved for high - end supercars.

But for Tesla to become primarily an energy company would be like General Motors to shift its emphasis to creating steering wheels for vehicles of all types rather than for management to think of it as a car manufacturer.

And other carmakers like Toyota Motor and Honda are investing heavily in eco-friendly cars; however, they are betting big that the vehicles will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells, rather than rechargeable electric batteries.

Because the financial markets have been so volatile these last few years and may continue to give investors a bumpy ride, Kaplan says it pays for investors to stay liquid and to diversify their holdings through vehicles such as mutual funds and ETFs (exchange - traded funds) rather than make big bets on individual securities.

The system almost seems to want to switch itself off, rather than steer a vehicle into anything even remotely unfamiliar.

Engines in many of these early vehicles were best rated in hamsterpower rather than horses; early Samurais struggled to maintain posted speed limits.

The luxury - car company Mercedes - Benz and the automated - vehicle technology company Peloton are looking to bring driverless cargo trucks to the road sooner rather than later.

Second, to the extent that Uber's legal problems worsen, and to the extent they focus on Kalanick's personal role, including in recruiting an ex-Google engineer to head autonomous vehicle development, some of that legal heat can be focused on Kalanick, rather than Uber.

Three tactics proved especially promising: 1) moving away from «direct» sales and toward integrated campaigns that drove purchases in retail stores; 2) using DRTV as an inexpensive testing vehicle, rather than an all - or - nothing launch pad; and 3) maximizing margins by relentlessly optimizing costs and sales prices.

«As we continue to focus on quality and efficiency rather than simply pushing for the highest possible volume in the shortest period of time, we expect to have a slightly more gradual ramp through Q1, likely ending the quarter at a weekly rate of about 2,500 Model 3 vehicles,» Tesla said in a release.

If interest rates decline, the drop in financing costs may induce some households to buy a motor vehicle or purchase a home now rather than in the future.

We consider the reservation list as an indication of potential demand rather than a product backlog for pending vehicle sales, as customers on the customer reservation list have not made firm commitments to order and take deliveries of vehicles and may cancel such reservations at any time.

Automakers provide baseline APRs as low as 0 or 0.9 % to compete with traditional financiers like banks and credit unions, while also incentivizing customers to purchase a new car off the dealer's lot rather than a used vehicle from another vendor.

We'd much, much rather keep you in your loan than take your vehicle.

If a charity uses your vehicle for their own purposes (such as a local Goodwill using your van to pick up donations) and eventually sells it, and is able to provide proof of its use in the meantime, you may be able to deduct the vehicle's original value rather than its lower sale price.

While a number of states have passed laws to allow autonomous cars, most cover the testing of vehicles rather than the use by consumers.

rather than $ 200 (if both cars are paid), because we may choose to finance our follow - on «family friendly» vehicle.

Rather than be a fee - earning fund manager, he would reboot as a lone wolf, armed with a jumble of personal investment pools commingled with the funds of his publicly traded vehicle, Icahn Enterprises LP.

I would rather own Japanese stocks in yen, via a vehicle like the EWJ ETF, rather than currency - hedged positions.

The fact that a passive vehicle, rather than an active one, is being used to place the bid is not going to change that result.

Mutual funds should be treated as potential savings vehicles rather than as sources of ongoing income.

Rather than a means of removing suffering, prayer (and today I would add, meditation) seems to me to be a practice which can assist in navigating the inevitable challenges and sorrows of our lives, and act as a vehicle for thoughtfully reflecting on the joys and goodness we experience in an attitude of thankfulness.

He spoke both Persian and Turkish, but since the Mughals were already saturated with Persian culture before they came to India, it was Persian rather than Turkish which was the vehicle of literary expression.

From our 20th century scientific perspective in which we have seen space vehicles that rise into the atmosphere, we might suppose that the ascension placed our Lord into orbit rather than into heaven.

Whiteheadian categories may provide a uniquely suitable vehicle for expressing this belief rather than a foundation for a demythologizing rejection of its truth; at least there is that possibility (LG chs.

Reason, rather than acting as the vehicle for truth has now become the means to untruth, for the rational structures which philosophy has long hoped to discover are now reduced to nothing more than products of our natural history.

A revised philosophy of mechanism, understood from a contemporary image of a machine, must recognize that a good model is the best vehicle for describing nature, rather than old images of machines, which are not complex enough to represent adequately a reaction of a complex entity with its environment.

And our subjectivity, in turn, is then burdened with the task of having to be the radical creator of all stories, rather than being, at least in part, the recipient, vehicle or reader of a universal story.

That's the point of the book — the author is trying to give her kids healthy, fun food rather than another sugar delivery vehicle.

Actually, the word «ferry» is somewhat misleading because, although it does carry vehicles, the accommodations aboard the Admiral were rather plush — much better than the cruise ship Tropicale that we sailed on in the Caribbean.

The vehicles, usually used for law enforcement rather than harassing footballers, arrived at the PSV training ground and thoroughly soaked the players, continuing the great work that is being done for charity by the challenge.

We, instead have an old, senile, fossil who thinks all coaches are long vehicles for travelling in rather than improving teams.

The problem is that many vehicles have only a lap belt in the center back, rather than lap and shoulder belts.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health)- Children under 4 years of age fare better in motor vehicle accidents when they are riding in rear - facing rather than forward - facing car seats, according to a report published online in the British Medical Journal.

If the vehicle seat belt is at your child's belly rather than below the hip bones and touching the thighs, he could suffer damage to internal organs and / or a spinal injury if a crash occurs.

Paavo Kotiaho (University of Helsinki) spoke on this panel of the importance of examining law in its own right rather than dismissing law as merely the technical vehicle through which neoliberal reforms are enacted.

The hypersonic vehicle would take oxygen from the atmosphere rather than carry it in the form of fuel oxidants.

The company suggests a new «transit tax system» to fund subway repairs, that charges based on road congestion at given times, rather than on the type of travel vehicle.

I knew that it was a bigger thing than a man - carried rocket, but I was picturing a portable launcher rather than an actual vehicle.