Sentences with phrase «achievement points for»

I enjoy shooting the breeze with my friends over headset, downloading demos, trailers for upcoming games, racking up achievement points for little crazy stunts or progress in my game, and of course, adding afriend to my list is easy: Type in the name, and there you go.

The game also features the opportunity to score 12 achievement points for your online Xbox Live Arcade profile and an online leaderboard gives you the opportunity to show off your Double Dragon skills to your friends.

The game also features the opportunity to score 12 achievement points for your online Xbox Live Arcade profile and an online leaderboard gives you the opportunity to show off your Double Dragon skills to your friends.

Not exact matches

A year ago, the term «unicorn» seemed to get bandied about as if $ 1 billion was the starting point for valuations and not a benchmark of achievement.

Key points about your background, experience, and achievements may go on one page, questions for the interview on another... but then place those notes in such a way that you won't be heard shuffling through papers.

On tax reform, the most significant legislative achievement of Trump's first year, it's probably not fair to point just at Trump for a policy that tends to pose more harm to Democratic constituencies than Republican.

Even controlling for grade - point average, men earned more than women who graduated with identical levels of academic achievement.

But Wambach is also making a point that other women have echoed, in a year of major achievements for women in leadership positions in professional sports: Eventually, they hope it will no longer be a big story when a female athlete, or a woman working in some other capacity in sports, reaches new heights.

Twitter is under fire for being a platform for bigotry and nastiness, but Gates points out that it was also the forum where people around the world shared amazing achievements and heart - melting acts of kindness.

Forty - five years after Humanae Vitae, it now seems clear that the invention of the oral contraceptive pill (to adopt one reference point for the broader contraceptive revolution) was one of the three achievements of 20th - century science with truly world - historical impact, the other two being the creation of the self - sustaining nuclear chain reaction and the unraveling of the DNA double helix.

• Murasaki Shikibu, The Diary of Lady Murasaki: Needless to say, The Tale of Genji is the greatest literary achievement of the glorious Heian period of Japanese high culture, and one of the greatest novels ever written, and so I win no points for needless obscurity here, but having recommended Lady Sarashina's journal above, I would be remiss in failing to recommend Lady Murasaki's equally (but very differently) lovely collection of vignettes and meditations and acute observations (and gossip).

My point: Religion doesn't necessarily lead to users of primitive tools, and in fact has been a motivator for great achievements.

Some conservatives are not above signaling, in more or less overt ways, their belief that blacks can never pass [the test of achievement by merit], and that there is little point in the rest of society bearing guilt for blacks» failures.

For instance, a twenty - eight - year - old mother in the same study, like many other respondents, pointed to «my family and my children primarily, and my careers» Another person answered, «my child, my friends, my hobbies, and mostly my work; they give me a sense of achievement.»

God's receiving the world's achievements into his own everlasting life; God's remembering for ever that which is thus received; God's using for further good the achievements which have taken place in the created order — here are points which need to be emphasized when we begin to think of the worth or value of human existence.

Don't boast about your possessions or your achievements — there's bound to be a Freudian in the room who'll point out that you are displacing your desire for something more significant in the way of bodily attributes or fulfilling relationships.

about the eternal life in God; nor does anything point to moral improvement and perfection as an indispensable condition for the achievement of this goal... It is only just to say that every man has an inherent right to favorable conditions for him to enjoy all - round development in his striving for a full - blooded life... However one can not agree with the opinion that where there are no conditions of life worthy of man one can not even speak of salvation today.

Just as the world must trust God to provide the aim for its efforts, so God must trust the world for the achievement of that aim, As Madden and Hare point out, «he is apparently so weak that he can not guarantee his own welfare.

The great achievements of the Hebrew prophets, from one point of view, were their insistence that God is not to be approached in this external fashion and their success in securing a general consent by the Jewish people to the proposition that «the sacrifices of God are a troubled spirit» — that God wishes the offering to Him of the whole life of His people, both as individuals and as a group, not for His own glorification but rather so that He might effectively use them for the accomplishment of great ends: the redemption of the world and the opening of rich life for His children.

But the great achievement here is that evangelicalism affirms a scripturally grounded conceptual framework that is shared by all who lay claim to historic Christian orthodoxy, thereby providing common points of reference for the continuing and candid engagement of our agreements and disagreements.

Just before describing (and dismissing) the proposed link between prostate cancer and contraceptive pills, a classic «falsehood» embraced by traditional - minded conservatives, Stepp points out that «the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, counts contraception as one of the 10 greatest health achievements of the 20th century.»

Once we begin to think of our faith in terms of largeness instead of largess or in terms of measurable success or significant achievements or community stature or statistically significant gains or business models or congregational models or appropriate budget processes or cash flow direction or generally accepted accounting practices or independent audits or administrative requirements or managerial transparency or proper leadership roles and boundaries or membership trends or effective organizational structures or a current and accurate vision statement — at that point, we have become the money changers — we have lost our faith and deserve to be driven away for we are neither living nor sharing the Good News.

I really loved her point about achievement, sometimes it's not about marking life with checkpoints and milestones but enjoying it for what it is and celebrating those little everyday triumphs.

«Fantastic achievement this fantastic achievement that» Yes to a point you may be right, but we are now (apparently) out of the financial retraint period and according to Chips Keswick last summer we had # 100» 000000 to spend, unyet what is fantastic is that Wenger was not too interested in buying the World class defensive midfielder we desperately needed in the summer, nor has he addressed the defensive shortfalls, during the summer transfer he was in Italy on the day we bought Welbeck, and during the most recent transfer window he spend three out of the four weeks messing around buying some apparent wonderkid who we wont see on the pitch for around 18 months.

Dyke points out that 20 years ago, 60 percent of the Premier League were eligible for England, but any correlation between this percentage and international achievement seems sketchy at best.

If you see all of the above as a cause for petulant, childish moaning, and not a spectacular achievement on Wenger's behalf, then there is little point in trying to reason with you.

every company of person is given contract extension according to his present achievements not the past.i would like to point out that Wenger has not replaced can persie as he replaced henry with rvp which is a major reason for arsenal's performance.that kind of stubbornness has costed arsenal dearly....

2012/13 was a financial turning point for Arsenal and this should be from where we should assess our achievements to date and so far we have done really well.

I am sure this transfer window was a turning point and we will compete for highest achievements very soon.

The author seems to take great pleasure in telling us about Arsenal's great achievements so far — fifth round of the cup, only two points off the top and another fantastic European campaign, qualifying for the last 16 yet again!

The Real Madrid forward is breaking records and reaching terrific new heights on an almost weekly basis at the moment for his club, and he has now set this superb achievement for his national side as well, heading home to give his country a crucial three points in their quest to qualify for the tournament in France in two years» time.

It is a worry that Tottenham just did what no other team has managed to do in the UCL group stages for five years, although I would qualify the achievement by pointing out that Madrid were pretty poor.

Single: If the Caps do in fact win it all the Conn Smythe will almost certainly go to Alex Ovechkin, but don't sleep on Nicklas Backstrom, the assist artist who accounted for five more points than Ovechkin in Washington's two series last spring and is equally deserving of a lifetime achievement award.

So correct mate, am scared, this is ironic time for wenger and arsenal, it funny that arsenal did well when we didn't have money but couldnt use the new wealth to elevate things but the key point is, eye for tactics and scouting the best youth out there is the forward, if we are honest with ourselves, we have to commend Tottenham achievement of blending young and getting good quality players really cheap

From drawing our attention to the ignored but obvious, to making attractive points and arguments, to drawing sensationalist targets — he has reopened a debate on the foreign nature of the Premier League and its consequences for the national team's future achievements.

Every position on the pitch is then awarded a different number of points for various achievements during a match.

Returning to the top table in Europe, where Milan belong, will be a significant achievement for Gattuso, and at that point he'll have done his job and earned his contract.

«There is still everything to play for in the Champions League and getting seven points from the games against United, Liverpool and Arsenal was a great achievement and gives us a lot of confidence going forward.

Finishing 20 points above the bottom three is a sizeable achievement for a club like Blackburn but they relied heavily upon results at home, with Rovers losing just three games at Ewood Park all of last season.

A ludicrous 21 points difference seperated Real Madrid and Valencia in the La Liga table last season, which provides ample opportunity for Malaga to assert themselves as La Liga contendors next season and provide that much - needed buffer between 2nd and 3rd place — a vast turnaround on recent year's achievements.

When compared to control group counterparts in randomized trials, infants and toddlers who participated in high - quality home visiting programs were shown to have more favorable scores for cognitive development and behavior, higher IQs and language scores, higher grade point averages and math and reading achievement test scores at age 9, and higher graduation rates from high school.

In a secondary analysis, the NSLY found that the achievement scores of children breastfed for at least 29 weeks were 1.5 points higher than those of children never breastfed (P =.01), but the authors considered their data about breastfeeding duration «less reliable» than data about whether a child was ever breastfed.

Mr Scott pointed to income tax breaks for the lowest earners, tackling bankers» bonuses and restoring the link between pensions and earnings as key Lib Dem achievements within the coalition.

The source pointed to her push for police body cameras and expanded school - lunch programs as signature achievements during her time in office.

For his part, Cuomo has pointed to achievements including legalizing gay marriage, tightening gun restrictions, raising the minimum wage, banning fracking and increasing investments in education — all while working to lower taxes and jumpstart the upstate economy.

I hope at some point to be recognised for my speedreading achievement - the 500 - plus pages of End of the Party read in three days flat in preparation for hosting Andrew Rawnsley's public launch.

The governor, who applauded the Commissioners for their efforts to deliver in their mandate, pointed out that it was important for the public to know the extent of their achievements.

Like Paul rightly pointed out in his show, the man's achievements are visible to see and going to make the 2020 campaign easy for the NDC especially if he leads the party.

In a statement, a campaign spokesman for Cuomo told Observer that «anyone can run for office» and pointed to the governor's achievements.

«We are also proud to be identified with your laudable achievements in making Lagos a great financial hub and a reference point for other states in the country.