Sentences with phrase «acts as an alternative»

If it was good enough with solid range, speed and bandwidth, it could act as an alternative to existing providers.

This seems to be due to the presence of abundant, small - bodied wild carnivores that act as an alternative reservoir of infection, and a source of canine distemper for endangered species.

MCTs produce ketones, which act as an alternative energy source for the brain and can therefore improve brain function.

The fact of the matter is that many most supplements on the market are absolute garbage; as such, they only act as an alternative to flushing your money down the toilet.

Ketones act as an alternative energy source for the glucose - starved brains.

LONDON Nextdoor, a social network that acts as an alternative to industry giant Facebook by.

Now Ritz, a former teacher and union activist, will get to back local control for the four IPS takeover schools as the Indianapolis mayor's office acts as an alternative to state intervention.

LifePhases» purpose is to act as an alternative to term insurance and is meant to address temporary needs.

One of the most important — but least talked about — advantages to the FHA streamline is that it can act as an alternative to the HARP loan program.

Cryptocurrencies are a type of digital money which acts as an alternative to normal currencies, like dollars, that are issued by governments of different nations.

This credit account acts as an alternative way to pay for traditional online shopping websites, and is helpful for people with average credit.

Viewing the «degrees» page and viewing content over a certain degree doesn't change that preference on the home page, just acts as an alternative to the home page for content you want to see.

This can act as an alternative to the poncho / sombrero look.

The exhibition and its related public programs act as an alternative syllabus for art - life learning.

Playing on the idioms of post-internet culture, the young artist's Instagram acts as an alternative outlet for her skills as an animator and filmmaker, and for her outlandish sense of humour.

The court also cited the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act as an alternative means of discovery.

Pteet.com provides primary coverage, which will act as your alternative to claiming on your regular auto insurance, which has the potential to rate increases.

This savings plan acts as an alternative to a traditional Insurance health plan.

The Honor View 10 (known as the V10 in China) is a flagship device that acts as an alternative to the Huawei Mate 10 lineup.

It can also be exchanged for traditional currencies and can act as alternatives to national fiat money and commodities like gold.

It is a digital currency that was designed to act as an alternative to traditional money which is created and managed by a central authority.

With Dual Apps mode, users can have two WhatsApp and other accounts on the same phone; and Fingerprint Snap, allows you to use the fingerprint sensor act as an alternative shutter button.

These cards act as an alternative to standard fiat debit cards and can be used at any ATM or Point of Sale terminals accepting Visa or MasterCard cards across the world.

The whole principle behind bitcoin was to replicate the properties that made gold uniquely suited to be money and act as an alternative to fiat currencies.

Bespoke shelving on either side of the bed acts as alternative to bedside cabinets in this bright white bedroom.

In the main bedroom, bespoke shelving on either side of the bed acts as an alternative to bedside cabinets.

Not exact matches

Other than real estate, which has higher yields and can act as a diversifier, Turnbull won't hold any sector or alternative - asset ETFs.

The Carlyle Group («Carlyle») is one of the world's largest global alternative asset management firms that originates, structures and acts as lead equity investor in management - led buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, growth capital financings, real estate opportunities, bank loans, high - yield debt, distressed assets, mezzanine debt and other investment opportunities.

In fact, part of why I like the state crowdfunding alternatives (alternatives to JOBS Act Title III) is that they seem to take more of the approach that people want to back small companies for reasons that are as compelling or more compelling than the prospect of financial return.

The police said that under the Money Laundering Act, a person conducting transactions with Bitcoin, including as a broker, is an alternative payment service provider.

Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward - looking statements based on a number of factors, including, without limitation: (1) risks related to the consummation of the Merger, including the risks that (a) the Merger may not be consummated within the anticipated time period, or at all, (b) the parties may fail to obtain shareholder approval of the Merger Agreement, (c) the parties may fail to secure the termination or expiration of any waiting period applicable under the HSR Act, (d) other conditions to the consummation of the Merger under the Merger Agreement may not be satisfied, (e) all or part of Arby's financing may not become available, and (f) the significant limitations on remedies contained in the Merger Agreement may limit or entirely prevent BWW from specifically enforcing Arby's obligations under the Merger Agreement or recovering damages for any breach by Arby's; (2) the effects that any termination of the Merger Agreement may have on BWW or its business, including the risks that (a) BWW's stock price may decline significantly if the Merger is not completed, (b) the Merger Agreement may be terminated in circumstances requiring BWW to pay Arby's a termination fee of $ 74 million, or (c) the circumstances of the termination, including the possible imposition of a 12 - month tail period during which the termination fee could be payable upon certain subsequent transactions, may have a chilling effect on alternatives to the Merger; (3) the effects that the announcement or pendency of the Merger may have on BWW and its business, including the risks that as a result (a) BWW's business, operating results or stock price may suffer, (b) BWW's current plans and operations may be disrupted, (c) BWW's ability to retain or recruit key employees may be adversely affected, (d) BWW's business relationships (including, customers, franchisees and suppliers) may be adversely affected, or (e) BWW's management's or employees» attention may be diverted from other important matters; (4) the effect of limitations that the Merger Agreement places on BWW's ability to operate its business, return capital to shareholders or engage in alternative transactions; (5) the nature, cost and outcome of pending and future litigation and other legal proceedings, including any such proceedings related to the Merger and instituted against BWW and others; (6) the risk that the Merger and related transactions may involve unexpected costs, liabilities or delays; (7) other economic, business, competitive, legal, regulatory, and / or tax factors; and (8) other factors described under the heading «Risk Factors» in Part I, Item 1A of BWW's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated or supplemented by subsequent reports that BWW has filed or files with the SEC.

Ether too, which acts as a proxy for alternative cryptoassets cycles, was at a very low support level.

Global Alternative Investment Services, Inc. is a registered broker - dealer that acts as placement agent for certain funds and provides wholesaling support services to GAI.

Accordingly, as more hedge fund managers look to launch alternative mutual funds, it is important for them to understand the common structures under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (’40 Act).

Effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, the Act provides for a permanent reduction of the corporate tax rate from a top graduated rate of 35 percent to a flat rate of 21 percent, as well as a repeal of the corporate alternative minimum tax (AMT).

NEW YORK, NY, October 9, 2017 — Despite widespread criticism regarding the heightened regulatory environment that has pervaded since the introduction of the Dodd - Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, as well as the Trump administration's promises to scale back regulations, the alternative investment industry doesn't foresee any lessening of current regulations or regulators»...

The Tokens would be listed on an Alternative Trading System that is compliant with Regulation ATS under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

The alternative would be that God created us as pre-programmed robots - a situation that would prevent both horrible tragedies and willful acts of kindness and love.

Even if this assessment is not the same as taking each act separately, each actor must still decide whether probable consequences authorize a given social practice or some alternative set of rules.

Unless they are to write exclusively for fellow believers, the Catholic author must now offer his readers an alternative explanation for what he might see as an act of God.

The last two decades have witnessed a rebirth of interest in the virtues, an interest which, at a minimum, acts as a supplement to the familiar alternatives of deontology and utilitarianism, and, at a maximum, acts as a substitute for deontology and utilitarianism.1 1 will not be defending the maximal thesis in this article, as some in the virtue ethics «movement» have done (e.g., Alasdair MacIntyre and Philippa Foot2).

Niebuhr (in a rather inexact way) wanted the concept of the devil to act as a symbol of the mysterious offer presented to man to take the alternative to God's established order of human existence.

Most importantly, church assemblies should reclaim their role as representative assemblies chosen to deliberate thoughtfully on significant matters of Christian faith and life, rather than continuing to act as legislatures that reduce everything to stark alternatives and then make hurried decisions by forced choice majority voting.

«18 Because these two alternatives, revelation as act and revelation as being, are inadequate alone, Bonhoeffer turns to a synthesis in which act and being take on a new dimension in the church.

This American ideal for education was institutionalized in the Morrill Land Grant Act of 1862, encouraging the state schools oriented toward agricultural and technical education that developed as alternatives to the liberal arts colleges.

The Gospel narrative should act as a springboard to the ongoing tangible freedom it brings: a dynamic lifestyle beyond the monotony of producing and consuming, an alternative that distracts us from every mundane and momentary distraction eroding our souls.

This means that fundamentally the «change» entailed in the «acting» of a physical existent can not be essentially locomotive change; rather locomotive change must be seen as either only one aspect of the change involved in and constituting «acting,» or as only the resultant of the change involved in «acting» — the latter is the view of Leibniz and of Whitehead; I would myself incline to the former alternative.

Mathews recognized that characteristic religious acts such as prayer and worship may not survive such adjustment, but he saw no alternative to complete openness, and he personally found the implications of science supportive of the religious response.

To this I would reply that for a long time now many biologists have readily accepted the possibility, if not the virtual certainty, that purposes in the form of the making of choices between alternative situations may indeed have played an important function as canalising in certain directions the selective forces acting on the stock in question.

The implications of expressing the thesis as such an equation are (1) if the viewed action is not at all salient for the person (i.e., = 0) the action will not affect the viewer's behavior («act»); (2) the chance that a particular viewed action will affect a person's behavior will decrease to the extent that they have other alternatives in their «repertoire»; and (3) if the individual is not aroused to act he will not exhibit the viewed behavior, no matter how salient it is.