Sentences with phrase «as a distraction which»

Office gossip may largely be seen as a distraction which causes both productivity and morale to take a hit.

These items are at high risk of becoming lost and also serve as a distraction which creates safety issues.

The purpose of the school uniform policy is to provide uniformity in attire that will eliminate competition among students as well as the distractions which fashion and hairstyle fads provide.

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Which, as it turns out, can be a long - term problem (and distraction) to an entrepreneur — most of whom would prefer building their company rather than working to shed those extra pounds.

«I do not want my comments to create distraction as Uber works to build a culture of which we can be proud,» Mr. Bonderman said in a statement.

But with its core business under pressure, the company must avoid distraction and refocus its attention on its original H&M brand, which makes up the vast majority of its sales, but now fails to excite consumers as it once did.

Modern persons will never find rest for their restless hearts without Christ, for modern culture is nothing but the wasteland from which the gods have departed, and so this restlessness has become its own deity; and, deprived of the shelter of the sacred and the consoling myths of sacrifice, the modern person must wander or drift, vainly attempting one or another accommodation with death, never escaping anxiety or ennui, and driven as a result to a ceaseless labor of distraction, or acquisition, or willful idiocy.

Allow this center in a man to remain dulled by the crowd; allow it to continue dissipated by busyness; permit it to go on evading its function by a round of distractions, or to lull itself by a carefully chosen rotation of pleasures; abandon it to its attempt to drug, to narcotize suffering and remorse which might reveal to it its true condition; let it wither away the sense of its own validity by false theories of man's nature, of his place in the social pattern, of his way of salvation; in short, allow any of these well - known forms of domestication of man's responsible core as an individual, to continue unchallenged, and you as a thinker and a friend of men have committed the supreme treason!

Neither of these represents the real threat to optimum church - state relations, and both have served as distractions from the danger of the moment, which is not religious dominance — or even «secularism» — but statism.

He called you by your last name (a practice I use to this day), he had a way of instilling fear into kids who would goof - off and cause distractions in other classes (a practice I was very much unable to duplicate during my one - year stint as an 8th - grade English teacher), and you had to run the gauntlet of sentence - diagramming grammar, which advanced to a pretty complex level, before the more «cool - teacher» aspects of Mr. Pacilio were unveiled — and even then, the tests on those rock songs were no joke!

But it has also promoted a distraction of mind in the reader, so that, perhaps precisely from respect and admiration for China and Persia, the thinkers of the middle ages, the four universal monarchies (a discovery which, as it did not escape Geert Westphaler, has also set many a Hegelian Geert Westphaler's tongue wagging), he may have forgotten to inquire whether it now really did become evident at the end, at the close of this journey of enchantment, as was repeatedly promised in the beginning, and what was of course the principal issue, for the want of which not all the glories of the world could compensate, what alone could be a sufficient reward for the unnatural tension in which one had been held — that the method was valid.

And this in spite of the fact that I do not by any means doubt that you have completely understood and assented to the newest philosophy, which like the modern age generally seems to suffer from a curious distraction, confusing promise with performance, the superscription with the execution; for what age and what philosophy was ever so wonderful and wonderfully great as our own — in superscriptions!

As mercurial as he is talented, Lance's on - court demeanor has a tendency to devolve into what could be called antics, and which the less - charitable would label distractionAs mercurial as he is talented, Lance's on - court demeanor has a tendency to devolve into what could be called antics, and which the less - charitable would label distractionas he is talented, Lance's on - court demeanor has a tendency to devolve into what could be called antics, and which the less - charitable would label distractions.

These actions pose as a distraction for the players on a daily basis now, which will surely make our chances of reaching the top four of the division much slimmer, but must also have an effect on the happiness of said players.

Now I think there is still reasons to be cheerful, I agree Man C & Chelski have spent & bought some good players, we all understand that 5 of those teams might be in the CL proper which is a huge distraction for those 4 - 5 teams.Chelsea will not be able to field the same 13 - 14 players all season, as for Man C they were very frail at the back last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did last season & with the added games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the racas for Man C they were very frail at the back last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did last season & with the added games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the racas well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did last season & with the added games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the racAs for Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the racas they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the racas US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the race.

Amid these distractions Rodriguez developed a mechanical flaw in his swing in which he wrapped his wrists as they moved back to a cocked position.

Suarez may never come now as Liverpool is on our heels and with Champions league distraction i see no reason Liverpool can't overtake us.Only Wenger knows the secret in Giroud which all of us don't see.

With Manchester United tackling an in - form West Ham this weekend but having also the distraction of a UEFA Champions League Last - 8 tie with Chelsea on Wednesday, Arsenal could be primed and ready to capitalise on a favourable weekend schedule which sees both their title - rivals, Chelsea and United, make awkward trips to Stoke and West Ham respectively as they toy with Blackburn Rovers at the Emirates.

Everton, who have the added distraction of a Europa League campaign (provided they are not outwitted by eastern European opposition in the third qualifying round) have already invested heavily and can thank a «buy low sell high «transfer policy in the past which has seen big money roll in when selling players such as Fellaini and Stones, in addition to this year's probable transfers - out income.

February is just as important, with the knock - outs of the Champions League kicking off in two weeks time, and the prospect of coming face - to - face with European giants AC Milan could prove a distraction in the coming weeks, which is ironic as the last time Spurs met Bolton in the league it was immediately after a Champions League tie, fittingly against AC's bitter rivals Inter Milan.

Suffice it to say, the new mandate hasn't made anybody happy and has garnered plenty of vocal detractors (and rightly so), from US Lacrosse, the sport's national governing body (which, among other things, called the mandate «irresponsible» and premature), to coaches (who don't see the flimsy headband approved by FHSAA — what one longtime game official told The Times looked «more like a thick bandana» — as serving any purpose and no more than a «costly distraction to parents and the players»), to game officials (one told The Times that the only effect the headgear was having on the game was to cause delays because the headbands were prone to falling off) to the athletes themselves, who say all it does is get in the way of their goggles.

Feed the child without major distractions, such as loud noises, which may cause him to become disoriented.

These three sayings about capture the current Nigerian season of hysteria, in which the unwritten code is yak to no end as to the Armageddon to come, when common sense dictates reasonable quiet, lest a fatal distraction, of those trying to fix this economic miasma, which has worsened Nigeria's crisis of nationhood.

SERAP, which described Fayemi's threat of lawsuit as an unhelpful distraction, maintained that it would not back down on its campaign for the abolition of state laws that allow ex-governor to earn life pensions.

The presidential spokesman said to begin to talk of the PDP which he described as a «house of commotion» was a mere distraction.

He was silent when King rightly described the moratorium as a bad idea, a «distraction» — for which the commissioner has been predictably repaid with protests calling for his dismissal.

«The Chief Inspector is right to send a clear warning about the Government's obsession with further structural changes as being the way to raise standards for pupils; what matters is creating the conditions in which teachers can focus on teaching and learning, without unnecessary and wasteful distractions.

If most of your time is spent on a smartphone, you should first clean out unnecessary distractions on your device and include your phone as a major part of your digital detox, which we'll get to later.

The radical yogis followed the non-dualistic philosophy of tantra — instead of seeing the physical body as a distraction to spirituality, they believed that the body could be used to accelerate spiritual growth and reach Samadhi, or complete meditative absorption, which the sage Patanjali outlined in the Yoga Sutras as the ultimate goal of the practice.

I usually wear them to party - which I rarely go to (struggle of a working mom of 3) Most of my jumpsuits are tight fitted around my bottom area, and as a teacher the last thing you want is distraction -LSB-...]

As the movie begins, Lincoln is far short of the needed votes, and even his Cabinet is fighting his commitment to its passage, which it views as a distraction from and impediment to the coming end of the waAs the movie begins, Lincoln is far short of the needed votes, and even his Cabinet is fighting his commitment to its passage, which it views as a distraction from and impediment to the coming end of the waas a distraction from and impediment to the coming end of the war.

It became a distraction as the film drew to what should be a provocative conclusion; one which ultimately feels added for shock more than anything else.

The film takes this moment to remind us of something our crack team of film stars as well as extraction spy already knows, which is how insanely frivolous this cinematic world is, but the world is paying so much attention to this while the six diplomats hiding out in Iran waiting for help is almost completely forgotten of in a second once this fancy distraction is waived in front of the media.

For those multiplayers who want to try something a little different, there is a mini-game that reminds me of some futuristic game of soccer as you need to use your blasters to push the ball around the field until you get it into the goal which serves as a nice distraction.

Viewed as a simple, escapist, heart - warming tale set amongst the Hollywood elite, it's a perfectly adequate distraction which, like a brightly coloured, no - frills plastic wristwatch, at least passes the time, until you're home again.Hide

It comes with odd distractions such as a long scene in which we watch a musical production.

There are other little side - story distractions involving Karan Soni hiring an escort to act as his girlfriend for the night (he tells all of his coworkers that he is dating a model), which leads to Jillian Bell showing up as a gangster pimp.

He's tried flirting with Rose (Jennifer Aniston), who works as a stripper (which provides a striptease - as - distraction moment that's equal parts sexy and funny) and lives in his building.

Birdman is scathing toward Hollywood, particularly superhero movies, which it's true, they do eat up a lot of top - tier talent, both in front of and behind the camera, for what many see as a fancy distraction at best.

Needless to say, they bury the hatchet to fight the newborns, a bloody battle which merely serves as a distraction from the palpable pressure ratcheting - up on Bella to decide which guy will get her heart.

The committee's chair, Neil Carmichael, described the focus on new grammar schools as an «unnecessary distraction» which prevents the current school system being improved.

He says, through his videos, pre-service educators are able to observe what a classroom dynamic is actually like without being there in the room and acting as a distraction to the students, which often makes students behave differently.

To support students as they navigate everyday conflict, Fall - Hamilton has a nook called a peace corner in every room, with a comfortable seat, a timer — students generally need only a couple of minutes to calm down and reflect — and some distractions, like stuffed animals, or a prepared form on which students can explicitly document and monitor their own feelings and reactions.

As we end October, which is National Principals Month, during a time with myriad distractions, and in an era where plenty of quick fixes for schools are promoted, people often ask me, what should the focus of school leaders be?

Ms. Ravitch has a new book coming out, called «Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America's Public Schools,» in which she criticizes what she sees as a useless distraction from the problems of race and income inequality.

[31] Students experience «minimal distractions [with] more time for both academics and extracurricular activities,» [32] preparing them for college and enrolling them in «KIPP Through College,» which offers students support as undergraduates.

The last and most important is distraction free reading which includes the customization of settings for an uninterrupted, optimized reading experience such as — muting sounds, reducing screen brightness, disable radios, adjusting fonts, margins, etc..

In short, they were not necessary to the story and only served as a distraction from the real story which happened weeks — or centuries — later to different people in a different setting.

Students struggle with various obligations and academic tasks, as well as private problems and distractions, which can often lead to their inability to craft a paper within a set deadline.

Which means, according to DBW, that the company is positioning itself as being focused on the reading experience, especially with features such as «Reading Mode,» which allows the user, among other things, to turn off notifications from other apps on its tablets to keep distractions at a minWhich means, according to DBW, that the company is positioning itself as being focused on the reading experience, especially with features such as «Reading Mode,» which allows the user, among other things, to turn off notifications from other apps on its tablets to keep distractions at a minwhich allows the user, among other things, to turn off notifications from other apps on its tablets to keep distractions at a minimum.