Sentences with phrase «as a little more»

Maryam Henein, the director of Vanishing of the Bees, a 2010 documentary that explores the environmental ramifications Colony Collapse Disorder, dismisses the personified bee being backburnered as little more than a clever «healthwashing» - reminiscent corporate publicity stunt.

From his bombastic remarks to his over-the-top lifestyle, he often comes off as little more than a rich bully pandering for attention.

But reviews and evaluations are — often justifiably — viewed as little more than formalities that accomplish little or nothing in the way of true feedback.

Both of them got there by executing with only technical competence, and both regarded their end - users as little more than cogs in the machinery of their business models (almost certainly how Facebook achieved Most Hated status).

Time was, folks thought of the Pacific Northwest as little more than logging towns, seaports, and some of the biggest saloon stops on the way to the Yukon Trail.

His 12 - week London campaign in 1954 defied expectations, drawing more than 2 million people and the respect of the British, many of whom had derided him before his arrival as little more than a slick salesman.

Even the financial crisis and ensuing Great Recession registered as little more than a blip.

The Conservatives characterized Martin's contingencies as little more than slush funds, a smear that stuck because of the white lies at the heart of the budget.

Organizations preoccupied with short - term, bottom line thinking often view their employees as little more than resources to be hired, fired, and manipulated as the need arises.

LONDON (Reuters)- A year ago, bitcoin was widely dismissed as little more than a way for drug - dealers and terrorists to move money around anonymously.

Peter Kirby, CEO of Texas blockchain - focused start - up Factom, likened the technology's stage of development to that of the internet in the early 1990s, when it was seen as little more than a way to send emails.

Trump panned the bipartisan bill as little more than a building block for the «beautiful» and «comprehensive» legislation he envisioned would protect Americans from mass shootings.

While fitness - tracking features can help users with issues like diabetes, heart health, sleep, and mental health, Fitbit exists as little more than a hardware manufacturer at this point.

In doing so, the U.S. has further undermined the credibility of a review process that is widely recognized as little more than a lobbying exercise.

Two damning reports appeared in 1959, condemning American graduate management education as little more than vocational colleges filled with second - rate students taught by second - rate professors who did not understand their fields, did little research and were out of touch with business.

But until the market takes out the significant 108.15 level I continue to view the current move as little more than a pre FOMC meeting squeeze driven by yields and positioning and believe there will be substantial resistance between 107.50 - 108 levels.

Altcoins began life as little more than bitcoin copies attempting to mimic bitcoin's successful run, but they quickly became much more than their name suggests.

Jonathan Albright, a social media analyst who has been studying the company for nearly two years, saw it as little more than a legal maneuver.

Some see her stance on trade as little more than typical campaign rhetoric.

Unfortunately, many priests have concluded that their ecclesiastical superiors now regard their «vocation» as little more than a job.

In this case, the NCCB presents itself very modestly indeed, as little more than an institutional arrangement for bishops to get together to talk shop.

In reality, The Grey Album comes off as little more than a novelty.

Wasserstein condemns Arendt's views as little more than using the Holocaust to «blame the victim.»

The cult has often been seen as little more than a gross form of flattery, motivated by the political ambitions of provincial elites, or the consequence of crude manipulation or megalomania on the part of emperors, the best of which, it is often remarked, were reticent about its development.

But without strong action to back up those words, such groups are likely to view Francis» comments as little more than lip service.

Having grown up in the conservative evangelical subculture that cast salvation as little more than a ticket out of hell that you cash in on Judgment Day, I've personally been enthralled and challenged by the emerging church's perspective on the Kingdom of God.

Church often serves as little more than a social club, and the strong evangelical presence means that faith and politics get far too intertwined at times.

society, where sin is viewed as little more than psychological maladjustment, or behavior arising out of corrupt economic structures, or as a failure of the educational system, baptism reminds us that, in spite of Gestalt and I'm OK, You're OK, what we do naturally is not the best we could do, that our inborn selfishness and pride are life - and - death matters, that Christians are made, not born.

Missionaries were heroic figures in our eyes, and, unlike today, when they often function as little more than ecclesiastical social workers, their animating purpose was to win souls for Christ.

In the years since Thomas Carlyle coined the phrase in 1849, there have been plenty of others who have seen economists as little more than quartermasters in the Army of Mammon, toting up their accounts, oblivious to the human carnage around them.

People sometimes think of the Reformation as little more than a 500 - year - old clean - up job on the Roman Catholic Church.

I viewed children as little more than vampires, sucking the lifeblood out of their parents.

When I first suspected I was pregnant, I could have been forgiven for thinking that, in Britain, pregnancy is regarded as little more than an embarrassing sexually transmitted disease.

While faith today is treated as little more than a lifestyle option, in the past religious orthodoxy was equated with social order and security and thus became an important concern for any regime.

Rabbi Ruchman adds that the Sanhedrin members covered their heads with ashes, their bodies with sack cloth, and cried when they heard these words, and the Jerusalem Talmud dates this occasion as a little more than 40 years before the destruction of the temple, that was in 70 AD.

The human mammal would rather not think of itself as little more than an animal so we go off to the religion of life called OZ.

Were our forefathers right in their understanding of the «Disciplines,» or are we seeing ourselves as a little more enlightened than we perceive them to have been?

Though Martin does not suggest, with Fray, that Graham served as little more than a «parable of American righteousness,» he does propose that the man and the message fit the spirit of the age and the culture with uncanny precision.

They see their role in resisting evil as little more than a speed bump.

Since the Protestant Reformation, the Roman Catholic magisterium has deployed its self - referential doctrine of apostolic succession to portray Protestants as little more than heretics.

When people view each other as little more than evolved creatures then they don't care about the feelings or self - worth of others.

His interpretation of the «facts» assumes an impoverished anthropology that treats man as little more than a self - interested animal who vigilantly performs a cost / benefit analysis for every decision in life, including when and whom he should marry.

To confess interest in «process philosophy» as a viable vocation (over and against the mere historical study of a certain tradition) is to seem to associate oneself with a tradition thoroughly discredited in the eyes of its more analytically - inclined critics as little more than an historical anachronism — a throwback to the worst examples of unrestrained 19th - century speculative nonsense.10

Part of me wants to dismiss the phenomenon as little more than the human tendency to project our image upon God and read into things.

In light of the underground community of abuse and depravity that exists in the priesthood, I see this condemnation as little more than the excessive whinings of the proverbial kid caught with his own hand in the cookie jar.

Held Evans appears to see Rome and Constantinople as little more than exotic ports of call for a disaffected generation whose members nevertheless retain their own spiritual autonomy.

For many he was seen as little more than a stop - gap solution at Mercedes following the retirement of Nico Rosberg, but he's been so good this year it's hard to see the team not signing him up for another season.

and the OP did say «decent» offer which you should probably read as a little more than expected / worth

Even those who might have regarded Thompson's gesture as little more than a grandstand play could not ignore it — or the issue that precipitated it.

I think most people are counting him as little more than a camp body (just a «replacement for Brice Butler») but I think he will impress and may get an extension.