Sentences with phrase «as a sign of»

It wasn't all plain sailing for the moustache though; back home British citizens were looking on it as a sign of their boys «going native» and it was nearly stamped out completely.

In December, the pair announced they would each take $ 1 in annual compensation as a sign of their commitment to RIM.

Holacracy founder Robertson said he was disappointed with the way some media outlets characterized 14 % of the company leaving as a sign of failure.

When that story is relayed to Parker, he cringes — and waves it off as a sign of his mentor's knack for hyperbole.

is relayed to Parker, he cringes — and waves it off as a sign of his mentor's knack for hyperbole.

The high - yield market has underperformed equities this year, often seen as a sign of trouble for stocks.

Especially since the recent behavior of Japan's key financial market variables (stock indices, the yield curve and the yen's exchange rate) could be seen as a sign of support for reflationary policies.

For many, the Skype deal is seen — along with exuberance for the LinkedIn IPO and sky - high private valuations of companies such as Facebook — as a sign of a fast - inflating technology bubble: What else could explain such a lofty price tag for a company that lost $ 7 million in 2010 and $ 418 million the year before?

Critics point to MDC's lack of overall profits and its huge amount of debt as signs of a company making more bets than it can afford to lose, (this, despite its increased revenues, organic growth and free cash flow).

But you'd be mistaken to take it as a sign of weakness.

What the analysts and economists have done is confuse the former for the latter in seeing the relentless upward march of asset valuations as a sign of «economic recovery.»

That was seen as a sign of progress to get customers to pay full price.

They viewed their approach as a sign of their creativity, and — get this — actually got angry that I didn't recognize that.

(As a sign of the race's polarization, 28.97 percent of respondents said Trump's promises were least likely to come true, with 24.24 percent saying the same for Clinton.)

Exxon (xom) under Tillerson continued a strategy of his predecessors, signing deals in remote, oil - rich regions including Russia, which Trump has touted as a sign of the executive's global connections which would serve him well in the top U.S. diplomatic role.

Williams often speaks tentatively, revising, disclaiming, and qualifying his thoughts in a manner that most businesspeople would take as a sign of weakness.

Still, Ackman takes CP's rising share price as a sign of investor enthusiasm.

Asking for help is a risk because it can be seen as a sign of weakness.

Wall Street at least took that as a sign of even more geopolitical instability.

He will first cite Microsoft's mission to «empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more» and acknowledge his own beginnings in India as a sign of the power of technology to democratize society.

The men were told to look at the images for as long as necessary to make their judgments, and longer time spent looking specifically at the faces and bodies of the gay male couples was taken by the researchers as another sign of attraction to men.

He also pointed to the Eurosam agreement as a sign of Turkey's continued intention to work with NATO allies.

Relatively faster performance when the task involved moving the manikin toward the gay male couple was taken as a sign of implicit attraction, rather than aversion, toward homosexual men.

For example, their respect for authority may inhibit them from showing much, if any, personality in an interview and this can mislead hiring managers who take this as a sign of lack of interest or wrong cultural fit.

Costs of grants, employee salary compensation, travel and equipment rental are all listed as the organization marks transparency as the sign of a «healthy nonprofit.»

The Fed's targets 2 percent inflation growth as a sign of healthy and sustainable economic growth, but has failed to reach that level despite a decade of historically accommodative policy.

It would be easy — too easy — to interpret recent cases of media manipulation by Vancouver - area real estate firms as a sign of the industry's desperation in a faltering market.

China has started building refugee camps on the North Korean border, in what the New York Times interprets as a sign of real fears of a war between the rogue state and the U.S..

As a sign of the success experienced by our contest winners, one of this year's Emerging Entrepreneur finalists was previously a College finalist in 2010.

The vast majority of millennials (69 percent in southeast Asia and 80 percent in Latin America) perceive entrepreneurship as a sign of success.

Some naysayers can point to an earnings recession among large U.S. companies as a sign of worse things to come.

You don't invest in tech companies in general -; should we take that as a sign of a start - up bubble?

If your colleague has ADHD and fidgets constantly, you can't take the fidgeting as a sign of lying.

It's a rarity for such a dramatic change, but the move by Cadillac Fairview serves as a sign of how competitive mall operators have become in chasing the biggest names in the retail industry.

Apparently, his conservative suit and atrocious, heavily accented Spanish were taken as signs of legitimacy and often quickly landed him in the president's office of whatever company he cold - called.

Trump has pointed to the stock market's continued growth as a sign of his successes.

Being busy is often seen as a sign of importance and success, after all, so if you're driven, admitting that busyness is just not you can take a little bit of soul searching.

One of the biggest limiting factors in seeking compromises is the fact that so many people view compromises as a sign of weakness.

At the time the loan was interpreted as a sign of desperation.

He views any concession as a sign of humiliating weakness.

A flattening yield curve moving toward an inverted curve traditionally has been seen as a sign of a...

Big Money Movers As signs of life from Bitcoin begin to make waves in the broader cryptocurrency market, the amount of high - volume, off - exchange trades is starting to pick up.

At any rate the emergence of specialized hardware could be seen as a sign of growth in Litecoin.

While that was seen as a sign of health of Europe's economic recovery and signaled growing foreign investor appetite for the region's equities, it curbed the value of overseas earnings and hurt competitiveness.

Supporters pointed to the outcome as a sign of growing acceptance of marijuana consumption as part of the American mainstream, with advocates of liberalized pot laws looking to California as their next battleground in 2016.

At the same time, they are cautious on U.S. corporate credit as signs of stress have emerged in certain sectors.

It is seen as a sign of a looming bear market.»

The president views trade deficits as a sign of economic weakness that can be brought down by more aggressive trade policies.

Osteen's personal wealth, and his advocacy for a theology that glorifies material possessions as a sign of God's favor, have long made him a controversial figure in church circles.

As a sign of Bitcoin's growing strength in Latin America, the fourth annual laBITconf returns to Buenos Aires from November 4 - 5.