Sentences with phrase «as a symbol for»

Her act served as a symbol for the civil rights movement and springboard for the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Additionally, Buenos Aires has introduced Academia Buenos Aires Emprende, an initiative to educate citizens about enterprise and business building, demonstrating a desire to promote and enrich the startup ecosystem, not only for local residents but also as a symbol for Latin America and the global startup scene.

, an initiative to educate citizens about enterprise and business building, demonstrating a desire to promote and enrich the startup ecosystem, not only for local residents but also as a symbol for Latin America and the global startup scene.

And it was an expression of her indomitable affirmation of life that she chose «reincarnation» as her symbol for the invisible order.

We may let it serve as the symbol for the rise of paideia as the model of excellence in theological education.

Later, symbolic reference is alluded to as the theory «according to which our sensory perceptions stand as symbols for the activities in the external world» (PW 169/186).

Although it originated from the context of the Jewish Temple Cultus (see Chart I, 1 above) the term can also be used as a symbol for the story of the Prodigal Son if it is broken up into its constituent parts: At - One - Ment: the state of being at one with the father.

Fifth, Christians choose to use «God» as the symbol for the ultimate mystery of this creative process, so that «life must at all points be lived in awe and respect before the ultimate mystery of things.

Understanding a Prolog program as a symbol for an eternal object may also assist us in understanding how an eternal object is nested in another eternal object and how their structures are related.

I get it David, you imagine Jesus as a symbol for social change and all loving acceptance.

If relations in Prolog are to be interpreted as symbols for prehensions in a Whiteheadian context, they must possess the capacity to be arbitrarily complex in order to represent complex prehensions.

We maintain that a Prolog program as a symbol for a Whiteheadian proposition presents possibilities and lures for a concrescing entity.

More than once in my life, they've served as a symbol for things to come.

Fire is used in the Bible as a symbol for cleansing.

If, moreover, one thinks of the tree as the motherly feminine or as a symbol for the whole of nature, the shadows lengthen into a bleak morality tale about an oblivious male chauvinism or about an environmentally destructive anthropocentrism, both ominously foretold when, early on, the boy gathers leaves and weaves them into a crown and struts about playing king of the forest, his nose lifted high in the air.

The oxymoron as a symbol for God has another value: it reminds us that the word «God» is equivocal.

Rabbinic Judaism knows well the imagery of an elephant going through the eye of a needle as a symbol for the impossible, (Billerbeck, Kommentar I, 828.)

When Jesus referred to those who do the will of God as his Sisters and Brothers, he was using the Family as a symbol for the relationships not only between us and God, but just as importantly, as a symbol for our relationships with each other (Verna Dozier and Jim Adams pointed this out in their book Sisters and Brothers).

Because Jesus» listeners would have been familiar with the vineyard as a symbol for the people Israel, not for creation, they would have given an altogether different meaning to the story than the one traditionally preached by Christians.

They all live in the valley of «Cain,» which serves as a symbol for the cursed kind of existence they must endure.

Now Bultmann has recognized that the kerygma is not a symbol in the same sense as other religious symbols, precisely because of what it symbolizes: as the symbol for transcendence within history it can not be an unhistorical symbol.

The earth is used as a symbol for these Christians.

7.13, this imagery being used as a symbol for vindication.

Panthers tight end Greg Olsen also came to Norman's defense and told NBC Sports Radio that the team's defensive backs use the bat as a symbol for «more attitude.»

Others bury the placenta under a new tree, as a symbol for the placenta acting like the «tree of life» for the baby and believing the organ will bring richness to the soil to help the tree grow.

For example, imagine a flower opening as the symbol for your pain melting away, and try to visualize it happening as you relax.

They are also used as symbols for male breast cancer and male testicular cancer awareness.

These types of jewelry and ribbons are used as symbols for promoting infant loss and pregnancy.

A poppy is a beautiful, tall, red flower that Canadians use as a symbol for Remembrance Day.

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These price tags are meant as a symbol for money that the gun lobby gives to politicians, according to CNN:

The mural and the new bulbs planted today stand as a symbol for the ways in which the arts and social justice can build pathways to equity and opportunity for all Bronx youth and families.»

We subsequently adopted the stream from the original bakery site as a symbol for our extraordinary commitment to organic farming and wholesome foods.

If you want to add guidelines for rest periods, it'll save space to use commas as a symbol for «minutes.»

And as a symbol for their love, I have locked a patlock on this bridge (the love lock).

And Yorgos Lanthimos» horror - inflected «The Killing of a Sacred Deer» finds a perfectly coiffed American suburban couple (Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman) stricken with a terrible plight because of an act of negligence — an act that stands in as a symbol for their general upper - class complacency.

«It feels like we are living in the sunken place right now,» said «Get Out» writer - director Jordan Peele, accepting the Stanley Kramer Award, making a reference to the film's signature moment that he sees as a symbol for the marginalized.

That's because it's easy to use a giant, greedy, faceless corporation as a symbol for evil.

The combination of those two moments is telling: Green is attracted to those who seem resigned to tired lives, but only as a symbol for why we must struggle against resignation.

«More than any other model, it embodies the history and image of Lexus and serves as a symbol for everything the brand stands for.»

«Where the BMW kidneys have previously acted as a symbol for the company's expertise in drive system development, the BMW i Vision Dynamics deploys them as declarations of technological know - how.»

Stock images may only be used if it is an informal unofficial logo that will not ever be registered as a trademark or company logo, so we can use a stock icon as a symbol for the series or informal author icon.

The custom supposedly began with early Christians in celebration of Candlemas Day on February 2nd, when they looked for a clear blue sky as a symbol for how much longer they had to endure winter.

The use of rings as a symbol for marriage appears to have started during the Roman Empire.

A small square will have a repair symbol as well as a symbol for which element is needed to repair the damage.

Could this gesture stand as a symbol for the gallery's world - conquering ambitions?

Enwezor describes Paul Klee's wonderful small painting entitled «The Angel of History» or «Angelus Novus,» painted in 1920, of an angel with his open mouth, spread wings, fragile, tiptoeing feet, and haunting eyes looking at the viewer that Benjamin himself saw as a symbol for a state of despair, the horror of history, and the bleak future of civilization.

Obviously, it was awful what happened, but if you step back from that and simplify it as a symbol for change — I think that painting shows the power of sudden change.

The reason we view black and white as clashing forces is that while these colors are true opposites of one another, they both can also be used as symbols for all or nothing.

A cacophonous otherworld includes an encumbered ship that serves as a symbol for man's quest for a better life.