Sentences with phrase «as an adjective rather»

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And then my friend might hear the adjective «Catholic» as a form of respect rather than dismissal.

It is fruitful to think of the closeness of Whitehead to Aristotle in thinking of categories as adverbial interrogatives, accompanying verbs, rather than as nouns and adjectives.

I'm still as much of a planner as ever, but when life hands you beautiful brown eyes and a smile belonging to someone who is smart, witty, caring, and a continuation of adjectives that will never do the real person justice, you embrace the welcome detour that takes you from Point A, to B, to C, rather than the original journey from Point A to C, and never look back.

It's hard to figure out where Phantom Thread is going as it unravels, but once it gets there, the film suddenly reveals itself as something rather touching, even sweet — not adjectives I ever thought I'd use to describe an Anderson film.

What distinguishes this book from others on the topic is MacKay's insistence on using numbers rather than adjectives to delineate the problem, leading to conclusions such as: «To provide one quarter of [the U.K.] current energy consumption by growing energy crops, for example, would require 75 % of Britain to be covered with biomass plantations.»

So rather than describing the house as «the best,» a more sensible strategy is to focus on adjectives that are flattering, but leave room for other opinions.