Sentences with phrase «as observers rather»

Johnson has returned to the music festivals of her youth that she now visits as an observer rather than a participant.

The copy of West's painting is an obvious reference to the Indian's role as an observer rather than participant in history, and the whole painting takes the configuration of a flag, that trademark of conquest.

Not exact matches

As for the «awesome technologies» that sprang from Jobs's Apple laboratories, would not an impartial observer describe the iPad as just a small laptop computer without a keyboard and a cover rather than an innovation on par with electricity, vaccination or hybrid cropAs for the «awesome technologies» that sprang from Jobs's Apple laboratories, would not an impartial observer describe the iPad as just a small laptop computer without a keyboard and a cover rather than an innovation on par with electricity, vaccination or hybrid cropas just a small laptop computer without a keyboard and a cover rather than an innovation on par with electricity, vaccination or hybrid crops?

Because the amount of bad debt in each period is almost certainly a growing number, it must follow logically that the GDP growth number observers really want, rather than the one they have — that is, GDP growth as a systems output that can serve as a proxy for debt - servicing capacity — is a declining number, and perhaps even a quickly declining number.

As one of the few observers to both anticipate and accurately estimate the depth of both the 2000 - 2002 and 2007 - 2009 market collapses (including my March 2000 estimate of an -83 % collapse in technology stocks, which proved to be rather brutally accurate), I fully expect that the coming years will feature a roughly -64 % collapse in the S&P 500 Index.

UN observer Lorne Gunter comments: «Rather than the People's Assembly being comprised of members or deputies from around the world, elected by and accountable to the people they represent [as is at least theoretically the case with the General Assembly], it would likely be made up of the heads of civil society NGOs, and, under most scenarios, only those NGOs accredited by the UN.

Perhaps the most «applied» approach at the conference was that of a professor at a southeastern university who simultaneously participates in Benedictine life and Zen meditation, attempting to understand these traditions concretely rather than as an observer.

Rather, he says, it is one interwoven thing that takes time and space seriously but not too seriously — perhaps by treating them as idioms that the universe finds necessary in order to communicate itself to observers.

It may be more unified than most college curricula are but nonetheless it impresses the observer as a collection of studies rather than as a course of study.

From the late - 1980s onwards, the party adopted free market policies, [146] leading many observers to describe the Labour Party as social democratic or the Third Way, rather than democratic socialist.

He neither opposed nor supported the teachers» strike action, casting himself as a rather odd, impotent observer of events.

But as Price points out, there are very few spacecraft monitoring the planets at present, and any exceptional phenomena are quite likely to be discovered by amateur observers rather than professionals, who are justifiably far more concerned with objects far beyond the Solar System.

It doesn't even involve people — or rather, it involves them only as observers.

The Board recommends a dedicated seat for science at an influential new world leaders» forum created to promote and monitor sustainable development — the UN High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development — saying science needs to be engaged «formally in the HLPF as an advisor rather than an observer.»

focusing on singular anatomical structures to comprehend lumbopelvic pain, rather than considering the spine and pelvis as an integrated, interdependent and dynamic biological structure, might «blind» the observer to the larger picture.»

Since Maud is an observer rather than a precipitator of this climactic incident, the deus ex machina that shocks the nation and supposedly guarantees women the vote, it depletes her agency as the film's protagonist.

We pity Carrie as an outside observer, rather than becoming immersed in her headspace.

As head of the international division, Gianopulos forged close relationships with notable directors such as James Cameron, Bobby and Peter Farrelly and Baz Luhrmann but admittedly was just an «observer» of the filmmaking process rather than a participanAs head of the international division, Gianopulos forged close relationships with notable directors such as James Cameron, Bobby and Peter Farrelly and Baz Luhrmann but admittedly was just an «observer» of the filmmaking process rather than a participanas James Cameron, Bobby and Peter Farrelly and Baz Luhrmann but admittedly was just an «observer» of the filmmaking process rather than a participant.

Seeing the film again 20 years on, I was irritated by the way Orlando addresses remarks to camera (pictured right) as though s / he were an observer of the story rather than a participant.

Describing a child's actions is simply providing data; this establishes you not as judge but rather as an observer.

Rather than wait for NCES to release the NAEP results objectively, as was the normal and expected procedure, Gore decided to use the occasion to provide his own interpretation of the data - an interpretation that many observers thought was too slanted toward the administration's own policy interests.

According to a longtime observer of the Florida education scene, rather than have the school control the educational experiences, as occurs in course access, a subset of parents, particularly at the elementary school level — both public and home - school — are opting to manage their children's education and customize a mix of public brick - and - mortar school, online school, home school, and even some private school (such as private music lessons) experiences.

It will not be used as a checklist, but rather as a guide, with observers rating teachers based on «a preponderance of collected data.»

As one observer of the school's model commented, «They are really creating a new middle school model rather than shuffling the chairs in a turnaround.»

Many observers see this as yet another incremental step, rather than a tipping point — largely because the price tag (still $ 359) keeps it out of the mainstream.

My wife is from Rio and now I return as part of a sprawling Brazilian family rather than an outside observer.

This isn't your usual adventure game hero; Constable Zellner is a rather old man (50 +) who has a neat old - school mustache, enjoys mystery books (fancying himself as a keen observer) and is very much balding.

As a participant rather than solely an observer, the photographer captured the community of the Young British Artists before they became household names.

He comes to gesture from a different perspective, as a visionary observer rather than as a heroic practitioner.

When discussing various observers» attitudes towards some body of objective data, such as the data underlying the science of climate change, those who evaluate the data without undue ideological bias might better be described as «impartial» rather than as «objective».

«In light of recent rhetoric, observers could have expected a stronger move from the government, that would utilise the market to remove coal generation as soon as possible rather than handing it another lifeline,» he said.

I believe this line of thinking is flawed and highlights the reason that those who analyze green markets from outside (as an observer, rather than an active participant), will always be confused.

Nonetheless, other observers — to which I would count myself — have rather read the decision as the confirmation of the principles laid out by the Court in its previous jurisprudence on the topic (see also the coverage of the case on this blog).

Some observers have suggested several Atlantic provinces may soon band together and proceed as a unified front rather than individually sue the tobacco companies.

This was a conscious decision made by series creator Yuji Horii to help draw the player into the world of Alefgard on a more personal level, rather than viewing the events of the game as an observer.

Interestingly, risk factors involving socioeconomic status and child - rearing were more strongly related to the prevalence (rather than the frequency) of offending for females compared with males.97 Some observers have thus concluded that the risk factors for engaging in delinquent behaviors may not be the same as those for frequency of offending and that both may be different between the genders.