Sentences with phrase «as opposed»

As an example, Kao highlights the anti-net neutrality phrase «Individual citizens, as opposed to Washington Bureaucrats, should be able to select whichever services they desire.»

I believe that the re-orientation of British politics under Corbyn and in particular of the Labour Party is highly beneficial, not only to the large strata within British society that have been discarded in the last 20 to 30 years, but interestingly also for British business that produces real stuff as opposed to the City of London and various other service sectors that produce precarious jobs and nothing much of substance.

With millennials consuming more and more of their media through mobile devices and social platforms, executives at Indigenous Media bet that Snapchat users would warm quickly to the idea of following a narrative story posted in regular installments to social media, as opposed to the traditional theatrical experience.

Now that summer is waning and many of us are returning from vacations, it's a good time for us to take stock and consider how we actually spent our time, as opposed to how we promised ourselves we'd spend it.

Once again, and I can't stress this enough: it's important to pick the KPIs that will be the most meaningful to you and your organization, as opposed to anyone else's.

He elaborated on this the point to BI: «If you want your kids to follow rules, then it's much more likely that, when it comes time to solve a problem, he or she looks to how it's been solved before — what are the conventional ways to doing it — as opposed to saying, «Well, how can I approach this?

On - prem refers to on - premises deployment of technology, as opposed to servies running beyond the company's firewall.

You might be surprised at how differently your employees will interpret your assignments when you say «do this» as opposed to «I need this from you.»

The MoneyTree report, for example, is based on the funding date when cash actually changes hands, as opposed to when the money is committed, says Mark McCaffrey, global software leader for PwC.

«If you attack people personally, as opposed to attacking their ideas, you've poisoned the well,» he says.

That applies literally: The simple action of looking at a workstation from the same vantage point (as opposed to sitting or standing across from the trainee) will make your training more effective.

«We want people to use it,» she says, as opposed to gyms whose membership rosters are rife with clients who pay but rarely go.

«What we're seeing now is that people want to create more formal businesses, as opposed to doing business in the underground economy,» he says.

The system worked, and the banks were able to settle transactions between their 11 banks simultaneously as opposed to taking days or even weeks for cross border transactions.

However, if you're a good SEO freelancer, you have a portfolio of examples, the ability to set clear expectations for timing, and you have a wide range of services as opposed to just writing articles stuffed with keywords.

Vicis's helmet is unique in its design: The outer layer is pliable, as opposed to the hard plastic exterior found on traditional helmets.

In my opinion, a proofreader will take more time and pay better attention if whatever you're writing is in hand, as opposed to on a screen.

Tessa Lau, co-founder of robotics company Savioke, said 3D printing has allowed her company to develop prototypes in days as opposed to months.

Doing the proper due diligence to build up excitement in the months before will make the experience exciting as opposed to worrisome.

If everyone focused on learning who they could help, as opposed to who they could sell to, imagine the relationships that might have been.

But he said, «There's nothing to suggest four is a magic number as opposed to three.

Unlike Amazon (amzn) or Microsoft, GoDaddy was marketing its new cloud - computing unit to small businesses as opposed to giant companies like Pfizer (pfe) and Nokia.

True, they may be looking for different things in what your company says or does — a quality product as opposed to great benefits, for example.

Sometimes, Uber doesn't get its way, as happened when the California Labor Commission's Office ruled that a driver who had sued the company be treated as an employee as opposed to as an independent contractor.

The idea of a group of people pitching in to make something come to fruition is hardly novel, but the way the Kickstarter team leveraged the internet to pitch to millions of people simultaneously — as opposed to a coterie of traditional investors — certainly was.

The «student project» was the only other category awarded to an individual, as opposed to an organisation, and this year was the only category with two winners — Jonathan Werrett from UWA and Ryan Fraser from Murdoch University.

All companies approved for a loan through Bond Street are guaranteed to receive their capital within less than one week, as opposed to the weeks or months they'd typically have to wait by going to a traditional bank.

By this he means an energy project that could produce electrons for the grid in mass quantity, as opposed to something clever that barely generates more energy than you put in to build it.

As opposed to what?

Create your office like more of a community as opposed to separate departments doing separate jobs.

You're better off promising new content once a week then posting twice or three times per week on occasion, as opposed to promising new content daily (or several times daily) and not being able to deliver.

This is another snack you want to be sure to eat before you go as opposed to bringing it on the plane.

Typically, these businesses describe their loans as faster and more readily available to customers than bank loans, because they leverage technology to evaluate risk on a number of factors, as opposed to relying solely on credit scores.

I'm not sure I understand the business parallel with time as the competitor (as opposed to a real - life rival).

On these days, I use food as fuel to power me through the remainder of the day, as opposed to as an opportunity for relaxation or recreation.»

A million dollars ain't what it used to be, but it's still pretty good money — especially if we're talking about annual income, as opposed to net worth.

Now share buybacks aren't necessarily a bad thing, and in fact are Warren Buffett's preferred method for returning cash to shareholders — as opposed to dividends — because they give management more flexibility.

It's about creating something useful that actually earns people's time and attention, as opposed to interrupting.

The new software bundle is intended to make it easier for companies to buy Microsoft's flagship enterprise software products in one subscription as opposed to paying for them individually.

You're filling a slot because you simply need to fill a quota as opposed to looking at the best skills and ensuring you're including women in that group.

If you use a «Reserved Instance» as opposed to an «On Demand Instance,» your «machine» will only be turned on when you need it.

«It's about embracing the qualities we like as opposed to putting down the things we don't like about ourselves,» he says.

The site was a hierarchical list of websites, as opposed to a search engine.

Can we make it look beautiful and unique as opposed to ubiquitous and cookie cutter?That eye for style should be in everything you do.»

For instance, my daily workout is usually four to five times per week as opposed to every single day, and though I watch what I eat, I don't say «no» to the occasional ice cream, mixed drink or anything on a tortilla chip.

Or as Vice's Katherine Gillespie memorably sums up the findings, «To put it in teen movie terms, you want to be Michael Cera and Jonah Hill in Superbad as opposed to Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams in Mean Girls.»

Lee's research team experiments with technology for creating objects in an «additive» manner like Carbon3D's machines as opposed to a «subtractive» manner in which objects are created by cutting away at large hunks of materials.

Shelley: How did you become so interested in UX and design (as opposed to more general computer programming)?

When it comes to achieving balance for the household, he says, «there's a lot going on at the couple level as opposed to the individual or organizational level.»

Republican Presidents, including Trump, have promised to balance future budgets with gigantic reductions in discretionary spending, a category that includes both outlays for defense, and all other areas that are voted each year (as opposed to entitlements that provide benefits guided by a fixed formula).