Sentences with phrase «as points of»

But fan bases have grown past alumni bases, with teams serving as points of state and regional pride.

This provision for such relative and limited autonomy is indeed a key requirement in any theory which takes the whole as primary, since without it there is no way to understand or even account for the fact that partial aspects can be found which may serve as points of departure in the development of knowledge.

According to Russell, it was Whitehead who persuaded him to substitute logical constructions composed of events for the smooth logical properties of mathematical physics, such as points of space, instants of time, and particles of matter.

Its best portions are the account of David's reign, extending from II Samuel 9 through I Kings 2, in which the great king's weaknesses as well as points of strength become clearly evident.

I think of them as points of contact, as we are, ways of making contact m initially through the experience of sensation.

In other words, if we take such things as points of agreement, practice, feelings, etc., as the determining factors in what constitutes the true connection between you and your Wiccan friend, then the connection is lost.

Talking about it will strengthen their confidence in us parents as their points of reference.

We speak not as supplying His name; but for want, we use good names, in order that the mind may have these as points of support, so as not to err in other respects.

And while it probably never works to overconfidently inform atheist friends that the serenity they feel in nature or the rapture they experience listening to music is the specific product of a specific God, we can at least embrace such experiences as points of connection.

Their sample included a lot of small OPEC countries, who necessarily had high growth and low interest rates when oil prices were high, as well as a lot of Asian countries that followed the Japanese development model and themselves practiced financial repression, which of course made them pretty useless as points of comparison.

Simple measures such as building on e-commerce supported platforms and protecting your hardware and software with regular updates and sufficient anti-virus and firewall protection are basic principles that can be easily implemented to close the loopholes that hackers use as points of entry.

As a point of reference, MCX members account for about $ 1 trillion in retail sales.

As a point of reference let's say 6.4 million people (20 % of estimated 2016 US Samsung S6 users) use Samsung Pay for half of their retail payments in 2016.

The activist movement has grown steadily since the tribe established Sacred Stone Camp in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, in April, a temporary site founded as a point of resistance to the pipeline.

Access to private plays for accredited investors has increased, and some advisors use this as a point of differentiation for their practice.

«Commercially available routers were used as a point of entry, demonstrating that every connected device is vulnerable to malicious activity,» Taylor said in a statement.

The company uses Square as its point of sale and tracks these giveaways at its seven corporate locations.

But, as a culture, technology startups need to stop chasing money out of the gate as a point of validation.

As a point of reference, our in - store mobile payments forecast — which is inclusive of all mobile payment methods, including Apple Pay and CurrentC — has mobile payments reaching just under 7 % of total in - store retail volume in 2017.

As another point of reference, the Starbucks app — the most successful mobile payments app in the US — currently accounts for about 1 in every 15 dollars spent in US - company operated stores three years after launch.

While some point to Saleforce's ownership of two different development environments as a point of confusion, it may actually end up being an advantage.

Bitcoin went on to enjoy a huge run - up; as a point of comparison, in an unrelated auction this January, the marshals sold off 3,813 Bitcoins and netted $ 45 million — or about $ 11,800 per coin.

Recent advancements in the technology that powers bots have opened the flood doors for companies of all sizes, and they're rushing in to establish their bot as a point of reference for consumers.

That means their sales teams are overly reliant on price as a point of leverage with potential clients — a dynamic that eats into a sales reps» commissions.

Or you can negotiate your own prices if you'd prefer, but we recommend using online tools like SingleCare or Healthcare Bluebook as a point of reference.

By targeting legitimate Ukrainian accounting software as the point of entry, Petya spread laterally across corporate networks to deploy their malicious payload, with crippling results across the globe.

As a point of reference, the professional networking site has named the 12 Best LinkedIn Company Pages of 2012 — the ones that use their page to «showcase their brand and connect with their target audience.»

As a point of comparison, the researchers also included a group of participants who had posters randomly assigned to them.

No longer able to rely simply on price as a point of difference, Expedia and rival Booking Holdings, which owns Priceline, are fighting back by offering events and activities beyond hotel and airline reservations and spending lavishly to market directly to consumers.

As a point of comparison, Facebook generated $ 11.8 billion in ad sales in the first quarter, up 50 percent from the year prior.

(Merely as a point of interest, consider that the average seat - advantage these six minorities held over their official Opposition was roughly 14, while the average number of months from their initial election victory to the next tilt was about 15.)

As a point of reference, the estimated pay for one of these typical gig jobs, Uber driver, amounts to $ 3.37 / hr after expenses.

The level of interest from these firms serves as a point of validation of the value and potential of the technology and talent that is being developed in the space.

In China and elsewhere in Asia, the centers of gravity in mobile have shifted away from app stores as the point of control to applications like messaging, which act as gateways for third parties to provide services.

By Doug Stephens Chapter 1 Here's the way it is... Any specialty retail business that stands on selection, price or convenience as its point of competitive differentiation will be toast... if not today then very soon.

A good way to «drill down» to the news and information that you're looking for is to use the «Media Center» Home Page as your point of reference.

It will provide its members and the general public with analysis of cybersecurity issues and act as a point of contact for cyber information - sharing organizations in other countries.

With this as their point of departure, the bishops further suggest a process of negotiations to achieve three objectives: «First, it should formalize Israel's existence as a sovereign state in the eyes of the Arab states and the Palestinians; second, it should establish an independent Palestinian homeland with its sovereign status recognized by Israel; third, there must he negotiated limits to the exercise of Palestinian sovereignty so that it is clear that Israel's security is protected» (my emphasis).

He takes as his point of departure this statement: «When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country.»

He takes as his point of departure some polling data that suggests a durable unwillingness to vote for a Mormon presidential candidate, a reluctance that has....

The Rev. David L. Norgard, who is openly gay and is chairman of the national church's Standing Commission on Evangelism, says, «I'm thoroughly convinced, and hold it as a point of faith, that in the long run people are turned off by a church that excludes.»

And as a point of interest, it talks about non believers.

Besides Ez 34, as a point of evidence, I have also met so many men and women with «the heart of a pastor» encouraging, comforting, and working alongside of the forgotten societies: the homeless, the sick, the forgotten in nursing homes, the prisoners, the hungry and the needy....

This morning my heart's all in that there's living present power in Jesus» blood to cleanse me this moment and this day... not just as a point of doctrine but as reality from God that frees.

Just as a point of clarification to Bill's post above, while I welcome what I thinkis a imporant point we should al keep in mind I would in no way ever see myself as an important part of the conversation more a present somewhat comenting bystander although my ego was very flattered when I read Bill's comment

The editors clearly hope so, but they express that hope with a sober realism: «To the extent that the Constitution still matters — as a framework, as a statement of broad purposes, as a point of recurring reference, as a legitimation of further developments, as a restraint on the overbearing and the righteous — to that extent it is worthwhile to try to enter into that world of discourse» (I: xii) As always, however, where the historical scholarship is very good, the contemporary application must be very cautious.

Time was when the will of God was understood as a point of departure; now, it is understood rather as a summons, a call.

Fair enough, except why then did he take as his point of departure Benedict's comments about communion of desire?

The presence of other divergences too (David Moss's luminous piece on friendship stands very well alone), the dispersal of the group on both sides of the Atlantic, and the fact that some members are already deep into other conversations all suggest that as a movement it will (at least in Britain) either fragment or at best fare like feminist, liberation and nonrealist theologies, and have its main influence as a point of reference and interrogation.

The prophet will not allow us to use faith as a point of departure for taking our journey through life or constructing our morality, ecclesiology, or politics.