Sentences with phrase «blank slate of»

Our blank slate of a garden needs a huge white pergola of its own; there's one I want at our local home center.

I love how you take your blank slate of a fireplace and liven it up with awesome color!

Houses typically come with a blank slate of concrete floors, framed and insulated exterior walls, and endless possibilities.

My home and blank slate of a yard would love you!

A blank slate of a house brings its own challenges, so it was not always an easy feat to get my mind wrapped around the vibe or how to pull it off in this house and on a reasonable budget (and at a pace and scale that we can handle).

In cases that draw national attention — an exponentially greater number than just a few years back, thanks to the proliferation of social media, etc. — how, short of a prophylactic gag order, do you ensure a pristine, blank slate of a jury pool?

«What excited me about the ArtHotel residency was the chance to immerse myself in a neighborhood amidst radical change and transform the blank slate of a hotel room into localized experience describing the neighborhood's current state of flux.»

What Andersen is saying here is that you recognise yourself in this blank slate of a protagonist and allow yourself to project your own understanding of character and identity because of this abstraction — making for a much deeper gameplay experience.

Regardless of the consensus that teachers should approach each students as a blank slate of potential, they often bring baggage into the classroom, which impacts their engagement with students.

Nathan sets up the parameters of success, and through the blank slate of Caleb, we're actively involved in trying to determine whether a certain look, pause, or intonation on Ava's part is the work of a conscious mind or the reflexive reaction of programming (Vikander's performance is as effective as it is because she only hints at either possibility).

Confronted with the blank slate of Lucy's seductive innocence, the characters are forced to examine themselves.

She is a blank slate of prettiness with her unadulterated, thoroughbred, long - limbed looks.

Before any phone calls are made, we are left to bask in the detailed blank slate of the modern hotel room.

To spice up the relatively blank slate of the tunic, I added my new mint tassel necklace and carried a cheetah (is that what that print is?)

Starting off the blank slate of this year with something light and lemony feels right.

Those girls are blank slates of characters, only succeeding because the right heroic figure came and rescued them.

Not exact matches

The problem with this «blank slate» interpretation of gender differences is that it doesn't jibe with results of developmental studies.

«New hires come in with a blank slate, and we tend to get more creativity as a result of them shadowing someone» Brennan says.

You are dealing with more of a blank slate.»

In Toronto, Sidewalk Labs is looking at something between a blank slate and New York City: a sizable plot of land to develop that's still part of a city large enough that any successful ideas could ultimately spread.

On that blank slate, would you own more — or less — of this investment?

While Lee continues his optimism, however, he made sure not to give the impression his idea of Bitcoin's price potential was a blank slate.

Yet the singular temptation of any first - year pastor is to assume you have a blank slate.

The ignorance bred by religion regarding what human beings as containing a ghost in the machine led the way for the misconceptions believed by communists regarding human beings as blank slates, since both religion and communists envisioned human beings in this flawed conceptual manner, denying the evolved components of the brain and the innate nature we are born with due to our genetic make up.

Not for the communist atrocities those were caused by attempts to engineer society, based on a flawed understanding of innate human nature and a fallacious belief in humans beings as blank slates.

If those in the rain forest were given the image of God they have opportunity if they have not the image of God they are a blank slate as to soul i.e. they do not have capacity to love

Boseman's T'Challa is a blank slate, but that's in service to his charming supporting cast of cohorts.

YOU: If I was a blank slate and had never been exposed to Christianity, and my first encounter was on this forum, you would be one of the reasons that I would say — thanks, but no thanks.

If I was a blank slate and had never been exposed to Christianity, and my first encounter was on this forum, you would be one of the reasons that I would say — thanks, but no thanks.

If we start with consciousness as a blank slate that then evolves (whether as an individual or as a species) to adapt to the necessities of its self - preservation (as an individual or as a species), we will never get to an argument for the goodness of fidelity, fecundity, etc..

Pinker, who comes down on the side of Wilson and Co., says, quite rightly, that proponents of the blank slate approach are sometimes prone to implicitly totalitarian plans of social engineering aimed at imposing equality.

A bowl of dough was her beginning — a blank slate.

I am learning to see dough as a blank slate, a starting point instead of an unfinished product.

The spelt flatbread dough recipe I provide here is one of my favorites — basic, made up of few ingredients, but easy to roll and a great blank slate for any toppings.

Couscous is one of those blank - slate ingredients that absorb flavors incredibly well.

This Paleo Pizza Crust is your new go - to healthier version of your blank - slate - Friday - movie - night pizza crust.

Oats are also kind of a blank slate and pair well with your favorite flavors.

Since both offer a blank flavor slate, as long as your topping packs loads of seasonings (like this basil - infused vegan sauce), you'll finish feeling super-satisfied.

Since they are not already flavored in any specific way, unflavored protein powders can work as a sort of culinary blank slate, offering nutrition and texture to any recipe without influencing the flavor.

It's a glossy blank slate, awaiting all manner of eggs, pancakes, and pork products.

So he's a bit of a blank slate.

Anyway, one of the silver linings was that they used the somewhat blank slate as an opportunity to improve the infrastructure of the island.

The premium property facing the south end of Grant Park is a blank slate, but not for long as its owner makes plans for the site.

Baby's skin represents the ultimate blank slate that is free of all marks that are accumulated over a lifetime.

Unfinished combos are like blank slates, with a little planning and cans of paint you can be a couple of hours away from something amazing.

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Once, the Western medical establishment claimed that the mind of the newborn was a blank slate.

When you superimpose on all of these little blank slates the powerful external forces at work to promote poor eating choices — coupled with the fact that processed, unhealthful foods are generally delicious — it's surprising indeed if any child chooses the brown rice over the pizza slice.

Besides these instincts, humans are otherwise «blank slates» that receive the bulk of their character from experience.

The presence of this survival instinct thus cuts against the idea of a truly blank slate.