Sentences with phrase «contrasting between action»

The play pacing, contrasting between action, puzzle, and exploration, slowly builds tension, allowing it to fluctuate at different points.

Conventional contrasts between action and «passive,» «inward» contemplation are ruled out by our concepts of action and practice.

«It's the failure to do that draws the sharp contrast between his actions and the honourable actions of Sir Paul Stephenson.

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We feel the restrained first - quarter GDP consensus forecasts reflect the contrast between a domestic economy doing relatively well, and which has spurred the Fed into action, and a less robust backdrop internationally.

The contrasts between these views provided the dynamic force for Parliamentary action, which had to try to resolve them.

Because Lewis has kept the action in this novel on the supernatural level, in the nontemporal, a-historical Eden, he can affirm life here; but the contrast between Malacandra and earth is such that human life is seen as brutal and brutish.

«When both the logic of the market and the logic of the State come to an agreement that each will continue to exercise a monopoly over its respective area of influence, in the long term much is lost: solidarity in relations between citizens, participation and adherence, actions of gratuitousness, all of which stand in contrast with giving in order to acquire (the logic of exchange) and giving through duty (the logic of public obligation, imposed by State law).

The constitution of a society prescribes the forms of justice only when it provides for that kind of interaction among individuals, and between individuals and the physical environment, which creates the human mind, and which sustains that scope of understanding, power of action and richness of appreciation which is distinctively human in contrast to the lower animals.

Reinhold stresses not the contrast between the good of the whole and defeat of the self - assertive individual parts, but rather the gap between the ideal and actuality — between the absolute ethical ideals that humans conceive and the limited goals that can actually be achieved by collective action.

Yet there was a contrast between those mainly oriented to political action (still, in a way, oriented to means rather than ends, though it was the means to overthrow the existing system) and those mainly concerned with the actual creation of alternative patterns of living.

That second Mexican World Cup also gave us the finest contrast between the inevitable montage — usually shown on screens in the stadium but largely aimed at the viewers at home — and the on - field action.

Cameron contrasts that statement with the halting of building of business colleges, pointing to a gulf between his comments and his action.

What made Poitras» documentary so compelling was the contrast between the quiet of Snowden's Hong Kong hotel room — the film's sole location — and the dramatic implications of his actions for the outside world.

The contrast between what men do in the face of an existential threat (in Fuller's case, he'll threaten violent action) and what Reichardt's women do (laugh it off, grit their teeth) forms the support beam that gives Certain Women its shape and outline.

Production designer Lanie Faith Marie Overton invests the house where the action takes place with a certain sterility, in contrast to the tensions between the characters.

The latest promotional video for «Assassin's Creed» has just dropped and, in a contrast to previous trailers and promos, this one focuses less on kick - ass action sequences (although there are plenty of those) and more on the film's mythic backstory — particularly the ongoing conflict between the Assassins and the Templars.

January 28, 2015 • The moment contrasted with other exchanges between Lynch and members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, such as when she defended Obama's right to take executive action on immigration rules.

Granted, you can't always find the same high - quality immersive action games on both Android and iOS, but Asphalt 7 Heat is a notable exception and it throws the performance differences between the two tablets into stark contrast.

By contrast, a harbour pilot learning to guide large ships experiences a longer delay between his actions and their outcomes, so the skill is harder to acquire.

By contrast, in a shallow and illiquid market, or in a market in which large quantities of the deliverable asset have been deliberately withheld from market participants (an illegal action known as cornering the market), the market clearing price for the futures may still represent the balance between supply and demand but the relationship between this price and the expected future price of the asset can break down.

Contrasted with the stately minimalism of the interiors, this Malibu vacation rental strikes a healthy balance between action and meditation.

explores the theme of revolution, drawing a stark contrast between the utopian ideals inherent in anarchic action and the darker realities of its consequences.

Bringing together a body of entirely new work across two floors of the gallery, Making Eden explores the theme of revolution, drawing a stark contrast between the utopian ideals inherent in anarchic action and the darker realities of its consequences.

Each painting begins with a different action, and follows an unguided path to its conclusion, creating harmony and balance between several contrasting, binary scenarios.

The differing perspectives of developed and developing nations — and the contrast between past and future actions — remain a key issue.

Shifting priorities of the EPA can be seen in the contrast between Pruitt's speedy response to petitions from coal polluters seeking regulatory relief and his more deliberate pace in handling state petitions for action against the coal pollution.

It is this disconnect between the public message about the simple need to take action on climate change, and in contrast what is understood by academics / professionals in the field regarding the complexity of the problem, that could turn into a major headache.

Earlier on I mentioned a contrast between climate action as harm reduction and climate action as restoration, and positioned myself rather more in the former camp than in the latter one.

This Court concluded that, since the inhibitions of the constitutional provisions invoked apply only to governmental action, as contrasted to action of private individuals, there was no showing that the covenants, which were simply agreements between private property owners, were invalid.

It was the unusual focus on the details of dying (and living) for those who remain — and the contrast between legal actions and emotional ones in daily life that really made this movie thought - provoking for me.

This is consistent with the increasing complexity of class action cases, and contrasts with a decline in the total number of law firms used between 2012 and 2013.