Sentences with phrase «detracts from rather»

My point was that, if we accept this basic story (it's too simple, even as an account of how cultural cognition works; but that's in the nature of «models» & should give us pause only when the simplification detracts from rather than enhances our ability to predict and manage the dynamics of the phenomenon in question), then there's no reason to view the valences of the cultural meanings attached to crediting climate change risk as fixed or immutable.

Furthermore, much of the motivation is personal, which detracts from rather than adding to the drama.

If you know that collaborating with a group of eight people will detract from rather than contribute to productivity, find another route that you know will be effective.

Not exact matches

Ads have come to enhance, rather than detract from, the user experience.

With a short list of ingredients, these crunchy cat treats will support your cat's nutrition rather than detract from it, and he'll love the crunchy texture as well as the natural meat flavor.

It should be low in calories and made with ingredients that will complement rather than detract from your cat's diet.

This book does not detract from the Bible or its doctrines, but rather clarifies and compliments them, and stands as a second witness of Christ and his role as our savior.

In this sense, «the diversity of Scripture — and the tensions that this diversity introduces — bears witness to God's revelation rather than detracts from it.»

If God is love, and that love is perfect, then, rather than detracting from the divine perfection, the changing aspect of the divine nature is the supreme instance of sensitivity and responsiveness to the needs of all creatures.

Argumentativeness and name - calling are not advancing your position, but rather detract from it.

We detract in no way from the sublimity of divine power when we label it persuasive rather than coercive.

However, when done well, these add to, rather than detract from, the meanings.

Fine, man, if that's your thing, but most people are turning to the mushroom - beef burger for good reason: the dark earthiness of mushrooms complements rather than detracts from the beef.

So he began playing around with flavored ice that would enhance the drink, rather than detract from it, as it melted.

The site design should enhance rather than detract from the site's message.

Clearly exercise and movement and good posture will compliment rather than detract from our evolutionary progress.

Both were playing up their best assets, and rather than detracting from each other's unique style, they actually seemed to magnify one another's cool factor.

Only make sure to not have an explosion of colours, as that can detract from a wedding rather than enhancing it.

A handful of minor niggles, like the inability to pause outside the start of your own turn, and the rather cautious approach of CPU competitors, detract little from an uncommonly smart and genuinely tactical game.

This meant chopping out huge chunks of Rowling's tome - sized novel, and rather than detracting from the story, it enabled a more concise and enjoyable film to be made.

While the alleged mystery behind Tim's talking Pikachu becomes rather obvious early on, it doesn't detract from the game itself.

The biggest problem in Taken isn't its join - the - dots plot, however, but once again the choice of using handheld cameras and rapid - fire editing for the fight and chase sequences detracts from the experience rather than enhancing it.

Rather than get sidetracked with a polemic, the director presents events without over-sensationalising them, tweaking details for dramatic effect but not detracting from their importance.

The fact that we were invited to be in on the mechanics adds rather than detracts from the spectacle.

This isn't to detract from its quality, but more to suggest that it perhaps has a more fitting place outside of the genre it is marketed toward, particularly given the rather specific (and misleading) horror - centered focus of its trailer.

Such problems of explanation are rather significant, yet somehow they don't really detract much from the film's larger charms, namely the lush forest and landscapes, and the nice casting of the actors.

Flashbacks to the wedding, which slowly reveal why James and Kristen are in couple misery, build empathy rather than detract from the tension, even fleshing out some of their more moronic decisions.

This adds, rather than detracts, from my experience of that particular film as it falls deeper and deeper into the gloomy psychological abyss that lies at its heart.

An important thing to keep in mind is that the visual, audio, and interactive elements, as mentioned above - add to your eLearning theme, rather than detract from it.

We need to build products, methods, and platforms that enhance the teaching endeavor and advance the profession, rather than detract from teachers» personal time and strip the career of whatever nobility it still has.

Further, IDLA is designed to build upon and enhance rather than detract from a student's traditional secondary education.

This can occur, regardless of what is actually happening in terms of actual effectiveness across America's classrooms, when the purported value that teachers add to or detract from student learning (i.e., 50 % of the state's model) is to substantively count, because VAM output is not calculated in absolute terms, but rather in relative or normative terms.

By the same token, it allows teachers to collect information more seamlessly as they go about their daily business of teaching rather than detracting from it.

Damning a system for being too good might seem absurd, but when technology detracts from the experience rather than enhances it, surely it's gone too far?

Of course, ECD took care to keep the Land Rover's inherent off - road worthiness intact, adding to it with the right components, rather than detracting from it with superfluous accouterments.

A 1.0 - litre petrol is also available, but while it's slightly more economical than the 1.5 - litre, it's rather sluggish in comparison, detracting from driving pleasure.

Rather than detracting from the experience of reading, these tablet - based full color books are offering an even more interactive experience for young readers.

There are the kinds of digressions and repetition that one would expect from a master storyteller, the asides adding to the story's interest rather than detracting from it.

You will have a more professional product (that will enhance the reader's experience rather than detract from it) and will have saved yourself a lot of time and headaches.

They compliment physical books rather than detract from them.

It should go without saying that this only serves to enhance the existing system rather than detract from it.

This despite what Montier says in Painting By Numbers about quant models representing «a ceiling in performance (from which we detract) rather than a floor (to which we can add)»?

This is a very important point: much as we all like to think we can add something to the quant model output, the truth is that very often quant models represent a ceiling in performance (from which we detract) rather than a floor (to which we can add).

Such breeders believe that «designer hybrids» detract from, rather than enhance the breed they fancy.

Vale d'Oliveiras has been designed and constructed with the natural beauty of the area in mind, complementing rather than detracting from it.

Some of the posters are old and fading, but rather than detracting from the experience, it brings into focus the breadth of the longstanding poverty in this often forgotten part of the world.

The fact that I never did is a testament to both the parents and Adventures by Disney, who together worked to manage the kids» highs and lows in such a smooth way that aside from a couple mini-meltdowns (hey, us big kids have them too), the kids enhanced rather than detracted from the trip.

The game holds your hand for almost the entire of the way through which can ultimately detract from the feeling of solving a crime — you don't always feel like it was you that solved it, but rather the game just lead you slowly down the path and pointed out the bits you needed.

Noire does show its rather hand - holding nature regarding clue finding, which does somewhat detract from the feeling of being a kick - ass detective.

A handful of minor niggles, like the inability to pause outside the start of your own turn, and the rather cautious approach of CPU competitors, detract little from an uncommonly smart and genuinely tactical game.