Sentences with phrase «face of something»

The theme of the piece focuses on denial, a central stumbling block facing those of us who labor daily in the war against alcohol and drug abuse.

I love the different wood looks to choose from and the bright blue face of yours is so cute!

And in face of it, we can only affirm with Hezekiah that «these were no gods» and that no god is like unto Thee.

If Microsoft is going to move into a future where the technology is under the hood and the outer face of it is more friendly and enjoyable, would there have been anyone better to oversee that transformation than someone who had spent his life making stuff that's purposely fun?

Babies can be so manipulative with those cherubic face of theirs.

I speak of Habitat for Humanity, a place where deeds take precedence over words, an oasis for those who give and receive and sadly, subject to the financial realities facing all of us during these troubled times.

Weeding out false - positives is one of the greatest challenges facing those of us who analyze massively parallel sequencing data.

One of the greatest challenges facing those of us who are either on a strict diet plan or who are just trying to eat healthy is the accessibility of suitable meals while on the go.

On the face of it, this may seem like a slam - dunk for sole proprietorships, but the difference between the low corporate tax rate and higher personal income tax rate often makes it more even.

By many accounts, venture capital funding in Canada has been shrinking for years, which on the face of it is very bad news.

First, the revised plan seems, on the face of it, like an attempt to save money.

'' [As a model,] normally you are a face of something and no one knows the person behind the picture,» she said.

«On the face of it, this sounds like bad news for people,» he writes.

«I think about resilience as the speed and strength of your response to adversity,» he continues, «so when you encounter a difficulty, a hardship, a challenge, how quickly and how effectively are you able to marshal strength and either overcome that challenge or persevere in the face of it?»

On the face of it, charging by weight looks like systemic discrimination against overweight and obese flyers.

On the face of it, that capability might seem reasonable.

Rather, it was a sparsely attended, early evening panel led by the conference sponsor itself — which, on the face of it, would seem wearying enough.

On the face of it, that sounds bad.

And on the face of it, this makes sense.

«On the face of it, some designers are like, «We're so supportive,» but at castings, it's «Oh no, you're too curvy,»» she says.

Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform, acknowledges that «on the face of it, it looks bad».

Now I can appreciate that intercontinental travel is something many of us can relate to, and on the face of it, traveling between two cities thousands of miles apart in under an hour sounds appealing.

On the face of it then, it was an airshow win for Airbus, who may also soon announce that Emirates A380 order.

So when you encounter a difficulty, a hardship, a challenge, how quickly and how effectively are you able to marshal strength and either overcome that challenge or persevere in the face of it?»

But it also struggles in the face of something more troubling: not once, but twice, parts of the country have been plunged into darkness as a result of hackers taking aim at its energy infrastructure.

People judge the best professors by the number of awards they get, or the salary that they get, or the kind of school that they are in, which might on the face of it seem like it's a good yardstick for judging how good somebody is, but at the same time it's not really relevant to the particular field,» Raghunathan continues.

The choice facing all of us is whether we are going to seize this opportunity to accelerate progress or watch the potential for progress slip away.

While it's hard to disagree with any of that on the face of it, even Thiel's utopia - minded peers in Silicon Valley think he is wrong if not crazy to think Trump can deliver the right kind of change.

Tariffs and floor prices are, after all, protective measures aimed — on the face of it — at protecting U.S. solar businesses from cheap imports.

On the face of it, China has little to worry about.

On the face of it, the court case doesn't seem like such a big deal, but nothing could be further from the truth.

On the face of it, Trump's tariffs are indiscriminate, and rather than sending precision economic strikes to any one particular country, he offers lifelines to particular nations as concessions, as in the case of Canada, Mexico, and Australia.

«That seems to suggest that there's something that we need to be concerned about and inquire further because, on the face of it, there seems to be a discrimination — whether it's just or unjust is a matter for the proceeding.»

Close to a year before Urmson left the project, where he had become the de facto face of it, Google hired John Krafcik, a 25 - year car industry veteran who previously led Hyundai's business in the U.S., as its first ever CEO.

On the face of it, these numbers don't imply that a strong rally is coming anytime soon.

On the face of it, China's year of hosting APEC has given a level of attention to the regional grouping that should stand it in good stead for the foreseeable future.

They're so stupid on the face of it.

«It has created a range of policies, which on the face of it, seem simple.

Instead, dollar strength has really been rather tame which, on the face of it, is quite puzzling.

And actually, in all cases where we were concerned that there might be a rise of populism and what the impact of that might be, on the face of it, we have seen the status quo parties winning, so that would tend to indicate that everything is going on as normal before.

That is what the main battery makers want, so, on the face of it, the technology has little practical application at this stage.

It sounds simple enough on the face of it; set up a vehicle and make sure to do some weeding to keep it fresh and fun.

While at the face of it, the value seems mind boggling but it doesn't come as a surprise because globally, e-commerce has been witnessing staggering growth, propelled by the sprouting of various e-commerce startups across the world....

The Board concluded that there was no operational conflict between NEBA and the CPCN and the Burnaby bylaws on the face of it since the possibility exists to comply with both.