Sentences with phrase «fix the point of»

Then this: «A person with strong values, but not a fixed point of view or a predetermined agenda.»

So the fixed points of Catholicism remain fixed, but the overall vision which emerges from Rahner's theology can be anything but familiar.»

TV conditioning leads to the expectation that there will be a new point of view or focus of interest or even subject matter every few minutes, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for the young to sustain attention in situations where there is a fixed point of view or an extended linear progression.

All theories which place «a subject,» as a fixed point of reference and a well determined entity, ahead of the process of experience have, in Whitehead's view, not clearly understood subjectivity.

Even though your eyes are open, you no longer see a fixed point of reference to tell you which way is up or which way you are moving.

For example, the fixed point of f (x) = 2x - 5 is when x = 5.

Collier said Ofqual had «clearly and consistently stated» since September 2014 that there are «three fixed points of alignment» between the old and new GCSE grading scales, found at the bottom of grades 1 and G, 4 and C and 7 and A.

They have no fixed point of view, in either the physical or the cinematic sense.

What new perspectives become possible when we move away from a fixed point of view?

Using a range of media from painting, photography, drawing and sculpture, Pirecki employs slight gestures to modify fixed points of experience in time, history and visual memory.

The Fifth Wall is inspired by multiple sources: the unique architecture of the Armory's Raymond Avenue building; German modernist theater practitioner Bertolt Brecht's notion of dialectical theater; and artwork that challenges the authority of a fixed point of view and suggests a deeper form of reciprocal engagement.

However with tools like Photoshop, you can fix this point of measurement before you make the drawing.

There's no fixed point of reference.

Wolff and Patrone said: «If a fluid element has rotational and orbital components of angular momentum with respect to the inertially fixed point of a planetary system [the system barycentre] that are of opposite sign, then the element may have potential energy that could be released by a suitable flow.

To put down a framework I am trying to get some fixed points of ice extent and wondered if anyone had come across any research paperts on Arctic ice extent during;

I also regret that the Court... missed the opportunity to analyse in more detail the concept of a plurality of legal systems, which is linked to that of legal pluralism and is well - established in ancient and modern legal theory and practice... This general remark also applies to the assessment to be made of sharia, the legal expression of a religion whose traditions go back more than a thousand years, and which has its fixed points of reference and its excesses, like any other complex system.

Not exact matches

And put that way, it seems a bit more daunting from a taxpayer's point of view, especially when there's very little governments can or need to do to fix Canada's affordable housing crisis — other than get out of the way.

Even before Wednesday's decision, five of the country's largest banks hiked five - year fixed rates 15 basis points to 5.14 per cent last week.

The team is the foundation of any successful startup, the fixed point from which all ideas and developments originate.

From that point forward, the expansion will be fixed in place unless amended through a subsequent agreement of two - thirds of provinces to reverse the expansion — which is very unlikely.

«The fact that they stuck with the three rate - hike forecast sends a signal that at this point they're not ready to adopt a potentially more aggressive stance that a number of people have been talking about for next year,» said Craig Bishop, lead strategist for U.S. fixed income at RBC Wealth Management.

It pointed to the continued presence of fragile fixed - income market liquidity as a key vulnerability in the overall financial system, while it repeats the risks of a sharp increase in long - term interest rates, stress from emerging markets like China and prolonged weakness in commodity prices.

But whether Romney scores a point on that aspect of the issue or not, he still has a rift to fix with the Hispanic community, specifically over his promise to veto the DREAM Act if he were president.

If, instead, like many, you apply the 80/20 rule and figure that fixing the 20 percent of your most egregious cases will cover 80 percent of your problems, you've missed a big point of the exercise — both in how you communicate and your learning.

As they point out, there's plenty of room for optimism about the eventual therapeutic applications of stem cells, but clinics offering to cure Parkinson's or to fix broken spinal cords are not just misleading but seriously dangerous.

If you notice that, within a few months, your declining margins will push your break - even point too high to live with, you can take action now to fix the problem by adding a new, higher - margin product, getting rid of an old one, or beginning to stress marketing to a more profitable clientele.

Case in point: Dick Rennick, founder and CEO of American Leak Detection, a plumbing franchiser in Palm Springs, California, that specializes in fixing leaky pipes and pools — not a particularly sexy business.

By contrast, airlines that use mileage - based programs like Delta offer seats at fixed prices, say, 25,000 miles for a trip within the U.S. Importantly, points do not limit the availability of saver seats.

But also, more importantly, because the whole point of thinking about seasonal rhythms is to nudge you to pay more attention to what is natural for you and to respect those tendencies rather than being a slave to a fixed routine.

Uber eliminated the pain point of paying the cab driver at the end of your ride, Shyp fixed the pain point of returning unwanted items to a store, and so on.

Even though the overall talk had gone well, she didn't let the positive result get in the way of pointing out something I needed to fix.

He listed 10 points, including the real - estate mogul's promise to appoint conservative justices, secure the US - Mexico border, and fix the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Pompeo said elsewhere that a «substantial fix» to the deal was needed to prevent the U.S. from withdrawing, but as supporters of the JCPOA have pointed out many times there is nothing wrong with the deal that it requires fixing at all.

It's going to be a tough slog to fix this one, it's one of the relatively few things that Harper can point to as a win for his base.

The appeal of variable - rate loans is that they usually start out with interest rates that are between one and two percentage points lower than fixed - rate loans.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year, fixed - rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $ 424,100 or less decreased to 4.33 percent from 4.46 percent, with points increasing to 0.43 from 0.41, including the origination fee, for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

Since each point on a 30 - year fixed rate mortgage lowers Quicken's base rate of 4.38 % by 25 basis points, we found that you would need to pay about $ 2,700 to reach the standard mortgage rate of 4.00 % found at most major banks.

The average contract interest rate for 30 - year fixed rate mortgages with conforming loan balances of $ 424,100 or less increased to 4.23 percent from 4.20 percent, with points decreasing to 0.32 from 0.37, including the origination fee, for 80 percent loan - to - value ratio loans.

The point in that last paragraph is merely that there isn't a pre-existing fixed pile of money waiting to be distributed.

It's also possible that Harper, himself, could pull the plug on his minority administration at some point before the next fixed election date — just as he did in September — although such a move would make an utter mockery of Harper's own, now - tarnished, fixed - election law.

Points can be used to book travel at participating airlines or hotels with no blackout dates taking advantage of a fixed value per point.

Redemptions on the program are not fixed, and therefore the value you get out of your points will vary.

Bank of America card is a fixed - value point program.

You could, of course, use points from a fixed value travel card that offers «travel credit» like the Barclaycard Arrival Plus, but booking through the Chase Ultimate Rewards portal is often just as good.

Ultimate Rewards (earned from the Sapphire Reserve / Preferred) can be used at a fixed - value when booking through UltimateRewards.com but can also be worth more when transferring to travel partners like Hyatt or United where you pay a fixed number of points in those programs which are not dependent on the cash cost of that room / flight otherwise.

In this CreditMatters TV segment, Gregg Moskowitz, Associate Director of Global Fixed Income Research, discusses the key points.

CEO Arnaud Plas used to work at L'Oreal and said he «spent a lot of time... trying to understand deep pain points that we could fix.»

To my mind, the importance of expectations highlights the value of some sort of inflation target that is well understood in the public mind and which provides a fixed point around which inflation expectations can coalesce.

«The IBEX has had such a decent rally that now the one that's kind of on the cheap, that would go up the most due to the so - called inflationary fix, would probably at this point be the Shanghai.

Our survey of mortgage and refinancing rates at Ohio's biggest lenders revealed a spread of 0.75 percentage points between the highest and lowest offers on a 30 - year fixed rate mortgage.