Sentences with phrase «for less emphasis»

ESSA calls for states to revamp their accountability systems, allowing for less emphasis on testing as an exclusive gauge of school progress.

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Billionaire medical magnate George Yancopoulos, the co-founder of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (regn), told Bloomberg that it's time for the country to «make some decisions about what to invest in,» arguing for more emphasis on health and less on tech development.

Gallagher says he shut down Lion & Bright for a week to put more emphasis on its food and wine service, and less on its ability to meet the needs of laptop - toting freelancers.

As for his dreams of starting a company, Fiance realizes now after a year of fundraising that he wants the House Fund to harken back to the old days of venture capital when the emphasis was less on the capital.

It would be ideal for companies to develop people for the senior leadership team, with heavy emphasis on leadership and less on a particular function.

As compared to the other parables, Prodigal Son and Lost Sheep, there is here less emphasis upon the «need for new wineskins» and proportionately more upon the crisis and the ultimate rejoicing; indeed, in this respect, the parable is nearer to the Hid Treasure and Pearl than to its companion parables in Luke 15.

Maybe the emphasis needs to be less on content and more or learning how to learn, though that might work only if denominations built expectations for continued study into the way they think about the careers of their pastors.

So the emphasis was placed on man's activity, with less and less regard for doctrine, theology, or the Church as the chosen instrument of God.

For him, no less than for the apocalyptic emphasis within Judaism, there was a total hiatus between what God was and the actual condition of his worFor him, no less than for the apocalyptic emphasis within Judaism, there was a total hiatus between what God was and the actual condition of his worfor the apocalyptic emphasis within Judaism, there was a total hiatus between what God was and the actual condition of his world.

Hard just war theory reverses these emphases, replacing them with the following: a presumption against injustice and disorder rather than against war; an assumption that war is tragic but inevitable in a fallen world and that war is a necessary task of government; a tendency to trust the U.S. government and its claims of need for military action; an emphasis on just war theory as a tool to aid policymakers and military personnel in their decisions; an inclination to distrust the efficacy of international treaties and to downplay the value of international actors and perspectives; a less stringent or differently oriented application of some just war criteria; and no sense of common ground with Christian pacifists.

This vision, if taken seriously in this country, for example, would lead to more emphasis upon a positive strategy to overcome the growing gap between the rich nations and the poor and less on the dominant negative strategy of containing the enemy by filling him with fear of our power to destroy him.

Holloway uses nice phrases like the «call to love» and the «spirit of charity,» but his actual prescriptions for Christian political action are only distinguishable from secular guidance by differences of emphasis — a little less self - interest, a little more charity.

Mainline churches, on the other hand, without this strong emphasis on snatching people from the threat of hell, have tended to interpret mission less as competition and more as nurture, cooperation, and action for social justice.

His emphasis on rebirth points to the need within the general pattern of growth for decisive moments of turning from less to more adequate frameworks of meaning — for surrendering smaller ways of relating in favor of more complete ones.

Food items such as coconut oil, avocado oil and nut flours are being used more widely for their nutritional benefits with less emphasis placed on their concentrated caloric value.

In this context, I am seeing less emphasis on packaging disruptions, meaning being different for difference sake, and much more emphasis being placed on packaging solutions — those which consumers see as being different, but more importantly, they understand what that difference means to making their life easier, better, safer, healthier.

With clever carton design and luxury aesthetics at the forefront of consumer attraction, it seems the previous emphasis on sustainability in the packaging world is taking a lesser role with tea packing in this post-recession era — with high quality, often costly, materials fueling the battle for market share.

More exotic ingredients are easily substituted for those less blessed by urban imports, since the emphasis is on simple, classic, flavoursome combinations that feature fresh and available ingredients.

Then from that moment, the maximum moment — more or less the same of what I have been doing every single winter, but maybe a little bit more emphasis on neck, shoulder and arms to prepare for this year's car.»

If they're good enough for LeBron, then they're good enough for Lauren, the thinking goes — and since it's hard to look all that fashionable when drenched in sweat to begin with, there seems to be less emphasis on looking good in girls basketball than in girls volleyball.

The 3 -5-2 made the most sense for the players available: Sturridge and Suarez were given free rein up front, Rodgers could make use of several of his new array of centre - backs (although the exclusion of Agger made little sense given he is the best on the ball) and the midfield problems are lessened when a switch to a triangle puts less emphasis on Gerrard's positioning.

There's less emphasis on him to have an attacking output in terms of goals and assists but instead he's more of a link player for the likes of Dembele, Reus and Aubameyang.

«You may spend less time at night playing with [your] child, but there's a real benefit for the family and the emphasis should be on the family,» he says.

But for the 2015 general election, the Liberal Democrats appear to have moved away from this approach, placing less emphasis on their left - wing ideology and political change and more on competence and common sense values.

Manjoo's article focuses on how the new feed emphasis is leading certain LOLCats - style word / picture combos to go viral, which may be useful for some advocacy and electoral campaigns to know, but it also suggests that our substantive content is LESS likely to get noticed now than before.

Baroness Mary Warnock, a leading educationalist, also gives her support for Mr Parks, saying: «It soon became clear that the emphasis in this syllabus is less on basic understanding than on «relevance» - in other words, on controversial issues.

Business leaders called today for the government to invest more in nuclear and clean coal technology and put less emphasis on wind power.

Opponents of «affirmative consent» in that state succeeded in amending the definition from an early draft of the bill in order to place less emphasis on the need for verbal consent.

«What I'd like to see is less emphasis on fighting the federal government in whatever form and more emphasis on restoring the brain trust in Westchester County to make sure that we can provide resources to municipalities so that they can do smart planning for the future,» says Borgia.

He commends the report's emphasis on advising on nonacademic careers: «I think young women researchers — but men, too — would benefit if professors could be a little less snobby about assuming that academia should be the default first choice for all their students.»

In the first experiment, the researchers write, the data indicated that the participants «ignored information [in the case]... about the CEO's emphasis on CSR initiatives, and consequently perceived CSR performance measures as less relevant for performance evaluation.

Reviewers use different criteria in considering new - investigator applications: for one thing more emphasis is placed on feasibility and less on preliminary data.

For decades, he has contended that far too much emphasis has been placed on individual neurons and action potentials, for reasons that are less empirical than pedagogicFor decades, he has contended that far too much emphasis has been placed on individual neurons and action potentials, for reasons that are less empirical than pedagogicfor reasons that are less empirical than pedagogical.

To improve work - life balance in the Sciences, a cultural shift is necessary that provides more space for creativity and places less emphasis on efficiency for efficiency's sake....

But at a press conference earlier this month hosted by at the National Press Club to discuss the U.S Catholic Church's reception of the encyclical, the emphasis was less on the controversial question of who is responsible for climate change and what could be done to mitigate it.

If so, what is needed is less emphasis on creating sporting superstars and more on making sure that all school kids are given options for keeping fit in ways that mesh with their lives as well as their timetables.

Research proves over and over again that people who put an emphasis on produce, fish, whole grains, and healthy fats not only weigh less, but also have a decreased risk for heart disease, depression, and dementia.

Different variations of pulling up your bodyweight to the bar will develop your biceps, your back and rear delts, putting more or less emphasis on your biceps or on your back, depending on several factors you can adjust easily — such as hand placement or grip for example.

Our results suggest that less emphasis should be placed on carbohydrate restriction without regard for concomitant increases in dietary fat.

Food items such as coconut oil, avocado oil and nut flours are being used more widely for their nutritional benefits with less emphasis placed on their concentrated caloric value.

The amount of emphasis on these exercises can vary depending on the functional objectives - swimmers would generally focus less on squats and dead lifts than runners for example.

Unlike young singles, there is less emphasis on money and beauty and more emphasis on health and potential for a long life.

We always recommend this site for those seeking a romantic partner (which is our main emphasis here at SingleDating.com) because the «pen pals» approach is less «in your face» when it comes to dating — and to Over 40 Dating in particular — so giving single people time and space to decide who they want to become romantically involved with, rather than being propelled into a dating relationship they may not want, and at break - neck speed.

Featuring a screenplay by no less than five writers, Flushed Away has clearly been geared to appeal primarily to small children - as evidenced by the film's emphasis on action - oriented set pieces and distinctly broad bits of comedy (there's even a fart joke thrown in for good measure).

There IS a car chase, a lot of emphasis on Miles foul mouth and drug use, fans whose idolatry borders on just silliness (a drug dealer who accepts hundreds less if Miles will sign his records for him?).

As a fan of Overwatch and R6 Siege, this game is filling in for what those two games aren't: this is a fast shooter with less emphasis on

As a fan of Overwatch and R6 Siege, this game is filling in for what those two games aren't: this is a fast shooter with less emphasis on teamplay, and is very fun.

But Evans and co-screenwriter Raynold Gideon slowly - but - surely begin to take the emphasis off Mr. Brooks and instead emphasize Moore's character's decidedly less - than - interesting shenanigans (ie she must contend with an escaped convict out for revenge and a money - grubbing ex).

One of the interesting things Codemasters did in this one was they decided to take less emphasis on which car to use for certain tracks, but instead to putting emphasis on customizing your vehicle to do what it will need to do, to win the race.

But while the films have been diverse, the roles are less so: His résumé includes an awful lot of «wise voice of the inscrutable native people» types, with an emphasis on trackers, truth - tellers, and other guides for white folk having a hard time finding their way, literally or figuratively.