Sentences with phrase «give a rounded picture»

The review also says more data should be published to give a rounded picture of a school's performance, including new measures of the progress of lower - attaining pupils.

Not exact matches

For many groups, these numbers provide a fairly accurate county - by - county picture, but to the extent that a group provided sketchy data (lots of round numbers always raise questions) or no data at all, these «adherent» numbers fail to reflect the actual religious composition of a given area.

Nearly 60,000 tickets have been sold for tomorrow - the second leg of the third round of qualifying which gives us a pretty clear picture of the enthusiasm and anticipation ahead of the season.

I did make my rounds and introduce myself, I did give out lots of hugs, and took lots of pictures.

This will help give the doctor a more well - rounded picture of your child.

The other standard trackers all paint an equally bleak picture for the government, on the forced choice question (which I always tend to think of our best indicator of which way tactical voting is likely to go next time round, given that there are no regular tracker questions that ask directly about it) the Conservatives now enjoy a 12 point lead over Labour, they have an 8 point lead as the party most likely to run the economy well, David Cameron has an 8 point lead as Best Prime Minister.

«For the next half - year period, new meters were installed in the same places, thus giving us a year - round picture about the currents.

Having «done» the Universe, the author then gives us a quick tour of the Solar System (with pictures), discusses the origins and evolution of life on Earth and the possibility of life elsewhere, and rounds things off with extracts from the works of Edgar Allan Poe, Stephen Hawking, and comparable cosmological thinkers.

Intelligence - focused app Sapio also asks singles to answer questions in order to match, but unlike Clikd, favours pre-determined questions to help give other users a more rounded picture of their personality.

Rounding out the top five was Paramount Pictures» comedy Daddy's Home 2 with $ 13.2 million, giving the Will Ferrell / Mark Wahlberg holiday sequel a $ 72.6 million domestic total.

The film is given a fine DVD presentation with positive picture and sound and a well - rounded collection of supplements.

And Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman and Morgan Freeman are all great and get goodly amounts of screen time, which is nice to round out the picture, and give these fine players (well the latter three) something more to do than the first go around.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts Sciences have today given a list of the contenders that are competing in the first round of selection...

«Gone Girl» made the rounds on the book circuit this year and given Fincher's predilections toward lurid material it's no surprise that he snapped up the opportunity to direct the picture.

Matt Damon (Rounders, Dogma) and Ben Affleck (Forces of Nature, Armageddon) would serve as executive producers thanks to a deal they signed to develop films with Miramax, and would also have small bit roles themselves, and would give a co-starring nod to the relatively unknown Jay Lacopo, who is also the screenwriter, and previous star of Ben Affleck's first directorial gig, a short entitled, I Killed My Lesbian Wife, Hung Her Her on a Meat Hook, and Now I Have a Three - picture Deal at Disney.

«Across the country, states, districts, and educators are leading the way in developing innovative assessments that measure students» academic progress; promote equity by highlighting achievement gaps, especially for our traditionally underserved students; and spur improvements in teaching and learning for all our children,» stated U.S. Secretary of Education John B. King Jr. «Our proposed regulations build on President Obama's plan to strike a balance around testing, providing additional support for states and districts to develop and use better, less burdensome assessments that give a more well - rounded picture of how students and schools are doing, while providing parents, teachers, and communities with critical information about students» learning.»

They succeed, I think, at giving a rounded, nuanced and coherent picture of a very complex system, one that merits serious study by anyone who is responsible for turning a good education system into a great one or who is advising such a person.

Reading reviews like these and checking out customer reviews of potential loan candidates can give you a more well - rounded picture of each lender's pros and cons.

«This will give us a much more rounded, fuller picture of what's actually happening on the ground in Canada,» he says of the TrustLaw survey, now in its third year.

Leave is given to such bodies to intervene and make submissions, usually in writing but sometimes orally from the bar, in the expectation that their fund of knowledge or particular point of view will enable them to provide the House with a more rounded picture than it would otherwise obtain.

Our favorite is You Need A Budget (YNAB), since it automatically connects your bank accounts together to give you a full, rounded picture of your spending.

Amazon has given the option to «zoom» the picture to fit the round shape, though.

Rather, you can use this section to give the reader a well - rounded, memorable picture of yourself.

Overall there's less competition, more inventory to choose from, a better chance of getting a good deal, and the weather gives a well - rounded picture of how the house will feel throughout the year.

The hammered brass vase came from Round Top and it is far cooler than pictures give it credit for.