Sentences with phrase «give appearances»

Men rank the characteristics similarly, but give appearances more weight than women.

«It will undoubtedly be difficult for them to capitalize much without giving the appearance of doing the sort of thing that Google wasn't willing to do.

You needed all of these things not only to make your business run but also to give the appearance that yours was a successful operation, one that customers could feel confident doing business with.

pdf file, it has a professional layout, including photos and graphics, giving it the appearance of a glossy magazine.

It's critically important, because a sloppy understanding of the term gives the appearance of unifying under a single banner people who actually hold vastly different views of what a corporation's responsibilities are.

Wired networks may give the appearance of a busy office full of the latest equipment, but in reality, wires can be an inefficient networking medium.

It's much easier for some agencies to just give the appearance of legal action.

Some fraudsters even insist on meeting their online love in person, to give the appearance of legitimacy.

It also gives the appearance that you've done your research.

One key way to establish trust and credibility in your industry is to give the appearance that your company is much larger than it is.

Though market momentum is typically slowing or flat, the occasional marginal new high can give the appearance of unrelenting strength even at the top (examine the S&P 500 in September 2000 and October 2007, for example).

Transients [2] pile into companies that beat on quarterly earnings or meet certain technical indicators, giving the appearance that these measures drive stock prices even though these movements tend to be short - lived and have no basis in the underlying cash flows of the company.

Cryptometrics developed a response to the RFP as well as a second bid submitted under a different company name but at a much higher price, to give the appearance of competition.

Shuffling papers around on your desk does not mean you are being productive but might give the appearance of activity.

Even though this strategy may give the appearance of being a safe method of investing, in reality no strategy is entirely safe.

These books give the appearance of learning, and the satiated feeling of a meal, without actually forcing the reader to suffer through preparation, cooking, and chewing.

There is no denying that some Jews give every appearance of being anti-Christian, or at least of wanting to expunge every evidence of Christianity from our public life.

In this situation, it is hardly accidental that current theology gives the appearance of a colorful, but perhaps not overly nutritious, smorgasbord.

Richard Dawkins began The Blind Watchmaker, his influential restatement of Darwinism, with the observation that «Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose.»

They were false fishermen who only gave the appearance of fishing.

People divulge just enough to give the appearance of openness, but they hold back the complete truth.

SNAP gives every appearance of having a relationship with a number of lawyers involved in this kind of litigation.

Instead of focusing on others, we tend to promote, celebrate and focus on ourselves with a little self - depreciating twist to give the appearance that we really don't take ourselves that seriously.

Theology, on the other hand, has truncated its capacity to deal with those important issues it does raise by giving the appearance of authoritarianism or special pleading rather than participating from its own resources in free and open discussion.

Low - intensity conflict seeks to manage images, to control minds, and to give the appearance of reforms while leaving the structures of violence in place.

Cleverly devised wording and points are used to give the appearance of logic and support amongst the scientific community are used.

that was Chad re-wording (almost slipped that by me, Chad) in order to give the appearance I was calling all who believe in god «inbred backwoods evangelicals», which, of course, I was not.

It is a poignant story of people trying to hold on to their faith and community, but finally coming to terms with changes to which royal power gave the appearance of inevitability.

From the body language with the slouch and depressed look on the face of «God», and the upright position of the woman, it gives the appearance of the woman having the power.

Instead he exudes cheer and gives the appearance of being healthy.

It could give the appearance of collaboration with Persia's old enemy, the Romans.

Some argue that God's rationality makes events occur in predictable sequences, giving the appearance of efficient causality in nature.

As for a «talking snake» That was just a deceitful illusion of Satan giving the appearance of a «talking snake».

This is one, and only one of the major problems with language: it can hide the truth while giving the appearance of revealing it.

The horizon gives the appearance that there is an edge to the earth!

For that reason» much as this assertion will stick in the craw of Phillip Johnson» Richard Dawkins is right when he says that «biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed.»

But his timing gives him the appearance of being a tease.

Not the hypocrisy of deception in giving the appearance of meeting minimum standards which is the basis of the welfare state.

A bunch of letters, giving the appearance of a concerted response, protested our characterization.

Insofar as these kinds of reflexivity are actual, they give the appearance of a certain real eternity.

The quotations from George Bush and Ted Haggard — the first timely, the second reckless — give the appearance of offering theological clarifications, while each is firmly grounded in political bedrock.

On the other hand, those theologians for whom a specifically political responsibility is the demand of faith itself so react against what they take to be misguided attempts to separate faith and justice as to give every appearance of simply identifying them.

One general shouted out, «create multiple religions that give every appearance of the the truth» but that actually lead them away from the one who is the «truth».

Isolated passages are dredged up from the Talmud to give the appearance of Halakhic legitimacy to behavior toward «outsiders» that is dubious at best and downright dishonest at worst.

The usual formula for compounding a syncretism is to take a base of Hindu pantheism and season it with a few quotes from Moses, Christ, Buddha, and Mohammed to give it an appearance of inclusivism.

He connected this danger with the vision, in Revelation 13, of a beast rising out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads» thus giving the appearance of omnipotence and omnipresence.

Technical ingenuity has enabled the moviemakers to shrink the size of these hairy - footed halflings, and thus to give them the appearance of adolescence.

While these potatoes give the appearance of a complex gourmet recipe, they are actually relatively easy to make.

In addition it gives the appearance of the more advanced mouthcare product that it is.

It was only my intention to share some ideas and not give the appearance or implicit intent of me telling you how to cook your own food from your own recipe.