Sentences with phrase «idea of scale»

The impressive pieces are life - changing for many of the volunteers and viewers, who now have a clear idea of the scale of plastic pollution.

Then also, with nothing really familiar give an accurate idea of the scale they often look huge.

Playing with ideas of scale, color, and form, Close has become famous for his rigorous, gridded application of individual color squares, which, although abstract up close, form unified, highly realistic images from afar.

While philosophically engaging ideas of scale, irony, and humor, Versteeg's concept also challenges viewers to consider the impact of their own, seemingly small actions and perspectives in relation to the global economy and the environment.

Having said that, as the resort is set back from the main road, you don't really get a full idea of the scale of the place until you've had a look around — but you're still not going to mistake it for a boutique hotel!

LOS ANGELES — Curated by Kristina Kite and Sarah Lehrer - Graiwer, the artists and works in About Face employ ideas of scale, zoom, and cropping to complicate figuration and portraiture in relation to abstraction.

While this bullet point is attractive on its own as it shows leadership qualities, when paired with the next bullet point it helps employers get a better idea of the scale of information that the applicant works with.

U.S. stocks have been on a roller coaster since the Fed broached the idea of scaling back its bond purchases later this year.

One of these revolves around the high transactions fees of Bitcoin; if the fees continue in this way, charging the same amount for an item priced at $ 1 versus $ 1000, the idea of scaling is put into question.

Just to provide an idea of the scale — in 2017 the annual gross domestic product (GDP) of Norway and Israel were US$ 370.6 billion and US$ 318.7 billion, respectively.

I love the idea of scaling the business like that!

We get some idea of the scale of potential change if we glance back at what the future looked like to westerners at the beginning of the twentieth century.

«It was on the same scale as the earthquake in Haiti or the tsunami, so that gives you an idea of the scale,» she said, «we're still working there, other aid agencies are still working there.»

To give you an idea of the scale of counterfeiting within the global beverage industry, earlier this year Interpol reported it had seized a staggering one million litres of illicit drinks across 57 countries as part of an operation Opson V. 1Some 10,000 litres of fake or adulterated alcohol were seized

To give you an idea of the scale of counterfeiting within the global beverage industry, earlier this year Interpol reported it had seized a staggering one million litres of illicit drinks across 57 countries as part of an operation Opson V. 1Some 10,000 litres of fake or adulterated alcohol were seized in the UK, while 36,000 litres were seized in Burundi, highlighting the fact that counterfeiting is common in both developed and under - developed countries.

When the shadow minister whose brief this includes fails to realise this, we have some idea of the scale of the problem.

Hughes told MPs: «I am not immune to the ideas that this is a hideous crime, and I am deeply embarrassed, but I can say with honesty that at the time I was both deputy and chief constable, I had no idea of the scale or scope of this type of organised crime.»

To get an idea of the scale of the cuts, consider that in 2011 that's an estimated 12.7 % reduction in the core budget the previous government had planned — and the previous government's budget had already been revised downward to reflect the weakness of the economy.

«Frankly,» she says, «I think the idea of scaling up anything in the United States is a ludicrous notion.»

To get an idea of the scale, we note that a doubling of methane 10 from present - day concentration would be equivalent to 60 ppm increase in CO2 from present - day, and 10 times present methane would be equivalent to about a doubling of CO2.

To get an idea of the scale at which they were working, consider that a human hair is about 100,000 nanometers wide.

To get an idea of the scale, we note that a [100 % increase / 7.5 = 13 % increase] of methane from present - day concentration would be equivalent to 60 ppm increase in CO2 from present - day, and [10 times / 7.5 = 1.333 times] present methane would be equivalent to about a doubling of CO2.

This map from the data visualisation studio Kiln, in collaboration with the UCL Energy Institute, gives an idea of the scale of the global merchant shipping fleet, using data from 2012:

So you have some idea of the scale of this picture, NASA has produced a fantastic illustration that shows you just how focused the Hubble XDF is.

This idea of scaling - up a strong educational infrastructure is ultimately where Kovacic's ambitions lie.

It begins with a map of his empire to give students an idea of the scale of his later conquest and leads with a comprehension on the story of his taming of Bucephalus according to Plutarch (adapted so secondary students can understand it).

This is not an exhaustive list but it gives an idea of the scale of the need for everyone to understand, apply, and comply with fire safety regulations.

The interior is massive (to give some idea of scale, the SRT is a bigger, heavier car by all measures — except overall width — than Holden's long - wheelbase Caprice), a fact passengers are reminded of when simply reaching out to shut the doors.

For an idea of the scale of ambition embodied in the new Jaguar E-Pace, consider that 80 % of those who choose to buy one over, say, an Audi Q3 or BMW X1 will be new to Jaguar showrooms.

To give you some idea of scale it is the same size as the bigger MacBook Air's screen.

Croft told The Bookseller that while he couldn't go into details about the terms Amazon deal, it has «paid my mortgage off at the age of 29... that should give you an idea of scale».

To give some idea of the scale of deaths resulting from the bends it is worth noting that the cemetery has the graves of 33 men who died of divers paralysis in 1914.

To give you an idea of the scale of organisation involved in our trip, over the course of 9 days we stayed in 4 hotels on 2 islands, requiring 3 flights, 6 minibus transfers, 3 speedboats, 2 slow boats, 1 island hopping tour, 1 motorbike rental and 1 hospital visit.

To give an idea of the scale of the country, the distance from east to west is similar to the distance between England and Iran.

There are a pool, basketball courts and an 18 - hole mini-golf, just to give you an idea of the scale of this park.

Massive incline changes are also heavily featured but these are let down by the camera angles as you often just don't get an idea of the scale of these huge hills, and while heading sharply downhill you'll find the camera looking at the dirt for a few seconds if it changes to an uphill incline leading to even more damn crashes.

That idea of scale is very interesting to me; something physically small can actually imply the vastness of a space, while something huge, like the last show I did with Lehmann Maupin, is actually experienced in an intimate way.

The gallery spaces re-propose the idea of scale as grandeur.

Okay, this map above might be hard to read at this size (big one here), but it gives you an idea of the scale of Greenpoint Open Studios, which runs this weekend and will feature hundreds of artists.

The abstract works also engage with the idea of scale, albeit to different effect.

If, however, producing a lot of video content is a non-negotiable priority for your marketing team, consider the idea of scaling up gradually over time.

I included the bridge and the car to give an idea of the scale.

Her work references both the transformative effects of photography as well as the sculptural relationship of objects to the body, alternating between an association with objects that are intimate, wearable or ornamental and an idea of scale that verges on the architectural or monumental.

AW: Maybe the idea of scale is where your work becomes conceptual — it's in the process of imagining the fluctuations between the miniature and the monumental in relation to the body.

The idea of Scale Explorer was to help non-mathematical people to relate to the rest of the universe and make it meaningful for themselves.

The results give an idea of the scale of the problem we're tackling.

It's often hard to get an idea of the scale at which different technologies are operating.