Sentences with phrase «immediate focus of»

Despite the tough talk, the immediate focus of the international response was expected to be on tougher economic sanctions against Pyongyang.

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The rewards of focusing on word - of - mouth referrals don't show immediate results but is still certainly worth -LSB-...]

The key is to focus on the positive and move forward while addressing the immediate concerns of the staff.

In response to Business Insider questions about Southwest's use of oxygen masks on Flight 1380, a company representative said via email: «We aren't ready to engage that level of detail at this time as we are focused on the immediate needs of the NTSB investigation.»

Focusing on one task at a time won't work if your phone is consistently interrupting you with personal texts or the latest ballgame scores, so productive people give themselves the gift of momentum by eliminating distractions from immediate surroundings.

In order to turn that around, the report asserts, search marketing teams need to learn what searchers are really looking for and focus on broader engagement instead of simply trying to drive an immediate sale.

A significant portion of the TSC hearing focused on Haldane's now famous Fish comment, as well as broader issues with economic forecasting — something that has come to the fore in the UK since economists were almost unanimously wrong in their predictions about the immediate impact of Brexit on the British economy.

Focusing on page growth, however, doesn't have the corresponding bonus of bringing in immediate website traffic.

That's why, instead of solely focusing on the end result, it's important to set different types of goals — including smaller, more immediate ones, intermediate targets, and stretch goals — that all build on your efforts to reach that final destination.

Sure, everyone had a boss, but now we have better networking, immediate forms of communication, and a strong focus on managing.

Steven Mnuchin, Trump's candidate to run the Treasury Department, has stated that comprehensive tax reform will be an immediate priority of Trump's administration, and that his focus as Treasury Secretary will be stimulating economic growth and creating jobs through tax reform.

Are they a way to preserve companies» ability to pursue long - term value in the face of shareholders who are overly focused on immediate returns?

TEMPE, Ariz. / DETROIT (Reuters)- Arizona officials said on Tuesday they saw no immediate need to tighten rules on the testing of self - driving cars in the state in reaction to a fatal accident involving an Uber autonomous vehicle that has focused attention on the safety of the new technology.

Their commitment to their client is focused on immediate revenue generation, brand protection, sales intelligence and a reduced cost of sales.

Attentions this week turn to a busy macroeconomic calendar headlined by the Bank of England's policy announcement Thursday while the more immediate focus turns to Manufacturing PMI for direction through trade on Monday.

I agree that buybacks at a high valuation are likely foolish, but increasing the attractiveness of the stock to those focused on the immediate payback would seem to make acquiring more shares at a good price more difficult.

While critics of the deal focus on comparing Canada's tariff phaseout period on vehicles to the longer tariff cut schedule offered by the United States, they fail to acknowledge that the important bilateral concession offered by the United States was the immediate elimination of U.S. duties on auto parts — something that will benefit American assembly plants as well as TPP parts makers.

It seemed just chance that, in assessing what the new political institutions of Scotland would be focusing on, I stumbled upon one research paper that would give me an immediate insight into what lay ahead.

Most Christians through most of Christian history have focused their attention on quite immediate problems.

I can happily report that discussions have come back to the ontological centrality of Christ, the meaning of the sexes focused upon the Virgin birth, and the immediate relationship of mind and matter, enough times to make a Faith Summer Session discussion group leader glow.

It is entirely possible that, at a time when very important decisions have to be made and acted upon for the good of humankind and the planet as a whole, far too many people will focus their attention on their own immediate vicinity and insist on claiming their individual right to act within it as they wish.

His attention was so focused on the immediate future that he showed little interest in the words and deeds of Jesus, as remembered from the latter's earthly ministry.

Jesus is the imago Dei uncorrupted, so that John's Gospel can insist that, for Jesus, «Whoever has seen me has seen the Father» (14:9).4 In light of this realization, three provocatively new foci will occupy our immediate attention: the proclamation of the impending arrival of the basileia tou theou; the significance of the crucifixion (and resurrection) of Jesus for understanding the nature of divine power; and the Johannine conviction that love characterizes the very essence of God.

In the immediate context of The Challenge of Peace this conviction was focused specifically on the question of nuclear weapons and whether they might ever be morally used; the United States bishops» answer was No, and in this they concurred with a wide range of opponents of nuclear weapons around the world.

An established church may be the immediate context in which a religious movement appears, and it may be the focus of the movement's ideology, but this institution is in turn likely to depend on the state and the economic hierarchy for support.

But the phenomenological description offered makes it clear that presentational immediacy is consequent upon a particular type of bodily amplification and selection of sense data derived from the stream of consciousness comprising the immediate past actual world, further abstracted and focused in the human situation through selective conscious attention to some, but not all, of the features of the immediate external world recorded and amplified by the body.

The personal factor is thus highly significant without being the direct focus of attention; though the whole person is the context, the life of the mind is the immediate concern.

Hence the Christian insistence that it is God's Spirit which communicates truth is really a way of bringing this axiom into focus by relating this immediate experience of the Ultimate to the doctrine of God.

For it must be in intuitions that two contrary modes of knowing are merged — that is, an immediate focus that «enters into» what is apprehended and at the same time enacts a process that includes some aspect of spatializing thought, distinguishing and somehow distancing.

«We are following the guidance of our officials and hunkering down in order to remain safe while they focus on those in the most immediate danger,» said Andrew Doyle, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas.

Of course, if a government punishes sexual promiscuity in a certain segment of the population with death the people will become less promiscuous since it focuses everyone's attention on the reality that aside from the immediate pleasure, there can be serious negative consequenceOf course, if a government punishes sexual promiscuity in a certain segment of the population with death the people will become less promiscuous since it focuses everyone's attention on the reality that aside from the immediate pleasure, there can be serious negative consequenceof the population with death the people will become less promiscuous since it focuses everyone's attention on the reality that aside from the immediate pleasure, there can be serious negative consequences.

So much of the energy of the movement had focused on that immediate goal, however, that when the treaty was ratified, public support could not be mobilized for a next step.

BOOST ENERGY, MENTAL FOCUS AND DIGESTION - MCT's are more easily and rapidly digested than any other type of fat, thus offer immediate fuel for energy.

«Forward - thinking retailers and restaurants with a distinctive definition of local and a focus on marketing and merchandising fresh, high - quality products at the right price will see an immediate impact and capture a long - term advantage in this growing market,» A.T. Kearny says.

For now, the more immediate focus will be on this weekend's showdown with Tottenham, as Mourinho will be desperate to avoid another league setback as rivals Man City continue to stretch their lead and move away at the top of the standings.

The more immediate focus will be on the end of this campaign, as Louis van Gaal's men remain four points adrift of a top - four finish with five games remaining as they look to secure Champions League football next season.

The Wizards have a need in the middle, but with a lack of available bigs in this range who can provide immediate help, it could make sense to focus elsewhere.

«With its continued focus on risk minimization, the committee determined that a helmet-less player shall not block, tackle or otherwise participate beyond the immediate action in which the player is engaged when the helmet came completely off,» said Bob Colgate, NFHS director of sports and sports medicine.

I completely understand if this is not feasible for you, but in terms of really focusing in on the issues and either getting real answers or pointing out the evasiveness of the answers, I think you need the ability to do immediate follow up.

Instead of focusing on immediate results and trying to achieve an ideal of perfection, start where your child is and move forward.

It's really not that surprising that the difference between a one - to - three minute delay and immediate clamping was relatively small, especially considering the limited number of outcomes that the study focused upon.

She and her counselor focus on addressing her immediate needs for safety, counseling and drug treatment, while also looking ahead to the birth of her baby.

Second, my analysis will focus on the Operação Lava Jato («Car Wash Operation»), arguably the immediate cause of the current political crisis, and will not address the ties between the media and the economic crisis — a dimension to the crisis which is at least as important as the political.

What single - party governments do, instead of making the messy compromises that might offer their populations some real protection, is focus their attention on the areas where their freedom of action can make an immediate difference.

President Goodluck Jonathan has relieved the Minister of Sports, Alhaji Yusuf Suleiman, of his post with immediate effect to afford him the opportunity to focus fully on the pursuit of his declared political ambition.

In November, in the immediate aftermath of the election, Sarsour blasted the assemblywoman — who is the daughter of Greek and Cuban immigrants — when she tweeted that the Council should focus «half as much effort on the citizens that actually elected them» in response to a tweet by City Council's account emphasizing New York City's status as a so - called «sanctuary city» for immigrants.

Much coverage of the economic downturn has focussed on its immediate impact, yet it is likely to hold long - term implications for family life.

Borough President Diaz stated that he believed that the festivities should focus not only on the rich cultural heritage of La Isla Del Encanto but should also shed light on the island's economic crisis and the need for immediate federal action.

The civil engineers suggest a list of highway improvements that could reduce that number, but a lack of funding causes the state to focus on the more immediate safety issues.

In the remaining nine months of 2014, pro-charter groups focused more on strengthening accountability measures for teachers and pushing the state and city to take immediate action to fix failing schools.