Sentences with phrase «intended as a counter»

Scenario # 2 is a more realistic projection, in my view, intended as a counter to the exaggerated features of Scenario # 1.

Not exact matches

A bit worried that the Rutba members may be perceived as white do - gooders who intend to «save» the housing projects, Jonathan can only counter that they are committed to being a presence in Walltown — «unless the area gentrifies completely.»

The crude simplistic naivety is intended to counter and balance the formal hermaeutialization that theologicals often find themselves trapped in as far as the vulgate is concerned (Barthe's theological circle, I think he calls it).

The addition is intended to restrict the Beatitude to the group of those who are inwardly oppressed by the course of things, and thus it runs counter to the original meaning of the words as given by Luke.

I took a bite while I was standing at the counter, fully intending to take it to my desk to eat as I worked.

A product which is unlike anything else that can be bought over the counter in that when used as the manufacturers intend, it will reliably kill one in two long - term consumers.

this report is not complete and it looks as if it is intended to open an new chapter of an unending accusations and counter accusations between amaechi and jonathan...... readers beware

But what is certain about Three Billboards is that if this many people saw Dixon's arc as redemptive — and if we take the most charitable view, that it wasn't intended to trivialize the experiences of abused and tortured black characters in order to humanize a white character — then the problem is in the film itself, which allowed room for a reading that was counter to its intentions.

Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Yoshi are each given their own Rabbid counterparts, who work along with them as they counter the schemes of Bowser Jr., who intends to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom by exploiting a special Rabbid who has the ability to fuse any two objects.

These bright color pattern cards are intended to be used with small rainbow counters, such as frogs, bears, or circles, which are available in rainbow colors.

«The move by Barnes & Noble as well as Amazon to slash the prices of their eBook readers reflects a fundamental change in their business strategy intended to counter the rising competitive pressure from Apple's iPad,» iSuppli said.

This means that there are some things that are just difficult to teach them, such as staying off the counters when there are interesting smells, that closed doors are not intended as an affront to them, and not to lie on your book while you are trying to read it.

«By collecting it, or selling at high prices, as you do, these things that no longer have much use, does not that run counter to their very ephemerality — taking something intended to be transitory and short term and preserving it for eternity?

Intended as a critique of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics, and eventually becoming the go to example for illustrating the difficulty of describing quantum states, Albert Einstein's buddy devised the following scenario: a cat, a Geiger counter containing a trace amount of radioactive substance, and a flask filled with poison are placed in a sealed and shielded box.

[a] tax measure such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which is, according to the referring court's description of its history and purpose, intended to prevent excessive capital flow towards the Netherlands Antilles and to counter the appeal of that OCT as a tax haven, comes under the tax carve - out clause cited above and remains, consequently, outside the scope of application of Article 47 (1) of the [Seventh] OCT Decision, provided it pursues that objective in an effective and proportionate manner, which is a matter for the referring court to assess.

Bluestone countered that the faxes were intended to educate the legal community about malpractice, not serve as ads.