Sentences with phrase «less a way of»

Jobs have become more a way of making money and less a way of doing something of value.

«The tables have become less a way of giving parents the information they want and more an arms - length policy lever by which successive governments have sought to influence the decisions heads take about how to run their schools,» said United Learning's chief executive, Jon Coles.

It became less a way of talking about new ways of doing art.»

I come from a military family, so it is more or less a way of life and has been for several generations.

Not exact matches

By way of pay, while the average worker at a startup earns about 6 percent less than a worker at a more established firm, the youngest workers earn about 3 percent more than they do at older firms.

Ironically, the most effective way to get what you want is to be less concerned with your own needs and more in - tune to the desires of others.

With less focus on mundane and repetitive daily asks, these bots leave more space for innovation, allowing you as leader to stay ahead of your competition every step of the way.

(After the election, Legere said he had «got way past» the feud and was optimistic about the impact of a less restrictive regulatory climate.)

The MacBook Air is less upgradable than older MacBook Pros, but there are still a couple of ways to extend its life.

Individuals set up corporations to pay less in taxes in a variety of ways.

In July and August of 2020 the positions of Earth and Mars are aligned in a way that will mean less power is required to reach the red planet compared to other times.

CHIP extension would be way less expensive because of... Obamacare mandate's repeal?

Santi said a possible way around the impasse would be for a M5S - Lega government led by a compromise prime minister agreeable to both parties, «affording Lega control of some key ministries and leaving Forza Italia to play a less visible role, with direct or indirect control of some minor cabinet posts.»

That way, customers are less likely to hold off on saying «no» out of politeness.

If your customers feel that you go out of your way to reward them, they're more likely to choose you over your less - appreciative competition.

I'm also moving the outdoor smoking area farther away from the office to be less convenient and so nonsmokers need not walk through a cloud of smoke on the way in.

Marks arrived at more or less the same definition of liquidity as Hooper, writing that the way to think about liquidity isn't to ask if there is a market for an asset, but whether you can quickly sell that an asset without taking a huge loss on it.

It's not surprising to me that the SEC has started to look harder at them because using some of these new technologies to raise capital in a less regulated way with fewer consumer protections is not sustainable.

For those not bold (or crazy) enough to ink the image of Jobs on their skin, Legend Toy's 12 - inch plastic action figure made in his likeness was, for a time, a less painful and non-permanent way to keep his memory alive.

You can't CSR your way out of this while paying your senior executives more and more and paying your workers (relatively) less and less.»

Maybe you found a way to save the company thousands of dollars a year by shifting to a less expensive manufacturing process.

Still, while those with less gold - plated resumes need to think more carefully, Kalt's piece is a refreshing reminder that talent generally shows through — and generally the best way to develop your talent is to follow you interests instead of trying to stick to a narrow, pre-described career path.

A phone interview may seem like a less formal version of an in - person interview, but don't treat it that way.

Finally, less than half of those surveyed say their company is engaged with the community in a meaningful way.

It costs less to make them here than at our plant in China, because of the way their wages are going up so fast.

Yet I can't think of a faster and less - expensive way to find out whether a startup is taking the right path in developing a product.

When you're watching your pennies, one of the easiest ways to spend less on groceries is to buy less and eat less.

What if your problem is less pre-presentation butterflies and more of a tendency to stammer your way through speeches full of ummms and uhs?

I took a wrong turn somewhere along the way, but it you do it correctly, you can take $ 5 worth of ingredients and make way more for less.

That's no doubt a great suggestion, but there are plenty of other less structured, everyday ways to unclutter your mind as well (personally, I go in for running).

In perhaps the most notorious example of Oscar's underdog favoritism, in 2010, The Hurt Locker — released on just 535 screens and tallying less than $ 19 million at the box office — beat Avatar which had grossed $ 760 million and was well on its way to becoming the most successful movie ever made.

For well over a century, a range of men's footwear brands — Grenson, Church's, John Lobb, Tricker's and Crockett & Jones, among others — have called the East Midlands region home, producing more or less the same shoes, more or less the same way.

They're also less likely to have the kind of confidence it takes to bet on yourself in a big way.

One of the many ways books can make you happier is by helping you pass the time during some of life's less entertaining moments.

Although they are much less powerful than the industrial models from Universal Robots, IOActive released a video of a test in which an otherwise cute NAO robot suddenly begins laughing in an evil and maniacal way and uses a screwdriver to repeatedly stab a tomato.

Indeed, the company claims the carbon footprint of one of its suborbital flights will be less than that of a one - way flight from London to New York.

It's worth rewarding executives who have found ways for their companies to contribute less to the community and deliver more in the way of social results.

But under the surface, the leaders of the market have been churning, with the dominant forces in the benchmark S&P 500 giving way to lesser - loved areas.

Most publishers see it as nothing less than an existential threat to their way of life, and they view users who do it as traitors and thieves.

The primer is less than impressed by this move, stating «[t] he magnitude and extensive retroactivity of the resulting assessments will certainly put Canada on the global taxation map in a notorious way, and send a discouraging message to global investors».

«The only way to have this type of flexibility is to build a culture that makes change totally expected and acceptable — that's what will make these instances less painful,» says Simo.

Traditional answers often focus on various sectors and involve more or less hand - wringing about their rise and fall, but according to the author of a forthcoming book on entrepreneurship and economy, there is another, better way to view our economy — as one single ecosystem, a sort of one - sector economy that interacts as a unit much like a forest and which should be nurtured as it grows and recycles itself.

When income is distributed very unequally, the only way for less well - off people to have the same material possessions as more well - off people is to spend all of their income and even to go into debt.

There's also that popular project of space tourism: While Musk envisions $ 250,000 one - way trips to Mars, Jain imagines $ 10,000 or less week - long vacations on the moon, which he says could be just as connected to the mother planet as any two cities back on Earth.

If it made the product less simple, or less beautiful, we would question the importance of that feature and try to find an elegant way to do it in a way that didn't reduce the overall simplicity.

«They're willing to give you less capital than you might be able to rase in New York or San Francisco, but you find a lot of early stage companies that find ways to make money fast.»

Of course, at one point it was worth asking how a company founded by a then 19 - year - old could invent a new, less - invasive way of drawing blood from patientOf course, at one point it was worth asking how a company founded by a then 19 - year - old could invent a new, less - invasive way of drawing blood from patientof drawing blood from patients.

Though much of the success of craft breweries (which are technically defined as those that make less than 6 million barrels per year) and microbreweries (which make less than 15,000 barrels) can be credited to shifts in public taste, those in the industry say they've learned a few truths along the way that have aided in their success.

While the mobile Web is an efficient way to make your content available on mobile devices across platforms, with the rise in prominence of smartphones, it's becoming somewhat less relevant.

In The Happiness Advantage, Shawn Anchor says that when volunteers picked,»... one of their signature strengths and used it in a new way each day for a week, they became significantly happier and less depressed.»