Sentences with phrase «less appealing from»

Honestly, I can't imagine a business model less appealing from a consumer's point of view.

As we know, practitioner and academic markets are quite different and I'd have thought that the academic one is both less appealing from a commercial point of view and has less of a future.

Not exact matches

The offers can be bland — or as with the colon cleansing, of less - than - universal appeal — opening the door to rivals with a local sales team to solicit better deals from A-list merchants.

After all, for most of us the winter months are ideal reading season - outdoor activities are less appealing, the urge to cocoon at home is upon us, and often we're blessed with some good long breaks from work to unwind and feed our minds.

But if you're a financially flush member of the silver - haired set who doesn't necessarily need to withdraw funds from the IRA, the requirement is less appealing.

In effect, the S&P 500 Index went from a 21 % undervaluation in November 2010 (1185) to a much less appealing 7 % undervaluation last June (1320).

This is an important issue because Murdoch implicitly acknowledges from time to time that her Good is in many ways less appealing, less satisfying, than a personal God.

But if even Adam and Eve, driven in rage and guilt from the Earthly Paradise to which they may never return, may be said to be forced into a new «lifestyle» — if, that is to say, some especially desirable items are permanently out of stock, but there are still others, only relatively less appealing, beckoning from the shelves — if this is what the Fall amounts to, then how is it possible to comprehend the full implications of suffering or loss of any kind, whether in Mozambique or in Romania or in the luxurious American suburb?

Furthermore, even the identification of the putative content of experience proves to be normed by whatever hermeneutical analysis is employed, for one can only imagine, much less recognize as present, what one can come to identify somehow.16 Finally, some hermeneutical analysis is also presupposed by and, therefore, normative of any argument from experience, whether of the individual or the communal type, since it is only experience as interpretable in terms of some description or other to which one can ever appeal either for the mutual corroboration of such descriptions or for their illustration of a theistic interpretation.

Less appealing still is a sandwich, packed the night before, now soggy from the lettuce and tomato.

Add some steamed rice and this Kung Pao Chicken from Heather Christo Cooks makes take - out look much less appealing.

The use of hypoallergenic specialty proteins from vegetable sources is less environmentally damaging and appeals to pet owners who seek natural, responsibly - produced pet food.

So we hemmed and hawed for over a week and finally decided that we are going to stay put here for a few more years (and make this place more appealing to us and hopefully the next owner too), so I emailed the city planner to make sure permits were still available and he told me they had sold out earlier that week — less than two weeks from when the ordinance went into effect!

The new codes are much simplified from the old admissions and appeals codes, and some of this simplification has reduced requirements on «faith» schools that could lead to make «faith» schools even less inclusive.

Just as Tony Blair had worked to move Labour away from some of the party's traditional, less electorally appealing positions in the 1990s, so David Cameron, taking Blair quite consciously as his role model, sought to reposition the Conservative party on a number of key issues in a push for electoral popularity.

The state Court of Appeals in a ruling Thursday found judges will now be required to instruct juries that witness identifications of suspects of a different race is less reliable than when people make IDs from their own race.

Smaller, less well - funded charities will find it easier to appeal against rulings from the Charity Commission with the creation of a new Charity Tribunal.

But consider whether this is more or less likely in the context of AV: there would have been more second preference votes that had the potential to be transferred from both the Lib Dem candidate and the Tory candidate than from the BNP candidate, so Woolas would surely have been far more likely to try to appeal to moderate voters than to try to appeal to those considering voting for the BNP had AV been used instead of FPTP.

Whereas Pluto's putative ocean could in principle support life, it is probably locked beneath perhaps 200 kilometers of ice and very far from Earth, making it a much less appealing target for astrobiological studies than other, closer subsurface oceans known to exist in the solar system, such as those within the icy moons circling Jupiter and Saturn.

Less than a month after a New York state appeals court ruled that chimpanzees do not have legal rights and can not be released from captivity, a case involving a second chimp has been dismissed

And because US electronics companies — the biggest buyers — are going elsewhere, the price of minerals from such conflict areas has dropped by two - thirds, making them less appealing to rebel groups as a source of funds.

Dr Milica Vasiljevic from the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge says: «While we can be optimistic that the adverts don't seem to make tobacco smoking more appealing to young people, they do appear to make occasional smoking seem less harmful.

She believes that her deafness made mathematics an appealing subject: understanding it relied much less on hearing than other subjects did, and she benefited from good teachers who encouraged her natural mathematical curiosity.

I should definitely not have had more than one chunk, but leaving the utterly moreish appeal of chocolate aside for a moment, if there's one thing I know from feeling that fuzzy head this morning, it is that at least I'm feeling the awful effects of large spoonfuls of sugar, that I am therefore far less addicted and that I just need to be able to say no — to more.

Downey keeps us distanced from the less appealing nature of Stark's personality with his charismatic performance, and Rockwell complements the dichotomy between the two weapons manufacturers by playing the scummy extent of Downey's charm.

While DC's live - action movies have suffered from the need to appeal to a broad audience, the animated features have less pressure, and can please the hard - core fans without leaving newcomers in the dark.

Glastonbury (15) Running time: 135 min *** Julian Temple's loving documentary may at first appear to be aimed at the sort of music fan who prefers Glasto streamed live to their TV.But this collection of archive and commissioned footage from 36 years of England's greatest music festival is likely to appeal more to diehard fans than non-festival-goers, since it revels in precisely the eccentricities that makes the armchair people dive for cover.Most of this film is a structureless, rambling celebration of Glastonbury's boozy, hedonistic, liberated, political and frequently bonkers character rather than of the actual music: great if you were at the party, presumably less great if you weren't.

DiCaprio doesn't have nearly the appeal as he did in his last two outings and director Danny Boyle (A Life Less Ordinary, Trainspotting) can't seem to remain consistent with his characters taken from Alex Garland's novel.

The game runs much slower than it does on the New 3DS, and while I can't speak from experience, I can just imagine how frustrated owners of the original 3DS were when they finally loaded up the demo, only to realize it was much harder to play and much less appealing than what they'd been shown by Nintendo.

Unlike some lesser - known movies from Hollywood's golden age, Casablanca enjoys enduring appeal and continues to produce substantial revenue for the studio that made it, Warner Bros..

Unlike some lesser - known movies from Hollywood's golden age, Casablanca enjoys enduring appeal and continues to produce substantial revenue for the studio...

From the new DVD cover, one might gather that Disney is trying to appeal to the same audiences who gobble up Harry Potter films in mass quantities, and while this film is darker and less clever, it could well resonate with a similar viewership.

This is a strong showing from DreamWorks, but McGrath didn't manage to accomplish what Pixar has mastered (and Shrek to a lesser extent) by peppering the piece with plenty of humor with crossover appeal to all ages.

John Logan (Star Trek: Nemesis, The Time Machine) wrote the script, and he infuses a sense of swashbuckling adventure missing from most pirate movies with a more personal purpose for the Sinbad character, but while the set - up sounds good, the execution of the idea makes the film less than appealing.

But other, less - heralded attributes helped just as much, including provisions in the state's 1995 legislation that greatly expanded Vallas's power over teachers and schools; school construction and other appealing initiatives undertaken in part to soften the accountability focus; and characteristics in Vallas that aren't necessarily the trademark of the latest fashion, the big - city superintendent who rides in from another walk of life.

«Studies have found that students from low - income families lose ground academically over the summer, and also are less likely than students from wealthier families to have access to enriching, non-academic experiences,» said Lucas Held of The Wallace Foundation, which released the guide in partnership with Crosby Marketing Communications of Annapolis, Md. «Many of these parents and students aren't used to thinking of summer as an opportunity for learning, so it was important to listen to them and to market voluntary summer learning opportunities in ways that would appeal to them and to their children.»

On sale now at a starting price of # 89,995 (and available in both Coupe and Roadster forms), the N430 is perhaps less money than you might expect from a car with such a powerful and appealing image.

The CVT» box also marks a change from the lowlier six - speed manual car's 50:50 torque split to a less - appealing - sounding 60:40 front / rear split.

Unfortunately, the high price tag limits its appeal from an economic standpoint, while individuals and families seeking a little more driving fun would be better served by some of the HR - V's less expensive rivals.

A well - equipped, all - wheel - drive SUV with 250 horsepower and Honda's excellent five - speed automatic transmission for less than $ 27,000 is appealing, but add on the Red Line's styling, taut suspension, 18 - inch aluminum wheels and P245 / 50 -18 Bridge - stone Turanza radials, plus an upgraded interior, and you've gone from «appealing» to «compelling.»

«There's a mystique about Tesla that suggests a comparable product from another manufacturer doesn't just hold less appeal — it holds no appeal.

The initial cost can seem a bit daunting in the face of competition from BMW's X5, the Porsche Cayenne and the less - expensive Acura MDX, but Audi's growing appeal to American buyers is helping to increase resale values.

Less - expensive large Android tablets tend to be less appealing than their smaller cousins, so there isn't much «good - enough» competition from cheaper large Android tablLess - expensive large Android tablets tend to be less appealing than their smaller cousins, so there isn't much «good - enough» competition from cheaper large Android tablless appealing than their smaller cousins, so there isn't much «good - enough» competition from cheaper large Android tablets.

That's certainly less than the # 600 Amazon.co.uk wants - marked down from an # 800 RRP, the site states - for the 7in Android 2.2 - based, 3G - enabled tablet, and presumably CW hopes that the (slightly) even cheaper airtime - bundled offering will appeal to punters even more.

It's very difficult to keep from describing yourself when crafting your ideal reader — after all, you're writing a book that appeals to you, so it's easy to decide your ideal reader is more or less like you

Being that it is thin, sleek and fast only adds to its appeal while it's operating system, iOS, is so simple and intuitive, that the iPad 2 is ideal for any user — from the gadget - obsessed grad to the less technically inclined mom and dad.

Coming from a background analysing non-equity funds with much lower volatility, someone who can outperform an equity index with significantly less vol appeals much more than the same outperformance but with greater than index volatility.

This type of plan can be particularly appealing to a business owner who has no employees (or who has only family members for employees) because while no contributions are required each year, if the employer contributes any amount to a SEP IRA during any given year, contributions to the accounts of all employees who have performed services for the employer during that year become mandatory (certain employees who are under 21, earn less than $ 600 during the year or have not worked for the employer for three of the five preceding years may be excluded from participation) and contributions must be uniform among eligible employees.

Unless you get a rate of 5 % or less, you're probably better off with balance transfer deals, but the convenience of a fixed payment and walking away from credit cards makes personal loans appealing.

Less than forty miles from the Big Apple, Stamford CT offers an artsy and architecturally appealing place to reside, while offering a big city night life and social activities.