Sentences with phrase «major stepping stone»

Known for being ultra-competitive, as well as a major stepping stone in an artist's practical development, residencies are also widely varied and can run the gamut from a week - long workshop to a two - year jaunt abroad.

12 In the middle of the century, there were only a third as many women as men artists, but even this mildly encouraging statistic is deceptive when we discover that out of this relatively meager number, none had attended that major stepping stone to artistic success, the Ecole des Beaux - Arts, only 7 percent had received any official commission or had held any official office — and these might include the most menial sort of work — only 7 percent had ever received any Salon medal, and none had ever received the Legion of Honor.13 Deprived of encouragements, educational facilities and rewards, it is almost incredible that a certain percentage of women did persevere and seek a profession in the arts.

«This is a major stepping stone in our vision to provide a range of diving locations for our existing customer - base.

A major stepping stone for Amazon is selling their new 4th generation Kindles in the retail market with custom firmware for the device to read Japanese characters and give the device the ability to be localized.

The suicide doors is tremendously interesting - another major stepping stone to monetizing their heritage.

The software is seen as a major stepping stone in fighting diseases.

Based on new video published by the Department of Defense, the railgun has successfully moved from single - shot to repeated firing rate operations — a major stepping stone on the path to the battlefield.

«Our group is currently working on determining the high resolution molecular structures of the truncated prion protein variants associated with familial human CAA in order to gain a complete atomistic understanding of the factors underlying their transmission, and the present study is a major stepping stone in this effort,» Jaroniec said.

Underpinning this is Conway Morris» claim that convergence is demonstrable at every major stepping stone in evolutionary history, from early cells, through to the emergence of tissues, sensory systems, limbs, and the ability to make and use tools.

Eiman Abdel Nasser, Head of Kaumeya Language Schools, said: «Partnering with NBK Capital Partners and receiving EBRD's support is a major stepping stone for KLS, enabling us to advance the mission crafted by our family of empowering and equipping our students to become lifelong learners ``.

The double Olympic, world and European champion has targeted the meeting at the Alexander Stadium as one of his major stepping stones as he works towards the Rio Olympics, which begins exactly two months later.

Not exact matches

So do many major publishing companies, including Random House with Stepping Stone Classics; Oxford University Press with Children's Classics; and Barnes & Noble with Classic Starts.

Hopefully this major announcement will be stepping stone for further projects like it.»

Familiarity was a major stepping - stone to AN, as well as other serious health problems.

While Leah considers this a major stepping - stone in her career, she's the first one to admit that the work wasn't glamorous.

Last year's Arrival managed to be the rare thought - provoking, emotionally rich sci - fi blockbuster, another stepping stone on director Denis Villeneuve's ascendence toward becoming a major Hollywood talent, currently helming Blade Runner 2049 and tapped to rework Frank Herbert's Dune.

Of course that kind of major transition would take time, and he said BlackBerry 7 would likely be a stepping stone to a full switch.

Palm Cove is often referred to as the jewel in the crown of Cairns, as it is a small beachfront village with cobble stoned streets, palm fringed beaches with all the major hotels and resorts just a few steps away.

The developers say that Solo Showdown is «a one - off stepping stone to learn how to build great events for all types of players», and are promising, «a major announcement about competitive play next week.»

Serving as a stepping stone for many major artists, the medium enabled their work to reach the public due to its accessible form.

The # 60,000 prize has a major impact on both the winning museum and their chosen artist: for the winning museum, the award allows the acquisition of an ambitious work of contemporary art of national importance, and for the winning artist (who may be showing widely nationally and internationally but whose work is not represented in collections in this country), the award is a stepping stone to greater visibility and provides access to national and international audiences.

With less than two weeks to go until the beginning of the Copenhagen conference, it is essential that the countries of the world, led by the major economies, do what it takes to produce a strong, operational agreement that will both launch us on a concerted effort to combat climate change and serve as a stepping stone to a legally binding treaty.

The move would help Mac devices work «more seamlessly» with iPhones and iPads, and could potentially be a major stepping - stone along the path to creating one unified operating system for all Apple devices.

I've always preferred hiring people who are passionate about something, so I'd rather hire a smart, willing - to - learn English major who took that route because he / she had a passion for Shakespeare than a business major who was in it as a career stepping stone.

There are three major reasons, in my opinion, that contribute to the lack of voter participation in elections, and they are these; 1) Eligible voters believe that their votes count for nothing, that their votes will not have any effect on the outcome, 2) That many, if not most, politicians are sadly the same (in it for their own personal gain, be it fame, a stepping - stone toward future appointments, or simply to satisfy their uber egos).

So much for the 1 - 2 year «Stepping stone» job to the majors.