Sentences with phrase «matter of diminishing»

When brokers decide whether to advertise on portals with more than 100 million monthly views, it becomes a matter of diminishing returns, he points out.

A mess of early CGI, noisy silliness and bizarre science fiction musings, both films leave narrative logic and effective atmosphere at the door, with their camp pleasures very much a matter of diminishing returns across their mercifully brief runtimes.

Not that we needed three of these movies — the first one was a blast, and it's been a matter of diminishing returns ever since — but nevertheless, here we are.

Not exact matches

Not everyone will benefit: now that Republicans have swept the US government for the first time since 1928, it means Obamacare is over - just a matter of time - and Affordable Care Act - vulnerable stocks such as Universal Health Services, AmSurg and Mednax will likely plunge; on the other hand pure pharma stocks like MCK and ABC will benefit as rhetoric on drug pricing will diminish significantly, leading to more stable earnings if / when changes in drug pricing become more stable.

An April 5 Associated Press story followed by a similar April 7 Washington Post story both asserted that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly was suffering from diminished clout in the White House, as a more confident President Trump feels comfortable taking matters directly to new hires like John Bolton and Larry Kudlow, chatting on the phone with outside advisers, and firing Cabinet secretaries over Kelly's objections.

Recognizing the diminishing value of traditional advertising in the digital era, Kraft saw an opportunity to grow market share among millennial, Hispanic, tech - savvy and health - conscious consumers by appealing to their changing habits via big data and digital marketing, according to CPG Matters.

In contrast the pamphlet proposes that far from diminishing the relevance of the human body, matter - energy has its fullest meaning and highest dignity in its relation to the soul.

No man [should] be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor [should he] be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor... otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief... All men [should] be free to profess and by argument to maintain their opinions in matters of religion, and... the same [should] in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.

Owing to the expansion of the universe, the mean density of matter would appear to be diminishing all the time, contrary to the assumption that the system is unchanging.

It is a matter of common experience that within restricted groups (the pair, the team) unity, far from diminishing the individual, enhances, enriches and liberates him in terms of himself.

«Be it therefore enacted by the General Assembly, that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and the same shall in nowise diminish, enlarge, or afflict these civil capacities.»

Americans actually think that they can diminish my worth, while I know exactly that I am way up there and none of them could ever get there no matter how much they climb.

This does not diminish or remove the freedom and methodology of the sciences, for example, because if we have rightly understood the structure of the universe unto Christ, we will see that matter in the universe does indeed have a real consistency to be explored, even if its completion will be achieved only on a higher level.

In similar vein, the author writes of Ward himself: «Ward's view of the Church was always triumphalist: no matter her human imperfections, she was the ark of salvation and the locus of divine truth, and nothing could diminish his respect and loyalty to her.»

Mr K H Power, a producer near Cloncurry, put the matter in this pithy manner: «I am a firm believer that to go past the first set of weighing scales is only foolhardiness as cattle lose weight, bruising increases and returns diminish».

Not to be to brash I can't believe there is still fans out here that think it matters if there loud or loyal when we all know Wenger is the master of turning a good team into a mediocre team and loves diminishing there confidence by playing them out of position or drop in them if they have a great performance unless it's his favourite players like ozil, Ramsey etc did u not see the emirates in the first game?

Yes, let's all support one another, no matter how we feed our babies, but let's not diminish the importance of helping mothers reach their breastfeeding goals in the first place!

«This local law does not usurp or diminish any power of the planning commission, or the mayor for that matter,» Joy said.

Nutrition scientists have discovered that just a single cup of coffee can help diminish the pain over the short term in a matter of minutes.

The frequency of your bowel movements will usually begin to diminish as your digestive tract rids itself of toxic matter.

The frequency of your bowel movements will usually begin to diminish as the digestive tract rids itself of toxic matter.

It also claims to make the skin more even and diminish age spots in a matter of few weeks.

It's a matter of time that the stigma for Tinder or mobile dating apps for hookups will also diminish.

Universal's decision to submit the movie to the Globes as a comedy caused a fair share of backlash; Peele himself addressed the controversy, calling the movie a «documentary» in a tweet and then later saying the Globes» comedy designation diminished the film's subject matter.

In «The Logic of Interdisciplinary Studies,» a research report by Sandra Mathison and Melissa Freeman presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in 1997, the authors wrote, «Interdisciplinary, integrated, and integrative studies represent an opportunity to have more meaningful relations with students; teach cognitive skills associated with «real life» (e.g., cooperation, problem solving, ability to see connections); motivate students; increase student achievement; promote positive attitudes toward subject matter; create more curricular flexibility; diminish scheduling problems; and integrate new and rapidly changing information with increased time efficiency.»

Variety matters in learning; too much of any one thing, like sitting passively in a classroom for 12 years, has rapidly diminishing returns; and lack of variety negatively affects teachers as much as children.

Vogel may go out in public and present a warm and fuzzy persona, but in reality, CTA is not about «working together» but rather it is about protecting the job of every public school teacher (no matter how incompetent), acquiring large sums of money and power and killing any reasonable education reform that would diminish its influence.

At the center: a woman who calls herself Bride, whose stunning blue - black skin is only one element of her beauty, her boldness and confidence, her success in life; but which caused her light - skinned mother to deny her even the simplest forms of love until she told a lie that ruined the life of an innocent woman, a lie whose reverberations refuse to diminish... Booker, the man Bride loves and loses, whose core of anger was born in the wake of the childhood murder of his beloved brother... Rain, the mysterious white child, who finds in Bride the only person she can talk to about the abuse she's suffered at the hands of her prostitute mother... and Sweetness, Bride's mother, who takes a lifetime to understand that «what you do to children matters.

='p I'm just saying that the attraction of bookstore distribution is rapidly diminishing, and all authors must now be prepared to drive sales online, no matter who published them.

The distraction of an extra choice, no matter how poor, apparently serves to diminish the overall decision - making process for slime mould and investor alike.

Natural mating is preferred as a routine matter so that the sex drive of the dog does not diminish over time.

Diminished calcification led to a reduction in the ratio of calcite precipitation to organic matter production.

Once you have convinced yourself of your rightness, and have diminished your view of the public to unthinking masses, things like democracy, debate, and genuine legitimacy cease to matter.

The feedback cycles will go on and on, but there will be a diminishing of returns, so that after just a few cycles, it won't matter anymore.

That's a pretty silly claim on Dr. Curry's part if you consider that in the months the arctic sea ice isn't diminished, there's never really so much sunlight as you'd count it against the average, so whatever albedo changes there are during the half of the year that matters, they're when the sun is at its highest angle.

I am not trying to diminish humans as the primary agents of activities that lead to climate change... I am just pointing out that, no matter what we do, climate change will happen.

The team now expects climate change to severely diminish these cold regions by halfway through the century, no matter what course of action we take in the meantime.

It's a golden opportunity to clear 2014 of any outstanding matters or doubts that will diminish your year's success.

But rather like the government which wanted to see the SFO being consigned to history, its authority was reduced and its reputation diminished: the sentence having been passed, it is probably only a matter of time before the final execution is eventually carried out.

No matter the initial cause of distraction, if truckers aren't looking at the road as closely as they should or don't have both hands on the wheel, their reaction time may be severely diminished.

But the logical deduction from the German experience and precedent, and the whole crux of the matter is that if a state can extend or expand and remain legally the same, with all its laws and obligations and duties and privileges intact, then surely it is logical to state that if a state diminishes or reduces itself or separates itself, then similarly all its laws, rights and obligations will also remain intact.

Where the question of the impact of a particular measure on social and economic matters has not been addressed by the Government Department responsible for a particular policy choice, the imperative for reticence on the part of a court tasked with the duty of reviewing the decision is diminished.

I've also written about the how the chances of settlement improve when individuals» expectations as to outcome lie within the range of likely results and how the chances of settlement correspondingly diminish when litigants have unrealistically high expectations, and will say no more on the matter.

Thomas Jefferson coined the phrase «separation of church and state», justifying separation on the grounds that «no man shall be compelled to... support any religious worship... whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess... their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish enlarge, or affect their civil capacities».

A defence of diminished responsibility arising as a result of consumption of alcohol, was a matter to be considered by the jury.

The Bar Council sought to explain the nature of barristers» chambers and how Laker's assertion, if sustained, would considerably diminish the (already small and specialised) pool of persons available for arbitral matters.

The Court of Appeal interpreted Tholl J.'s reasons as having been consistent with Hyrniak principles — namely that the Tholl J. had been making the point that if the matter was ordered to proceed to a trial, ``... it would soon diminish, if not eliminate, any possible equity in the home».

Fourth, plea bargaining would not significantly diminish the consequences of the Court's constitutional holding for the operation of the Guidelines, but would make matters worse, leading to sentences that gave greater weight not to real conduct, but rather to counsel's skill, the prosecutor's policies, the caseload, and other factors that vary from place to place, defendant to defendant, and crime to crime.

In the matter of the importance of juries, I tend to side with Sir Patrick Devlin's comment that «the first object of any tyrant in Whitehall would be to make Parliament utterly subservient to his will; and the next would be to overthrow or diminish trial by jury, for no tyrant could afford to leave a subject's freedom in the hands of twelve of his countrymen.

The matter is of some importance in cases of homicide where mental disorder may form the basis for the partial defence of diminished responsibility which, if successful, reduces murder to manslaughter.