Sentences with phrase «means of comparison»

I would think a 20 to 29 would be a better means of comparison.

As a means of comparison, in 2011 alone the International Energy Agency estimated that global fossil fuel direct subsidies were worth $ 523 billion, compared to $ 88 billion for renewables.

I also snapped up a photo of the size of the Joy - Con's when attached to the Joy - Con grip as a means of comparison.

Finally, when comparing legacy U.S. carriers, an important means of comparison for many travelers as the networks of these carriers are far more extensive than low - cost carriers and they also offer a premium product on virtually every flight, American took first place with 79 % of program members giving it a rating of satisfied or higher, followed by United with a 76 % satisfaction rating.

In addition, by means of comparison, the monthly standard deviation of the S&P 500 is 4.2 %.

By means of comparison, the S&P 500 index lost 21.8 % over the last 36 months and the typical exchange - listed stock lost 18.6 % over the same period.

By means of comparison, the median number of passing companies for all AAII stock screens since the beginning of 1998 is 25.

(At Shelf Awareness, they point out as a means of comparison that while 39 % were aware of the Amazon / Hachette dispute, fewer knew about several of the authors involved in the dispute: 35 % are aware of Lee Child, for example, while only 28 % know who Malcolm Gladwell is.)

For them, the whaddabout argument is a way of bringing this out by means of a comparison.

As for using Wellbeck in my comments it is by means of comparison.

They have no means of comparison as true great defenders, world wide, are almost extinct and entirely so this last decade under Wenger.

The effect size of this difference is.81 and was computed by subtracting the mean of the comparison group from the mean of the experimental group and dividing by the standard deviation of the comparison group (Cohen 1977).

Not exact matches

All of that means that if you take your Web - project specifications to multiple vendors for a price comparison, there is a lot more to compare than just their quoted flat fees.

In comparison studies show that «the «real» experience that physical media provides means it's better at becoming part of memory.»

By comparison, in 1989, this group on average had equity equal to 81 % of their house price, meaning that many could look forward to a retirement in which their mortgage was already paid off.

At the end of the day, given that Theranos is providing a product that could mean life or death, any PR strategy pales in comparison to the veracity of the tech itself.

You'll find plenty of lenders offering 30 - year fixed - rate loans - that means rate comparison is essential.

This means selling investments from allocations that have outgrown their targeted portion of your portfolio and using the proceeds to purchase investments that are underallocated in comparison with your target.

These requirements are meant to be significant in comparison to the annual salary of our executives.

By comparison, estimates of former Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp's (R - MI) deficit - neutral tax reform from 2014 found it would improve GDP by 0.1 to 1.6 percent after a decade.

All that means is that you're evaluated based on the amount of debt you owe in comparison to the credit you have.

By comparison, estimates of former Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp's (R - MI) deficit - neutral tax reform from 2014 found that it would improve GDP by 0.1 to 1.6 percent after a decade.

Some of the things to check out in this section include a comparison of the EU and the Eurozone, the meaning of EURIBOR, the history of banknotes and many other topics.

The definition of debt - t0 - income ratio is the comparison between your monthly debt payments compared to your gross income.That means 29 percent of your pre-tax income can go toward the principal, interest, taxes, insurance, and HOA dues on the home you plan to buy.

The definition of debt - to - income ratio is the comparison between your monthly debt payments compared to your gross income.That means 29 % of your pre-tax income can go toward the principal, interest, taxes, insurance, and HOA dues on the home you plan to buy.

Shortly after Foundem.com went online, one executive issued an order: Henceforth, Google's own price - comparison results should appear at the top of many search pages, as quickly as possible, even if that meant disregarding the natural results of the company's search algorithm.

This means it is important to look not only at the category of the fund but also the average maturity of the fund in order to make an apples to apples comparison.

If we take the business of comparison seriously, we must place these terms back in their respective contexts, and then determine the meaning they have within these contexts, before looking again to see if the meanings they were intended to convey are significantly close to warrant a claim of dependency.

It can not be done indirectly, either — by comparing the consequences of a metaphysical system with experience or reality — because this would be only the comparison of meaning postulates with theses of the system.

It could be approached only through a scholarly consideration and comparison of a great variety of texts, and a sustained attempt to ascertain their true meaning.

Yet when one moves beyond such an initial comparison to the deeper level of meaning, the underlying similarity becomes increasingly clear.

No comparisons regarding the style or of word structures; just the content, or rather the interpretation of the content; all of which is based on the assumption that when Paul states in 1 Thessalonians about those of us who remain when Christ returns, Paul had to have meant he was specifically to just the people he was addressing to at the time.

It is questionable whether Whitehead would have ever introduced «God» to his metaphysics if he had not been convinced of the religious, i.e., non-metaphysical, meaning of the notion of God.2 Whitehead consciously developed his cosmology in the context of an «immediate comparison with the deliverances of religious experience» (RM 87).

but the fact that you are asking that question DOES mean you are actually hearing the radical nature of grace in comparison with the self - salvation of religion.

Generally defined as «dominating, restraining, or controlling another forcibly,» coercion involves interference with freedom, where «interference» means that the freedom in question is lessened in comparison with what it would have been had the interfering individual or group not acted at all, and this broad designation leaves open to dispute what kinds of interference are immoral.

Having now set forth at least the principal meanings and symbolic implications of the dominant Reformation image of the ministry, we may return to a comparison and contrast of this image with that of the medieval period: preacher — pulpit — open - Bible in relation to priest - before - altar.

He takes up two themes: first, Bonhoeffer's understanding of the possible role philosophy can play in the theological enterprise (seen here in comparison to the position of Karl Barth, which is often, though reductively, thought to be a purely anti-philosophical stance); and second, the meaning of Christian community and its place in Bonhoeffer's thought.

This issue can be sharpened by contrasting Berger's approach with that of Robert N. Bellah.17 The comparison is a natural one, since both start with similar presuppositions about symbolism, everyday reality, and the importance of meaning.

Third, an adequate method of correlation must be developed to allow for a critical comparison of the significant similarities, differences or identities of the «meanings» uncovered in the investigation of each «source.»

To ferret out what the ethnic church means for civic life, Ecklund knew that she needed a point of comparison.

The purpose of his article was «to show, by means of a detailed comparison, that the two analyses are coherent» (p. 321).

My comment about avoiding the contemplation of the motivations of Satan was meant in comparison to spending time on studying more uplifting concepts, not avoiding understanding the enemy.

The choice of stories is governed by the comparison of the context of the original story with the current context, taking into consideration what it might mean at various levels of development.

By this I mean that we already have before us a way of conceiving the reality of God, in comparison with which the theism of the classical tradition can be seen to be but a first and rather rough approximation.

For these reasons, the most fruitful way to extract the meaning of the principle is through a comparison with selected theists in whose thought it is prominent.

At the depths of the deep lake, Harry discovers what success means to him in comparison to the lives of innocent victims — in this case, Hermione and the little sister of another contestant.

Jeannine, you may say that the book of remembrance, the so called OT, is written over 2000 years ago, and that is true, but did you know that this book is juxtaposed, that means that it is a comparison to what has already happened, to what is going on today, and is now repeating itself, as is history repeats itself.

A statement or comment that conveys a meaning indirectly by the use of comparison, analogy, or the like.

Regarding phlyogeny v. phylogenetics, if what you meant to say was that phylogeny based on morphology has been shown to be false or is confounded by unreasonably high error rates in light of phylogenetic techniques, you're patently incorrect as the prior trees based on morphology have consistently, albeit not perfectly, matched the trees produced by genetic comparisons.

Comparison of these studies brings into relief subtle but historically influential shifts in the meaning of «professional» (as in «theological schools are professional schools»), in the sorts of research deemed important to «professional» ministry, and in the ways in which research functions in professional schooling.