Sentences with phrase «more as a means»

While I value the prestige my company has and the wealth I can accrue if I climb the ladder I see it more as a means to an end.

But I think I do see Christianity more as a means.

X is gradually using alcohol more and more as a means of interpersonal adjustment.

We love ourselves more than we love our neighbors and hence repeatedly use our neighbors more as means to our ends than as ends in themselves.

When learning is treated more as a means to an end than an end in itself (for example, learning in order to get a job rather than learning to do a job), short - term perspectives and artificial endpoints to learning can be created, often encouraging cramming and learning - to - forget.

This system functions more as means of dropping an occasional bonus than a true motivator to keep playing.

The war - type FPS seems to use the campaign mode more as a means of training you up to learn the basics before tossing you into the online multiplayer matches.

I tend to regard the word «fanboy» (and I don't really care how you choose to spell it) more as meaning the fanatic type.

That's not to say that no tweaks have been made — this is probably the most balanced Smash Bros. yet — but it serves more as a means to bring the winning formula of the series to handhelds than it does to push it forward.

Slightly out of place, you head for the chips and dip more as a means of looking busy.

Because of tighter investing requirements, crowdfunding has taken off more as a means of product innovation and development than for investment.

Not exact matches

Research shows your brain's internal clock runs more slowly as you age — which means the pace of life appears to speed up.

Through a variety of means, many of which you've already seen, such as email newsletter signups, ebook downloads, online quizzes and more, those prospects enter into your sales funnel through an enticing offer.

OkCupid employs detailed questionnaires that try to elicit enough information to match you with your soulmate, meaning its offering grows more sophisticated as time passes and the company collects more data.

As enlightenment ripples across the establishment, women with the relevant experience or means are realizing that if they too want to see more amazing women running amazing companies, they've got to put their money where their frustrations are.

LONDON, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. May Day holidays across Asia and Europe meant trading was thinner than usual, though there was more than enough news flow to keep those...

Firstly, because it means higher interest rates — so when companies try to borrow money, that money will become more expensive and as a result they will have less room to give returns to investors.

To go along with the «dystopian future» vibe, the club's managing partner Peter Feinstein told The Daily Beast that his club is using the robot strippers as a means of attracting a more diverse crowd.

That likely means there is a steady carousel of millions of new users who cycle in just as millions more cycle out.

As to whether 5G could mean more console games being brought to mobile devices, Hudak said the answer to the question is both yes and no.

A panel of three entrepreneurs discussed the relationship between purpose and profitability in greater depth: Pocket Sun, who, as founding partner of female - focused VC firm SoGal Ventures, has a purpose of «building an empire for millennial women to invest in startups»; Eileen Gittins, a serial entrepreneur who founded book self - publishing firm Blurb and now runs Bossygrl, a mobile app meant to introduce Gen Z girls to entrepreneurship by helping them launch micro-businesses; and Cathie Reid, co-founder and current digital advisor to Icon Group, an Australian cancer - care company with annual revenue of more than $ 1.5 billion.

It's also a good time to think about the consumer discretionary sector, says Lewenza, as lower prices at the pumps mean consumers have more cash to spend.

«But in fact, the new «activist» investors pushed for seats on boards and pressured management into policies that were viewed as more «shareholder - friendly» — meaning friendlier to short - term investors — including increasing dividends and buyouts.»

I'm holding back a lot of information here as a means of not ruining the game — there are a ton of surprises that are simply much more fun to discover on your own.

Amidst the preference for social media and texting as a primary means of communication, it seems communication styles end up being more functional and less formal and often don't follow traditional etiquette rules.

Still, in 2017, lines don't necessarily mean Black Friday success, as more Americans than ever before turn to online shopping.

As of February, the U.S. also had a record - high $ 375.2 billion trade deficit with China, meaning it spends considerably more on Chinese imports than it makes on exports sent to China.

To date, Jopwell has facilitated more than 6,000 «connections» between candidates and employers — meaning contact has been made between a company rep and a job seeker — up from 250 just last summer, as candidate applications continue to grow by 40 percent each month.

In some cases, those side effects are riskier than the tests themselves, and as Dr. Kyle Fischer notes, that means more people will be hurt than helped.

We see productivity as getting more done, which means spending more time and effort on our tasks.

Strong leaders lead by example, which means they take on all the same challenges as their team, if not more.

There's also some stacking going on, meaning if you set expectations in daughters» heads that they should go to college AND they should not get pregnant as teenagers, they're more likely to make it to age 20 without having a child than they would have been if you'd only pushed the «don't have a baby until you're old enough to be ready» message.

Having your hands free means you can walk around, use your hands as you normally would when you speak, more easily refer to a note... and you won't have to worry about making sure you hold the phone in the optimal position for call clarity.

Fuji Xerox had over 47,000 employees as of March 2017, according to its website, meaning the job cuts would likely slash its workforce by more than a fifth.

These changes mean you'll have to grow a lot more with a lot less and make it look twice as good.

«The appetite is good, I think we have to do a lot more of awareness as to what the blockade means.

Early bird promotions and preorders are becoming an increasingly effective means for e-commerce players to drive more traffic to their sites and lock in purchases, with over 90 percent of Nielsen's respondents intending to place items in their online carts before November 11th as to avoid products selling out.

Likewise, there's good reason to think the goal of «protecting our community from abuse and hatred» is a non-starter as long as «our community» means a user base of more than two billion people.

That means more efficient air traffic control, fewer delays, and the potential for existing airports to handle as many as a third more takeoffs and landings.

Beginning in 1980 with a single dépanneur — as convenience stores are called in Quebec (the word basically means «re-up»)-- Bouchard has built Couche - Tard's network to more than 6,000 stores across North America, another 2,300 in Europe and 3,000 - plus licensees in Asia and Latin America.

As Bloomberg notes, rival apparel companies like Under Armour (UA) and Adidas (ADS) are likely to enter the bidding for the lucrative Texas contract — which could be worth more than $ 15 million per year — once it comes up for grabs, which means Nike will face some fierce competition if it wants to keep doing business with the school.

More than 50 % of them have to agree to allow Valeant to restructure, according to reports, so that means Valeant may have to get managers that represent as many as 377 funds to agree to whatever deal the company puts forward.

Lower GDP and especially recessions tend to mean higher spending as more people become eligible for unemployment benefits, food stamps, and other social programs.

And less business on Main Street means no job creation from the small businesses, not to mention even more difficulty keeping small businesses operating as - is.

That could mean different amenities, such as gaming rooms and roof decks instead of kids» rooms or a brandy lounge, and open - plan apartments with small bedrooms and more communal areas.

As it turns out, people with higher income levels are more likely than those of modest means to opt for HSA - qualified health plans, because they are less concerned by the potential out - of - pocket medical costs and more interested in the tax savings, according to Fronstin at EBRI.

If the cash transfers were broadly distributed, the subsequent spending would be more representative of sustainable demand than other means of stimulus, such as costly and ineffective «job creation» programs.

That means as inflation rises, the exemptions will rise accordingly and that will eliminate more people from having to pay the AMT.

Compared with other areas in West Vancouver, this area is described as having a more «West Coast feel,» meaning green spaces are given priority over rampant development.

That means Pioneer can still be profitable as long as crude is selling for more than $ 40 per barrel.