Sentences with phrase «more point in favor»

It's likely that Sony wanted it fairly close to the head to try to minimize the distance between the headphone jack and the player's ears, but that's just one more point in favor of going with the built - in headphone approach.

Strickland remains the obvious choice for Obama (I did not know about him being a former minister, but that is just one more point in his favor).

Not exact matches

Matt Yglesias raises an important point here about conservatives who can't abide any increase in tax rates but will entertain raising more tax revenues through reductions of tax expenditures — that cool trillion or so we forgo in tax revenue each year through various favored activities in the tax code, like the mortgage interest deduction or the... Read more

The one major point in favor of your argument that you didn't highlight is that most people using a Roth IRA assume that they'll make more money in the future than they do today, thus realizing a lower tax rate by paying taxes now than they would have in the future (even assuming tax rates stay constant).

In North Carolina, state laws and tax incentives that favor solar projects selling power directly to the electrical grid have helped the industry expand to the point where it now powers more than 400,000 homes and employs around 7,000 people.

Their stocks are also the starting point for many investors seeking capital appreciation, but the area is largely ignored by income investors, in favor of more traditional dividend plays.

It may be hard to remember, but at one point more than a decade ago, value stocks were in favor.

But all varieties of horror flick are easily identifiable at this point, whether they're spooky, low - budget films (numerous); viscera - stained slasher movies (more numerous); quick - cut zombie flicks (even more numerous); macabre sci - fi, floating - in - space efforts (somewhat less numerous than they should be); sexualized vampiric tales (I trip over one of these whenever I get the newspaper); films of the more critically favored retro - mashup variety (Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez's Death Proof plus Planet Terror feature Grindhouse); or foreign entries of the psychological horror variety (the works of Dario Argento, of course; Alexandre Aja's films, which have their defenders; and Juan Antonio Bayona's El Orfanato, which only someone who truly dislikes cinema can dismiss).

Jesus of the Gospel accounts was compatible with the classic confession of the true humanity o There my point was that the book's emphasis on the concrete historical - political humanity of the f Christ (i.e., the core meaning of «incarnation»), whereas those who deny that humanity (or its normative exemplarity) in favor of «some more spiritual» message are implicitly Docetic.

The more we learn, the more I see pointing in the favor of theism.

And what's more, I think liberals are absolutely right to be laying their emphasis on this point: It's the best argument (and, indeed, increasingly the only argument) in favor of the current legislation.

Even the point about what is best for other creatures, which may seem very modern, is not without foundation in Hebrew Scriptures in such passages as the law against taking the hen - bird as well as the eggs from the nest (Deut 22:6), or this saying from Proverbs: «A righteous man has regard for the life of his beast» (12:10), where, be it noted, the quality that makes a man considerate of his working animals is not prudence or good business sense but «righteousness,» a point all the more significant when we remember that in the Hebrew Scriptures one of the marks of righteousness is not mere evenhandedness but active favor to the weak and deprived.

His emphasis on rebirth points to the need within the general pattern of growth for decisive moments of turning from less to more adequate frameworks of meaning — for surrendering smaller ways of relating in favor of more complete ones.

but a t some point he lost it, and is not because of his stinginess to buy players, our core is good and has been for sometime now, his biggest problem was adaptation, change to the new EPL, his philosophy dating back 20 years does not work anymore and he knows it, because of this his biggest flaw all others came out to light, lack of rotation of his players favoring some over others, stubbornness that applies to his transfer policy buying for the future just as he had 20 more years ahead, players playing out of their natural positions, ARSENAL FLOPS who knows under other Managers they could have been great, for some reason they were signed in the first place, they must had some talent, best example is Campbell....

This is the 13th time in NFL history where a team has been favored by two - or - more touchdowns in the playoffs, with the most recent being the 2016 Patriots as 16 - point favorites over the Houston Texans.

With 9 points picked up they climbed far enough to stay right in the middle of the pack where one more win could tip the scales in their favor.

They were double - digit favorites in one - quarter of their games, but were never favored by more than 17.5 - points.

Nevertheless, the public remains in favor of Kellen Moore and Co. bouncing back in a big way, with just over seven out of ten spread bets in favor of Boise posting a 19 point victory or more on the road against the Mountain West rival Aztecs.

The Warriors are also favored by a half - point more in Game 6 than they are in Game 4.

With the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to take a pivotal half - point away from road dog Washington, the betting public remains heavily in favor of the G - Men winning this NFC East showdown by eight points or more.

This trend should end with the 4 - 4 unranked Commodores coming to the Swamp, however the betting public is not overwhelmingly in favor of a Florida blowout, with just six out of ten bets sticking with the Gators to win by 14 points or more.

Despite the sportsbooks giving road dog Idaho an additional half - point, slightly more than six out of ten spread wagers remain in favor of the 6 - 5 Wolf Pack beating the 2 - 9 Vandals by at least 21 - points in front of their home crowd.

North Carolina is favored by -7.5 points, but SportsInsights.com uses real - time wagering statistics from CaribSports.com and three other top sportsbooks to provide even more in - depth statistics that include:

Some more stats that favor Marquette: the Bluejays have gotten points on just three occasions when they've played on the road and have zero road wins in Big East play.

Another point that works in favor of Leitner is his ability to slot into more than one position.

Of course, most green consumers will also consider packaging, which definitely points you to the larger, more efficient package (which is what I ended up buying — it helped that with 35 kids to feed, the numbers worked in my favor).

And, in a more speculative tone, I would not forget the incoming Russian election (18th March) and the convenience of a foreign crisis as a rallying point in favor of the government and an opportunity to show a hard posture (I know Putin is virtually guaranted to win, but I think he wants an overwhelming victory).

U-571's plot moves like a rocket, never pausing for breath, and this works to a point, but certain events (what happens to Keith's Major Coonan, for example) are glossed over in favor of more (exceptionally well - done) shots of exploding depth charges and topside battles.

I guess the «should have more substance» comment could be directed toward the movie as a whole, as important plot points feel glossed over in favor of the sexier material.

By the midway point, Wright has pretty much given up on the theater gimmick in favor of a more traditional storytelling method, and it saps what little energy the movie had going for it.

Gillespie and Kostanski know their way around satirical genre material (check out Manborg, Father's Day, and The Editor) but this flick earns unexpected points for (mostly) eschewing the humor in favor of suspense, tension, dread, carnage, monsters, tentacles, and more carnage.

Our 2008 findings reveal a return to the patterns seen in the 1980s and 1990s, when voters consistently favored the Democrats on education by margins of 20 percentage points or more.

Perhaps the most obvious point in favor of the ST is its energetic 2.0 - liter turbo four - cylinder, which develops 252 hp — 52 hp more than the GTI's turbocharged 2.0 - liter.

«Expect» is more accurate, so the fact that Chevrolet offers up such a solidly built car with all those features (not to mention the latest and greatest in safety tech) at a price point that is only a couple bills above the national new - car average (about $ 32K) makes for the most compelling argument in the Malibu's favor.

We believe that there's no point to indulge in self - praise, and that a simple overview of the features we have to offer will be more than enough to justify your choice in our favor:

Points in favor of Kindle Phone being more important — People have their phone everywhere, more People own phones, People use their phone a lot more, People usually have their phone (and not their tablet) when in a store and deciding whether to buy there or at Amazon.com.

------ «As far as «nowt [nothing] vs 3G» compared to «Wifi vs Wifi +3 G», the latter is what Apple uses on the iPad, which is a point in favor (Because lord knows they tend to do this stuff right, as sales figures prove), but the former is a lot more standard these days.»

As far as «nowt vs 3G» compared to «Wifi vs Wifi +3 G», the latter is what Apple uses on the iPad, which is a point in favor (Because lord knows they tend to do this stuff right, as sales figures prove), but the former is a lot more standard these days.

Its design, though more functional than flashy, is a critical point in its favor, as it manages to avoid feeling too bulky or too heavy for comfortable single - hand operation.

The comparisons change a little in favor of the JetBlue card if you use the points more aggressively to get a better conversion rate.

In some ways, you could say that everything up to this point has lined up in favor of low mortgage rates — and that may be all the more reason not to miss this opportunity to benefit from those rateIn some ways, you could say that everything up to this point has lined up in favor of low mortgage rates — and that may be all the more reason not to miss this opportunity to benefit from those ratein favor of low mortgage rates — and that may be all the more reason not to miss this opportunity to benefit from those rates.

The point of this exercise is to see where you stand now so you can adjust your planning to tilt the odds of success more in your favor, if that's necessary.

This book is a great sequel to his other book as he builds on his past lessons by adding a more specific technical approach of buying strength in up trends at key points that but the odds of success in his favor.

At some point down the road the numbers should work in your favor, where u can move on and rent it for more than ongoing costs.

Although 1:1 point transfers are usually more lucrative, you can work the 25 % point redemption bonus in your favor.

More often than not, you'll forego earning hotel points in favor of airline miles for your stay.

The comparisons change a little in favor of the JetBlue card if you use the points more aggressively to get a better conversion rate.

Maps themes are borrowed from key point of the campaign and altered for the sake of two deathmatch styled games and two other objective based gametypes but really come to a fail in some that heavily stack the odds in favor of the team based at a drastically more viable vantage point over the other.

Heavy snowstorms are not inconsistent with a warming planet... In fact, as the Earth gets warmer and more moisture gets absorbed into the atmosphere, we are steadily loading the dice in favor of more extreme storms in all seasons, capable of causing greater impacts on society... If the climate continues to warm, we should expect an increase in heavy snow events for a few decades, until the climate grows so warm that we pass the point where it's too warm for it to snow heavilIn fact, as the Earth gets warmer and more moisture gets absorbed into the atmosphere, we are steadily loading the dice in favor of more extreme storms in all seasons, capable of causing greater impacts on society... If the climate continues to warm, we should expect an increase in heavy snow events for a few decades, until the climate grows so warm that we pass the point where it's too warm for it to snow heavilin favor of more extreme storms in all seasons, capable of causing greater impacts on society... If the climate continues to warm, we should expect an increase in heavy snow events for a few decades, until the climate grows so warm that we pass the point where it's too warm for it to snow heavilin all seasons, capable of causing greater impacts on society... If the climate continues to warm, we should expect an increase in heavy snow events for a few decades, until the climate grows so warm that we pass the point where it's too warm for it to snow heavilin heavy snow events for a few decades, until the climate grows so warm that we pass the point where it's too warm for it to snow heavily.

GCMs often play a conservative role as a counterpoint to speculation or idealized modeling regarding «tipping points» or abrupt climate change, in favor of gradual, more linear climate response to external forcing.