Sentences with phrase «much as gesture»

If they talked as much as they gestured (including marking their territory and their humans), the odds are good that you'd wish they'd just shut up.

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I also look at it as a gesture of good faith where you have to regulate Uber and bring down the level of regulations on taxis so you have them much more equitable.

When you are as large and all - encompassing as Facebook, even something that seems like a gesture of friendship can take on a much more ominous tone.

It was a random, simple gesture that meant so much to me as a loyal customer.

The American bishops did much better: while also making the matter optional, they offered a powerful and sympathetic discussion of the religious reasons for the old observance and urged American Catholics to continue the practice as a gesture of solidarity with, and gratitude for, the passion of Christ, as an act of fidelity to the Christian past, and to help «preserve a saving and necessary difference from the spirit of the world.»

An Emergent definition of relevance, modulated by resistance, might run something like this; relevance means listening before speaking; relevance means interpreting the culture to itself by noting the ways in which certain cultural productions gesture toward a transcendent grace and beauty; relevance means being ready to give an account for the hope that we have and being in places where someone might actually ask; relevance means believing that we might learn something from those who are most unlike us; relevance means not so much translating the churches language to the culture as translating the culture's language back to the church; relevance means making theological sense of the depth that people discover in the oddest places of ordinary living and then using that experience to draw them to the source of that depth (Augustine seems to imply such a move in his reflections on beauty and transience in his Confessions).

Much as most English Catholics love Her Majesty the Queen, many of us felt just a little uneasywhen it became known that she referred to the late Cardinal Hume as «my Cardinal», and not entirely enthused by television images of Her Majesty attending Vespers at Westminster Cathedral, for all the world as if it was Choral Evensong at Westminster Abbey: not because such ecumenical gestures are in themselves a bad thing, but because this one seemed all too likely to be have been a reward to the English Church for no longer making so much of a nuisance of itself, as it could have done, for instance, by criticising the supposedly Catholic - minded Tony Blair for his wholehearted support for abortion (including abortion up to term)- a stance which, north of the border, had led the late Cardinal Winning to utter a series of blistering denunciations of the Prime Minister even during NewLabour's honeymoon yeMuch as most English Catholics love Her Majesty the Queen, many of us felt just a little uneasywhen it became known that she referred to the late Cardinal Hume as «my Cardinal», and not entirely enthused by television images of Her Majesty attending Vespers at Westminster Cathedral, for all the world as if it was Choral Evensong at Westminster Abbey: not because such ecumenical gestures are in themselves a bad thing, but because this one seemed all too likely to be have been a reward to the English Church for no longer making so much of a nuisance of itself, as it could have done, for instance, by criticising the supposedly Catholic - minded Tony Blair for his wholehearted support for abortion (including abortion up to term)- a stance which, north of the border, had led the late Cardinal Winning to utter a series of blistering denunciations of the Prime Minister even during NewLabour's honeymoon yemuch of a nuisance of itself, as it could have done, for instance, by criticising the supposedly Catholic - minded Tony Blair for his wholehearted support for abortion (including abortion up to term)- a stance which, north of the border, had led the late Cardinal Winning to utter a series of blistering denunciations of the Prime Minister even during NewLabour's honeymoon years.

Notice here that we do not use the words «spoken» and «heard,» because studies in communication have shown how much depends not only on explicit verbal content, but on appearance, gesture, and facial expressiveness as well as vocal tone and inflection, and how all of these are interpreted through the ethos of a particular congregation.

As the Catholic News Agency notes, a friend of Roberta's, who witnessed the Pope's interaction with the woman, posted on Facebook, «It was very emotional to see how Pope Francis greeted Roberta... there are gestures in life that are worth more than speeches, much more than you would think... Pope Francis is unique»...

At most, all he could do was point to temporality, the ceaseless flow of beings out of nothingness and into nothingness again, and then — in a gesture that often seems as much one of hopelessness as of «piety» — point away toward the mysterious Ereignis, the «appropriating event,» that somehow brings this about.

A blender or food processor may seem like the perfect big - gesture present, but what about the humble milk frother?This is such an affordable appliance, as well as being tiny so it won't take up much room.

It's also the vague platitudes dished out as a gesture toward solidarity or empathy, much of which fails to really hit home, especially when it's mediated through a computer screen.

However, it will not be much time before your baby will use smiling and other body gestures as part of their regular communication.

Ed Balls» infamous flatlining gesture, which has wound David Cameron up in the Commons so much this year, seems as appropriate as ever.

(Paterson said immediately afterward that he was «disappointed, stunned and frankly chagrined» at the legislature's actions, and responded as best he could, with what amounts to a dramatic gesture: thousands of line - item vetoes of the legislature's budget that, relative to the overall amounts at stake, don't add up to much at all.)

Sure Cameron might sacrifice a handful of them to appease the increasingly angry masses, but this token gesture aside, Cameron is happily gorging at the trough and as such, is as much part of the problem as New Labour.

Much as both labour to put up gestures suggesting cordiality, truth is there is no love lost between them.

«People tend to think of communication as an exchange of linguistic signs or gestures, forgetting that much of communication is about the social context, about who you are communicating with,» Stolk said.

I mean, if you've had a dog, that dog can read your gestures before you even know you made them and — animals are much better at reading gestures and — if you're going to work with an animal, you better learn as much as you can about what's sets it off and how does it respond.

Each year I try to find something special for my mom that she can incorporate into her wardrobe or home as a gesture to show how much I appreciate everything she does.

George can roar (and gesture rudely) as much as he wants, but Rampage is a big, noisy nothing — an action extravaganza that fails at being funny just as hard as it fails at being serious.

As absorbing as the ideas are behind the film, the project just wouldn't work without the skill of the two main actors, who have to say so much with just a look, a subtle expression or a gesture in order to let us know what they're thinkinAs absorbing as the ideas are behind the film, the project just wouldn't work without the skill of the two main actors, who have to say so much with just a look, a subtle expression or a gesture in order to let us know what they're thinkinas the ideas are behind the film, the project just wouldn't work without the skill of the two main actors, who have to say so much with just a look, a subtle expression or a gesture in order to let us know what they're thinking.

Yet that stylistic clarity is as much a product of the film's often strained cinematic high points, such as when Mosab is told «welcome to the slaughter house» by a prison guard, a line clearly inserted to elicit a thriller - order ethos that's too easy a gesture to the ubiquitous violence of the war's innumerous military and civilian conflicts.

I appreciate that very much, and I know that Haynes is criticized by some because of the texture or quality of his films, because of the emphasis that he lays on costumes and gestures, suggesting that he can be perhaps too superficial or not deep enough or cold or chilly as I've read in some reviews.

Instead, the figurative poster on the wall is Raimi's own The Evil Dead, which Alvarez reveres as much as he reworks, with gestures that scan as persuasively loyal, and insolent, as Raimi's own inter-genre indexing.

But it should also come as not much of a surprise, sadly, that the filmmaker's latest is pockmarked by a lot of the same conservative dramatic conventions and broad political emotional gestures that have marred much of his work over the years, but particularly his recent output.

The visuals are much weaker in part three as well, the occasional sweeping gesture of Peter Deming's camera a pale imitation of the stalking SteadiCam Craven has given us twice before.

Similarly, John Carroll Lynch plays LBJ, and he doesn't look much like him at all (certainly not even as much as Bryan Cranston did in All the Way), but with just a few gestures and hints of an accent, he gets the job done.

But as the budgets for blockbuster tentpoles have gotten larger and the projects more risk - averse (with Marvel Studios and its parent company, Walt Disney Pictures, as Exhibit A overlords of the trend) it's become much too easy to acclaim fleeting inspiration and shallow gesturing toward diversity and goodwill as some kind of apogee.

The couple insisted that much of their questioned spending was for such activities as teacher appreciation, either group events or individual gestures, to build morale.

Much of the interior's functions are accessed through touch - sensitive surfaces (such as those on the steering wheel spokes) or gesture and voice control.

Quality is easily a match for its rival and there's just as much hi - tech equipment as standard, although the gesture control for the infotainment is a frustrating gimmick really.

While that's a win for form over function, you can still split-fold the rear seat to eke out as much as 1761 litres of luggage space, accessible via a powered tailgate with gesture functionality.

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I injected as much pep as I could into my answer, gesturing toward my reddened eyes.

How about tablet PCs that respond to your gesture in much the same manner as Microsoft's Kinect on the Xbox 360?

Aside from the addition of gestures for quickly switching between apps, the iPad's operating system looks and feels and operates pretty much exactly the same as it did over 3 years ago when the iPad 1 was first introduced.

Knowing how much you can do simply by swiping on the PlayBook screen, it's awesome to see those gestures carried over to the trackpad navigation as well.

The mega-tablet sorcery comes from sensors added to the TV, which allow for touch gestures as if it were really an enormous capacitive display — and from the demo, it looks like it pretty much is.

If he is showing signs like stiff posture, pinned ears, licks his lips, yawns, averts his eyes, has a worried look or a tense expression, or shows other appeasement gestures, then it is not enjoying the hugs as much as you are.

For example, a strong, unblinking stare would be interpreted by a cat as threatening, while a slow blink is a much friendlier, non-aggressive gesture.

Then again, in Aleana Turner's Secret Action Painting 3 gesture is as much implied as it is physically present.

«But if the artist is really brave and believes in the truth of his or her gesture, then he or she can go much deeper than that, as deep as to the other side of the surface, using a knife, the way Lucio Fontana did.

While technically, every Fontana ceramic is a literal depiction of a battle scene, crucifixion, flowers, animals... these particular ceramic sculptures, in their dynamic immediacy, raw visceral quality, and hand - hewed gestures, generate a form that is as much an image as it is an abstract trace of the artist's process.

Like Pollock, he had to work through Surrealism before he could combine gesture and all - over composition, much as Rothko in 1949 worked through urban realism before he could combine geometry with inner space.

The sewing machine, in fact, can produce a true three - dimensional line very similar to the one Fontana made with his knife without hurting the surface as much as he did with his knife, but most of all, while the deep gesture with a knife is an act of violence on the skin of the artwork, the sewing machine produces a peaceful line.

Her oeuvre, however, is much wider than merely overt feminist gestures, as visitors to this enthralling 50 - work survey show at the Hepworth Wakefield — the first to take place in a UK institution — will discover.

There is surely a jaded brand of cynicism at play here, surprising in an artist as young as Singer, but even more, these gestures indicate a critical self - awareness that is a much - needed antidote to the powers and hubris of an inflated art market and a faith in seemingly bigger, better art spectacles.

Hanna Tuulikki's work is less overtly politicized than that of Stark and Rose, focusing on imitation, vocalization and gesture as much as words.

In those days, Mr. Stella's much - publicized driving violations helped foster an image of him as a kind of artist - racer whose every gesture seemed accelerated.