Sentences with phrase «often makes points»

Yes, he often made it a point to not condemn those who transgressed the commandments (at least those who were humble and looked to him for help), but in every case, he instructed them to raise their personal standards of worthiness.

On the basis of the recognition that a language embodies interpretations, philosophers often make this point by denying the existence of any prelinguistic experience.

Jesus often made this point.

These and other couples with small children like the Don Fairfields, the Gary Players and the Howie Johnsons often make a point of booking into the same motel, not just for the mutual companionship but also for the convenience of being close to others with the same problems.

Often they make points on what should be fixed so it to pass.

As Hockfield moves into her role as AAAS president, she often makes the point that the challenges facing the world as the population grows to more than 9 billion by 2050 — including the need for improved access to sufficient food, clean water, sustainable energy and health care — can only be met through fundamental scientific and engineering research, accompanied by the translation of that research into market - ready applications.

She often makes the point that in traditional Chinese cooking rice was eaten more as a palate cleanser than as a staple calorie source.

I often make this point to clients who want to «pimp their book.»

Literary agents often make it a point to join both local and international writing communities.

Amazon has done a lot of things to empower and enrich self - published authors, and they often make a point of contrasting their practices with traditional publishing ways when doing so.

I often make the point that Shiller «revolutionized» (he uses that word in the subtitle of his book) our understanding of how stock investing works with his 1981 finding that valuations affect long - term return.

You can often make your points and miles go far by booking directly through a credit card travel portal or by transferring them to an airline frequent flyer or hotel loyalty program.

The short answer is that doing so can often make your points go further by requiring fewer points to book a flight.

When you make a decision or say something to a character, the game often makes a point to say «Clementine will remember that» as a blunt way of informing you that your decisions have consequences.

Her multimedia works often make pointed social commentary in the form of beguiling, comic - like images, and this exhibition will most certainly not disappoint.

We've often made the point that single papers are not generally the breakthroughs that are sometimes implied in press releases or commentary sites and this case is a good example of that.

I often make the point that it is easier to oppose than propose (which is merely a restatement of your point).

Prior, I think, in the way that you often make the point here that politics is prior to science in the climate debate.

We at TreeHugger often make the point that telecommuting makes green sense in many situations.

We don't often make a point of talking about Lawyerist - the - company, but last year, Stephanie Francis Ward asked me about how Lawyerist came to be, why we don't consider it to be a blog, and what we cover.

Women often make their point in story - form, relaying personal experience.

Not exact matches

Often, they are only about two to three points, but when each is broken down, they make the point effectively.

Other services have made that pitch, of course, but too often they've felt like handicapped versions of cable at a lower price point.

It's a common word filler that many of us use, but saying «so» too often ignites the feeling that you are being passive about making your next point or reaching a conclusion.

Guaranteed selling points: Landlords often make a selling point of high occupancy rates or a large number of monthly visitors.

It often boggles my mind to the point of pickling how some people will do anything — steal, copy, act duplicitously, even machinate to make another person look terrible — just so that they can tell themselves they've won.

These qualities often make for great leaders, and proud introverts like to point to certain famous examples.

While the 25 companies we dig into in this issue aren't necessarily (or always) delivering on that goal, each is rethinking the way it develops what it makes or sells — often from the point of conception — with the aim of connecting with customers on a much deeper level.

I always make a point to set up date nights as often as possible with my fianc?

The article makes the point that unlike most ETFs, high yield bond ETFs often trade at prices far from their fair value.

At the risk of repetition (a risk from which, according to some regular readers, I do not often shirk) in the case of China and the United States, I would summarize very broadly by making two points.

* To the point, where counterfeit money was often accepted as real, even though it was known to be counterfeit (Stephn Mihm, A Nation of Counterfeiters: Capitalists, Con Men, and the Making of the United States, Harvard University Press, 2009).

Very often we find we have a great idea but our client lacks the credibility to really make it work from a link building point of view.

We often point out that every time we make a mobile computing forecast we think it's too high.

When lead qualification is an entirely manual process, you're asking your sales reps to digest and analyze a jumble of various points of data, often from wildly diverse sources, and then make a judgement accordingly.

Point - of - Sale (POS) processing technology is changing so fast that systems and hardware often can not keep pace with the latest software developments or compliance requirements, making it absolutely critical that merchants keep their POS terminals, processing equipment and corresponding software up - to - date.

Buying something after it enters bubble territory can be very profitable, because huge gains will often occur AFTER valuation reaches a point where it no longer makes sense to a level - headed investor.

McFarlane writes in a style that points out the opportunity costs of every financial decision you make, often in a style that people don't want to hear.

«Saying nothing is often saying a lot, and stating a point of view without any action isn't looked at well either,» says Pulchin, adding that brands need to carefully analyze what makes sense for them to support.

However, when equity market volatility increases to a point that makes us uncomfortable, it is often this stable part of our portfolio that quells the inclination to make rash decisions, allowing us to stick with our asset allocations when times get tough.

What we often notice is that fundamental analysis rules when it comes time to make decisions in relation to entry points.

I was pointing that out to the readers at large — to make the point that because there is no claim, and many of the sources are unknown, that these writings often simply describe earlier purported events, that's all the more reason to question them.

Planning to make a point of visiting people in the hospital at least once a week (or more often) is not a bad plan.

The point I was trying to make with this cartoon was that often admitting your problem makes you a problem.

Hi David, I often check out your cartoons and this one made me smile lots... I think theology is great and I personally love to study... but it's got to be a starting point rather than a finishing point, and definately not a dividing point!

atheist like to use these verses quite often but the argument is ridiculous once you understand the point Jesus was making.

Atheists are often intellectual bullies, but I rarely see them making up things to support their points.

And I think so often in our work for justice, we lack patience for those who are on different points of the journey, we want to leap them from Point A to Point Z. Sometimes I want to make that leap myself or leapfrog someone else to where I am already — forgetting that it took a lot of pipelines, bridges, prayers and conversations for me to end up where I am.

When Catholics want to make a decisive point, they often will say, «The church teaches.»

It is strong language and is often effective in making a point.