Sentences with phrase «often take their points»

Moreover, unlike consumer co-operatives which grew out of local needs, they have often taken their point of departure from an abstract idea or theory without reference to given localities and their demands.

These artists often take their point of departure in existing visual material, yet in addition to appropriating pictures from mass media and consumer society, they personally transform their materials and means.

For the subjects, materials and narratives the artists often take their point of departure in local Indian phenomena, but their works extend far beyond the idea of exotic India into global culture.

His works often take their points of departure in local settings that imply broader issues.

His works often take their points of departure in local settings, from which broader issues can be identified.

Not exact matches

You are traveling far and often so you might as well take advantage of any opportunities to earn points or rewards on your personal cards and rewards programs.

But too often Morris stood by as patrons took those expert suggestions to nearby retailers, purchasing the exact same products from national chains like Sephora or Ulta in order to earn customer rewards points.

Additionally, some large companies will take a discount, usually a couple of percentage points, if they pay sooner than their own dictated terms, often at their own discretion.

When Stephanopoulos pointed out that even if the AHCA didn't take away coverage from those with preexisting conditions, it enabled insurers to charge them more, Ryan countered that such provisions wouldn't apply to people who retained continuous coverage — or coverage without any gaps — to which Stephanopoulos noted that people often lose coverage, and its not their personal choice.

It often takes businesses a number of years before they show a profit; this is the turning point.

Wired has called gamification an enemy of great support, and while dissenting opinions often point to cases like Microsoft and the increased productivity they saw when implementing gamification, the numbers don't tell the full story — a lower response time does not mean your team is doing a better job of taking care of customers.

The Inc. article points out that Americans already don't use all their vacation days, and an open - ended policy often leads to them taking even less.

If you travel often and you take long trips abroad (and you have to purchase a pricey plane ticket at the last minute from time to time), you may want to apply for a card that lets you earn miles or travel points.

Yet even though anchors often have little direct relevance on where a data point should currently reside, they nevertheless influence our perceptions of reality and can take concerted effort to raise once they have become firmly secured.

Assemblies decide little and often leave the churches in some confusion, but they are always taken as milestone events, reference points for organized «Ecumenism» and the cause of Christian unity.

Not that I would dream of rehearsing the controversy again; but I will note that, at the time, I took my general point to be not that natural - law theory is inherently futile, but rather that its proponents often fail to grasp just how nihilistic the late modern view of reality has become, or how far our culture has gone toward losing any coherent sense of «nature» at all, let alone of any realm of moral meanings to which nature might afford access.

An attempt to point to the multifunctional meanings of the term «God» is often taken as a dodge.

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.

My point here is not to take sides with any of these speculations, but only to indicate that the initial insistence on locating humanity fully within nature, heightens the marvel of creation that is too often lost when we stay within our dualistic compartments.

Ethicists must look not only at the Israelite context but also at the moral values of the surrounding culture or cultures on any given moral point, for often the biblical position is taken in direct response to some contrary moral behavior.

In America many Christians who insist on a literal interpretation of anything in the Bible are often ready to say «but, in this case, Jesus didn't really mean...» when both Jesus and the author of this Gospel labor to convey «You aren't supposed to try to take the live of other things on Earth... that's the whole point, I want you to take on life that only I can offer!»

What I have particularly in mind is that while there is much talk about taking Jesus as a key to the interpretation of human nature, as it is often phrased, or to the meaning of human life, or to the point of man's existential situation, there is a lamentable tendency to stop there and not to go on to talk about «the world» — by which Miss Emmet meant, I assume, the totality of things including physical nature; in other words the cosmos in its basic structure and its chief dynamic energy.

Also, people have often taken natural phenomena and made it a supernatural occurrence (in their minds anyway), and others have stretched or simply made up stories to make a point, try to be more impressive to others, and for a host of other reasons.

After it was published I experienced what literary critics often point out, that any work of art — a poem, a painting, even a book of theology — quickly escapes its creator's hand and takes on a life of its own.

I think that students often take their cues from the adults in leadership, so by pointing back to the student rather than the unbelieving parent, it can help keep the discussion from turning into one about something that may be confusing and upsetting for the child, but is instead an encouragement to them.

Very often, as the history of the church demonstrates, creative and sound theological thinking took shape in dialogue and discussions with alternative points of view.

Yeah, but they are biased in that they seek to prove everything through the lens of evolution so they often look in the wrong direction, and a large number of scientists are in fact Christians My point is this, if you take the time to look for the evidence and be open to it, you will find that there is a respectable amount of evidence to support the fact that there is a god and that he is the God of Christianity

He might have offended his critics less if he had more often used the analogy he gave James G. Blaine when explaining his course on Reconstruction: â $ ˜The pilots on our Western rivers steer from point to point as they call itâ $» setting the course of the boat no further than they can see; and that is all I propose to myself in this great problem.â $ ™ â $ œBoth statements suggest Lincolnâ $ ™ s reluctance to take the initiative and make bold plans; he preferred to respond to the actions of others.

Without commenting further on these points (which, as might be expected, are often involved — and that despite Cobb's always lucid style), I would say simply that this defense of Whitehead's theological significance is throughout impressive and deserves to be taken with the greatest seriousness.

This often shapes the conversation in a much better way, because it allows for a personal story someone can take ownership of — and that provides them with a much more genuine feeling than just arguing theological points.

In my post, I pointed to the fact that Doug Wilson selectively quoted the poem, leaving out the fact that the Shulamite woman often initiated and took «authority» over the couple's sexual relationship.

Just to point out, metaphors, parables and local color are most often found in fiction; it takes facts, direct quotes and depictions to rise to the level of non-fiction.

Pointing out famous forgers (another oxymoron) is not the issue: anyone willing to take a good look at a Vermeer can see that a Meegeren is a bad copy — obviously bad, as is often pointed out.

Just to point out metaphors, parables and local color are found most often in fiction; it takes facts, direct quotes and depictions to rise to the level of non-fiction.

don't take your eyes off the pot as while you may be impatient for it to start browning, the period between the time the butter begins to take on color + the point where it burns is often less than a minute.

3 — I know this may sound diabolical: The repurposed food product, often rendered worthless by all the successive tempering steps taken with it, is at this point marketed and sold as a fantastic food that we worked very hard to make more nutritious and more beneficial than the one we started with.

The backcourt was unable to get the ball in to Hetzel and Snyder often enough to take advantage of numerous Mountaineer ball - handling errors, and the Wildcats left at half time trailing by four points, 32 - 36.

If the general public (based on Betting Percentage) is on one side of the game, but the point spread moves in the opposite direction, it is often an indicator that «big money» (and most likely «smart money») is taking a position in the direction of the line movement (and opposite to the Public).

I will say he does hit the floor too often but imo it's because he is taking it hard and looking for contact... Which imo will translate into more points and a better rating once he establishes himself as a full time player.

There have been plenty of departures during the summer, notably midfielder Danny Williams and Jaap Stam faces a difficult job lifting his players once more for an often brutal Championship campaign, but they look a big price of 12/5 to take all three points.

For example 4 -3-3 concentrate less on playing in the centre and attempting to dominate it as it's contest Arsenal will win and take advantage of the fact that the full backs haven't got pace, which normally means the defensive midfielders or center backs often end up doubling up on the wingers... thus clearing a space in the middle and allowing people like Ozil and Giroud to play to the strong points of their game.

Last winter, when they were sophomores, Lawrence North won the Indiana large - school state championship; Oden averaged 14 points (taking only nine shots per game from the field) and 10 rebounds, and shot a mind - boggling 71 % from the floor while often guarded by three opponents.

It has won its 13 other games with the same pattern of play that took it to last year's championship: an exquisite defense that one of these days may hold a rival to no points at all, and an undistinguished offense that often stutters so badly in the first half it may someday score no points at all.

You are obsessed because you will take somebody's point of view, often misrepresent it, and then not even address it but rather attack the poster.

These few results often gave them just enough points to take the league.

By taking an unpopular viewpoint, bettors are often able to get an extra half - point or more.

I saw a statistics saying that the Champions in previous years have more often than not won at the Britannia but rarely lost, so I'll take the point.

The latter point is arguably the most important for any January transfer target, as, more often than not, it takes time for players who have not plied their trade in England before to acclimatise and become accustomed to a new style of football.

Picture this, we don't come out of the gate firing on all cylinders, Wenger speaks of how there wasn't enough time for the first - teamers to build chemistry, several key players aren't even playing because of Wenger's utterly ridiculous policy regarding players who played in the Confed Cup or the under21s and the boo - birds have returned in full flight... if these things were to happen, which is quite possible considering the Groundhog Day mentality of this club, how long do you think it will take for Wenger to recant his earlier statements regarding Europa... I would suggest that it's these sorts of comments from Wenger which are often his undoing... why would any manager worth his weight in salt make such a definitive statement before the season has even started... why would any manager who fashions himself an educated man make such pronouncements before even knowing what his starting 11 will be come Friday, let alone on September 1st... why would any manager who has a tenuous relationship with a great many supporters offer up such a potentially contentious talking point considering how many times his own words have come back to bite him in the ass... I think he does this because he doesn't care what you or I think, in fact he's more than slightly infuriated by the very idea of having to answer to the likes of you and me... that might have been acceptable during his formative years in charge, when the fans were rewarded with an scintillating brand of football and success felt like a forgone conclusion, but this new Wenger led team barely resembles that team of ore... whereas in times past we relished a few words from our seemingly cerebral manager, in recent times those words have been replaced by a myriad of excuses, a plethora of infuriating stories about who he could have signed but didn't and what can only be construed as outright fabrications... it's kind of funny that when we want some answers, like during the whole contract debacle of last season, we can't get an intelligent word out of him, but when we just what him to show his managerial acumen through his actions, we can't seem to get him to shut - up... I beg you to prove me wrong Arsene

As we often see when two top ranked teams face off, public bettors have been more than happy to take Michigan State and the points.