Sentences with phrase «on a contrast of»

That is, in approaching religious differences emphasis falls on the contrast of their positive ends.

I've worked on a contrast of simple dresses placed against a floral background.

Condon does sketch what she sees on the spot, in black ink, but she also thrives on the contrast of flowing ink and more detailed acrylic.

The artist used Spain's tragic social and political conflict as a starting point for the creation of what has become his hallmark, a dramatic series of images relying consistently on the contrast of ovals and rectangles and black and white.

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Not exact matches

Altman, by contrast, has advocated for the government to take on responsibility for affordable housing, «instead of letting rich people drive it up to increase their own wealth.»

By contrast, while the cost of older, branded pharmaceuticals continue to rise and contribute to increased spending, when discounting is considered, prices of these drugs increased, on average, 2.8 % in 2015, the lowest growth rate in years.

Decor and design has become an increasingly important part of the dining experience, as people now pay more attention to elements, like the art on the walls, the way the table surface contrasts with the plate and the lighting.

In contrast, Nest's thermostats are easy to use (turn the dial on the outside of the thermostat left or right to raise or lower the temperature,) look great on your wall, and can be controlled remotely through an app.

By contrast Fried, the head of 37signals, has created multiple open source tools such as Ruby on Rails, a programming framework, and Prototype, a Javascript framework.

That contrasts with the tech industry's often fractious relationship to its host communities in the Bay Area, where newly minted multimillionaires have been known to buy residents out of their homes on the spot and complain to municipalities about homeless people marring their views.

The TrustChain process, in contrast, requires companies at every stage of the process, including miners and shippers, to create a shared record on a blockchain ledger.

In contrast, for the CPP any extra benefits in retirement will be paid by taxes on anyone who is of working age — unless you're retired or still a student, that means you, not someone else.

Bright, bold colors work well and make sure the text on the button is a color that contrasts with the background color of the button.

«We want to have a small, massive impact,» Flombaum says, contrasting the approach of attempting to change the lives — and career paths — of a small number of students at a time to that of online education, which can reach a lot of people, but is likely to have just a small affect on each one.

His comments contrast those of other Wall Street CEOs who appear more bullish on Trump's plan for the economy.

After the conference, Spicer offered additional clarification, telling an NBC reporter, «In no way was I trying to lessen the horrendous nature of the Holocaust, however, I was trying to draw a contrast of the tactic of using airplanes to drop chemical weapons on innocent people.»

But the snail's pace of its policymaking efforts stands in stark contrast to the all - out blitz on Capitol Hill.

The debut of the first futures contract on an established exchange was relatively orderly, in contrast to expectations of high volatility and traders short selling, or betting against, bitcoin.

In contrast, we are acquiring Treasury securities on the open market and only on a temporary basis, with the goal of supporting the economic recovery through lower interest rates.

Entrepreneur: Now you're on to Turkey, a country that is full of contrasts.

In contrast to the new U.S. administration, Canada's Liberal government has remained positive on free trade, with prime minister Justin Trudeau and various members of his cabinet touting the economic growth it creates and suggesting the country could benefit from its continued openness to global commerce.

Contrast this with the modern - day retail model: Brands design an entire season's collection of 10 - 15 styles, do their best to estimate the demand based on wholesale orders or past seasons» performance, and then produce thousands of pieces abroad.

Tesla's sudden change in fortune stands in marked contrast to Fisker Automotive, a competing alternative car company now on the verge of bankruptcy and at the center of controversy over $ 192 million in federal funding that it's unlikely to pay back.

By contrast, you'd pay the lower capital gains rate of about 15 percent to 20 percent on transactions for Bitcoin held as an investment, for example if you obtained it on an exchange.

By contrast, much of the rest of the U.K. is showing a different picture, with prices rising more than 3 % on average as compared to September last year.

The shift has squeezed margins in recent years because the cloud business model is based on subscriptions which take longer to pay off — in contrast to one - off, up - front software license payments that was the thrust of its business for decades.

Hammond's commitment to find the funds for Brexit preparations stands in sharp contrast to promises made by the Leave campaign before last year's referendum, which had assured Britons that leaving the EU would leave the country with hundreds of millions of pounds more a week to spend on other priorities such as its rickety National Health Service.

By contrast, plenty of paintings on Wednesday sold at the lower end of estimates, and some, like Jasper John's «Disappearance I» failed to sell at all, the New York Times reports.

Blankfein's diplomatic take on Bitcoin contrasts with that of fellow banking heavyweight Jamie Dimon, CEO of J.P. Morgan (jpm).

By contrast, China's annual consumption of low - carbon (i.e. renewable and nuclear) energy will rise, on average, by the equivalent of 600 million tons of oil.

«The one thing I will fight to my death, this will not be laid on Jack Welch,» said Langone, whose effusive praise of Welch as «CEO of the century» contrasted his veiled criticism of Welch's successor, Jeff Immelt.

In contrast, RIM has been much more R&D intensive; the $ 1.35 billion it spent on R&D in the last fiscal year was 6.78 % of its total revenue.

Meanwhile, franchisees at McDonald's have blamed the slump in part on a lack of leadership and an overcomplicated menu, in contrast to Burger King's uncluttered yet fruitful product pipeline.

The Trump White House, by contrast, in its vetting of Flynn either failed to detect or overlooked the fact that Flynn had been lobbying on behalf of Turkish government interests throughout the latter half of 2016.

China's vision, however, seems to be based more on taking full control of such transactions in contrast to the libertarian aspirations of Bitcoin.

In contrast, Space Exploration Technologies, or SpaceX, lists the base price of a Falcon 9 rocket launch on its website at $ 62 million.

Most notably, the upcoming OIG report detailed by The Times stands in contrast to Trump's assertion, given its focus on McCabe's authorization of disclosures that ultimately resulted in a negative story about Clinton.

By contrast, the film's audience score on the site sits at an impressive 86 % — a figure that Netflix CEO Reed Hastings recently cited to suggest that critics of «Bright» were «pretty disconnected from the mass appeal.»

By contrast, Front National leader Marine Le Pen, currently leading the opinion polls in France's Presidential elections due in May, routinely attacks the ECB's policy as too tight and Germanic (albeit she recently diluted her comments on taking France out of the euro into something much less coherent than the brutal «Frexit» she threatened earlier).

It may have to do with Addyi's high pricing (on par with Viagra at $ 26 per pill without an assistance program), its daily intake requirement (unlike Viagra, it adds up to $ 780 per month), its potentially deleterious side effects (low blood pressure and fainting), its restrictions on alcohol consumption (abstinence vs. large quantities not recommended for Viagra patients), a 10 % efficacy rate (whereas Viagra works 50 % of the time compared to a placebo, according to a recent study), and its subtle neurotransmitter - targeting mechanism (contrast that to the obvious hydraulics of Viagra).

The technology improves the contrast and colors of images, and Samsung, LG and other large TV companies are betting big on it.

In contrast to the relatively gentle first Senate hearing on Tuesday, House lawmakers were more pointed with their questions on Wednesday, with several of them interrupting Zuckerberg when they felt he was giving evasive answers.

Gen Z - ers, according to retail consultancy FITCH, have the following aesthetic and sensory preferences when it comes to stores: they orientate by contrast and color before exploring product features, their focus is on the product instead of signage, and touch and access to the product, instead of off - putting clinical displays, are key.

Elliott's winning ways are in stark contrast to many of its activist peers, whose recent attempts to take on Fortune 500 companies have failed miserably, from Bill Ackman's landslide loss in a proxy contest with ADP (adp), to Greenlight Capital founder David Einhorn's strikeout at General Motors (gm) earlier this year.

Contrast that with Illinois, where the legislature passed a bill in 2005 that imposed a number of restraints on payday loans.

Scenes of Moon and Kim joking and walking together marked a striking contrast to last year's barrage of North Korean missile tests and its largest ever nuclear test that led to sweeping international sanctions and fears of a fresh conflict on the Korean peninsula.

In contrast, the U.S. Federal Reserve is in the middle of a rate - hiking cycle although no changes to monetary policy are expected when the bank concludes a two - day meeting on Wednesday.

It describes sophisticated tools for targeting the devices of individual users, in contrast to the revelations by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden's of mass data collection on millions of web and phone users worldwide.

The Justice Department, in contrast, says national security depends on the ability of law enforcement to conduct investigations.