Sentences with phrase «point of reference in»

ABOVE The glass - paneled shower wall in the master bath relates back to the door at the front entrance, giving a design point of reference in the home.

«One of the reasons we at First American have devoted a significant amount of our time and resources and money to this focus is because we realized that when we have clients who come from other countries, there is no strong point of reference in terms of understanding the real estate practices that we have.»

The better point of reference in the case would be perhaps to have insisted, yes, and write it down that the buyer rejected the advice: to get their own inspector.

The source didn't share any other details regarding the smartphone's specifications, so the only point of reference in this regard lies in the aforementioned OPPO R11 lineup officially launched this summer.

The primary point of reference in cases of international child abduction, where the child in question is under the age of sixteen years, is the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction (hereinafter referred to as the «Hague Convention»).

By contrast, in Tea Party (2015), Eisenman uses the genre of the cartoon — an enduring point of reference in her work — to more specific ends, confronting the live and contentious topic of the right - wing Tea Party movement which has gathered force over the course of Barack Obama's presidency.

Having in common a graffiti background the artists have all been able to elevate and evolve their work to a new point of reference in this show.

I want to get back to this idea of charity or giving back to the community as a point of reference in your work.

That was really my point of reference in casting Roman.

For me, the gray acts more as the paradox of a neutral point of reference in an indefinite space.

Barcelona's Joan Miró Foundation has managed to become a major point of reference in the world art scene and offers its visitors not only the greatest and most complete single collection of Miró's work but also a pioneering exhibition space named Espai 13, which stimulates research and experimentation among young artists and offers impressive exhibitions of contemporary experimental and avant - garde artists.

The better point of reference in the case would be perhaps to have insisted, yes, and write it down that the buyer rejected the advice: to get their own inspector.

And while MERs are an essential point of reference in this regard, trading costs as measured by the bid / ask spread also have the potential to significantly impact decision making.

Some way out to sea a ship lay at anchor, the only point of reference in the haze that had been building up through the long, hot afternoon.

«We would have that as a point of reference in any conversation we had with him and his staff.

Whether this paper will become a key point of reference in the ongoing climate talks isn't clear.

The CNPP chairman rated INEC high for the conduct of the election, adding that it was now a point of reference in Nigeria's democratic experience.

The consequence of unmooring oneself from deity is that one loses the point of reference in relation to which entities can be stably defined.

Hittinger correctly points out that this new Thomism finds its point of reference in the human experience: «The Church has held Thomas as the master because humans themselves thirst for the kind of wisdom Thomas pursued and taught.

Together the three novels form the «Deptford trilogy,» named for the Ontario village where the snowball first was thrown and which remains, despite the European settings of much of the action, the chief point of reference in all three books.

Alvarez uses two important points of reference in recent Wisconsin history.

This means that the zebra fish are reluctant to swim away from objects because they risk finding themselves in a situation where they have no points of reference in their surroundings.

(Although Sirk is uncredited on Never Say Goodbye and disowned the movie, he did work on it, and there are so many similarities and points of reference in it to other Sirk movies, both thematically and emotionally, I feel it should be counted.)

These occupied theaters, that soon became points of reference in the neighborhood, gave birth to Urban Area Project founded by a.DNA Collective.

Merv Burgard, counsel at OREA at the time, wrote me a long time ago inquiring when I was going to change all my points of reference in my often twenty year old consumer education articles, from agent to registrant.

And, yes, like your question to PED, I certainly use these sorts of points of reference in my presentations.

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As a point of reference, MCX members account for about $ 1 trillion in retail sales.

As a point of reference let's say 6.4 million people (20 % of estimated 2016 US Samsung S6 users) use Samsung Pay for half of their retail payments in 2016.

«The only real reference point right now is commercial air travel, and we are a victim of our own excellent safety measures,» says Dr. Clay Cowl, chair of the Division of Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota, who was not involved in Castleberry's research.

As a point of reference, our in - store mobile payments forecast — which is inclusive of all mobile payment methods, including Apple Pay and CurrentC — has mobile payments reaching just under 7 % of total in - store retail volume in 2017.

As another point of reference, the Starbucks app — the most successful mobile payments app in the US — currently accounts for about 1 in every 15 dollars spent in US - company operated stores three years after launch.

The above - referenced editorial also points out that 48 % of state and local revenues collected in N.J. come from property taxes, which is off - the - charts high: «No other state derives more than 41 percent of its revenue from that source; the U.S. average is 33.1 percent.»

This conversation is also a good point of reference for the employee in case «you worded the letter more harshly or more leniently than you intended to,» Williams says.

Recent advancements in the technology that powers bots have opened the flood doors for companies of all sizes, and they're rushing in to establish their bot as a point of reference for consumers.

Draft something of a job description that can serve as your reference point in drawing up a contract.

This lack of change in smoking cessation under such a dramatic tax increase accentuates the difficulty in improving quit rates at the population level.23 It does provide a reference point to evaluate the magnitude of change reported for the 2014 - 15 US Current Population Survey - Tobacco Use Supplement (CPS - TUS).

Management retains an independent compensation consultant, Haigh & Company, to provide comparative market data regarding executive compensation to assist the Compensation Committee in establishing reference points for the base salary, annual incentive, and long - term incentive components of our compensation package.

Whenever I'm on Point Blank, I'm frequently clicking links to read what you've referenced, or in the case of this page, to download / sign up to something.

Anchoring involves creating a mental reference point that influences our appraisal of subsequent conditions, and this influence can assume particular gravity in our decision - making processes when we confront uncertain environments.

This week is proving to be a critical turning point for the financial services industry, which is described in the terms of reference for the Hayne royal commission as systemically strong with the world's best prudential regulation and oversight.

This also provides a point of reference for when you are starting new projects — you can see which placements and copy types are most effective in which industries.

In my recent National Post column, I make reference to some back - of - envelope calculations to the effect that replacing the fiscal anchor of balanced budgets to one of a fixed debt - GDP ratio allows the federal government to increase spending by 1.2 percentage points of GDP, or by about $ 25 billion.

In VFC's case, that basic estimate is based on reference point price - to - earnings ratio (P / E) of 15, which is the long - term average P / E of the stock market as a whole.

A third and subtle point relates to the differences in the level of interest rates actually paid on different loan products (Graph 2) when compared with reference rates (Graph 1).

Our reference point for decades has been sellers in the mode of finding — or shall we say hunting — buyers.

In sales, the key factor is to find some kind of relationship or getting a reference point with potential customers.

Central bank policymakers also pointed to «solid rates» of growth in consumer spending and business investment, while eliminating a reference from their previous statement warning a global economic slowdown could sap U.S. economic strength.

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.

It must explain, in legal terms, how and why the particular international law submission is relevant and necessary to the determination of a specific issue, with specific reference to the law set out above or other law bearing on the point.

@ fimeilleur the carl sagan reference was more relevant before it became obscured by all the other posts.no one said any thing about a death bed conversion, that is something you assumed, (when you assume you make an ass of u and me) whether you believe in God or not is irrelevant, you will ultimately confront God, at that point in carls case after death you will know!.