Sentences with phrase «pragmatic use»

Therefore, I suggest that it can be a bad addiction in some instances, but that in most cases, it is probably a reasonable and pragmatic use of the available resources.

(3) Abstraction has been described as «unknowable» before (in terms of all - black canvases, or seeking out the unperceivable), but here, in the context of feminist mark - making, «unknowable» has a more pragmatic use.

But the art of our time, as seen in this exhibit, yields to re-contextualizing and re-framing our pragmatic use of things and the way we enliven them.

Additionally, these reviewers evaluated the survey for construct validity as an indication of the utility of the scores for pragmatic use (as recommended in Creswell, 2002).

As soon as the first ones were built, though, people found a more pragmatic use for them: to send messages to bulletin boards about subjects so sensitive that they did not want their names known.

«The pragmatic use of the actual entity, constituting its static life, lies in the future.

Next, the soul gives us real intelligence — the ability to know the truth and value of things absolutely rather than just in terms of their pragmatic use for ourselves.

Aside from the aforementioned instances of blatant depth manipulation, Walsh keenly seizes the more pragmatic uses of the illusory optics, in the form of interior staging, with tables and bottles and barrels serving as prominent parts of a scene's foreground design, and in a wonderfully mounted gunfight, shooting through doors, windows, and fences.

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The word «pragmatic» is used often.

Interestingly, Lee explained how it was a pragmatic decision for Litecoin to use a different algorithm to Bitcoin, as he had seen the significant problems other altcoins had faced when their miners were required to compete with Bitcoin's miners.

Being, to use your term, pragmatic about it, I admit my ignorance and posit that the answers to any and all of your questions have absolutely no bearing on whether or not I believe in a god or gods.

Given the range of forms, uses and attitudes of prayer, the poverty of a monochromatic prayer life seems tragic and wasteful: at the risk of sounding too pragmatic, prayer could be serving many more functions for most of us than we allow it to.

Obama is a pragmatic man who has used religon to his benefit, to become President and garner support.

Such a development would be quite consistent with the pragmatic approach in the Pentateuch statements which allow for continued activity by the priest if the congregation has become used to the blemish he manifests.

It's partly the pragmatic test — if there be any way it could be rationally used in action.

Second, Whitehead recognizes a valid use for pragmatic considerations in the evaluation of the validity of perception, ideals, and philosophy (PR 275, 411, 512; FR 64f; MT 144; 5 31).

On one item, however, almost all types of enterprise, whether practical or theoretical, seem to share the same defect at the same place, namely, in inattention to the logical character of the basic vocabulary needed or being used, to its syntax, its semantics, its pragmatics.

Flowers would look beautiful in front of my house, but since I am extremely pragmatic, I am using that space for herbs.

If Wenger insists he doesn't want use pragmatic football ala Mourinho, Ranieri and Simeone, he should learn from Brazil, Real Madrid and Barcelona.

While every Arsenal fan will be urging the players to give absolutely everything for a victory over table topping Leicester City tomorrow, our manager is often a bit more pragmatic than that and whereas we used to sometimes get caught out when throwing players forward, Arsene Wenger will now sometimes make sure of the point rather than risking all for the win.

The medium sized club model may be most pragmatic but I don't think that's the vision the club used to sell.

Mourinho will keep using his pragmatic approach to Manchester United's games.

If Wenger is courageous enough to put aside his football experiment of the last 12 years or so and be a bit more pragmatic as well as using a players in a tried and trusted formula, then we can definitely compete on all fronts...........

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Research is starting to address these issues by using different types of trials that do a better job simulating «real life», and these pragmatic trials look a lot like prospective observational studies.

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The chief argument used to introduce the Act wasn't based on the proud British principles that many of us would have liked; it was a practical and pragmatic piece of legislation designed to avoid costly trips to Strasbourg every time someone wanted to challenge a law that they perceived was infringing their rights.

Now my own view is more pragmatic, and points to why the term austere is not a mood affiliating term as Tyler uses it — a term evoking mood without a context.

Marxist - Leninist realaize these controversies and try to be more pragmatic and whether to use violence against antisocial / bad or not is the cornerstone of conflict between liberal anarchists and authoritarian Marxist - Leninist.

Penny Mordaunt hit back at Mr Barnier's comments, telling Andrew Marr: «the other nations involved in this are very pragmatic and have not been impressed with some of the language that the (European) Commission has used».

Marketers are pragmatic: they tap into the idea that humans have an evolved tendency to react with disquiet when people look too different, and will only use an image if they think enough people will respond positively.

After his father's murder by rivals, and lean years of exile subsisting on scavenged food and steppe rats, Temujin began climbing the tribal ladder with a cunning strategy: He paired pragmatic alliance - making with unbridled use of force.

Let's let Wikipedia explain: «Flexitarianism is a term used in the United States to describe the practice of eating mainly vegetarian food, but making occasional exceptions for social, pragmatic, cultural, or nutritional reasons.»

«Punctuation is used and understood by texters to convey emotions and other social and pragmatic information.

It was also negatively associated with pragmatic language abilities, e.g., the ability to appropriately use language in social settings.

«This pragmatic trial will provide important information on ways to reduce or eliminate chronic opioid use in those individuals who are not benefiting from opioids or wish to reduce the dose they are taking,» Archer said.

A pragmatic way of calculating your energy / macronutrient needs is to start by using a BMR calculator and the Harris - Benedict equation to factor your daily activity levels (see link below).

The characteristics commonly used to describe Capricorns are, «ambitious», «hardworking», «pragmatic», and «independent thinkers».

I used to do these kinds of posts more often, and I had forgotten how much fun it can be to play around with my closet (as opposed to being all utilitarian / pragmatic about it).

Kayrouz's design signature has been described as pragmatic, but daring in its use of haute - couture style codes.

Nocturnal drug cooks use bandanas to conceal their identity and protect themselves from toxic fumes while they espouse a chillingly pragmatic philosophy.

His area of expertise is in getting people back to work using pragmatic policy solutions form both the left and right side of the political spectrum.

It will recognise those who go the extra mile, whether that is schools who have used good health and safety practice to help provide opportunities for their pupils to participate in activities that might otherwise have been denied them, schools who have used good pragmatic health and safety practice to solve an issue, or schools who have championed the value of good health and safety to better prepare their pupils for their future in the world of work.

Michele takes a pragmatic approach to education policy transformation — using her political experience and policy knowledge to advance viable initiatives, and advising members to redirect resources to higher leverage opportunities.

A study released yesterday by Mathematica Policy Research (and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education) titled «Teachers with High «Value Added» Can Boost Test Scores in Low - Performing Schools» implies that, yet again, value - added estimates are the key statistical indicators we as a nation should be using, above all else, to make pragmatic and policy decisions about America's public school teachers.

If eLearning courses have to serve the precise purpose of their creation, the courses must be created by taking into account the pragmatic reality and by using the appropriate authoring tools.

At Curley K - 8, a Boston public school located in Jamaica Plain, a Pre-K classroom teacher used visuals to support students» understanding of pragmatics.

The Cactus concept is a user - friendly car that forges an unparalleled harmony between unique yet pragmatic design, comfy for all the occupants, as well as easy - to - use technology.

We're nothing if not pragmatic, so we changed course and used the index funds for the next 11 years with good success.

(Weber catalog essay) Such a highly pragmatic system was sometimes used by the great Henri Rousseau himself.