Sentences with phrase «put less focus»

Conservatives, for instance, are less likely than liberals to say that funding is a barrier to academic achievement, and liberals are more likely to put less focus on improving student learning.

As someone who has always tried to maintain a healthy lifestyle, the stress of living and working in a busy city, was leading me to put less focus on my wellbeing.

FICO newest scoring model FICO 9.0 has changed its credit - scoring model by putting less focus on medical debts and will give consumers a break on their score IF they've settled with a collections agency.

The In Apps search mode puts less focus on apps and instead surfaces what users are looking for in a convenient feed — it's very reminiscent of similar features that have long been available on Apple TV, Android TV, and Chromecast, making the variety of apps on your phone simply portals to the stuff that really matters.

Including only the years you did that work puts less focus on the specific dates — since they may be really brief experiences.

Not exact matches

I bring my laptop, and I've got headphones on so I can zone in — typically I'll listen to classical music, but if something requires a little less focus, I'll put on some kind of rock»n' roll, which probably indexes toward Bruce Springsteen.

They take the focus off of the customer experience and put it squarely on a distraction that's clearly less important.

«We are seeing that our focus on the middle class, by putting more money in the pockets of hard working families, and giving less advantages to the wealthiest, is growing the economy,» Trudeau said, as he also attempted to distract the media horde from his finance minister's loose interpretation of what constitutes a conflict of interest.

And really, if we're going to consider gold as an investment, we should be focusing on diversification and putting less emphasis on returns, especially in the short - term.

I'd put that probability at less than 5 % because of all the momentum and talent currently focused on solving the problem.

Anyway, if we didn't have to put up with religion, it would undoubtedly be much nicer because it would be one less difference that humans would have to focus on and get all uppity about.

The author addresses this in her introduction, stressing that this work will focus instead on «those around her who would describe themselves as «lesser souls» compared to Therese, but who nevertheless put into practice her «Little Way», those who were part of her life, both in her family and in the monastery.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Nutiva is focused on regenerative agriculture so it can sequester carbon from the atmosphere and oceans, putting it into the soil so the soil can hold more water, use less fertilizer and enhance nutritional elements in foods.

We dominated Sp ** s at The Emirates earlier this season and with better finishing and composure in the second half we could easily have doubled that score.The team were focused and kept a good shape all through the game.We should not need motivating for a game as big as this.The fact it's a NLD is important enough but 3 points will put us in with a chance of getting back into the mix for a top 4 finish.Anything less and we will struggle.

Lets put this behind us and focus on the competition which we do care about, because lets face it some are sounding a little hypocritical how they slag off our own FA cup wins but then hold on to a defeat in a lesser comp like a dog with a bone.

You could just as well put on an extra DM and let the other midfielders focus less on the defensive work (aka the typical 4 -3-3 formation).

On top of that what you should know is once your child hits kindergarten, first grade and second grade, much less focus is put on social / emotional development and do much more is put on academia.

Just focus on any kind of silly, playful conversation that puts you in the less powerful role, and gives your child the power.

«The focus now should be creating a stable investment climate for renewables, making longer - term commitments to support less mature technologies, and putting in place incentives to deliver significantly increased investment in renewable power and heat generation required over the next decade.»

Put simply, predistribition means focusing more on decent wages and relying less on tax credits to reduce inequality.

«The language style used by climate change skeptics suggests that the arguments put forth by these groups may be less credible in that they are relatively less focused upon the propagation of evidence and more intent on refuting the opposing perspective,» said Pennycook.

When you focus on putting exercise, healthy food, and good self - care into your daily schedule, you'll find yourself feeling more powerful and doing less worrying.

Using a hammer grip helps to put the focus on my chest and less on shoulders.

Putting your legs at an incline, will put more focus on your chest, and less on your abs.

If you're not already making high intensity resistance training (weight training) the foundation of your exercise routines, start putting more focus on this, and less focus on the boring cardio exercise routines.

Bending your back forward takes the focus off the core and puts strain on the lower back leaving less control work for your abs making the exercise less effective.

Secondly, you put all of your focus in increasing your pull ups and meeting your goal and for the time being, you spent less time and attention on some other skills you might working on right now.

For some reason, when I put it on today, I cared less about how it «should» be worn (I had been planning to wear it in this big, dramatic, over-the-top-way) and focused more on how I wanted to wear it.

I also hope to learn how to put less emphasis on the result and focus more on enjoying the process.

My focus is less on keeping my skin hydrated (turning off the heat tends to help with that) and more on figuring out how much color I can put on my face.

A lesser film might have put all the focus on the fish man: his origins, his abilities, how he'll be used by the military and so on.

That the film becomes far less ambitious in its aims after the flood waters rise is to be expected, given the reduced scope of the world with which to work, but Aronofsky and Handel accommodate this shift by putting the focus squarely on Noah's attempt to determine exactly what his and his family's role as the sole survivors of humanity (save for one unanticipated stowaway, who — forgotten often and disposed of quite easily — serves no purpose but for unnecessary external conflict).

There are a lot of good actors wastes and a lot of subplots hastily shoved to the side in favor of putting all the focus on Depp, who still manages to slather himself in makeup and prosthetics and affectation even as he returns to less Disney - fied fare.

As the media obsesses over the Winter Olympics and the upcoming Oscars less focus is put on any show that might make an impact on the 2018 Emmy race.

Denise — A close read puts most or all of the attention on figuring out the text with information in the text (less focus on background information or information that the teacher tells you about this story or article).

Simply put, when the focus is placed on the real effects of state and district efforts, a goodly number of states have a lot less to crow about.

However, issuing a threat is only going to put more focus on the assessment and less focus on the learning.

That can require a shift in how central office employees conceive of their work, so that they focus less on what they are used to - compliance - and more on «strengthening principals» instructional leadership as a key lever for teaching and learning improvement in schools,» as University of Washington researchers put it.29

So, I would say your focus should be about putting the wheels back on properly, with less regard on how one takes them off.

When the Ford Focus RS arrived in 2016 it set a new hyper hatch standard, putting the less powerful VW Golf R and much more expensive Audi RS3 in the shade.

For reference, that's more than two grand less than its already rather affordable sister car, the Fiat 500X, and puts the Jeep Renegade right in the heart of entry - level Ford Focus territory.

The best part of the deal, at least for UK buyers on a budget, is that the Type R can be had for # 30,995 ($ 40,181), which is less than the # 32,540 ($ 42,184) Ford Focus RS and its previous greatest threat, the # 31,885 ($ 41,334) Volkswagen Golf R. To be fair, the price difference is to be expected given that the Type R only uses its front wheels to put down its power while its competitors have more expensive all - wheel drive systems to accomplish the same feat.

The company originally intended to sell music as well, but Jamie Rosenberg, Director of Android Product Management, said «A couple of the major labels were less focused on the innovative vision that we put forward, and more interested in an unreasonable and unsustainable set of business terms.»

I'm more focused on a less locked - in system though, meaning one that allows us to put in our own eBooks formats.

You might ask a reader or editor to focus on the plot or character development while putting less weight on the dialogue.

When you're saving for something that you want to buy in the short term — say in less than five years — the focus should be on saving your money and putting it somewhere safe.

Traders who jump around from the 5 minute chart to the 30 minute chart and back again, are naturally less likely to have a consistent and smooth long - term equity curve than those traders who put their focus mainly on the daily charts.

Making sure your clients remain the primary focus as they plan the passing of a loved one, you can now dedicate more time to doing that and less time putting money in the bank using SIS's Remote Deposit Capture technology.

Anyway, I disagree: As I've stressed before, I always have plenty of new ideas & potential buys stacked up, the struggle is deciding what to actually pull the trigger on... I could just as easily put together a portfolio of deep - value stocks (for example, trading for less than 40p on the pound) today, as I could focus on buying high quality / growth stocks.