Sentences with phrase «rather than a challenging»

Research shows that many executives and managers like to have their opinions confirmed rather than challenged, and they reward those who flatter.

She credits her children for their support when she was moving at «break - neck speed,» and she prefers to characterize the balancing act of business and family as a series of opportunities rather than challenges.

Even a statement as simple as «people are less likely to be involved in accidents while Autopilot is engaged» could be misleading if drivers tend to rely on Autopilot more in ideal driving conditions, rather than challenging ones, and the distinction isn't taken into account.

Critics claim that, in merely seeking to accommodate those cars, it perpetuates, rather than challenges, the system of car dependence responsible for Los Angeles» congested roads — an apparent manifestation of Musk's own self - interest.

Instead there are painfully detailed quantifications that only tend to confirm rather than challenge familiar perceptions of the state of American sexual practices.

That might mean that we focus on reassurance rather than challenge.

We chose to accommodate ourselves to the secularism around us, rather than challenging it from top to bottom, confronting it with an alternative.

Rather than challenge broad differences in how people perceive / relate by age or gender, the New Testament writings admonish for awareness & accommodation in an understanding way.

Hopefully, our prolonged economic crisis will lessen the appeal of a «Gospel» that feeds rather than challenges the narcissistic ego.

He realized this kind of marketing and commerce - driven strategy — making products that affirm what people want rather than challenge it — just creates a spiritual echo chamber.

Even Christianity Today, Henry thought, had squandered an opportune moment by moving from Washington to the evangelical hinterland near Wheaton, by becoming a populist organ rather than challenging the cognitive frontiers of the era, and by becoming obsessed (for a while) with the intra-evangelical debate over biblical inerrancy.

Rather than challenge large established processors of case - ready meats, J&G Foods looked for niche market opportunities that were suited to a smaller company like J&G Foods with its nimbleness and passion for service.

«Rather than a challenge, Tetra Pak sees opportunity in the American continent, as well as the Middle East and Asia, to provide packaging for existing small to medium sized customers who are not yet ready to invest in new lines,» he said.

And, lauded chefs who praise their eccentric life in the kitchen tend to reinforce rather than challenge the growing culture of negative stress.

Aldridge is the only reason we're challenging for a playoff seed, rather than challenging the Suns for the cellar.

I get the feeling the board would be happy to avoid relegation every year rather than challenge for the top 4 trophy and save the hundreds of millions in player purchases and wages

The only thing AKBs knows best nowdays is to thumb down pple rather than challenge the just concerns of the true arsenal fans (AOBs) head on... when wenger's reigns inevitably comes to a closure then such deadwood fans should also be shipped out as we embark on a serious process of sanitizing the club!!!

This is your exact words — «The only thing AKBs knows best nowdays is to thumb down pple rather than challenge the just concerns of the true arsenal fans (AOBs) head on... when wenger's reigns inevitably comes to a closure then such deadwood fans should also be shipped out as we embark on a serious process of sanitizing the club!!!»

Today at 11:30 am - West Ham fans here in the Tavern will be happy once the season is over and they have guaranteed their Premier League status for another year following a disappointing campaign which saw them flirting with relegation rather than challenging for European football, as was expected at the London Stadium.

To reiterate, he must be allowed to continue his development on loan rather than returning to academy football, where he would find things quite a lot easier rather than challenging himself further.

Palace have failed to claim a single victory in the Premier League since December 19, a run stretching over 11 games and such a terrible streak has meant that rather than challenging for Europe, the Eagles are staring at a fight against the drop.

Some days later, and perhaps most controversially, Jack O'Sullivan — one of the founders of Fathers Direct (predecessor to the Fatherhood Institute)-- argued that feminism has reinforced, rather than challenged matriarchy — and men clam up as a result, in The Guardian.

My problem with Rosin's analysis is that she is accepting an unfair premise rather than challenging it.

It's natural to worry about whether or not what you are doing is pushing rather than challenging or nurturing your child.

It is the deceit and secrecy about the origins of the Iraq War that have been most damaging to Blair's reputation with the connivance of those civil servants, intelligence officials and senior military who were drawn into his magic circle or remained silent rather than challenge his policy.

Brown Stays Put: To the surprise of almost no one, Florida Rep. Corrine Brown (D) announced on Friday that she would remain in the House rather than challenge Rep. Kendrick Meek and former Miami Mayor Maurice Ferre for the Democratic Senate nomination.

Pre-appointment scrutiny rests on the principle that select committees should seek to test an appointee's competence and expertise, rather than challenge a minister's decision; and that any negative report or veto should be based on such considerations.

People are irritated with what they see, rightly or wrongly, as a something for nothing culture in Britain that Labour fosters rather than challenges.

Welsh Labour, taking its lead from the two Eds, tends towards tribalism rather than challenging the values of capitalism.

That's an example of the simplification: Give me easy answers, simple stories, rather than challenging me with very tough issues.

Those on diets, for example, often prefer not to look at the number of calories in a tasty dessert, people at high risk for a disease avoid screening tests that could give them a definite answer, and most consumers of news choose sources that align with rather than challenge their political ideology.

«It's a well - established finding that most people prefer to read or otherwise be exposed to information that fits rather than challenges their political preconceptions,» said research team leader Dan Kahan, Elizabeth K. Dollard Professor of Law and professor of psychology at Yale Law School.

Clarke notes that this kind of work — reprogramming normal cells to replace damaged tissues or organs in regenerative medicine, or even growing cells from an individual's cancer to determine what the best treatment is — speaks to the doctrine rather than challenges it.

From experience, I know that fear and tension can make natural birth a scary and painful experience, rather than a challenging but empowering accomplishment it is meant to be.

If you want to have good relationships with women, you can start by believing them rather than challenging them when they tell you something is offensive to them.

It will be much harder to get bored than with a person who thinks in exactly the same way about things as you do rather than challenging you and giving you the chance to think about things in a new way.

As someone whose detective itch is usually scratched by the Phoenix Wright games, this felt like solving the really easy introduction cases in each, rather than challenging logic and reason.

In fact, the film presents, almost in remarkable equity, the possibility of having one's personal faith strengthened, rather than challenged.

But most action films do have something of a right wing perspective (especially the super hero genre) in that they are about re-inforcing rather than challenging the status quo.

While its idea is not a bad one, Vasermil fails on most levels and becomes a relatively tiresome experience rather than the challenging one it seems intended to be.

Coz there are some many of JRPG players are seeking the story rather than challenges.

There is some light puzzle solving that typically feels tedious rather than challenging, often requiring you to backtrack multiple times just to interact with something.

This episode's vicious, mean - spirited take on modern society renders several of its characters so inhumanly cruel and one - dimensionally self - serving that its overall story comes across as crude, rather than challenging.

Though Bad Moms is largely a wish - fulfillment fantasy of overworked and under - appreciated mothers cutting loose, it also aims to be a satirical takedown of the forces that lead women like Amy (Mila Kunis), Kiki (Kristen Bell), and Carla (Kathryn Hahn) to curtail their parental duties: lazy fathers, exploitative bosses, a culture that encourages children to be coddled rather than challenged.

If colleges and universities are to see these as opportunities rather than challenges, now is just the right time to assemble the next generation of faculty members and future university leaders.

For example, someone may say, «There is a danger that this project will repeat the skills students learned last term rather than challenging them to develop new ones, as the product appears very similar.

With subjects which may be perceived to be «hard» or «boring» by students, it can be tempting to infantilise the teaching using animations, or simple videos, rather than challenging the students to develop critical thinking skills.

Yet the court reasoned that it is the administrative decisions of district leaders — rather than the challenged statutes — which bear the ultimate responsibility for how teachers are distributed across the state.

Rather than challenge how much we can rely on college presidents» sensibilities about the amount of plagiarism they see, I propose questioning sites that sell plagiarism protection software when they assess the habits of students.

Ironically, the call for community empowerment had ginned up support for the failing district bureaucracy rather than challenging it.