Sentences with phrase «rather than a critic»

For my part, I hope that senior editors at the Times will listen to Spayd rather than her critics.

Bringing good old - fashioned Mediterranean emotion to a screenplay that feels oh so familiar, this modern - day weepie unapologetically plays to the crowd rather than the critics.

From here, Willems moves on to reveal that, based on a survey he conducted on Twitter, most people seem to only follow YouTube critics rather than critics who write reviews.

As part of the team behind the RealClimate.org website, Mann and his team are famously unreserved in attacking their critics, rather than their critics» work, and removing dissenting opinion from the comments section of the site.

That puts the real estate agent in a mediator role rather than a critic's chair.

Not exact matches

Yet critics point to flaws in this argument that threaten to stunt rather than fuel China's growth.

When details of her self - titled 2013 album were originally leaked earlier that year under the moniker Mrs. Carter, it was panned by some critics for its foreshadowed embrace of the artist's still - new identity as hip - hop mogul Sean «Jay - Z» Carter's wife rather than the trailblazing feminist icon who coined powerful female anthems like Irreplaceable, Single Ladies and Independent Women from her Destiny's Child days.

Critics say the images often unfairly portray the person as dangerous or deserving of extrajudicial punishment, rather than a fully realized person with a meaningful life.

Many critics called the script, which was required to be read during news time, rather than a commercial spot, «pro-Trump propaganda.»

Critics of the tax reform, which also cut corporate tax rates in the U.S., suggested that companies would reward their shareholders rather than investing more money into the American economy with their newly - homebound cash.

This suggests many emitters would rather pay $ 15 a tonne than upgrade their facilities — which is what Alberta's critics have been saying for years.

Critics have warned that, even though the deal represents a «vertical» rather than a «horizontal» merger (which receive more scrutiny), it poses a danger to competition because AT&T could distribute Time Warner shows in a faster or cheaper fashion to its own subscribers, or withhold them from rivals.

Rather than initiating anger, even his harshest critics often said, «Ooh, good one.»

Critics say the proposal is short on technical details, and that Telegram's high valuation is being driven by hype and speculation rather than the value of the technology.

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.

Rather than scrap Nafta's arbitration tribunals, regarded by some free - trade critics as secretive bodies that give private corporations unbridled power to challenge foreign governments outside the court system, the letter proposed to «maintain and seek to improve procedures» for settling disputes.

Beginning with Friedrich Schleiermacher in a letter published in 1807, biblical textual critics and scholars examining the texts fail to find their vocabulary and literary style similar to Paul's unquestionably authentic letters, fail to fit the life situation of Paul in the epistles into Paul's reconstructed biography, and identify principles of the emerged Christian church rather than those of the apostolic generation.

Although at times Hartshorne has spoken as though his account of experience rested on some intuition of its essence as exhibited in his own experience, 2 his predominant view and his philosophical practice advance a concept of experience that is generated by dialectical argument rather than by appeal to direct introspection or intuition: «The philosopher, as Whitehead says, is the «critic of abstractions.»

The new identity politics, critics say, often uses the same narrative but for «identity» rather than class.

It is crucial for moral progress to diagnose this system's moral origins and inner dynamism accurately, rather than lazily to accept its systematic denigration by its hostile critics, on the right as on the left.

Rather than viewing each society as a separate entity moving along a track from less modern to more modern, the critics of modernization theory argue that societies interact with one another as parts of a larger system.

They should have been ready: when the Times, for instance, ran a piece headlined «critics attack Pope for his «myopic» views on condoms», their reporters had to fall back on old general statements on condoms, rather than having a vigorous defence against the latest attacks, based oncurrent scientific literature, to quote.

Crowder is probably the most controversial and has many critics but if people take time to read his book rather than slurring his character, they will then see the meaning of salvation.

This movement of going from beginning to end in the narratives of historical critics can make it seem as if the beginning accounts for the end, rather than the end representing an astonishing fulfillment and supersession of what went before.

But many critics tend to want to debate nuances of theology rather than engage head - on the practical realities that many people are facing.

Consequently when the form critics came to discuss the historicity of the gospel tradition, a question for which their method was at best only indirectly relevant, they tended to arrive at the conclusion which their general orientation suggested, rather than a conclusion which form criticism as such required.

The second argument, which is advanced by all of the previously mentioned critics, is similar to the first, but it concerns God's fulfillment of the divine experience rather than God's fulfillment of the world.

He reflects carefully on the basic dilemma» that defending democracy and its rights and liberties may require an abrogation of at least some of those rights and liberties, at least for some persons and for a limited time» and he explicitly sets out to make a moral argument rather than the legal and political - theory arguments favored among critics of the war on terror.

Rather than denying this charge, he accepts and strengthens it, then characteristically turns it against the Church's critics:

This breakfast bake will make a believer (read: an oatmeal lover) out of even the biggest critic... mostly because it has the fluffy and moist texture of a cake / muffin rather than the gloopy and wet (mmmm) texture that's usually associated with oatmeal...

Wenger offers his new year's resolution to finally set aside his petty vindictiveness and manage for the purpose of winning games rather than managing to spite his critics and massage his massive ego.

Ramsey thinks he's Beckham, but he's rather proving to be his old useless self rather than proving critics wrong.

Rather than let the demons of that night in Basel haunt him, he put on a display that left even his most severe of critics having to concede defeat.

Critics such as Rutter have also accused Bowlby of not distinguishing between deprivation and privation — the complete lack of an attachment bond, rather than its loss.

To critics, this appears to be a case of the Governor focusing on big - ticket items rather than the less flashy — but ultimately, extremely necessary — issues that plague many commuters.

Perhaps I could offer some critic,, to include in your further postings — just so that you can be seen as a fair and balanced correspondant — rather than a one sided story --

It would be better if officials at least addressed the heart of the matter, rather than fighting imaginary arguments on points which their critics never made.

Critics claim they want to keep hosts from «warehousing» units — using them year - round as illegal hotels rather than for permanent residences.

Critics say the state should be steering that money — whatever the final cost — to the city's beleaguered transit system, rather than to bridges that already have un-colorful, energy efficient, LED lights.

Critics say that because she was appointed to the Senate, rather than elected, Ms. Gillibrand may have trouble energizing voters.

It's worth quoting in full, because it doesn't just indicate where his thinking is with Farage's party, but how far he is willing to defend immigration rather than ape its critics.

The Volta regional asked critics of the NDC administration to look at the brighter side of what they are doing rather than always saying the President is doing nothing.

«Sitting mute next to David Cameron at Prime Minister's Questions every week was a sort of terrible encapsulation of what our critics said about us, that we were somehow just sort of passengers in the government when in fact we were active architects rather than observers of the government.

The Minister for Information, Mustapha Abdul - Hamid has slammed critics who say the government is prioritizing trivial issues like the renaming of the presidency rather than addressing the major issues bedevilling the country.

LGBT rights activist Richard Socarides credits Clinton as the first President to publicly champion gay rights, [150] but Clinton's signing of DOMA and DADT have led critics like Andrew Sullivan to argue Clinton was a detriment to rather than an ally for the LGBT rights movement.

Over the years, candidates for office and other critics have accused the city of spending the money rather than putting some of it aside for a rainy day.

While de Blasio has been a harsh critic of former mayor Michael Bloomberg's policy of closing long - struggling schools, he has sought to differentiate his school closure policy from his predecessor's by arguing that schools be given a fighting chance before they are closed, and that the administration closes schools quickly rather than dragging out the process via phase out.

The shadow minister urged MPs to come to their own views about difficult issues rather than be swayed by online critics, claiming that going to war with Nazi Germany would have been unpopular with some.

Ed Miliband's critics claim he lacks the experience or instant judgement to handle unexpected events and would offer compromises rather than strong leadership — more Neil Kinnock (one of his main sponsors) than Mr Blair.

Critics have called for the six - week wait for payments to be shortened and for claimants to be able to opt for fortnightly rather than monthly payments.