Sentences with phrase «rather than a necessity»

Doing more than a minimal level of housework is now a choice rather than necessity - and it's a choice not everyone wants to make.

So, it sounds like you may be leading to a discussion about the way these two ordinances were performed rather than the necessity of the ordinances in of themselves.

Alexis, Ozil and Cech are all purchases of opportunity rather than necessity.

Feminism's admittedly incomplete successes have allowed more women than ever to choose relationships with men based on desire rather than necessity.

BOSS TOLD ME THAT many people assume mothers who pump exclusively are doing so out of convenience, rather than necessity or utter desperation: «Moms frequently feel attacked and criticized by friends, family, Internet strangers, etc..

But it is far from clear that the general public are convinced so far that, as the unions believe, that George Osborne's cuts are a choice rather than a necessity.

The main reasons I would stray, was more so out of indulgence and curiosity, rather than necessity.

My West Elm sofa was my first big grown up splurge — it was a purchase out of pure want rather than necessity as I made the upgrade from an IKEA piece right after moving out to Illinois.

It is two hours long by obligation rather than necessity.

Sometimes Babel feels like two or three different films that are joined merely out of convenience rather than necessity, exploring things that may or may not have any emotional or thematic resonance to anything else.

Professional development is a critical responsibility for both administrators and educators, professional development is often overlooked as a luxury rather than a necessity.

Arts education is viewed by many Americans as a nicety, rather than a necessity.

No, despite the paddle shifters, «Sport» in the Outlander's name refers more to mountain biking, or kayaking, or any of the myriad other outdoor activities we first - worlders get to do by choice rather than necessity.

The fantastic six - speed box just begs to be used at every opportunity, even though the 200 - horsepower engine provides enough lower - end torque to make any change a choice rather than a necessity.

While I am an ardent supporter of authors employing editors and other publishing professionals to put forth a polished work, I understand that some services become luxuries rather than necessities, and one of those is proofreading.

It's fine for people who want to do that, but I think it's a choice rather than a necessity.

I prefer cards like this to gas cards, because the rewards fall into a splurge category rather than a necessity category like a gas card.

As much as I love gaming, its a luxury rather than a necessity so please keep things in perspective.

This talk of «negative externalities» and «geo - political problems» sounds like academic navel gazing nonsense where the idiotic premise would be that the world uses oil merely for entertainment or some other non-factor rather than the necessity that it is.

It was your choice to use the money for vanity rather than necessity.

In contrast, voluntary arbitration is a choice rather than a necessity.

Are you one of the many people out there who feel car insurance is simply a compulsion rather than a necessity?

I can still be my own bank and any services offered over the network would simply be for convenience rather than necessity.

Smartwatches are, for most of us, a luxury rather than a necessity, and if you're questioning whether or not you really want to spend this much on a device which does less than the phone you carry around every day then you'll probably want to steer clear of the Huawei Watch 2.

The problem is that today's society has made it easier to stylise the industry as a luxury rather than a necessity, and has made it easy for us to oversee just how much we need art emotionally and physically.

Stove and Oven Since stoves and ovens have few moving parts, they break down less often and replacement is often a matter of personal preference rather than necessity.

• Investment strategy for single - family home rentals is changing from the «flip» strategy to becoming operating businesses, as more people opt to rent by choice rather than necessity.

I've found cute pots and try to buy products that have beautiful packaging, so keeping them on show is a design feature rather than necessity.

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The rebrand was born out of necessity rather than choice, says Aceto.

With some provinces whining that the funding is inadequate, private, often for - profit, health - care options will increasingly become a necessity for the country rather than a political choice.

What better reason to flaunt the fashionable clutch of the 1920s rather than having to burrow for necessities in hidden pockets beneath voluminous skirts?

But Aisling Balfe, who covers the food and beverage sector at consultancy Planet Retail, does not think Asia is a top priority right now, given the perception of coffee as a social occasion rather than a morning necessity.

With Ritz - Carlton elite qualification requirements among the highest to achieve, this is a program used out of necessity for the many Marriott properties rather than preference.

it does not matter if you accept the necessity of WW2, or if you consider yourself an american rather than a subject of the king of Briton.

Yet since the account of substance offered is of a route of occasions or a personally ordered society of selves rather than of, say, a changing continuant, the objection may be raised that this atomization of substance involves an enormous multiplication of entities which in the case of selves at least goes well beyond necessity — though this would have to be shown.

In an interview in the Women «s Review of Books (March 1988), Morrison talks about the necessity of black people sharing the story of slavery rather than «rushing away... because it is painful to dwell there.»

In extenuation I should plead that in a series of four lectures, intended in each instance of delivery for a general educated public rather than for philosophical and theological experts, of necessity one must be brief and must deal with the topic in a broad way; furthermore, I have not intended to claim that every representative of process - thought would agree with what I have selected as significant nor would find my use of what in fact has been selected compatible with his own particular approach or his own individual conclusions.

In the preceding chapter the emphasis was placed upon the fact of the event; in this and the following chapter the stress will fall upon the necessity of regarding the event as one indissoluble whole and of finding its significance in its character as a whole rather than in some particular part or aspect of it.

Of course, his needs were no fewer than anyone else's; rather, he was distinguished by his ignorance of his debt to prosaic necessities, by his confusing desires with needs, and by pretending that his wants were nobler than those of the multitude.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

What the specifics of that new way are is not stated; these sayings are illustrations of the necessity for a new way rather than regulations for it.

The proportion of congregations in the 1960s and 1970s that actually responded as prescribed to their contexts was in fact very small.21 As neighborhood populations changed racially, some churches whose physical and financial resources lingered after their former membership fled introduced service programs to assist the poor, but the adjustment seems in most cases to have stemmed from necessity or default rather than from deliberate reorientation and restructuring by members who themselves stayed on to be transformed.

There was an enormous diversity within this tradition but its central thinking stressed the necessity of experiment rather than reliance upon authority for understanding the world.

What ontological or philosophical necessity exists that reality be dualistic rather than basically monistic, expressed in plurality?

But that is what the church did, and as a result marriage was made a vocation rather than a natural necessity.

Furthermore, I argued in Chapter 3 the necessity to develop strategies to reduce demand rather than strategies to increase consumption.

This would mean making possible sufficient food and other necessities on the basis of a degree and type of labor that is itself enriching rather than debilitating.

Of course, this makes it a public union rather than a private one by necessity, since what good is a contract if it lacks the public force of law in its enforcement?

The characteristic evangelical distinction was that God's limitation by the world was based upon God's choice to be self - limited rather than upon the metaphysical necessity of the world.4

What he himself seems to neglect is the necessity of legal exegesis rather than historical interpretation in dealing with a legal code; and the historical exegesis he admires was practically non-existent in antiquity.