Sentences with phrase «rather than a sports»

As you can see, rather than sporting the whole «nakedpastor» name on them, I'm going with a simple logo... NP.

Strong personalities have left the dressing room completely, and he clearly sees football as an art form rather than a sport requiring skill AND physical ability.

This entails more whole body conditioning to build a foundation of endurance and strength for the year rather than sport specific skills, which will come later.

Rather than sport this look with shorts, transition on over to chinos with a rolled - up cuff for an outfit that's on point.

I like the idea of wearing a touch of gingham rather than sporting the trend on an entire dress or shirt!

As an examination of fate and choice in an emotional rather than a sporting context, Match Point relies way too heavily on chance happenings — and as tennis pros will tell you, you make your own luck in this game.

There's a story in there that could have turned this picture into something truly special, but the need to make this into a drama about the life of a boxer rather than a sports drama about boxer prevents it from achieving the lofty goals that it clearly has.

With that said, however, it's also hard to deny the inherent accuracy of such a statement, given that it's a series that takes place behind the scenes of a television program, except rather than sports or comedy, the predominant thrust of the program is politics.

I agree that poorly prepared teachers is one cause of the high dropout rate, but as with most problems, many causes exist, including an anti-intellectual culture that values over-paid athletes and celebrities w / no obvious talent (e.g. Kim Kardashian); parents who think all their male children will grow up to be Yankees so never put books in the kids» hands; pseudo education reformers who sell a narrative that a first year teacher is no different from a veteran with a grad degree and thirty years teaching experience, administrators who hire based on coaching rather than teaching, school boards that cut library programs rather than sports, etc..

But he understood far better than his peers that racing was a business rather than a sport.

In short, it does exactly what it says on the Pininfarina - sculpted tin; it's a GT rather than a sports car, and that's no bad thing.

On the road, our Miata on stock tires errs toward comfort rather than sport, softly soaking up bumps.

Treat it as a stylish cruiser rather than a sports car (the SLC 43 exists to fulfil that role) and you'll be happy enough.

The brakes are strong, though as you might expect, the pedal feel is luxury car rather than sports car.

Honda is one of the last mainstream automakers to offer a coupe that is just a two - door version of a regular car, rather than a sports car.

Mercedes - Benz said that the transmission is tuned more for smoothness rather than sport - like performance.

Strictly a luxury cruiser rather than a sport driver, the 2013 Cadillac XTS insulates you from the outside world while providing the latest in cabin tech.

The Bottom Line Strictly a luxury cruiser rather than a sport driver, the 2013 Cadillac XTS insulates you from the outside world while providing the latest in cabin tech.

Except the trouble here is that the 1's pseudo-sedan looks fool you into thinking it's just a poor - man's 3 - series rather than a sports car.

Pulling away from lights, out of junctions, or accelerating up a hill doesn't see the Clio struggle, it's just that the engine is set - up for performance of an economical nature, rather than a sporting one.

The engine range is decent, but the Mercedes E-Class Cabriolet is a cruiser rather than a sports car

Think of the ZTS as geared for low - stress cruising rather than sports driving.

Regardless of engine, the Sorento's driving dynamics are tuned for comfort rather than sport, which is just fine for a family - hauler like this.

With only two seats the vehicle could be classified as a truck (rather than a sport vehicle) and could skirt the higher customs duties placed upon sport and pleasure vehicles.

It's brutally fast, looks fantastic, has a great cabin that's so nice it borders on luxury rather than sport and it's even quite comfortable.

The Series II is best had with the Dynamic Package, but best driven like a luxury car rather than a sports car.

Think of how cars are released — rather than sporting a new model name; they just append a year on the name.

Microsoft also did a great job at E3 this year as they focused on GAMES rather than sports or Kinect features.

the sports bar will use all of its television screens to exhibit several video works, rather than sports matches, by contemporary artists separated into two chapters: the «Hypnotic Chapter» and the «Media Chapter».

To reduce rates significantly, you can opt to buy a smaller and simpler car rather than the sports car your teen wants.

Those who use their phone as their only mobile computer, rather than sporting both a phone and a tablet, owe it to themselves to consider whether they need the extra room.

The Fossil Q Venture opts for a round face design, with an unmarked bezel (rather than the sports - orientated numbered bezel that some smartwatches make use of).

The Apple Watch is ideal for people who want all day activity tracking, rather than a sport - specific wearable that they throw on for a specific workout and then take off.

To us it feels more like a nice way of keeping track of light recreational activity, rather than sports training.

Rather than sporting that weird camera - and - fingerprint - sensor combo on the back, those prototypes featured a dual camera and no fingerprint sensor.

Not exact matches

To put it in sports terms, Power Design Inc. recruits athletes rather than position players.

However, most firearms are sold at gun shops or gun shows rather than at major chains, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation.

Cross-training in athletics refers to switching sports, rather than burning yourself out with the same exercises and drills over and over.

Greenfield said passionate sports fans are focused on their mobile or tablet during commercial breaks rather than watching ads on TV, so it creates a new way to monetize viewers who are less and less interested in ad spots.

The FSTA is also disappointed that the New York Attorney General has chosen the path of hurried litigation after years of watching daily fantasy sports thrive and entertain in New York rather than pursuing the path of common sense regulation or legislation as Massachusetts, Illinois and Florida have done.

And when companies from retail giants to professional sports franchises talk about implementing big data solutions, the conversation often involves analyzing tweets and posts rather than true cutting - edge meta data analytics.

Arms are also not as in important as they are in running because skaters are using the ice, rather than just their own bodies, to maintain momentum, according to Yahoo! Sports» Jay Bushee.

Rather than pour money into advertising, we invest in sports and music and entertainment, sponsoring music festivals and events in our core sports — surfing, skateboarding, BMX biking, and snowboarding — all closely related to the Southern California lifestyle.

The network still has almost 92 million subscribers, and simple math tells you they could recover the lost three - quarters of a billion dollars by charging a subscriber fee of something like $ 7.09, rather than $ 6.41, per month — a large increase, but, with live sports still king, not out of the realm of possibility.

There is a bias towards tennis because the company's founders, two Israeli military veterans, Shen Shachar and Evgeni Khazanov, found it was easier for multiple video cameras to track the movements of players on a tennis court rather than larger sporting fields.

First, the «March Madness» Final Four basketball tournament fell on Easter weekend, which likely kept many sports fanatics at home with their families rather than dining out.

This is an odd conclusion, partly for an obvious reason: It puts sports outside rather than within creaturely existence, since creaturely existence is classically understood to be entirely directed toward God.

If you are a believer, please use your prayers for important things rather than on show - business sports that involve doping and corruption.

Not being a Mormon, but having grown up among Mormans (school, sports, dating, social functions), I find it amazing that anyone would rule out a person based on religion rather than leadership skills and policy viewpoints.

As much as the sport - lover's passion should be supported, there are those of us who would rather watch the Dillon Panthers (Texas forever) play a game of highly dramatized football than sit through an entire game of NFL football.